First Contact: The Next Generation Introcast

Mar 08 2025 126 ep. 33 mins 749

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Two veteran Star Trek fans guide a newcomer through the adventures of Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D while providing expert insight and weak jokes.

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First Contact: ‘The Perfect Mate’ Season 5 Episode 21

Mar 08 2025 35 mins

The Enterprise is transporting a Kriosian ambassador and his cargo to negotiate peace with their distant relatives, the Valtians...

First Contact: ‘Cost of Living’ Season 5 Episode 20

Dec 29 2024 35 mins

A wedding episode? A wedding episode featuring Lwaxana Troi? And Worf’s son Alexander? Stop Star Trek, you are spoiling us.

First Contact: ‘The First Duty’ Season 5 Episode 19

Oct 26 2024 40 mins

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First Contact: ‘Cause and Effect’ Season 5 Episode 18

Jul 09 2024 27 mins

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First Contact: ‘The Outcast’ Season 5 Episode 17

Jun 05 2024 41 mins

The Enterprise is called in to render assistance to the J’naii after one of their shuttles disappears down a weird space hole.

First Contact: ‘Ethics’ Season 5 Episode 16

Jan 21 2024 40 mins

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

First Contact: ‘Power Play’ Season 5 Episode 15

Oct 01 2023 29 mins

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

First Contact: ‘Conundrum’ Season 5 Episode 14

Aug 27 2023 33 mins

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.

First Contact: ‘The Masterpiece Society’ Season 5 Episode 13

Jun 28 2023 37 mins

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

First Contact: ‘Violations’ Season 5 Episode 12

May 18 2023 36 mins

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