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ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ The STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION LogBook ³ ³ "Encounter at Farpoint" - "Generations" ³ ÀÄ 1987 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 1994 ÄÙ written by Earl Green with help from Joe Siegler, Robert Heyman, Dean Adams, Mike Brown and Dave Ewing Season One begins on line........20 Season Two begins on line.......399 Season Three begins on line.....720 Season Four begins on line.....1100 Season Five begins on line.....1604 Season Six begins on line......2248 Season Seven begins on line....2814 Movie begins on line...........3327 "Star Trek: The Next Generation" created by Gene Roddenberry ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Season One: 1987-1988 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ 01 ENCOUNTER AT FARPOINT written by Gene Roddenberry and D.C. Fontana directed by Corey Allen also see Next Generation #176 "All Good Things..." music by Dennis McCarthy (GNP Crescendo cassette, LP & CD # GNPD 8012) Stardate 41153.7: The new USS Enterprise, en route to pick up its final crew members and investigate a mysterious space station, is confronted by a godlike entity known as Q who puts Picard, Counselor Troi, Data and security chief Yar on trial for the crimes of all humanity in the past, a challenge Picard grudgingly agrees to meet. Season 1 Regular Cast: Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean-Luc Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Commander William Riker), LeVar Burton (Lt. Geordi La Forge), Denise Crosby (Lt. Tasha Yar), Michael Dorn (Lt. Worf), Gates McFadden (Dr. Beverly Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Counselor Deanna Troi), Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data), Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) Guest Cast: John de Lancie (Q), Michael Bell (Groppler Zorn), Colm Meaney (Battle Bridge Conn), Cary-Hiroyuki (Mandarin Baliff), Timothy Dang (Main Bridge Security), David Erskine (Bandi Shopkeeper), Evelyn Guererro (Young Female Ensign), Chuck Hicks (Military Officer), Jimmy Ortega (Torres), DeForest Kelley (Admiral McCoy) 02 THE NAKED NOW teleplay by J. Michael Bingham story by John D.F. Black and J. Michael Bingham directed by Paul Lynch music by Ron Jones Stardate 41209.5: An Away Team, after visiting a ship whose crew apparently committed mass suicide, unwittingly brings a virus aboard the Enterprise - infecting the crew with a madness that puts the thought of their duties well out of mind - while a nearby star collapses, hurling a chunk of stellar material straight toward the Enterprise. Guest Stars: Brooke Bundy (Chief Engineer McDougal), Benjamin W.S. Lum (Jim Shimoda), Michael Rider (Transporter Chief), David Renan (Conn), Skip Stellrecht (Engineering Crewman), Kenny Koch (Kissing Crewman) 03 CODE OF HONOR written by Katharyn Powers and Michael Baron directed by Russ Mayberry music by Fred Steiner Stardate 41235.23: Picard must bargain with a primitive culture for the antidote to a plague which is wreaking havoc on a Federation world but is unprepared to deal with what seems like terrorism when the leader of the aliens kidnaps Tasha and refuses to give her or the vaccine up. Guest Stars: Jessie Lawrence Ferguson (Lutan), Karole Selmon (Yareena), James Louis Watkins (Hagon), Michael Rider (Transporter Chief) 04 THE LAST OUTPOST teleplay by Herbert Wright story by Richard Krzemein directed by Richard Colla music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 41386.4: In the Enterprise's - and the Federation's - first close brush with the Ferengi, Picard learns the nature of the hostile race while Riker grapples with an ancient survivor of a bygone empire and a treacherous Ferengi landing party. Meanwhile, the Enterprise and its Ferengi counterpart are stranded in orbit, losing power. Guest Stars: Armin Shimerman (Letek), Jake Dengel (Mordoc), Tracey Walter (Kayron), Darryl Henriques (Portal), Mike Gomez (DaiMon Tarr) 05 WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE written by Diane Duane and Michael Reeves directed by Rob Bowman music by Ron Jones Stardate 41263.1: The Enterprise is ordered to participate in engine modification tests conducted by the arrogant Kosinski and his mysterious companion, the Traveler, but only when the ship is stranded in a dimension where thoughts become reality does the crew realize that Kosinski's experiments were not actually under his control. The Traveler appears to help the Enterprise crew out of another tight situation in the fourth season episode "Remember Me." Guest Stars: Stanley Kamel (Kosinski), Eric Menyuk (The Traveler), Herta Ware (Picard's Mother), Biff Yeager (Chief Engineer Argyle), Charles Dayton (Crewmember), Victoria Dillard (Ballerina) 06 LONELY AMONG US teleplay by D.C. Fontana story by Michael Halperin directed by Cliff Bole music by Ron Jones Stardate 41249.3: The crew of the Enterprise is faced with more threats than they realize while transporting two parties of rival alien races to a peace summit which they seem too busy trying to kill each other to prepare for, but the greater danger lies in a consciousness which, after being swept into the sensor arrays of the ship, is trying to escape the ship to return to its home. In its final attempt, it beams off the Enterprise, taking Picard with it. Guest Cast: John Durbin (Antican Delegate), Colm Meaney (Security Guard), Kavi Raz (Singh) 07 JUSTICE teleplay by Worley Thorne story by John D.F. Black and Worley Thorne directed by James L. Conway music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 41255.6: While visiting the lush paradise world of the Edo civilization, Picard is faced with a temperamental being which is acting as a god to the Edo - which it claims are its "children" - and must tamper with paradise to rescue Wesley, who, after breaking a law the Away Team was not made aware of, is sentenced to be executed. If Picard breaks the prime directive to rescue Wesley, he may put the Enterprise at the mercy of the judgment of the Edo's orbiting "god." Guest Cast: Brenda Bakke (Rivan), Jay Louden (Liator), Josh Clark (Conn), David Q. Combs (First Mediator), Richard Lavin (Second Mediator), Judith Jones (Girl), Eric Matthew (First Edo Boy), Brad Zerbst (Medical Technician), David Michael Graves (Second Edo Boy) 08 THE BATTLE teleplay by Herbert Wright story by Larry Forrester directed by Rob Bowman music by Ron Jones Stardate 41723.9: Captain Picard confronts his own past when the Ferengi present him with the USS Stargazer, which he and his crew had been forced to abandon under his command nine years ago after barely survivng a raid by a Ferengi vessel - but little does he realize that his old ship is only one piece of a puzzle that the Ferengi DaiMon is using as a tool of revenge... Guest Cast: Frank Corsentino (DaiMon Bok), Doug Warhit (Kazago), Robert Towers (Rata) 09 HIDE AND Q teleplay by C.J. Holland (Maurice Hurley) and Gene Roddenberry story by C.J. Holland (Maurice Hurley) directed by Cliff Bole music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 41590.5: Q returns, this time to tempt Commander Riker with the taste of godlike powers, through trials in which Riker's crew are forced to play a game whose rules change with Q's mood, and then Riker's willpower is tested when Picard orders him to avoid using the power of Q. Maurice Hurley used a pen-name on this script, claiming Gene Roddenberry had changed the original story so much that it bore no resemblance to its original draft. Guest Cast: John de Lancie (Q), Elaine Nalee (Female Survivor), William A. Wallace (Wesley Crusher, age 25) 10 HAVEN teleplay by Tracy Torme' story by Tracy Torme' and Lan O'Kun directed by Richard Compton music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 41294.5: Counselor Troi receives a premature wedding present from her mother and the Miller family, who, in Troi's childhood, had promised their children to one another. Lwaxana Troi, the disoriented Millers, and their mysterious son Wyatt beam aboard, preparing for a wedding that is destined to be interrupted by a shipload of interstellar lepers approaching the planet Haven. Guest Cast: Majel Barrett (Lwaxana Troi), Rob Knepper (Wyatt Miller), Nan Martin (Mrs. Miller), Robert Ellenstein (Mr. Miller), Carel Struycken (Mr. Homn), Anna Katarina (Valeda), Raye Birk (Wrenn), Danitza Kingsley (Ariana), Michael Rider (Transporter Chief), Armin Shimerman (The Box) 11 THE BIG GOODBYE written by Tracy Torme' directed by Joseph L. Scanlan music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 41997.7: During a holodeck holiday in the fictitious world of Dixon Hill, Captain Picard, Data, Doctor Crusher and ship's historian Whalen become trapped in a murder mystery where their chances of being murdered are very real, while impatient aliens threaten the ship when its captain is unavailable for scheduled diplomatic negotiations... Guest Cast: Lawrence Tierney (Cyrus Redblock), Harvey Jason (Leech), William Boyett (Bell), David Selburg (Whalen), Gary Armagnal (McNary), Mike Genovese (Desk Sergeant), Dick Miller (Vendor), Carolyn Allport (Jessica Bradley), Rhonda Aldrich (Madeline), Erik Cord (Thug) 12 DATALORE teleplay by Robert Lewin and Gene Roddenberry story by Robert Lewin and Maurice Hurley directed by Rob Bowman music by Ron Jones Stardate 41242.2: Data visits his home planet and discovers that his creator also constructed - and, for some unknown reason, disassembled - a "twin brother" of the android: Lore. The crew welcomes Lore with open arms, but they soon discover that the greed Data lacks as a human emotion is indeed possessed by Lore. Guest Cast: Brent Spiner (Lore), Biff Yeager (Chief Engineer Argyle) 13 ANGEL ONE written by Patrick Barry directed by Michael Rhodes music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 41636.9: The Enterprise arrives at Angel One, a planet which ceded from the Federation which is now controlled by a council composed entirely of women. Troi must act as an ambassador while the crew searches for shipwreck survivors who are determined to remain on Angel One - despite the wishes of some of the planet's leaders, but with the approval of others. Guest Cast: Karen Montgomery (Beata), Sam Hennings (Ramsey), Patricia McPherson (Ariel), Leonard John Crofoot (Trent) 14 11001001 written by Maurice Hurley and Robert Lewin directed by Paul Lynch music by Ron Jones Stardate 41365.9: The Enterprise, while docked at a Starbase for minor refits, is hijacked by the Bynars, whose home star has gone nova, rendering their computerized planet inoperative. They have stored the contents of their race memory in the ship's computer in the hopes that Riker and Picard - being stalled in the holodeck by the beautiful woman of Riker's dreams - can reactivate their home. In the holodeck-generated jazz band scenes, Jonathan Frakes put his real trombone skills to use. Elements of this episode resurface in "Future Imperfect" in the fourth season. Guest Cast: Carolyn McCormick (Minuet), Gene Dynarski (Commander Quinteros), Katy Boyer (Zero One), Alexandra Johnson (One Zero), Iva Lane (Zero Zero), Kelli Ann McNally (One One), Jack Sheldon (Piano Player), Abdul Salaam El Razzac (Bass Player), Ron Brown (Drummer) 15 TOO SHORT A SEASON teleplay by Michael Michaelian and D.C. Fontana story by Michael Michaelian directed by Rob Bowman music by George Romanis Stardate 41309.5: Admiral Mark Jameson, requested by Governor Karnas of the "beseiged" planet Mordan IV, is being transported to a planet he started a war on forty years ago. Picard finds that the elderly Admiral has overdosed on an illicit alien youth drug, anticipating that he will need to be youthful and vigorous to combat terrorists. But he doesn't expect the side effects of the substances, which only appear once Jameson has already gotten Picard and his away team into deep trouble. Guest Cast: Clayton Rohner (Admiral Jameson), Marsha Hunt (Anne Jameson), Michael Pataki (Karnas) 16 WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS written by Hannah Louise Shearer directed by Kim Manners music by Ron Jones Stardate 41509.1: Wesley and the most intelligent children of the Enterprise are kidnapped by the powerful Aldeans, aliens of lore who have the power to cloak their planet from view but do not realize that the energy powering their miraculous world is responsible for the sterility of their race. At the insistence of Dr. Crusher and other parents of the other kidnapped children, Picard tries to negotiate with the Aldeans, which only angers them. Guest Cast: Jerry Hardin (Radue), Brenda Strong (Rashella), Jandi Swanson (Duana), Paul Lambert (Rellien), Ivy Bethune (Katie), Dierk Torsek (Dr. Bernard), Michele Marsh (Leda), Dan Mason (Accolan), Philip N. Waller (Harry Bernard), Connie Danese (Toya), Jessica Bova (Alexandra), Vanessa Bova (Alexandra) 17 HOME SOIL teleplay by Robert Sabaroff story by Karl Guers, Ralph Sanchez and Robert Sabaroff directed by Corey Allen music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 41463.9: The Enterprise arrives to check up on a terraforming station, where the researchers and the visiting Away Team are unaware that the unseen killer in their midst is an intelligence whose existence is threatened by the changes to be effected on the planet. Guest Cast: Walter Gotell (Mandl), Elizabeth Lindsey (Louisa Kim), Gerard Pendergrast (Bjorn Bensen), Mario Roccuzzo (Arthur Malencon), Carolyne Barry (Female Engineer) 18 COMING OF AGE written by Sandy Fries directed by Michael Vejar music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 41416.2: Wesley is faced with a challenging test of his intelligence as he auditions to be a Starfleet cadet, but hedoes not realize that the psychological exam he is to receive is the more grueling barrier. Aboard the Enterprise, the Captain is investigated by a pair of Starfleet officers who seem to have one thing on their minds: finding some fault in Picard's logs with which to begin a court-martial to take him out of the command chair, suspecting Picard is part of a conspiracy within the ranks of Starfleet. Guest Cast: Ward Costello (Admiral Quinn), Robert Schenkkan (Commander Remmick), John Putch (Mordock), Robert Ito (TAC Officer Chang), Stephen Gregory (Jake Kurland), Tasia Valenza (T'Shanik), Estee Chandler (Oliana Mirren), Brendan McKane (Technician #1), Wyatt Knight (Technician #2), Daniel Riordan (Rondon) 19 HEART OF GLORY teleplay by Maurice Hurley story by Maurice Hurley, Herbert Wright and D.C. Fontana directed by Rob Bowman music by Ron Jones Stardate 41503.7: Worf's loyalties are tested to the limits as renegade Klingons who at first seem to be refugees of an unjust system of law are rescued from a doomed freighter by the Enterprise. But the survivors soon turn out to terrorists who favor a return to the Klingon ways of old and see the Enterprise as the ideal weapon with which to begin a new reign of terror. Guest Cast: Vaughn Armstrong (Korris), Charles H. Hyman (Konmel), David Froman (K'Nera), Robert Bauer (Kunivas), Brad Zerbst (Nurse), Dennis Madalone (Ramos) 20 THE ARSENAL OF FREEDOM teleplay by Richard Manning and Hans Beimler story by Maurice Hurley and Robert Lewin directed by Les Landau music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 41798.2: An Away Team consisting of Riker, Data and Yar runs headlong into danger when Riker is put in suspended animation by an intelligent robot weapon which proved to be too powerful for its creators - and it looks as if it may eliminate the away team, joined by Picard and Dr. Crusher, while its counterpart attacks the Enterprise, where Geordi fears his experience may not be enough to help the crew survive. Guest Cast: Vincent Schiavelli (Salesman), Macro Rodriguez (Captain Rice), Vyto Ruginis (Logan), Julia Nickson (Ensign Tsu), George De La Pena (Lt. Solis) 21 SYMBIOSIS teleplay by Robert Lewin, Richard Manning and Hans Beimler story by Robert Lewin directed by Win Phelps music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate not given: The Enterprise beams four passengers of a freighter aboard just before their vessel explodes in a planet's atmosphere, but the two pairs of survivors can't agree on who gets a barrel of felicium, an "elixir" which Dr. Crusher soon recognizes to be a narcotic - but the manufacturers of the drug soon see an opportunity to exploit their dependents by entangling Picard and Dr. Crusher in the prime directive. Guest Cast: Judson Scott (Sobi), Merritt Butrick (T'Jon), Richard Lineback (Romas), Kimberly Farr (Langor), Kenneth Tigar (Margan) 22 SKIN OF EVIL teleplay by Joseph Stefano and Hannah Louise Shearer story by Joseph Stefano directed by Joseph L. Scanlan music by Ron Jones Stardate 41601.3: The Enterprise rushes to rescue a shuttlecraft carrying Troi, and the Away Team discovers that Armus, an evil entity, is preventing them from saving Troi and the shuttle pilot. To make sure that its point is clear, Armus kills Tasha Yar and torments Troi and the rest of the crew. Denise Crosby officially leaves the regular cast with this episode - though she will appear later in the series, but not always as Tasha. Guest Cast: Mart McChesney (Armus), Ron Gans (voice of Armus), Walker Boone (Leyland T. Lynch), Brad Zerbst (Nurse), Raymond Forchion (Ben Prieto) 23 WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS written by Deborah Dean Davis and Hannah Louise Shearer directed by Robert Becker music by Ron Jones Stardate 41697.9: Picard and the crew investigate the source of distortions in time that are being felt across the galaxy and discover the ailing temporal scientist Dr. Manheim's experiments have malfunctioned, sending his consciousness into an alternate dimension and leaving his body to die in Dr. Crusher's sick bay, while his wife turns out to be the girl Picard left behind to join Starfleet. Guest Cast: Michelle Phillips (Janice Manheim), Rod Loomis (Dr. Paul Manheim), Isabel Lorca (Gabrielle), Dan Kern (Lt. Dean), Jean-Paul Vignon (Edourd), Kelly Ashmore (Francine), Lance Spellerberg (Transporter Chief) 24 CONSPIRACY teleplay by Tracy Torme' story by Robert Sabaroff directed by Cliff Bole music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 41775.5: Picard is taken into the confidence of his good friend Captain Walker Keel, who warns that Starfleet is slowly being taken over by a conspiracy that plans to use the resources of Starfleet for conquest. After the shocking destruction of Keel's ship and a series of grisly discoveries about the High Admirals of Starfleet, Picard learns that Earth is the home of the queen of an alien swarm... Guest Cast: Henry Darrow (Admiral Savaar), Ward Costello (Admiral Quinn), Robert Schenkkan (Commander Remmick), Ray Reinhardt (Admiral Aaron), Jonathan Farwell (Captain Walker Keel), Michael Berryman (Captain Rixx), Ursaline Bryant (Captain Tryla Scott) 25 THE NEUTRAL ZONE television story and teleplay by Maurice Hurley from a story by Deborah McIntyre and Mona Clee directed by James L. Conway music by Ron Jones Stardate 41986.0: Data, curious about three cryogenically frozen earth people from the 20th century found in a derelict preservation satellite, brings them back to the ship and Dr. Crusher revives them. Meanwhile, Picard and Riker must be prepared to negotiate or fight as the Romulans return to the borders of the neutral zone - and the 20th century visitors only complicate matters. Although not actually seen in this episode, the Borg are later said to have caused the destruction of the Federation and Romulan outposts. Guest Cast: Marc Alaimo (Subcommander Tebok), Anthony James (Subcommander Thei), Leon Rippy (L.Q. "Sonny" Clemonds), Gracie Harrison (Claire Raymond), Peter Mark Richman (Ralph Offenhouse) ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Season Two: 1988-1989 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ (season delayed and shortened due to 1988 Writers' Guild Strike) 26 THE CHILD written by Jaron Summers & Jon Povill and Maurice Hurley directed by Rob Bowman music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 42073.1: Counselor Troi, impregnated by an alien entity, gives birth to a child whose mind is not that of a child but of an alien wishing to discover the variety of human experience. Meanwhile, the ship's newly promoted chief engineer, Geordi, and newcomer Doctor Katherine Pulaski are faced with the possibility of a fatal shipwide epidemic... This story was originally conceived in the mid 1970s as an episode of the aborted "Star Trek II" series which was to have been a new series with the original crew of the Enterprise. It is also notable for being the first appearance of Guinan. And her hats keep getting larger year after year... Season 2 Regular Cast: Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker), LeVar Burton (Lt. Geordi La Forge), Michael Dorn (Lt. Worf), Marina Sirtis (Counselor Troi), Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data), Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), Seymour Cassel (Lt. Commander Hester Dealt), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), R.J. Williams (Ian), Colm Meaney (Transporter Chief), Dawn Arnemann (Miss Gladstone), Zachary Benjamin (Young Ian), Dore Keller (Crewman) 27 WHERE SILENCE HAS LEASE written by Jack B. Sowards directed by Winrich Kolbe music by Ron Jones Stardate 42193.6: Picard is confronted by an invincible alien intelligence who can alter the crew's very perceptions of reality, and is horrified to learn that the entity plans on using half of the humans on board as lab animals to determine how many ways humans can die, so the captain, after exhausting all the options, sets for self-destruct. Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), Earl Boen (Nagilum), Charles Douglass (Ensign Haskell), Colm Meaney (Transporter Chief) 28 ELEMENTARY, DEAR DATA written by Brian Alan Lane directed by Rob Bowman music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 42286.3: Doctor Pulaski bets Geordi that Data would be overwhelmed if confronted with an intricate Holmesesque mystery he has not yet read or experienced, and when the chief engineer and Data put this to the test, a too-perfect holodeck program almost ensures that not only will Data be beaten, but the Enterprise may be commandeered by Professor Moriarty. Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), Daniel Davis (Professor Moriarty), Alan Shearman (Inspector Lestrade), Biff Manard (Ruffian), Diz White (Prostitute), Anne Elizabeth Ramsay (Assistant Engineer Clancy), Richard Merson (Pie Man) 29 THE OUTRAGEOUS OKONA teleplay by Burton Armus story by Les Menchen, Lance Dickson and David Landsberg directed by Robert Becker music by Ron Jones Stardate 42402.7: A nonchalant space rogue is welcomed aboard the Enterprise by Picard and the crew, but the pleasantries of his visit are cut short by two representatives of rival worlds demanding Okona's life for crimes he claims not to have committed - yet he does know who the guilty parties are and it's up to him to unite the aggressors. Guest Cast: William O. Campbell (Okona), Douglas Rowe (Debin), Albert Stratton (Kushell), Rosalind Ingledew (Yanar), Kieran Mulroney (Benzan), Joe Piscopo (The Comic), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Teri Hatcher (Transporter Chief) 30 LOUD AS A WHISPER written by Jacqueline Zambrano directed by Larry Shaw music by Ron Jones Stardate 42477.2: The Enterprise is forbidden to interfere in negotiations to be conducted by their passenger, the deaf, mute mediator Riva, who seems more interested in Counselor Troi than in seriously bringing two warring factions together. It is only when his Greek-like Chorus, a vital element in his task since they translate his thoughts into speech, is destroyed by a trigger-happy alien that Riva truly worries about the task he must accomplish. Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), Marnie Mosiman, Thomas Oglesby, Leo Damian (The Chorus), Howie Seago (Riva), Colm Meaney (Transporter Chief), Richard Lavin (Warrior #1), Chip Heller (Warrior #2), John Garrett (Lieutenant) 31 THE SCHIZOID MAN teleplay by Tracy Torme' story by Richard Manning and Hans Beimler directed by Les Landau music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 42437.5: An Enterprise away team answers a distress signal from the habitat of one Dr. Ira Graves, who has been stricken with a terminal illness that could strike at any time. As he has been working for some time on a way to transfer his memories and personality into a computer, he naturally sees Data as the perfect alpha test model. Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), W. Morgan Sheppard (Dr. Ira Graves), Suzie Plakson (Lt. Selar), Barbara Alyn Woods (Kareen Brianon) 32 UNNATURAL SELECTION written by John Mason and Mike Gray directed by Paul Lynch music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 42494.8: The Enterprise crew discover the disabled USS Lantree adrift in deep space - adrift because the crew has been inflicted with a disease which induces rapid aging and death! Doctor Pulaski personally involves herself in the search for a cure at a doomed genetic research base and becomes the most recent victim of the disease. This is the first episode in which the Transporter Chief played by Colm Meaney is given a name: O' Brien. Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), Patricia Smith (Dr. Sara Kingsley), Colm Meaney (Transporter Chief O' Brien), J. Patrick McNamara (Captain Taggert), Scott Trost (Ensign) 33 A MATTER OF HONOR teleplay by Burton Armus story by Wanda M. Haight, Gregory Amos and Burton Armus directed by Rob Bowman music by Ron Jones Stardate 42506.5: Riker becomes the first Federation officer ever to serve on board a Klingon vessel which is slowly warping toward its destruction - and the negligence of a Benzite "exchange student" on the Enterprise is responsible for arousing the ruthless Klingon captain's suspicions, provoking a savage attack on the Enterprise... Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), John Putch (Ensign Mendon), Christopher Collins (Captain Kargan), Brian Thompson (Lt. Klag), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), Peter Parros (Tactics Officer), Laura Drake (Vemka) 34 THE MEASURE OF A MAN written by Melinda M. Snodgrass directed by Robert Scheerer music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 42523.7: When Data refuses to participate in a Starfleet scientist's android experiments where he will serve not only as a blueprint but as a guinea pig and spare part supply, he is put on trial and Picard wrangles with the premise that Data is not a free agent but the property of Starfleet - and Captain Louvois assigns Riker to prosecute. Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), Amanda McBroom (Captain Phillipa Louvois), Clyde Kusatsu (Admiral Nakamura), Brian Brophy (Commander Bruce Maddox), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien) 35 THE DAUPHIN written by Scott Rubenstein and Leonard Mlodinow directed by Rob Bowman music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 42568.8: Wesley is attracted to an alien princess whose is accompanied on the Enterprise by a severe governess as they journey to a world where they will become the new leaders of her civilization, and despite the warnings from the less-than-human governess, Wesley also finds out that the princess has some surprises in store for him as well. Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), Paddi Edwards (Anya), Jamie Hubbard (Salia), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), Peter Neptune (Aron), Madchen Amick (Teenage Girl), Cindy Sorenson (Furry Animal), Jennifer Barlow (Ensign Gibson) 36 CONTAGION written by Steve Gerber and Beth Woods directed by Joseph L. Scanlan music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 42609.1: After witnessing the tragic destruction of the Galaxy class starship Yamato in the Neutral Zone, Picard follows Yamato Captain Donald Varley's haunch that the planet Iconia contains the valuable remnants of a now extinct but technologically advanced civilization, leaving Riker on the malfunctioning Enterprise to deal with a Romulan warship. Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), Thalmus Rasulala (Captain Donald Varley), Carolyn Seymour (Subcommander Taris), Dana Sparks (Tactics Officer), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), Folkert Schmidt (Doctor) 37 THE ROYALE written by Keith Mills (Tracy Torme') directed by Cliff Bole music by Ron Jones Stardate 42625.4: Riker, Worf and Data transport to the surface of what should be a poison-shrouded world after finding debris of a NASA space vessel, and discover a structure containing a reproduction of the literary Hotel and Casino Royale, and their only help is from the book itself as they read their lines - and between their lines. Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), Sam Anderson (The Assistant Manager), Jill Jacobson (Vanessa), Leo Garcia (The Bellboy), Noble Willingham (Texas), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), Gregory Beecroft ("Mickey D") 38 TIME SQUARED teleplay by Burton Armus story by Kurt Michael Bensmiller directed by Joseph L. Scanlan music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 42679.2: Picard is left beside himself when the Enterprise encounters a future incarnation of himself in a battered Enterprise shuttlecraft, containing visual and captain's logs describing the destruction of the ship and its crew, except for Picard, by an "energy vortex," and according to the logs, the encounter is only six hours away. Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien) 39 THE ICARUS FACTOR teleplay by David Assael and Robert L. McCullough story by David Assael directed by Robert Iscove music by Ron Jones Stardate 42686.4: Riker, offered a command of his own patrolling a hazardous area of deep space, is also offered advice and a long-overdue retraction of old hostilities from his father, but the impetuous first officer refuses all of this in an attempt to maintain an image of independence in the eyes of his crewmates and his father. Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), Mitchell Ryan (Kyle Riker), Lance Spellerbeg (Ensign Herbert) 40 PEN PALS teleplay by Melinda M. Snodgrass story by Hannah Louise Shearer directed by Winrich Kolbe music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 42695.3: While on an extended research patrol through a star cluster whose planets' geologic activity rips them apart from inside, Data on the Enterprise makes contact with a primitive being on one of these planets which is now in immediate danger and has to plead with the prime directive- conscious Picard to help his newfound friend. Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), Nicholas Cascone (Ensign Davies), Nikki Cox (Sarjenka), Ann H. Gillespie (Ensign Hildebrant), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), Whitney Rydbeck (Ensign Alans) 41 Q WHO written by Maurice Hurley directed by Rob Bowman music by Ron Jones Stardate 42761.3: Q returns once more to the Enterprise to plead his case to Picard for a position as a crewman on the ship after being expelled from the Q Continuum. When refused, the godlike alien propels the Enterprise thousands of light years to prove to Picard that some threats are too much for humanity, and the Borg is one of these threats... This episode is the first to show the Borg, a race first mentioned (though not by name) in "The Neutral Zone". According to writer/producer Maurice Hurley, the Borg were originally intended to be insects instead of cyborgs. Guest Cast: John de Lancie (Q), Lycia Naff (Ensign Gomez), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan) 42 SAMARITAN SNARE written by Robert L. McCullough directed by Les Landau music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 42779.1: Riker and the crew attempt to rescue Geordi from a slow witted crew of Pakleds who claim to need the chief engineer's technical expertise, while the captain, who is at a medical research base receiving a heart transplant, is about to die in the hands of a surgeon not possessed of Dr. Pulaski's skill. Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), Christopher Collins (Grebnedlog), Leslie Morris (Reginod), Daniel Benzali (Chief Surgeon), Lycia Naff (Ensign Gomez), Tzi Ma (Biomolecular Physiologist) 43 UP THE LONG LADDER written by Melinda M. Snodgrass directed by Winrich Kolbe music by Ron Jones Stardate 42823.2: Signals arrive from two colonies in a distant star system, one of which is found by the Enterprise crew to be a motley collection of "primitives," and the other, a group of clones whose gene pool is fading. The clones need fresh genes from the crew and are willing to use force to ensure their survive. Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), Barrie Ingham (Danilo O' Dell), Jon de Vries (Wilson Granger/Victor Granger), Rosalyn Landor (Brenna O' Dell), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien) 44 MANHUNT written by Terry Devereaux (Tracy Torme') directed by Rob Bowman music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 42859.2: The Enterprise crew welcomes some fishlike Antedian delegates to a peace summit and, on short notice, Troi's bothersome mother. Mrs. Troi, now in a phase of increased sexual activity, has come to the Enterprise to "visit" Picard, which meets with disapproval from Counselor Troi and amusement from Riker - while the captain hides in the holodeck generated world of Dixon Hill once more. Tracy Torme' used a pseudonym for this episode and "The Royale," having since stated this his original scripts for both episodes were rewritten against his wishes. Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), Majel Barrett (Lwaxana Troi), Robert Costanzo (Slade Bender), Carel Struycken (Mr. Homn), Rod Arrants (Rex), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), Robert O' Reilly (Client), Rhonda Aldrich (Madeline), Mick Fleetwood (Antedian Delegate), Wren T. Brown (Transport Pilot) 45 THE EMISSARY television story & teleplay by Richard Manning and Hans Beimler based on an unpublished story by Thomas H. Calder directed by Cliff Bole music by Ron Jones Stardate 42901.3: The Enterprise becomes the temporary home of a priority-one emissary from the Federation who has been sent to deal with a dire emergency - a crew of 23rd century Klingons in suspended animation is about to be awakened by their ship's "alarm clock" to wage war against the former enemies of the Klingons - the Federation. Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), Suzie Plakson (K'Ehleyr), Lance le Gault (Captain K'Temoc), Georgann Johnson (Admiral Gromek), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), Anne Elizabeth Ramsey (Ensign Clancy), Dietrich Bader (Tactics Officer) 46 PEAK PERFORMANCE written by David Kemper directed by Robert Scheerer music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 42923.4: The Enterprise undertakes Federation-mandated wargames, as Zacdorn tactical observer Sima Kolrami observes and, more often, pesters the crew. Picard is pitted against Riker in a maneuver that is harmless until a Ferengi attack puts the crew of the Enterprise and the Hathaway, Riker's vessel in a no-win situation - which Riker has the key to. Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), Roy Brocksmith (Sirna Kolrami), Armin Shimerman (DaiMon Bractor), David L. Lander (Ferengi First Officer), Leslie Neale (Ensign Nagel), Glenn Morshower (Ensign Burke) 47 SHADES OF GRAY teleplay by Maurice Hurley, Richard Manning & Hans Beimler story by Maurice Hurley directed by Rob Bowman music by Ron Jones Stardate 42976.1: While exploring a new planet with Geordi, Riker is stung by an alien thorn whose poison creeps up his spine toward his brain. Pulaski brings him back to the ship and tries to trigger emotional responses to destroy the poison by forcing the first officer to remember his past adventures. Guest Cast: Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien) ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Season Three: 1989-1990 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ 48 EVOLUTION teleplay by Michael Piller story by Michael Piller and Michael Wagner directed by Winrich Kolbe music by Ron Jones Stardate 43125.8: While the crew of the Enterprise races against the clock to launch a space probe for a critical experiment, a culture of experimental microbe-machines accidentally released by Wesley threatens to render the Enterprise uninhabitable. Season 3 Regular Cast: Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker), LeVar Burton (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge), Michael Dorn (Lt. Worf), Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Counselor Troi), Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data), Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) Guest Cast: Ken Jenkins (Dr. Paul Stubbs), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Mary McCusker (Nurse), Randal Patrick (Crewman #1) 49 THE ENSIGNS OF COMMAND written by Melinda M. Snodgrass directed by Cliff Bole music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate not given: Data attempts to convince the stubborn leader of an endangered colony that his people must evacuate the planet or face certain extinction at the hands of a race of ruthless aliens also seeking a planet to colonize. Guest Cast: Eileen Seeley (Ard'rian MacKenzie), Granger Hines (Gosheven), Mark L. Taylor (Haritath), Richard Allen (Kentor), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), Mart McChesney (Sheliak) 50 THE SURVIVORS written by Michael Wagner directed by Les Landau music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 43142.4: Captain Picard unravels one horrifying mystery after another while trying to persuade two people who are apparently the only survivors of an obliterated population of eleven thousand that their assailants have returned. Guest Cast: John Anderson (Kevin Uxbridge), Anne Haney (Rishon Uxbridge) 51 WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS? written by Richard Manning and Hans Beimler directed by Robert Wiemer music by Ron Jones Stardate 43173.5: A hidden outpost on a distant planet where Starfleet anthropologists are observing a primitve race of Vulcan-like beings is revealed after a mechanical malfunction, polluting the primitives' religious and ethical beliefs and causing one of them to identify Picard with God. Guest Cast: Kathryn Leigh Scott (Nuria), Ray Wise (Liko), James Greene (Dr. Barron), Pamela Segall (Oji), John McLiam (Fento), James McIntire (Hali), Lois Hall (Dr. Warren) 52 THE BONDING written by Ronald D. Moore directed by Winrich Kolbe music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 43198.7: Worf's conscience struggles with a fatality under his command as a deceased crew member's young son confronts an alien life form that attempts to take on the physical and psychological characteristics of his mother. Guest Cast: Susan Powell (Marla Aster), Gabriel Damon (Jeremy Aster), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien) 53 BOOBY TRAP teleplay by Ron Roman, Michael Piller and Richard Danus story by Michael Wagner and Ron Roman directed by Gabrielle Beaumont music by Ron Jones Stardate 43205.6: After taking the Enterprise into a mysterious asteroid belt to examine the only known relic of a long-dead race, Picard discovers that the asteroid belt is actually a lethal snare and assigns La Forge the impossible task of finding a way out before it's too late. Geordi turns to the holodeck for a simulation of one of the Enterprise's original designers to help him brainstorm an escape route. Guest Cast: Susan Gibney (Dr. Leah Brahms), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Albert Hall (Galek Dar), Julie Warner (Christy) 54 THE ENEMY written by David Kemper and Michael Piller directed by David Carson music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 43349.2: Trapped without the aid of his VISOR on a perpetually stormy planet, Geordi is aided and abetted in his attempts to send a distress signal to the Enterprise by a shipwrecked Romulan, as Picard tries to wring the truth out of a secretive Romulan commander en route to Federation space. Guest Cast: John Snyder (Bochra), Andreas Katsulas (Commander Tomalok), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), Steve Rankin (Patahk) 55 THE PRICE written by Hannah Louise Shearer directed by Robert Scheerer music by Ron Jones Stardate 43385.6: Federation, Ferengi and third party delegates vie for control of a unique stable wormhole allowing instantaneous travel across reaches of uncharted space, and Troi makes discoveries both interesting and dangerous regarding one of the negotiators as the Ferengi plot to double-cross all and gain control of the wormhole. Guest Cast: Matt McCoy (Devinoni Ral), Elizabeth Hoffman (Premier Bhavani), Castulo Guerra (Mendoza), Scott Thomson (DaiMon Goss), Dan Shor (Dr. Arridor), Kevin Peter Hall (Leyor), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien) 56 THE VENGEANCE FACTOR written by Sam Rolfe directed by Timothy Bond music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 43421.9: Riker as a man of conscience and Picard as a diplomat run up against an age-old wall of mafia-likee blood feuding, almost certain to ruin the first negotiations between a clan of vicious pirates and a race of civilized if haughty beings in centuries. Riker ends up with the most difficult decision of all... Guest Cast: Lisa Wilcox (Yuta), Joey Aresco (Brull), Nancy Parsons (Sovereign Marouk), Stephen Lee (Chorgan), Marc Lawrence (Volnath), Elkanah J. Burns (Temarek) 57 THE DEFECTOR written by Ronald D. Moore directed by Robert Scheerer music by Ron Jones Stardate 43462.5: A legendary Romulan strategist/warrior assumes a new identity and races to warn the Federation of a massive Romulan invasion in the near future, but his attempts are thwarted by the crew's prejudice and suspicions, not to mention the Romulans themselves, eager to do away with both the defector and the Enterprise. Guest Cast: James Slovan (Setal/Admiral Jarok), Andreas Katsulas (Commander Tomalok), John Hancock (Starfleet Admiral), S.A. Templeman (Holodeck "John Bates"), Patrick Stewart (Holodeck "Michael Williams") 58 THE HUNTED written by Robin Bernheim directed by Cliff Bole music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 43489.2: The Enterprise, sworn by Federation treaty to defend the inhabitants of a once war-torn world, is faced with a destructive challenge in the form of a biologically altered war veteran whose mind allows no mercy in the face of danger, but all he and his fellow soldiers want is their home and their freedom. Guest Cast: Jeff McCarthy (Roga Danar), James Cromwell (Prime Minister Nayrok), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), J. Michael Flynn (Zayner), Andrew Bicknell (Wagnor) 59 THE HIGH GROUND written by Melinda M. Snodgrass directed by Gabrielle Beaumont music by Ron Jones Stardate 43510.7: While tending to innocent bystanders injured in the explosion of a terrorist bomb, Dr. Crusher is taken hostage by a ruthless freedom fighter who is blind to the fate of his rebellion and refuses to hear any argument from the Starfleet officers or the local law enforcers that his way of "liberating" his people may not be just. On BBC-TV, originally Great Britain's only broadcast source for "Next Generation," this episode was banned due to fear its allegory to Irish Republican Army terrorism is too controversial (and then there's that bit about the Irish Reunification in the 21st century in which terrorism was a key successful element). Guest Cast: Kerrie Keane (Devos), Richard Cox (Finn), Marc Buckland (Waiter), Fred G. Smith (Policeman), Christopher Pettiet (Boy) 60 DEJA Q written by Richard Danus directed by Les Landau music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 43539.1: Q returns once again to the starship Enterprise, but this time his immortality and his powers have been rescinded by the members of the Q Continuum, and he must help the crew contend with an asteroid that threatens to devastate an entire civilization, while the Calamarain, aliens who have been chastised by Q in the past seek revenge on the ex-immortal. Guest Cast: John de Lancie (Q), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Richard Cansino (Dr. Garin), Betty Muramoto (Scientist), Corbin Bernsen (Q 2) 61 A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE written by Ed Zuckerman directed by Cliff Bole music by Ron Jones Stardate 43610.4: Commander Riker is accused of murder after the apparent sabotage and destruction of a science station, and the evidence seems almost certain to doom the First Officer's career, but Picard and Troi gamble on using the Holodeck to recreate testimonies from all the surviving parties and discover that the prosecution's case can be viewed from any number of entirely different points of view. Guest Cast: Craig Richard Nelson (Chief Investigator Krag), Gina Hecht (Mrs. Apgar), Mark Margolis (Dr. Apgar), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), Juli Donald (Tayna) 62 YESTERDAY'S ENTERPRISE teleplay by Ira Steven Behr, Richard Manning, Hans Beimler and Ronald D. Moore from a story by Trent Christopher Ganino and Eric A. Stillwell directed by David Carson music by Dennis McCarthy (Crescendo GNP cassette & CD # GNPD 8031) Stardate 43625.2: The derelict Enterprise NCC-1701-C, thought destroyed 24 years ago, emerges through a temporal rift, rewriting history for the crew of the Galaxy class Enterprise: the Federation is losing a war to the Klingons, Tasha Yar is still alive and fighting - and the crew of "yesterday's" Enterprise must return to their own past to restore the timelines. And only Guinan can tell that anything seems out of place... Guest Cast: Denise Crosby (Lt. Tasha Yar), Christopher McDonald (Lt. Richard Castillo), Tricia O' Neil (Captain Garrett), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan) 63 THE OFFSPRING written by Rene Echeverria directed by Jonathan Frakes music by Ron Jones Stardate 43657.0: Data is inspired by a cybernetics conference he has attended and, after spending extensive off-duty time in his lab, announces that he has created Lal, an android "daughter" - which does not please the captain at first, but when Starfleet Admiral Haftell arrives with the intention of taking Lal off the Enterprise, Data's child experiences an irreversible malfunction: emotion! Guest Cast: Hallie Todd (Lal), Nicolas Coster (Admiral Haftell), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Judyann Elder (Lt. Ballard), Diana Moser, Hayne Bayle, Maria Leone, James G. Becker (Ten Forward Crew), Leonard John Crofoot ("generic" Lal) 64 SINS OF THE FATHER teleplay by Ronald D. Moore and W. Reed Moran based on a teleplay by Drew Deighan directed by Les Landau music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 43685.2: The Enterprise receives a Klingon first officer on the Federation exchange program, Commander Kurn, who tests Worf's nerve and turns out to be the security chief's brother, seperated from Worf at birth. Worf learns that their father has been indicted on charges of betraying the Khitomer Outpost - which is where he died. The execution will be carried out on Worf's family name, and he returns to the First City of the Klingon Empire and discovers the true traitor, but also finds that even Klingons can be totally dishonest and dishonorable, and after Kurn and Captain Picard become the targets of assassins, Worf pays for a crime his father did not commit with his own honor. Guest Cast: Charles Cooper (K'mpec), Tony