Season 3

48.  Ensigns of Command -- The reclusive Sheliak Corporate breaks its 111 year silence with the Federation to demand that Tau Cygna V, ceded to it by treaty, be cleared of a human settlement within three days. Data is sent to announce the evacuation to the settlers. But he runs up against a stubborn leader who shrugs off the unseen Sheliak's threat and won't budge despite his people's growing qualms.



49.  Evolution -- What starts out as a science project in genetics for Wes almost dooms not only scientist Paul Stubb's lifelong project but the ship itself.



50.  Survivors -- Answering a distress call from Delta Rana IV, the Enterprise arrives to find the planet ravaged and its 11.000 colonists dead, except for two elderly botanists, Rishon Uxbridge and her unfriendly husband, Kevin. The two say they don't know why they were spared death, but they refuse to be evacuated. Then the massive ship that levelled the planet reappears.

51.  Who Watches the Watchers? -- A failing reactor at a hidden cultural observers post on Mintaka III draws the Enterprise to that world to render assistance. Before the starship arrives, however, the reactor explodes causing their duck blind screen to fail. But one of the natives witnesses all of this and soon starts to believe that their old god-legends were true after all and their Overseer is in fact The Picard.

52.  The Bonding -- A routine mission to explore the ruins of the Koinonian civilisation ends in tragedy when a bomb left over from that people's long war explodes, killing ship's archaeologist Marla Asher. Now Picard and Troi must comfort her twelve-year-old son who has already lost his father. This becomes increasingly difficult when the boy's mother reappears and transforms the Aster's cabin into their old home back on Earth.

53.  Booby Trap -- The crew see a seldom revealed side of Picard as the captain gleefully leads an away team to explore an ancient Promellian battle cruiser. But the mystery behind the ship's fate becomes all to clear when the Enterprise crew members realise they are being trapped by the same energy draining device that snared the Promellians.

54.  The Enemy -- Answering a distress call from the border world Galorndon Core, an Enterprise away team finds a crashed Romulan craft and an injured survivor. La Forge loses contact with the rest of the away team and can't be located due to the planet's severe electrical storms. And he is soon taken hostage by a Romulan on the surface. And to improve matters a Warbird shows up demanding the return of its officers.

55.  The Price -- Troi falls for the charismatic Devinoni Ral a soft-spoken yet determined negotiator who comes aboard the Enterprise to bid on an apparently stable wormhole found near Barzan II.

56.  The Vengeance Factor -- The Enterprise traces an attack on a Federation science outpost back to the Gatherers, a thieving band of renegades who split off from their society a hundred years ago. The captain decides to bring an end to the raids by healing the split between the two groups.

57.  The Defector -- While fleeing his own people across the Neutral Zone in a small scout, a low level Romulan tactical clerk asks for asylum, bringing with him shocking news: The Romulans plan to retake that buffer area after almost two hundred years. Can Picard trust the defector?

58.  The Hunted -- The Enterprise is relaying reports to back up Angosi III's application to join the Federation when it stumbles across an ugly skeleton in the planet's closet: the treatment of its war veterans.



59.  The High Ground -- While helping victims of a terrorist bomb blast on non-aligned Rutia IV, Dr. Crusher is taken hostage by one of the terrorists, Kyril Finn. Finn is fighting for the independence of his people, the Ansata. This show, interestingly enough, was and is banned in Ireland due to its delicate subject matter and was shown severely cut on English satellite channels. And for the first time you can actually see the normally stoic captain belt a terrorist on the bridge.

60.  Deja Q -- As if Picard didn't have enough headaches trying to keep Bre'el IV's moon from crashing into the planet, Q shows up, claiming to be powerless. The alien says he's been evicted by the Q Continuum for his past mischief.

61.  A Matter of Perspective -- A routine stop at a science station is anything but that when the wife of the lone researcher accuses Riker of having murdered her husband, who was killed in an explosion seconds after the first officer's departure.

