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Wesley Crusher is a fictional character portrayed by Wil Wheaton in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Encounter at Farpoint (season 1), they were 15 years old.
They appear in 86 episodes out of a total of 176 aired and have accumulated 6288 positive votes.
The character of Wesley Crusher is mainly associated with Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander William Thomas 'Will' Riker and Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge.

Wesley Crusher

by Wil Wheaton

character

Episodes86

  • 6.9
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    Encounter at Farpoint

    episode S1.E1 september 1987
    On the maiden mission of the U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), an omnipotent being known as Q challenges the crew to discover the secret of a mysterious base in an advanced and civilized fashion.
  • 6.5
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    The Naked Now

    episode S1.E2 october 1987
    The crew of the Enterprise is infected with a virus that causes them to behave as though they were intoxicated.
  • 5.1
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    Code of Honor

    episode S1.E3 october 1987
    When the leader of an alien culture takes a romantic interest in Lt. Yar, he claims her for his own, to the dismay of his own wife, who, in turn, challenges Tasha in a fight to the death.
  • 6.3
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    The Last Outpost

    episode S1.E4 october 1987
    The Enterprise makes a confrontational first contact with the piratical Ferengi race as their two ships are ensnared by a presumed dead planet ready to judge them.
  • 7.5
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    Where No One Has Gone Before

    episode S1.E5 october 1987
    Everyone accurately pegs a visiting propulsion scientist as a charlatan, but only Wesley Crusher recognizes his alien assistant as the real deal.
  • 6.3
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    Lonely Among Us

    episode S1.E6 october 1987
    While distracted by two antithetical races applying for Federation membership, the Enterprise picks up a sentient entity that can alternately possess either man or machinery.
  • 6
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    Justice

    episode S1.E7 november 1987
    On an alien planet, young Wesley Crusher commits a transgression - small by our standards but mandatorily punishable by death in theirs.
  • 6.8
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    The Battle

    episode S1.E8 november 1987
    Beware Ferengi bearing gifts. Capt. Picard receives the Stargazer, a ship considered lost that he once commanded.
  • 6.9
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    Hide and Q

    episode S1.E9 november 1987
    The Enterprise encounters Q again, and he tempts Riker by endowing him with the powers of the Q.
  • 6.2
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    Haven

    episode S1.E10 november 1987
    While on a mission to a planet called Haven, Counselor Troi meets her husband to be, a marriage arranged by her father years before, as the Enterprise encounters a ship far deadlier than any combat could provide.
  • 7.2
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    The Big Goodbye

    episode S1.E11 january 1988
    Captain Picard and some of his crew are caught in a deadly trap in the holodeck as the result of a ship-wide scan from an alien race.
  • 7.6
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    Datalore

    episode S1.E12 january 1988
    The Enterprise visits the planet where Data was created and discovers another android like him, but when he's assembled, he's not exactly like him.
  • 5.7
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    Angel One

    episode S1.E13 january 1988
    Riker, Troi, Data and Yar beam down to a planet ruled by a matriarchal government in the hopes of locating a missing freighter crew.
  • 7.4
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    11001001

    episode S1.E14 january 1988
    The Enterprise docks at a starbase for repairs where it is commandeered by a race of technologically-linked aliens intent on using the vessel for their own purposes.
  • 6.1
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    Too Short a Season

    episode S1.E15 february 1988
    The Enterprise transports an elderly Starfleet Admiral to negotiate a hostage crisis. When the Admiral takes a de-aging drug, he endangers both his life and the mission.
  • 6.4
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    When the Bough Breaks

    episode S1.E16 february 1988
    A planet that was able to cloak itself for thousands of years suddenly reveals itself, with its inhabitants proposing peace. But, after initial negotiations, children of the Enterprise are kidnapped due to the infertility of the inhabitants.
  • 6.8
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    Home Soil

    episode S1.E17 february 1988
    On Velara III, Geordi and Data discover a microscopic life form responsible for the death of an engineer stationed on the base.
  • 7.1
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    Coming of Age

    episode S1.E18 march 1988
    Picard finds himself facing a strenuous test of his loyalty to Starfleet, one which the other members of the crew are struggling to cope with, whilst Wesley faces an equally challenging entrance exam at Starfleet Academy.
  • 7.2
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    Heart of Glory