Todd (Commander Kurn), Patrick Massett (Duras), Thelma Lee (Kahlest), Teddy Davis (Transporter Technician) 65 ALLEGIANCE written by Richard Manning and Hans Beimler directed by Winrich Kolbe music by Ron Jones Stardate 43714.1: Captain Picard is kidnapped and deposited in a "laboratory maze" with three other captives - one of whom is actually an observer for the captors in disguise - while a replica of Picard begins to wreak havoc with the crew of the Enterprise, leaving Riker no choice but mutiny. Guest Cast: Stephen Markle (Thol), Reiner Schone (Esoqq), Jocelyn O' Brien (Metina Haro), Jerry Rector (Maropa), Jeff Rector (Maropa) 66 CAPTAIN'S HOLIDAY written by Ira Steven Behr directed by Chip Chalmers music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 43745.2: Captain Picard, after returning from tiring diplomatic duties, is pressed into taking a vacation on Risa by most of the bridge crew. Once on peaceful Risa, Picard is tangled up in a plan by 27th century aliens to retrieve a weapon that has made its way back in time to the 24th century, and plots by an unscrupulous Ferengi trader and a mysterious woman to gain that weapon for their own purposes. Guest Cast: Jennifer Hetrick (Vash), Karen Landry (Azhure), Michael Champion (Baratus), Max Grodenchik (Sovak), Deirdre Imershein (Joval) 67 TIN MAN written by Robert Bischoff and David Putman Bailey directed by Robert Scheerer music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 43779.3: The Enterprise is called on to transport first-contact specialist Tam Elbrun - a full Betazoid and one-time mental patient - to Beta Strongren to make initial contact with an alien life form representing the last of its species, but things go disastrously wrong when Romulan attackers show up, and Tam Elbrun decides to stay behind to remain in contact with the creature. Guest Cast: Harry Groener (Tam Elbrun), Michael Cavanaugh (Captain Robert DeSoto), Peter Vogt (Romulan Captain), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien) 68 HOLLOW PURSUITS written by Sally Caves (Sarah Higley) directed by Cliff Bole music by Dennis McCarthy (Crescendo GNP cassette & CD # GNPD 8031) Stardate 43807.4: Engineering Lieutenant Reginald Barclay, a new member of Geordi's staff, shirks his duties in favor of spending time on the holodeck, where he has constructed intricate programs simulating members of the bridge crew as he sees them: Picard, Data and Geordi as the Three Musketeers, Dr. Crusher as a sort of fair maiden with Wesley as an asinine blueberry pie-eating Blue Boy - and Counselor Troi as a seductive goddess. When the real crew learns of Barclay's holo-addiction, all hell breaks loose. Guest Cast: Dwight Schultz (Lt. Barclay), Charley Lang (Lt. Duffy), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan) 69 THE MOST TOYS written by Shari Goodhartz directed by Timothy Bond music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 43872.2: Data is kidnapped by a greedy collector of one-of-a-kind items and species who considers the android a prize for his collection and fools the crew of the Enterprise into thinking that Data has been killed in a freak shuttle accident. Data then squares off in a grueling psychological battle with his captor and almost tastes vengeance for the first time as a woman who attempts to help Data escape is killed in cold blood by the unscrupulous hoarder. Guest Cast: Saul Rubinek (Kivas Fajo), Nehemiah Persoff (Toff), Jane Daly (Varria), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien) 70 SAREK television story and teleplay by Peter S. Beagle from an unpublished story by Marc Cushman & Jake Jacobs directed by Les Landau music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 43917.4: Famed Vulcan Ambassador Sarek, father of Spock, beams aboard the Enterprise to be transported to his final diplomatic duty. But he is suffering the initial symptoms of a mind-deteriorating Vulcan disease and his Vulcan telepathic skills inadvertantly project violent, irrational impulses in the crew's minds. Picard decides to risk a mind-meld to stabilize Sarek for the negotiations, but the captain risks his own sanity. Guest Cast: Mark Lenard (Ambassador Sarek), Joanna Miles (Perrin), William Denis (Kiv Mendrossen), Rocco Sisto (Sakkath), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), John H. Francis (Science Crewman) 71 MENAGE A TROI written by Fred Bronson and Susan Sackett directed by Robert Legato music by Ron Jones Stardate 43930.7: Lwaxana Troi visits her daughter at the same time a trade conference is taking place. Ferengi DaiMon Tog decides that Mrs. Troi is the woman for him, and he kidnaps her along with Deanna and Riker. On the Enterprise, Wesley forgoes an opportunity to travel to the Academy to help locate the Ferengi ship and recover Riker, Deanna and Mrs. Troi. Picard rewards Wesley by promoting him from an acting ensign to a real Starfleet ensign. Guest Cast: Majel Barrett (Lwaxana Troi), Frank Corsentino (DaiMon Tog), Ethan Phillips (Dr. Farek), Peter Slutsker (Nibor), Rudolph Willrich (Reittan Grax), Carel Struycken (Mr. Homn) 72 TRANSFIGURATIONS written by Rene Echevarria directed by Tom Benko music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 43957.2: The Enterprise crew rescues the injured lone survivor of a shipwrecked escape pod who has lost his memory and all traces of his identity. As the survivor, dubbed "John Doe" by the crew, recovers, he develops a rapport with Doctor Crusher and the rest of the crew, but his recovery almost seems too miraculous and it is discovered that not only is John Doe recuperating with incredible speed, but he is mutating as well. But his presence on the Enterprise is seen by all as a benefit; the Crushers grow close to Doe, Geordi grows close to another Enterprise crew member, and all seems well with the exception of Doe's occasional mutative side effects until Sunad - obviously of the same race as Doe - arrives to take Doe, who he claims to be a dangerous criminal, prisoner. But it is soon revealed that John Doe is an outcast from his own society because he has been exiled by the normal elements of his people who fear his impending mutation into a higher life form. When Sunad boards the Enterprise to take Doe, Doe completes his mutation and, forgiving his persecutors, sends Sunad back to his ship unharmed and departs from the Enterprise by himself. Guest Cast: Mark LaMura (John Doe), Charles Dennis (Sunad), Julie Warner (Christy), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), Patti Tippo (Nurse Temple) 73 THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS written by Michael Piller directed by Cliff Bole music by Ron Jones (Crescendo GNP cassette & CD # GNPD 8026) Stardate 43989.1: Lt. Commander Shelby, a tactical advisor from Starfleet with her eye on promotion to a first officer - perhaps of the Enterprise - joins the crew as they investigate the latest planet victimized by the Borg. After another Federation planet is attacked, the Enterprise sets off in pursuit of the Borg. During the flight, Riker learns of Shelby's impetuousity and the possibility that he himself is long overdue to command a starship of his own. The Borg intercepts the Enterprise and does critical damage, and the Enterprise enters a nebula to evade capture. When some repairs are made, the Enterprise tries to escape but is captured by the Borg. They board the Enterprise, kidnap Captain Picard, and warp toward Earth. The Enterprise follows the Borg through Federation space until Geordi can't keep the warp engines up to speed. Shelby leads an away team to the Borg vessel where she, Worf, Data and Dr. Crusher sabotage the Borg's internal power network. They are attacked and hold off their attackers until the Borg adapt to generate their own shields against the crew's hand phasers. And Captain Picard is found - no longer human, modified into a Borg. The away team returns to the Enterprise, leaving Riker with a momentous decision - he must use a variation of the Enterprise's deflectors to disrupt the Borg and possibly kill Picard. Guest Cast: Elizabeth Dennehy (Lt. Commander Shelby), George Murdock (Admiral Hanson), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan) ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Season Four: 1990-1991 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ 74 THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS - part II written by Michael Piller directed by Cliff Bole music by Ron Jones (Crescendo GNP cassette & CD # GNPD 8026) Stardate 44001.4: The main deflector dish has no effect on the Borg because, having assimilated Picard and converted him into their spokesman, Locutus, the Borg know now every strategy and contingency that Picard had been informed of before his kidnapping. Riker is promoted to Captain by Admiral Hanson, who then leads a fleet of 40 starships to Wolf 359 to confront the Borg, but the fleet's efforts are in vain - every starship is annihilated. Riker orders a cunning attack consisting of awkward strategies that Picard would never have carried out or expected, and an away team kidnaps Locutus and returns him to the Enterprise. Data then links up to Locutus to access the Borg communication network, and every approach he takes to disarm the Borg down fails until the Borg arrive at Earth to begin their domination of the Federation. Data triggers the Borg regeneration process, putting every Borg to "sleep," but this also triggers the self-destruction of the Borg ship. Picard is freed from the Borg, Shelby returns to Starfleet to rebuild the fleet, and Riker remains on the Enterprise to continue serving as first officer. However, staring out the window of his ready room, Picard's face indicates that all is not well... Of course, it was not even thought of at the time of this episode's production, but one of the very few survivors of the Borg attack at Wolf 359 later turns up in his own series: Commander Sisko of "Deep Space Nine," the premiere episode of which features scenes of the battle between the Borg and the Federation that was mentioned in this episode. Season 4 Regular Cast: Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker), LeVar Burton (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge), Michael Dorn (Lt. Worf), Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Counselor Troi), Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data), Wil Wheaton (Ensign Wesley Crusher) Guest Cast: Elizabeth Dennehy (Lt. Commander Shelby), George Murdock (Admiral Hanson), Colm Meaney (O' Brien), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Todd Merrill (Gleason) 75 FAMILY written by Ronald D. Moore based in part on a premise by Susanne Lambdin and Bryan Stewart directed by Les Landau music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 44012.3: In drydock at Earth Station McKinley, the Enterprise is undergoing extensive repairs while the crew, most notably Captain Picard, recover from the Borg invasion attempt. Picard returns to France for a less than warm welcome from his brother Robert, while Worf's human foster parents beam aboard, concerned about Worf's feelings since his dishonor from the Klingon Empire. Guest Cast: Jeremy Kemp (Robert Picard), Samantha Eggar (Marie Picard), Theodore Bikel (Sergey Rozhenko), Georgia Brown (Helena Rozhenko), Dennis Creaghan (Louis), Colm Meaney (O' Brien), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), David Tristan Birkin (Rene Picard), Doug Wert (Jack Crusher) 76 BROTHERS written by Rick Berman directed by Rob Bowman music by Ron Jones Stardate 44085.7: While rushing a young boy to a Starbase medical facility after his older brother played a cruel practical joke on him, the Enterprise is suddenly diverted from her course and headed for an unknown, out-of-the-way planet. What no one realizes until it's too late is that Data is responsible for this, having been taken over by a homing signal that leads him to his creator, Dr. Soong, who had been thought dead for many years. Data has been called home to be given an upgrade - emotions - but the unexpected arrival of his jealous android "brother" Lore at Soong's hiding place puts Data's upgrade and his creator in jeopardy... Guest Cast: Brent Spiner (Dr. Noonian Soong), Cory Danziger (Jake Potts), Colm Meaney (O' Brien), Adam Ryen (Willie Potts), James Lashly (Ensign Kopf), Brent Spiner (Lore) 77 SUDDENLY HUMAN teleplay by John Whelpley and Jeri Taylor story by Ralph Phillips directed by Gabrielle Beaumont music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 44143.7: Finding a Talarian training vessel in deep space, the Enterprise crew discover that one of the ship's crew is actually a human teenager. Dr. Crusher's examinations reveal that he has been injured in the past as well - and it's likely that these came about on purpose. When the boy's Talarian foster father appears to reclaim him, Picard is left with a choice - either return the boy to a society whose people may have abused him, or face the possibility of starting a war. Guest Cast: Sherman Howard (Endar), Chad Allen (Jono), Barbara Townsend (Admiral Rossa) 78 REMEMBER ME written by Lee Sheldon directed by Cliff Bole music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 44161.2: Dr. Crusher's old friend, Dr. Dalen Quaice, is leaving his former home on a sStarbase to retire after the recent death of his wife. He mentions his slowly deteriorating memory, a thought which remains on Dr. Crusher's mind when she visits engineering to watch Wesley finish a warp field experiment. But when the Enterprise becomes ready to leave the starbase, Wes hastily finishes his experiment, but his mother completely disappears. She, however, is on the Enterprise - so she thinks - and she helplessly watches the entire crew disappear one by one. She is, in fact, inside a warp bubble, and the real crew on the real Enterprise must enlist the help of the mysterious alien known as the Traveler to pull Dr. Crusher back into reality before her warp bubble shrinks into nothingness. Originally considered as a shipboard B-plot for the episode "Family," this story was given its own episode so as not to distract attention from the earlier episode's central theme. Guest Cast: Eric Menyuk (The Traveler), Bill Erwin (Dr. Dalen Quaice), Colm Meaney (O' Brien) 79 LEGACY written by Joe Menosky directed by Robert Scheerer music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 44215.2: Rushing into dangerous territory on Turkana III, a planet whose government once warned that any Federation personnel would die if they visited there again, the Enterprise is looking for an escape pod containing two men who left a critically damaged vessel. The pod has landed on Turkana III, requiring an away team to visit. They find two "cadres" - urban gangs so large they have replaced the government and now conduct their street fighting on a warlike scale - one of which is willing to help find the Federation shipwreck survivors. The Enterprise's liason to the cadre is the younger sister of the late Tasha Yar, and no one knows whether or not to trust her. Guest Cast: Beth Toussaint (Ishara Yar), Don Mirault (Hayne), Colm Meaney (O' Brien), Vladimir Velasco (Tan Tsu), Christopher Michael (Man #1) 80 REUNION teleplay by Thomas Perry & Jo Perry and Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga story by Drew Deighan and Thomas Perry & Jo Perry directed by Jonathan Frakes music by Ron Jones Stardate 44246.3: The Enterprise is intercepted in deep space by a Klingon battlecruiser occupied by K'mpec, leader of the High Council of the Klingon Empire. With him is K'ehleyr, Worf's former lover, who has visited the Enterprise before. This time she acts as Picard's aide in a role K'mpec has chosen for him - the neutral arbiter to oversee the handover of the dying K'mpec's powerful position to one of two contenders: Duras, whose cover-up of his father's actions cost Worf his honor; or Gowron, a Klingon "outsider" about whom little is known. But sabotage, including the assassination of K'mpec, begins to point toward evidence of Romulan involvement...and Worf must deal with the possibility that his son (by K'ehleyr) may lose his honor if Worf reveals his relationship to him. Alexander, Worf's son, returns to the Enterprise to stay in the fifth season episode "New Ground." Guest Cast: Suzie Plakson (K'ehleyr), Robert O' Reilly (Gowron), Patrick Massett (Duras), Charles Cooper (K'mpec), Jon Steuer (Alexander), Michael Rider (Security Guard), April Grace (Transporter Technician), Basil Wallace (Klingon Guard #1), Mirron E. Willis (Klingon Guard #2) 81 FUTURE IMPERFECT written by J. Larry Carroll & David Bennett Carren directed by Les Landau music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 44286.5: While investigating suspicious energy readings on Alpha Onias III - a planet that would be ideal for a secret Romulan base - Riker, Geordi and Worf are overcome by toxic gases. Geordi and Worf, however, are rescued via transporter, while the Enterprise loses all trace of Riker. Riker awakens in the sick bay of the Enterprise, told by an older Dr. Crusher that sixteen years have passed since that event, and that a virus he contracted on the mission to Alpha Onias III recently became active, causing him to lose all memory back to that event. He is now the ship's Captain, Data is First Officer, and Picard - now an Admiral - is completing the final arrangements for the signing of a peace treaty between the Romulans and the Federation, and Riker has a teenage son as well. But glaring mistakes soon point out to Riker that this scenario is not, in fact, happening, and that it's all a nearly perfect simulation. But the question remains - who's behind it, the Romulans...or someone else? Guest Cast: Andreas Katsulas (Commander Tomalok), Chris Demetral ("Jean-Luc Riker"/"Ethan"), Carolyn McCormick (Minuet), Patti Yasutake (Nurse), Todd Merrill (Gleason), April Grace (Transporter Chief Hubbell), George O' Hanlon, Jr. (Transporter Chief), Dana Tjowander (Barash) 82 FINAL MISSION teleplay by Kacey Arnold-Ince and Jeri Taylor story by Kacey Arnold-Ince music by Ron Jones Stardate 44307.3: Picard reveals that Wesley has been accepted into Starfleet Academy. Wes's final assignment on the Enterprise is to accompany Picard on a trip with an independent miner, Captain Dirgo, to settle a dispute between mining colonies. En route, Dirgo's battered shuttle breaks down, forcing them to land on a desert world - but help is nowhere near because the Enterprise is attempting to move an abandoned freighter whose highly radioactive contents threaten the Enterprise and a nearby planet. With this episode, Wil Wheaton officially leaves the regular cast. Guest Cast: Nick Tate (Dirgo), Kim Hamilton (Songi), Mary Kohnert (Ensign Allenby) 83 THE LOSS teleplay by Hilary J. Bader and Alan J. Bader & Vanessa Greene story by Hilary J. Bader directed by Chip Chalmers music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 44356.9: Shortly after counseling crewmember Janet Brooks over the loss of her husband, Troi begins to experience severe pain, and at the same time, the Enterprise is suddenly unable to go to warp speed. Data and Geordi determine that they're caught in a field of steadily moving two dimensional particles that seem to be alive, while Troi realizes that she's lost her empathic sense. When it is discovered that the entities are heading toward a black-hole-like cosmic string and carrying the Enterprise with them to destruction, Picard relies on Troi for an answer, although she has lost confidence in herself. Guest Cast: Kim Braden (Janet Brooks), Mary Kohnert (Ensign Allenby), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan) 84 DATA'S DAY teleplay by Harold Apter and Ronald D. Moore story by Harold Apter directed by Robert Wiemer music by Ron Jones Stardate 44390.1: Data records his observations of an average day in the Enterprise to be relayed to Dr. Bruce Maddox, a Federaton cyberneticist who once expressed an interest in disassembling Data to learn about how the android works, but now is content to let Data reveal that for himself. But as the day progresses, from the nervous, soon-to-be-married couple of Chief O' Brien and Keiko to the transport of a secretive Vulcan ambassador to the Neutral Zone, Data finds out that this isn't going to be an ordinary day... Guest Cast: Rosalind Chao (Keiko Ishikawa), Colm Meaney (O' Brien), Sierra Pecheur (Ambassador T'Pel/Subcommander Selok), Alan Scarfe (Admiral Mendak), Shelly Desai (V'Sal), April Grace (Transporter Technician), and Spot 85 THE WOUNDED teleplay by Jeri Taylor story by Stuart Charno & Sara Charno and Cy Chermak directed by Chip Chalmers music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 44429.6: Captain Maxwell of the U.S.S. Phoenix has severed contact with Starfleet and the Phoenix has been raiding the vessels of Cardassians, a race once at war with the Federation but now peaceful under an uneasy treaty. Picard discovers that Captain Maxwell believes he has good reason to continue these attacks. This episode introduces the Cardassians, who would later be seen in "Ensign Ro" and "Chain of Command," along with being important figures in the history of "Deep Space Nine." Guest Cast: Bob Gunton (Captain Ben Maxwell), Rosalind Chao (Keiko), Marc Alaimo (Gul Macet), Colm Meaney (O' Brien), Marco Rodriguez (Glinn Telle), Time Winters (Glinn Daro), John Hancock (Admiral Henry) 86 DEVIL'S DUE teleplay by Philip Lazebnik story by Philip Lazebnik and William Douglas Lansford directed by Tom Benko music by Ron Jones Stardate 44474.5: The Enterprise arrives at Ventax III to retrieve a Federation anthropological team, only to discover that the planet is in a state of chaos and the team has been taken hostage by the Ventaxians, who believe their peaceful way of life is about to end with the "second coming" of Ardra - the devil. But when Ardra takes a dangerously personal interest in Picard, he must quickly find some way to discredit her. Guest Cast: Marta Dubois (Ardra), Paul Lambert (Dr. Clark), Marcelo Tubert (Acost Jared), Thad Lamey (Devil Monster), Tom Magee (Klingon Monster) 87 CLUES teleplay by Bruce D. Arthurs and Joe Menosky story by Bruce D. Arthurs directed by Les Landau music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 44502.7: The Enterprise is on a routine mission, giving everyone a chance to relax, when an investigation of an unknown class-M planet sends the Enterprise through a wormhole that appears without warning and renders everyone but Data unconscious. But as the rest of the crew investigates what happened, they begin the discover that someone's keeping secrets from everyone...and that someone happens to be Data. Guest Cast: Colm Meaney (O' Brien), Pamela Winslow (Ensign McKnight), Rhonda Aldrich (Madeline), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Patti Yasutake (Nurse), Thomas Knickerbocker (Gunman) 88 FIRST CONTACT teleplay by Dennis Russell Bailey, David Bischoff, Joe Menosky, Ronald D. Moore and Michael Piller story by Marc Scott Zicree directed by Cliff Bole music by Ron Jones Stardate not given: Riker, having undergone facial surgery to look like a Malcorian and beamed down to Malcor III to coordinate other surgically disguised cultural observers from Starfleet, is injured in a riot and taken to a hospital, where his true nature is slowly deduced by Malcorian doctors while Riker remains out of touch with the Enterprise. Picard and Troi try to find open-minded individuals among that planet's leaders and scientific minds, but discover that, like on late 20th century Earth, such people are few and far between... Guest Cast: George Coe (Chancellor Durken), Carolyn Seymour (Mirasta Yale), George Hearn (Berel), Michael Ensign (Krola), Steven Anderson (Nilrem), Sachi Parker (Nurse), Bebe Neuwirth (Lanel) 89 GALAXY'S CHILD teleplay by Maurice Hurley story by Thomas Kartozian directed by Winrich Kolbe