Even though this was the 43rd episode produced, it was the 48th one aired.
Stardate 50063.2
First aired in 1996
Kes is sent into an untreatable coma by an energy field generated by a sacred shrine, and Janeway must go through a spiritual ritual in order to find a cure for her condition. This was the first episode directed by actor Robert Duncan McNeill. GUEST CAST: Becky Ann Baker as Nechisti Guide; Estelle Harris as Old woman; Keene Curtis as Old man #2; Parley Baer as Old man #1; Harry Groener as Nechani magistrate, The.
The Enterprise -D is nearly victimized by cunning Pakleds, while Picard is off to a starbase for replacement of his artificial heart. Picard’s youthful brawl with Nausicaans at the Bonestell Facility, leading to his heart replacement surgery, was later depicted in flashback scenes in “Tapestry” (TNG). GUEST CAST: Diana Muldaur as Pulaski, Dr. Katherine; Christopher Collins as Pakled captain; Leslie Morris as Reginold; Daniel Benzali as Surgeon; Lycia Naff as Gomez, Ensign Sonya; Tzi Ma as biomolecular physiologist.
A group of alien refugees arrives on DS9 in search of a promised land, which they believe to be Bajor. GUEST CAST: William Schallert as Varani; Andrew Koenig as Tumak; Aron Eisenberg as Nog; Michael Durrell as Sorad, Vedek; Betty McGuire as Rozahn, Minister; Robert Curtis-Brown as Hazar, General; Kitty Swink as Vayna; Deborah May as Haneek; Leland Orser as Gai; Nicholas Shaffer as Cowl.
SEE: Bajoran Chamber of Ministers; Deep Space 9; Dominion, the; Draylon II; Eye of the Universe; Haneek; Hazar, General; icoberry torte; Jalanda Forum; Kentanna; Mardah; Reegrunion; Rozahn, Minister; Skrreea; Sorad, Vedek; T-Rogorans; Tixiplik, Plix; Tumak; universal translator; Varani; Vedek Assembly.
From an unpublished story by Marc Cushman & Jake Jacobs
Directed by Les Landau
Stardate 43917.4
First aired in 1990
Ambassador Sarek travels aboard the Enterprise -D for a crucial diplomatic mission, but he suffers from an emotionally debilitating disease. Sarek’s story later continued in “Unification, Part I” (TNG). GUEST CAST: Mark Lenard as Sarek; Joanna Miles as Perrin; William Denis as Mendrossen, Ki; Rocco Sisto as Sakkath; Colm Meaney as O’Brien, Miles; John H. Francis as Science crew member.
Kirk and Spock are forced to fight alongside such historical figures as Abraham Lincoln of Earth and Surak of Vulcan by aliens who want to study the human concept of “good” and “evil” GUEST CAST: Lee Bergere as Lincoln, Abraham; Barry Atwater as Surak; Phillip Pine as Green, Colonel; Arell Blanton as Dickerson, Lieutenant; Carol Daniels Derment as Zora; Robert Herron as Kahless; Nathan Jung as Genghis Kahn; Phil Adams as Kirk’s stunt double; Bill Catching as Lincoln’s stunt double and Surak’s stunt double; Gary Eppers as Surak’s stunt double; Jerry Summers as Green’s stunt double; Bob Orrison as Spock’s stunt double; Troy Melton as Genghis Kahn’s stunt double; Bart La Rue as Yarnek, voice of; Janos Prohaska as Yarnek, costumed.
Aliens from another time continuum kidnap Enterprise -D crew members. GUEST CAST: Lanei Chapman as Rager, Ensign; Ken Thorley as Mot; Angelina Fiordellisi as Kaminer; Scott T. Trost as Shipley, Lt.; Angelo McCabe as Crewman; John Nelson as Medical technician; Majel Barrett as Computer voice.
SEE: Brianon, Kareen; Constantinople, U.S.S.; Darnay’s disease; Data; Graves, Dr. Ira; Gravesworld; If I Only Had a Brain; molecular cybernetics; photon torpedo; Selar, Dr.; touch-and-go downwarping; transport, near-warp; Zee-Magnees Prize.
