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Star Trek: The Next Generation · S6 · E26

Descent (1)

  • TV-PG
  • Jun 21, 1993
  • 45 min
  • 7.7

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.

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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.

Season 6

26 episodes
  1. 1Time's Arrow (2)

    46 minSep 21, 19927.5

    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.

  2. 2Realm of Fear

    46 minSep 28, 19926.9

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

  3. 3Man of the People

    46 minOct 5, 19925.5

    Stardate: 46071.6. Deanna becomes attracted to an alien ambassador. Shortly thereafter, she starts ageing rapidly and starts becoming violent.

  4. 4Relics

    46 minOct 12, 19927.7

    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.

  5. 5Schisms

    46 minOct 19, 19927.2

    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.

  6. 6True Q

    46 minOct 26, 19927.2

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

  7. 7Rascals

    46 minNov 2, 19927.3

    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.

  8. 8A Fistful of Datas

    46 minNov 9, 19926.8

    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.

  9. 9The Quality of Life

    46 minNov 16, 19927.2

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

  10. 10Chain of Command (1)

    45 minDec 14, 19927.7

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

  11. 11Chain of Command (2)

    45 minDec 21, 19928.2

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

  12. 12Ship in a Bottle

    45 minJan 25, 19938.0

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

  13. 13Aquiel

    45 minFeb 1, 19936.0

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

  14. 14Face of the Enemy

    45 minFeb 8, 19937.3

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

  15. 15Tapestry

    45 minFeb 15, 19938.1

    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.

  16. 16Birthright (1)

    45 minFeb 22, 19937.0

    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.

  17. 17Birthright (2)

    45 minMar 1, 19937.1

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

  18. 18Starship Mine

    45 minMar 29, 19937.4

    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.

  19. 19Lessons

    45 minApr 5, 19936.7

    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.

  20. 20The Chase

    45 minApr 26, 19937.5

    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.

  21. 21Frame of Mind

    45 minMay 3, 19937.5

    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.

  22. 22Suspicions

    45 minMay 10, 19936.6

    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.

  23. 23Rightful Heir

    45 minMay 17, 19936.9

    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.

  24. 24Second Chances

    45 minMay 24, 19936.9

    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.

  25. 25Timescape

    45 minJun 14, 19938.0

    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.

  26. 26Descent (1)

    45 minJun 21, 19937.7Now viewing

    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.

Guest stars

Jonathan Del ArcoThird of Five / Hugh
John NevilleHolodeck Isaac Newton
Natalija NogulichAdmiral Alynna Nechayev
Jim NortonHolodeck Albert Einstein
Alex DatcherEnsign Zandra Taitt
Richard Gilbert-HillBosus
Stephen James CarverTayar
James HoranLieutenant Barnaby
Stephen HawkingHolodeck Stephen Hawking
Tracee CoccoJae (uncredited)