Pen Pals (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Pen Pals (Star Trek: The Next Generation) "Pen Pals" is the 15th episode of the of the American science fiction television series "", the 41st episode overall, first broadcast on May 1, 1989. The series follows the adventures of the crew of the Federation starship "Enterprise" commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard. In this episode, Acting Ensign Wesley Crusher learns to manage a science team, and in the primary plot, focusing on Starfleet's Prime Directive, Data helps a young girl on a troubled planet. As the "Enterprise" surveys an area of unexplored planets with unusually short life spans due to severe
The Pegasus (Star Trek: The Next Generation) The Pegasus (Star Trek: The Next Generation) "The "Pegasus"" is the 164th episode of the syndicated American science fiction television series "", the 12th episode of the . It was written by Ronald D. Moore and directed by series cast member LeVar Burton (Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge). Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Federation starship USS "Enterprise"-D. In this episode, the "Enterprise" attempts to recover the "Pegasus", a Federation starship that contained experimental technology of vital strategic importance and was also the first starship posting of "Enterprise" first officer, Commander