What is the title of the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation?

The pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation is titled “Encounter at Farpoint.” It introduces Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the crew of the USS Enterprise-D, and the mysterious Farpoint Station.

The story takes place near Deneb IV, where the Enterprise investigates how the Bandi people obtained the technology to build the remarkable station. At the same time, the powerful being Q puts humanity on trial and warns Picard that the crew’s actions will determine humanity’s fate.

“Encounter at Farpoint” originally aired as a two-hour television movie on September 28, 1987. It is often listed as a two-part story, but it was produced and initially broadcast as a single pilot. Viewers sometimes confuse it with “Q Who,” “The Neutral Zone,” or “All Good Things...,” but those are later TNG episodes.