The Enterprise -D crew captures an injured Borg, nurses him back to health, gives him a sense of individuality, and names him Hugh. The story of Hugh the Borg was later continued in “Descent, Parts I and II” (TNG). GUEST CAST: Jonathan Del Arco as Hugh and Third of Five; Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan.
SEE: access terminal; Argolis Cluster; biochips; Borg collective; Borg scoutship; Borg; foil; Hugh; invasive program; root command structure; Third of Five.
Harry Mudd returns, now the ruler of a planet of beautiful androids. Mudd plans to use the androids to capture the Enterprise, but the androids have other plans. This episode features the second appearance of con man Harry Mudd. GUEST CAST: Roger C. Carmel as Mudd, Harcourt Fenton; Richard Tatro as Norman; Alyce Andrece as Alice series #1-250; Rhae Andrece as Alice series #251-500; Kay Elliott as Mudd, Stella; Mike Howden as Rowe, Lieutenant; Michael Zaslow as Jordan, Ensign; Tom and Ted Legarde as Herman series; Maureen and Colleen Thornton as Barbara series; Tamara and Starr Wilson as Maisie series; Loren Janes, Vince Deadrick, Norman’s stunt doubles; Bob Bass, Bob Orrison, Engineer stunt double.
Will Riker’s estranged father, Kyle Riker, visits his son on the Enterprise -D. This episode marks the first reference to the Tholians in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the only appearance of Kyle Riker, William’s father. GUEST CAST: Diana Muldaur as Pulaski, Dr. Katherine; Colm Meaney as O’Brien, Miles; Mitchell Ryan as Riker, Kyle; Lance Spellerberg as Herbert, Transporter Chief.
SEE: Age of Ascension; Anbo-jytsu; Aries, U.S.S.; Beta Kupsic; Flaherty, Commander; Fuurinkazan battle strategies; Giamon; gymnasium; Nasreldine; painstik, Klingon; PCS; Pulaski, Dr. Katherine; Rectyne monopod; Riker, Kyle; Riker, William T.; Starbase Montgomery; Stroyerian; Tholians; Tokyo Base; tryptophan-lysine distillates; Vega-Omicron Sector.
Geordi and his former shipmates from the U.S.S. Victory are compelled to return to a planet they visited years ago, where they are transformed into alien life-forms. GUEST CAST: Maryann Plunkett as Leijten, Susanna; Patti Yasutake as Ogawa, Nurse Alyssa; Amick Byram as Hickman, Lieutenant Paul; Dennis Madalone as Hendrick, Chief; Mona Grudt as Graham, Ensign.
~1:[4,#B],5:[3,#I],37:[31,#I],73:[2,#B],78:[2,#B],84:[1,#B],88:[2,#B],91:[50,#B]@1“If Wishes Were Horses”@2
Deep Space 9 episode #16
Teleplay by Nell McCue Crawford & William L. Crawford and Michael Piller
Story by Nell McCue Crawford & William L. Crawford. Directed by Robert Legato
Stardate 46853.2
First aired in 1993
The arrival of Rumpelstiltskin in the O’Briens’ quarters signals the beginning of encounters with imaginary beings created by aliens from the Gamma Quadrant, to study human beings. GUEST CAST: Rosalind Chao as O’Brien, Keiko; Keone Young as Bokai, Buck; Michael John Anderson as Rumpelstiltskin; Hana Hatae as O’Brien, Molly.
Story by Jean Louise Matthias & Ronald Wilkerson and Richard Fliegel
Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont
Stardate 45852.1
First aired in 1992
A little girl’s imaginary playmate turns out to be terrifyingly real. GUEST CAST: Noley Thornton as Sutter, Clara; Shay Astar as Isabella; Jeff Allin as Sutter, Ensign Daniel; Brian Bonsall as Rozhenko, Alexander; Patti Yasutake as Ogawa, Nurse Alyssa; Sheila Franklin as Felton, Ensign; Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan.
Kirk and his crew struggle to stop giant space amoeba that has destroyed a star system and now threatens the entire galaxy. Robert Sabaroff also wrote the story for “Conspiracy” (TNG). GUEST CAST: John Winston as Kyle, Mr.; Majel Barrett as Chapel, Christine; Jay Jones, Dick Dial, Stunt doubles.
An attempt on Garak’s life triggers an investigation by Odo that uncovers a secret plan by Cardassian and Romulan forces to attack the Dominion. This is the first episode in which Garak admits to being a part of the Obsidian Order. This episode was the first of two parts and concluded with “The Die Is Cast” (DS9).
As Odo escorts Quark to a Federation Grand Jury hearing, their sabotaged shuttle crash-lands on a deserted planet, forcing them to rely on each other for survival. This episode opened with a title card reading “In memory of Derek Garth” GUEST CAST: Andrew Robinson as Garak, Elim; James Horan as Ikat’ika; J.G. Hertzler as Martok, General; Paul Dooley as Tain, Enabran; Melanie Smith as Tora Ziyal.
SEE: Bajoran wormhole; Bashir, Julian; Breen; Brun; Cardassian riding hound; Dominion internment camp 371; Elgol-red; Finding and Winning Your Perfect Mate; Garak, Elim; Ikat’ika; Kahn, Dr. Lenara; Kang’s Summit; Martok, General; Maryland, U.S.S.; Meezan IV; Memad; O’Brien, Kirayoshi; Obsidian Order; Proxima, U.S.S.; Rain, Dr. Jennings; recursive encryption algorithm; sabre bear; Sarajevo, U.S.S.; Surjak; Tain, Enabran; Tal Shiar; toh-maire; Tora Ziyal; ultritium; Vorlem, Gul; Yukon, U.S.S.