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Deep Space Nine episode #47
Teleplay by Ronald D. Moore
Story by Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Directed by Kim Friedman
Stardate 48212.4
First aired in 1994
To head off an invasion, Sisko enters the Gamma Quadrant in search of the Dominion—but encounters the ruthless Jem’Hadar instead. This was the first episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's third season. It marked the first appearance of the Starship Defiant, as well as the new Starfleet insignia that were designed for use in Star Trek Generations. GUEST CAST: Salome Jens as Founder Leader; Martha Hackett as T’Rul, Subcommander; John Fleck as Ornithar; Kenneth Marshall as Eddington, Michael.
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When the Enterprise -D arrives at planet Nervala IV to retrieve research data left behind eight years before, they find a duplicate of Commander Will Riker. GUEST CAST: Dr. Mae Jemison as Palmer, Lieutenant.
SEE: distortion field; Gandhi, U.S.S.; Janaran Falls; KoH-man-ara; Lagana Sector; Nervala IV; ; Palmer, Lieutenant; Potemkin, U.S.S.; Riker, Thomas; Riker, William T.; tai chi chuan; trombone; valerian root tea.
Teleplay by Mark Gehred-O’Connell and Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Story by Mark Gehred-O’Connell
Directed by Alexander Singer
Stardate 47329.4
First aired in 1993
Sisko falls in love with a mysterious woman who resembles the wife of a famous scientist. GUEST CAST: Salli Elise Richardson as Fenna and Seyetik, Nidell; Richard Kiley as Seyetik, Professor Gideon; Mark Erickson as Piersall, Lieutenant.
SEE: Andorian tuber root; Blue Horizon; Chiraltan tea; DaVinci Falls; Epsilon 119; Fall of Kang, The; Fenna; flux generator; G’Trok; Halanans; Ligobis X; New Halana; Piersall, Lieutenant; Prometheus, U.S.S.; protomatter; psychoprojective telepathy; raktajino; Runners, the; Seyetik, Nidell; Seyetik, Professor Gideon; terraforming.
Kira Nerys is kidnapped and surgically altered to look like a Cardassian, part of an Obsidian Order plot to frame a Cardassian leader. GUEST CAST: Andrew Robinson as Garak, Elim; Gregory Sierra as Entek; Cindy Katz as Yteppa; Lawrence Pressman as Ghemor, Legate; Christopher Carroll as Benil, Gul; Freyda Thomas as Alenis Grem; Billy Burke as Ari.
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Next Generation episode #48
Teleplay by Maurice Hurley and Richard Manning & Hans Beimler
Story by Maurice Hurley
Stardate 42976.1
First aired in 1989
Riker becomes comatose after an injury on an away mission and dreams of past experiences. This episode marked the last appearance of Diana Muldaur as Dr. Katherine Pulaski. The episode was a “clip show,” designed to use scenes from earlier episodes in an effort to save money, since this was the last episode of the season. GUEST CAST: Diana Muldaur as Pulaski, Dr. Katherine; Colm Meaney as O’Brien, Miles.
SEE: endorphins; Pulaski, Dr. Katherine; REM sleep; Riker, William T.; Surata IV; tricordrazine.
Drawn by unusual readings to an unknown planet, Dax and Odo discover a civilization of living holograms. GUEST CAST: Kenneth Mars as Colyus; Kenneth Tobey as Rurigan; Noley Thornton as Taya; Philip Anglim as Bareil, Vedek; Trula M. Marcus as Female villager; Martin Cassidy as Male villager.
A dispute over the use of farm equipment places members of Kira’s old resistance cell in danger and nearly ignites a Bajoran civil war. GUEST CAST: Duncan Regehr as Shakaar; Diane Salinger as Lupaza; William Lucking as Furel; Sherman Howard as Syvar; John Doman as Lenaris Holem; Louise Fletcher as Winn; John Kenton Shull as Security officer; Harry Hutchinson as Trooper.
SEE: Bajoran First Minister; Dahkur Province; duranja; Furel; Gallitep; humeral socket replacement; in the zone; Kalem Apren; Kira Nerys; Lenaris Holem; Lupaza; O’Brien, Miles; Ornathia resistance cell; Pullock V raid; Rakantha Province; Shakaar Edon; Shakaar resistance cell; soil reclamators; tuwaly pie; Winn.
