Watch Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 15: First Contact Online

	IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 from 904 votes
	Release: 1991 / Star Trek: The Next Generation / Season 4 / Episode 15
	Genre: Action \| Adventure \| Mystery
	Director: Cliff Bole
	Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton
	Synopsis: Commander William Riker has been on an acculturation mission under an alias for months on the Arkonian planet, surgically altered to appear like a local, but he gets badly wounded, beyond their medical skills because his internal organs are unknown to them. Captain Jean-Luc Picard decides to speed up his official diplomatic approach, formally the First Contact, and intercede on Riker's behalf, but they are told by a fascinated open-minded Atkonian scientist that her planet's culture is particularly xenophobic so they reject any alien being as being unequal to them. The Arkonian government keeps the matter secret but is internally divided: while the chancellor Durken is in favor of Riker's release without the people finding out and establishing friendly relations with the Federation, his powerful security minister Krola is prepared to go to any length to preserve their traditional way of life, so he finds Riker and fakes his own murder....