Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 2
Paramount Pictures (1988)
Adventure, Science Fiction
In Collection
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Seen ItYes
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IMDB   8.7
999 mins USA / English
Blu-ray Disc  Region A   NR (Not Rated)
Patrick Stewart Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes Commander William T. Riker
LeVar Burton Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Marina Sirtis Counselor Deanna Troi
Brent Spiner Lt. Commander Data
Michael Dorn Lieutenant Worf
Majel Barrett Computer Voice / Lwaxana Troi
Wil Wheaton Wesley Crusher
Diana Muldaur Doctor Pulaski
Colm Meaney Transporter Chief Miles O'Brien
Whoopi Goldberg Guinan
Dore Keller Crewman
Seymour Cassel Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt
R. J. Williams Ian Andrew Troi
Dawn Arnemann Miss Gladstone
Director
Rob Bowman
Cliff Bole
Producer Rick Berman
Burton Armus
Writer Gene Roddenberry
Frank Abatemarco


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    11/21/1988  1.  The Child
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.
Director:  Rob Bowman  Writer:  Maurice Hurley  / Jon Povill 
Guest starring:  Seymour Cassel, R.J. Williams,  Dawn Arnemann, Zachery Benjamin
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/28/1988  2.  Where Silence Has Lease
Stardate: 42193.6 A mysterious life form known as the 'Nagilum' threatens the life of the crew in his attempt to understand humanity.
Director:  Winrich Kolbe  Writer:  Jack B. Sowards 
Guest starring:  Earl Boen, Charles Douglass
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/5/1988  3.  Elementary, Dear Data
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, modifications to the Moriarty character include the capability of out-smarting Data, which leads to some unexpected consequences.
Director:  Rob Bowman  Writer:  Brian Alan Lane 
Guest starring:  Daniel Davis, Alan Shearman, Anne Elizabeth Ramsay
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/12/1988  4.  The Outrageous Okona
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.
Director:  Robert Becker  / Lance Dickson  Writer:  Burton Armus 
Guest starring:  Douglas Rowe, Albert Stratton,  Rosalind AllenKieran MulroneyTeri Hatcher, Joe Piscopo,  Bill Campbell
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/9/1989  5.  Loud as a Whisper
Stardate: 42477.2 A deaf-mute mediator meets with disaster while being escorted by the Enterprise.
Director:  Larry Shaw  Writer:  Jacqueline Zambrano 
Guest starring:  Leo Damian, Randy Oglesby, Marnie Mosiman, Howie Seago
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/23/1989  6.  The Schizoid Man
Stardate: 42437.5 Data is possessed by the consciousness of a brilliant scientist. However, it has a disturbing impact on Data's personality.
Director:  Hans Beimler  / Richard Manning  Writer:  Tracy Torme 
Guest starring:  Suzie Plakson, Barbara Alyn Woods, W. Morgan Sheppard
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/30/1989  7.  Unnatural Selection
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.
Director:  Paul Lynch  Writer:  Mike Gray  / John Mason 
Guest starring:  Patricia Smith, J. Patrick McNamara
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/6/1989  8.  A Matter of Honor
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 routines of the Enterprise.
Director:  Rob Bowman  / Burton Armus  Writer:  Burton Armus 
Guest starring:  John Putch, Christopher Collins,  Brian Thompson, Peter Parros, Laura Drake
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/13/1989  9.  The Measure of a Man
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.
Director:  Robert Scheerer  Writer:  Melinda M. Snodgrass 
Guest starring:  Clyde Kusatsu, Amanda McBroom, Brian Brophy
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/20/1989  10.  The Dauphin
Stardate: 42568.8 Wesley falls in love with a passenger the Enterprise is escorting, who has the secret ability to shape-shift.
Director:  Rob Bowman  Writer:  Scott Rubenstein  / Leonard Mlodinow 
Guest starring:  Paddi Edwards, Cindy Sorenson, Jennifer Barlow,  Madchen Amick, Jamie Hubbard
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    3/20/1989  11.  Contagion
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.
Director:  Joseph Scanlan  Writer:  Steve Gerber  / Beth Woods 
Guest starring:  Thalmus Rasulala, Carolyn Seymour, Dana Sparks
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    3/27/1989  12.  The Royale
Stardate: 42625.4 An away team is trapped in an alien environment based around a novel entitled 'The Hotel Royale.'
