With The First Link

With The First Link 2.20: The Emissary

TNG: SEASON 2, EPISODE 20 When on a mission to intercept a Klingon Battlecruiser, the Enterprise rendezvous with a probe carrying, K’Ehleyr, a Federation Ambassador who is half-Klingon and seems to have a place in Worf’s past. Will Worf and K’Ehleyr be able to heal a rift between them and can they work together to…

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With The First Link 2.19: Manhunt

TNG: SEASON 2, EPISODE 19 While ferrying the fish-like Antedeans to a diplomatic conference, the Enterprise is intercepted by a shuttle transporting Lwaxana Troi! Not seen since season 1, Lwaxana has returned and is experiencing “The Phase”, a time in the mid-life of a Betazed woman where her libido has quadrupled – she’s on the…

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With The First Link 2.18: Up the Long Ladder

TNG: SEASON 2, EPISODE 18 When the Enterprise receives an automated distress signal, two human societies on the verge of collapse are discovered. One steeped in stereotype and the other experiencing replicative fade, a dangerous secret leads to the abduction of Enterprise crew members. This week Ruthie and Matthew are joined by Ruthie’s sister Jake…

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With The First Link 2.17: Samaritan Snare

TNG: SEASON 1, EPISODE 17 LaForge is placed in grave danger when the Enterprise responds to distress call from the Pakleds who need things to make them go…like our chief engineer! On a shuttlecraft road-trip with Wesley, Picard shares details of his “cocky” youth which led to a (literally) broken heart requiring surgery. But the…

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With The First Link 2.16: Q Who

TNG: SEASON 2, EPISODE 16 Q is back! This time he wants to join the crew on their adventures through the galaxy. But when Picard refuses Q’s request, the omnipotent entity hurls the Enterprise thousands of light years to face a new deadly threat to the Federation. Confronted by an overwhelming adversary, will Picard acquiesce…

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With The First Link 2.15: Pen Pals

TNG: SEASON 2, EPISODE 15 When Data receives a distress call from a planet on the verge of collapse, he needs to decide whether to ignore the distress call or violate the Prime Directive and send a reply. Data’s decision not only shocks the crew, but leaves Captain Picard in the dark for weeks. Pulaski…

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With The First Link 2.14: The Icarus Factor

TNG: SEASON 2, EPISODE 14 When a special envoy to the Enterprise turns out to be Commander Riker’s father, some hard hitting blind martial arts fighting ensues as both men need to have it out in the ring. Riker has a hard decision about taking a promotion to leave the Enterprise. A grumpy Worf needs…

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With The First Link 2.13: Time Squared

TNG: SEASON 2, EPISODE 13 The Enterprise encounters a derelict shuttle craft which appears to be from the future. But when the shuttle is determined to be one of the Enterprise’s own containing a second version of Picard, the crew fear the premonition of doom the craft contains. Ruthie and Matthew talk about how we…

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With The First Link 2.12: The Royale

TNG: SEASON 2, EPISODE 12 Riker, Worf, and Data become trapped in a recreation of “The Royale” a hotel featured in an Earth novel of the same name written in the 21st century. But why is this novel, with its cliché setting and characters, being played out in the frozen layers of a gas giant…

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With The First Link 2.11: Contagion

TNG: SEASON 2, EPISODE 11 The Enterprise responds to a call for help from Galaxy Class sister ship U.S.S. Yamato. But when the Yamato suddenly explodes the Enterprise crew must determine if the ship’s destruction is caused by Romulans or by the relics of a long lost civilization. Data gets to do some physical comedy,…

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