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With the disappearance of a Federation colony, the Enterprise warp speeds to action to uncover if the reason was political or something much more sinister. Along their travels, the crew must escort a scientist who may hold the key to a malfunction that places the crew in danger. Prime Directives are broken as Picard is taken for a god on a primitive world. The Romulans continue to notice Federation intrusion into the Neutral Zone and threatens war against the Enterprise. Things become much more complex as an old enemy stops by and Picard must decide if he should offer solace or choose to remain enemies as a precaution. All leading up to finally answering the motives of Starfleet and the Federation as the Enterprise continues on its mission to explore the galaxy.

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S3 e1 - evolution, s3 e2 - the ensigns of command, s3 e3 - the survivors, s3 e4 - who watches the watchers, s3 e5 - the bonding, s3 e6 - booby trap, s3 e7 - the enemy, s3 e8 - the price, s3 e9 - the vengeance factor, s3 e10 - the defector, s3 e11 - the hunted, s3 e12 - the high ground, s3 e13 - déjà q, s3 e14 - a matter of perspective, s3 e15 - yesterday's enterprise, s3 e16 - the offspring, s3 e17 - sins of the father, s3 e18 - allegiance, s3 e19 - captain's holiday, s3 e20 - tin man, where does star trek: the next generation rank today the justwatch daily streaming charts are calculated by user activity within the last 24 hours. this includes clicking on a streaming offer, adding a title to a watchlist, and marking a title as 'seen'. this includes data from ~1.3 million movie & tv show fans per day..

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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Episode Guide - Season 3

Now we’re rolling! The apex of televised Star Trek begins at around episode 7 of The Next Generation’s third season when this program became the first-ever “must-see TV” in syndication. High concept episodes like “Yesterday’s Enterprise” are paeans to the fans and sci-fi hardcores, whereas stories like “The Offsping” show TNG’s maturity into mainstream-audience viewing – a rarity for science-fiction shows in those days before the genre geeks took over entertainment.

And the whole thing culminates in “Best of Both Worlds,” a triumph of an episode habitually ranked among all sorts of “Top TV episodes” listings, Star Trek-themed or no that ultimately spawned the fantastic Star Trek: First Contact. (The best ST film, for STG’s money…)

1. Evolution – Acting ensign Wesley Crusher screws up (sigh) by unleashing a swarm of sentient nanites into the Enterprise; a war for control of the ship ensues. A really small-scale war, but still Good news: This would be the last weak script to begin a TNG season. **

2. The Ensigns of Command – Data must convince a third-generation Federation colony to evacuate their planet before the aggressive Sheliak move in. Picard’s outsmarting of the would-be new tenants in the last act is nearly worth the price of admission. ***

3. The Survivors – 10,998 of a Federation colony of 11,000 have been killed, their planet made essentially uninhabitable. So how are the two humans left able to survive, living in a pristine house? **

4. Who Watches the Watchers – See, Federation types? This is what you get for spying on “primitive” cultures Prime Directive violations all over the place (well, that and Star Trek: Insurrection). In this episode, a Bronze Age-type stumbles upon Federation observers and becomes convinced that Captain Picard is a god. (You mean he’s not?) **

5. The Bonding – On an away mission, Lt. Worf gets a Red Shirt killed. An entity attempts to comfort the Red Shirt’s young son by creating an image of his mother who offers to live with him on the uninhabited planet. The boy ultimately decides Worf is cooler, stays on the Enterprise, and disappears by the next episode. **

6. Booby Trap – Any episode of any ST series in which a character falls in love with a Holodeck character (I’m looking at you, Harry Kim) is stupid. The icky vibe Geordi LaForge gives off in this one only makes it worse. 0

7. The Enemy – As though in karmic payback for “Booby Trap”, LaForge gets to spend most of this episode on a fairly inhospitable planet with an irritable Romulan in the Star Trek version of “Enemy Mine”. ***

8. The Price – Four parties (for the record, it’s the Federation, Caldonians, Chrysalians and Ferengi) board the Enterprise so as to begin bidding and negotiations with a group offering to sell the rights to a wormhole which leads into the Gamma Quadrant. Ultimately, it is revealed that at least two of the parties haven’t played fair and that the wormhole is worthless anyway. Also, Troi falls in love but nobody cares. ***

9. The Vengeance Factor – As Picard attempts to solve the problems of the fractured Acamarian society, Riker gets the hots for an assassin and then ties on a good buzz in Ten Forward. *

10. The Defector – A low-ranking Romulan officer gets a conscience and defects to the Federation. And when fellow Romulans seek to double-cross the double-crosser, well, Picard proves too freakin’ clever for them. ***

