Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 – 1994)

1987 • 7 seasons • Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure • TV-PG

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Episode 15 — Inside the Writer’s Room

Season 0 • Star Trek: The Next Generation

Released: 2013-04-30 • Sci-Fi & Fantasy/Action & Adventure/Drama/Mystery

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In this special feature, four of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s most influential writers – Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga, Naren Shankar, and René Echevarria – convene, moderated by Seth MacFarlane, to discuss their work on the series. Together, they reflect on the creation of iconic episodes, creative challenges in the writers' room, and the development of complex themes that made TNG one of the most important science fiction series. With personal anecdotes, candid insights, and plenty of humor, this feature offers a behind-the-scenes look at the creative heart of the series.

Episodes

Episode 1
Energized! Taking Star Trek: The Next Generation to the Next Level
2012-07-23

Episode 2
Stardate Revisited: The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Part 1: Inception
2012-07-23

Episode 3
Stardate Revisited: The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Part 2: Launch
2012-07-23

Episode 4
Stardate Revisited: The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Part 3: The Continuing Mission
2012-07-24

Episode 5
Energized! Season 2 Tech Update
2012-12-04

Episode 6
Reunification: 25 Years after Star Trek: The Next Generation
2012-12-04

Episode 7
Making It So: Continuing Star Trek: The Next Generation - Part 1: Strange New Worlds
2012-12-04

Episode 8
Making It So: Continuing Star Trek: The Next Generation - Part 2: New Life, New Civilizations
2012-12-04

Episode 9
“Reading Rainbow” segment with LeVar Burton
1988-08-15

Episode 10
Resistance Is Futile: Assimilating Star Trek: The Next Generation - Part 1: Biological Distinctiveness
2013-04-30

Episode 11
Resistance Is Futile: Assimilating Star Trek: The Next Generation - Part 2: Technological Distinctiveness
2013-04-30

Episode 12
Resistance Is Futile: Assimilating Star Trek: The Next Generation - Part 3: The Collective
2013-04-30

Episode 13
Regeneration: Engaging the Borg
2013-04-30

Episode 14
Alternate Cast: S03E22 - The Most Toys (In Memoriam David Rappaport)
2013-04-30

Episode 15
Inside the Writer’s Room
2013-04-30

Episode 16
A Tribute to Michael Piller
2013-04-30

Episode 17
Relativity: The Family Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Part 1: Homecoming
2013-07-30

Episode 18
Relativity: The Family Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Part 2: Posterity
2013-07-30

Episode 19
Survive and Succeed: An Empire at War
2013-07-30

Episode 20
In Conversation: The Star Trek Art Department
2013-07-30

Episode 21
Requiem: A Remembrance of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Part 1: The Needs of the Many
2013-11-19

Episode 22
Requiem: A Remembrance of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Part 2: The Needs of the Few
2013-11-19

Episode 23
From One Generation to the Next: The Making of Unification
2013-11-19

Episode 24
In Conversation: The Music of Star Trek: The Next Generation
2013-11-19

Episode 25
Beyond The Five Year Mission: The Evolution of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Part One: The Lithosphere
2014-06-24

Episode 26
Beyond The Five Year Mission: The Evolution of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Part Two: The Biosphere
2014-06-24

Episode 27
Beyond The Five Year Mission: The Evolution of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Part Three: The Noosphere
2014-06-24

Episode 28
The Privilege of Rank: Making "Chain of Command"
2014-06-24

Episode 29
The Sky's The Limit: The Eclipse of Star Trek TNG - Part 1: Umbra
2014-12-02

Episode 30
The Sky's The Limit: The Eclipse of Star Trek TNG - Part 2: Penumbra
2014-12-02

Episode 31
The Sky's The Limit: The Eclipse of Star Trek TNG - Part 3: Antumbra
2014-12-02

Episode 32
The Unknown Possibilities of Existence: Making "All Good Things"
2014-12-02

Episode 33
In Conversation: Lensing Star Trek: The Next Generation
2014-12-02

Episode 34
Closed Set: A Tour of the Real Enterprise
2014-12-02

Episode 35
Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
1994-05-21

Episode 36
Archival Mission Log: Year One - The Beginning
2002-03-26

Episode 37
Archival Mission Log: Year One - Selected Crew Analysis
2002-03-26

Episode 38
Archival Mission Log: Year One - The Making of a Legend
2002-03-26

Episode 39
Archival Mission Log: Year One - Memorable Missions
2002-03-26

Episode 40
Archival Mission Log: Year Two - Mission Overview
2002-05-07

Episode 41
Archival Mission Log: Year Two - Selected Crew Analysis
2002-05-07

Episode 42
Archival Mission Log: Year Two - Departmental Briefing: Production
2002-05-07

Episode 43
Archival Mission Log: Year Two - Departmental Briefing: Memorable Missions
2002-05-07

Episode 44
Archival Mission Log: Year Two - Inside Starfleet Archives: Penny Juday
2002-05-07

