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Third season Part 2 - Overview ST:TNG



STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
Season Three - Block Two Episode Guide
By Jim Shaun Lyon (72571,3002)

THE HUNTED YESTERDAY'S ENTERPRISE
THE HIGH GROUND THE OFFSPRING
DEJA Q SINS OF THE FATHER
A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE ALLEGIANCE

REGULAR CAST:
Patrick Stewart - Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes - Commander William T. Riker
LeVar Burton - Lt. Commander Geordi LaForge
Michael Dorn - Lieutenant Worf
Gates McFadden - Dr. Beverly Crusher
Marina Sirtis - Counselor Deanna Troi
Brent Spiner - Lieutenant Commander Data
Wil Wheaton - Wesley Crusher

Executive Producers - Gene Roddenberry, Rick Berman, Michael Piller
Producers - David Livingston, Hans Beimler, Richard Manning, Peter Lauritson,
Ira Stephen Behr
Executive Script Consultant - Melinda Snodgrass
Executive Story Editor - Richard Danus

S E A S O N T H R E E
B l o c k T w o

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EPISODE FIFTY-NINE (THIRD SEASON #11)
"THE HUNTED"
Premiere: Week of 1/7/90
Stardate: 43489.2
Paramount Coding: Episode 159

Written by Robin Bernheim
Directed by Cliff Bole
Music by Dennis McCarthy

Guest Stars:
Jeff McCarthy -- Roga Danar
James Cromwell -- Prime Minister Nayrok
Colm Meaney -- Chief O'Brien
J. Michael Flynn -- Zayner
Andrew Bickell -- Wagnor

SUMMARY: The Enterprise arrives at Angosia Three, whose people are bidding for
membership into the Federation. Whilst on the planet, Picard and Riker are
informed of the escape of Roga Danar, a dangerous prisoner from the planet's
prison on Lunar Five. The Enterprise takes off in pursuit of Danar's ship,
which mysteriously escapes by orbiting the poles of a nearby asteroid; Data is
able to deduce this and capture the shuttle's drive section which contains
Danar and beam him over to the Enterprise. Roga is taken aboard the ship and
nearly escapes until Riker and Worf are able to take him down and confine him
to the brig. Troi meets with Roga, whom she thinks has been drastically over-
rated by the Angosians; instead of a violent personality, she believes him
extremely non-violent. Troi has Data search the records and discover that
Roga is a veteran of the recent Tarsian War; Beverly is able to determine that
Roga is a victim of severe physiological change for purposes of fighting that
bloody war. Picard is unable to assist Roga in any way save turning him over
to the Angosian Prime Minister, Nayrok, and during the transit, Danar is able
to halt the transporter process and escape into the bowels of the Enterprise.
He escapes into Engineering and finally into the ship's Jefferies Tube, where
he sets a phaser to overload. Escaping to the cargo bay, Roga escapes by using
a phaser to power the depleted system and in the catastrophe caused by the
turmoil, he escapes. When the Enterprise is contacted by Angosia, Nayrok in-
forms Picard that Danar has invaded the Lunar Five facility and has taken it
over, and now he and his fellow veterans are on their way to the Angosian
capitol. Picard, Troi, Data and Worf beam back to Angosia where they confront
Nayrok, who insists that the chemical changes can be reversed but the psycho-
logical conditioning may be permanent. Troi offers the Federation's help in
doing so, but Nayrok is skeptical. When Danar and his cohorts arrive, Picard
informs them of the possible reversal. Nayrok expects them to kill everyone
but they don't - the veterans are unable to persist unless they are provoked,
part of the conditioning they received. Picard does the only thing he can -
he orders the Away Team to leave, because it's simply not his concern. They
depart, pledging to send Federation assistance should the government of Ango-
sia last the night.

