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Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 5
Region A/1 Blu-ray cover art
No. of episodes26
Release
Original networkBroadcast syndication
Original releaseSeptember 23, 1991 (1991-09-23) –
June 15, 1992 (1992-06-15)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The fifth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation commenced airing in broadcast syndication in the United States on September 23, 1991, and concluded on June 15, 1992, after airing 26 episodes. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Starfleet starship Enterprise-D. This season is notable among Star Trek fans as the season when Gene Roddenberry died of cardiac arrest on October 24, 1991. Production on the episode Template:StEpLink, directed by Patrick Stewart, was halted when news reached the set.

The premiere episode resolves the cliffhanger from the previous season, revealing the mysterious Romulan commander to be the daughter of the Lt. Tasha Yar from the alternate universe created in the third season episode "Yesterday's Enterprise".

This season sees Picard have some of the more memorable experiences of the series, such as learning to communicate with the heretofore unintelligible Tamarians (Template:StEpLink), overcoming his dislike of children when he is trapped along with three children after the Enterprise-D is struck by a quantum filament (Template:StEpLink), and meeting with Ambassador Spock on Romulus in Template:StEpLink. Most notably, in Template:StEpLink, he experiences 40 or so years of life as an iron weaver on an extinct alien world after an encounter with a probe launched before the destruction of that world.

Michelle Forbes joined the cast as Ensign Ro Laren, a Bajoran officer who was initially conceived to be one of the main characters in the upcoming spin-off Deep Space Nine. Wesley also makes a few appearances in this season when he saves the Enterprise from an alien game which was actually a mind-control device (Template:StEpLink), and later at Starfleet Academy when he participates in a coverup of the circumstances surrounding the death of one of his classmates (Template:StEpLink).

The season ends with the discovery of Data's head in a cave under San Francisco which had been sealed for 500 years, and eventually with Data, Picard, La Forge, Troi, Riker, and Doctor Crusher trapped in 19th century Earth (Template:StEpLink).

The logo as seen in the opening credits has a minor change this season only, as it has rear shadows.

Cast

Recurring characters

Episodes

In the following table, episodes are listed by the order in which they aired.

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
1011"Redemption, Part II"David CarsonRonald D. MooreSeptember 23, 1991 (1991-09-23)N/A[1]
1022"Darmok"Winrich KolbeS : Philip LaZebnik
S/T : Joe Menosky
September 30, 1991 (1991-09-30)N/A[1]
1033"Ensign Ro"Les LandauS : Rick Berman
S/T : Michael Piller
October 7, 1991 (1991-10-07)11.6[1]
1044"Silicon Avatar"Cliff BoleS : Lawrence V. Conley
T : Jeri Taylor
October 14, 1991 (1991-10-14)12.0[1]
1055"Disaster"Gabrielle BeaumontS : Ron Jarvis & Philip A. Scorza
T : Ronald D. Moore
October 21, 1991 (1991-10-21)12.3[1]
1066"The Game"Corey AllenS : Susan Sackett & Fred Bronson
S/T : Brannon Braga
October 28, 1991 (1991-10-28)13.4[1]
1077"Unification, Part I"Les LandauS : Rick Berman and Michael Piller
T : Jeri Taylor
November 4, 1991 (1991-11-04)15.4[1]
1088"Unification, Part II"Cliff BoleS : Rick Berman
S/T : Michael Piller
November 11, 1991 (1991-11-11)15.4[1]
1099"A Matter of Time"Paul LynchRick BermanNovember 18, 1991 (1991-11-18)13.9[1]
11010"New Ground"Robert ScheererS : Sara Charno and Stuart Charno
T : Grant Rosenberg
January 6, 1992 (1992-01-06)11.9[1]
11111"Hero Worship"Patrick StewartS : Hilary J. Bader
T : Joe Menosky
January 27, 1992 (1992-01-27)12.7[1]
11212"Violations"Robert WiemerS : Shari Goodhartz and T. Michael
T : Jeri Taylor
S/T : Pamela Gray
February 3, 1992 (1992-02-03)12.1[1]
11313"The Masterpiece Society"Winrich KolbeS : James Kahn
T : Michael Piller
S/T : Adam Belanoff
February 10, 1992 (1992-02-10)12.0[1]
11414"Conundrum"Les LandauS : Paul Schiffer
T : Barry Schkolnick
February 17, 1992 (1992-02-17)12.2[1]
11515"Power Play"David LivingstonS : Paul Ruben and Maurice Hurley
T : René Balcer and Herbert Wright & Brannon Braga
February 24, 1992 (1992-02-24)13.2[1]
11616"Ethics"Chip ChalmersS : Sara Charno & Stuart Charno
T : Ronald D. Moore
March 2, 1992 (1992-03-02)12.6[1]
11717"The Outcast"Robert ScheererJeri TaylorMarch 16, 1992 (1992-03-16)12.3[1]
11818"Cause and Effect"Jonathan FrakesBrannon BragaMarch 23, 1992 (1992-03-23)13.0[1]
11919"The First Duty"Paul LynchRonald D. Moore & Naren ShankarMarch 30, 1992 (1992-03-30)12.1[1]
12020"Cost of Living"Winrich KolbePeter Allan FieldsApril 20, 1992 (1992-04-20)11.7[1]
12121"The Perfect Mate"Cliff BoleS : René Echevarria
T : Michael Piller
S/T : Gary Perconte
April 27, 1992 (1992-04-27)10.8[1]
12222"Imaginary Friend"Gabrielle BeaumontS : Jean Louise Matthias & Ronald Wilkerson and Richard Fliegel
T : Edithe Swensen and Brannon Braga
May 4, 1992 (1992-05-04)12.1[1]
12323"I, Borg"Robert LedermanRené EchevarriaMay 11, 1992 (1992-05-11)12.8[1]
12424"The Next Phase"David CarsonRonald D. MooreMay 18, 1992 (1992-05-18)11.7[1]
12525"The Inner Light"Peter LauritsonT : Peter Allan Fields
S/T : Morgan Gendel
June 1, 1992 (1992-06-01)11.1[1]
12626"Time's Arrow, Part I"Les LandauT : Michael Piller
S/T : Joe Menosky
June 15, 1992 (1992-06-15)11.8[1]

Reception

In 2019, CBR rated Season 5 of Star Trek: The Next Generation as the 3rd best season of all Star Trek seasons up to that time, and the most highly ranked season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Star Trek: The Next Generation Nielsen Ratings – Seasons 5–6". TrekNation. Archived from the original on October 5, 2000. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  2. ^ [1]