music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 44313.0: Geordi is delighted to welcome Dr. Leah Brahms aboard the Enterprise, having already gotten to know her - so he thinks - through a friendly holographic simulation in a crisis situation in the past. But the real Dr. Brahms is nothing like her holodeck alter-ego. Meanwhile, the Enterprise inadvertantly destroys a free-floating space creature and helps to deliver its newborn child, but the child thinks the Enterprise is its mother and attaches itself to the hull to "nurse" energy from the power reserves - and Geordi and Dr. Brahms are left to find the solution to this problem...if they can cooperate with each other. Guest Cast: Susan Gibney (Dr. Leah Brahms), Lanei Chapman (Ensign Rager), Jana Marie Hupp (Ensign Poppin), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), April Grace (Transporter Technician) 90 NIGHT TERRORS teleplay by Pamela Douglas and Jeri Taylor story by Shari Goodhartz directed by Les Landau music by Ron Jones Stardate 44631.2: The missing starship Brittain is found by the Enterprise, but Riker and an away team find that the entire crew of the Brittain went berserk and murdered one another, leaving a single survivor - a Betazoid who can't speak and whose telepathic "ramblings" to Troi are puzzling. When the Enterprise is immobilized by a dangerous natural phenomenon, no one suspects that the survivor's riddles may have some meaning, and members of the crew begin hallucinating slowly edging toward the same kind of madness that drove the Brittain's crew to kill themselves... Guest Cast: Rosalind Chao (Keiko), John Vickery (Andrus Hagan), Duke Moosekian (Lt. Gillespie), Craig Hurley (Ensign), Brian Tochi (Ensign Lin), Lanei Chapman (Ensign Rager), Colm Meaney (O' Brien), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Deborah Taylor (Captain Zaheva) 91 IDENTITY CRISIS teleplay by Brannon Braga based on a story by Timothy de Hass directed by Winrich Kolbe music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 44664.5: Starfleet officers who were on an away team five years ago investigating a mysterious migration of previous explorers to the planet Tarchannen 3 are beginning to mutate into alien life forms and migrate to the planet themselves. Among them are Lt. Commander Leitjen, visiting the Enterprise, and Geordi La Forge. While Dr. Crusher keeps Leitjen in sick bay when her mutation begins, Geordi's mutation goes unchecked and, more alien than human, he beams to the surface to join the other members of the away team, who have fully mutated. Guest Cast: Maryann Plunkett (Suzanna Leitjen), Patti Yasutake (Nurse), Amick Byram (Lt. Hickman), Dennis Madalone (Transporter Technician), Mona Grudt (Ensign Graham) 92 THE NTH DEGREE written by Joe Menosky directed by Robert Legato music by Ron Jones Stardate 44704.2: Shortly after very nervously performing a scene from "Cyrano de Bergerac" with Dr. Crusher, Lt. Barclay is assigned to accompany Geordi on a close examination, via shuttle, of an alien probe that has impeded the functioning of a subspace telescope array. But after being scanned, the probe somehow singles Barclay out to receive a massive mental "upgrade," doing away with the lieutenant's legendary reclusiveness and shyness, and replacing those traits of his personality with knowledge and learning abilities beyond human experience...and arrogance. Guest Cast: Dwight Schultz (Lt. Barclay), Jim Norton (Holodeck "Einstein"), Kay E. Kuter (Cytherian), Saxon Trainor (Lt. Larson), Page Leong (Ensign Anaya), David Coburn (Ensign Brower) 93 QPID teleplay by Ira Steven Behr story by Randee Russell and Ira Steven Behr directed by Cliff Bole music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 44741.9: Picard is readying a speech on the subject of the planet Tagus 3, whose archaelogical digs are off-limits to outsiders, to be delivered to a group of distinguished archaeologists, and is surprised to find that Vash, a very fondly remembered acquaintance from his visit to Risa, is present as well, no doubt to fulfill her nefarious urge to go treasure-seeking. She and Picard seem to be able to agree on nothing, which catches the attention of Q, who, to force Picard to admit that he does indeed love Vash, sends the crew, Vash, and even himself, into Sherwood Forest. Picard, of course, becomes Robin Hood, his crew become Robin's merry men, Q becomes Guy of Gisbourne, and Vash, naturally, is the damsel in distress...a role she doesn't play willingly, or, indeed, correctly! Clive Revill, the Sheriff of Nottingham in this story, also has another well-known science fiction saga in his resume: he provided the voice (and a shimmering but fuzzy image) of the Galactic Emperor in "The Empire Strikes Back" in 1980 (Ian McDiarmid took that role over in 1983's "Return of the Jedi" when the Emperor finally made a personal appearance in the saga). Guest Cast: Jennifer Hetrick (Vash), Clive Revill (Sheriff of Nottingham), John de Lancie (Q), Joi Staton (Servant) 94 THE DRUMHEAD written by Jeri Taylor directed by Jonathan Frakes music by Ron Jones Stardate 44769.2: After an apparent sabotage of the Enterprise's warp drive committed by Klingon exchange officer J'Ddan, Starfleet sends Admiral Nora Satie out of retirement to investigate the possibility of a Klingon faction cooperating with Romulans. But Satie goes beyond that, accusing a shy junior crewman of Romulan collaboration and even accusing Captain Picard of aiding Romulans and the Borg. This episode begins a build-up to the season finale dealing with a possible Romulan-Klingon alliance. It was also the last episode of "The Next Generation" to be scored by composer Ron Jones, who was fired by the producers for consistently disregarding instructions which Jones said were cramping his musical style. Guest Cast: Jean Simmons (Admiral Satie), Bruce French (Sabin Genestra), Spencer Garrett (Simon Tarses), Henry Woronicz (J'Ddan), Earl Billings (Admiral Thomas Henry), Ann Shea (Nellen) 95 HALF A LIFE teleplay by Peter Allan Fields story by Ted Roberts and Peter Allan Fields directed by Les Landau music by Dennis McCarthy (nominated for Best Score Emmy, 1991) Stardate 44805.3: Kalon scientist Dr. Timicin has beamed aboard the Enterprise to travel to a star much like his planet's own sun to conduct tests of a modified photon torpedo that could reduce the level of solar activity - something that needs to be done within decades, or Kalon II's sun will explode, eradicating his people. When the test fails, Timicin continues, but he is due back on Kalon II so he may carry out the Resolution - a traditional Kalon ceremony in which one ends one's life by painless suicide at sixty. Lwaxana Troi, also visiting the Enterprise, tries to convince Timicin to continue living, although his request for asylum from his people could result in war. Guest Cast: David Odgen Stiers (Timicin), Majel Barrett (Lwaxana Troi), Michelle Forbes (Dara), Terrence E. McNally (Science Minister B'Tardat), Colm Meaney (O' Brien), Carel Struycken (Mr. Homn) 96 THE HOST written by Michel Horvat directed by Marvin V. Rush music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 44821.3: Ambassador Odan is being transported to the Peliar Zel system to attempt eleventh-hour mediation between civilizations on two moons. One society's new power source may mean long-term pollution and deterioration of the other society's world. Odan intends to settle the dispute, and on the two week trip he and Dr. Crusher have fallen in love. But when a faction of radicals attacks the shuttlecraft Odan has insisted upon taking to the surface of one of the moons - he refuses to use the transporter - Odan is severely injured and is forced to reveal that he is, in fact, an alien parasite within a humanoid host body. When Odan's fellow Trills cannot send another host in time to save the parasite's life, and a countdown to war begins on the two moons, Riker risks his own life to serve as a temporary host. Guest Cast: Franc Luz (Odan), Barbara Tarbuck (Governor Trion), Nicole Orth-Pallavicini (Kareel), William Newman (Lathal Trose), Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa), Robert Harper (Lathal Bine) 97 THE MIND'S EYE teleplay by Rene Echevarria story by Ken Schafer and Rene Echevarria directed by David Livingston music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 44885.5: En route to an artificial intelligence conference on Risa, Geordi, alone in a shuttlepod, is kidnapped by Romulans, who send a "copy" of him to Risa. Under the supervision of a female Romulan who remains in shadows at all times, Geordi is tortured and brainwashed to obey, without question, instructions transmitted on a certain wavelength to his VISOR. When he returns to the Enterprise - with "memories" of his trip implanted into his mind - Picard deals with a belligerent Klingon colony governor who accuses the Federation of assisting a rebel political faction. In fact, however, there is another Klingon responsible for this, and he is relaying Romulan instructions to Geordi, who may unwittingly become an assassin... Guest Cast: Larry Dobkin (Ambassador Kell), John Fleck (Taibak), Colm Meaney (O' Brien), Edward Wiley (Governor Vagh), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice), Denise Crosby (Sela) 98 IN THEORY written by Joe Menosky and Ronald D. Moore directed by Patrick Stewart music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 44932.3: During the Enterprise's investigation of a dark-matter nebula, Lt. Jenna D'Sora, recently having broken up with a longtime boyfriend, becomes attached to Data, who at first protests that he has no human feelings, and then attempts to emulate emotions. In the meantime, the density of the matter in the nebula pulls off an astonishing disappearing act - making an entire class-M planet fade from existence. And whatever caused that is in the path of the Enterprise. Guest Cast: Michele Scarabelli (Lt. Jenna D'Sora), Rosalind Chao (Keiko), Colm Meaney (O' Brien), Pamela Winslow (Ensign McKnight), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice), and Spot 99 REDEMPTION written by Ronald D. Moore directed by Cliff Bole music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 44995.3: The Enterprise is summoned to the Klingon homeworld so Picard may fulfill his final duty as arbiter of the succession of power there. Gowron intercepts the Enterprise before it arrives, warning Picard that Klingon civil war is brewing. Gowron, about to take control of the empire, is challenged by Lursa and B'etor, the sisters of Duras, who offer his son Toral as an alternative candidate for the throne. Picard, attempting to remain completely neutral in order to avoid accusations that the Federation is taking a hand in Klingon politics, denies Toral's challenge. Those who would the family of Duras attack Gowron's ship as he and Worf discuss the redemption of Worf's family honor. Worf's brother, Kurn, who now leads four squadrons of Klingon ships, saves Gowron from the attackers, but the victory is only temporary. With the revelation that Kurn is also a member of Worf's family, Gowron returns Worf's honor to him. Gowron then requests Federation assistance from Picard, who refuses, citing the recent attack as strictly internal Klingon matters to be dealt with only by the Empire, without Federation interference. Worf requests a leave of absence to stay temporarily on Gowron's ship. When Picard denies permission to do this, Worf resigns from Starfleet and leaves anyway. After Worf departs, the Enterprise leaves the Klingon homeworld to avoid any further involvement. But on the Klingon planet, in the quarters of Lursa and B'etor, a Romulan officer in the shadows steps forth and predicts that Picard may return because "humans have a way of showing up when you least expect them." And this is very true, for the words come from a woman who bears a very strong resemblance to Tasha Yar...in Romulan uniform. Guest Cast: Robert O' Reilly (Gowron), Tony Todd (Captain Kurn), Barbara March (Lursa), Gwynyth Walsh (B'etor), Ben Slack (K'Tal), Nicholas Kepros (Movar), J.D. Cullum (Toral), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Tom Ormeny (Klingon First Officer), Clifton Jones (Helmsman), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice), Denise Crosby (Sela) ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Season Five: 1991-1992 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ 100 REDEMPTION II written by Ronald D. Moore directed by David Carson music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 45020.4: War erupts between the forces of Gowron and those of the family of Duras. The forces of Duras are winning even after Gowron's fleets destroy all of their possible supply bases. Picard plans to take starships the Klingon/Romulan border to act as a blockade against Romulan aid to the Duras followers. Various Enterprise officers are assigned to other ships, most notably Data as captain of the starship Sutherland, whose first officer, Hobson, objects to serving under an android commander. Commander Sela, half-human, half-Romulan daughter of Tasha Yar, demands that the Federation leave the border. Guinan reveals that Sela is the product of the Tasha Yar who was sent to the Enterprise-C by Picard. Gowron launches a surprise attack on their enemies. Lursa and B'etor send a plea for aid. Sela tries to slip past the Sutherland, but Data foils the plan and the Romulans are revealed and forced to retreat, leaving Lursa and B'etor helpless. They escape and abandon Toral, leaving him to Gowron. Gowron offers Worf a chance to slay Toral, but Worf chooses not to judge Toral by his father's actions and rejoins the crew of the Enterprise. As later noted when they unexpectedly arrived at Deep Space Nine, the Duras sisters are listed by the Klingon government as renegades, but still remain at large with at least one ship of their own, trying to raise capital for a second grab at the throne of the Klingon Empire. Season 5 Regular Cast: Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker), LeVar Burton (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge), Michael Dorn (Lt. Worf), Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Counselor Troi), Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data) Guest Cast: Denise Crosby (Sela), Tony Todd (Kurn), Barbara March (Lursa), Gwynyth Walsh (B'etor), J.D. Cullum (Toral), Robert O' Reilly (Gowron), Michael G. Hagerty (Captain Larg), Fran Bennett (Admiral Shonti), Nicholas Kepros (Movar), Colm Meaney (O' Brien), Timothy Carhart (Lt. Commander Hobson), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Jordan Lund (Kulge), Stephen James Carver (Helmsman), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 101 DARMOK teleplay by Joe Menosky story by Philip Lazebnik and Joe Menosky directed by Winrich Kolbe music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 45047.2: The Enterprise and a Tamarian ship rendezvous at El-Adrel IV and Tamarian Captain Dathon opens communications. The Tamarians speak incomprehensibly, using English words laced with names from their culture. After the contact fails, Dathon and his first officer argue over Dathon's statement, "Darmok and Jelad at Tenagra." Dathon vanishes, and Picard is kidnapped via transporter. Both are beamed to the planet, where Dathon attempts to communicate again. Picard deciphers the language, finding that it is based on Tamarian folklore and metaphors. "Darmok and Jelad at Tenagra" refers to two heroes who traveled separately to a distant island, defeated a mighty beast, and left together. El-Adrel is home to such a creature, and Dathon hopes that the Tamarians and the Federation can begin a friendship by likewise defeating a common enemy. When the beast attacks, Picard is immobilized by an attempt to rescue him through interference projected from the Tamarian ship, while Dathon is mortally wounded. Picard can now negotiate in the Tamarian language - if he survives the creature's next attack. Guest Cast: Paul Winfield (Captain Dathon), Richard Allen (Tamarian First Officer), Colm Meaney (O' Brien), Ashley Judd (Ensign Lefler), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 102 ENSIGN RO teleplay by Michael Piller story by Rick Berman and Michael Piller directed by Les Landau music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 45076.3: Admiral Kennelly assigns the Enterprise to help resolve tensions with the Bajora, an isolated, once-advanced race whose territory was long ago taken by the Cardassians. Since then, the Bajora have carried out terrorist attacks on the Cardassians, and now, according to Kennelly, the Bajora have traveled outside their own system and attacked a Federation outpost. The Enterprise is to contact the Bajoran terrorist leader Orta and offer serious discussions after years of sympathetic talk and no action. Ensign Ro Laren, herself a Bajoran - recently court-martialed but pulled out of prison by Kennelly - is assigned to the Enterprise. Ro is an abrasive officer who does not want to be on the ship or the mission. She does, however, tell Picard to contact Keeve, leader of a Bajoran colony that has no technology and isn't even able to adequately feed or clothe its own people. On another planet, Picard contacts Orta - after being abducted by Orta's guards - and discovers that the Bajora do not have the resources to attack anything beyond their own system. Ro then reveals to Picard that Kennelly is aware of this, and that she and the Enterprise are being used by the Cardassians to quietly get rid of the Bajora "threat" by escorting them straight into the Cardassians' line of fire. Guest Cast: Michelle Forbes (Ensign Ro), Cliff Potts (Admiral Kennelly), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Scott Marlowe (Keeve Falor), Frank Collison (Gul Dolak), Jeffrey Hayenga (Orta), Harley Venton (Transporter Technician), Ken Thorley (Mr. Mot), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 103 SILICON AVATAR teleplay by Jeri Taylor story by Lawrence V. Conley directed by Cliff Bole music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 45122.3: Riker, Crusher and Data visit a new colony site when the Crystalline Entity that wiped out all life on Data's home world appears unexpectedly and attacks, forcing the colonists and visitors underground. The Enterprise returns and finds that the planet has been left barren. The colonists are rescued, and the crew, joined by Dr. Marr, investigates the damage. Marr, whose son was killed by the Entity long ago, believes that Data, like his "brother," is aiding the Entity. During the investigation, Marr is convinced that Data is not responsible for the attack and finds that his memories of his home include memories of the colonists who died there. She asks him to recite some of her son's diary and decides she must avenge her son, but Picard wishes to try communicating with the Entity. Guest Cast: Ellen Geer (Dr. Marr), Susan Diol (Carmen) 104 DISASTER teleplay by Ronald D. Moore story by Ron Jarvis and Philip A. Scorza directed by Gabrielle Beaumont music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 45156.1: On a routine day, Picard takes the three winners of the ship's school science fair on a tour. Beverly pesters Geordi, who is checking fuel tanks in a shuttlebay, to audition for a play; Riker, Data, Worf, and a pregnant Keiko relax in Ten Forward, and O' Brien and Troi perform bridge duties. When an undetectable object collides with the ship, emergency systems isolate everyone where they are. Picard is injured and must rely on the scared children; Riker orders Data to risk his life to reach engineering; Worf must deliver Keiko's baby when she goes into labor; Geordi and Beverly are caught between a fire and several tanks of unstable fuel; and Troi is trapped on the bridge with a minimal crew and Ensign Ro is all too ready to point out the worst case scenario: unless the ship's antimatter supply is stabilized, the Enterprise could be destroyed. Guest Cast: Rosalind Chao (Keiko), Colm Meaney (O' Brien), Michelle Forbes (Ensign Ro), Erika Flores (Marissa), John Christian Graas (Jay Gordon), Max Supera (Patterson), Cameron Arnett (Ensign Mandel), Jana Marie Hupp (Ensign Monroe) 105 THE GAME teleplay by Brannon Braga story by Susan Sackett & Fred Bronson and Brannon Braga directed by Corey Allen music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 45208.2: Wesley Crusher, on vacation from Starfleet Academy, visits the Enterprise. During Wesley's visit, an holographic game Riker picked up on a visit to Risa begins to circulate around the ship, making every member of the crew who plays it an addict. Suddenly, Data - the only being who is immune to the game's addictive "rewards" - is mysteriously shut off. With the bridge crew and everyone else falling victim to the game, Wes discovers how the game works and becomes a hunted fugitive on the ship. Guest Cast: Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher), Ashley Judd (Ensign Lefler), Katherine Moffatt (Etana), Colm Meaney (O' Brien), Patti Yasutake (Nurse), Diane M. Hurley (Woman), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 106 UNIFICATION I teleplay by Jeri Taylor story by Rick Berman and Michael Piller directed by Les Landau music by Dennis McCarthy (Crescendo GNP cassette & CD # GNPD 8031) Stardate 45233.1: One of the Federation's most valued advisors, Spock, has been seen on Romulus. Picard is assigned to go to Romulus undercover and find out if Spock has defected from the Federation. The Enterprise goes to Vulcan, where Picard visits Sarek, and Riker investigates the recovered wreckage of a Vulcan ship. Sarek, near death, suggests that Spock may have gone to visit Pardek, a Romulan peace advocate Spock met at the Khitomer peace conference decades ago. The next stop is the Klingon planet, where Picard borrows a cloaked ship to cross the Neutral Zone. Picard and Data, equipped with disguises, head for Romulus. Federation shipyard operator Dokachen assists Riker in the wreckage investigation. They find an unidentified ship receiving supplies from the shipyard without authorization. The ship fires at the Enterprise, which fires back at minimum power - yet the other vessel explodes. Data and Picard, having just received news of Sarek's death, beam to Romulus and find Pardek, but before they can follow him, guards stop them and lead them to Pardek...and they discover that Spock is indeed alive and well on Romulus. Guest Cast: Leonard Nimoy (Spock), Mark Lenard (Sarek), Joanna Miles (Perrin), Stephen Root (Neral), Graham Jarvis (Dokachen), Malachi Throne (Pardek), Norman Large (Captain K'vada), Daniel Roebuck (Jaron), Erick Avari (B'ijik), Karen Hensel (Admiral Brackett), Mimi Cozzens (Soup Woman), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 107 UNIFICATION II teleplay by Michael Piller story by Rick Berman and Michael Piller directed by Cliff Bole music by Dennis McCarthy (Crescendo GNP cassette & CD # GNPD 8031) Stardate 45245.8: Spock is promoting the idea of reunification of Romulus and Vulcan. Pardek gains Spock an audience with the Proconsul, Neral, who says he will endorse reunification. Picard is skeptical, to the annoyance of Spock, who thinks Picard's impression of him has been colored by Sarek. Neral is plotting with Sela to invade Vulcan with stolen Vulcan ships in the guise of a peace envoy and escorts. Riker gets the truth about the vessel destroyed in the shipyard out of the Ferengi accomplice of the ship's pilot. An intact Vulcan ship was to be delivered to the Neutral Zone border to Romulans for the invasion fleet. Picard, Spock and Data are taken prisoner when betrayed by Pardek. Sela prepares a hologram of Spock to read a statement about the peaceful mission of the Romulans. When Sela leaves to see the ships off, Data and Spock program the hologram to warn the Federation. The Enterprise intercepts