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EPISODE SIXTY (THIRD SEASON #12)
"THE HIGH GROUND"
Premiere: Week of 1/28/90
Stardate: 43510.7
Paramount Coding: Episode 160

Written by Melinda Snodgrass
Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont
Music by Ron Jones

Guest Stars:
Kerrie Keane -- Alexana Devos
Richard Cox -- Kyril Finn
Marc Buckland -- Waiter
Fred G. Smith -- Policeman
Christopher Pettiet -- Boy

SUMMARY: The Enterprise arrives in orbit around Rutia Four, site of recent
turmoil, to deliver medical supplies. Rutia Four is torn in conflict with the
Ansata, a group of people wishing independence and segregation from their Eas-
tern continent brothers and who now have engaged in terrorist actions to make
their case known, a case that is growing stronger with more supporters. While
on duty in a plaza in the capital city, Worf, Data and Beverly fall prey to a
terrorist attack and while trying to help the wounded, Crusher is kidnapped by
a man who mysteriously appears with a flash and disappears again as easily.
While Wesley tries to come to terms with his mother's capture, Crusher remains
silent, and meets Kyril Finn, leader of the Ansata renegades who consider their
struggle a war for independence, when all they are doing, Beverly argues, are
killing innocent people. Picard and Riker meet with Alexana Devos, the leader
of the planetary police force, who informs Picard that the Ansata are nothing
more than terrorists who will kill without remorse...like they have in the past
with acts such as bombing school transports with innocent children aboard.
Beverly discovers a fatal flaw with the interdimensional shift transporters
that the Ansata is using....a breakdown of their molecular DNA which gets worse
with increased usage. Data, Wesley and Geordi begin working on a way to trace
the dimensional shifters, while Riker and Alexana interview one of the suspects
and allow him to return to the Ansata so they can track him.....but instead,
Finn transports himself to the Enterprise to get it involved in the conflict.
The Ansata plant a bomb on the warp converter, which Geordi risks his life
in the attempt to beam off the ship. The bridge is attacked, Worf is downed
and Picard is kidnapped by Finn himself. Beverly and Picard are reunited,
where they confront Finn on the bases of terrorism and the nature of the war
they are fighting....and about the Federation's involvement with a planetary
government he feels is repressing them. Finn beams back aboard to tell Troi
that they are to create an embargo about Rutia, but Wesley's detection system
finds the power source of the dimensional shift. Riker, Alexana and Worf beam
down with a security team into the Ansata base, shutting off the power systems
and forcing Finn into desperation, where he nearly kills Picard, until Alexana
offs him instead. When a young boy whose aim is on Alexana puts down his gun
on Beverly's request, everyone believes that an end to the terrorism may be
in sight....the end begins with a single act of life. All are reunited aboard
the Enterprise, but the violence on Rutia rages on...

== Lengthier scenes between Beverly Crusher and Picard were cut.

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EPISODE SIXTY-ONE (THIRD SEASON #13)
"DEJA Q"
Premiere: Week of 2/4/90
Stardate: 43539.1
Paramount Coding: Episode 161

Written by Richard Danus
Directed by Les Landau
Music by Dennis McCarthy

Special Guest Star: Whoopi Goldberg - Guinan

Guest Stars:
John deLancie - Q
Richard Cansino - Dr. Garin
Betty Muramoto - Scientist

SUMMARY: The Enterprise enters orbit around Bre'el Four, which is endangered by
catastrophe - an asteroidal moon is spiraling down toward the planet and is
about to destroy an entire continent. The crew seems helpless to prevent the
widespread destruction on the planet but get to work on possible assistance
and contact other ships to join in the relief effort. Suddenly, a pervasive
sound invades the bridge, followed by a flash of light....and the reappearance
of an unclothed Q. Picard and Riker believe that Q is responsible for the
danger facing Bre'el Four, but Q insists that the Continuum has robbed him
of his powers and forced him to become a mere mortal. Q is put into confine-
ment while a mysterious glowing object enters the cell, as if it is monitoring
him. Once again, Q insists he hasn't any idea what has happened to the planet
but Picard lets him assist Data and Geordi in possible solutions - even so much
as insisting that the only way would be to lower the gravitational constant of
the universe. Q develops back problems and has Beverly determines he is suf-
fering from severe medical problems, a concept new to him. Q confronts Guinan
in Ten-Forward, who seems to take great pleasure in his predicament; but then,
when a glowing force appears outside the ship, Q becomes concerned - it is the
Calamarain, a power that he has angered over the years with his torment that
attacks him until they are able to get the shields up and stop the assault.
Q confirms that there are many powers out there that would take a delight in
destroying him. Meanwhile, the asteroid draws closer to Bre'el, and Q inspires
Geordi to engage in the option of wrapping the object with a warp containment
field which would lower its mass enough to move it with the tractor beam.
When the Enterprise accidentally slips into Bre'el's atmosphere, the Calamarain
strikes again, and Data, in an effort to save Q, nearly destroys himself in a
noble act of self-sacrifice. Data's effort moves Q to the point of convincing
himself that he makes a lousy human, and in the first truly decent act of Q's
life, he steals a shuttle and makes off from the ship, where the Calamarain
cannot taunt it any longer. In the shuttle, a second Q appears and discusses
Q's noble act....and after many distractions, grants his powers back. Q
spares the Calamarain, which is sent away, and appears back aboard the ship,
with a mariachi band in tow! Q says goodbye to the ship, granting Data a
moment of laughter.....and miraculously saves Bre'el Four from destruction.
Picard notes that there might be a shred of decency in Q, but as a spectre of
the elusive alien notes, "don't bet on it."

