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Season Five

"Redemption, Part II"
Episode 201 originally aired 9/23/91. Written by Ronald D. Moore and directed by David Carson. Guest Starring: Denise Crosby as Romulan Commander Sela; Tony Todd as Kurn; Barbara Marsh as Lursa; Gwynyth Walsh as B'Etor; J.D. Cullum as Toral; Robert O'Reilly as Gowron; Michael G. Hagerty as Larg; Fran Bennett as Admiral; Nicholas Kepros as Movar; Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien; Timothy Carhart as Hobson; Jordan Lund as Kulge; Stephen James Carver as Helmsman; Clifton Jones as Ensign Craig.

Stardate 45020.4-45025.4 Picard discovers the Romulans are secretly providing aid to the Duras family, which is plotting to take over the Klingon Empire. Meanwhile, Worf joins his brother, Kern, as they try to keep the empire together under the leadership of Gowron.

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"Darmok"
Episode 202 originally aired 9/30/91. Written by Joe Menosky and directed by Winrich Kolbe. Guest Starring: Paul Winfield as Tamarian Captain.

Stardate 45047.2-45048.8 Picard is transported to an unknown world, where he encounters an alien captain played by Star Trek II's Paul Winfield, who communicates through metaphors. Unable to understand the captain, Picard doesn't know if his intentions are hostile or not.

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"Ensign Ro"
Episode 203 originally aired 10/7/91. Written by Rick Berman and Michael Piller. Directed by Les Landau. Guest Starring: Michelle Forbes as Ensign Ro Laren; Ken Thorley as Barber Mot; Cliff Potts as Admiral Kennelly.

Stardate 45076.3-45077.8 The Enterprise is sent to negotiate a peace between the Cardassians and the militant rebel leader of the Bajorans, Orta, after the rebels are suspected of having attacked a Federation colony. Meanwhile, Starfleet Admiral Kennelly secretly plots with the Cardassians to destroy the Bajoran leaders.

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"Silicon Avatar"
Episode 204 originally aired 10/14/91. Teleplay by Jeri Taylor from a story by Lawrence V. Conley. Directed by Cliff Bole. Guest Starring: Ellen Geer as Dr. Marr; Susan Diol as Carman.

Stardate 45122.3-45129.2 The Crystalline Entity returns from "Datalore" and destroys a fledgling Federation colony. The Enterprise pursues the entity and attempts to communicate with it, while a Federation expert on this destructive force, Dr. Marr, whose son was killed on Omicron Theta, Data's planet of origin, is intent on destroying it.

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"Disaster"
Episode 205 originally aired 10/21/91. Teleplay by Ronald D. Moore from a story by Ron Jarvis and Philip A. Scorza. Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont. Guest Starring: Erika Flores as Marissa; John Christian Graas as Jay Gordon; Max Supera as Patterson; Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien; Rosalind Chao as Keiko; Michelle Forbes as Ensign Ro Laren; Cameron Arnett as Ensign Mandel; Jana Marie Hupp as Ensign Monroe.

Stardate Unknown.  The Enterprise is struck by a deadly natural phenomena which disables the ship, trapping members of the crew throughout the vessel while the magnetic field containing the anti-matter in the engine room faces imminent collapse.

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"The Game"
Episode 206 originally aired 10/28/91. Written by Brannon Braga from a story by Susan Sackett, Fred Bronson and Brannon Braga. Directed by Corey Allen. Guest Starring: Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher; Ashley Judd as Robin Lefler; Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien; Katherine Moffat as Etana; Diane M. Hurley as Woman.

Stardate 45208.2-45212.1 While on shore leave, Riker is given an addictive electronic mind game that rewards the player with an orgasmic-like physical sensation. He begins to distribute the device aboard the Enterprise, making the crew pawns of an alien race who have created "the game."

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"Unification, Part I"
Episode 208 originally aired 11/4/91. Teleplay by Jeri Taylor from a story by Rick Berman and Michael Piller. Directed by Les Landau. Guest Starring: Graham Jarvis as Dokachin; Erick Avari as B'Ijik; Joanna Miles as Perrin; Mark Lenard as Sarek; Stephen D. Root as K'Vada; Malachi Throne as Pardek; Daniel Roebuck as Romulan #1; Norman Large as Neral; Mimi Cozzens as Soup Woman; Leonard Nimoy as Spock; Karen Hensel as Admiral; Majel Barrett as Computer Voice.

