ST:TNG:19 - "Coming Of Age" (Stardate: 41416.2) - this episode begins the problems in the highest ranks of Starfleet that will be concluded in the late 1st season episode "Conspiracy". In fact, the very two guest stars that starred in this episode will make a return in the aforementioned future episode - that being Ward Costello as Admiral Gregory Quinn and Robert Schenkkan as the hated Lt. Cmdr. Dexter Remmick. Meanwhile, Wesley goes off to take the strenuous Starfleet Academy entrance exam, competing against 3 other candidates for the 1 open position. This episode also makes mention of previous season 1 episodes including "Where No One Has Gone Before", "The Battle", and "Justice".