== Corbin Bernsen, who appeared as the second Q, went uncredited in this epi-
sode. This was John deLancie's fourth appearance as Q.

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EPISODE SIXTY-TWO (THIRD SEASON #14)
"A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE"
Premiere: Week of 2/11/90
Stardate: 43610.4
Paramount Coding: Episode 162

Written by Ed Zuckerman
Directed by Cliff Bole
Music by Ron Jones

Guest Stars:
Craig Richard Nelson - Investigator Krag
Gina Hecht - Manua Apgar
Mark Margolis - Dr. Nel Apgar
Juli Donald - Tayna
Colm Meaney - Chief O'Brien

SUMMARY: Captain Picard's painting class is interrupted by the Enterprise's
arrival at Tanuga Four, where an away team headed by Riker has been approving
work by Dr. Nel Apgar into the creation of Krieger waves, a potentially valu-
able new power source for the Federation. Riker, who seems upset via subspace
radio, requests to be transported back to the Enterprise just as a power drain
is detected by Chief O'Brien. When Riker arrives, he is informed that Tanuga
Station has exploded. Data explains that the radiation residue indicates that
the station's reactor core exploded, causing the decimation of the station,
where only Dr. Apgar remained. Tanugan special investigator Krag beams aboard
the Enterprise to conduct an inquiry, but then informs Riker that he is under
arrest for murder. In the ready room, Krag informs Picard that Apgar's wife
has come forward, offering word of threats made by Riker against Apgar. Picard
decides to conduct the investigation by recreating the events on Tanuga Station
with the holodeck, based upon all accounts by the parties involved. Krag,
Picard, Riker and Troi enter the holodeck and begin the simulation, starting
with Riker's deposition of his and Geordi's arrival. The two meet Apgar and
his assistant Tayna, as well as Apgar's wife, Manua, who in Riker's story seems
to take a liking to him. In this story, Apgar seems upset that Riker has ar-
rived early; meanwhile, after a drink with the two, Manua tries to seduce Riker
in private, and when Nel discovers this he threatens the First Officer. Riker
and Apgar argue the following morning, and Riker leaves....and the Riker depo-
sition is over. When Krag insists that a phaser was fired at that point -
explaining the power drain - he puts forth the possibility that Riker fired a
phaser at the reactor core upon his departure, destroying the station. Back
on the bridge, Data and Worf discover a radiation leak on Deck 39 that puts a
hole in the wall. In the holodeck, the four are joined by Manua Apgar, whose
testimony begins.....the only differences being that Nel is much nicer, that
Manua is not seductive, and that Riker tries to rape her before Nel discovers
the incident. When a brief recess is called, Troi tells Riker that she knows
he is not lying...but neither is Manua, that both are telling the truth from
their own perspectives and the differences in events are purely from point of
view. In sickbay, the radiation spreads and destroys a small portion of the
wall, leaving Beverly and the staff to evacuate. Picard, Riker and Troi join
Data, Wes and Geordi in sickbay to look over the damage, and the opinion is
formed that the radiation leak might have something to do with the explosion of
the Tanuga station. Back to the hearing in the holodeck, where Tayna joins
the party, offering events as she was told by Apgar.....that he stumbled upon
Riker and Manua embracing, and that Riker threatened Apgar's life. Further-
more, the simulation reveals that Nel didn't want Tayna to contact the authori-
ties, and that Manua and Tayna left shortly before the explosion happened.
Data discovers the source of the radiation: a Lambda field generator on the
planet's surface that Apgar was using, leaving him, Wesley and Geordi with the
answer to who killed Apgar. Picard deduces from using the depositions provided
that Apgar had indeed made the Krieger wave breakthrough - and that the fac-
simile in the holodeck of his seemingly nonfunctional converter was emitting
those waves, causing the radiation that was damaging the Enterprise. By ana-
lyzing Apgar's words in the other depositions, he is able to deduce that Apgar
hid the fact of his breakthrough from Starfleet....because he was afraid that
Riker would discover the truth, that in actuality Dr. Nel Apgar was construc-
ting a weapon to sell to an enemy of the Federation, and in attempting to kill
Commander Riker by firing a weapon at him, killed himself - the weapon reflec-
ted off the transporter beam and destroyed the station. When Geordi is able
to prove the hypothesis using the holodeck, Krag withdraws his indictment, and
Riker's life is saved.