the ships, but a Romulan Warbird destroys the Vulcan ships instead of allowing any evidence to remain of the invasion plot. Picard, Data and Spock escape, and rejoin Spock's Romulan followers in a new hiding place. Spock insists on staying so that he may continue to influence opinions on Romulus, even if only on a small scale. Guest Cast: Leonard Nimoy (Spock), Denise Crosby (Sela), Stephen Root (Neral), Malachi Throne (Pardek), Norman Large (Captain K'vada), Daniel Roebuck (Jaron), William Bastiani (Omag), Susan Fallender (Shalote), Vidal Peterson (D'Tan), Harriet Leider (Amarie) 108 A MATTER OF TIME written by Rick Berman directed by Paul Lynch music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 45349.1: While rushing to aid a planet whose atmosphere has been damaged by an asteroid collision, the Enterprise is visited by Rasmussen, ostensibly a 26th century historian who has traveled in time to observe the crew's activities. Refusing to answer any questions about the future, Rasmussen watches while attempts to salvage the planet almost worsen its condition. When Picard must make a decision that could destroy everyone on the planet or save them, he asks Rasmussen to tell him what history says about the outcome of the Enterprise's mission - but the time traveler carefully avoids answering...and Picard wonders if Rasmussen is really protecting history, or if he even knows anything about the future at all. Guest Cast: Matt Frewer (Professor Rasmussen), Stefan Gierasch (Dr. Moseley), Sheila Franklin (Ensign), Shay Garner (Scientist) 109 NEW GROUND teleplay by Grant Rosenberg story by Sara Charno & Stuart Charno directed by Robert Scheerer music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 45376.3: The Enterprise is participating in a test of a new method of propulsion that would render warp engines obsolete by generating a wave that a starship would "ride" like a surfboard. While preparing for the test, Worf receives a message from Helena that she and Worf's son have come to visit. When they beam aboard, Alexander believes that he is staying on the Enterprise, and Helena tells Worf that Alexander has been disobedient and even untruthful, which is proven when, after enrolling in the ship's school, he steals a model on a field trip. Picard orders part of the ship to be evacuated after a freak accident with the propulsion experiment, but he and Worf discover that Alexander, once again in defiance of Worf's instructions, has gone to that section of the ship. Guest Cast: Georgia Brown (Helena Rozhenko), Brian Bonsall (Alexander), Richard McGonagle (Dr. Ja'Dar), Jennifer Edwards (Mrs. Kyle), Sheila Franklin (Ensign), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 110 HERO WORSHIP teleplay by Joe Menosky story by Hilary J. Bader directed by Patrick Stewart music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 45397.3: Investigating the disappearance of the USS Vico, the Enterprise crew finds that the missing vessel has been heavily damaged and is adrift inside a dark matter cluster. A single survivor, young Timothy, is rescued by Data, and is the only means of finding out what happened since the logs of the disaster were also damaged. Timothy tries to emulate Data's lack of emotions in order to overcome his own confused feelings, but stops short of telling the truth about what happened - which is what Picard needs to know as the Enterprise follows the Vico's fateful course. Guest Cast: Joshua Harris (Timothy), Harley Venton (Transporter Chief), Sheila Franklin (Ensign), Steven Einspahr (Teacher) 111 VIOLATIONS teleplay by Pamela Gray & Jeri Taylor story by Shari Goodhartz & T. Michael Gray and Pamela Gray directed by Robert Weimer music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 45429.3: A party of telepathic Ullians is visiting the Enterprise, ready to share their unique gift of probing into the mind and recovering lost memories. During their visit, Troi reminisces about an earlier encounter with Riker, and then her memory is invaded by an image of one of the Ullians. Dr. Crusher finds Troi in a coma, and she and Riker are the next to have their memories invaded. Data and Geordi try to track down the mystery ailment that has rendered key officers comatose - and discover that there may be no disease involved and one of the Ullians could be behind the telepathic intrusions. Guest Cast: Rosalind Chao (Keiko), Ben Lemon (Jev), David Sage (Tarmin), Rick Fitts (Dr. Martin), Eve Brenner (Inad), Doug Wert (Jack Crusher), Craig Benton (Crewman Davis), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 112 THE MASTERPIECE SOCIETY teleplay by Adam Belanoff and Michael Piller story by James Kahn and Adam Belanoff directed by Winrich Kolbe music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 45470.1: Following a piece of star debris on its way through areas of unexplored space, the Enterprise crew discovers a colony of genetically engineered humans on Moab IV, a planet which will be devastated by the stellar fragment's close pass. Although his advisor Martin is hostile to the idea of introducing strangers to the perfectly balanced society, Conor, the colony's leader, allows an Enterprise awat team to visit Moab IV. Troi and Conor enter a relationship, while engineer Hannah Bates works alongside Geordi to strive for an impossible discovery - moving the massive chunk of star debris without evacuating - and thus imbalancing - the colony. Even after using an technological offshoot of Geordi's VISOR to release Moab IV from its death sentence, the Enterprise crew discovers that it may have now endangered the colony even worse by revealing a different way of life to the inhabitants. Guest Cast: John Snyder (Aaron Conor), Dey Young (Hannah Bates), Ron Canada (Martin Benbeck), Sheila Franklin (Ensign) 113 CONUNDRUM teleplay by Barry M. Schkolnick story by Paul Schiffer directed by Les Landau music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 45494.2: Investigating a possible indication of intelligent life in a distant area, the Enterprise is scanned by an unknown spacecraft. The crew's memories of who they are and everyone else around them, as well as specific computer files containing the crew records, are erased, although everyone still remembers their Starfleet skills, although others react differently without any knowledge of who they once were or what they did: Worf assumes command of the ship, while Riker and Ensign Ro are attracted to one another in a way neither would normally admit. Geordi eventually recovers the computer's crew manifest containing names, ranks and duties, identifying Commander Kieran MacDuff - who mysteriously appeared as soon as the crew's memories were damaged - as first officer. The computer finally divulges the basics of the Enterprise's current mission: to seek out and destroy the main base of the Lysian Alliance, with whom, according to the records, the Federation has been at war for many years. Although some members of the crew begin to question their orders as well as the unusualy selective damage done to their memories and the computer, Commander MacDuff insists that the ship press on the attack. Guest Cast: Erich Anderson (Commander MacDuff), Michelle Forbes (Ensign Ro), Liz Vassey (Kristin), Erick Weiss (Crewman), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 114 POWER PLAY teleplay by Rene Balcer and Herbert J. Wright & Brannon Braga story by Paul Ruben and Maurice Hurley directed by David Livingston music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 45571.2: Investigating a 200-year-old Starfleet distress signal emanating from a planet which happens to be the last known location of the starship Essex, the Enterprise sends a shuttle through the planet's stormy atmosphere. The shuttle, with Riker, Troi and Data on board, crash lands, resulting in Riker breaking an arm. Chief O' Brien beams down with a device to boost the transporter signal so the away team can be rescued, but all four are struck by a lightning-like discharge and all but Riker are knocked out. Riker operates the transporter booster and returns them to the Enterprise, where Troi, O' Brien and Data take over the ship under the influence of aliens from the planet. They enter Ten Forward and take hostages, announcing that they are actually the spirits of the Essex crew. Demanding that their physical remains be recovered from the planet and returned to Earth, Troi - apparently taken over by the dead captain of the Essex - threatens to kill the hostages (including Keiko and her baby), and Picard's attempts to negotiate accomplish nothing, aside from convincing him that the terrorists are not who they claim to be. Guest Cast: Rosalind Chao (Keiko), Colm Meaney (O' Brien), Michelle Forbes (Ensign Ro), Ryan Reid (Transporter Technician), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 115 ETHICS teleplay by Ronald D. Moore story by Sara Charno & Stuart Charno directed by Chip Chalmers music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate not given: Critically injured by falling containers in a cargo bay, Worf is paralyzed from the waist down, and Dr. Crusher can offer little in the way of hopes for complete recovery. The visiting Dr. Russell sees Worf's injury as a perfect chance to test her new device, which can - in theory - replicate entire organs after scanning the DNA of the original. Crusher disagrees, however, citing Russell's device as experimental at best, and refusing to allow Russell to operate. When Worf - claiming that life as an invalid would be a dishonorable burden to he and his family - begins to try to enlist Riker's help in committing suicide, Crusher is forced to let Russell attempt to restore Worf's spinal cord - an operation that could easily end the Klingon's life, leaving many of the crew concerned for Worf as well as Alexander. Guest Cast: Caroline Kava (Dr. Russell), Brian Bonsall (Alexander), Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa) 116 THE OUTCAST written by Jeri Taylor directed by Robert Scheerer music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 45614.6: Assisting the androgynous J'naii people in a search for a missing space shuttle, the Enterprise crew discovers a pocket of null space from which energy emissions cannot escape. Riker and J'naii pilot Soren take an Enterprise shuttlecraft into the null zone to investigate, a trip on which Soren makes Riker uneasy by her unusual curiosity about human sexuality, and says that such practices among J'naii would be considered repugnant. Preparing for another trip, Soren reveals to Riker that she is one of a group of outlaws among the J'naii who embrace the "ancient" genders of male and female. After rescuing the J'naii shuttle crew and returning them safely, the Enterprise crew is invited to a celebration on the J'naii planet, during which Riker and Soren take their relationship a good deal further. When the other J'naii discover this, Soren is taken into custody so her "deviance" can be "cured," and Riker decides that he must disobey the prime directive to rescue Soren from her own society. Guest Cast: Melinda Culea (Soren), Callan White (Krite), Megan Cole (Noor) 117 CAUSE AND EFFECT written by Brannon Braga directed by Jonathan Frakes music by Dennis McCarthy ...and the engine core, after the warp engines take critical damage, is destablized. Picard orders all hands to evacuate, and the Enterprise blasts herself to bits. Stardate 45652.1: Investigating a previously unexplored area of space, the Enterprise crew expects nothing but the normal routine of the unknown. After Dr. Crusher makes a mysterious complaint about hearing voices in her quarters, a time disturbance is detected close to the ship. After Picard orders Ro to distance the Enterprise from the phenomenon, all power is lost and a Federation starship emerges from the rift, colliding with the Enterprise, and the engine core, after the warp engines take critical damage, is destablized. Picard orders all hands to evacuate, and the Enterprise blasts herself to bits. Investigating an unexplored area of space, the Enterprise crew expects nothing but the normal routine of the unknown. Shortly after Dr. Crusher and Riker begin to notice that events are repeating themselves, Dr. Crusher complains about hearing voices in her quarters. A time disturbance is detected close to the ship. After Picard orders Ro to distance the Enterprise from the phenomenon, all power is lost and a Federation starship emerges from the rift, colliding with the Enterprise, and the engine core, after the warp engines take critical damage, is destablized. Picard orders all hands to evacuate, and the Enterprise blasts herself to bits. Investigating an unexplored area of space, the Enterprise crew expects nothing but the normal routine of the unknown. After Riker, Worf and Dr. Crusher notice that events are repeating, Crusher waits for and records the voices in her quarters at the same time Geordi's sensors detect an anomaly. Data analyzes the voices and reports that they are the voices of the crew. The Enterprise has entered a time loop in which all events that occurred since the ship's actual entry recur, and the "afterimages" of the events trapped in the loop allow the crew to know what is about to happen to them again. Data plans to leave himself a "message" that he will receive in a "subconscious" way, but before he can get far with his idea, a disturbance is detected near the ship. Picard orders Ro to distance the Enterprise from the phenomenon, and then all power is lost and the starship emerges from the rift, colliding with the Enterprise, and the engine core is destablized. Picard orders evacuation as Data transmits his message to the Data in the next time loop, and the Enterprise blasts herself to bits. Dr. Crusher notices events repeating once more. Data receives his own message just as Crusher once again records the voices in her quarters. The time disturbance appears, and Picard hesitantly repeats his order to stand off from the rift. The power drain occurs again, as does the emergence of the other ship. Data suddenly changes the chain of events by taking a course of action the crew has rejected in every time loop up till now, and the collision is avoided. The Enterprise has been caught in the time loop for nearly 18 days, but upon contacting the captain of the other ship, it is obvious that he and his crew have been repeating their collision with the Enterprise for over 70 years. Guest Cast: Kelsey Grammer (Captain Bateston), Michelle Forbes (Ensign Ro), Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa) 118 THE FIRST DUTY written by Ronald D. Moore and Naren Shankar directed by Paul Lynch music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 45703.9: The Enterprise is heading back to Earth so Picard may deliver Starfleet Academy's commencement address, and the crew is also looking forward to an aerial stunt display performed in orbit over Saturn by Nova Squadron, the Academy's elite flight group, including Wes Crusher. As the Enterprise arrives, news reaches Picard and Dr. Crusher that Nova Squadron's five planes have collided during a practice maneuver, injuring four of the pilots and killing one of them. An inquiry is launched into the accident, and squadron leader Locarno - backed up by Wes and the other cadets - testifies that blame lies on Cadet Joshua Albert, who died. Picard, while the investigation is underway, pays a visit to his old friend Boothby, the Academy gardener since Picard's days as a cadet. Wise old Boothby, and later Picard himself, begin to wonder if perhaps the surviving cadets of Nova Squadron aren't simply diverting the responsibility for their own mistake. Guest Cast: Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher), Jacqueline Brooks (Admiral Brand), Ray Walston (Boothby), Robert Duncan McNeill (Nicholas Locarno), Ed Lauter (Lt. Commander Albert), Richard Fancy (Captain Setalk), Walker Brandt (Hajar), Shannon Fill (Sito) 119 COST OF LIVING written by Peter Allan Fields directed by Winrich Kolbe music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate not given: The Enterprise is on an urgent mission to destroy an asteroid on a collision course with an inhabited planet. The asteroid is obliterated, but a metal-consuming substance riding the asteroid transfers to the hull of the Enterprise. Later, Worf and Alexander argue in Troi's office about their latest father-son dispute over the family rules, and as if that experience isn't enough of a headache, Lwaxana Troi beams aboard on her way to get married to Campio, a member of another planet's royalty (and Mrs. Troi reluctantly admits she hasn't actually met him yet), and she begins to interfere with Worf's relationship with Alexander, trying to show the boy how to revel in rebelling against authority. While Counselor Troi tells her mother not to intercede in Worf's family affairs, a problem is discovered with the ship's systems, caused by the metal "virus" (of which the crew is not yet aware). Mrs. Troi later reveals to Alexander that she isn't entirely sure about her upcoming marriage to Campio (who beams aboard with an ever-present aide whose duty seems to be that of making sure all of Campio's actions are as neutral and inoffensive as possible). The life support systems come under attack by the erosive substance, and when Picard orders the ship to warp to the nearest starbase, the engines are the next target of the virus, jeopardizing the Enterprise and everyone aboard. Guest Cast: Majel Barrett (Lwaxana Troi), Brian Bonsall (Alexander), Tony Jay (Campio), Carel Struycken (Mr. Homn), David Oliver (Young Man), Albie Selznick (Juggler), Patrick Cronn (Erko), Tracy D'Arcy (Young Woman), George Ede (Poet), Christopher Halste (First Learner), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 120 THE PERFECT MATE teleplay by Gary Perconte and Michael Piller story by Rene Echevarria and Gary Perconte directed by Cliff Bole music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 45761.3: After rescuing a party of stranded miners, the Enterprise continues its mission to take Ambassador Bre'em and his cargo - an unusual cocoon - to meet Alrik of Volt so that their two worlds can end centuries of conflict. But when a Ferengi shuttlecraft is spotted in need of immediate help, Picard is forced to pick up the two Ferengi, who actually faked their emergency. The nosy Ferengi damage Bre'em's cocoon, which melts away to reveal the lovely empath Kamala, who grabs the attention of every man in her sight, and initially thinks that Picard's authoritarian demeanor makes him her future mate. Kamala is being transported as the property of Bre'em's government, and she is to be delivered - as a gift - to Alrik of Volt. Dr. Crusher convinces Picard that the ambassador's treatment of Kamala as an object is inhumane, but the possible results of allowing Kamala free roam of the ship could be more risky than transporting her as cargo, since her very accurate empathic ability allows her to become the perfect mate for whomever she spends the most time with, whether that happens to be Riker, Worf, a group of unruly miners, Captain Picard... Guest Cast: Famke Janssen (Kamala), Tim O' Connor (Ambassador Bre'em), Max Grodenchik (Par Linor), Mickey Cottrell (Alrik of Volt), Michael Snyder (Qol), David Paul Needles (Miner #1), Roger Rignack (Miner #2), Charles Gunning (Miner #3), April Grace (Transporter Officer), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 121 IMAGINARY FRIEND teleplay by Edithe Swensen and Brannon Braga story by Jean Louise Matthias & Ronald Wilkerson and Richard Fliegel directed by Gabrielle Beaumont music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 45852.1: As the Enterprise begins an investigation of a nebula, Ensign Sutter and his young daughter Clara are in Troi's office, where Clara is talking about her imaginary friend Isabella. Ensign Sutter, whose Starfleet career hasn't allowed him to stay in one place long enough for Clara to make any friends, is concerned that Clara's insistence on Isabella's existence is abnormal, but Troi doesn't think it is anything to worry about. An energy form enters the Enterprise, it materializes just as Clara imagines Isabella and begins to have Clara show it around the ship. Meanwhile, other energy-beings like "Isabella" begin to weave a web of strands around the ship to slow it down so they can feed off its power source. The crew realizes that the only way to try to communicate with the energy-beings is by having Clara try to summon Isabella. Guest Cast: Noley Thornton (Clara), Shay Astar (Isabella), Jeff Allin (Ensign Sutter), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Brian Bonsall (Alexander), Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa), Sheila Franklin (Ensign) 122 I, BORG written by Rene Echevarria directed by Robert Lederman music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 45854.2: The Enterprise is exploring a star system when a distress call is detected, and Riker leads an away team to investigate. A single survivor is found amidst the wreckage of a scout ship, a young male Borg which is taken back to the Enterprise. As Picard is faced with a reminder of his ordeal with the Borg and argues with Guinan about the logic of bringing the Borg aboard, Geordi tries to instill the ship's Borg guest with a sense of individuality, starting by nicknaming him "Hugh." The crew is preparing a plan to send Hugh back with a computer virus that would unravel the Borg from the inside out, but some of the crew's conscience begins to disturb them. Picard discovers that Geordi's benign attempts at communicating with Hugh could potentially have a far more devastating effect on the Borg collective society in the long run. Guest Cast: Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Jonathan del Arco (Hugh) 123 THE NEXT PHASE written by Ronald D. Moore directed by David Carson music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate not given: A small Romulan ship is stranded, its crew threatened by the imminent danger of an engine explosion. An Enterprise away team beams aboard to assess the damage, but when Geordi and Ro try to return to the Enterprise with a piece of Romulan equipment, they are apparently lost in a transporter malfunction, and the rest of the crew assume they are dead. Geordi and Ro both awaken on the Enterprise, but they cannot be heard or seen by anyone else on the ship, and their bodies are able to simply pass through solid walls and doors due to their molecules being "phased." While Ro attempts to come to terms with her apparent death, Geordi discovers that he and Ro are leaving a trail detectable by the ship's sensors. The two try to alert the Enterprise crew of their predicament, and discover that the Romulans can intentionally phase themselves and are nearing the conclusion of a plan to destroy the Enterprise. Guest Cast: Michelle Forbes (Ensign Ro), Thomas Kopache (Mirok), Susanna Thompson (Varel), Shelby Leverington (Brossmer), Brian Cousins (Parem), Kenneth Meseroll (Ensign McDowell) 124 THE INNER LIGHT teleplay by Morgan Gendel and Peter Allan Fields story by Morgan Gendel directed by Peter Lauritson music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 45944.1: The Enterprise discovers an alien probe of unknown origin, which detects the Enterprise and sends a transmission. Picard is knocked unconscious. He "wakes up" as Kamin, an astronomer on the planet Kataan. As Kamin orients himself to life on this world with his wife Eline, he tries to make some attempts to locate the Enterprise, discovering in the process that Kataan faces imminent destruction from a sun about to go nova. Kamin ages yars, has children with Eline, watches old friends die and tries to convince people that their days on the planet are numbered. Meanwhile, on the Enterprise, where Picard has been unconscious for mere