Episode
Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Ensigns of Command
Overview
Stardate: 43133.3. A human colony is forced to evacuate a planet when the original inhabitants return and threaten the colonists with annihilation if they do not leave within four days.
Details
- Series
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1989-10-02
- Runtime
- 46 min
Episode context
The Ensigns of Command is Episode 2 in Season 3 of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It aired on 1989-10-02. The runtime is 46 min.
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Episode 1: Evolution
Stardate: 43125.8. A system-wide computer malfunction places the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise in grave danger while they are escorting a scientist to a star in the process of exploding.
Episode 3: The Survivors
Stardate: 43152.4. The Enterprise discovers a planet that has had all life eradicated, except for two mysterious residents and their home, which has been left in perfect condition.
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Episode 4: Who Watches the Watchers
Stardate: 43173.5. An away team inadvertently breaks the Prime Directive and reveal themselves to a primitive culture on Mintaka III, causing the inhabitants believe that Captain Picard is a God.
Episode 5: The Bonding
Worf and Wesley must help a 12 year old boy cope with the death of his mother; an archaeologist killed during an away mission to a deserted planet.
Episode 6: Booby Trap
Stardate: 43205.6. While investigating an ancient ship left adrift in space, the Enterprise accidentally trips the ancient booby trap that disabled the old vessel over 1000 years ago.
Episode 7: The Enemy
Stardate:43349.2. A blind Geordie is trapped on a hazardous planet with a paranoid and severely injured Romulan. In orbit, a Romulan Warbird is preventing the Enterprise from attempting a rescue mission.
Episode 8: The Price
Stardate: 43385.6. The Enterprise hosts the negotiations for the rights to a newly discovered, stable wormhole to the Delta Quadrant. One of the negotiators, Devinoni Ral, becomes attracted to Deanna Troi, but he holds a dubious secret.
Episode 9: The Vengeance Factor
Stardate: 43421.9. The Enterprise crew tries to mend the relationship between a race known as the Acamarians and a faction known as the Gatherers.
Episode 10: The Defector
Stardate: 43462.5. A defecting Romulan warns the Federation about an impending attack by the Romulans, who are secretly establishing bases within the Neutral Zone.
Episode 11: The Hunted
Stardate: 43489.2. A potentially new member of the Federation enlists the help of the Enterprise to track down a wanted criminal who has a reputation for his excessive violence. However, the fugitive's actions may not be of his own will.
Episode 12: The High Ground
Stardate: 43510.7. Dr. Crusher is abducted by a group of terrorists while delivering crucial medical supplies to a planet ravaged by civil war.
Episode 13: Déjà Q
Stardate: 43539.1. A Calamarian starts attacking the Enterprise while seeking revenge on a powerless Q.