== The Tanuga Four Research Station was a redress of the Regula I science
lab model from the Star Trek films. Elaine Sokoloff received a credit on
the closing list for the art studio paintings in the teaser.

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EPISODE SIXTY-THREE (THIRD SEASON #15)
"YESTERDAY'S ENTERPRISE"
Premiere: Week of 2/18/90
Stardate: 43625.2 (Combat Date from Military Log)
Paramount Coding: Episode 163

Original Story by Trent Christopher Ganino and Eric A. Stillwell
Teleplay by Ira Stephen Behr, Richard Manning, Hans Beimler and
Ronald D. Moore
Directed by David Carson
Music by Dennis McCarthy

Special Guest Star: Whoopi Goldberg - Guinan

Guest Stars:
Denise Crosby - Lieutenant Tasha Yar
Christopher McDonald - Lieutenant Richard Castillo
Tricia O'Neil - Captain Rachel Garrett

SUMMARY: The Enterprise is traveling through deep space when it encounters a
strange disturbance in the time-space continuum that Guinan seems to recognize
and that the sensors cannot get an accurate fix on. When Picard orders the
ship to remain and investigate, a mysterious spacecraft suddenly appears in
the vortex......
Time stops and reshapes itself, and history is changed.....
Guinan, hostess in the Enterprise's officer's mess, is suddenly caught
with the feeling that something is "different", while on the bridge, Captain
Jean-Luc Picard of the Federation battlecruiser USS Enterprise sees on the
monitor the strange ship: USS Enterprise, the Ambassador class NCC-1701-C.
Security Chief Tasha Yar and First Officer Riker lead an away team to the
Enterprise-C, rescuing Captain Rachel Garrett and Lieutenant Castillo; most of
the crew are dead, but the ship is salvageable. Picard orders Riker to begin
work on the ship, which is desperately needed; the Federation's war with the
Klingon Empire has turned disastrous, and Starfleet is estimating it has six
months until it must surrender to its foe. Garrett, who is wounded, is brought
to the Enterprise, where she is told that her vessel - which was engaged in
assisting the Klingon outpost Narendra Three - has mysteriously transported
twenty-two years into the future, away from an encounter that, if it had been
successful, might have prevented war from ever taking place. Guinan, mean-
while, informs Picard that this - this whole timeline - is not right; that the
war between the Federation and the Klingons is not supposed to be happening.
Picard insists from her more information; Guinan does not know how, or why,
but things must be set right. Yar joins Castillo on the Enterprise-C to aid
in the repairs, where the two become friends, and then return to the Enter-
prise-D where Captain Garrett releases herself from sickbay to supervise the
reconstruction of her vessel. In Ten-Forward, Guinan confirms to herself that
something is amiss when she sees Tasha Yar....and wonders why when she looks
at her, she senses death. Picard informs his senior officers of Guinan's
proposal, and his intent to ask the Enterprise-C to return to the vortex; it
is a decision that doesn't sit well with Riker or the staff, but to Captain
Garrett it seems logical. Suddenly, the Enterprises are attacked by a Klingon
Bird of Prey, and Garrett is killed, leaving Castillo in command and dedicated
to returning through the rift. Tasha says goodbye to him, having fallen in
love with him, and goes to Guinan wondering what happens to her in the alter-
nate timeline. Guinan confirms that Tasha is not supposed to be here; she
died an empty death on a strange planet, a death without purpose. It is a
fact that hits Tasha directly, and she requests from Picard a transfer to the
Enterprise-C, telling him that if she is to die, she wants her death to count
for something. Picard grants the transfer, and Yar joins Castillo on the En-
terprise C for what may very well be a suicide mission. The Enterprise-C pre-
pares to enter the rift, while a battalion of Klingon Birds-of-Prey attack
both vessels. Both Starfleet ships hold out, but it is not enough; the Enter-
prise-D is permeated by Klingon fire, its warp drive is critically damaged
and members of the bridge staff, including Riker, are killed. The dedicated
Picard, failing to give up, mans tactical himself until the bitter end....the
Enterprise-D goes down with all her hands as the Enterprise-C enters the tem-
poral rift, bound for Narendra Three to attempt to stop the Romulan invasion
there and reaffirm the Federation's treaty with the Klingon Empire.....
Time reaffirms itself, back into its original form.....
Worf informs Picard that the object he thought he scanned in the vor-
tex was a ship, but vanished almost as quickly as it came. Picard orders a
probe to be left to monitor the closure of the rift, while in Ten-Forward,
Guinan, contented in her deepest thoughts that time is back on course, asks
Geordi to tell her about Tasha Yar...

