Episodes
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First Contact: ‘Schisms’ Season 6 Episode 5
Riker can’t sleep. You can tell because his hair looks messed up. Even worse, he’s late for meetings, probably the worst thing you can do on board the Enterprise. He could end up on Voyager for that kind of performance. But he’s not the only one. Multiple crew members are experiencing lost time,...
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First Contact: ‘Relics’ Season 6 Episode 4
The Enterprise is answering a distress call when they encounter a Dyson Sphere, not a hand dryer but a gargantuan ball built around a sun designed to house a vast population. They find the source of distress, it’s a transport vessel, the Jenolan, that crashed 75 years earlier. An away team...
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First Contact: ‘Man of the People’ Season 6 Episode 3
The Enterprise transports Ambassador Alkar and his elderly mother to a mediation on a warring planet. The man is clearly a bit sinister and so Troi is obviously drawn to him so he can do something nefarious to her. That’s really just her role in this show. After his mother dies, he performs a...
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First Contact: ‘Realm of Fear’ Season 6 Episode 2
The Enterprise investigates a missing ship, the USS Yosemite, which is stuck in a plasma streamer with the crew unaccounted for. With weird space rays making a shuttle trip or use of the transporter impossible, Barclay suggests tying the two transporter systems together so that they can get...
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First Contact: ‘Time’s Arrow’
The Enterprise is called back to Earth after someone finds Data’s head in a cave while doing an archaeological dig along with evidence of aliens on Earth some 500 years ago. Some cellular fossils lead them to Devidia II (the best Devidia) where Data gets sucked through a time hole and arrives in...
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First Contact: ‘The Inner Light’ Season 5 Episode 25
After doing some space stuff to bulk out the Captain’s log, the Enterprise encounters a probe of unknown origin. It emits a pulse which hits Captain Picard. He awakens on an unfamiliar world and is told his name is Kamin, an iron weaver recovering from a fever on a pre-warp planet called Kataan,...
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First Contact: ‘The Next Phase’ Season 5 Episode 24
Geordi and Ro are killed in a transporter accident as the Enterprise tries to help a stranded Romulan vessel. But are they really dead? They’re both still around but no one can see them. Ro thinks she’s a ghost but Geordi thinks it would be weird to be dead and have a VISOR and clothes. However…
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First Contact: ‘I, Borg’ Season 5 Episode 23
While scouting a system for colonisation, the Enterprise here’s a distress call. Upon answering, they find a lone surviving Borg, Third of Five. Against protests, Crusher insists on trying to help him, eventually bringing him on board the Enterprise. Troi thinks Picard may experience trauma with…
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First Contact: ‘Imaginary Friend’ Season 5 Episode 22
The Enterprise is exploring a nebula when it runs into a plot from an 80s children’s show. Starfleet brat Clara has trouble making friends as her father moves around so much so she mostly plays with her imaginary friend Isabella. But when a glowy ball from the nebula comes on board, Isabella...
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First Contact: ‘The Perfect Mate’ Season 5 Episode 21
The Enterprise is transporting a Kriosian ambassador and his cargo to negotiate peace with their distant relatives, the Valtians. But before they can get there, they have to answer a distress call from a Ferengi shuttle, to remind viewers that they exist before Deep Space Nine premieres next...
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First Contact: ‘Cost of Living’ Season 5 Episode 20
A wedding episode? A wedding episode featuring Lwaxana Troi? And Worf’s son Alexander? Stop Star Trek, you are spoiling us. The post First Contact: ‘Cost of Living’ Season 5 Episode 20 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘The First Duty’ Season 5 Episode 19
The Enterprise heads to Earth so Picard can deliver the commencement address to Starfleet Academy, but before they arrive, they receive news that Wesley has been involved in an accident during flight training which means we get to have one of those trial episodes. The post First Contact: ‘The…
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First Contact: ‘Cause and Effect’ Season 5 Episode 18
'Cause and Effect' is an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation all about a time loop. A time loop? Yes, a time loop. The post First Contact: ‘Cause and Effect’ Season 5 Episode 18 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘The Outcast’ Season 5 Episode 17
The Enterprise is called in to render assistance to the J’naii after one of their shuttles disappears down a weird space hole. The post First Contact: ‘The Outcast’ Season 5 Episode 17 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘Ethics’ Season 5 Episode 16
While playing a game of find the plastic melting radiation, some barrels fall on Worf, leaving him paralysed. Crusher invites a neurological specialist, Doctor Toby Russell, to assess his condition and she offers a miracle The post First Contact: ‘Ethics’ Season 5 Episode 16 appeared first on The...