~1:[6,#B],7:[3,#I],24:[31,#I],60:[2,#B],65:[1,#B],69:[2,#B],74:[1,#B],81:[13,#B],94:[1,#BI],95:[15,#B]@1“In the Hands of the Prophets”@2
Deep Space Nine episode #20
Directed by David Livingston
Written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe
No stardate given
First aired in 1993
A Bajoran religious fundamentalist opposes the teaching of science on the station, but it is a ploy to eliminate a rival candidate to become the next kai. GUEST CAST: Rosalind Chao as O’Brien, Keiko; Robin Christopher as Neela; Philip Anglim as Bareil, Vedek; Louise Fletcher as Winn; Michael Eugene as Fairman vendor.
Data tries to experience a romantic relationship. GUEST CAST: Michele Scarabelli as D’Sora, Lieutenant Jenna; Rosalind Chao as O’Brien, Keiko; Colm Meaney as O’Brien, Miles; Pamela Winslow as McKnight, Ensign; Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan; Majel Barrett as Computer voice.
When parts of a Cardassian warship that was transporting Bajoran prisoners are found, both Kira and Gul Dukat go on an expedition to investigate the remains. GUEST CAST: Penny Johnson as Yates, Kasidy; Marc Alaimo as Dukat; Roy Brocksmith as Razka; Cyia Batten as Ziyal; Thomas Prisco as Heler.
On a mission to avert a planetary crisis, Data mets a woman who claims to be his mother. GUEST CAST: Fionnula Flanagan as Tainer, Dr. Juliana; William Lithgow as Tainer, Dr. Pran.
SEE: Atrea IV; cascade anomaly; Corvallan trader; Crystalline Entity; Data; early French impressionists; emotion chip; energy transfer matrix; ferroplasmic infusion; Fourier series; Handel, Georg Fredrich; holographic information module; Lal; magma pockets; magnesite; Malaya IV; modesty subroutine; Omicron Theta; particle stream buffer; pattern enhancer; phasers; Soong, Noonien; synaptic scanning; synchronous orbit; Tainer, Dr. Juliana; Tainer, Dr. Pran; Terlina III; Terlina system.
A young Kazon boy earns his Ogla name with the help of Commander Chakotay. GUEST CAST: Aron Eisenberg as Kar; Patrick Kilpatrick as Razik; Tim deZarn as Haliz; Majel Barrett as Computer voice.
An alien space probe takes over Picard’s mind, and he experiences a lifetime of memories on a dead planet, in just a few minutes. This episode won the 1993 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation at the World Science Fiction Convention. GUEST CAST: Margot Rose as Eline; Richard Riehle as Batai; Scott Jaeck as Administrator; Jennifer Nash as Meribor; Patti Yasutake as Ogawa, Nurse Alyssa; Daniel Stewart as Batai (young); Logan White as Batai (young).
Tuvok becomes stranded on a moon after a crash landing, and he aids three Drayans who appear to be children but in reality are very old and have been sent to the moon to die. GUEST CAST: Marnie McPhail as Alcia; Tiffany Taubman as Tressa; Sarah Rayne as Elani; Tahj D. Mowry as Cowin; Richard Garon as Bennet, Ensign.
The crew of the Enterprise -D uses an experimental probe connected to Geordi in an attempt to rescue his mother. GUEST CAST: Madge Sinclair as La Forge, Silva; Warren Munson as Holt, Admiral Marcus; Ben Vereen as La Forge, Doctor Edward M.
SEE: Breen; Deep Space 3; Doosodarians; Excelsior, U.S.S.; interface probe; interface unit; Hera, U.S.S.; Holt, Admiral Marcus; lacunae; La Forge, Dr. Edward M.; La Forge, Geordi; La Forge, Silva; Marijne VII; Marijne VII beings; Nobel, U.S.S.; Raman, U.S.S.; Starbase 495; subspace phenomena; trionic initiators.
While the station is evacuated during a plasma storm, a small group of outlaws takes control, demanding Jadzia Dax’s symbiont. GUEST CAST: John Glover as Verad; Megan Gallagher as Mareel; Tim Russ as T’Kar; Steve Rankin as Yeto.
To flush out a spy aboard Voyager, Tom Paris is put off the ship to act as bait for the Kazon. Prince Abdullah of Jordan made a brief nonspeaking cameo as a Voyager crew member in this episode. GUEST CAST: Raphael Sbarge as Jonas; Martha Hackett as Seska; Jerry Sroka as Laxeth; Simon Billig as Hogan; Majel Barrett as Computer voice.
~1:[6,#B],22:[24,#I],51:[3,#B],57:[2,#B],83:[20,#B]@1“Is There in Truth No Beauty?”@2
Original Series episode #62
Written by Jean Lisette Aroeste
Directed by Ralph Senensky
Stardate 5630.7
First aired in 1968
A beautiful woman escorts an alien ambassador so hideously ugly that the sight of him can drive a human mad. GUEST CAST: Diana Muldaur as Jones, Dr. Miranda; David Frankham as Marvick, Laurence; Robert Balver as Yeoman; Dick Greay, Vince Deadrick, Bill Blackburn, Security guards; Ralph Garrett as Marvick’s stunt double; Alan Gibbs as Stunt double.