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19 June 1993
(Season 6, Episode 26)
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After an encounter with the Borg, Data feels his first emotion when he gets angry with the Borg. Data...
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Finding emotions.
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(Episode Credited cast) | Patrick Stewart | ... | Captain Jean-Luc Picard |
 | Jonathan Frakes | ... | Commander William T. Riker |
 | LeVar Burton | ... | Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge |
 | Michael Dorn | ... | Lieutenant Worf |
 | Gates McFadden | ... | Doctor Beverly Crusher |
 | Marina Sirtis | ... | Counselor Deanna Troi |
 | Brent Spiner | ... | Lt. Commander Data / Lore |
 | John Neville | ... | Isaac Newton |
| Jim Norton | ... | Albert Einstein |
| Natalia Nogulich | ... | Admiral Alynna Nechayev (as Natalija Nogulich) |
 | Brian Cousins | ... | Crosis (as Brian J. Cousins) |
| Stephen Hawking | ... | Himself (as Professor Stephen Hawking) |
 | Richard Gilbert-Hill | ... | Bosus |
| Stephen James Carver | ... | Tayar |
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No live effects were used for the phaser fight; all flames and sparks were added in post-production.
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Continuity: Either the brig continues to be remodeled, or there is a continuity problem with respect to the controls for the force field that closes off the prisoner's cell. In this episode, a crewman sits at a control console & activated/deactivates the force field. In the episode "I, Borg", a crewman tapped a panel on the wall to operate it, and in an even earlier episode Picard himself was able to turn it on/off with a simple voice command to the computer.
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Prof. Stephen Hawking: [During a poker game with Data, Albert Einstein, and Isaac Newton] ... But then I said, "In that frame of reference the perihelion of Mercury would have recessed in the opposite direction."
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Prof. Stephen Hawking: [During a poker game with Data, Albert Einstein, and Isaac Newton] ... But then I said, "In that frame of reference the perihelion of Mercury would have recessed in the opposite direction."
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*** This review may contain spoilers ***
ST:TNG:152 - "Descent, Part I" (Stardate: 46982.1) - this is the 26th and last episode of the 6th season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
In this beginning of a 2-part episode, the Enterprise responds to a distress call from Ohniaka III, where the Enterprise confronts an ominous-looking alien vessel orbiting the planet. An Away Team to the planet though discover a group of Borg that are hostile but self-aware (calling themselves "I" not "we") - at the same time Data begins to experience emotions for the first time ever (more specifically rage).
Soon one of the Borg is captured while the Federation prepares for an invasion by the Borg again (lead by Vice Admiral Alynna Nechayev - played again by Natalia Nogulich). And this Borg convinces Data to yearn for more emotions and that may lead to the betrayal of his crewmates.
What really is going on? What the Enterprise crew finds leads them to familiar figures from their past, with Dr. Crusher in command!
Trivia note: Data plays poker on the Holodeck with Isaac Newton (played by John Neville), Albert Einstein (played again by Jim Norton whom we last saw in "The Nth Degree"), and the real-life Stephen Hawking. Nechayev also questions what Picard did with Hugh in "I, Borg". Data also reveals that you need 2 senior officers to disable the Holodeck safety protocol. And, Picard mentions he was Locutus of Borg again.