Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Survivors

"The Survivors" is the third episode of season three of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the fifty-second episode of the series overall (if one counts the two-part pilot episode "Encounter at Farpoint" as two episodes). Combining the episode count of all Star Trek-related TV shows to date, it is the 159th episode of the entire franchise. This episode was directed by Winrich Kolbe and written by Ronald D. Moore. It first aired in syndication in the United States on October 7th, 1989.