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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6

Every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 11 - Chain of Command (2)
    8.9/10(4736 votes)

    S6:E11

    Stardate: 46360.8. Picard is captured and tortured by the Cardassians, while Riker tries to prevent a Federation attack on Cardassia.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Frank Abatemarco

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  2. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 15 - Tapestry
    8.8/10(5052 votes)

    S6:E15

    Stardate: Unknown. A mortally wounded Picard is forced into re-living a time of his life when he was back in Starfleet Academy, with the intervention of Q.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  3. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 4 - Relics
    8.5/10(4681 votes)

    S6:E4

    Stardate: 46125.3. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott is discovered suspended in a transporter beam 75 years after he disappeared. After the Enterprise crew re-materialise him, he has a hard time adjusting to the new society.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  4. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 12 - Ship in a Bottle
    8.5/10(4332 votes)

    S6:E12

    Stardate: 46424.1. While performing holodeck maintenance, Barclay accesses the stored hologram of Professor Moriarty, who wreaks havoc on board the Enterprise.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:René Echevarria

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  5. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 25 - Timescape
    8.5/10(3995 votes)

    S6:E25

    Stardate: 46944.2. Picard, Geordi, Troi and Data return from a Federation conference to find the Enterprise frozen in time and under attack from a frozen Romulan Warbird.

    Director:Adam Nimoy
    Writer:Brannon Braga

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  6. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 10 - Chain of Command (1)
    8.3/10(4354 votes)

    S6:E10

    Stardate: 46357.4. Picard resigns as Captain of the Enterprise to lead a top-secret espionage mission into Cardassia with Worf and Dr. Crusher.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  7. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 1 - Time's Arrow (2)
    8.2/10(4295 votes)

    S6:E1

    Stardate: 46001.3. The away team's investigations are hampered by a nosy Samuel Clemens. Picard discovers that he originally met Guinan in the 1890s on Earth.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Jeri Taylor

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  8. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 21 - Frame of Mind
    8.1/10(4039 votes)

    S6:E21

    Stardate: 46778.1. Riker questions his sanity when his reality seems to shift between an alien psychiatric hospital and a play he is performing with other members of the crew.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writer:Brannon Braga

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  9. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 20 - The Chase
    8.0/10(4091 votes)

    S6:E20

    Stardate: 46731.5. Picard's old archaeology professor is found murdered, the crew try to complete his research. Soon, the crew must compete with Romulans and Klingons and Cardassians to uncover the truth behind his discoveries.

    Director:Jonathan Frakes
    Writers:Joe Menosky, Ronald D. Moore

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  10. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 26 - Descent (1)
    8.0/10(3594 votes)

    S6:E26

    Stardate: 46982.1. The Borg return to threaten the Federation under the new leadership of Lore. Data experiences a disturbing facet of human emotions - he feels pleasure after killing a Borg drone.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writers:Ronald D. Moore, René Echevarria, Jeri Taylor

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  11. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 14 - Face of the Enemy
    7.9/10(3832 votes)

    S6:E14

    Stardate: 46519.1. Troi is abducted and surgically altered by the Romulans as part of a ploy to smuggle intelligence operatives into the Federation.

    Director:Gabrielle Beaumont
    Writers:René Echevarria, Naren Shankar

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  12. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 18 - Starship Mine
    7.9/10(3883 votes)

    S6:E18

    Stardate: 46682.4. The crew evacuates the Enterprise when the ship needs to be cleaned of particles that have built up over the ship's hull. However, Picard accidentally stumbles over a terrorist group who plan on destroying the ship. He only has a short time to stop their attempts before the ship is swept by a beam of radiation to remove the particles that is lethal to all forms of life.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Morgan Gendel

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  13. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 5 - Schisms
    7.5/10(3731 votes)

    S6:E5

    Stardate: 46154.2. Members of the crew are secretly abducted from the Enterprise to be used in bizarre experiments where they are dismembered and re-assembled without anyone's knowledge - including their own. The only signs that anything is wrong is a strange form of tiredness and no recollection of having slept well the night before.