Stardate 45233.1-45240.6 When the Federation suspects the legendary Ambassador Spock has defected to the Romulans, Picard and Data are sent to Romulus to ascertain his true motives.

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"Unification II"
Episode 207 originally aired 11/11/91. Teleplay by Michael Piller from a story by Rick Berman and Michael Piller. Directed by Cliff Bole. Guest Starring: Leonard Nimoy as Spock; Denise Crosby as Sela; Stephen D. Root as K'Vada; Malachi Throne as Pardek; William Bastiani as Omag; Daniel Roebuck as Romulan #1; Susan Falldender as Romulan #2; Videl Peterson as D'Tan; Norman Large as Neral; Harriet Leider as Amarie.

Stardate 45245.8 Picard, who has found Spock on Romulus, learns that the Vulcan has come to the Romulan homeworld on a secret mission to reunite the Romulans with their progenitors on Vulcan, but quickly learns that he a pawn in Sela's plans to invade Vulcan.

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"A Matter of Time"
Episode 209 originally aired 11/18/91. Written by Rick Berman and directed by Paul Lynch. Guest Starring: Matt Frewer as Berlingoff Rasmussen; Stefan Gierasch as Hail Moseley; Sheila Franklin as Ensign; Shay Garner as Female Scientist.

Stardate 45349.1-45351.9 A mysterious visitor, historian Berlingoff Rasmussen, who has materialized from the future in a time pod, says he is observing the Enterprise crew on a critical mission to save an asteroid devastated planet from environmental destruction.

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"New Ground"
Episode 210 originally aired 1/6/92. Teleplay by Grant Rosenberg from a story by Sarah Charno and Stuart Charno. Directed by Robert Scheerer. Guest Starring: Brian Bonsall as Alexander Rozhenko; Georgia Brown as Helena Rozhenko; Sheila Franklin as Ensign; Richard McGonagle as Dr. Ja'Dar; Jennifer Edwards as Lowry.

Stardate 45376.3 Worf's mother brings his son, Alexander, back to the Enterprise when she realizes that she and her husband can no longer give the youngster the attention he needs. Meanwhile, an experiment with a new warp field soloton wave goes awry, jeopardizing the ship.

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"Hero Worship"
Episode 211 originally aired 1/27/92. Teleplay by Joe Menosky from a story by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by Patrick Stewart. Guest Starring: Joshua Harris as Timothy; Steven Einspahr as Teacher; Sheila Franklin as Ensign; Harley Venton as Transporter Chief.

Stardate 45397.3 The Enterprise discovers the sole survivor of a destroyed research vessel, the Vico: a boy who's parents have been killed when the shop was exploring a Black Cluster. The youth, in attempting to cope with his pain, begins to emulate Data.

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"Violations"
Episode 212 originally aired 2/3/92. Teleplay by Pamela Gray and Jeri Taylor from a story by Shari Goodhartz, T. Michael Gray and Pamela Gray. Directed by Robert Weimer. Guest Starring: David Sage as Tarmin; Ben Lemon as Jev; Rosalind Chao as Keiko; Eve Brenner as Inad; Craig Benton as Crewman Davis; Rick Fitts as Dr. Martin; Doug Wert as Jack Crusher; Majel Barrett as Computer Voice.

Stardate 45429.3-45435.8 A telepathic alien race, the Ullians, who have the unique gift of probing humans' long-forgotten memories, are being ferried aboard the Enterprise when members of the crew begin falling into unexplained comas.

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"The Masterpiece Society"
Episode 213 originally aired 2/10/92. Teleplay by Adam Belanoff and Michael Piller from a story by James Kahn and Adam Belanoff. Directed by Winrich Kolbe. Guest Starring: John Snyder as Aaron Conor; Dey Young as Hannah Bates; Ron Canada as Marcus Benbeck; Sheila Franklin as Ensign.

Stardate 45470.1 A genetically altered society living in a biosphere is threatened by the approach of a stellar core fragment while Troi falls for the planet's leader, Aaron Connor.