11. The Hunted – The Enterprise is dispatched to Angosia, a planet being considered for United Federation of Planets membership. Things on Angosia aren’t as hunky-dory as the planet’s leader, who bears a strong resemblance to Zefrim Cochrane, makes it seem – particularly a pesky bunch of genetically-altered soldiers who demand, you know, rights and stuff. ***

12. The High Ground – A terrorist group whose members are slowly dying thanks to their own weaponry kidnaps Dr. Crusher for medical assistance; later they bag Picard himself in a bid to get Federation mediation for their planetary conflict. A science-fiction comment on terrorism and censorship. ***

13. Déjà Q – When is Q not Q? When the Q Continuum strips him of his power and leaves him for Picard and the Enterprise crew to deal with. A decent episode, but Q without powers isn’t nearly as much fun as Q with powers…***

14. A Matter of Perspective – As it turns out, the holodeck can be useful. Picard gets to play defense attorney again when Riker is accused of a murder he (naturally) didn’t commit; the Captain and Data employ the holodeck to help reconstruct events and crack the case. ****

15. Yesterday's Enterprise – A classic that not only thrilled and amazed Star Trek fans, but helped show American TV what that wacky continuity thing could do. The long-since destroyed Enterprise “C” emerges from a rim in space, thereby changing history. In a (televisual) instant, the familiar Enterprise “D” morphs into a warship, fighting a losing war with the Klingon Empire. Guinan, who senses that Lt. Yar should not exist at all and yet is somehow key to winning the war, convinces Picard that the Enterprise C must be sent back through time to *lose* a battle while assisting the Klingons, an act of heroism that thaws relations between Klingons and Federation. Excellent stuff. *****

16. The Offspring – Lt. Data creates an android which he thinks of as a Data. Well funnier and far less nauseating than the idea sounds on paper. And the meeting between Riker and Data’s “daughter” Lal is one of the single best scenes of season 3. ****

17. Sins of the Father – In an attempt to clear his father’s name after the Klingon High Council’s accusations of complicity with the Romulans, Worf, along with Picard, appears before a tribunal to plead the case. This episode introduces Worf’s brother Kurn and the devious House of Duras, who’d make it all the way to Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Generations, respectively. ****

18. Allegiance – Aliens replace Picard with a doppleganger while placing the real Picard in an (almost) inescapable trap along with three others, each of a different species. After Picard deduces everything, he delivers a swell comeuppance to the captors. ****

19. Captain's Holiday – As though not badass enough already, Picard becomes a 24th-century Indiana Jones while ostensibly enjoying some R&R. Mix in Ferengi and time-travelers to make one dandy romp of an episode. ****

20. Tin Man – What appears to be the transportation of a friend of Troi’s to a simple first-contact mission gets complex quickly when Romulans appear on the scene and a nearby star gets set to go supernova. ***

21. Hollow Pursuits – This introduction of the perpetually nervous fan favorite Lt. Reginal Barclay features the former “Howling Mad” Murdock having to get a grip and assist the Enterprise with its mysterious technical difficulties. ***

22. The Most Toys – A dude named Kivas Fajo, perhaps in an attempt to make Comic Book Guy of The Simpsons jealous, swipes Data off the Enterprise bridge so as to add the android to his “collection.” ***

23. Sarek – Spock’s father, a staple of the Star Trek mythos since at least Star Trek III, shows up on the Enterprise in rough shape, as he’s suffering from a terminal disease. Picard assists the Vulcan in his ambassadorial mediation. ***

24. Ménage à Troi – Star Trek Guide doesn’t know what’s more execrable about the tile of this one: The feeble attempt at a very bad pun or the sheer misleading of its implication. In any case, “Meange” is quite a funny episode featuring Ferengi kidnapping Riker, Troi and Troi’s mother. Wesley (!) discovers where they’re being held and Picard must act as though Lwaxana is his lover, threatening to destroy the Ferengi ship in a jealous rage. It almost enough to forgive the stupid title. ****

25. Transfigurations – In another “more than he seems” plotline, the Enterprise finds a human-looking guy with fantastic powers – and some enemies. **

26. The Best of Both Worlds, Part I – “We have engaged the Borg.” In case you’ve never heard it before, here it is: The height of Borg badassery, with concomitant awesome performances by all characters up to and including guest first officer Commander Shelby. The Enterprise comes face to face with a Borg vessel that has assimilated an entire Federation colony, only for the Borg demand that Picard come aboard. Picard is then assimilated, to be used as an information-providing tool to conquer Federation worlds from Earth on down. Now captaining the Enterprise, Riker reckons the Enterprise can destroy the Borg cube with Picard – now dubbed Locutus – aboard. He gives Lt. Worf the command: “Fire!” *****

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Star Trek: The Next Generation , often abbreviated to TNG , is the second live-action Star Trek television series, and the first set in the 24th century . Like its predecessors, it was created by Gene Roddenberry . Produced at Paramount Pictures , it aired in first-run syndication , by Paramount Television in the US, from September 1987 to May 1994 . The series was set in the 24th century and featured the voyages of the starship USS Enterprise -D under Captain Jean-Luc Picard .

