In the season two finale, the U.S.S. Cerritos is tasked to aid another class starship on a first contact mission.
Stardate: 42779.1. A race known as the Pakleds kidnap Geordi La Forge. Picard must face surgery when he is left in a near-dead state.
The conviction of a homeless man for murder is threatened on appeal based on the lack of a search warrant for his ”home”, which was a lean-to in Central Park.