    episode S1.E19 march 1988
    The Enterprise searches for answers as to why three Klingon warriors were the only survivors aboard a freighter just inside the Neutral Zone which was seemingly attacked by a Ferengi ship.
  • 7.1
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    The Arsenal of Freedom

    episode S1.E20 april 1988
    The Enterprise encounters a planet long dead, but technical equipment still functions for the purpose of selling off its arsenal, along with self sufficiency.
  • 6.9
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    Symbiosis

    episode S1.E21 april 1988
    The Enterprise encounters two neighboring cultures, one suffering from a plague, the other marketing a cure, and learns that nothing is as simple as it seems.
  • 6.8
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    Skin of Evil

    episode S1.E22 april 1988
    Counselor Troi is held captive on a deserted planet by a slick, black, oily, sentient and immortal puddle of evil.
  • 6.5
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    We'll Always Have Paris

    episode S1.E23 april 1988
    A scientist's experiment in time goes awry, reuniting Picard with an old flame, now married to the scientist.
  • 8
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    Conspiracy

    episode S1.E24 may 1988
    After diverting to a secret meeting with an old friend and some of Starfleet's finest commanders, Picard finds the Horatio blown to bits just hours after the meeting and he returns the Enterprise to Earth looking for answers.
  • 7.4
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    The Neutral Zone

    episode S1.E25 may 1988
    While assigned to investigate missing outposts in the Neutral Zone, the Enterprise revives three cryogenically frozen people found aboard a wayward derelict Earth vessel.
  • 5.8
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    The Child

    episode S2.E1 november 1988
    Deanna is impregnated by an unknown alien life-form, and Dr. Katherine Pulaski joins the Enterprise as the ship's new Chief Medical Officer.
  • 7
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    Where Silence Has Lease

    episode S2.E2 november 1988
    The Enterprise encounters a mysterious void in space and when they move in closer to investigate further, it envelops them and they can't get out.
  • 8.1
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    Elementary, Dear Data

    episode S2.E3 december 1988
    An attempt to provide Data with a challenging Sherlock Holmes holodeck RPG scenario backfires when its Prof. Moriarty character accidentally becomes self-aware.
  • 6.2
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    The Outrageous Okona

    episode S2.E4 december 1988
    The Enterprise rescues the captain of a broken-down freighter, only to become involved in a dispute between feuding worlds--each demanding custody of their guest. Data seeks help from Guinan in understanding humor.
  • 6.5
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    Loud as a Whisper

    episode S2.E5 january 1989
    The crew ferries a deaf mediator to Solais V to negotiate an end to a civil war.
  • 6.9
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    The Schizoid Man

    episode S2.E6 january 1989
    A dying anti-social scientist unintentionally comes upon the perfect vessel in which to preserve his intellect and arrogant personality - Data.
  • 6.5
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    Unnatural Selection

    episode S2.E7 january 1989
    Enhanced DNA developments trigger an epidemic of rapid aging. Caught among its victims - Dr. Pulaski.
  • 8
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    A Matter of Honor

    episode S2.E8 february 1989
    Under an Officers Exchange Program, Riker serves aboard a Klingon ship, whose aging captain seeks an unwarranted bloody retaliation for suspected Enterprise treachery.
  • 9.1
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    The Measure of a Man

    episode S2.E9 february 1989
    When Data resigns his commission rather than be dismantled for examination by an inadequately skilled scientist, a formal hearing is convened to determine whether Data is considered property without rights or is a sentient being.
  • 6.2
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    The Dauphin

    episode S2.E10 february 1989
    Wesley falls for the young future leader of Daled IV, unaware just how dangerous the girl's protective and overly restrictive guardian can be.
  • 7.6
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    Contagion

    episode S2.E11 march 1989
    Encountering the superior technology of a very ancient race creates system malfunctions for a doomed Federation starship, for the Enterprise, and for an eavesdropping Romulan warbird.
  • 6.6
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    The Royale

    episode S2.E12 march 1989
    Worf, Data and Riker find themselves trapped in a recreation of a poorly written novel.
  • 7.5
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    Time Squared