== This episode featured the return of Denise Crosby and the first appearance
of the Ambassador-class vessel, USS Enterprise-C. It also featured re-
ferences to early ST:TNG, including "Skin of Evil". Michael Dorn and
Marina Sirtis did not appear in the altered timeline while Wil Wheaton
did in an alternate costume. The bridge and other sets were altered hea-
vily. Stardates became Combat Dates; Captain's Logs, Military Logs.

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EPISODE SIXTY-FOUR (THIRD SEASON #16)
"THE OFFSPRING"
Premiere: Week of 3/11/90
Stardate: 43657.0
Paramount Coding: Episode 164

Written by Rene Echeverria
Directed by Jonathan Frakes
Music by Ron Jones

Special Guest Star: Whoopi Goldberg - Guinan

Guest Stars:
Hallie Todd - Lal
Nicolas Coster - Admiral Haftel
Judyann Elder - Lt. Ballard
Diane Moser, Hayne Bayle, Maria Leone, James Becker - Ten Forward Crew

SUMMARY: The Enterprise has traveled to Sector 396 to begin charting the
Selimi Asteroid Belt. Data, who has just returned from a cybernetics confe-
rence, has spent all his time since locked in a laboratory, and invites Wes,
Geordi and Troi to visit him there. When they arrive, early, he makes them
wait, and then allows them to enter....only to find that Data has created
another android whom he calls Lal, his child. Picard joins them, where Data
explains that technology at the conference allowed him to transfer his own
positronic memory into Lal, thereby continuing Dr. Soong's tenuous work with
artificial intelligence. Data is puzzled why Picard is angered; Picard, on
the other hand, believes that Data should have informed him, and discusses
with him the ramifications of creating what the elder android calls a new
"life". Data, however, argues that Lal could continue his own life, something
that he argues the human race instinctively desires - perpetuation. Lal, who
is genderless and possesses very few humanoid external features, is told by
Data that it is able to choose its own appearance and gender. Troi and Data
stand by as Lal reduces its choices to four....and then to one, that of a
young human female. Data begins to teach Lal about the nature of her surroun-
dings, and how she can relate to them; while Picard is secretly contacted by
Admiral Haftel of Starfleet Research, who insists that Lal be transferred to
his command so that they can study her and help her progress. Data is told of
Lal's inability to relate to the other children of the Enterprise, who are
afraid of her. Data confides in Beverly for advice on parenting; Beverly can
only offer her own experience with Wesley, whose precociousness prevented him
from making many friends. Haftel contacts Picard and informs him that he is
joining the ship to oversee the matter. Data brings Lal to Ten-Forward, where
she is brought under Guinan's tutelage and begins to work there....and unlea-
shes what she has learned about kissing onto a bewildered Riker, recently
returned. Haftel's ship arrives, where he meets with Picard who wishes the
Admiral to experience Lal's dedication to Data, and vice versa. Data shows
Haftel the systems used and Lal herself, and the Admiral interviews Lal,
concluding that he must return her to Starfleet Research. But the interview
scares Lal, who is beginning to feel some mode of fear. Data, convinced that
relinquishing Lal to him will destroy her, objects to Haftel's orders, but it
is too late....Troi has rushed her back to the lab after she malfunctions
after finally gaining that which Data could never have - feelings. Data deac-
tivates Lal, and Haftel departs. While the crew is saddened by the loss, Data
has transferred everything that was Lal, her memory and her programs, back into
himself....so while he has lost his child physically, he will in essence always
have her.