minutes, Riker is determined to break the probe's hold on Picard - but severing the link could kill Picard while he is still trapped in the mind of Kamin. Daniel Stewart, who plays the part of Kamin's son in this episode, is Patrick Stewart's real son. Many elements of this story are mentioned by Picard in the sixth season episode "Lessons." Guest Cast: Margot Rose (Eline), Richard Riehle (Batai), Scott Jaeck (Administrator), Jennifer Nash (Meribor), Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa), Daniel Stewart (Young Batai) 125 TIME'S ARROW teleplay by Joe Menosky and Michael Piller story by Joe Menosky directed by Les Landau music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 45959.1: An excavation team on Earth summons the Enterprise to Earth, claiming to have found evidence of extraterrestrial visitors to the planet in the 19th century. Picard and Data are shown an astonishing artifact unearthed near Starfleet Academy: the head of Data, although he - with his head intact - is still serving on the Enterprise. As Data contemplates the news, Geordi traces a micro-organism discovered in fossilized form mear Data's head to the planet Davidia II. The Enterprise heads for that world immediately, where an away team beams down without Data, who believes the others are overreacting to his impending fate. Troi sense life on the planet, although no beings are visible. Data, whose head contains a component that could allow him to see the invisible life forms, beams down and phases into the beings' plane, reporting many large humanoid beings and an alien of some sort. Data is then snatched through time - to San Francisco in the late 1800s. He immediately begins making preparations to continue the exploration he was conducting on Davidia II after winning big in a local poker game. Elsewhere in the city, two humans - or at least aliens in the guise of humans - patrol the streets, finding a beggar and using a camouflaged device to steal the energy from his body, killing him. Meanwhile, Picard readies another away team when Guinan gives him cryptic advice, telling him he must join the away team. Data, in the 19th century, discovers that Guinan is on Earth in the same time period, though centuries before she met any of the Enterprise crew. Also present at the social function where Data finds Guinan is one Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, who overhears Data and Guinan discussing Data's real origins. On Davidia II, the away team replicates Data's experiment and they see the same life forms. Two beings arrive from an temporal rift, unloading more energy for their fellow aliens to feed on - energy taken from humans on Earth at the moment of death, according to Troi's empathic sense. Picard, Riker, Troi, Geordi and Dr. Crusher enter the gateway, which closes behind them as they travel back in time to search for Data and find out why alien beings are interfering with human history. Guest Cast: Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Jerry Hardin (Samuel Clemens), Michael Aron (Jack the Bellboy), Barry Kivel (Doorman), Ken Thorley (Seaman), Sheldon Peters Wolfchild (Indian), Jack Murdock (Beggar), Marc Alaimo (Gambler), Milt Tarver (Scientist), Michael Hungerford (Roughneck) ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Season Six: 1992-1993 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ 126 TIME'S ARROW - part II teleplay by Jeri Taylor story by Joe Menosky directed by Les Landau music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 46001.3: After Picard and the away team manage to find indigenous clothes and lodging, they begin a task which Data, separately, has pursued since arriving - attempting to track down the aliens. They find a couple, disguised as a doctor and nurse, who have been stealing neural energy and escaping unnoticed, and the deaths then are attributed to a cholera epidemic of the period. In the meantime, Data has enlisted the help of Guinan, but has run into some unwelcome curiosity from Samuel Clemens, who trails both Data and Guinan assuming that they've arrived from the future with evil intentions. Picard's away team captures the key to the aliens' neural energy-gathering trips but the aliens themselves escape. Picard's party is rescued from arrest by Data, who then introduces Guinan to Picard for the first time in her life. They then travel to the cavern where Data's head will be discovered in the 24th century, followed by Clemens. As Clemens pulls a gun on the travelers, the aliens return to retrieve their creature, but Data holds on to it, and one of the aliens escapes through a temporal rift. The energy surge causes Data to explode, and the alien nurse is left behind, dying. Riker, Crusher, Troi and Geordi return to the 24th century, taking Data's decapitated body with them - and again, they are followed by Clemens. Picard remains to make sure Guinan is unharmed, while the crew, in the 24th century, tries to retrieve Picard, send Clemens back to his native time, and stop further alien intereference with Earth's past. Season 6 Regular Cast: Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker), LeVar Burton (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge), Michael Dorn (Lt. Worf), Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Counselor Troi), Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data) Guest Cast: Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Jerry Hardin (Samuel Clemens), Michael Aron (Jack the Bellboy), Alexander Enberg (Young Reporter), Van Epperson (Morgue Attendant), Pamela Kosh (Mrs. Carmichael), James Gleason (Dr. Appollinaire), Bill Cho Lee (Male Patient), William Boyett (Policeman), Mary Stein (Alien Nurse), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 127 REALM OF FEAR written by Brannon Braga directed by Cliff Bole music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 46041.1: The Enterprise locates the missing starship Yosemite, adrift in a matter stream between binary stars. A link between the two ships' transporters must be established so an away team can investigate the Yosemite, but Lt. Barclay, assigned to the away team, reveals his life-long fear of transporting. Troi convinces him to overcome his fear long enough to beam over to the Yosemite. Beaming back to the Enterprise later, Barclay is sure he sees some kind of creature in the transport beam approach and touch him. Fearing he has contracted a psychosis caused by the transporter scrambling his brain, he becomes so preoccupied that Troi relieves him of duty while Geordi and Data begin reconstructing a mysteriously shattered sample container form the Yosemite, an experiment which reveals that there are indeed life forms in the matter stream. And Barclay is exhibiting early symptoms of something that may have killed the Yosemite's crew. Guest Cast: Dwight Schultz (Lt. Barclay), Colm Meaney (O' Brien), Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa), Renata Scott (Admiral), Thomas Belgrey (Crewmember), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 128 MAN OF THE PEOPLE written by Frank Abatemarco directed by Winrich Kolbe music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 46071.6: A transport vessel carrying Ambassador Alkar and a women he introduces as his mother is attacked en route to mediation sessions between the warring societies of Reycag and Seronia. Alkar's party transfers to the Enterprise, which will complete their journey. On the way, Alkar befriends Troi, but this meets with intense hostility from his elderly companion. The old woman suddenly dies soon afterward, and Alkar asks Troi to assist him in performing the funeral meditiation sacred to his race. After performing the ceremony, Troi begins to feel unusually angry, jealous and amorous toward Alkar and others on board. Dr. Crusher uncovers evidence that Troi's condition has been inflicted deliberately by Alkar, telepathically depositing his dark emotions in Troi, aging her body and destroying her mind, and the only release for Troi may be death. Guest Cast: Chip Lucia (Ambassador Alkar), Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa), George D. Wallace (Male Delegate), Lucy Boryer (Female Ensign), Susan French (Female Delegate), Rick Scarry (Admiral), Stephanie Erb (Sev Maelor), J.P. Hubbell (Ensign), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 129 RELICS written by Ronald D. Moore directed by Alexander Singer music by Jay Chattaway Stardate not given: While responding to a distress signal, the Enterprise encounters a Dyson sphere, a colossal artificial structure whose habitable interior surface is powered by a small star kept in the center of the sphere. The source of the distress signal, a 75-year-old transport ship, is found crashed into the outside surface of the sphere. An away team recovers a single survivor, who, when his ship crashed and no help was expected to arrive for quite some time, used an innovative last-ditch transporter modification to suspend himself. The occupant turns out to be Captain Montogmery Scott, chief engineer of the original Enterprise. Scotty is welcomed aboard the modern Enterprise, but soon finds that his skills and knowledge are of no use to Starfleet in the 24th century. In an attempt to make the uneasy visitor from the past feel useful, Picard assigns Geordi to take Scotty to work on the systems of the crashed transport ship, but the Enterprise is then captured and taken into the interior of the Dyson sphere by unknown forces. Scotty, left aboard the small, damaged ship with Geordi, may once again be the only hope for a starship called Enterprise. Guest Cast: James Doohan (Scotty), Lanei Chapman (Ensign Rager), Erick Weiss (Ensign Kane), Stacie Foster (Engineer Bartel), Ernie Mirich (Waiter), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 130 SCHISMS teleplay by Brannon Braga story by Jean Louise Matthias & Ronald Wilkerson directed by Robert Wiemer music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 46191.2: After Riker's complaints of fatigue, Geordi's VISOR causing him problems, and Worf feeling unusually jumpy, it becomes apparent that an external influence is responsible. Counselor Troi investigates and finds that several crew members have complained of similar symptoms stemming from unsettling dreams. Gradually, using a holodeck recreation of the dream environment programmed by those suffering the unusual effects, a mysterious string of experiments conducted by aliens from within the physical domain of subspace is discovered. As more incidents occur, with the crew powerless to stop them, the experiments become more deadly. Riker, who has been frequently experimented upon by the aliens, volunteers to take part in an experiment of the crew's own to see if the instrusions can be halted. Guest Cast: Lanei Chapman (Ensign Rager), Ken Thorley (Mr. Mot), Scott T. Trost (Lt. Shipley), Angelo McCabe (Crewman), Angelina Fiordellisi (Kaminer), John Nelson (Medical Technician), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 131 TRUE Q written by Rene Echevarria based upon material by Matthew Corey directed by Robert Scheerer music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 46192.3: Student intern Amanda Rogers is transferred to the Enterprise to get a sample of Starfleet duty. An accident occurs in engineering which almost forces Geordi to blow the warp core out of the ship, but Amanda astonishingly reverses the impending catastrophe. Shortly afterward, Q arrives and informs the crew that Amanda is a fledgling Q whose powers, just emerging, are beginning to concern the Q Continuum. The crew is left with no choice but to allow Q to tutor Amanda on matters of the responsibilities involved with possessing godlike powers, since, obviously, none of them have any knowledge on the subject. But it gradually becomes apparent that Q, and his fellow occupants of the Continuum, may not have a benevolent fate in store for the confused Amanda. Guest Cast: Olivia D'Abo (Amanda Rogers), John de Lancie (Q), ? (Orn Loat) 132 RASCALS teleplay by Allison Hock story by Ward Botsford & Diana Dru Botsford and Michael Piller directed by Adam Nimoy music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 46235.7: A shuttlecraft bringing Picard, Guinan, Ensign Ro and Keiko collides with an energy disturbance, necessitating an emergency rescue via transporter. But the energy field disrupts transport, and the passengers from the shuttle arrive as children, though their minds are unaffected. They find it difficult to adjust - Picard worries about his lack of command presence, Ro despises being relieved of duty, and O' Brien can't cope with Keiko's sudden reversion to youth. Guinan, however, seems to be enjoying herself. The ship continues on a course to respond to a distress call from a science team. On arrival at the site, the Enterprise is attacked by two Klingon ships which have been taken over by Ferengi. The Ferengi board the Enterprise and begin beaming the crew off to serve, along with the captured science team, as slave laborers. The Ferengi refuse any compromise, but Captain Picard and the other "youngsters" may be able to salvage the situation. Guest Cast: Colm Meaney (O' Brien), Rosalind Chao (Keiko), Michelle Forbes (Ensign Ro), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), David Tristan Birkin (young Picard), Megan Parlen (young Ro), Caroline Junko King (young Keiko), Isis J. Jones (young Guinan), Mike Gomez (DaiMon Lurin), Tracey Walter (Berik), Michael Snyder (Morta), Brian Bonsall (Alexander), Morgan Nagler (Kid #1), Hana Hatae (Molly O' Brien), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 133 A FISTFUL OF DATAS teleplay by Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Brannon Braga story by Robert Hewitt Wolfe directed by Patrick Stewart music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 46271.5: A scheduled maintenance layover allows the crew to indulge in some leisure activities, much to the dismay of Worf, who, without any duties to use as an excuse, must oblige Alexander by joining him for a wild west adventure on the holodeck with Troi. Meanwhile, Data and Geordi experience a malfunction during a test of Data's ability to interface with the ship's main computer, though they do not initially realize the extent of the malfunction. Shipwide computer errors occur, ranging from Spot's cat food being dispensed from every food slot, to images of Data replacing Worf's holodeck nemesis and kidnapping Alexander to hold the boy for a ransom. By the time Geordi begins effecting repairs, Worf is committed to a shootout with a holodeck villain who has Data's agility and precision. Guest Cast: Brian Bonsall (Alexander), John Pyper-Ferguson (Eli Hollander), Joy Garrett (Annie), Jorge Cervera, Jr. (Bandito), Majel Barrett (Computer voice), and Spot 134 THE QUALITY OF LIFE written by Naren Shankar based upon material by L.J. Scott directed by Jonathan Frakes music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 46307.2: The Enterprise arrives at Tyrus 7A to observe a new experimental method of mining, the particle fountain, which uses a stream of high-density particles to extract and lift planet-based ore from an orbiting station. A malfunction occurs while Geordi is visiting the station, and Dr. Farallon, the ambitious head of the particle fountain project, introduces her other innovation, a small repair robot called an exo-comp, which is able to correct the problem almost instantly. Later, while Data is visiting the station, another accident happens and Data notices an exo-comp exhibiting a will to survive. Data hypothesizes that the exo-comps are living beings with their own intelligence, and possibly the beginnings of sentience. But when he asked to prove that the exo-comps are alive, one of them appears to fail a test on the Enterprise, but has actually realized that it is being tested, and is therefore intelligent and alive, though Dr. Farallon refuses to acknowledge the exo-comps' status. A crisis strands Picard and Geordi on the station, endangered by rising radiation levels, and Farallon proposes a solution which would amount to a suicide mission for the exo-comps. When the crew prepares to implement the solution and save Picard and Geordi, Data stands in the way of the rescue operation to protect the exo-comps' rights. Guest Cast: Ellen Bry (Dr. Farallon), J. Downing (Tyran Scientist), David Windsor (Transporter Chief Kelso), Majel Barrett (Computer voice) 135 CHAIN OF COMMAND - part I teleplay by Ronald D. Moore story by Frank Abatemarco directed by Robert Scheerer music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 46357.4: Near the border of Cardassian space, Picard is unexpectedly reassigned by Starfleet. There are indications that the Cardassians are mobilizing for war with the Federation. Picard, Dr. Crusher and Worf get ready for a mission they can't speak about to anyone. Captain Jellico, now in command of the Enterprise, doesn't score any points with the crew in his unusual demands that the ship be made combat ready. En route to Celtris III Picard tells Worf and Dr. Crusher that the Cardassians may be perfecting a nearly invincible new form of biological warfare. Meanwhile at the border, Jellico begins talks with Cardassian representatives which confuse them and the Enterprise's officers. On Celtris III, Picard's team find themselves in a trap. Crusher and a wounded Worf escape a Cardassian ambush, but Picard is captured and taken to Gul Madred, who has alarming foreknowledge of their attempt to gather intelligence. And the interrogation of Picard begins... Guest Cast: Ronny Cox (Captain Jellico), Natalija Nogulich (Admiral Alina Nechayev), John Durbin (Gul Lemec), Lou Wagner (DaiMon Solok), David Warner (Gul Madred), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 136 CHAIN OF COMMAND - part II written by Frank Abatemarco directed by Les Landau music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 46360.8: Cardassian representative Gul Lemec reveals to Jellico that Picard has been captured on Celtris III. Under interrogation by Gul Madred, Picard is tortured in the Cardassians' attempt to find out more about the defenses of Minos Korva, a planet once sought by the Cardassians in their war with the Federation. On the Enterprise, Jellico prepares for all-out war in the event of a collapse of diplomatic relations, but meets with open disapproval from Riker. Jellico relieves Riker of his duties and continues to deny that Picard's mission was ordered by Starfleet, which disqualifies Picard from the terms of the Federation-Cardassian treaty concerning fair treatment of prisoners of war. Picard resists further torture but is pushed to the limits of his endurance while Gul Madred continues to question him about Minos Korva, of which Picard knows nothing. Meanwhile, Jellico confronts the Cardassians and calls their bluff after discovering a flotilla of their warships hiding near Minos Korva. He successfully demands a withdrawal and the release of Picard. Returned to the Enterprise, Picard resumes command, but all is not normal after his experience at the hands of the Cardassians. Guest Cast: David Warner (Gul Madred), Ronny Cox (Captain Jellico), John Durbin (Gul Lemec), Heather Lauren Olsen (Jil Orra), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 137 SHIP IN A BOTTLE written by Rene Echevarria directed by Alexander Singer music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 46424.1: As the Enterprise is en route to witness the collision of two gaseous planets, Data and Geordi visit the London of Sherlock Holmes, noticing small program anomalies. Barclay checks the holodeck's programming and unwittingly reactivates a program which had been created and put into storage four years before when Moriarty, in another Holmes program, evolved into Data's ideal adversary. Moriarty demands to talk to Picard. Unknown to the crew, he has been alive and aware in the computer's memory the whole time, and he defies the laws of physics by stepping out of the holodeck and roaming the Enterprise. Moriarty asks that a Countess with whom he fell in love in the course of another holodeck program be brought to life to accompany him, but Picard is reluctant, preferring instead to research just how Moriarty has achieved corporeal existence, and to determine whether or not the professor intends to continue his legendary criminal activities. As it turns out, Moriarty is indeed planning on attempting a swindle of an immense scale - but Picard means to see that Moriarty's scheme is limited to the scale of the holodeck. Guest Cast: Dwight Schultz (Lt. Barclay), Daniel Davis (Professor Moriarty), Clement Von Franckenstein (Gentleman), Stephanie Beacham (Countess), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 138 AQUIEL teleplay by Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore story by Jeri Taylor directed by Cliff Bole music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 46461.3: The Enterprise crew begins an investigation when the crew of a Federation communications relay station near the Klingon border is discovered to be missing, and there are signs on the station that someone has been killed with a phaser set on high power. Someone has taken the station's shuttle, and records of certain subspace transmissions have been taken. In the course of the investigation, Geordi goes through the logs of Lt. Aquiel Uhnari, searching for clues about what happened on the station. There are signs that she had experienced personality conflicts with the station's senior officer and only other occupant, and her logs mention visits from a belligerent Klingon. The Klingon is located by Picard, and the Klingons reveal that they have found Lt. Uhnari in the station's missing shuttle. Geordi, who has come to "know" Aquiel through her logs, becomes personally involved in the investigation of the apparent murder of her superior officer on the station, but he has a hard time separating his responsibility to solving the mystery from his personal feelings. Guest Cast: Renee Jones (Aquiel Uhnari), Wayne Grace (Governor Torak), Reg E. Cathey (Morag), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 139 FACE OF THE ENEMY teleplay by Naren Shankar story by Rene Echevarria directed by Gabrielle Beaumont music by Don Davis Stardate 46519.1: Counselor Troi, waking up after being kidnapped from a neuro-psychology seminar, finds herself aboard a Romulan Warbird, posing as a member of Romulan intelligence to participate in a carefully plotted defection attempt by a Vice-Proconsul of the Romulan High Council. With the clandestine guidance of a member of the Romulan crew, Troi plays her role convincingly. In the meantime, a former human defector to Romulus returns to the Federation and arrives on the Enterprise with a message to Picard from Ambassador Spock, who remains in hiding on Romulus assisting defectors and dissidents. The message sends an unwitting Picard to rendezvous with the ship carrying Troi and the defector, an encounter which forces Troi to make a split-second decision to either break with the intricate plans of the defection scheme, or to follow her Romulan confidant into what may be a trap. Guest Cast: Scott MacDonald (N'Vek), Carolyn Seymour (Toreth), Barry Lynch (DeSeve), Robertson Dean (Pilot), Pamela Winslow (Ensign McKnight), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 140 TAPESTRY written by Ronald D. Moore directed by Les Landau music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate not given: After a diplomatic meeting with aliens goes drastically wrong and ends in an exchange of fire, an away team is beamed into sick bay with a dying Picard. As Dr. Crusher tries desperately to resuscitate Picard, a near-death vision begins in Picard's mind...or so he thinks, until Q is revealed to be behind it. Q informs Picard that his artificial heart - which Picard gained