Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 2
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 22 episodes. The season features new stars, new stories, and new worlds to explore, following the ongoing voyages and adventures of the crew as they navigate the science fiction and fantasy, action and adventure, drama, and mystery elements of their journey. As part of the series available for streaming and viewing, the season builds upon t
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- The series follows the ongoing voyages of the crew aboard the starship.
- The crew explores new worlds and encounters new stories.
- The overarching saga continues across multiple episodes.
- The series encompasses science fiction, fantasy, action, adventure, drama, and mystery.
Season overview
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 22 episodes. The season features new stars, new stories, and new worlds to explore, following the ongoing voyages and adventures of the crew as they navigate the science fiction and fantasy, action and adventure, drama, and mystery elements of their journey. As part of the series available for streaming and viewing, the season builds upon the established foundation of the program, presenting further encounters and developments within the overarching narrative established by the production.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
The Child
Nov 21, 1988 · 46 min
Stardate: 42073.1. Troi undergoes a mysterious pregnancy when the Enterprise tries to escape from a system that has recently fallen victim to a deadly plague.
Where Silence Has Lease
Nov 28, 1988 · 46 min
Stardate: 42193.6. A mysterious life form known as the 'Nagilum' threatens the life of the crew in his attempt to understand humanity.
Elementary, Dear Data
Dec 5, 1988 · 46 min
Stardate: 42286.3. Data and Geordi become involved with a holodeck program about Sherlock Holmes and his investigations, when they create Sherlock's arch nemesis, Moriarty; however
The Outrageous Okona
Dec 12, 1988 · 46 min
Stardate: 42402.7. The Enterprise is placed in a compromising situation when the captain of a disabled starship places the crew in the middle of a love triangle.
Loud as a Whisper
Jan 9, 1989 · 46 min
Stardate: 42477.2. A deaf-mute mediator meets with disaster while being escorted by the Enterprise.
The Schizoid Man
Jan 23, 1989 · 46 min
Stardate: 42437.5. Data is possessed by the consciousness of a brilliant scientist. However, it has a disturbing impact on Data's personality.
Unnatural Selection
Jan 30, 1989 · 45 min
Stardate: 42494.8. A mysterious hyper-ageing sickness kills the crew of a Federation cargo ship, and Dr. Pulaski must race against time to find a cure.
A Matter of Honor
Feb 6, 1989 · 46 min
Commander Riker participates in an officer's exchange program which lands him an assignment on a Klingon Bird-of-Prey. Meanwhile, a Bezite ensign has trouble assimilating to the r
The Measure of a Man
Feb 13, 1989 · 46 min
Stardate: 42523.7. When Data's rights as a sentient individual are placed under trial, Starfleet forces Riker into a position where he must prove that Data is only an Android.
The Dauphin
Feb 20, 1989 · 46 min
Stardate: 42568.8. Wesley falls in love with a passenger the Enterprise is escorting, who has the secret ability to shape-shift.
Contagion
Mar 20, 1989 · 46 min
Stardate: 42609.1. A strange power source disables the Enterprise's computer systems, damages Data's programming and leaves the ship and crew vulnerable to a Romulan attack.
The Royale
Mar 27, 1989 · 46 min
Stardate: 42625.4. An away team is trapped in an alien environment based around a novel entitled 'The Hotel Royale.'
Time Squared
Apr 3, 1989 · 46 min
Stardate: 42679.2. Picard encounters his double from six hours in the future, whose Enterprise had been destroyed.
The Icarus Factor
Apr 24, 1989 · 46 min
Stardate: 42686.4. Riker is promoted to Captain of another Federation ship. Worf must confront his past and his Klingon heritage.
Pen Pals
May 1, 1989 · 46 min
Stardate: 42695.3. Wesley must investigate the causes of strange tectonic activity on the planet where Data's pen pal lives.
Q Who
May 8, 1989 · 46 min
Stardate: 42761.3. Q hurls the Enterprise into the Delta Quadrant and introduces the Federation to a powerful new enemy that may destroy the Alpha Quadrant: The Borg.
Samaritan Snare
May 15, 1989 · 46 min
Stardate: 42779.1. A race known as the Pakleds kidnap Geordi La Forge. Picard must face surgery when he is left in a near-dead state.
Up the Long Ladder
May 22, 1989 · 46 min
Stardate: 42823.2. Picard must convince two dying civilizations that they must co-exist on the same planet to survive, however, they have other plans to ensure their survival: in t
Manhunt
Jun 19, 1989 · 46 min
Stardate: 42859.2. While being escorted to a Federation conference by the Enterprise, Lwaxana hunts for a man to satisfy her needs when her sex-drive is quadrupled during a natural
The Emissary
Jun 29, 1989 · 46 min
Stardate: 42901.3. Worf is re-united with his former lover, K'Ehleyr, while the Enterprise is ordered to intercept a Klingon ship whose crew has been in stasis for a century.
Peak Performance
Jul 10, 1989 · 46 min
Stardate: 42923.4. Trouble begins when a Ferengi warship stumbles over a war simulation between Riker and Picard, each on different ships, and begins attacking them.
Shades of Gray
Jul 17, 1989 · 46 min
Stardate: 42976.1. Riker is infected with an alien organism that takes over his mind. Dr. Pulaski must force Riker's mind back to a state where it can access primitive survival ski