    episode S2.E13 april 1989
    The Enterprise comes across its own shuttlecraft adrift in space - a duplicate - with an unconscious duplicate Capt. Picard inside.
  • 6.2
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    The Icarus Factor

    episode S2.E14 april 1989
    Riker's delight at being offered a command of the USS Aries turns to frustration when the man sent to prepare him for his mission is his estranged father; Worf's behavior leads Wesley to delve into Klingon tradition.
  • 6.8
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    Pen Pals

    episode S2.E15 april 1989
    Data befriends an alien girl in distress, breaking the Prime Directive, while Wesley commands his first team.
  • 8.9
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    Q Who

    episode S2.E16 may 1989
    Q tries to prove that Picard needs him as part of their crew by hurling the Enterprise 7,000 light years away where they encounter the Borg for the first time.
  • 6.5
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    Samaritan Snare

    episode S2.E17 may 1989
    With Picard away for routine surgery, the Enterprise responds to an apparent distress call from a Pakled vessel.
  • 6.2
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    Up the Long Ladder

    episode S2.E18 may 1989
    An antiquated distress signal leads to two lost 22nd century Earth colonies, each facing doom in different ways, one by fire, the other by prolonged cloning.
  • 6.1
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    Manhunt

    episode S2.E19 june 1989
    A midlife Betazoid condition renders Ambassador Troi hot on the hunt for romance and wedlock with Captain Picard - or any man.
  • 7.5
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    The Emissary

    episode S2.E20 june 1989
    The Enterprise addresses the emergency of an old Klingon ship coming out of stasis and ready to fight the Federation. A half-Human/half Klingon emissary arrives to help, who once knew Worf intimately.
  • 7.7
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    Peak Performance

    episode S2.E21 july 1989
    The crew of the Enterprise participates in war games.
  • 3.3
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    Shades of Gray

    episode S2.E22 july 1989
    When Commander Riker comes down with a dangerous alien infection after an away mission, the only way to treat it may be through reliving his memories.
  • 6.5
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    Evolution

    episode S3.E1 september 1989
    Wesley's latest science project escapes the lab, threatening the Enterprise and an eminent scientist's life-long project.
  • 7.4
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    The Ensigns of Command

    episode S3.E2 september 1989
    After 111 years of silence, an extremely litigious alien race asserts its agreed upon right to wipe out a Federation colony in its territory.
  • 7.6
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    The Survivors

    episode S3.E3 october 1989
    The Enterprise responds to a distress call from Rana IV, a Federation colony that is under attack from an unknown alien ship. When they arrive, they find the entire surface of the planet destroyed, save for a single house and two occupants.
  • 8
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    Who Watches the Watchers

    episode S3.E4 october 1989
    A proto-Vulcan culture worships Captain Picard and prepares to offer Counselor Troi as a sacrifice.
  • 6.7
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    The Bonding

    episode S3.E5 october 1989
    A startling surprise awaits the crew of the Enterprise when a mission costs the life of a crew member, who left her son behind.
  • 7.4
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    Booby Trap

    episode S3.E6 october 1989
    The Enterprise triggers an ancient yet effective trap left by an extinct race, with a perfectly preserved derelict ship serving as cheese for Picard.
  • 7.8
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    The Enemy

    episode S3.E7 november 1989
    La Forge gets left behind on a storm-plagued planet when the rest of his team encounters a Romulan warrior.
  • 6.3
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    The Price

    episode S3.E8 november 1989
    While the Enterprise hosts negotiations for control of a stable wormhole, Troi forms a personal relationship with an opposing negotiator, unaware of his true being.
  • 6.5
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    The Vengeance Factor

    episode S3.E9 november 1989
    The Enterprise pursues a race of "gatherers" who continue to raid Federation outposts, unaware of the dangers lurking among them.
  • 8.4
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    The Defector

    episode S3.E10 january 1990
    When a Romulan officer defects to the Federation with a warning of a impending invasion, Capt. Picard struggles to decide if he is to be believed.
  • 7.5
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    The Hunted

    episode S3.E11 january 1990
    Investigating a planet applying for membership into the Federation, the crew of the Enterprise finds a group of inhabitants who used to be soldiers, but now fight for their very existence.
  • 6.8
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    The High Ground

    episode S3.E12 january 1990
    While visiting a planet under civil war, Dr. Crusher is taken hostage by an opposing faction of the planet's ruling government.
  • 8.5
    /10

