| Episode | 1 & 2 |
| Airdate | September 28, 1987 |
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| Encounter at Farpoint | |
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| Directed by | Corey Allen |
| Written by | D.C. Fontana and Gene Roddenberry |
| Executive Producer | Gene Roddenberry |
| Starring | Patrick Stewart Jonathan Frakes |
| Also Starring | LeVar Burton Denise Crosby Michael Dorn Gates McFadden Marina Sirtis Brent Spiner Wil Wheaton |
| Stardate 41153.7 Beam aboard the "Galaxy Class" Starship Enterprise for the classic feature-length premiere episode of the acclaimed TV series, Star Trek: The Next Generation. While on a peace keeping mission to the Farpoint station, the Enterprise is overtaken by a godlike adversary, Q, who places the crew on trial for crimes perpetrated by mankind. Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) has just 24 hours to convince Q that humans are not a "grievously savage race." If Picard fails, he and his crew must face Q's sentence: death. | |