Director:  Cliff Bole  Writer:  Keith Mills 
Guest starring:  Noble WillinghamSam Anderson, Jill Jacobson, Leo Garcia, Gregory Beecroft
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/3/1989  13.  Time Squared
Stardate: 42679.2 Picard encounters his double from six hours in the future, whose Enterprise had been destroyed.
Director:  Joseph Scanlan  Writer:  Maurice Hurley 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/24/1989  14.  The Icarus Factor
Stardate: 42686.4 Riker is promoted to Captain of another Federation ship. Worf must confront his past and his Klingon heritage.
Director:  Robert Iscove  / David Assael  Writer:  David Assael  / Robert L. McCullough 
Guest starring:  Mitchell Ryan, Lance Spellerberg, John Tesh
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/1/1989  15.  Pen Pals
Stardate: 42695.3 Wesley must investigate the causes of strange tectonic activity on the planet where Data's pen pal lives.
Director:  Winrich Kolbe  / Hannah Louise Shearer  Writer:  Melinda M. Snodgrass 
Guest starring:  Nicholas Cascone, Nikki Cox, Anne H. Gillespie, Whitney Rydbeck
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/8/1989  16.  Q Who?
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.
Director:  Rob Bowman  Writer:  Maurice Hurley 
Guest starring:  Lycia Naff,  John de Lancie
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/15/1989  17.  Samaritan Snare
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.
Director:  Les Landau  Writer:  Robert L. McCullough 
Guest starring:  Christopher Collins, Leslie Collins, Daniel Benzali, Lycia Naff,  Tzi Ma
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/22/1989  18.  Up the Long Ladder
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 the form of clones of the Enterprise crew.
Director:  Winrich Kolbe  Writer:  Melinda M. Snodgrass 
Guest starring:  Barrie Ingham, Jon DeVries, Rosalyn Landor
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    6/19/1989  19.  Manhunt
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 mid-life cycle.
Director:  Rob Bowman  Writer:  Terry Deveraux 
Guest starring:  Carel Struycken, Robert O'Reilly, Rhonda Aldrich,  Mick Fleetwood, Wren T. Brown, Robert Costanzo,  Majel Barrett
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    6/29/1989  20.  The Emissary
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.
Director:  Cliff Bole  Writer:  Hans Beimler  / Richard Manning 
Guest starring:  Diedrich Bader, Lance LeGault, Greorgann Johnson, Anne Elizabeth Ramsay, Suzie Plakson
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    7/10/1989  21.  Peak Performance
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.
Director:  Robert Scheerer  Writer:  David Kemper 
Guest starring:  Roy Brocksmith, Armin Shimerman, David L. Lander, Leslie Neale,  Glenn Morshower
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    7/17/1989  22.  Shades of Gray
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 skills.
Director:  Rob Bowman  / Maurice Hurley  Writer:  Hans Beimler  / Maurice Hurley 
Guest starring:  Ray Reinhardt, Rosalyn Landor, R.J. Williams, Carolyn McCormick,  Denise Crosby
Edition Details
Edition Blu-Ray Edition
Series Star Trek: The Next Generation
Release Date 12/4/2012
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 Mono [German]
Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 [English]
Mono [French]
Mono [German]
Mono [Italian]
Mono [Japanese]
Mono [Spanish]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 5

Features
Disc 01 Episodic Promos 1988 On-Air Season Two Promo Energized! Season Two Tech Update (HD) 1988 Reading Rainbow segment with LeVar Burton 2012 Reading Rainbow iTunes Promo (HD) Archival Mission Log: Departmental Briefing Year Two: Production Episodic Promos The Measure of a Man (HD Extended Version) Audio Commentary by Melinda Snodgrass and Mike & Denise Okuda The Measure of a Man (Hybrid Extended Version) The Icarus Factor Deleted Scene Episoodic Promos Gag Reel (HD) Archival Mission Log: Inside Starfleet Archives: Penny Juday - Star Trek Coordinator Archival Mission Log: Selected Crew Analysis Year Two Q Who? Audio Commentary by Dan Curry, Rob Bowman and Mike & Denise Okuda Up The Long Ladder Deleted Scenes Episodic Promos Archival Mission Log: Departmental Analysis Year Two: Memorable Missions Episodic Promos REUNIFICATION: 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation (HD) MAKING IT SO: Continuing Star Trek: The Next Generation (HD) Part 1: Strange New Worlds Part 2: New Life and New Civilizations Archival Mission Log: Mission Overview Year Two