The series led to four spin-offs set in the same time period: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , which it ran alongside during its final two seasons, Star Trek: Voyager , Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Picard . It is also the beginning of a contiguous period of time during which there was always at least one Star Trek series in production, ending with Star Trek: Enterprise in 2005 .

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Star Trek: The Next Generation moved the universe forward roughly a century past the days of James T. Kirk and Spock . The series depicted a new age in which the Klingons were allies of the Federation , though the Romulans remained adversaries. New threats included the Ferengi (although they were later used more for comic relief), the Cardassians , and the Borg . While Star Trek: The Original Series was clearly made in the 1960s, the first two seasons of The Next Generation show all the markings of a 1980s product, complete with Spandex uniforms .

As with the original Star Trek , TNG was still very much about exploration, "boldly going where no one has gone before". Similarly, the plots captured the adventures of the crew of a starship, namely the USS Enterprise -D . Despite the apparent similarities with the original series, the creators of TNG were adamant about creating a bold, independent vision of the future. The public did not widely accept the show on its own terms until the airing of " The Best of Both Worlds ", which marked a shift towards higher drama, serious plot lines, and a less episodic nature. This helped pave the way for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and its two-year-long Dominion War arc and preceding build-up, as well as the third and fourth seasons of Star Trek: Enterprise . Star Trek: Voyager capitalized on the heightened crew relationships and familial bonds first seen on The Next Generation. DS9, on the other hand, balanced political intrigue, character development, and series-long plot threads with a rerun-friendly format.

As with the original Star Trek , TNG's special effects utilized miniatures, but due to great advancements in computerized effects and opticals, the show leaped ahead of its predecessor in terms of quality effects. This series marked the greatest surge in Star Trek 's mainstream popularity, and paved the way for the later televised Trek shows.

Four of the Star Trek motion pictures continued the adventures of the TNG cast after the end of the series in 1994. Star Trek Generations served to "pass the torch" from The Original Series cast, who had been the subject of the first six motion pictures, by including crossover appearances from William Shatner , James Doohan , and Walter Koenig ; it also featured the destruction of the USS Enterprise -D. Star Trek: First Contact , released two years later , was the first of the motion pictures to solely feature the TNG cast, transferred aboard the new USS Enterprise -E and engaging with one of their deadliest enemies from the television series, the Borg. Star Trek: Insurrection followed in 1998 , continuing certain character arcs from the series. In 2002 , Star Trek Nemesis brought some of these character arcs and plot threads to a seemingly definite conclusion, although some cast members expressed hope that future movies would yet pick up the story. Regardless, a new generation of actors appeared in 2009 's Star Trek , which created an alternate reality and returned the films' focus to Kirk and Spock .

On television, characters from TNG appeared in subsequent series. Recurring TNG character Miles O'Brien became a series regular on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , as did Worf in DS9's fourth season . Jean-Luc Picard appeared in Deep Space Nine 's pilot episode , and supporting characters from TNG appeared occasionally on DS9 (specifically, Keiko O'Brien , Lursa , B'Etor , Molly O'Brien , Vash , Q , Lwaxana Troi , Alynna Nechayev , Gowron , Thomas Riker , Toral , and Alexander Rozhenko ). Reginald Barclay and Deanna Troi appeared several times each on Star Trek: Voyager , and Troi and William T. Riker appeared in the series finale of Star Trek: Enterprise , which was primarily a holographic simulation set during the TNG episode " The Pegasus ". However, Star Trek Nemesis was the final chronological appearance of the Next Generation characters for over 18 years, until Star Trek: Picard , which focused on the later life of Jean-Luc Picard. Riker, Troi, Data , and Hugh also appeared in Picard .

In 1994 , Star Trek: The Next Generation was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series. During its seven-year run, it was nominated for 58 Emmy Awards, mostly in "technical" categories such as visual effects and makeup; it won 18.

Main cast [ ]

Starring [ ].

• Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard
• Jonathan Frakes as Commander William T. Riker

Also starring [ ]

• LeVar Burton as Lt. j.g. / Lt. / Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
• Denise Crosby as Lt. Tasha Yar ( 1987 - 1988 )
• Michael Dorn as Lt. j.g. / Lt. Worf
• Gates McFadden as Doctor Beverly Crusher ( 1987 - 1988 ; 1989 - 1994 )
• Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
• Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data
• Wil Wheaton as Ensign Wesley Crusher ( 1987 - 1990 )

Episode list [ ]

Season 1 [ ].

TNG Season 1 , 25 episodes:

Season 2 [ ]

TNG Season 2 , 22 episodes:

Season 3 [ ]

TNG Season 3 , 26 episodes:

Season 4 [ ]

TNG Season 4 , 26 episodes:

Season 5 [ ]

TNG Season 5 , 26 episodes:

Season 6 [ ]

TNG Season 6 , 26 episodes:

Season 7 [ ]

TNG Season 7 , 25 episodes:

Behind the scenes [ ]

Star Trek: The Next Generation was originally pitched to the then-fledgling Fox Network . However, they couldn't guarantee an initial order greater than thirteen episodes, not enough to make the enormous start-up costs of the series worth the expense. It was then decided to sell the series to the first-run syndication market. The show's syndicated launch was overseen by Paramount Television president Mel Harris , a pioneer in the syndicated television market. Many of the stations that carried The Next Generation had also run The Original Series for a long time.

According to issues of Star Trek: The Official Fan Club Magazine from early 1987, TNG was originally planned to be set in the 25th century, 150 years after the original series, and the Enterprise would have been the Enterprise NCC-1701-G. Gene Roddenberry ultimately changed the timeline to mid-24th century, set on board the Enterprise NCC-1701-D, as an Enterprise -G would have been the eighth starship to bear the name and that was too many for the relatively short time period that was to have passed.

Star Trek: The Next Generation was billed initially as being set 78 years after the days of the original USS Enterprise . [1] (p. 16) However, after the series' first season was established as being set in the year 2364 , this reference became obsolete as dates were then able to be set for the original series and the four previous films. When this happened, it was established that the events of the original series were about a hundred years before the events of TNG. With TNG's first season being set in 2364, 78 years prior would have been 2286 . Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home partly takes place during this year along with the shakedown cruise of the USS Enterprise -A .

On the special The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation To The Next , Gene Roddenberry commented, " On the original Star Trek , I practically lost my family from working so many twelve-hour days, fourteen-hour days, seven days a week, and I told them, 'You can't pay me enough to do that.' But then they said, 'Hey, but suppose we do it in a way in which' they call syndication, 'in which we don't have a network and we don't have all those people up there?' And Paramount was saying to me, 'And we guarantee that you will be in charge of the show.' "

Andrew Probert was first hired by Roddenberry in 1978 . However, not until 1986 , when Roddenberry was preparing to launch a new show, entitled Star Trek: The Next Generation , did he call upon Probert to take a lead design role. Everything had to be rethought, imagined, planned and redesigned. As the vision evolved in the designers' minds, the evolution was charted in successive sketches and paintings.

Among Probert's creations, in addition to the new Enterprise starship and many of its interiors including the main bridge , are many other featured spacecraft. The Ferengi cruiser , and even the Ferengi species, are Probert designs.

Roddenberry originally insisted on doing a one-hour pilot and assigned D.C. Fontana to write the episode, first titled Meeting at Farpoint . However, the studio was keen on having a two-hour pilot, mainly because they wanted something big and spectacular to launch the series, especially considering first-run syndication. Roddenberry himself volunteered to extend Fontana's script to two hours, eventually adding the Q storyline to it.

Ronald D. Moore commented, " Gene did not want conflict between the regular characters on TNG. This began to hamstring the series and led to many, many problems. To put it bluntly, this wasn't a very good idea. But rather than jettison it completely, we tried to remain true to the spirit of a better future where the conflicts between our characters did not show them to be petty or selfish or simply an extension of 20th century mores. " ( AOL chat , 1997 ) Rick Berman explained, " The problem with Star Trek: The Next Generation is Gene created a group of characters that he purposely chose not to allow conflict between. Starfleet officers cannot be in conflict, thus its murderous to write these shows because there is no good drama without conflict, and the conflict has to come from outside the group. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 8)

Roddenberry tried to recruit many production staff members from The Original Series to work on the new series. These included producers Robert H. Justman and Edward K. Milkis , writers D.C. Fontana and David Gerrold (who served as the main creative force behind the formation of the series), costume designer William Ware Theiss , assistant director Charles Washburn , composer Fred Steiner , set decorator John M. Dwyer , and writer John D.F. Black . Roddenberry also tried to bring back cinematographer Jerry Finnerman , but he declined the offer, being busy working on Moonlighting at the time. However, all of the above people finished working on the series after or during the first season.

