Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 4
Paramount Pictures (1990)
Adventure, Science Fiction
In Collection
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IMDB   8.7
1182 mins USA / English
Blu-ray Disc  Region A   NR (Not Rated)
Patrick Stewart Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes Wm. Riker
Gates McFadden Beverly Crusher
Marina Sirtis Deanna Troi
Brent Spiner Data
Michael Dorn Worf
LeVar Burton Geordi Laforge
Wil Wheaton Wesley Crusher
Colm Meaney Chief Miles O'Brien
Whoopi Goldberg Guinan
Elizabeth Dennehy Lt. Cmdr. Elizabeth Paula Shelby
George Murdock Admiral J. P. Hanson
Director
Rob Bowman
Cliff Bole
Producer Rick Berman
Burton Armus
Writer Gene Roddenberry
Michael Piller


A century after Captain Kirk's five year mission, the next generation of Starfleet officers begins their journey aboard the new flagship of the Federation. Commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard the Galaxy class starship Enterprise NCC-1701-D will seek out new life and new civilizations - to boldly go where no one has gone before.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    9/24/1990  1.  The Best of Both Worlds (2)
Riker must pull out all the stops in order to save Earth from a Borg invasion being lead by none other than Locutus - otherwise known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
Director:  Cliff Bole  Writer:  Michael Piller 
Guest starring:  Elizabeth Dennehy, George Murdock, Todd Merrill
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/1/1990  2.  Family
Picard meets with his older brother in France, and contemplates resigning his Starfleet commission after his ordeal with the Borg. Worf's adoptive parents spend time with their son on the Enterprise, and succeed in embarrassing him in front of his crewmates.
Director:  Les Landau  / Bryan Stewart  Writer:  Ronald D. Moore 
Guest starring:  Jeremy Kemp,  Samantha Eggar, Theodore Bikel, Georgia Brown, Dennis Creaghan, Doug Wert, David Birkin
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/8/1990  3.  Brothers
While escorting a seriously ill boy to the closest Federation Starbase for treatment, Data mysteriously takes control of the Enterprise and takes it to a distant planet. He learns that his creator has summoned him for an important meeting that could change his life. However, Dr. Soong unknowingly summoned Data's twin brother Lore, into the bargain.
Director:  Rob Bowman  Writer:  Rick Berman 
Guest starring:  Coey Danziger,  Adam Ryen, James Lashley, Cory Danziger
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/15/1990  4.  Suddenly Human
A custody battle between Picard and a child's adoptive father arises when a boy showing evidence of abuse is discovered.
Director:  Gabrielle Beaumont  Writer:  John Whelpley  / Jeri Taylor 
Guest starring:  Chad Allen,  Sherman Howard, Barbara Townsend
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/22/1990  5.  Remember Me
Dr. Crusher begins to question her sanity when members of the crew start disappearing one by one, and all evidence of their existence is erased.
Director:  Cliff Bole  Writer:  Lee Sheldon 
Guest starring:  Eric Menyuk, Bill Erwin
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/29/1990  6.  Legacy
The Enterprise is caught in the middle of a civil war when they encounter Tasha Yar's long-lost younger sister, Ishara.
Director:  Robert Scheerer  Writer:  Joe Menosky 
Guest starring:  Beth Toussaint, Don Mirault, Vladimir Velasco, Christopher Michael
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/5/1990  7.  Reunion
Picard is asked to choose between two candidates to succeed the current Chancellor of the Klingon High Council as the new ruler of the Empire. Worf is disturbed by unexpected news when he is paid a visit by his former lover.
Director:  Jonathan Frakes  Writer:  Brannon Braga  / Ronald D. Moore 
Guest starring:  Charles Cooper, Suzie Plakson, Patrick Massett, John Paul Steuer, Michael Rider,  April GraceBasil Wallace, Mirron E. Willis, Robert O'Reilly
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/12/1990  8.  Future Imperfect
Riker awakens one morning to discover he is suddenly 16 years in the future as the captain of the Enterprise, and negotiating a peace treaty with the Romulans with no recollection of how he arrived at that point in time, or of any recent events.
