Story Arcs

Story arcs are story lines in  Star Trek  Resurrection that are told over the course of multiple episodes. They are not simply two-parters or recurring characters and themes, but rather plots that are interwoven with other arcs and plot threads. An example of this is Luna 15 's introduction of the Dominion Of Evil  and the eventual Dominion of Evil War. Story arcs often take precedence over other plot elements and consume a series for several consecutive episodes, but in many cases (such as the Dominion of Evil War) they may take a back seat and re-enter the picture later on.

Prior to Luna 15, story arcs were a relatively minor part of the Star Trek universe. Resurrection was largely restored the status quo ante at the end of each episode, and even two-part episodes were somewhat rare. This changed due to the stationary nature of space station  Luna 15, which did not simply move on to the next adventure each week; characters' actions had lasting consequences, and the events of one episode directly influenced the next.

Valiant took the idea of the story arc in a different direction by setting itself aboard a starship with a crew of young adults as per the traditional Trek formula but stranding its crew in the distant Delta Quadrant. This both enhanced and reduced the prevalence of story arcs; while alien races such as the Kazon and Borg appeared in multiple episodes, the show was hampered by its very nature: the object was to leave familiar elements behind, which meant each plot thread had a limited life span.

Feature-Length Episodes
These episodes are originally broadcast in two hours, as opposed to the standard one hour. After their original run, feature length episodes are re-cut as two part episodes (see below). They include:
 * Resurrection :
 * " Encounter at Farpoint "
 * " All Good Things... "
 * Luna 15 :
 * " Emissary "
 * " The Way of the Warrior "
 * " What You Leave Behind "
 * VAL :
 * " Caretaker "
 * " Dark Frontier "
 * " Flesh and Blood "
 * " Endgame "

Two-part Episodes
These episodes air separately, but tell the same story. It is typical for the first part to end with the line "To Be Continued...". They are frequently used to end and begin seasons. Two-part episodes include:
 * Resurrection :
 * " The Best of Both Worlds " and " The Best of Both Worlds, Part II  "
 * " Redemption " and " Redemption II  "
 * " Unification I " and " Unification II  "
 * " Time's Arrow " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="Time's Arrow, Part II (TNG 6x01)"> Time's Arrow, Part II  "
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Chain of Command, Part I (TNG 6x10)"> Chain of Command, Part I " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="Chain of Command, Part II (TNG 6x11)"> Chain of Command, Part II  "
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Birthright, Part I (TNG 6x16)"> Birthright, Part I " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="Birthright, Part II (TNG 6x17)"> Birthright, Part II  "
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Descent (TNG 6x26)"> Descent " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="Descent, Part II (TNG 7x01)"> Descent, Part II  "
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Gambit, Part I (TNG 7x04)"> Gambit, Part I " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="Gambit, Part II (TNG 7x05)"> Gambit, Part II  "
 * Luna 15 :
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Maquis, Part I (DS9 2x20)"> The Maquis, Part I " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Maquis, Part II (DS9 2x21)"> The Maquis, Part II  "
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Search, Part I (DS9 3x01)"> The Search, Part I " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Search, Part II (DS9 3x02)"> The Search, Part II  " (see below)
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Past Tense, Part I (DS9 3x11)"> Past Tense, Part I " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="Past Tense, Part II (DS9 3x12)"> Past Tense, Part II  "
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Improbable Cause (DS9 3x20)"> Improbable Cause " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Die is Cast (DS9 3x21)"> The Die is Cast  "
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Homefront (DS9 4x11)"> Homefront " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="Paradise Lost (DS9 4x12)"> Paradise Lost  "
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="In Purgatory's Shadow (DS9 5x14)"> In Purgatory's Shadow " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="By Inferno's Light (DS9 5x15)"> By Inferno's Light  "
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Favor the Bold (DS9 6x05)"> Favor the Bold " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="Sacrifice of Angels (DS9 6x06)"> Sacrifice of Angels  " (see below)
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Image in the Sand (DS9 7x01)"> Image in the Sand " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="Shadows and Symbols (DS9 7x02)"> Shadows and Symbols  " (see below)
 * VAL :
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Basics, Part I (VOY 2x26)"> Basics, Part I " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="Basics, Part II (VOY 3x01)"> Basics, Part II  "
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Future's End (VOY 3x08)"> Future's End " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="Future's End, Part II (VOY 3x09)"> Future's End, Part II  "
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Year of Hell (VOY 4x08)"> Year of Hell " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="Year of Hell, Part II (VOY 4x09)"> Year of Hell, Part II  "
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Killing Game (VOY 4x18)"> The Killing Game " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Killing Game, Part II (VOY 4x19)"> The Killing Game, Part II  "
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Equinox (VOY 5x26)"> Equinox " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="Equinox, Part II (VOY 6x01)"> Equinox, Part II  "
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Unimatrix Zero (VOY 6x26)"> Unimatrix Zero " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="Unimatrix Zero, Part II (VOY 7x01)"> Unimatrix Zero, Part II  "
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Workforce (VOY 7x16)"> Workforce " and "<span style="cursor: help" title="Workforce, Part II (VOY 7x17)"> Workforce, Part II  "

