Continuity links

Episodes that pick up threads from earlier ones, as recorded in the curated data files, in broadcast order of the later episode, with a note on what is carried forward. Notes that begin with the words Related rather than explicit mark links where the later episode does not refer back to the earlier one.

Later episode	Picks up from	What continues
S01E25 Conspiracy	S01E19 Coming of Age	Admiral Quinn's warning in Coming of Age of a threat from inside or outside the Federation is recalled when the parasite conspiracy is uncovered; Remmick returns as the host.
S02E16 Q Who?	S01E26 The Neutral Zone	Outposts along the Neutral Zone were carried off in The Neutral Zone; in Q Who? Data compares a stripped planet to them just before the Borg cube appears.
S02E19 Manhunt	S01E11 Haven	Lwaxana returns, still pursuing a match, this time for herself; Mr Homn is back as her valet.
S02E19 Manhunt	S01E12 The Big Goodbye	Picard retreats into the Dixon Hill holonovel to escape Lwaxana.
S03E10 The Defector	S03E07 The Enemy	Tomalak, met over Galorndon Core, returns as the architect of the defector trap.
S03E15 Yesterday's Enterprise	S01E23 Skin Of Evil	The alternate timeline undoes Tasha's pointless death and gives her a meaningful one.
S03E16 The Offspring	S02E09 The Measure of a Man	Data's rights, upheld in his hearing, are cited by Picard when Admiral Haftel tries to take Data's daughter Lal.
S03E26 Best Of Both Worlds, part 1	S02E16 Q Who?	Picard and Guinan predict in Q Who? that the Borg will return; in part 1 they arrive in Federation space.
S04E01 Best of Both Worlds, part 2	S03E26 Best Of Both Worlds, part 1	Resolves the cliffhanger: Riker fires on the cube with Picard aboard as Locutus.
S04E02 Family	S03E26 Best Of Both Worlds, part 1	Picard recovers from assimilation at his family vineyard.
S04E02 Family	S04E01 Best of Both Worlds, part 2	The Enterprise is under refit after the Borg incident and Picard recovers at home in France.
S04E03 Brothers	S01E13 Datalore	Lore, sent into space at the end of Datalore, drifts for nearly two years before their creator Soong reactivates him.
S04E05 Remember Me	S01E06 Where No One Has Gone Before	The Traveler returns and helps Wesley open a gateway so his mother can leave the warp bubble.
S04E06 Legacy	S01E23 Skin Of Evil	Tasha's sister Ishara appears, and Data tells her Tasha was killed on Vagra Two.
S04E07 Reunion	S02E20 The Emissary	Worf and K'Ehleyr spent a night together in The Emissary; in Reunion she returns with their son Alexander.
S04E07 Reunion	S03E17 Sins Of The Father	Duras, whose father Ja'rod was the real traitor, brought the charge against Mogh in Sins of the Father; Worf kills him in Reunion, though Mogh's innocence stays untold.
S04E08 Future Imperfect	S01E15 11001001	Minuet, the Bynars' holodeck woman, reappears as Riker's 'wife', exposing the false future.
S04E16 Galaxy's Child	S03E06 Booby Trap	The real Leah Brahms discovers the holodeck version Geordi built in Booby Trap.
S04E19 The Nth Degree	S03E21 Hollow Pursuits	Barclay, who used to retreat into the holodeck, has his intelligence boosted by an alien probe.
S04E20 Qpid	S03E19 Captain's Holiday	Vash, met on Risa, comes aboard and leaves with Q.
S04E26 Redemption	S03E17 Sins Of The Father	Worf, discommended in Sins of the Father, has his honour restored by Gowron.
S04E26 Redemption	S04E07 Reunion	Picard, who arbitrated the succession in Reunion, is told he is 'already involved' when Duras' family challenges Gowron.
S05E01 Redemption part 2	S04E26 Redemption	Resolves the cliffhanger: Sela's Romulan support for the Duras family is exposed.
S05E04 Silicon Avatar	S01E13 Datalore	The Crystalline Entity that Lore called to the Enterprise in Datalore is tracked and destroyed by Marr.
S05E05 Disaster	S04E11 Data's Day	Keiko, married in Data's Day, gives birth with Worf's help.
S05E07 Unification, part 1	S03E23 Sarek	Picard visits the dying Sarek before searching for Spock, carrying Sarek's mind-meld memories.
S05E08 Unification, part 2	S04E26 Redemption	Related rather than explicit: a Romulan woman backs the Duras sisters in Redemption; in Unification the Romulan Sela runs the plot against Vulcan.
