Star Trek: The Next Generation/Season 2

Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American television series of the science fiction genre. It is a spin-off of the original 1960s Star Trek television program and is set some one-hundred years after the events of that show.

Season two of Star Trek: The Next Generation aired in syndication from November 21st, 1988 to July 17th, 1989, totalling twenty-two episodes. There are two notable cast alterations that occur with this season, beginning with the premiere episode, "The Child". Actress Diana Muldaur becomes a recurring guest star on the series beginning with this episode as Doctor Katherine Pulaski, replacing Gates McFadden who departed the show after the end of season one, but returns to the series in season three. The season premiere also introduces the character of Guinan, who is played by Academy Award winning actress Whoopi Goldberg, and becomes a recurring character throughout the remainder of the series as well as the first Star Trek feature film involving the "NextGen" cast, Star Trek: Generations.

Production

 * Gene Roddenberry - Executive producer; Creator
 * Rick Berman - Co-executive producer
 * Maurice Hurley - Co-executive producer
 * Burton Armus - Producer
 * Mike Gray - Producer
 * John Mason - Producer
 * Peter Lauritson - Associate producer
 * David Livingston - Line producer
 * Richard Manning - Executive script consultant

Directors

 * Rob Bowman

Writers

 * Jaron Summers
 * Jon Povill
 * Maurice Hurley
 * Richard Manning

Notes & Trivia

 * Burton Armus becomes a producer on the series beginning with this season. He works on thirteen episodes between 1988 and 1989.


 * Mike Gray becomes a producer on the series beginning with this season. He works on thirteen episodes between 1988 and 1989. He also co-writes episode 2x07, "Unnatural Selection".


 * John Mason becomes a producer on the series beginning with this season. He works on thirteen episodes between 1988 and 1989. He also co-writes episode 2x07, "Unnatural Selection".

Home video

 * Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Complete Second Season