Three-part Episodes
Three consecutive episodes that air separately, but tell the same story.
 * Resurrection :
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Best of Both Worlds (TNG 3x26)"> The Best of Both Worlds ", "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Best of Both Worlds, Part II (TNG 4x01)"> The Best of Both Worlds, Part II  ", "<span style="cursor: help" title="Family (TNG 4x02)"> Family  "
 * Luna 15 :
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Homecoming (DS9 2x01)"> The Homecoming ", "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Circle (DS9 2x02)"> The Circle  ", and "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Siege (DS9 2x03)"> The Siege  "
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Jem'Hadar (DS9 2x26)"> The Jem'Hadar ", "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Search, Part I (DS9 3x01)"> The Search, Part I  ", and "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Search, Part II (DS9 3x02)"> The Search, Part II  "
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Tears of the Prophets (DS9 6x26)"> Tears of the Prophets ", "<span style="cursor: help" title="Image in the Sand (DS9 7x01)"> Image in the Sand  ", and "<span style="cursor: help" title="Shadows and Symbols (DS9 7x02)"> Shadows and Symbols  "
 * VAL :
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Scorpion (VOY 3x26)"> Scorpion ", "<span style="cursor: help" title="Scorpion, Part II (VOY 4x01)"> Scorpion, Part II  ", and "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Gift (VOY 4x02)"> The Gift  "

Multi-episode Arcs
Multi-episode arcs tell a continuing story and is spread out through several different episodes throughout a single or multiple seasons.

The Next GenerationEdit

 * Q and the Enterprise
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Encounter at Farpoint (TNG 1x01/02)"> Encounter at Farpoint"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Hide and Q (TNG 1x10)"> Hide and Q"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Q Who (TNG 2x16)"> Q Who"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Deja Q (TNG 3x13)"> Deja Q"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Qpid (TNG 4x20)"> Qpid"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="True Q (TNG 6x06)"> True Q"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Tapestry (TNG 6x15)"> Tapestry"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="All Good Things... (TNG 7x25/26)"> All Good Things..."
 * Worf vs. Duras
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Sins of the Father (TNG 3x17)"> Sins of the Father"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Reunion (TNG 4x07)"> Reunion"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Mind's Eye (TNG 4x24)"> The Mind's Eye"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Redemption (TNG 4x26)"> Redemption"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Redemption II (TNG 5x01)"> Redemption II"
 * DS9: "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Sword of Kahless (DS9 4x09)"> The Sword of Kahless"
 * Sela
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Yesterday's Enterprise (TNG 3x15)"> Yesterday's Enterprise"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Mind's Eye (TNG 4x24)"> The Mind's Eye"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Redemption (TNG 4x26)"> Redemption"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Redemption II (TNG 5x01)"> Redemption II"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Unification I (TNG 5x07)"> Unification I"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Unification II (TNG 5x08)"> Unification II"