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"Conundrum"
Episode 214 originally aired 2/17/92. Teleplay by Barry M. Schkolnick and Joe Menosky from a story by Paul Schiffer. Directed by Les Landau. Guest Starring: Michelle Forbes as Ensign Ro Laren; Liz Vassey as Kristin; Erich Anderson as Keiran MacDuff; Erick Weiss as Crewman; Majel Barrett as Computer Voice.

Stardate 45494.2 The crew suffers a collective cause of amnesia after they are scanned by an alien ship and are led to believe they are at war with the Lysians, a technologically inferior race who, they are told by Executive Officer Keiran MacDuff, they are supposed to destroy.

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"Power Play"
Episode 215 originally aired 2/24/92. Teleplay by Rene Balcer, Herbert J. Wright and Brannon Braga from a story by Paul Ruben and Maurice Hurley. Directed by David Livingston. Guest Starring: Rosalind Chao as Keiko; Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien; Michelle Forbes as Ensign Ro Laren; Ryan Reid as Transporter Technician; Majel Barrett as Computer Voice.

Stardate 45571.2-45572.1 Troi, Data and Riker investigate the disappearance of the starship Essex two centuries before via shuttlecraft, but a fierce storm forces the ship to crashland. O'Brien transports through to rescue the others but as they beam out, the spirits of the planet's exiled prisoners which inhabit the ionosphere possess Data, Troi and O'Brien.

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"Ethics"
Episode 216 originally aired 3/2/92. Teleplay by Ronald D. Moore from a story by Sara Charno and Stuart Charno. Directed by Chip Chalmers. Guest Starring: Caroline Kava as Dr. Russell; Patti Yasutake as Nurse Ogawa; Brian Bonsall as Alexander Rozhenko.

Stardate 45587.3 Worf is paralyzed when a support beam breaks in the cargo bay and a container falls on him. Despite the assistance of a renowned neuro-geneticist, Dr. Russell, Worf insists on committing ritual suicide rather than accept living his life as a cripple.

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"The Outcast"
Episode 217 originally aired 3/16/92. Written by Jeri Taylor and directed by Robert Scheerer. Guest Starring: Melinda Culea as Soren; Callan White as Krite; Megan Cole as Noor.

Stardate 45614.6-45620.4 While working with Soren, a member of an androgynous alien race known as the J'naii, Riker and Soren begin to fall in love despite a prohibition by the planet's leaders which forbids relationships with other races that have gender. Violation of this law has dire consequences for the perpetrator.

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"Cause and Effect"
Episode 218 originally aired 3/23/92. Written by Brannon Braga and directed by Jonathan Frakes. Guest Starring: Michelle Forbes as Ensign Ro Laren; Patti Yasutake as Nurse Ogawa; Kelsey Grammer as Captain Bateman.

Stardate 45652.1 The Enterprise becomes trapped in a time warp in which the crew is forced to endlessly repeat the same experience in which the ship faces inevitable destruction after a collision with another starship from the past.

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"The First Duty"
Episode 219 originally aired 3/30/92. Written by Ronald D. Moore and Naren Shankar. Directed by Paul Lynch. Guest Starring: Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher; Ray Walston as Boothby; Robert Duncan McNeill as Nicholas Locarno; Ed Lauter as Lieutenant Commander Albert; Jacqueline Brookes as Admiral Brand; Richard Fancy as Captain Satelk; Walker Brandt as Hajar; Shannon Fill as Sito; Richard Rothenberg as Cadet.

Stardate 45703.9 At the behest of his squadron leader at Starfleet Academy, Wesley agrees to cover-up the true facts behind an accident in which one of his fellow flight team members was killed when his shuttle collided while attempting to practice a prohibited maneuver for the Academy commencement activities.

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"Cost of Living"
Episode 220 originally aired 4/20/92. Written by Peter Allan Fields and directed by Winrich Kolbe. Guest Starring: Majel Barrett as Lwaxana Troi; Brian Bonsall as Alexander Rozhenko; Tony Jay as Campio; Carel Struycken as Mr. Homn; David Oliver as Young Man; Albie Selznick as Juggler; Patrick Cronin as Erko; Tracy D'Arcy as Young Woman; George Edie as Poet; Christopher Halste as First Learner.

