'The Best of Both Worlds' (Part II) (Story Code 175) by Michael Piller

Captain Picard has been captured by the Borg and transformed into a half-human half-cybernetic being named Locutus. Realising that the Borg have assimilated his extensive knowledge of the U.S.S. Enterprise, its crew, and Starfleet’s strategy for the defence of Earth against the Borg attack, Commander Riker has no choice but to give the order to open fire on the Borg vessel. The Enterprise is able to escape from the Biorg cube, but at the cost of its captain. With the loss of Picard to the enemy, Fleet Admiral Hanson promotes Riker to the rank of captain; although Riker finds his promotion painful and difficult, he agrees to take the promotion, naming the ambitious and unlikeable Lieutenant Commander Shelby as his First Officer. The Enterprise heads for a rendezvous with Starfleet, but en route the ship passes through a graveyard of dozens of wrecked and lifeless Starfleet vessels - the Borg are on their way to attack Earth…

Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean-Luc Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Commander William Thomas Riker), LeVar Burton (Chief Engineer Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge), Michael Dorn (Security Chief Lieutenant Worf), Gates McFadden (Doctor Beverly Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Councelor Deanna Troi), Brent Spiner (Lieutenant Commander Data), Wil Wheaton (Ensign Wesley Crusher), Elizabeth Dennehy (Lieutenant Commander Shelby), George Murdock (Admiral J.P. Hanson), Colm Meaney (Transporter Chief Miles O’Brien), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Todd Merrill (Gleason)

Directed by Cliff Bole
Produced by David Livingston and Lee Sheldon
Executive Producers Michael Piller, Rick Berman and Gene Roddenberry

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24th September, 1990

Notes:
*Featuring Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander William Thomas Riker, Chief Engineer Lieutenant Geordi La Forge, Security Chief Lieutenant Worf, Doctor Beverly Crusher, Councelor Deanna Troi, Lieutenant Commander Data, Transporter Chief Miles O’Brien, Ensign Wesley Crusher and Guinan