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Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1989 - 1990
Episode 1
Evolution
Mon, Sep 25, 1989 60 mins
In the third-season opener, En route to the site of a stellar phenomenon, the computers malfunction, and the ship is drawn toward the fiery remains of an exploding star.
Episode 2
The Ensigns of Command
Mon, Oct 2, 1989 60 mins
The Enterprise races against time when aliens demand that all humans living on their planet be evacuated within four days, or the entire population will be annihilated.
Episode 3
The Survivors
Mon, Oct 9, 1989 60 mins
Responding to a distress call from a planet, the Away Team finds that the inhabitants have been killed except for an elderly couple.
Episode 4
Who Watches the Watchers
Mon, Oct 16, 1989 60 mins
Anthropologists who are studying the primitive inhabitants of Mintaka Three are injured in an explosion.
Episode 5
The Bonding
Mon, Oct 23, 1989 60 mins
During a survey of a deserted planet, an archaeologist is killed in an explosion, and the crew tries to comfort her 12-year-old son.
Episode 6
Booby Trap
Mon, Oct 30, 1989 60 mins
While the Away Team investigates an ancient warship, the Enterprise is bombarded by deadly waves of radiation and is crippled by a sudden power loss.
Episode 7
The Enemy
Mon, Nov 6, 1989 60 mins
Geordi is stranded on a planet where a Romulan ship has crashed, while Dr Crusher tries to save an injured officer from the downed craft.
Episode 8
The Price
Mon, Nov 13, 1989 60 mins
The Enterprise hosts a delegation that's negotiating for the rights to a wormhole, a shortcut across the galaxy. Meanwhile, Troi becomes romantically involved with one of the delegates.
Episode 9
The Vengeance Factor
Mon, Nov 20, 1989 60 mins
The crew tries to mediate between the Acamarians and the Gatherers, a renegade group that split from the Acamarians a century before.
Episode 10
The Defector
Mon, Jan 1, 1990 60 mins
A Romulan defector seeking refuge warns Picard that a major offensive to regain the Neutral Zone will be launched in 48 hours.
Episode 11
The Hunted
Mon, Jan 8, 1990 60 mins
On the planet Angosia, the crew aids in the capture of a prison escapee, whose reputation is belied when Troi interviews him.
Episode 12
The High Ground
Mon, Jan 29, 1990 60 mins
Dr Crusher is kidnapped by a group of terrorists and the leader of the Rutian police is determined not to negotiate for her release.
Episode 13
Deja Q
Mon, Feb 5, 1990 60 mins
Q, once all-powerful mischief-maker of the universe, is condemned to life as a mortal and seeks sanctuary aboard the Enterprise.
Episode 14
A Matter of Perspective
Mon, Feb 12, 1990 60 mins
Riker is accused of murdering a research scientist, and the Enterprise holodeck is programmed to re-create the events according to each witness's testimony.
Episode 15
Yesterday's Enterprise
Mon, Feb 19, 1990 60 mins
A time rift alters history and reunites its crew with Tasha Yar and with a ship thought to have been destroyed more than 20 years ago.
Episode 16
The Offspring
Mon, Mar 12, 1990 60 mins
In an unauthorised experiment, Data builds another android, which chooses to take the form of a human female.
Episode 17
Sins of the Father
Mon, Mar 19, 1990 60 mins
Worf meets the brother he didn't know he had, and together they go before the Klingon High Council to defend their late father's honor against treason charges. Duras: Patrick Massett. K'mpec: Charles Cooper. Kahlest: Thelma Lee. Worf: Michael Dorn.
Episode 18
Allegiance
Mon, Mar 26, 1990 60 mins
Picard is kidnapped by an alien force and replaced by a look-alike.
Episode 19
Captain's Holiday
Mon, Apr 2, 1990 60 mins
Picard's vacation is interrupted by Vorgon security agents from the 27th century who are searching for a secret weapon hidden by its time-travelling inventor.
Episode 20
Tin Man
Mon, Apr 23, 1990 60 mins
The Enterprise crew is assigned to carry a Betazoid Federation emissary, who's en route to contact a newly discovered life-form called Tin Man.
Episode 21
Hollow Pursuits
Mon, Apr 30, 1990 60 mins
A crew member acts out his frustrations in the holodeck and endangers the Enterprise by neglecting his engineering duties.
Episode 22
The Most Toys
Mon, May 7, 1990 60 mins
Data's shuttlecraft explodes, but the crew is forced to proceed on its mission to aid a colony with a contaminated water supply.
Episode 23
Sarek
Mon, May 14, 1990 60 mins
Sarek, the Vulcan ambassador, is uncharacteristically moody when aboard the Enterprise for a mission to establish ties with the Legaran.
Episode 24
Menage à Troi
Mon, May 28, 1990 60 mins
The Ferengi abduct Counselor Troi and her mother Lwaxana to study Lwaxana's telepathic powers.
Episode 25
Transfigurations
Mon, Jun 4, 1990 60 mins
The Enterprise rescues a humanoid amnesiac, who exhibits remarkable healing powers.
Episode 26
The Best of Both Worlds
Mon, Jun 18, 1990 60 mins
In the third-season finale, Starfleet command assigns an ambitious young officer to help the Enterprise investigate the disappearance of a Federation colony. Part 1 of two.