after, as a newly-commissioned ensign 30 years before, he instigated a brawl with three huge Nausicaans and got stabbed through the heart - is the cause of his death in the present. Q tempts Picard with the opportunity to change his personal history by depositing Picard's current consciousness in the body of Ensign Picard within a few days of his fateful encounter with the Nausicaans. Picard must weigh the moral implications of changing the past to ensure his present survival against adhering to the tragic dictates of his destiny. Guest Cast: John de Lancie (Q), Ned Vaughn (Corey), J.C. Brandy (Marta), Clint Carmichael (Nausicaan #1), Rae Norman (Penny), Clive Church (Maurice Picard), Marcus Nash (Young Picard), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 141 BIRTHRIGHT - part one written by Brannon Braga directed by Winrich Kolbe music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 46578.4: The Enterprise visits Deep Space 9 to deliver supplies and personnel to assist the rebuilding of Bajor. On the station's Promenade, Worf encounters an alien profiteer who claims to know the whereabouts of Worf's father, allegedly still alive. While Worf, troubled, ponders the legitimacy of this news, Data and Geordi assist Dr. Bashir, visiting from the station, in conducting an analysis of a piece of equipment discovered in the gamma quadrant. An accidental power overload shuts Data down momentarily, yet he has a vision of a short walk through the corridors of the Enterprise and a brief encounter with his creator, Dr. Soong. Unsure of how to interpret or proceed from this experience, Data seeks the advice of many others, including Worf. Still contemplating a possible journey to find his father, Worf advises Data to pursue the search for his own "father" at whatever the cost, while Worf himself finally resolves to embark on a dangerous quest to a Romulan prison camp. When he arrives, Worf finds not only a familiar Klingon face, but many others, all of whom are secretive about their internment until Worf is captured by Romulans. Guest Cast: Siddig El Fadil (Dr. Bashir), James Cromwell (Shrek), Brent Spiner (Dr. Noonian Soong), Cristine Rose (Gi'ral), Jennifer Gatti (Ba'el), Richard Herd (L'Kor), and Spot 142 BIRTHRIGHT - part two written by Rene Echevarria directed by Dan Curry music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 46579.2: Worf is trapped in what was once a Romulan prison camp, and though he is not allowed to leave, he discovers that the Romulan and Klingon occupants of the planet have sacrificed any futures they might have had among their own people to settle down into peaceful co-existence, in some cases producing children. Worf befriends Gi'ral, a Klingon-Romulan girl who seems more fascinated with him. He discovers, through her and a young Klingon boy named Toq, that the children of the colony know little or nothing of either race's heritage. Worf intends to remedy what he perceives as a lack of cultural education, even at the risk of dividing the loyalties of the camp's residents. Guest Cast: Cristine Rose (Gi'ral), James Cromwell (Shrek), Sterling Macer, Jr. (Toq), Alan Scarfe (Tokath), Jennifer Gatti (Ba'el), Richard Herd (L'Kor) 143 STARSHIP MINE written by Morgan Gendel directed by Cliff Bole music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 46682.4: The Enterprise stops at the Remler Array for a routine decontamination sweep. The sweep, however, requires the evacuation of the ship, since it will be conducted with a beam that is deadly to living tissue. At a nearby starbase, most of the crew tries to avoid Commander Hutchinson, an interminably boring officer hosting a reception. At the mention of horses on the planet, Picard decides to return to the Enterprise briefly to get his saddle, but while there, he notices that unauthorized modifications have been made by a team posing as starbase technicians. As the sweep begins with the aft end of the ship and moves slowly forward, Picard prepares to beam back to the starbase to warn security, but ship's power is cut off due to the sweep, leaving Picard trapped on the ship with an unknown group of hostiles. Meanwhile, on the starbase, the rest of the Enterprise's officers are taken hostage, and it becomes obvious that there is a well co-ordinated plan underway which involves the Enterprise. Guest Cast: David Spielberg (Commander Hutchinson), Marie Marshall (Kelsey), Tim Russ (Pel Orton), Glenn Morshower (Satler), Tom Nibley (Neil), Tim deZarn (Devor), Patricia Tallman (Kiros), Arlee Reed (Pomit), Alan Altshuld (Arkaria Base Guard), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 144 LESSONS written by Ronald Wilkerson and Jean Louise Matthias directed by Robert Wiemer music by Dennis McCarthy / music from "The Inner Light" by Jay Chattaway Stardate 46693.1: When he goes to the Enterprise's stellar cartography department to ask why their latest experiment is diverting power from nearly every system on the ship, Picard meets Lt. Commander Daren, a new member of the crew who intrigues him with her honesty and unpredictability. They begin to form a relationship, and Picard worries that the rest of the crew might misinterpret that relationship, interfering with his command. But depending on the outcome of hazardous away team duty on Bersallis III, Picard and Daren may not have long to explore what this new development in their lives means. Guest Cast: Wendy Hughes (Lt. Commander Daren), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 145 THE CHASE teleplay by Joe Menosky story by Joe Menosky and Ronald D. Moore directed by Jonathan Frakes music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 46731.5: Professor Galen, Picard's beloved archaeology professor from his days at Starfleet Academy, comes aboard the Enterprise in an attempt to recruit Picard for a private expedition, the conclusion of which Galen claims to have profound implications for the entire galaxy. Picard regretfully turns down Galen's offer, but later finds himself taking up the professor's work when Galen's ship is unexpectedly attacked and destroyed. Following his late mentor's vague leads and secretive trails, Picard takes the Enterprise to distant worlds, attempting to piece the puzzle together. But it is discovered that others - a great variety of others, at that - are also attempting to finish Galen's work, and the end result could be a secret of vast power. Guest Cast: Salome Jens (Humanoid), Jogn Cothran, Jr. (Nu'Daq), Maurice Roeves (Romulan Captain), Linda Thorson (Gul Ocett), Norman Lloyd (Professor Galen) 146 FRAME OF MIND written by Brannon Braga directed by James L. Conway music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 46778.1: Riker's rehearsals for an upcoming play about a man in an insane asylum, not to mention his preparations for an impending undercover mission on a planet divided by warring factions, are punctuated by feelings of paranoia he can't explain, as well as the periodic appearance of an apparently new officer whose presence makes Riker nervous. But after the performance of the play, Riker suddenly finds that he is indeed in an asylum - though even this perception becomes tenuous. Terrified of losing his grip on sanity, Riker starts clawing through layers of illusions in an attempt to get back to reality. Guest Cast: David Selburg (Dr. Syrus), Andrew Prine (Administrator), Gary Werntz (Mavek), Susanna Thompson (Woman) 147 SUSPICIONS written by Joe Menosky and Naren Shankar directed by Cliff Bole music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 46830.1: Dr. Crusher goes out on a limb by gathering some of the brightest minds in the galaxy aboard the Enterprise to listen to a proposal from Ferengi scientist Reyga for a powerful subspace shield. Skepticism and competition divide the scientists, but a demonstration is arranged, using an Enterprise shuttle. The pilot, who is also one of the scientists, dies when the experiment goes wrong. Beverly, already regretful for the failure of Reyga's invention, suddenly finds herself in the middle of a murder investiagation when Reyga himself is found dead. Guest Cast: Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa), Tricia O' Neil (Kurak), Peter Slutsker (Dr. Reyga), James Horan (Jo'Bril), John S. Ragin (Dr. Christopher), Joan Stuart Morris (T'Pan), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 148 RIGHTFUL HEIR teleplay by Ronald D. Moore story by James E. Brooks directed by Winrich Kolbe music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 46852.2: Worf journeys to Boreth, where devout Klingons meditate in hope of glimpsing a vision of Kahless, the legendary leader of all Klingons and the originator of their hereditary quest for honor and glory. Worf and many of the others are surprised when Kahless actually appears and announces his intention to return to the imperial throne and put the Klingon Empire back on a path toward honor. Worf is skeptical at first, but when Gowron, the Empire's current leader, demands a genetic test which proves that the new arrival is indeed Kahless, a deep division separating skeptics and those who wish to follow Kahless seems imminent. Guest Cast: Robert O' Reilly (Gowron), Alan Oppenheimer (Koroth), Norman Snow (Torin), Charles Esten (Divok), Kevin Conway (Kahless), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 149 SECOND CHANCES teleplay by Rene Echevarria story by Michael A. Medlock directed by LeVar Burton music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 46915.2: Returning to a planet that a Starfleet research party hastily abandoned eight years ago, an away team finds Lt. Will Riker, a copy of Riker created by a transporter anomaly during his participation in the original evacuation. This Riker has never been assigned to the Enterprise, nor has he resolved his relationship with Troi as the "real" Riker, and his isolation has resulted in a very different personality from the Riker who has served on the Enterprise for six years. His motivations, discipline and judgment differ from his higher-ranking alter-ego, and the two Rikers must stop seeing each other's perceived failings long enough to assist one another in a dangerous salvage mission. Guest Cast: Jonathan Frakes (Lt. Riker), Dr. Mae Jemison (Ensign Palmer) 150 TIMESCAPE written by Brannon Braga directed by Adam Nimoy music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 46944.2: Returning via runabout from a Starfleet conference, Picard, Troi, Geordi and Data encounter strange disturbances in time that seem to have limited physical range. Finally locating the Enterprise, they find her in some kind of exchange of fire with a Romulan warbird, in a zone of time that moves so slowly it appears to be still. Altering escape equipment to allow freedom of movement in the other areas of time, Picard and the others try to determine whether the Enterprise was invaded by Romulans, or if it was simply caught in a rescue attempt gone wrong - and whether or not they can restart the flow of time without bringing events to their inevitably disastrous end. Guest Cast: Michael Bofshever (Romulan), John DeMita (Romulan), Joel Fredericks (Engineer), Patricia Tallman (Romulan) 151 DESCENT teleplay by Ronald D. Moore story by Jeri Taylor directed by Alexander Singer music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 46982.1: The Enterprise arrives at the site of a recent attack on a Starfleet, only to find the Borg in orbit in a new class of vessel much larger than their previously known forms of transport. The Borg have also changed, now possessing some form of individuality and emotion - and they have also developed a desire to simply kill organic life forms, not absorb them into the Borg collective consciousness. A squadron of Borg attack an away team from the Enterprise, and Data, in the process of fending off a Borg, experiences an inexplicable flash of ruthless anger and kills the Borg. The attacking party defeated, the away team returns to the Enterprise and Picard contacts Starfleet. The new Borg pose an unknown but likely more serious threat than ever before to the Federation. After determining the new Borg ship's method of propulsion, the Enterprise follows and is attacked once again. Meanwhile, Data has yet to make any further progress in his analysis of his first amotion - but a captured Borg makes Data a seductive offer to experience more emotions...and it turns out to be an offer Data cannot resist. Guest Cast: Professor Stephen Hawking (himself), John Neville (Isaac Newton), Jim Norton (Albert Einstein), Natalija Nogulich (Admiral Nechayev), Brian J. Cousins (Crosis), Brent Spiner (Lore), Richard Gilbert Hill (Bosus), Stephen James Carver (Tayar), Jonathan del Arco (Hugh) ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Season Seven: 1993-1994 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ 152 DESCENT - part II written by Rene Echevarria directed by Alexander Singer music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 47025.4: Taken prisoner by Lore and the Borg while trying to locate the missing Data, an away team consisting of Picard, Troi and Geordi is trapped while the Enterprise is attacked in orbit by the Borg ship. Left in command by Picard, Beverly beams aboard as many of the Enterprise search parties from the planet below as she can and is forced to retreat. Riker and Worf, left behind, discover that Hugh is in hiding on the planet and is biding his time to wrest control of the newly-individualized Borg from Lore, who appealed to the disoriented members of the former collective to follow him to a state of completely non-organic immortality. In the meantime, Data has distanced himself from his past, showing cruelty and sadism toward his captured former comrades. Riker offers to help Hugh in his fight against Lore while hoping to free Picard and the others, as Beverly decides to turn the Enterprise around to retrieve the rest of the crew - but if Data continues to obey the dictates of Lore, there may be no members of the crew to retrieve. Season 7 Regular Cast: Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker), LeVar Burton (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge), Michael Dorn (Lt. Worf), Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Counselor Troi), Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data) Guest Cast: Brent Spiner (Lore), Jonathan del Arco (Hugh), Alex Datcher (Taitt), James Horan (Barnaby), Brian J. Cousins (Crosis), Benito Martinez (Salazar), Michael Reilly Burke (Goval), and Spot 153 LIAISONS teleplay by Jeanne Carrigan Fauci and Lisa Rich story by Roger Eschbacher & Jaq Greenspon directed by Cliff Bole music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate not given: An Iyaaran delegation visits the Enterprise for the first formal diplomatic function between Iyar and the Federation. Picard is scheduled to shuttle back to Iyar, while Iyaaran ambassadors Loquel and Byleth remain on the Enterprise. The Iyaaran shuttle taking Picard back to their homeworld crash-lands on a planet covered with violent electrical storms, one of whose plasma lightning bolts injures Picard when he leaves the shuttle to look for medical aid for the critically injured pilot. A woman named Anna, who has apparently been stranded alone on the planet for seven years, gets Picard to shelter inside a crashed freighter. On the Enterprise, ambassadors Loquel and Byleth test the patience of their respective hosts, Troi and Worf, while Picard has to contend with a woman whose isolation has driven her to try to keep him in the crashed vessel with her - but Picard learns that no survivors of the freighter's complement or crew are actually still alive. Guest Cast: Barbara Williams (Anna), Eric Pierpoint (Voval), Paul Eiding (Loquel), Michael Harris (Byleth), Rickey D'Shon Collins (Eric) 154 INTERFACE written by Joe Menosky directed by Robert Wiemer music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 47215.5: A new interface is being tested by Geordi to control remote unmanned probes. Utilizing his VISOR implants, Geordi is able to see, hear and experience whatever conditions the probe encounters. His interface with the probe comes in useful while the Enterprise investigates the loss of the starship Raman. But during the mission, Picard receives word that the starship Hera, commanded by Geordi's mother, has disappeared with all hands, and Starfleet, despite dispatching two more vessels to search, does not expect to find the Hera or any of her crew. Geordi is profoundly affected by the news, and when he encounters an image of his mother on the Raman, he goes against his father's advice and Picard's direct orders and tries to use his unique interface with the probe to find out what has happened to her. Guest Cast: Ben Vereen (Dr. La Forge), Madge Sinclair (Capt. Silva La Forge), Warren Munson (Admiral Holt) 155 GAMBIT, PART I teleplay by Naren Shankar story by Christopher Hatton and Naren Shankar directed by Peter Lauritson music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 47135.2: Riker, Troi, Worf and Crusher are searching for the missing Captain Picard on Desica II to no avail. A Yridian claims he witnessed Picard's death in a seedy bar after an argument with a group of aliens, and offers to give Riker some clues in exchange for safe passage off the planet. Once aboard the Enterprise, the Yridian leads Riker to a planet in the Barada system, where an away team led by Riker beams down to hunt for possible leads in the investigation. A well-armed group of aliens under the command of a Romulan ambushes the away team, and Riker is captured and beamed away with the attackers. Data takes command of the Enterprise and pursues the alien ship. Riker finds himself in the hands of a band of mercenaries commanded by Baran, a vicious-tempered leader who maintains the loyalty of his crew - and Riker - by using pain-generating implants which he controls. Riker is astounded to find that the newest member of the rogue crew on their mysterious mission to raid ancient Romulan artifacts is a knowledgeable rogue named "Galen" - better known to Riker as Captain Picard. Guest Cast: Richard Lynch (Baran), Robin Curtis (Tallera), Caitlin Brown (Vekor), Cameron Thor (Narik), Alan Altshuld (Yranac), Bruce Gray (Admiral Chekote), Sabrina LeBeauf (Ensign Giusti), Stephen Lee (Bartender), Derek Webster (Lt. Sanders) 156 GAMBIT, PART II teleplay by Ronald D. Moore story by Naren Shankar directed by Alexander Singer music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 47160.1: Riker is accepted into Baran's outlaw fold by pretending to be an old enemy of "Galen," and the mercenaries' mission continues. Picard discovers that Baran's gang is not looking for Romulan artifacts, but for ancient Vulcan artifacts. The Romulan mercenary Tallera reveals herself as an undercover Vulcan security operative, and she earns Picard's trust enough for him to reveal his own identity. A Klingon shuttle pilot carrying the last of three vital artifacts is intercepted by the Enterprise, which becomes Baran's next target. Riker is left for dead on the Enterprise by Picard to resume command, as Picard leads a mutiny among the mercenaries and kills Baran. Picard must try to play into Riker's hands without arousing the mercenaries' suspicions - or Tallera's. Guest Cast: Richard Lynch (Baran), Robin Curtis (Tallera), Caitlin Brown (Vekor), Cameron Thor (Narik), James Worthy (Koral), Sabrina LeBeauf (Ensign Giusti), Martin Goslins (Setok) 157 PHANTASMS written by Brannon Braga directed by Patrick Stewart music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 47225.7: Having just received a new warp core from a starbase, the Enterprise departs with both Picard and Geordi ready to test the more efficient drive system en route to an admirals' banquet which Picard is not looking forward to. The warp core fails to perform to expectations - in fact, it fails to perform at all. Simultaneously, Data experiences his first nightmare, and then his second, and his third, all full of disturbing imagery he feels he should not ignore. His friends don't think it's anything to worry about, until Data's nightmare visions drive him to commit acts of violence. Guest Cast: Gina Ravarra (Ensign Tyler), Bernard Kates (Sigmund Freud), Clyde Kusatsu (Admiral Nakamura), David L. Crowley (Workman), and Spot 158 DARK PAGE written by Hilary J. Bader directed by Les Landau music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 47254.1: Lwaxana Troi visits the Enterprise again along with a small delegation of Icarans, who communicate in telepathic imagery with no verbal elements whatsoever. To prepare them for their first meeting with the Federation council, Mrs. Troi is trying to help the Icarans learn to translate their imagery into speech, a facility they were born without. Not long after Deanna notices her mother experiencing brief episodes of intense anguish, Lwaxana collapses into a coma, and the only clues to her condition and the reason for it are held by the Icarans, who are not able to fully communicate it. Guest Cast: Majel Barrett (Lwaxana Troi), Norman Large (Maques), Kirsten Dunst (Hedril), Amick Bryam (Ian Troi), Andreana Weiner (Kestra) 159 ATTACHED written by Nicholas Sagan directed by Jonathan Frakes music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 47340.2: The world inhabited by the Kes and the Prit is divided; the Prit are xenophobic to the point of hostility, but the Kes have applied for membership in the Federation, which is surprising since they are paranoid to the point of operating like a police state. Beaming down to meet with Kes representatives, Picard and Beverly are kidnapped by the Prit, who believe the potential Kes affiliation with the Federation to be a military pact. Fitted with neural implants to allow their captors to retrieve information without an interrogation, Picard and Beverly manage to escape with the aid of an undercover Kes agent onto the surface, where they are to head to the Kes border. An unusual side-effect of their implants allows them to hear each other's thoughts en route. In the meantime, Riker is trying to glean information about his captain's whereabouts from a Kes representative who is deliberately being less than helpful. Guest Cast: Robin Gammell (Mauric), Lenore Kasdorf (Lorin), J.C. Stevens (Kes Aide) 160 FORCE OF NATURE written by Naren Shankar directed by Robert Lederman music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 47310.2: Investigating the mystery of missing starships, the Enterprise finds that a brother and sister have been misleading and damaging all warp-capable vessels that enter the region of space near their home world, claiming that warp engines are agitating a sensitive subspace rift which threatens to destroy everything nearby if it becomes active. Reluctant to accept this theory, Picard and the crew plan to rescue the damaged ships and move along, but when one of the protesters opens the subspace rift with a burst of warp energy, the Enterprise may be unable to escape. Guest Cast: Michael Corbett (Rabal), Margaret Reed (Serova), Lee Arenberg (Prak), and Spot 161 INHERITANCE teleplay by Dan Koeppel & Rene Echevarria story by Dan Koeppel directed by Robert Scheerer music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 47410.2: On a mission to salvage an endangered planet, the Enterprise is visited by Dr. Tainer and her husband, two scientists whose plan may save the planet. The first chance she has to speak to Data privately, Tainer reveals herself to be the ex-wife of Dr. Soong and co-designer of Data and Lore. Though he is skeptical at first, Data finds evidence that she may be who she claims to be, and begins to spend time with her in an effort to find out about his creation and development. Guest Cast: Fionnula Flanagan (Juliana Tainer), William Lithgow (Pran) 162 PARALLELS written by Brannon Braga directed