Episode 45
Archival Mission Log: Year Three - Mission Overview
2002-07-02

Episode 46
Archival Mission Log: Year Three - Selected Crew Analysis
2002-07-02

Episode 47
Archival Mission Log: Year Three - Departmental Briefing: Production
2002-07-02

Episode 48
Archival Mission Log: Year Three - Departmental Briefing: Memorable Missions
2002-07-02

Episode 49
Archival Mission Log: Year Four - Mission Overview
2002-09-03

Episode 50
Archival Mission Log: Year Four - Selected Crew Analysis
2002-09-03

Episode 51
Archival Mission Log: Year Four - Departmental Briefing: Production
2002-09-03

Episode 52
Archival Mission Log: Year Four - New Life and New Civilizations
2002-09-03

Episode 53
Archival Mission Log: Year Four - Chronicles from the Final Frontier
2002-09-03

Episode 54
Archival Mission Log: Year Four - Select Historical Data
2002-09-03

Episode 55
Archival Mission Log: Year Four - Inside The Star Trek Archives - "First Contact"
2002-09-03

Episode 56
Archival Mission Log: Year Five - Mission Overview
2002-11-05

Episode 57
Archival Mission Log: Year Five - Departmental Briefing: Production
2002-11-05

Episode 58
Archival Mission Log: Year Five - Departmental Briefing: Memorable Missions
2002-11-05

Episode 59
Archival Mission Log: Year Five - A Tribute to Gene Roddenberry
2002-11-05

Episode 60
Archival Mission Log: Year Five - Intergalactic Guest Stars
2002-11-05

Episode 61
Archival Mission Log: Year Five - Alien Speak
2002-11-05

Episode 62
Archival Mission Log: Year Five - Departmental Briefing: Visual Effects
2002-11-05

Episode 63
Archival Mission Log: Year Six - Mission Overview
2002-12-03

Episode 64
Archival Mission Log: Year Six - Bold New Directions
2002-12-03

Episode 65
Archival Mission Log: Year Six - Departmental Briefing: Production
2002-12-03

Episode 66
Archival Mission Log: Year Six - Departmental Briefing: Profile: Dan Curry
2002-12-03

Episode 67
Archival Mission Log: Year Six - Departmental Briefing: Special Crew Profile: Lt. Cmdr. Data
2002-12-03

Episode 68
Archival Mission Log: Year Six - Select Historical Data
2002-12-03

Episode 69
Archival Mission Log: Year Six - Inside The Star Trek Archives: Sets & Props
2002-12-03

Episode 70
Archival Mission Log: Year Seven - Mission Overview
2002-12-31

Episode 71
Archival Mission Log: Year Seven - A Captain's Tribute
2002-12-31

Episode 72
Archival Mission Log: Year Seven - Departmental Briefing: Production
2002-12-31

Episode 73
Archival Mission Log: Year Seven - The Making of "All Good Things..."
2002-12-31

Episode 74
Archival Mission Log: Year Seven - Starfleet Moments and Memories
2002-12-31

