David Tischman (w); Casey Malone (a) Joe Corroney, Photo (c)

"Space Seeds"—Captain Jean-Luc Picard discovers some harsh realities in a garden-like paradise, when The Enterprise investigates crop failures at The Armada, a colony of self-sustaining agricultural domes built atop an asteroid belt. And Wesley Crusher—adjusting to his mother's recent absence—makes an important self-discovery, as he makes friends with a group of farmer's children.