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First Contact: ‘Power Play’ Season 5 Episode 15
The Enterprise answers a centuries old distress call solving the mystery of an early Federation starship that disappeared. But Troi senses life so an away team take a shuttle down to investigate The post First Contact: ‘Power Play’ Season 5 Episode 15 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘Conundrum’ Season 5 Episode 14
The crew of the Enterprise have lost their memories but still remember how to push all the buttons. Using the ship’s systems, they find their personnel files and their mission. The post First Contact: ‘Conundrum’ Season 5 Episode 14 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘The Masterpiece Society’ Season 5 Episode 13
While carrying out the Starfleet’s primary mission, following big rocks in space, the Enterprise realises that this one is heading for a previously unknown human colony. While Picard offers assistance, the colonists are resistant. They The post First Contact: ‘The Masterpiece Society’ Season 5...
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First Contact: ‘Violations’ Season 5 Episode 12
The writers sat around thinking, you know what? It’s been awhile since an alien entered Troi’s quarters in the night, we better do some kind of psychic violation storyline. The post First Contact: ‘Violations’ Season 5 Episode 12 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘Hero Worship’ Season 5 Episode 11
The Enterprise investigates a missing ship in a wibbly purple region of space. The post First Contact: ‘Hero Worship’ Season 5 Episode 11 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘New Ground’ Season 5 Episode 10
The Enterprise is helping a scientist with a new form of propulsion, a soliton wave, which offers warp travel without a drive. The post First Contact: ‘New Ground’ Season 5 Episode 10 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘A Matter of Time’ Season 5 Episode 9
While the Enterprise tries to save a planet suffering from an environmental disaster, a historian, apparently from the future, arrives on the Enterprise to observe the events. The post First Contact: ‘A Matter of Time’ Season 5 Episode 9 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘Unification’
Ambassador Spock is missing and it seems he’s gone to Romulus. Could it be that this living legend has betrayed the Federation? The post First Contact: ‘Unification’ appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘The Game’ Season 5 Episode 6
Riker brings something back from Risa and soon all of the crew have it. Except for Wesley, because as we know, there are some games he doesn’t know how to play. The post First Contact: ‘The Game’ Season 5 Episode 6 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘Disaster’ Season 5 Episode 5
Do you like disaster movies like The Poseidon Adventure or The Towering Inferno? Then you’ll like Disaster because it’s basically that but on Star Trek. The post First Contact: ‘Disaster’ Season 5 Episode 5 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘Silicon Avatar’ Season 5 Episode 4
Riker’s awkward seduction is interrupted by the crystalline entity which devastatingly transforms a colony which looks surprisingly like a California park into a matte painting. The post First Contact: ‘Silicon Avatar’ Season 5 Episode 4 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘Ensign Ro’ Season 5 Episode 3
Following a terrorist attack on a Federation outpost near the Cardassian Empire, Ensign Ro, a Bajoran with a bad reputation, is assigned to the Enterprise. While the crew are reluctant to work with someone who The post First Contact: ‘Ensign Ro’ Season 5 Episode 3 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘Darmok’ Season 5 Episode 2
The Enterprise is on a mission to begin a new relationship with the Tamarians, a race who have been in contact with the Federation but have up until now, not been understood.... The post First Contact: ‘Darmok’ Season 5 Episode 2 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: You Must Remember This – Season 4
We've been watching season 4 of Star Trek: The Next Generation for three years now as we cover it for this podcast... The post First Contact: You Must Remember This – Season 4 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘Redemption’
The Enterprise returns to Kronos so Picard can fulfil his duties as arbiter of the high council and install Gowron as Chancellor. The Captain suggests that Worf should take the opportunity to reclaim his family The post First Contact: ‘Redemption’ appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘In Theory’ Season 4 Episode 25
After a bad breakup, Lieutenant D’Sora takes a romantic interest in Data as he is kind and attentive in a way her previous partners have not been. Data asks all of the senior staff for The post First Contact: ‘In Theory’ Season 4 Episode 25 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘The Mind’s Eye’ Season 4 Episode 24
By Geordi is on his way to Risa on a shuttle when he’s suddenly attacked by Romulans, which came as a great relief to the computer as Geordi was just getting started on his seduction The post First Contact: ‘The Mind’s Eye’ Season 4 Episode 24 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘The Host’ Season 4 Episode 23