== This episode was directed by Jonathan (Riker) Frakes, and contradicted
established rules governing androids set up in "The Measure of a Man".
This also featured the first glimpse in ST:TNG of an Andorian, albeit
via the holodeck. The early form of Lal, before it took the form of
Hallie Todd, was played by Leonard John Crofoot (Trent of "Angel One")
under heavy makeup and no prosthetics.

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EPISODE SIXTY-FIVE (THIRD SEASON #17)
"SINS OF THE FATHER"
Premiere: Week of 3/18/90
Stardate: 43685.2
Paramount Coding: Episode 165

Teleplay by Ronald D. Moore and W. Reed Moran
Based on a Teleplay by Drew Deighan
Directed by Les Landau
Music by Dennis McCarthy

Guest Stars:
Tony Todd - Commander Kurn
Charles Cooper - K'mpec
Patrick Massett - Duras
Thelma Lee - Kahlest
Teddy Davis - Transporter Technician

SUMMARY: Participating in the Starfleet/Klingon Exchange Program which brought
Riker to the Klingon ship Pagh months before (in last season's "A Matter of
Honor"), the Enterprise plays host to a new temporary first officer, Comman-
der Kurn. Kurn is officious, callous and headstrong, and brings a sense of
order - a different sort of order - to the Enterprise, where he rides the
entire crew save the one person who would not object to the new hardships:
Worf. Riker asks that Kurn temper his callousness, only to find that he has
insulted Kurn and would have been killed on a Klingon vessel. After a dinner
in the Captain's mess where Worf feels he has been insulted, he confronts Kurn
only to find out the real reason why the Klingon is here; Kurn is Worf's bro-
ther, who has come here to find if Worf truly burns with the blood of a Klingon
after such a long exposure to Starfleet. On the Klingon homeworld of Kling,
new evidence has been brought to light linking Mogh, the late father of Worf
and Kurn, to the Khitomer outpost where the rest of their family died....and
that Mogh was responsible for sending secret information to the Romulans,
aiding the attack. Worf feels that the only way to clear his father's name is
to challenge the accusation, and asks that Captain Picard set course for Kling,
which the Captain complies with on his own loyalty to his Security Chief. The
ship arrives at Kling, and Worf, Kurn, Picard and Riker beam down, Kurn acting
as Worf's cha'DIch, or champion, without disclosing his true lineage. The four
confront the Klingon High Council, including K'mpec, the leader, and Duras, the
son of Mogh's greatest rival and the one who has accused him of treason. Worf
announces the challenge, to which the only results can be victory or death.
K'mpec curiously tries to tell Worf to stop the challenge, only Worf will not
budge. Later, Kurn is attacked by assassins in the capital city, severely
wounding him. Left without a cha'DIch, Worf asks that Picard take his place,
which Picard is honored to accept, and the two return to Kling. Picard, how-
ever, plays a hunch that something strange is afoot, and has Riker, together
with Data and Beverly, begin collecting Data from the records of the Khitomer
massacre. When Data and Geordi discover a gap in the records, followed by
unusual discrepancies in the time-frame of identical transmissions, they de-
duce that the records have been altered. Furthermore, Beverly discovers a
second survivor, Worf's nurse Kahlest, who has taken up residence in the Old
City sector of Kling. Picard heads into the Old City, confronting Kahlest and
urging her to come back with him to testify; it is only an attack on Picard by
assassins that persuades her to return. Once back at the High Council, K'mpec
takes the whole process into closed quarters, where Worf learns that Mogh was
not responsible for the Khitomer massacre, but Duras' was....and that fact,
combined with the fact that Duras now resides on the Council, could rock the
very foundation of the Klingon Empire. K'mpec will not allow the Empire to
fall for the sake of one family's honor, and Picard will not permit the Empire
to destroy Worf and Kurn, whose identity has been revealed to K'mpec. The
only solution, albeit a makeshift one, is to allow Kurn to hide his lineage
and Worf to accept discommodation, where Worf is rejected by Klingon society
Picard stands with Worf as the Council rejects his heritage, as does an apolo-
getic Kurn, and the two depart, resting with the fact that one day, Worf will
indeed return to restore his family name.