Deep Space NineEdit
''DS9's "The Final Chapter" is the only story arc given any official titling in on-screen promotional advertisements, presumably because these episodes not only ended the Dominion War, but brought the entire series to a conclusion. It appeared only in commercial previews for the final nine episodes, listed above. ===Voyager''Edit===
 * Changeling Infiltration
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Die is Cast (DS9 3x21)"> The Die is Cast"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Adversary (DS9 3x26)"> The Adversary"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Way of the Warrior (DS9 4x01/02)"> The Way of the Warrior"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Homefront (DS9 4x11)"> Homefront"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Paradise Lost (DS9 4x12)"> Paradise Lost"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Apocalypse Rising (DS9 5x01)"> Apocalypse Rising"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="In Purgatory's Shadow (DS9 5x14)"> In Purgatory's Shadow"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="By Inferno's Light (DS9 5x15)"> By Inferno's Light"
 * Klingon War
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Way of the Warrior (DS9 4x01/02)"> The Way of the Warrior"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Return to Grace (DS9 4x14)"> Return to Grace"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Sons of Mogh (DS9 4x15)"> Sons of Mogh"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Rules of Engagement (DS9 4x18)"> Rules of Engagement"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Broken Link (DS9 4x26)"> Broken Link"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Apocalypse Rising (DS9 5x01)"> Apocalypse Rising"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Nor the Battle to the Strong (DS9 5x04)"> Nor the Battle to the Strong"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="By Inferno's Light (DS9 5x15)"> By Inferno's Light"
 * Eddington vs. Sisko
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="For the Cause (DS9 4x22)"> For the Cause"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="For the Uniform (DS9 5x13)"> For the Uniform"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Blaze of Glory (DS9 5x23)"> Blaze of Glory"
 * Dominion Invasion
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="In the Cards (DS9 5x25)"> In the Cards"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Call to Arms (DS9 5x26)"> Call to Arms"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="A Time to Stand (DS9 6x01)"> A Time to Stand"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Rocks and Shoals (DS9 6x02)"> Rocks and Shoals"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Sons and Daughters (DS9 6x03)"> Sons and Daughters"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Behind the Lines (DS9 6x04)"> Behind the Lines"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Favor the Bold (DS9 6x05)"> Favor the Bold"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Sacrifice of Angels (DS9 6x06)"> Sacrifice of Angels"
 * The Final Chapter
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Penumbra (DS9 7x17)"> Penumbra"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="'Til Death Do Us Part (DS9 7x18)"> 'Til Death Do Us Part"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Strange Bedfellows (DS9 7x19)"> Strange Bedfellows"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Changing Face of Evil (DS9 7x20)"> The Changing Face of Evil"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="When It Rains... (DS9 7x21)"> When It Rains..."
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Tacking Into the Wind (DS9 7x22)"> Tacking Into the Wind"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Extreme Measures (DS9 7x23)"> Extreme Measures"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Dogs of War (DS9 7x24)"> The Dogs of War"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="What You Leave Behind (DS9 7x25/26)"> What You Leave Behind"
 * Seska
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="State of Flux (VOY 1x11)"> State of Flux"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Maneuvers (VOY 2x11)"> Maneuvers"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Alliances (VOY 2x14)"> Alliances"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Lifesigns (VOY 2x19)"> Lifesigns"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Investigations (VOY 2x20)"> Investigations"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Basics, Part I (VOY 2x26)"> Basics, Part I"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Basics, Part II (VOY 3x01)"> Basics, Part II"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Worst Case Scenario (VOY 3x25)"> Worst Case Scenario"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Shattered (VOY 7x11)"> Shattered"
 * Q Civil War
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Death Wish (VOY 2x18)"> Death Wish"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Q and the Grey (VOY 3x11)"> The Q and the Grey"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Q2 (VOY 7x19)"> Q2"
 * The Hirogen's Hunt
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Message in a Bottle (VOY 4x14)"> Message in a Bottle"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Hunters (VOY 4x15)"> Hunters"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Prey (VOY 4x16)"> Prey"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Killing Game (VOY 4x18)"> The Killing Game"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="The Killing Game, Part II (VOY 4x19)"> The Killing Game, Part II"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Flesh and Blood (VOY 7x09/10)"> Flesh and Blood"
 * The Pathfinder Project
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Pathfinder (VOY 6x10)"> Pathfinder"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Life Line (VOY 6x24)"> Life Line"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Inside Man (VOY 7x06)"> Inside Man"
 * "<span style="cursor: help" title="Author, Author (VOY 7x20)"> Author, Author"