The Enterprise investigates a missing ship, the USS Yosemite, which is stuck in a plasma streamer with the crew unaccounted for. With weird space rays making a shuttle trip or use of the transporter impossible, Barclay suggests tying the two transporter systems together so that they can get through. But the trouble is, that will make the process take double the time and Reg has a fear of transporters this week. While in the beam, he sees some unconvincing special effects and starts to question his sanity. But when he starts glowing all blue, the crew work out that there are lifeforms in the plasma (aren’t there always) and that they’ve been caught in the transporter. Going back in and being terribly brave, Reg cuddles the giant transporter worm and beams back a missing crew member. And we all learned something about facing our fears.

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The Enterprise is called back to Earth after someone finds Data’s head in a cave while doing an archaeological dig along with evidence of aliens on Earth some 500 years ago. Some cellular fossils lead them to Devidia II (the best Devidia) where Data gets sucked through a time hole and arrives in San Francisco in 1893. There, he tries to track down the aliens, claiming to be a Frenchman and winning money playing poker. And what’s a trip to the past without encountering a famous person? Look everyone, it’s Samuel Clemens and he’s friends with young Guinan. Back on the Enterprise, the crew plan a holiday to the past and Guinan tells Picard he better go or they might never meet. So Worf gets sent packing and everyone else goes back in time for a fun romp, but will they catch the aliens? Will they find Data? Will something interesting happen with Guinan? And can Data get his head back on? Yes, yes, no, yes.

• ‘Darmok’
• ‘Ensign Ro’
• ‘Silicon Avatar’
• ‘Disaster’
• ‘The Game’
• ‘Unification’
• ‘A Matter of Time’
• ‘New Ground’
• ‘Hero Worship’
• ‘Violations’
• ‘The Masterpiece Society’
• ‘Conundrum’
• ‘Power Play’
• ‘Ethics’
• ‘The Outcast’
• ‘The First Duty’
• ‘Cost of Living’
• ‘The Perfect Mate’
• ‘Imaginary Friend’
• ‘I, Borg’
• ‘The Next Phase’
• ‘The Inner Light’

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After doing some space stuff to bulk out the Captain’s log, the Enterprise encounters a probe of unknown origin. It emits a pulse which hits Captain Picard. He awakens on an unfamiliar world and is told his name is Kamin, an iron weaver recovering from a fever on a pre-warp planet called Kataan, and he’s married to Eline. Picard is initially is reluctant to accept this as truth but finds the people to be peaceful and friendly. As the years pass, he comes to accept his new life, has children with his wife and finds solace in playing his flute, but he has concerns about the future of the planet due to the ongoing drought. Over the years, he investigates the cause all while losing friends and family. He eventually discovers that the planet is dying due to the changes in its sun. A probe is launched… the probe the Enterprise encountered right at the beginning of the episode. Picard wakes up back on the Enterprise with a lifetime of memories, forever a changed man… until next week.

• ‘Darmok’
• ‘Ensign Ro’
• ‘Silicon Avatar’
• ‘Disaster’
• ‘The Game’
• ‘Unification’
• ‘A Matter of Time’
• ‘New Ground’
• ‘Hero Worship’
• ‘Violations’
• ‘The Masterpiece Society’
• ‘Conundrum’
• ‘Power Play’
• ‘Ethics’
• ‘The Outcast’
• ‘The First Duty’
• ‘Cost of Living’
• ‘The Perfect Mate’
• ‘Imaginary Friend’
• ‘I, Borg’
• ‘The Next Phase’

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