    Deja Q

    episode S3.E13 february 1990
    Much to Picard's displeasure, Q reappears on the Enterprise, claiming to have been ejected from the Q Continuum, and therefore, lost his powers.
  • 6.7
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    A Matter of Perspective

    episode S3.E14 february 1990
    The widow of respected scientist Dr. Nel Apgar accuses Riker of seducing her and killing her husband. Rather than turn Riker over for unfavorable trial, the Enterprise reconstructs the facts.
  • 9.2
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    Yesterday's Enterprise

    episode S3.E15 february 1990
    The Enterprise C enters the Enterprise D's time and space continuum, where they find Picard and crew in a constant state of war with the Klingons, and only Guinan knows it.
  • 8.5
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    The Offspring

    episode S3.E16 march 1990
    After returning from a cybernetics conference to the Enterprise, Data creates his own "child," much to the chagrin of his captain, and without regards to the ramifications with Starfleet.
  • 8.2
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    Sins of the Father

    episode S3.E17 march 1990
    A Klingon commander comes aboard the Enterprise in an officer exchange program initiated by Starfleet, much to the chagrin of the crew.
  • 7.4
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    Allegiance

    episode S3.E18 march 1990
    Picard is kidnapped and held with three different aliens and meanwhile replaced with a replica as impostor captain.
  • 7.2
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    Captain's Holiday

    episode S3.E19 march 1990
    After mediating a difficult trade agreement, Captain Picard is encouraged to take a much needed rest on a vacationing planet, where he's visited by a strange race from the future, in search of a dangerous weapon.
  • 7.2
    /10

    Tin Man

    episode S3.E20 april 1990
    The Enterprise reaches out to an alien being, while dancing around with the Romulans, who want to attack it in an act of vengeance.
  • 7.7
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    Hollow Pursuits

    episode S3.E21 april 1990
    A shy member of the "Enterprise" crew becomes addicted to the holodeck, where relationships are easier than in real life, when his knowledge is needed in engineering.
  • 7.6
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    The Most Toys

    episode S3.E22 may 1990
    When transporting a dangerous material to the Enterprise, Data is kidnapped and the crew is led to believe he is dead when the shuttlecraft he was piloting explodes enroute.
  • 8.1
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    Sarek

    episode S3.E23 may 1990
    Legendary Federation ambassador Sarek visits the Enterprise to conclude peace talks with a race called the Legarans. His arrival is accompanied with a rash of unusual emotional outbursts among the crew.
  • 6.5
    /10

    Ménage à Troi

    episode S3.E24 may 1990
    When Deanna's mother spurns advances made by a Ferengi Daimon, he takes it upon himself to kidnap the two of them, along with Commander Riker and steal them away aboard his ship.
  • 6.9
    /10

    Transfigurations

    episode S3.E25 june 1990
    The Enterprise finds a deserted planet where a ship has crashed, and, with it, the lone survivor with no memory, but extraordinary healing powers.
  • 9.3
    /10

    The Best of Both Worlds: Part 1

    episode S3.E26 june 1990
    Responding to a distress call on one of the Federation's outer-most colonies, the Enterprise arrives...only to find a big hole in the ground where the town used to be, and discovers the Borg are behind the attack.
  • 9.2
    /10

    The Best of Both Worlds: Part 2

    episode S4.E1 september 1990
    Having absorbed Captain Picard and his knowledge, the Borg head for Earth, leaving Riker and the Enterprise desperate for an unanticipated way to defeat them.
  • 8.3
    /10