Doctor Crusher has a boyfriend, Odan, a Trill ambassador who is negotiating between the peoples of two moons, so generic that no one even bothered naming them properly. The post First Contact: ‘The Host’ Season 4 Episode 23 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘Half a Life’ Season 4 Episode 22
The Enterprise is participating in a scientific mission to help the people of Kaelon II restore life to their failing star. Leading the project is Dr Timicin, who has dedicated his life to this research The post First Contact: ‘Half a Life’ Season 4 Episode 22 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘The Drumhead’ Season 4 Episode 21
Following a minor explosion in the warp core, a Klingon exchange officer is found to have been working with the Romulans and sending them classified information.... The post First Contact: ‘The Drumhead’ Season 4 Episode 21 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘Qpid’ Season 4 Episode 20
The Enterprise is hosting a Federation archaeology symposium and among such prestigious academic company, Captain Picard is nervous to deliver the keynote address... The post First Contact: ‘Qpid’ Season 4 Episode 20 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘The Nth Degree’ Season 4 Episode 19
Remember Barclay? He was more entertaining than most of the series regulars so when you come up with a good story, you might as well give it to him. The post First Contact: ‘The Nth Degree’ Season 4 Episode 19 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘Identity Crisis’ Season 4 Episode 18
Geordi’s former colleague Lieutenant Commander Susanna Leijten comes on board. She’s worried that all of their former colleagues from a mission to Tarchannen III have deserted Starfleet and disappeared. She begins to act increasingly strangely The post First Contact: ‘Identity Crisis’ Season 4...
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First Contact: ‘Night Terrors’ Season 4 Episode 17
The Enterprise discovers the missing science vessel, the USS Brattain, abandoned in space. It turns out all of the crew have killed each other... The post First Contact: ‘Night Terrors’ Season 4 Episode 17 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘Galaxy’s Child’ Season 4 Episode 16
The Enterprise discovers a new lifeform, some kind of space whale, and everyone gets excited. But when the Enterprise gets too close, it attacks. The post First Contact: ‘Galaxy’s Child’ Season 4 Episode 16 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘First Contact’ Season 4 Episode 15
Riker is injured while undercover investigating the Malcorians, an alien race on the verge of warp technology. The post First Contact: ‘First Contact’ Season 4 Episode 15 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘Clues’ Season 4 Episode 14
The Enterprise gets pulled into a wormhole while investigating an unusual M-Class planet and he crew are all knocked unconscious. Data informs them that they were only out for 30 seconds but some things don’t The post First Contact: ‘Clues’ Season 4 Episode 14 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘Devil’s Due’ Season 4 Episode 13
Someone found an old original series script titled ‘Devil’s Due’ in a box and they changed the names of the characters. Kirk Picard must face off against Ardra, a woman who claims to be The post First Contact: ‘Devil’s Due’ Season 4 Episode 13 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘The Wounded’ Season 4 Episode 12
The Enterprise is patrolling the Cardassian border when it’s attacked in contravention of the recent peace treaty. The post First Contact: ‘The Wounded’ Season 4 Episode 12 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘Data’s Day’ Season 4 Episode 11
Data records a podcast about a day in his life for Commander Maddox, that guy who tried to have him taken to pieces in The Measure of a Man... The post First Contact: ‘Data’s Day’ Season 4 Episode 11 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: Star Trek Picard preview
We've watched a couple of trailers for Star Trek Picard and now we're going to talk about them in our usual ill-informed way. The post First Contact: Star Trek Picard preview appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘The Loss’ Season 4 Episode 10
Following some unusual sensor readings, the Enterprise finds it is unable to resume its course with both warp and impulse engines failing to have any impact on the ship’s new course towards a weird purple thing that will probably crush them... The post First Contact: ‘The Loss’ Season 4 Episode…
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First Contact: ‘Final Mission’ Season 4 Episode 9
Wesley Crusher has been accepted into Starfleet Academy. Before he does, Picard decides to take Wesley on a mission where’s he’s mediating a mining dispute... The post First Contact: ‘Final Mission’ Season 4 Episode 9 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘Future Imperfect’ Season 4 Episode 8
Join the First Contact podcast team as they review Star Trek: The Next Generation season 4 episode, Future Imperfect. The post First Contact: ‘Future Imperfect’ Season 4 Episode 8 appeared first on The Spoilist.
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First Contact: ‘Reunion’ Season 4 Episode 7
K’ehleyr is back with news. Worf’s a father to a tiny little Klingon called Alexander... The post First Contact: ‘Reunion’ Season 4 Episode 7 appeared first on The Spoilist.