Unit Production Manager David Livingston was responsible for hiring Michael Westmore for the pilot episode. ( ENT Season 3 Blu-ray , " Impulse " audio commentary )

Remastering [ ]

After several months of speculation and partial confirmation, StarTrek.com announced on 28 September 2011 (the 24th anniversary of the series premiere) that The Next Generation would be remastered in 1080p high-definition for release on Blu-ray Disc and eventual syndication, starting in 2012 . The seventh and final season was released on Blu-ray in December 2014 .

Cast and crew [ ]

The following people worked on The Next Generation ; it is unknown during which season or on which episodes.

Performers [ ]

• Antonio – background actor
• Charles Bazaldua – voice actor
• Terrence Beasor – voice actor (17 episodes, including the voice of the Borg )
• Libby Bideau – featured actress
• Brian Ciari – background actor: Cardassian ( TNG Season 6 or 7 )
• Amber Connally – background actress: child
• Phil Crowley – voice actor
• Vincent DeMaio – background actor: Enterprise -D operations division officer
• David Dewitt – background actor
• Gregory Fletcher – background actor Borg
• Dan Horton – background actor
• Carlyle King – voice actress
• Mark Laing – featured actor
• Daryl F. Mallett – background actor
• Tina Morlock – background actress
• Jean Marie Novak – background actress: Enterprise -D operations division officer
• Rick H. Olavarria – background actor (1988)
• Jennifer Ott – background actress: Enterprise -D command division officer
• Richard Penn – voice actor
• Judie Pimitera – background actress: Ten Forward waitress
• Paige Pollack – voice actress
• Jeff Rector – background actor: Enterprise -D command division officer
• Gary Schwartz – voice actor/ADR voice
• Beth Scott – background actress
• Steve Sekely – background actor
• Andrea Silver – background actress: Enterprise -D sciences division officer
• Oliver Theess – recurring background actor (around 1990)
• Richard Walker – background actor
• Harry Williams, Jr. – background actor
• Bruce Winant – supporting actor
• Stephen Woodworth – background actor

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• Laura Albert – stunts
• John Lendale Bennett – stunts
• Richard L. Blackwell – stunts
• John Cade – stunts
• Chuck Courtney – Assistant Stunt Coordinator
• Terry James – stunts
• Gary Jensen – Assistant Stunt Coordinator
• Lane Leavitt – stunts
• Pat Romano – stunts

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• Joseph Andolino – Additional Composer
• David Atherton – Makeup Artist
• Gregory Benford – Scientific Consultant
• Steven R. Bernstein – Additional Music Composer/Orchestrator
• Les Bernstien – Motion Control Operator
• R. Christopher Biggs – Special Makeup Effects Artist
• Howard Block – Second Unit Director of Photography
• Stephen Buchsbaum – Colorist: Unitel Video (Four Seasons)
• Alan Chudnow – Assistant Editor
• Marty Church – Foley Mixer
• Scott Cochran – Scoring Mixer: Advertising Music
• Robert Cole – Special Effects Artist
• Sharon Davis – Graphics Assistant
• David Dittmar – Prosthetic Makeup Artist
• Dragon Dronet – Prop Maker: Weapons, Specialty Props and Miniatures
• Jim Dultz – Assistant Art Director
• Shannon Dunn – Extras Casting: Cenex Casting
• Chris W. Fallin – Motion Control Operator
• Edward J. Franklin – Special Effects Artist
• Lisa Gizara – Assistant to Gates McFadden
• John Goodwin – Makeup Artist
• Simon Holden – Digital Compositor (between 1989 and 1994)
• Kent Allen Jones – Sculptor: Bob Jean Productions
• Michael R. Jones – Makeup Artist (early 1990s)
• Jason Kaufman – Prop and Model Maker: Greg Jein, Inc.
• Nina Kent – Makeup Artist
• David Kervinen – Visual Effects Illustrator: Composite Image Systems (4 Seasons)
• Andy Krieger – Extras Casting: Central Casting
• Tim Landry – Visual Effects Artist
• Lisa Logan – Cutter/Fitter
• Jon Macht – Post Production Vendor
• Gray Marshall – Motion Control Camera Operator: Image "G"
• Karl J. Martin – Digital Compositor
• Belinda Merritt – VFX Accountant: The Post Group
• John Palmer – Special Effects Coordinator: WonderWorks Inc.
• Frank Popovich – Mold and Prop Assistant
• Molly Rennie
• Chris Schnitzer – Motion Control Technician/Rigger: Image "G"
• Steven J. Scott – Digital Compositor
• Bruce Sears – DGA Trainee
• Casey Simpson – Gaffer
• Ken Stranahan – Visual Effects Artist
• Rick Stratton – Makeup Artist
• Greg Stuhl – Miniatures: Greg Jein, Inc.
• Tim Tommasino – Assistant Editor
• Peter Webb – Digital Compositor
• Gregory A. Weimerskirch – Assistant Art Director
• Bill Witthans – Dolly Grip