Director:  Les Landau  Writer:  J. Larry Carroll  / David Bennett Carren 
Guest starring:  Andreas Katsulas, Chris Demetral, Carolyn McCormick,  April Grace, George O'Hanlon Jr.
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/19/1990  9.  Final Mission
Wesley must keep Captain Picard alive on the eve of his entrance exam to Starfleet Academy when their shuttle crashes on a barren moon.
Director:  Corey Allen  Writer:  Jeri Taylor  / Kacey Arnold-Ince 
Guest starring:  Nick Tate, Kim Hamilton, Mary Kohnert
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/1/1990  10.  The Loss
Troi loses her empathic abilities when the Enterprise is caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole.
Director:  Chip Chalmers  Writer:  Vanessa Greene  / Hilary J. Bader 
Guest starring:  Kim Braden, Mary Kohnert,  Lucy Boryer
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/7/1991  11.  Data's Day
A Vulcan Ambassador being escorted by the Enterprise starts exhibiting suspicious behavior. Miles O'Brien marries his fiancée, Keiko Ishikawa in Ten-Forward.
Director:  Robert Wiemer  Writer:  Ronald D. Moore  / Harold Apter 
Guest starring:  Sierra Pecheur, Alan Scarfe,  April Grace, Shelly Desai, Rosalind Chao
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/28/1991  12.  The Wounded
When the Cardassians start re-arming themselves, a Federation Captain takes it upon himself to remove a potential threat before it escalated. Now, Picard must fight for the Cardassians and stop the renegade from slaughtering innocents.
Director:  Chip Chalmers  / Stu Charno  Writer:  Jeri Taylor  / Cy Chermak 
Guest starring:  Marc Alaimo, Marco Rodriguez, Time Winters, John Hancock,  Bob Gunton, Rosalind Chao
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/4/1991  13.  Devil's Due
The crew of the Enterprise must defend the planet Ventax from a mythological Devil who re-appears when a 1000 year long era of peace comes to an end.
Director:  Tom Benko  / William Glover  Writer:  Philip Lazebnick 
Guest starring:  Marta DuBois, Paul Lambert, Marcelo Tubert, Thad Lamey, Tom Magee, William Glover
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/11/1991  14.  Clues
Picard orders a secret investigation when the crew suspects Data of lying about the discovery of a wormhole.
Director:  Les Landau  / Bruce D. Arthurs  Writer:  Joe Menosky  / Bruce D. Arthurs 
Guest starring:  Pamela Winslow, Rhonda Aldrich, Thomas Knickerbocker
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/18/1991  15.  First Contact
Riker is abducted by a xenophobic race of aliens during a first contact mission. They believe the Enterprise is a scout for an invasion.
Director:  Cliff Bole  / Marc Scott Zicree  Writer:  Ronald D. Moore  / Michael Piller 
Guest starring:  George Coe, Carolyn Seymour, George Hearn,  Michael Ensign, Steven Anderson, Sachi Parker,  Bebe Neuwirth
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    3/11/1991  16.  Galaxy's Child
Geordi must work with the real Leah Brahms when she arrives on the Enterprise when a space-borne alien life form thinks the ship is its mother. Tensions rise when she learns that Geordi created a holographic version of her several months before in order to save the ship from danger.
Director:  Winrich Kolbe  / Thomas Kartozian  Writer:  Maurice Hurley 
Guest starring:  Susan Gibney, Lanai Chapman, Jana Marie Hupp,  April Grace
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    3/18/1991  17.  Night Terrors
Troi faces a recurring nightmare when the Enterprise is caught in a rift in space. Soon, the crew begins to slip into insanity through dream deprivation.
Director:  Les Landau  / Shari Goodhartz  Writer:  Jeri Taylor  / Pamela Douglas 
Guest starring:  John Vickery,  Duke Moosekian, Craig Hurley, Brian Tochi, Lanai Chapman, Deborah Taylor, Rosalind Chao
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    3/25/1991  18.  Identity Crisis
Geordi and a former crew mate begin evolving into bizarre creatures when they return to a planet both of them were on during an Away Mission five years earlier.
Director:  Brannon Braga  / Winrich Kolbe  Writer:  Brannon Braga 
Guest starring:  Maryann Plunkett, Amick Byram, Dennis Madalone, Mona Grudt, Paul Tompkins
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/1/1991  19.  The Nth Degree
An alien probe transforms Barclay from a shy, awkward character into an arrogant super-genius who is able to interface with the Enterprise's computer through the holodeck.