== Charles Cooper, who portrays K'mpec, also starred as General Koord in
"Star Trek V: The Final Frontier". This episode builds on some of the
situations begun in "A Matter of Honor".

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EPISODE SIXTY-SIX (THIRD SEASON #18)
"ALLEGIANCE"
Premiere: Week of 3/25/90
Stardate: 43714.1
Paramount Coding: Episode 166

Written by Hans Beimler and Richard Manning
Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Music by Ron Jones

Guest Stars:
Stephen Markle - Kover Tholl
Reiner Schone - Esoqq
Joycelyn O'Brien - Cadet Mitana Haro
Jerry Rector - Alien #1
Jeff Rector - Alien #2

SUMMARY: The Enterprise has completed a mission eradicating all traces of the
deadly phylox plague from Cor Caroli Five, and is preparing to leave orbit to
rendezvous with the USS Hood. While in his quarters, Picard is mysteriously
kidnapped, while the ship's sensors detect an abnormal energy reading in his
quarters. When Security arrives there, a duplicate Picard greets them. The
real Picard awakens on one of four beds in a circular room, where two others
are occupied - one by a young Starfleet cadet from Boreus Nine named Haro, the
other by Tholl, a citizen of Mizar Two and a cynic to boot. Picard attempts
to break out of the "cell" but Tholl warns against it; his only attempt to
sabotage the lock brought a painful energy weapon upon him. "Picard" joins the
crew on the bridge, and orders the Enterprise to set course for the Lanka Clus-
ter, an area at whose center is a pulsar. "Picard" also stops all communica-
tion outside the ship, including keeping the USS Hood out of reach. Picard
tries to tell their captors that they have intelligence by tapping out the
first six prime numbers on the door mechanism, but Tholl is flippant; he be-
lieves his planet has no enemies (in actuality, the Mizarians do not fight
back; their planet has been conquered six times in recent history). Haro, on
the other hand, cannot understand why their captors - which they believe come
from Cor Caroli - would want a Starfleet cadet. Suddenly, another creature is
beamed into the cell, a warrior from Chelna called Esoqq. On the Enterprise,
the usual poker game is joined by "Picard", who reminds Geordi of routine up-
grades to the engineering specs, and asks Troi to keep him apprised if any of
the crew doubts his abilities to command. In the cell, Picard tries to keep
his three fellow captives from fighting, while it is discovered that Esoqq can
not eat the food that their captors have provided. "Picard" visits Beverly
for a physical she did not schedule, and he asks her out to dinner that eve-
ning - something that takes her by surprise. The captives, save Tholl, try
to get through the door, but are taken down by a pain beam. "Picard" and
Beverly enjoy an evening in his quarters, and he kisses her...and then tells
her to leave. The captives begin to distrust each other, wondering if one of
them is an impostor...and Picard is tipped off when Haro, a Starfleet cadet,
knows more than she should. The Enterprise arrives at the Lanka Pulsar just
as Riker has been doubting the captain - even calling a meeting of the senior
staff members after Picard joins his crewmembers in a drinking song in Ten-
Forward. When Riker confronts "Picard" with his suspicions, Riker is only
more convinced, and when "Picard" orders the ship to get close to the pulsar,
Riker commits mutiny....and Worf and the other bridge crew joins him. In the
cell, Haro is revealed as an impostor, and two aliens appear who reveal that
this has all been an experiment. Picard is returned to his bridge, where he
confronts the fake "Picard", which vanishes. The aliens reveal that they
wanted to find out about authority and command, which their identical beings
have no concept of. They get more than they bargained for, however, when Pi-
card is able to signal Riker covertly to hold them in a force field on the
Enterprise. After giving them a taste of their own medicine, Picard orders
the aliens off the ship, and while Picard remarks that his doppelganger caused
no serious damage, Riker and Beverly think differently.


Coming Up: Captain's Holiday, Tin Man, Hollow Pursuits, The Most Toys, Sarek,
Menage a Troi, Transfigurations and the Season Finale!

(C) 1990 by Jim Shaun Lyon & Enterprise America


 
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