Companies [ ]

• Bob Jean Productions
• Movie Movers
• Newkirk Special Effects
• WonderWorks Inc.

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• Star Trek: The Next Generation comics, volume 2 (DC)
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External links [ ]

• Star Trek: The Next Generation at Wikipedia
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“Incredibly proud of this episode”: One Star Trek: TNG Legend is Leaving the Franchise after Final Strange New Worlds Season 3 ‘Murder Mystery’ Episode

Star Trek’s story has spanned decades and has had many who have followed it. From shows and movies to specials and even books, there have been many mediums to tell this beautiful tale. The latest addition has been that of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , taking the franchise into its next era. As the story takes its next steps, has managed to stay close to its roots, having several cast members from the original series.

A Temporary Goodbye

Jonathan Frakes recently gave an interview with CBR , where he talked about his exits from the Star Trek franchise. While the director clarified that his goodbye will not be permanent, there is no guarantee about when he will be back. This made his last days on set quite emotional. He talked about these exact feelings during the interview, mentioning his bittersweet farewells.

It would’ve been much sadder had I known when I was shooting it that it was going to be the end because it had the end of the episode feeling where everyone gives you a hug and says ‘I’ll see you next season.’ Now, I don’t know when I’ll see some of these actors and filmmakers again.

This made him feel quite melancholic, as he did not know when he would be coming back and seeing them again.

Jonathan Flake’s New Episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Jonathan Flakes recently gave an interview with ScreenRant , where he talked about his exit from the work of Star Trek . He was specifically asked about his new episode o f Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and has only positive things to say. He started by hinting a little about the plot itself, revealing it to be a murder mystery.

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Even though the process is still going on. He believes that fans are going to love what he has done, and has titled it to be a “winner”. It is safe to say audiences will love whatever he does and trust him to know what is best for the franchise.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is available for streaming on Paramount+.

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• Martha Hackett played multiple alien roles across Star Trek, including Seska, T'Rul, and Androna in different series.
• Her range includes playing a Bajoran, Cardassian spy, and Romulan, showcasing her versatility as an actress.
• Apart from her TV roles, Martha Hackett also lent her voice to Star Trek video games, expanding her contribution to the franchise.

Best known as Star Trek: Voyager 's duplicitous Seska, Martha Hackett has played members of five different alien species in the wider Star Trek franchise. Martha Hackett played a recurring role in the first two seasons of Voyager as Seska, a former lover of Commander Chakotay (Robert Beltran) and a thorn in the side to Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew). Eventually, Martha Hackett's Seska was killed off in Voyager 's season 3 premiere, but returned as an evil hologram in "Worst Case Scenario" toward the end of that year.

Seska wasn't Martha Hackett's first role in the Star Trek universe, and nor was it her last . After leaving Star Trek: Voyager , Martha Hackett voiced characters in multiple video games, including Star Trek: Elite Force II . Also, like many of her fellow Voyager cast members , Hackett had previously appeared in another show. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine cast Martha Hackett as Sub Commander T'Rul in the two-part season 3 opener, "The Search". As well as being the role that officially introduced Martha Hackett to the Star Trek universe, it was also one of many different alien species that she played.

Best known as Voyager's Tuvok, actor Tim Russ has played members of some of Star Trek's most notable alien species in movies and TV shows.

5 Martha Hackett Played A Terellian in Star Trek: The Next Generation

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Technically speaking, Martha Hackett's first Star Trek role was as Androna in the Star Trek: The Next Generation finale . In a deleted scene from the TNG finale's past timeline, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the USS Enterprise-D encounter the Terellians, who believed the anti-time eruption had the power to cure the sick and the dying. Androna had a short conversation with Captain Picard, where she thanked him for protecting them from threats made by the Romulan Star Empire.

Martha Hackett was offered the role of Androna after she unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of Lt. Jadzia Dax in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .

Martha Hackett's scene in the Star Trek: The Next Generation finale was cut for time as it was felt that it distracted from the main cast of TNG . Martha Hackett was incredibly understanding about her scene being cut, telling The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine #7 that " the focus deserved to be on the main characters in their final story. " The six hours that Martha Hackett endured in the make-up chair to become Androna communicated to Star Trek 's producers that she could handle another role which would require a great deal of alien prosthetics.

Martha Hackett's deleted scene can be found on the Bluray release of the Star Trek: The Next Generation finale, "All Good Things".

4 Martha Hackett Played A Romulan In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Sub commander t'rul in ds9 season 3, episodes 1 and 2, "the search".

Sub Commander T'Rul (Martha Hackett) was intended to be a recurring Star Trek: Deep Space Nine character, placed in charge of the cloaking device aboard the USS Defiant. This role would have made Sub Commander T'Rul the first Romulan crew member in Star Trek . However, as production began in earnest on DS9 season 3, it was decided that there wasn't much story potential in an officer that turned the Defiant's cloaking device on and off, and so T'Rul was written out.

Martha Hackett was offered the role of Seska in Star Trek: Voyager by Kim Friedman, who directed Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 3, episode 1.

T'Rul also holds the distinction of being the first Romulan to be captured by the Dominion , as she is placed in their virtual reality prison alongside Commander Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) and the crew. Collecting intelligence on the Dominion was the primary driver for the Romulan Star Empire, making an exception to the Treaty of Algeron regarding the Defiant's cloak. It's unclear what happened to T'Rul after the events of "The Search", but she presumably returned to Romulus to report on her experiences in the Gamma Quadrant.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's USS Defiant came equipped with a Romulan cloaking device, which broke a few in-universe and real-life Star Trek rules.

3 Martha Hackett Played A Bajoran In Star Trek: Voyager

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Seska (Martha Hackett) was one of Star Trek: Voyager 's Maquis crew members , and made her first appearance in season 1, episode 3, "Parallax". Seska was a Bajoran who served on the Val Jean with Chakotay, B'Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson) and Tuvok (Tim Russ). Like many of the Maquis, Seska struggled to fit in alongside Voyager's Starfleet crew , causing serious tension aboard the stranded ship. Seska even made it clear that she was willing to support any Maquis mutiny aboard Voyager, although this action was never instigated.

When she was cast, Martha Hackett was given an outline of Seska that said she was " vigilant about the beliefs of the Maquis ", something which was later turned on its head.

In Star Trek: Voyager season 1, episode 10, "Prime Factors", Seska joined a covert mission to steal spatial trajector technology behind the back of Captain Janeway. This was a watershed moment for the Maquis crew members, as Torres refused to go along with Seska's cover-up , preferring instead to come clean and try and heal the division among the crew. This didn't go down well with Seska, who would reveal her true colors in the following episode, "State of Flux", which revealed Tuvok wasn't the only spy aboard Chakotay's ship.

2 Martha Hackett Played A Cardassian in Star Trek: Voyager

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Star Trek: Voyager season 1, episode 11, "State of Flux" revealed that Seska was actually a Cardassian spy who had been genetically altered to appear Bajoran . With her secret revealed, Seska made the decision to leave the ship and ally herself with Voyager 's Kazon villains . Seska returned several times between Voyager seasons 1 and 2, as she doggedly pursued revenge against both Janeway and Chakotay. While Janeway briefly lost her ship, it was Chakotay who came off worse from his former lover's scheming and manipulation. Chakotay was physically and psychologically tortured by the Cardassian, even being led to believe that he had fathered a child.

In a reverse of what happened to Seska, Major Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) was a Bajoran who was genetically altered to look Cardassian in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , season 3, episode

As a Cardassian female, Seska was also able to manipulate the patriarchal Kazons, particularly First Maje Cullah (Anthony De Longis ) . In Star Trek: Voyager 's season 2 finale, "Basics", Seska and Cullah lead a hostile takeover of the USS Voyager, stranding Janeway and the crew on the barren planet of Hanon IV. Their hijacking is foiled by the Doctor (Robert Picardo) and Lon Suder (Brad Douriff), and Seska was killed in the process. Her son, a half-Cardassian, half-Kazon child, was taken by Cullah, and neither father nor son were ever seen again.

Star Trek: Voyager showrunner Michael Piller wanted to recreate a TNG success story but missed the mark in Voyager's season 2 finale episode.

1 Martha Hackett Played A Klingon In Star Trek: Klingon

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The 1996 computer game Star Trek: Klingon had an impressive array of talent attached to it, including Star Trek: Voyager 's Martha Hackett. Subtitled " The Ultimate Interactive Adventure " it placed the player in the role of Pok, a Klingon Warrior who had to team up with Chancellor Gowron (Robert O'Reilly) to solve the murder of their father. Martha Hackett played K'Tar in the game's video sequences, which were directed by Jonathan Frakes .

