TNG: End of Season 1

Marissa and Lisa wrap up their first-ever season of Star Trek: The Next Generation with a final batch that’s emotional, messy, unsettling, and very much still finding its footing.

Season 1 ends not with a neat bow, but with loss, paranoia, time fractures, and a warning that much bigger threats are coming.

🖖 Episodes Discussed

“Skin of Evil”

A tar-like entity, a senseless death, and the sudden loss of Tasha Yar. The crew confronts grief without meaning, Data uses empathy as strategy, and Starfleet learns that not every death has a lesson.

“We’ll Always Have Paris”

Time fractures, Picard revisits a long-avoided romantic regret, and Data becomes the key to repairing reality. High-concept sci-fi meets awkward emotional closure.

“Conspiracy”

Starfleet paranoia turns into full-blown body horror. Parasitic aliens infiltrate command, trust collapses, and the season briefly becomes a 1980s sci-fi thriller—with bugs.

“The Neutral Zone”

Cryogenically frozen 20th-century humans wake up in a post-scarcity future just as the Romulans re-enter the picture. Old values clash with new realities, and Picard warns that bigger forces are on the horizon.

🌌 Season 1 Takeaways

• The show is finding its voice—even when it stumbles
• Chosen family matters
• The Prime Directive is the backbone of this world
• Grief, ethics, and power are recurring themes
• Data, Geordi, and Worf are just getting started
• Season 2 promises higher stakes and sharper focus

Season 1 complete.
Season 2… engage. 🖖