Director:  Robert Legato  Writer:  Joe Menosky 
Guest starring:  Jim Morton,  Kay E. Kuter, Saxon Trainor, Page Leong, David Coburn,  Jim NortonDwight Schultz
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/22/1991  20.  Qpid
Q places Vash and the senior Enterprise crew in a recreation of Robin Hood and his merry men.
Director:  Cliff Bole  / Randee Russell  Writer:  Ira Steven Behr 
Guest starring:  Jennifer Hetrick,  Clive RevillJohn de Lancie
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/29/1991  21.  The Drumhead
Picard is accused of treason when an explosion aboard the Enterprise is investigated by a ruthless and paranoid Starfleet Admiral.
Director:  Jonathan Taylor  Writer:  Jeri Taylor 
Guest starring:  Jean Simmons, Bruce French,  Spencer Garrett, Henry Woronicz, Earl Billings, Ann Shea
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/6/1991  22.  Half a Life
Lwaxana Troi falls in love with a man who must return home to commit suicide, as is customary for their race when they reach a certain age.
Director:  Les Landau  / Peter Allan Fields  Writer:  Peter Allan Fields 
Guest starring:  Terrence McNally,  Carel StruyckenDavid Ogden StiersMajel Barrett
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/13/1991  23.  The Host
Dr. Crusher falls in love with a Trill Ambassador, until she discovers the Trill's symbiotic relationship.
Director:  Marvin Rush  Writer:  Michel Horvat 
Guest starring:  Franc LuzBarbara Tarbuck, Nicole Orth-Pallavicini, William Newman, Robert Harper
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/27/1991  24.  The Mind's Eye
While en route to Risa for shore leave, Geordi is abducted by the Romulans and brainwashed into becoming an assassin.
Director:  René Echevarria  / David Livingston  Writer:  René Echevarria 
Guest starring:  Lawrence Dobkin, John Fleck, Edward Wiley,  Denise Crosby
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    6/3/1991  25.  In Theory
Data experiences the complexities of love when a fellow crewmate becomes attracted to him.
Director:  Patrick Stewart  Writer:  Ronald D. Moore  / Joe Menosky 
Guest starring:  Michele Scarabelli, Pamela Winslow, Rosalind Chao
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    6/17/1991  26.  Redemption (1)
Worf must choose between his people and the Federation when a civil war threatens to destroy the Klingon Empire.
Director:  Cliff Bole  Writer:  Ronald D. Moore 
Guest starring:  Denise Crosby, Robert O'Reilly,  Tony Todd, Barbara March, Gwynyth Walsh, Ben Slack, Nicholas Kepros,  JD Cullum, Tom Ormeny, Clifton Jones
Edition Details
Edition Season Four
Series Star Trek: The Next Generation
Release Date 7/30/2013
Packaging HD Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles Danish; Dutch; Finnish; French; German; Italian; Japanese; Norwegian; Swedish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [French]
Dolby Digital Surround [English]
DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 [English]
Mono [German]
Mono [Italian]
Mono [Japanese]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 6

Features
Disc 01 Audio Commentary with Rob Bowman and Mike & Denise Okuda on "Brothers" Archival Mission Log: Mission Overview Year Four 5 Episodic Promos Audio Commentary with Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga and Mike & Denise Okuda on "Reunion" Archival Mission Log: Selected Crew Analysis Year Four 5 Episodic Promos Archival Mission Log: New Life and New Civilizations 5 Episodic Promos Archival Mission Log: Chronicles from the Final Frontier 5 Episodic Promos Archival Mission Log: Departmental Briefing Year Four: Production Archival Mission Log: Select Historical Data Archival Mission Log: Inside the Star Trek Archives 4 Episodic Promos In Conversation: The Star Trek TM Art Department (HD) Relativity - The Family Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation (HD) Part 1: Homecoming Part 2: Posterity Deleted Scenes (HD) The Best Of Both Worlds, Part II Family Brothers Final Mission The Wounded Galaxy's Child Qpid The Host Gag Reel (HD) 2 Episodic Promos