The game introduces the "Klingon warrior's anthem" which was later used in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, "Soldiers of the Empire".

Martha Hackett is clearly having a ball hamming it up as a Klingon matriarch, and she's surrounded by other notable Klingon actors. J.G. Hertzler, who would go on to play Chancellor Martok in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine played Ler'at, while Michael Dorn voiced the Klingon language speaker. While it's not an official television entry in the Star Trek universe, the video sequences total an hour, and effectively play out as a new episode. It's therefore only right to honor Star Trek: Voyager 's Martha Hackett's Klingon performance in her impressive list of alien credits.

All episodes of Star Trek: Voyager are available to stream on Paramount+.

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The fifth entry in the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: Voyager, is a sci-fi series that sees the crew of the USS Voyager on a long journey back to their home after finding themselves stranded at the far ends of the Milky Way Galaxy. Led by Captain Kathryn Janeway, the series follows the crew as they embark through truly uncharted areas of space, with new species, friends, foes, and mysteries to solve as they wrestle with the politics of a crew in a situation they've never faced before. 

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation is the third installment in the sci-fi franchise and follows the adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew members of the USS Enterprise. Set around one hundred years after the original series, Picard and his crew travel through the galaxy in largely self-contained episodes exploring the crew dynamics and their own political discourse. The series also had several overarching plots that would develop over the course of the isolated episodes, with four films released in tandem with the series to further some of these story elements.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as DS9, is the fourth series in the long-running Sci-Fi franchise, Star Trek. DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, and stars Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, and Cirroc Lofton. This particular series follows a group of individuals in a space station near a planet called Bajor.

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S1.E2 ∙ The Naked Now

S1.E3 ∙ Code of Honor

S1.E4 ∙ The Last Outpost

S1.E5 ∙ Where No One Has Gone Before

S1.E6 ∙ Lonely Among Us

S1.E7 ∙ Justice

S1.E8 ∙ The Battle

S1.E9 ∙ Hide and Q

S1.E10 ∙ Haven

S1.E11 ∙ The Big Goodbye

S1.E12 ∙ Datalore

S1.E13 ∙ Angel One

S1.E14 ∙ 11001001

S1.E15 ∙ Too Short a Season

S1.E16 ∙ When the Bough Breaks

S1.E17 ∙ Home Soil

S1.E18 ∙ Coming of Age

S1.E19 ∙ Heart of Glory

S1.E20 ∙ The Arsenal of Freedom

S1.E21 ∙ Symbiosis

S1.E22 ∙ Skin of Evil

S1.E23 ∙ We'll Always Have Paris

S1.E24 ∙ Conspiracy

S1.E25 ∙ The Neutral Zone

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It's a happy day for Star Trek fans — Paramount has just put up the entire first season of Strange New Worlds to stream for free on the Paramount+ YouTube channel. That's right, every episode from Season 1! The prequel series follows Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount ) and the crew of the USS Enterprise as they explore uncharted territory in the early days of the Federation.

Strange New Worlds is set to return to Paramount+ in just a few weeks for Season 2, so this is the perfect opportunity for fans without a subscription to the streamer to catch up on the series. The series marks a return to the episodic storytelling style of the original series and the franchise's 90s-era spin-offs. Each episode takes the crew of the Enterprise on a contained adventure that is generally resolved by the end of the hour.

In addition to Mount, Season 1 stars Rebecca Romijn as Number One, Ethan Peck as Spock, Celia Rose Gooding as Uhura, Jess Bush as Nurse Chapel, Babs Olusanmokun as Doctor M'Benga, Melissa Navia as Erica Ortegas, Christina Chong as La'an, and Bruce Horak as Hemmer.

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What to Expect From Strange New Worlds Season 2?

The second season of Strange New Worlds is right around the corner and the series has a lot of surprises in store for fans. Carol Kane is set to join the cast as the Enterprise's chief engineer, replacing Hemmer, and the ship is set to get a pair of very interesting visitors when Lower Decks stars Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid stop by for a crossover of epic proportions. The highly anticipated episode will be directed by Star Trek legend Jonathan Frakes , and you can see the first image of Mariner and Boimler in live-action right now . The second episode is also set to follow up on that Season 1 cliffhanger as Starfleet puts Number One on trial .

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 premieres on Paramount+ on June 15. You can watch the first episode of the series down below and see all of Season 1 on YouTube.

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