Masks (Star Trek: The Next Generation) the entire "Star Trek: The Next Generation" series. Technically, it was chosen as second-worst, but Empire decided that ""—its initial choice for worst episode—didn't count, because "Shades" was a flashback 'clip' episode. Masks (Star Trek: The Next Generation) "Masks" is the seventeenth episode of the of the American science fiction television series "", the 169th episode overall. An alien archive, like an alien Library of Alexandria, initially appearing as a rogue comet because of accumulated matter, transforms the "Enterprise" as well as adapting Lieutenant Commander Data for a re-enactment of its culture's mythology, including the creation of two masks which
Unification (Star Trek: The Next Generation) previously requested $1 million to cameo in the series, but he took minimum SAG pay to reprise the role of Spock to publicize "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country", on which he was executive producer. This episode is one of four times that an original series character reprised his role in "The Next Generation"; the other three being "Encounter at Farpoint" (DeForest Kelley), "" (Mark Lenard), and "" (James Doohan). The episode was dedicated to the late Gene Roddenberry, who had died shortly prior to its broadcast. Unification (Star Trek: The Next Generation) "Unification" is a two-part episode of the