SEASON FIVE EPISODE GUIDE

REDEMPTION, PART II

Directed by DAVID CARSON
Written by  RONALD D. MOORE

While Worf fights alongside Gowron, Picard must expose the Romulan involvement in the Klingon civil war.

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DARMOK

Directed by WINRICH KOLBE
Teleplay by JOE MENOSKY
Story by    PHILIP LAZEBNICK and JOE MENOSKY

The Enterprise tries to contact an alien race whose language is indecipherable.

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ENSIGN RO

Directed by LES LANDAU
Teleplay by MICHAEL PILLER
Story by    RICK BERMAN and MICHAEL PILLER

Ensign Ro, a troubled Bajoran, joins the Enterprise crew in order to uncover a plot by her Bajoran militant leader Orta.

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SILICON AVATAR

Directed by CLIFF BOLE
Teleplay by JERI TAYLOR
Story by    LAWRENCE V. CONLEY

Riker and a group of colonists are attacked by the Crystalline Entity.

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DISASTER

Directed by GABRIELLE BEAUMONT
Teleplay by RONALD D. MOORE
Story by    RON JARVIS and PHILIP A. SCORZA

A catastrophe strikes the ship causing shipwide shutdown of its systems. Troi is left in command, Riker and Data try to restore the ships power and Picard is stuck in a turbolift with three frightened children.

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THE GAME

Directed by COREY ALLEN
Teleplay by BRANNON BRAGA
Story by    SUSAN SACKETT, FRED BRONSON and BRANNON BRAGA

As Wesley returns for a visit, he discovers that the whole crew is becoming addicted to a dangerous game. Behind the game, someone is trying to conquer the Federation by using the game as its weapon.

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UNIFICATION

Directed by LES LANDAU
Teleplay by JERI TAYLOR
Story by    RICK BERMAN and MICHAEL PILLER

Picard receives word that legendary Ambassador Spock has defected to the Romulan Empire. He must now travel to Romulus to entice Spock back only to learn that he maybe attempting reunification between Vulcan and Romulans.

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UNIFICATION, PART II

Directed by CLIFF BOLE
Teleplay by MICHAEL PILLER
Story by    RICK BERMAN and MICHAEL PILLER

As Spock attempts to reunite Vulcan and Romulan, there is a deception being staged by Romulan nemesis Sela, the daughter of Tasha Yar, in an attempt to destroy and conquer Vulcan.

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A MATTER OF TIME

Directed by PAUL LYNCH
Written by  RICK BERMAN

A self-proclaimed professor from the twenty-sixth century arrives to study history. Straight after his arrival, several items go missing and thus suspicions point toward the newcomer.

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NEW GROUND

Directed by ROBERT SCHEERER
Teleplay by GRANT ROSENBERG
Story by    SARA CHARNO and STUART CHARNO

Worf's son returns to the Enterprise, after his foster parent tell Worf that they cannot raise him properly.

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HERO WORSHIP

Directed by PATRICK STEWART
Teleplay by JOE MENOSKY
Story by    HILARY J. BADER

The Enterprise rescues a lone survivor of a mission gone awry and soon the survivor starts to mimick his rescuer Data. Picard and the crew attempt to determine what really happened through the boy's infatuation with Data.

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VIOLATIONS

Directed by ROBERT WEIMER
Teleplay by PAMELA GRAY and JERI TAYLOR
Story by    SHARI GOODHARTZ, T. MICHAEL GRAY and PAMELA GRAY

The Enterprise crew discover an alien species that can probe minds, but soon realize they are being mentally raped.

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THE MASTERPIECE SOCIETY

Directed by WINRICH KOLBE
Teleplay by ADAM BELANOFF and MICHAEL PILLER
Story by    JAMES KAHN and ADAM BELANOFF

While attempting to deflect a stray core fragment, the Enterprise crew discover a genetically enhanced colony and thus causes distraction to their peaceful surroundings.

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CONUNDRUM

Directed by LES LANDAU
Teleplay by BARRY M. SCHKOLNICK
Story by    PAUL SCHIFFER

After being scanned by an alien ship, the crew loses a part of their memory and gains a new officer and a new mission that may jeopardize them.

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POWER PLAY

Directed by DAVID LIVINGSTON
Teleplay by RENE BALCER, HERBERT J. WRIGHT and BRANNON BRAGA
Story by    PAUL RUBEN and MAURICE HURLEY

Troi, O'Brien and Data are taken by non-corporeal life-forms that want to be freed from their prison.

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ETHICS

Directed by CHIP CHALMERS
Teleplay by RONALD D. MOORE
Story by    SARA CHARNO and STUART CHARNO

Worf is injured in an accident that leaves him paralysed and must decide whether or not to live or die and undergo a radical new treatment that may or may not save him.

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THE OUTCAST

Directed by ROBERT SCHEERER
Written by  JERI TAYLOR

Riker helps an androgynous race to locate a missing shuttle while falling in love with a scientist on a world where love is forbidden.

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CAUSE AND EFFECT

Directed by JONATHAN FRAKES
Written by  BRANNON BRAGA

The Enterprise crew are trapped in a time-loop when events play repeatedly after a tragic destruction.

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THE FIRST DUTY

Directed by PAUL LYNCH
Written by  RONALD D. MOORE and NAREN SHANKAR

Cadet Crusher's team is put on trial after an accident killed a group of squadron fighters. Wes must decide to tell the truth or remain with his friends to hide the truth.

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COST OF LIVING

Directed by WINRICH KOLBE
Written by  PETER ALLAN FIELDS

Lwaxana Troi returns to announce that she is getting married and the ship malfunctions after it destroy's a rogue asteroid.

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THE PERFECT MATE

Directed by CLIFF BOLE
Teleplay by GARY PERCANTE and MICHAEL PILLER
Story by    RENE ECHEVARRIA and GARY PERCANTE

Picard must perform a peace treaty between Krios and Valt Minor, but two Ferengi survivors sabotage his attempts.

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IMAGINARY FRIEND

Directed by GABRIELLE BEAUMONT
Teleplay by EDITHE SWENSON and BRANNON BRAGA
Story by    RONALD WILDERSON, JEAN MATTHIAS and RICHARD 
	    FLIEGEL

An officer's daughter's imaginary friend becomes all too real when the ship studies a nearby nebulae.

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I, BORG

Directed by ROBERT LEDERMAN
Written by  RENE ECHEVARRIA

The Enterprise picks up a lone Borg survivor and attempts to put individuality into the Borg.

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THE NEXT PHASE

Directed by DAVID CARSON
Written by  RONALD D. MOORE

While attempting to repair a damaged Romulan ship, Geordi and Ro Laren are killed. Not all is lost, however, when Geordi and Ro enter the world of invisibility. The two must now save the ship from a sinister plan by the Romulans.

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THE INNER LIGHT

Directed by PETER LAURITSON
Teleplay by MORGAN GENDEL and PETER ALLAN FIELDS
Story by    MORGAN GENDER

While studying a probe, Picard is knocked unconscious and lives another life.

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TIME'S ARROW

Directed by LES LANDAU
Teleplay by JOE MENOSKY and MICHAEL PILLER
Story by    JOE MENOSKY

Picard and crew discover an invisible life-form and a time-portal.

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