S05E08 Unification, part 2	S05E07 Unification, part 1	Resolves the cliffhanger: Pardek's soldiers take Picard and Data, and Proconsul Neral's overture proves a Romulan plot to invade Vulcan, led by Sela.
S05E10 New Ground	S04E07 Reunion	Alexander, who lost his mother in Reunion, is brought to live with Worf on the Enterprise.
S05E19 The First Duty	S04E09 Final Mission	Wesley, told in Final Mission to report to the Academy, is a cadet facing an inquiry in The First Duty.
S05E23 I, Borg	S03E26 Best Of Both Worlds, part 1	Picard, taken as Locutus in part 1, first refuses to treat Hugh as a person, then plays Locutus to test him.
S06E01 Time's Arrow, part 2	S05E26 Time's Arrow, part 1	Resolves the cliffhanger: Picard's team follows the aliens through their portal to nineteenth-century San Francisco.
S06E09 The Quality of Life	S02E09 The Measure of a Man	Data recalls Picard's defence of his own rights as the reason he stood up for the exocomps.
S06E10 Chain of Command, part 1	S04E12 The Wounded	Related rather than explicit: both are set on the Federation-Cardassian border after the peace treaty.
S06E11 Chain of Command, part 2	S06E10 Chain of Command, part 1	Resolves the cliffhanger: Picard's interrogation by Gul Madred.
S06E12 Ship in a Bottle	S02E03 Elementary, Dear Data	Moriarty, left stored in the computer at the end of Elementary, Dear Data, is reactivated and says Picard has not kept his promise to free him.
S06E15 Tapestry	S02E17 Samaritan Snare	Q shows Picard the bar fight that cost him his heart, mentioned in Samaritan Snare.
S06E17 Birthright, part 2	S06E16 Birthright, part 1	Resolves the cliffhanger: Worf, seized at the camp Shrek described, finds it is no true prison camp.
S06E19 Lessons	S05E25 The Inner Light	Picard plays the Ressikan flute from his Kataan life with Nella Daren.
S06E23 Rightful Heir	S04E26 Redemption	Related rather than explicit: Gowron leads the High Council in both, with no reference back to the civil war.
S06E26 Descent, part 1	S04E03 Brothers	Lore, last seen in Brothers, reappears in Descent and stands with Data: 'The sons of Soong have joined together.'
S06E26 Descent, part 1	S05E23 I, Borg	Hugh, sent back to the Borg in I, Borg, may explain why the Borg act as individuals; Picard defends the decision.
S07E01 Descent, part 2	S06E26 Descent, part 1	Resolves the cliffhanger: Lore controls Data until Picard's team restores his ethics and Hugh's Borg turn on Lore.
S07E05 Gambit, part 2	S07E04 Gambit, part 1	Resolves the cliffhanger: the artefacts Baran's mercenaries loot are Vulcan pieces of the Stone of Gol, a psionic weapon.
S07E06 Phantasms	S06E16 Birthright, part 1	Data's dream programme, activated in Birthright, turns to nightmares.
S07E10 Inheritance	S04E03 Brothers	Data and La Forge recall the emotion chip from Brothers when Juliana, who says she was Soong's wife, appears.
S07E15 Lower Decks	S05E19 The First Duty	Sito Jaxa, one of Wesley's Nova Squadron, is given a second chance by Picard.
S07E18 Eye of the Beholder	S07E11 Parallels	Related rather than explicit: Worf and Troi are married in one reality in Parallels and become lovers in Eye of the Beholder.
S07E20 Journey's End	S01E06 Where No One Has Gone Before	The Traveler returns as Lakanta and offers to guide Wesley, who stays on Dorvan V to study.
S07E21 Firstborn	S05E10 New Ground	Worf's worry in New Ground that Alexander will not live as a Klingon returns when Alexander, as K'mtar, comes back from the future.
S07E22 Bloodlines	S01E09 The Battle	Bok, whose son died when Picard destroyed his ship, returns for revenge.
S07E24 Preemptive Strike	S05E03 Ensign Ro	Ro, brought aboard in Ensign Ro, goes undercover in the Maquis and leaves Starfleet to join them.
S07E24 Preemptive Strike	S07E20 Journey's End	Related rather than explicit: both turn on the border treaty that leaves Federation colonists in Cardassian territory.
S07E25-E26 All Good Things...	S01E01-E02 Encounter at Farpoint	Q's trial of humanity, opened in the pilot, resumes in the Farpoint courtroom; Q says it never ends.