<Tr> <Td> ← Previous "Disaster" </Td> <Td> Next → "Unification" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> "The Game" is the 106th episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the sixth episode of the fifth season . </P> <P> Riker returns from a vacation on Risa with a game that he is eager to share with the crew . The game is psychologically addictive, and it quickly turns the Enterprise crew into a mind - controlled pawn of the Ktarians, who are using the devices to gain control of Starfleet . After Data (who, as an android, is unaffected by the game) is incapacitated, only visiting Starfleet Academy cadet Wesley Crusher and young engineering ensign Robin Lefler stand in the way of the insidious scheme . </P>

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