Episode 75
Archival Mission Log: Year Seven - Special Profiles: Q
2002-01-01

Episode 76
Archival Mission Log: Year Seven - Dressing the Future
2002-01-01

Episode 77
Blu-Ray Season 1 Gag Reel
2012-07-24

Episode 78
Blu-Ray Season 2 Gag Reel
2012-12-04

Episode 79
Blu-Ray Season 3 Gag Reel
2013-04-30

Episode 80
The Best of Both Worlds Gag Reel
2013-04-30

Episode 81
Blu-Ray Season 4 Gag Reel
2013-07-20

Episode 82
Blu-Ray Season 5 Gag Reel
2013-11-19

Episode 83
Blu-Ray Season 6 Gag Reel
2014-06-24

Episode 84
Blu-Ray Season 7 Gag Reel
2014-12-02

Episode 85
S02E09 - The Measure of a Man (Extended Version)
2012-12-04

Episode 86
S02E09 - The Measure of a Man (Hybrid Extended Version)
2012-12-04

Episode 87
Deleted Scenes: S02E14 - The Icarus Factor
2012-12-04

Episode 88
Deleted Scenes: S02E18 - Up the Long Ladder
2012-12-04

Episode 89
Deleted Scenes: S04E01 – The Best of Both Worlds, Part II
2013-07-20

Episode 90
Deleted Scenes: S04E02 – Family
2013-07-20

Episode 91
Deleted Scenes: S04E03 – Brothers
2013-07-20

Episode 92
Deleted Scenes: S04E09 – Final Mission
2013-07-20

Episode 93
Deleted Scenes: S04E12 – The Wounded
2013-07-20

Episode 94
Deleted Scenes: S04E16 – Galaxy’s Child
2013-07-20

Episode 95
Deleted Scenes: S04E20 – Qpid
2013-07-20

Episode 96
Deleted Scenes: S04E23 – The Host
2013-07-20

Episode 97
Deleted Scenes: S05E07 – Unification (Part I)
2013-11-19

Episode 98
Deleted Scenes: S05E10 – New Ground
2013-11-19

Episode 99
Deleted Scenes: S05E16 – Ethics
2013-11-19

Episode 100
Deleted Scenes: S05E17 – The Outcast
2013-11-19

Episode 101
Deleted Scenes: S05E19 – The First Duty
2013-11-19

Episode 102
Deleted Scenes: S05E20 – Cost of Living
2013-11-19

Episode 103
Deleted Scenes: S05E21 – The Perfect Mate
2013-11-19

Episode 104
Deleted Scenes: S05E25 – The Inner Light
2013-11-19

Episode 105
Deleted Scenes: S06E01 – Time’s Arrow (Part II)
2014-06-24

Episode 106
Deleted Scenes: S06E04 – Relics
2014-06-24

Episode 107
Deleted Scenes: S06E06 – True Q
2014-06-24

Episode 108
Deleted Scenes: S06E10 – Chain Of Command (Part I)
2014-06-24

Episode 109
Deleted Scenes: S06E11 – Chain Of Command (Part II)
2014-06-24

Episode 110
Deleted Scenes: S06E12 – Ship in a Bottle
2014-06-24

Episode 111
Deleted Scenes: S06E14 – Face of the Enemy
2014-06-24

Episode 112
Deleted Scenes: S06E15 – Tapestry
2014-06-24

Episode 113
Deleted Scenes: S06E17 – Birthright (Part II)
2014-06-24

Episode 114
Deleted Scenes: S06E20 – The Chase
2014-06-24

Episode 115
Deleted Scenes: S06E23 – Rightful Heir
2014-06-24

Episode 116
Deleted Scenes: S07E01 – Descent (Part II)
2014-12-02

Episode 117
Deleted Scenes: S07E02 – Liaisons
2014-12-02

Episode 118
Deleted Scenes: S07E04 – Gambit (Part I)
2014-12-02

Episode 119
Deleted Scenes: S07E05 – Gambit (Part II)
2014-12-02

Episode 120
Deleted Scenes: S07E07 – Dark Page
2014-12-02

Episode 121
Deleted Scenes: S07E10 – Inheritance
2014-12-02

Episode 122
Deleted Scenes: S07E11 – Parallels
2014-12-02

Episode 123
Deleted Scenes: S07E14 – Sub Rosa
2014-12-02

Episode 124
Deleted Scenes: S07E16 – Thine Own Self
2014-12-02

Episode 125
Deleted Scenes: S07E17 – Masks
2014-12-02

Episode 126
Deleted Scenes: S07E19 – Genesis
2014-12-02

Episode 127
Deleted Scenes: S07E20 – Journey’s End
2014-12-02

Episode 128
Deleted Scenes: S07E21 – Firstborn
2014-12-02

Episode 129
Deleted Scenes: S07E22 – Bloodlines
2014-12-02

Episode 130
Deleted Scenes: S07E24 – Preemptive Strike
2014-12-02

Episode 131
Deleted Scenes: S07E25 – All Good Things...
2014-12-02

Episode 132
The Next Generation's Impact: 20 Years Later
2007-10-23

Episode 133
The Next Generation's Legacy: 2007
2007-10-23

Episode 134
Star Trek Day 2020: Picard & The Next Generation
2020-09-08

Episode 135
Reading Rainbow Itunes Promo
2012-09-15

Episode 136
The Trek Not Taken: First Steps into the Digital Frontier
2013-05-25

Episode 137
Brent Spiner Original Costume and Makeup Test
2012-07-24

Episode 138
Star Trek Visual Effects Magic: A Roundtable Discussion
2007-10-23

Information

Creator	Gene Roddenberry
Episode air date	30.04.2013
Episode runtime	71 min
Episode rating	5.00
Genres	Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Action & Adventure / Drama / Mystery
TMDB series rating	8.4
IMDb series rating	8.7
Series status	Ended
Age rating	6+
Country	US

Trailer

Additional videos

The Hollywood Masters: Patrick Stewart on Star Trek: The Next Generation

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Star Trek - The Next Generation - Season 1 Opening (HD)

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Producer Rick Berman on how Patrick Stewart was cast as "Picard" - TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews

Producer Rick Berman on how Patrick Stewart was cast as "Picard" - TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews

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Actor LeVar Burton on "Geordi LaForge's" blindness on Star Trek: Next Generation - EMMYTVLEGENDS

Actor LeVar Burton on "Geordi LaForge's" blindness on Star Trek: Next Generation - EMMYTVLEGENDS

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Marina Sirtis - The Counselor Is In

Marina Sirtis - The Counselor Is In

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Cast

Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart
Jean-Luc Picard

Jonathan Frakes

Jonathan Frakes
William T. Riker

Brent Spiner
Data

LeVar Burton
Geordi La Forge

Michael Dorn
Worf

Marina Sirtis
Deanna Troi

Gates McFadden
Beverly Crusher

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