Jennifer crosses over from the mirror universe and kidnaps Jake; Benjamin Sisko follows them back and finds that he must fix the rebels’ Defiant as part of the ransom. GUEST CAST: Felecia M. Bell as Sisko, Jennifer (mirror); Aron Eisenberg as Nog; Carlos Carrasco as Klingon officer; Andrew Robinson as Garak, Elim (mirror); James Black as Helmsman; Dennis Madalone as Guard.
SEE: agonizer; Alliance; Bashir, Julian (mirror); chicken à la Sisko; Defiant (mirror); Gettor, Minister; Kira Nerys (mirror); Marani; mirror universe; Nog (mirror); O’Brien, Miles (mirror); Sisko, Jennifer (mirror); Terok Nor (mirror); Terran resistance; warp shadows; Worf (mirror).
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The computer-generated Professor James Moriarty tries to emerge from the holodeck, demanding that a way be found for him to leave the ship. This episode continues the story of Moriarty begun in “Elementary, Dear Data” (TNG). GUEST CAST: Daniel Davis as Moriarty, Professor James; Stephanie Beacham as Barthalomew, Countess Regina; Dwight Schultz as Barclay, Reginald; Clement Von Franckenstein as Gentleman; Majel Barrett as Computer voice.
A Jem’Hadar warship crash-lands on an abandoned planet, Sisko and an away team board it, but more Jem’Hadar arrive and hinder Sisko’s efforts to claim the ship. The recurring character Muniz dies in this episode. GUEST CAST: Kaitlin Hopkins as Kilana; F.J. Rio as Muniz; Hilary Shepard as Hoya.
The Enterprise crew is baffled by a mysterious planet on which dreams come true in a terrifying way. Director Robert Sparr and original series cinematographer Jerry Finnerman were severely injured years later in a plane crash while scouting locations in the Colorado mountains for another project. Before the crash, Sparr and Finnerman had planned to visit Bob Justman, who was filming the series Then Came Bronson, not far from where they crashed. GUEST CAST: Emily Banks as Barrows, Tonia; Oliver McGowan as Caretaker; Perry Lopez as Rodriguez, Lieutenant Esteban; Bruce Mars as Finnegan; Barbara Baldavin as Martine, Ensign Angela; Marcia Brown as Alice; Tom Sebastian as Warrior; Shirley Bonne as Ruth; Jim Gruzal as Don Juan; Bill Blackburn as White Rabbit; Paul Baxley as Black knight; John Carr as Security guard; Paul Baxley as Kirk’s stunt double; Vince Deadrick as Finnegan’s stunt double; Irene Sale as Teller’s stunt double.
SEE: Alice in Wonderland; Alice; amusement park planet; Barrows, Yeoman Tonia; black knight; cabaret girls; Caretaker; Finnegan; Kirk, James T.; Martine, Angela; Omicron Delta region; Police Special; Rigel II; Rodriguez, Lieutenant Esteban; Ruth; Sulu, Hikaru; tiger; White Rabbit.
A scientist whose child was killed at Omicron Theta by the Crystalline Entity comes aboard the Enterprise -D on a mission of revenge. The term “avatar” refers to Data as a repository of knowledge. GUEST CAST: Ellen Geer as Marr, Dr. Kila; Susan Diol as Davila, Carmen.
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Next Generation episode #65
Teleplay by Ronald D. Moore & W. Reed Moran
Based on a teleplay by Drew Deighan
Directed by Les Landau
Stardate 43685.2
First aired in 1990
Worf returns to the Klingon Homeworld to defend his late father against charges of treason. Worf’s story was later continued in “Reunion” (TNG) and “Redemption, Parts I and II” (TNG). GUEST CAST: Charles Cooper as Korrd, General; Tony Todd as Kurn; Patrick Massett as Duras; Thelma Lee as Kahlest; Teddy Davis as Transporter tech.
SEE: Age of Ascension; caviar; cha’DIch; discommendation; Duras; First City; ghojmok; Great Hall; ha’DIBah; Intrepid, U.S.S.; Ja’rod; K’mpec; Kahlest; Khitomer massacre; Khitomer; Klingon Defense Force; Klingon High Council; Klingon Homeworld; Kurn; kut’luch; Lorgh; Mek’ba; Mogh; Officer Exchange Program; pahtk; Qapla’; replicator; seloh; Starbase 24; turn; Worf.