Stardate 45733.6 Mrs. Troi returns to the Enterprise in order to marry Campio, a visiting dignitary she's never met, while a cloud of parasitic particles released from a destroyed asteroid in the Pelloris Field begins to wreak havoc aboard the starship.

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"The Perfect Mate"
Episode 221 originally aired 4/27/92. Teleplay by Reuben Leder and Michael Piller from a story by Rene Echevarria and Reuben Leder. Directed by Cliff Bole. Guest Starring: Famke Janssen as Kamala; Tim O'Connor as Briam; Max Grodenchik as Par Lenor; Mickey Cottrell as Alrik; Michael Snyder as QOL; David Paul Needles as Miner #1; Roger Rignack as Miner#2; April Grace as Transporter Officer; Charles Gunning as Miner #3.

Stardate 45761.3-45766.1 A beautiful empathic metomorph, Kamala, who is intended to serve a s a peace offering to end a centuries-old war, is freed from stasis by a Ferengi and seduces Picard.

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"Imaginary Friend"
Episode 222 originally aired 5/4/92. Teleplay by Edithe Swensen and Brannon Braga from a story by Ronald Wilderson, Jean Matthias and Richard Fliegel. Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont. Guest Starring: Brian Bonsall as Alexander Rozhenko; Noley Thornton as Clara Sutter; Shay Astar as Isabella; Jeff Allin s Daniel Sutter; Patti Yasutake as Nurse Ogawa; Sheila Franklin as Ensign.

Stardate 45852.1 The imaginary friend of one of the crew's young daughter, Clara Sutter, becomes a frightening reality when she threatens to destroy the ship.

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"I, Borg"
Episode 223 originally aired 5/18/92. Written by Rene Echevarria and directed by Robert Lederman. Guest Starring: Jonathan Del Arco as Hugh Borg.

Stardate 45854.2 A wounded young Borg is taken aboard the Enterprise and taught humanity by the ship's crew. Meanwhile, Picard and Guinan confront their own personal demons relating to the cybernetic, super race.

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"The Next Phase"
Episode 224 originally aired 5/11/92. Written by Ronald D. Moore and directed by David Carson. Guest Starring: Thomas Kopache as Mirok; Susanna Thompson as Varel; Kenneth Meserole as Ensign McDowell; Michelle Forbes as Ensign Ro Laren; Shelby Leverington as Brossmer; Brian Cousins as Parem.

Stardate 45892.4 Ro and Geordi are apparently killed in an explosion aboard a disabled Romulan warbird, but are actually "phased" into another dimension where they encounter an evil Romulan Centurion. The duo have to convince the Enterprise crew that they're not dead before the ship is destroyed by a Romulan trap.

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"The Inner Light"
Episode 225 originally aired 6/1/92. Teleplay by Morgan Gendel and Peter Fields from a story by Morgan Gendel. Directed by Peter Lauritson. Guest Starring: Margot Rose as Eline; Richard Riehle as Batal; Scott Jaeck as Administrator; Jennifer Nash as Meribor; Patti Yasutake as Nurse Ogawa; Daniel Stewart as Young Batal.

Stardate 45944.1 A mysterious space probe disables Picard and sending his unconscious body to the deck of the bridge. When he awakens, he seems to be somebody entirely different and the experiences of a lifetime of memories in a matter of twenty-five minutes.

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"Time's Arrow, Part I"
Episode 226 originally aired 6/15/92. Teleplay by Joe Menosky and Michael Piller from a story by Joe Menosky. Directed by Les Landau. Guest Starring: Jerry Hardin as Samuel Clemens; Michael Aron as Bellboy; Barry Kivel as Doorman; Ken Thorley as Seaman; Sheldon Peters Wolfchild as Indian; John M. Murdock s Beggar; Marc Alaimo as Gambler; Milt Tarver as Scientist; Michael Hungerford as Roughneck.

Stardate 45959.1-45965.3 Data's head is discovered in a cave on earth, which prompts the Enterprise to lead an investigation into Earth's past where they discover aliens abducting humans from the 19th Century to the future. Additionally, they discover Guinan!

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