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
Star Trek: The Next Generation a Nielsen rating of 18.8. "Star Trek"s ratings went into a steady decline starting with Season 6 of "TNG", and the second to last episode of "DS9" achieved a Nielsen rating of 3.9. Video games based on "The Next Generation" TV series, movies, and characters include: The Enterprise and its setting is also in other Trekiverse games like "" (2000). For example, in "Star Trek: Armada" voice actors from "The Next Generation" returned to their characters in the game including Patrick Stewart reprised the roles of Jean-Luc Picard and Locutus, Michael Dorn voiced Worf, Denise Crosby reprised Sela, and J.