    Family

    episode S4.E2 september 1990
    After defeating the Borg, the crew of the Enterprise experiences shore leave in various ways. Captain Picard's return to his family's vineyard in France has some extraordinary repercussions.
  • 7.7
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    Brothers

    episode S4.E3 october 1990
    After an accident aboard the Enterprise leaves one of its children in grave danger, Data commandeers the Enterprise, driven to take the ship to an unknown origin, where an interesting figure awaits.
  • 6.4
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    Suddenly Human

    episode S4.E4 october 1990
    On a rescue mission to an alien shipwrecked training mission, they discover one of its trainees to be a human.
  • 7.8
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    Remember Me

    episode S4.E5 october 1990
    Dr. Crusher's fear of losing loved ones becomes real when her worries create an alternate reality.
  • 6.7
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    Legacy

    episode S4.E6 october 1990
    The crew of the Enterprise enters into orbit around the home planet of their former crewmate, Tasha Yar, where they encounter her sister.
  • 8.3
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    Reunion

    episode S4.E7 november 1990
    When the leader of the Klingon High Council passes on, Picard finds himself in the middle of the struggle for the now-vacant position. Meanwhile, Worf reunites with a past love, only to find he now has a son.
  • 7.7
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    Future Imperfect

    episode S4.E8 november 1990
    Riker awakens sixteen years after an away mission where he contracted a disease which destroyed his memory back to the point of infection - or so he's told.
  • 6.7
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    Final Mission

    episode S4.E9 november 1990
    Before leaving for Starfleet Academy, Wesley Crusher accompanies Captain Picard on a dangerous mission.
  • 7.4
    /10

    The Game

    episode S5.E6 october 1991
    Wesley Crusher returns to the Enterprise on vacation from the Academy only to discover a mysterious alien game infiltrating and controlling the crew.
  • 7.8
    /10

    The First Duty

    episode S5.E19 march 1992
    Wesley Crusher's team has an accident at Starfleet Academy. Picard offers to help a Starfleet investigation as to what happened, and begins to suspect they are hiding something.
  • 8.8
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    Parallels

    episode S7.E11 november 1993
    On his return from a bat'leth competition in the Klingon Empire, Worf finds himself shifting realities where events and details are in a constant state of flux and only he is aware of the changes.
  • 6.2
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    Journey's End

    episode S7.E20 march 1994
    After the Federation grants access by the Cardassians to a planet already inhabited by Native Americans, Picard has the daunting task of relocating them.

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  • 7.4
    /10
    85% of the votes

    The Game

    episode S5.E6 october 1991
    Wesley Crusher returns to the Enterprise on vacation from the Academy only to discover a mysterious alien game infiltrating and controlling the crew.
  • 6.7
    /10
    82% of the votes

    Final Mission

    episode S4.E9 november 1990
    Before leaving for Starfleet Academy, Wesley Crusher accompanies Captain Picard on a dangerous mission.
  • 7.2
    /10
    72% of the votes

    Heart of Glory

    episode S1.E19 march 1988
    The Enterprise searches for answers as to why three Klingon warriors were the only survivors aboard a freighter just inside the Neutral Zone which was seemingly attacked by a Ferengi ship.
  • 6.8
    /10
    71% of the votes

    Home Soil

    episode S1.E17 february 1988
    On Velara III, Geordi and Data discover a microscopic life form responsible for the death of an engineer stationed on the base.
  • 6.3
    /10
    71% of the votes

    Lonely Among Us

    episode S1.E6 october 1987
    While distracted by two antithetical races applying for Federation membership, the Enterprise picks up a sentient entity that can alternately possess either man or machinery.
  • 6.2
    /10
    65% of the votes

    Journey's End

    episode S7.E20 march 1994
    After the Federation grants access by the Cardassians to a planet already inhabited by Native Americans, Picard has the daunting task of relocating them.
  • 6.2
    /10
    61% of the votes

    The Dauphin

    episode S2.E10 february 1989
    Wesley falls for the young future leader of Daled IV, unaware just how dangerous the girl's protective and overly restrictive guardian can be.
  • 7.8
    /10
    58% of the votes

    The First Duty

    episode S5.E19 march 1992
    Wesley Crusher's team has an accident at Starfleet Academy. Picard offers to help a Starfleet investigation as to what happened, and begins to suspect they are hiding something.
  • 6.5
    /10
    53% of the votes

    Evolution

    episode S3.E1 september 1989
    Wesley's latest science project escapes the lab, threatening the Enterprise and an eminent scientist's life-long project.
  • 6.5
    /10
    12% of the votes

    Ménage à Troi

    episode S3.E24 may 1990
    When Deanna's mother spurns advances made by a Ferengi Daimon, he takes it upon himself to kidnap the two of them, along with Commander Riker and steal them away aboard his ship.

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