by Robert Weimer music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 47391.2: Returning triumphant from a Klingon martial arts competition, Worf walks right into a surprise birthday party, but notices that something is amiss aboard the Enterprise; events begin contradicting themselves, and cause no longer leads to a logical effect. His environment and his comrades change - Troi suddenly believes she is Worf's wife; Geordi is killed in engineering during a Cardassian assault. Worf alerts Data to the strange occurrences, and Data begins to research a way to send Worf back to his original universe. Further disparities appear, including Riker's command since Captain Picard's death in the Borg invasion several years ago, and Worf's two children (neither of them Alexander) by Troi. Data discovers the way to send Worf back...but when Enterprises from every possible variation of every potential reality appear, not every crew wants reality restored to its normal flow. Guest Cast: Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher), Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa), Mark Bramhall (Gul Nador), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 163 THE PEGASUS written by Ronald D. Moore directed by LeVar Burton music by John Debney Stardate 47457.1: The Enterprise is assigned to head for an asteroid belt in a sensitive area between Romulan and Federation space, with Admiral Pressman from Starfleet Security aboard. Along the way, it is clear that the Enterprise's objective is top secret, and that Pressman and Commander Riker have some old business to discuss. On his first Starfleet mission as an ensign, Riker served aboard the USS Pegasus and witnessed a shipwide mutiny against that ship's captain - Pressman. Riker defended Pressman at the time and they were among a handful of survivors who escaped before the ship was apparently destroyed by a mishap in engineering. Now, twelve years later, Pressman reveals to Riker that the Enterprise's secret mission is to search for the Pegasus - Riker's first starship still exists, and still harbors the treacherous secret that once sparked a vicious mutiny whose nature is still a dark, closely-guarded secret in the files of Starfleet Security. Guest Cast: Nancy Vawter (Admiral Blackwell), Terry O' Quinn (Admiral Pressman), Michael Mack (Sirol) 164 HOMEWARD teleplay by Naren Shankar television story by Spike Steingasser based upon material by William N. Stape directed by Alexander Singer music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 47423.9: Dr. Nikolai Rozhenko, Worf's human foster brother, has sent a distress call from his hidden cultural observation post on Boral II, a planet whose atmosphere is going to break down in less than two days. Worf beams down, disguised as a Boralan, only to find that his brother has also been masquerading as a native and providing them with means of survival based on the technology of his observation post. Nikolai is admonished by Picard for his severe violation of the Prime Directive, but when the planet is within seconds of dying, commits an even greater breach by transporting a handful of Boralans into a holodeck simulation of the shelter on their world. The Enterprise crew - especially Worf - are now left with the dilemma of relocatintg the simplistic Boralans to a new world without revealing the true nature of their surroundings. Damage to the holodeck jeopardizes the mission. Guest Cast: Paul Sorvino (Nikolai Rozhenko), Penny Johnson (Dobara), Brian Markinson (Vorin), Edward Penn (Kateras), Susan Christy (Tarrana), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 165 SUB ROSA teleplay by Brannon Braga television story by Jeri Taylor based upon material by Jeanna F. Gallo directed by Jonathan Frakes music by Jay Chattaway Stardate not given: The Enterprise is visiting Caldos, a terraformed Earth colony modeled after 17th century Scotland, so Dr. Crusher may attend the funeral of her grandmother. Also attending the funeral is an unknown man whose appearance mystifies Crusher. While the Enterprise crew gives the colony's seismic and meteorological control systems a routine check, strange things begin happening. In her grandmother's journals, Beverly learns that her grandmother, despite being over a century old, had a young lover. When a strange voice appears to her first in dreams and then in waking, Beverly realizes that the mystery man from the funeral - and from her grandmother's past - has come for her as well. Guest Cast: Michael Keenan (Governor Maturin), Shay Duffin (Ned Quint), Duncan Regehr (Ronin), Ellen Albertini Dow (Felisa Howard) 166 LOWER DECKS teleplay by Rene Echevarria story by Ronald Wilkerson and Jean Louise Matthias directed by Gabrielle Beaumont music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 47566.7: A promotion is nearing for one of a group of four friends who are junior officers aboard the Enterprise. Sito, a Bajoran ensign who was involved in the Nova Squadron accident cover-up at Starfleet Academy with Wesley Crusher, is neck-in-neck for a promotion to Ops with the ambitious Lavelle, who is attempting to make a favorable impression on Commander Riker. Vulcan Ensign Taurik is an engineering specialist whose duties of late have grown mysterious, as have those of Nurse Ogawa, who is also due for a promotion. The Enterprise is undertaking a top secret mission, the true purpose of which is unknown to the four friends - though each of them has a piece of the puzzle, and a part to play, in this critical event. Guest Cast: Dan Gauthier (Ensign Lavelle), Shannon Fill (Ensign Sito), Alexander Enberg (Ensign Taurik), Bruce Beatty (Ben), Don Reilly (Joret), Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa) 167 THINE OWN SELF teleplay by Ronald D. Moore story by Christopher Hatton directed by Winrich Kolbe music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 47611.2: Counselor Troi returns from her Academy class reunion to find Dr. Crusher in charge of the bridge, and begins wondering about the possibility of achieving her own position in the ship's chain of command. Crusher, for her part, is on watch while Data is away in a shuttlecraft retrieving radioactive fragments of a destroyed space probe. Data's shuttle crashes on a world inhabited by relatively primitive humanoids, and his radioactive cargo disrupts his ability to access his memory of who he is or where he is from. Data wanders into the nearest village carrying the case of hazardous materials, with which he unwittingly contaminates everyone. The only hope for the locals is for Data to restore his memory. Guest Cast: Ronnie Claire Edwards (Talur), Michael Rothar (Garvin), Kimberly Cullum (Gia), Michael G. Hagerty (Skoran) 168 MASKS written by Joe Menosky directed by Robert Wiemer music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 47615.2: Studying an ancient comet at close range, the crew of the Enterprise becomes aware of strange objects appearing on board. An unexplained surge of energy affects the ship's computer systems and Data as well. The comet is revealed to be an archaic spaceborne artifact of a bygone alien civilization. The Enterprise's computer is filled with symbols and hieroglyphics whose meanings are known only to Data, though he has never before encountered anything like them. Soon, Data himself is transformed, exhibiting a number of personalities from the alien archive. The ship's computer and even parts of the ship itself transform themselves into objects whose function can only be deduced by studying the alien civilization. But by the time Picard and the others can gain an understanding of what has taken control of their ship, the Enterprise and Data will be transformed into an ancient alien temple - and its resident goddess. Guest Cast: Rickey D'Shon Collins (Eric) 169 EYE OF THE BEHOLDER teleplay by Rene Echevarria story by Brannon Braga directed by Cliff Bole music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 47622.1: A young officer recently posted to the Enterprise commits suicide by leaping into an energy stream in one of the ship's warp nacelles. Trying to find out why, Troi begins investigating the last days of the deceased by speaking to his friends and co-workers, and eventually winds up surveying the warp nacelle post, where she experiences an inexplicable emotional upheaval which may be an echo left by the partially empathic officer's final burst of feelings and thoughts. She tries to probe this psionic artifact for its true meaning, and uncovers a betrayal which is older than anyone realizes. Guest Cast: Mark Rolston (Lt. Walter Pierce), Nancy Harewood (Lt. Nara), Tim Lounibos (Lt. Kwan), Johanna McCloy (Ensign Calloway) 170 GENESIS written by Brannon Braga directed by Gates McFadden music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 47653.2: A routine test of Worf's new photon torpedo guidance system sends a potentially hazardous torpedo astray into deep space, which Picard and Data set off to recover via shuttlecraft. When they return from their mission, they find that every inhabitant of the ship has somehow mutated into more primitive forms of life, some dangerous, others not. The cause of this condition is a virus which has now infected Picard, leaving him and Data very little time to reverse the plight of the crew. Guest Cast: Dwight Schultz (Lt. Barclay), Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa), Carlos Ferro (Ensign Dern), and Spot & kittens 171 JOURNEY'S END written by Ronald D. Moore based upon material by Shawn Piller and Anatonia Napoli directed by Corey Allen music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 47751.2: Wesley Crusher, on a sabattical from Starfleet Academy, has returned to the Enterprise in an attempt to recoup his energies in time to graduate. He is troubled by something which he has yet to reveal to anyone, but more pressing matters are on the mind of Picard and the crew as Starfleet orders the Enterprise to evacuate or otherwise remove a colony of Native American Indians who have settled on an isolated planet to preserve their culture. This planet is now due to be handed over to the Cardassians according to the terms of a treaty which realigns the borders of Federation and Cardassian space, and the Indian colonists will no longer be welcome. Tired of their history of being displaced by territorial bureaucracy, the Indians of Dorvin V decide to reshape the borders themselves to protect what they hold sacred - and they find a sympathizer in Wesley, who jeopardizes his Starfleet career to help them and learn more about them. The creation of a demilitarized zone encompassing several Federation and Cardassian colonies has repercussions in the two-part Deep Space Nine story "The Maquis," which itself provides a lead-in to "Preemptive Strike" and the upcoming series Star Trek: Voyager. Guest Cast: Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher), Tom Jackson (Anthwara), Natalija Nogulich (Admiral Nechayev), Ned Romero (), George Aguilar (), Richard Poe (Gul Evek), Eric Menyuk (The Traveler), Doug Wert (Jack Crusher) 172 FIRSTBORN teleplay by Rene Echeverria story by Mark Kalbfeld directed by Jonathan West also see Deep Space Nine #2 "Past Prologue" music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 47779.4: As Alexander nears the age where he must decide whether or not to become a warrior, Worf grows worried that the boy will choose to shed all vestiges of Klingon heritage. Visiting a Klingon outpost during a festival, Worf and Alexander are cornered by a gang of street thugs. As Worf manages to fight most of them off, the fight is ended by a Klingon who calls himself K'mtar, a bodyguard appointed by Worf's brother Kurn. K'mtar reveals that the attack was not random, but an assassination attempt planned by Lursa and B'etor, who are still scheming to someday overthrow the Empire. With the help of K'mtar, and some gossip courtesy of Quark, the Enterprise is off to track down the Duras sisters when it becomes evident that someone is trying to tamper with future affairs. Guest Cast: James Sloyan (K'mtar), Brian Bonsall (Alexander), Barbara March (Lursa), Gwynyth Walsh (B'etor), Armin Shimerman (Quark), Joel Swetow (Yog), Colin Mitchell (Gorta), Michael Danek (Singer), John Kenton Shull (Molor), Rickey D'Shon Collins (Eric), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 173 BLOODLINES written by Nicholas Sagan directed by Les Landau music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 47829.1: Picard receives a threat from his old Ferengi adversary DaiMon Bok, who still blames Picard for the death of his son in the first encounter between the Federation and the Ferengi. Bok announces his intent to kill Jason Vigo to avenge his loss, and the threat disturbs Picard. After tracking Jason down, Picard is stunned when genetic tests confirm that Jason is the son of Picard and a woman from his past. Jason turns out to be a rebellious young man with a record of misdemeanors involving theft and trespassing and a passion for rock climbing. Bok continues to mysteriously get through the Enterprise's defenses to threaten Jason's life, until he finally kidnaps Jason and has his opportunity for vengeance. Guest Cast: Lee Arenberg (DaiMon Bok), Ken Olandt (Jason), Peter Slutsker (DaiMon Birta), Amy Pietz (Lt. Rhodes), Michelan Sisti (Tol), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) 174 EMERGENCE teleplay by Joe Menosky story by Brannon Braga directed by Cliff Bole music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 47869.2: While rehearsing a scene from "The Tempest" in the holodeck, Data and Picard are amazed when they are nearly run over by the Orient Express, the famed 19th century locomotive whose itinerary never once included Prospero's island. Investigation of this quirk is postponed by the Enterprise's sudden jump to warp speed, and a fortuitous exit from warp just in time to avoid the ship's destruction. When the crew concentrates the search to this problem, a strange modification of the ship's circuitry is discovered, one which seems to be tying many disparate systems together. When the ship's systems take measures to protect the growing anomaly, the truth becomes clear - this is no accident, but a new intelligence all its own taking form within the Enterprise's hull. Guest Cast: David Huddleston (The Conductor), Vinny Argiro (The Gunman), Thomas Kopache (The Engineer), Arlee Reed (Bumpkin) 175 PREEMPTIVE STRIKE teleplay by Rene Echevarria story by Naren Shankar directed by Patrick Stewart also see Deep Space Nine #39/40 "The Maquis" music by Jay Chattaway Stardate 47941.2: A reception for recent Stafleet Advanced Tactical Training graduate Ro Laren is cut short when the Enterprise responds to a Cardassian ship's distress call. Arriving on the scene, Picard and the crew discover that the Cardassians are under attack by a flotilla of small vessels commanded by the renegade Maquis. After chasing them off and assisting the Cardassians, the Enterprise receives a visit from Admiral Nechayev, who delivers to Picard the message that Starfleet intends to use Ro to infiltrate the Maquis, and she accepts the mission, posing as an ex-Starfleet defector and gaining the acceptance of the Maquis. However, when Ro and her "fellow" Maquis are the targets of a vicious Cardassian sneak attack, she questions Starfleet's rationale for stopping the Maquis and makes her defection a reality. Guest Cast: Michelle Forbes (Lt. Ro Laren), John Franklyn-Robbins (Macias), Natalija Nogulich (Admiral Nechayev), William Thomas Jr. (Santos), Shannon Cochran (Kalita), Richard Poe (Gul Evek) 176 ALL GOOD THINGS... written by Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga directed by Winrich Kolbe also see Next Generation #1 "Encounter at Farpoint" music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate not applicable (prehistory): On the planet Earth, the crucial moment in which life is sparked in primeval chemicals fails to occur. The planet remains uninhabited and the human race never comes into existence. Stardate 41148: A vaguely disoriented Captain Jean-Luc Picard arrives aboard the starship Enterprise to take command, shortly after which he suddenly orders a red alert. After this incident passes, he issues a number of inexplicable orders, trying to deliberately bring about a meeting with an entity known as Q, and later setting the Enterprise on a fateful course for a spatial anomaly in the Deveron system... Stardate 47998.1: A very disoriented Captain Picard reports that he has been shifting from the present to two very specific points in the past and future - seven years ago when he first arrived aboard the Enterprise, and 25 years into the future. En route to the Neutral Zone to investigate a massing of Romulan forces near a spatial anomaly in the Deveron system, Picard is accosted once more by Q, who finally pronounces the verdict of humankind's trial which began at Farpoint - guilty. Stardate unknown (the future): A retired Jean-Luc Picard, suffering from a degenerative neurological disorder, has settled in France to tend to the family vineyards. Geordi, now a writer, visits Picard, who complains of unsettling images from nearly three decades ago. In the course of tracking down the cause of Picard's visions, nearly all of his old crewmates are recruited in the quest, made difficult by strained relations between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, as well as those among the crew. Their destination is the Deveron system, where, to Picard's surprise, there is no sign of the existence of a spatial anomaly. At the heart of Picard's mystery lies the secret needed to restore the flow of human history. Guest Cast: John de Lancie (Q), Denise Crosby (Lt. Tasha Yar), Colm Meaney (Chief O' Brien), Andreas Katsulas (Tomalak), Clyde Kusatsu (Admiral Nakamura), Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa), Pamela Kosh (Jessel), Tim Kelleher (Lt. Gaines), Alison Brooks (Ensign Chilton), Stephen Matthew Garvin (Ensign), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice) ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ The Movies: 1994-199? ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ 177 GENERATIONS screenplay by Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga directed by David Carson also see Classic Trek #87 "Generations" music by Dennis McCarthy Stardate 48???.?: A holodeck celebration of Worf's promotion to lieutenant commander is cut short by a personal communique to Picard and a distress call from the Amargosa Solar Observatory. By the time the Enterprise reaches the observatory, attackers - apparently Romulans - have already left their mark. Back on the Enterprise, Data decides that the time has finally come for him to try Dr. Soong's emotion chip for himself. Dr. Soran, a researcher from the observatory, insists on returning there so he can continue his work in spite of the recent attack. It is discovered that the Romulan attackers were searching for trilithium, a vital component in a new and highly destructive explosive device. Data and Geordi are scanning for trilithium on the observatory when Data is overcome with emotions; Dr. Soran appears and takes this opportunity to take them hostage. Aboard the Enterprise, Picard reveals to Troi that he received a message earlier informing him of the death of the only other living members of the Picard family, leaving him the sole survivor of his family line. When Soran launches a probe from the observatory into a nearby star, the star explodes, leaving only minutes or seconds before the stellar shock waves reach and destroy the Enterprise and the entire solar system. Worf and Riker beam to the observatory and rescue the fear-stricken Data, but Soran keeps Geordi in his sights, transporting away to a Klingon Bird of Prey which, along with the Enterprise, barely escapes the star's death throes in time. The Klingon ship is commanded by the Duras sisters. On the Enterprise, the incident nearly 80 years ago involving the Enterprise-B is investigated when Soran and Guinan are both discovered to have been there. Guinan explains to Picard that Soran is trying to replicate the ribbon of immense energy that destroyed the ship they were on decades ago, since it was a doorway to an ethereal plane of eternal happiness, so he can return there. Picard and Data find out that Soran destroyed the star to divert the energy so he can once again reach the Nexus, but another star will have to be detonated before Soran can reach his goal - and that star's solar system is heavily populated. The Enterprise tracks down the Duras sisters' ship, and Picard agrees to exchange himself for Geordi as a hostage so he can try to stop Soran. Picard finds himself on one of the target star's planets, where Soran is moments away from firing another probe that will finally allow him to reach the Nexus. Geordi is returned to the Enterprise with an undetectable transmitter that sends his VISOR's input to the Klingon sisters, who use information Geordi sees in engineering to launch a withering attack on the Enterprise. Worf discovers a weakness in the Bird of Prey's defenses, and manages to destroy the Duras sisters at last, but the Enterprise has sustained more damage than can be contained, and the crew is evacuated to the saucer section so the warp drive section can be jettisoned before it goes critical. Picard manages to attack Soran, but not before the scientist launches his probe into the star. The Enterprise's drive section explodes, catapulting the saucer straight into the planet's atmosphere, where it lands safely, though the Enterprise will never take to the stars again. When the Nexus opens up, Soran and Picard are sucked into it; moments later, the exploding star destroys the planet the Enterprise's saucer has landed on. In the Nexus, Picard encounters a fragment of Guinan that was left in the rift in the Enterprise-B incident. She informs him that he can go to whatever time he wishes, and Picard intends to use this ability to prevent Soran from launching the probe that destroys the Enterprise's crew. Guinan also suggests that Picard seek the help of another starship captain who was captured in the Nexus when the Enteprise-B was struck by its energy discharge after rescuing Guinan. That individual happens to be James T. Kirk. Picard convinces Kirk to help him stop Soran, and they emerge at the point in time before Soran launched his final probe. Kirk battles Soran as Picard tries to sabotage the probe, but Soran manages to shoot Kirk and the probe is launched anyway. However, Picard's efforts send the probe back into the planet harmlessly, and the Nexus cannot be reached. When Soran assaults Picard in a blind fury, Picard is left with no choice but to kill him. Captain Kirk dies just before a shuttle from the Enterprise arrives to retrieve Picard, while the Enterprise crew is evacuated to the starship Farragut, leaving the wreckage of Picard's most legendary command on the planet surface. Cast: Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker), Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data), William Shatner (Captain Kirk), James Doohan (Scotty), Marina Sirtis (Counselor Troi), Michael Dorn (Lt. Worf), LeVar Burton (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge), Walter Koenig (Chekov), Gates McFadden (Dr. Beverly Crusher), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Malcolm McDowall (Soran), Barbara March (Lursa), Gwynyth Walsh (B'etor), ? (Captain Demora Sulu), ? (Captain Harriman), and Spot ================================================================================ revision: 7Z updated & compiled: 18 June 1994 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ All text in this file (c)1993, 1994 Earl Green - see the file READTHIS.TXT for acknowledgements and distribution site info. ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