62.  Yesterday's Enterprise -- A living ghost from the past, The Enterprise C emerges from a temporal rift. In "real" history, that ship answered a Klingon outpost's distress call, paving the way for the current union of the Federation and the Klingon Empire. The ship having missed its appointment with destiny creates an alternate time line in which Tasha Yar is still alive and the Klingon-UFP peace never occurred.

63.  The Offspring -- Data sparks another legal row over the status of androids when he innocently sets out to further his creator's work. He builds a "child" whom he names Lal.

64.  Sins of the Father -- The Enterprise receives a Klingon exchange officer on board who turns out to be the younger brother Worf never knew he had. The officer, Kurn, tells Worf their family name is about to be shamed: their dead father, Mogh, has been branded the traitor behind the Romulan attack at Khitomer that killed thousands and left Worf and Kurn orphans. Worf challenges this accusation at the risk of his life.

65.  Allegiance -- Picard is kidnapped and replaced with a double whose actions test the loyalty of the Enterprise crew. Meanwhile, the real captain is trapped with three other hostages in a bizarre cell and must devote his time not only to escaping but to keeping the peace among his cell mates.

66.  Captain's Holiday -- The crew needles Picard into taking a much needed rest, but the galaxy's most reluctant vacationer soon finds himself in the middle of an adventure the likes of which he'd never get into aboard ship. This episode features the captain's new interest, Vash, a brash, striking woman whom the captain falls for.



Horga'hn.


A small Risan statuette resembling a crude wooden carving, the Risan symbol of sexuality.
To own one was to call forth its powers and to display one was to announce that the owner was seeking
jamaharon. Riker requested that Picard bring him back one as a souvenir when the captain visited Risa in 2366. It was Riker's attempt to set up Picard for a sexual encounter, but Picard needed no outside assistance in finding companionship.

67.  Tin Man -- The Enterprise takes on board a Betazoid first-contact specialist, Tam Elbrun, to establish relations with a creature known as Tin Man, an alien life form resembling an organic spaceship. This seems like a straightforward task, except that the Romulans also wish to contact Tin Man, and have sent two warbirds to carry out that assignment.

68.  Hollow Pursuits -- Geordi experiences problems with one of his engineers, Reg Barclay, a nervous, shy officer, who retreats to the holodeck when he can't handle real life. There Geordi discovers a host of holodeck fantasy programs ranging from the seduction of Deanna Troi to the casting of La Forge, Data and Picard as Three Musketeers.

69.  The Most Toys -- Data is presumed lost by a shocked crew who watch his shuttlepod blow up while returning from dealer Kivas Fajo's ship. Saddened, his shipmates go on to their mission, little knowing that Fajo staged the disaster so he could add Data to his prized galaxy-wide collection of stolen one-of-a-kind artifacts.

70.  Sarek -- Renowned Ambassador Sarek of Vulcan is about to oversee the completion of his career's crowning achievement: the establishment of relations between the Federation and the Legaran. But while being ferried to the meeting site aboard the Enterprise, Sarek weeps during a Mozart convert. The Vulcan has developed Bendii syndrome a disease that can erode and aged Vulcan's emotional control.

71.  Menage a Troi -- Picard and Betazoid officials have their doubts about allowing Ferengi to take part in a biannual Betazed trade conference. And so understandably, because as Riker and Troi are being interrupted by Lwaxana -who wants to nag her daughter about settling down- they are all kidnapped by a pesky love struck DaiMon Tog who wants to use Lwaxana's telepathic skills for profit and to make her his mate.

72.  Transfigurations -- A severely injured humanoid , known as John Doe because of his amnesia is found in the wreckage of an escape pod. As he recovers, John Doe is racked by fits of pain marked by a glowing energy burst within him. He also demonstrates incredible healing powers, but after having attempted to steal a shuttle craft he tells Picard he knows he is a threat to the crew and asks to leave.

73.  The Best of Both Worlds -- The destruction of a colony tells the Federation that the deadly Borg have arrived. Soon enough the creatures appear, their immediate target being Captain Picard himself, and then the entire Federation, starting with Earth.



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