The 50 Greatest Episodes of 1989
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- DirectorEd ByeStarsChris BarrieCraig CharlesDanny John-JulesAs Rimmer is taking Kryten for a driving lesson in Starbug they find themselves being whisked away through a time hole and end up on Earth, where time is running backwards.8/10
- DirectorEd ByeStarsChris BarrieCraig CharlesDanny John-JulesThe developing fluid that Kryten uses to process old photographs mutates and the photographs come alive. The Red Dwarf crew find they can go into the photograph, and Lister finds that the photographs allows them to go back in time and he plans on changing history so that he doesn't end up marooned in deep space.8/10
- DirectorRichard BodenStarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonStephen FryBlackadder and his friends join the Air Corps, wrongly believing it will be less dangerous than being in the trenches.8/10
- DirectorRichard BodenStarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonStephen FryThe General asks Blackadder to find a spy in the hospital; one of the patients has a thick German accent and an interest in all things military.8/10
- DirectorRichard BodenStarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonStephen FryBlackadder pretends that he's insane to avoid certain death carrying out the General's order for the "big push".8/10
- 1987–199446mTV-PG9.1 (6.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert ScheererStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWhen Data resigns his commission rather than be dismantled for examination by an inadequately skilled scientist, a formal hearing is convened to determine whether Data is considered property without rights or is a sentient being.8/10
- DirectorEd ByeStarsChris BarrieCraig CharlesDanny John-JulesThe Red Dwarf crew encounter the Polymorph, a genetically engineered space mutant that drains the emotions from humans, that has arrived on-board Red Dwarf.8/10
- DirectorEd ByeStarsChris BarrieCraig CharlesDanny John-JulesRed Dwarf becomes a booby-trap when Lister activates the self-destruct, which turns out to be the vending machine and Lister is implanted with the mind of one of the dead crew members and Rimmer believes it's the perfect way to help Lister get fit.7/10
- DirectorRob BowmanStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonQ tries to prove that Picard needs him as part of their crew by hurling the Enterprise 7,000 light years away where they encounter the Borg for the first time.7/10
- DirectorJoseph L. ScanlanStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise comes across its own shuttlecraft adrift in space - a duplicate - with an unconscious duplicate Capt. Picard inside.7/10
- 1987–199445mTV-PG7.7 (3.6K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert ScheererStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe crew of the Enterprise participates in war games.7/10
- DirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWorf, Data, and Riker find themselves trapped in a re-creation of a poorly written novel.7/10
- DirectorRichard BodenStarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonStephen FryCaptain Blackadder spots an opportunity to get away from the trenches when General Melchett announces a painting competition for the cover of "King and Country" magazine.7/10
- DirectorRichard BodenStarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonStephen FryBlackadder hatches a cunning plan to avoid starvation and ignore his orders by eating a carrier pigeon.7/10
- DirectorEd ByeStarsChris BarrieCraig CharlesDanny John-JulesThe Red Dwarf crew abandons ship as Red Dwarf approaches black holes. Rimmer and Lister find themselves marooned on a ice planet, when Starbug is struck by a meteorite, where the only firewood is Rimmer's possessions and the only food they have is dog food and a pot noodle.7/10
- DirectorEd ByeStarsChris BarrieCraig CharlesDanny John-JulesThe crew receive a message from Kryten's manufacturer saying that he must be dismantled within 24 hours, at which time a more advanced mechanoid will arrive to replace him. Lister, Cat, Rimmer and Holly decided to throw Kryten a leaving party and give him one last night to remember.7/10
- DirectorMartin LavutStarsTerence KnoxChristianne HirtBarclay HopeMarilyn Lee Cross may not survive after she stows away on board a spacecraft.7/10
- DirectorDouglas JacksonStarsBruce WeitzGéza KovácsIlse von GlatzDownwardly mobile Simon Foster makes the mistake of selling his memories in order to survive.7/10
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer is forced to become a department store Santa when Marge spends the family's Christmas savings on removing Bart's tattoo.7/10
- DirectorRichard BodenStarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonStephen FryBlackadder sees an opportunity to escape the trenches by organizing a variety show as entertainment for the troops.7/10
- 1989–199622mNot Rated7.7 (2.2K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsJohn KassirMary Ellen TrainorLarry DrakeA greedy woman makes the mistake of murdering her husband while an escaped mental patient dressed in a Santa Claus outfit is on the loose.7/10
- 1989–199628mNot Rated7.3 (1.7K)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard DonnerStarsJohn KassirJoe PantolianoRobert WuhlA bum displays his ability to resurrect himself.7/10
- DirectorWalter HillStarsWilliam SadlerJ.W. SmithRoy BrocksmithAfter the death penalty is abolished, an executioner continues his former job through freelancing...7/10
- DirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise responds to a distress call from Rana IV, a Federation colony that is under attack from an unknown alien ship. When they arrive, they find the entire surface of the planet destroyed, save for a single house and two occupants.7/10