    Director:Robert Wiemer
    Writer:Brannon Braga

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  14. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 16 - Birthright (1)
    7.5/10(3519 votes)

    S6:E16

    Stardate: 46578.4. While visiting Deep Space Nine, Worf learns that his father is still alive and being held captive in a secret Romulan prison camp.

    Directors:Winrich Kolbe, Les Landau
    Writers:Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga

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  15. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 19 - Lessons
    7.5/10(3823 votes)

    S6:E19

    Stardate: 46693.1. Picard must choose between love and command when he must make a decision that could place the woman he loves in a potentially deadly and high-risk mission.

    Director:Robert Wiemer
    Writers:Ron Wilkerson, Jean Louise Matthias

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  16. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 24 - Second Chances
    7.5/10(3476 votes)

    S6:E24

    Stardate: 46915.2. Riker discovers that eight years ago, an exact clone of him was created when he beamed through a planet's surface while returning to his starship. This clone, named Thomas Riker, has secretly remained on the planet for the past eight years, and still has romantic feelings for Troi.

    Director:LeVar Burton
    Writer:René Echevarria

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  17. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 6 - True Q
    7.4/10(3776 votes)

    S6:E6

    Stardate: 46192.3. A young intern visiting the Enterprise captures the interest of Q when she starts displaying Q-like powers.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:René Echevarria

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  18. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 8 - A Fistful of Datas
    7.4/10(3825 votes)

    S6:E8

    Stardate: 46271.5. Worf and his son, Alexander, become trapped in the holodeck when their Wild West program malfunctions. However, they must find a way to defeat the holographic bandits who have Data's appearance and abilities.

    Director:Patrick Stewart
    Writers:Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Brannon Braga

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  19. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 9 - The Quality of Life
    7.4/10(3488 votes)

    S6:E9

    Stardate: 46315.2. Data discovers that the maintenance robots built by Dr. Farallon may have become sentient.

    Director:Jonathan Frakes
    Writer:Naren Shankar

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  20. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 2 - Realm of Fear
    7.3/10(3574 votes)

    S6:E2

    Stardate: 46041.1. Lt. Barclay's fear of using transporters is eerily justified when he sees bizarre aliens within the transporter beam.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Brannon Braga

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  21. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 7 - Rascals
    7.3/10(3909 votes)

    S6:E7

    Stardate: 46235.7. A transporter accident transforms Picard, Ro Laren, Guinan and Keiko O'Brien into small children who appear to be about 12 years old. Matters are complicated when the Ferengi seize the Enterprise.

    Director:Adam Nimoy
    Writer:Michael Piller

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  22. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 17 - Birthright (2)
    7.3/10(3498 votes)

    S6:E17

    Stardate: 46759.2. Worf is captured by the Romulans where he learns why the other captives did not attempt an escape years before.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:René Echevarria

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  23. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 23 - Rightful Heir
    7.1/10(3220 votes)

    S6:E23

    Stardate: 46852.2. While on a quest to summon a vision of Kahless, Worf questions his faith when the real Kahless rises from the dead to lead the Empire.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  24. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 22 - Suspicions
    7.0/10(3324 votes)

    S6:E22

    Stardate: 46830.1. Dr. Crusher puts her career on the line when she tries to clear the name of a murdered scientist whose invention could allow starships to pass through a sun's corona.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writers:Joe Menosky, Naren Shankar

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  25. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Episode 13 - Aquiel
    6.0/10(3391 votes)

    S6:E13

    Stardate: 46461.3. Geordie falls in love with a lieutenant who is the prime suspect in a murder case.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writers:Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga, Jeri Taylor

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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"Chain of Command (2)" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" season 6. It scored 8.9/10 based on 4736 votes. Directed by Les Landau and written by Frank Abatemarco, it aired on 12/21/1992. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Tapestry".