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsDeborah RaffinDamir AndreiLally CadeauSanitarium patient Sharon Miles is convinced that she has seen some kind of creatures in the walls of her cell.7/10
- 1987–199445mTV-PG8.1 (4K)TV EpisodeDirectorRob BowmanStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonUnder an Officers Exchange Program, Riker serves aboard a Klingon ship, whose aging captain seeks an unwarranted bloody retaliation for suspected Enterprise treachery.7/10
- DirectorWinrich KolbeStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWesley's latest science project escapes the lab, threatening the Enterprise and an eminent scientist's life-long project.7/10
- 1987–199445mTV-PG8.0 (4.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert WiemerStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonA proto-Vulcan culture worships Captain Picard and prepares to offer Counselor Troi as a sacrifice.7/10
- DirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise addresses the emergency of an old Klingon ship coming out of stasis and ready to fight the Federation. A half-Human/half Klingon emissary arrives to help, who once knew Worf intimately.7/10
- DirectorPeter SteinStarsMark HofmaierBrian FitzpatrickJenna von OÿThe last three survivors on Earth find an alien who can help them.6.5/10
- DirectorEric TillStarsPamela BellwoodPage FletcherGwynyth WalshLonely Andrea Moffatt finds a stray cat, who is actually Guillaume de Marchaux, a suave Frenchman who turns human at night but reverts to feline form during the day due to an old curse. Will he end her loneliness?6.5/10
- DirectorJoseph L. ScanlanStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonEncountering the superior technology of a very ancient race creates system malfunctions for a doomed Federation starship, for the Enterprise, and for an eavesdropping Romulan warbird.6/10
- DirectorGilbert M. ShiltonStarsBen MurphySneezy WatersEric KeenleysideJealous husband Jack Haines takes his rage to a bar, where he meets a blind blues singer whose song tells an eerily familiar story.6/10
- DirectorRandy BradshawStarsDavid NaughtonKeith KnightElias ZarouJohn Selig discovers that his life is secretly being videotaped and is a huge hit on a cable television show.6/10
- DirectorDavid CarsonStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonLa Forge gets left behind on a storm-plagued planet when the rest of his team encounters a Romulan warrior.6/10
- DirectorGabrielle BeaumontStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise triggers an ancient yet effective trap left by an extinct race, with a perfectly preserved derelict ship serving as cheese for Picard.6/10
- 1987–199445mTV-PG6.2 (3.5K)TV EpisodeDirectorWinrich KolbeStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonAn antiquated distress signal leads to two lost 22nd century Earth colonies, each facing doom in different ways, one by fire, the other by prolonged cloning.6/10
- 1987–199445mTV-PG6.5 (3.6K)TV EpisodeDirectorLarry ShawStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe crew ferries a deaf mediator to Solais V to negotiate an end to a civil war.6/10
- DirectorRyszard BugajskiStarsCharles HaidAngela GeiReiner SchwarzUnemployed Steve Cranston lives with his family in a soon-to-be-closed homeless shelter. One night, he breaks into the home of wealthy Frederick Perry, who pulls a gun. The resulting struggle has a deep effect on several lives.6/10
- 1987–199445mTV-PG7.4 (3.7K)TV EpisodeDirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonAfter 111 years of silence, an extremely litigious alien race asserts its agreed upon right to wipe out a Federation colony in its territory.6/10
- DirectorSturla GunnarssonStarsSteve KanalyLaura PressBenjamin BarrettYoung Danny Wilkins is playing in a field when he meets a scout who is collecting specimens of all sorts.5.5/10
- 1989–199629mNot Rated6.4 (1.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorTom HollandStarsJohn KassirAmanda PlummerStephen ShellenPeggy wants to make sure her honeymoon turns out perfect.5.5/10
- 1987–199445mTV-PG6.9 (3.6K)TV EpisodeDirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonA dying anti-social scientist unintentionally comes upon the perfect vessel in which to preserve his intellect and arrogant personality - Data.5.5/10
- 1987–199445mTV-PG6.5 (3.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorPaul LynchStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonEnhanced DNA developments trigger an epidemic of rapid aging. Caught among its victims - Dr. Pulaski.5.5/10
- 1987–199445mTV-PG6.5 (3.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWith Picard away for routine surgery, the Enterprise responds to an apparent distress call from a Pakled vessel.5.5/10
- DirectorRob BowmanStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonA midlife Betazoid condition renders Ambassador Troi hot on the hunt for romance and wedlock with Captain Picard - or any man.5.5/10
- DirectorRob BowmanStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWesley falls for the young future leader of Daled IV, unaware just how dangerous the girl's protective and overly restrictive guardian can be.5.5/10
- DirectorRyszard BugajskiStarsKaren ValentineJackie BurroughsKen PogueRegistered nurse Claire Hendricks believes there's a deeper reason why blindness is spreading quickly through her community.5/10
- DirectorRené BonnièreStarsJanet LeighStephen McHattieMalcolm StewartBarbara LeMay is so obsessed with death that she frequently attends the funerals of complete strangers. She soon comes face to face with the Grim Reaper himself.5/10
- DirectorArt WolffStarsJerry SeinfeldMichael RichardsLee GarlingtonJerry and George argue whether an overnight visitor Jerry is expecting is coming with romantic intentions.5/10