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"Star Trek: The Next Generation" Loud as a Whisper (1989)


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Director:
Larry Shaw
Writers:
Gene Roddenberry (creator)
Jacqueline Zambrano (writer)
Original Air Date:
7 January 1989 (Season 2, Episode 5)
Plot:
The crew ferries a deaf mediator to Solais V to negotiate an end to a civil war. | add synopsis
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The issue of deafness more

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Trivia:
Guest star Howie Seago, who plays Riva, is deaf in real life and had in fact petitioned the producers to create an episode involving deaf people. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Cmdr. Riker and the others are beamed down to the planet the second time. Cmdr. Riker tells Lt. Worf to set the phasers on stun and then both of them holsters the phasers, but when they reappear on the surface of the planet both Cmdr. Riker and Lt. Worf are holding their phasers instead them being in the holsters. more
Quotes:
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [trying to calm down Riva] You are not alone! Do you understand? We - are all in this - together - now! more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
The issue of deafness, 14 April 2006
Author: russem31 from United States

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

ST:TNG:32 - "Loud As A Whisper" (Stardate: 42477.2) - this is the 5th episode to air in the second season. It deals with the issue of deafness in the form of a famous mediator Riva (played by Howie Seago, who is one of the most engaged deaf actors in the United States). He has 3 people who communicate for him hearing his thoughts and then verbally expressing them (his Chorus). We also get to see how he handles himself without his 3 translators once they are killed. An interesting episode which brings to the surface the issue of deafness including sign language (which Data must learn to help communicate with Riva directly). For trivia's note: Jerry Goldsmith's Klingon theme marks another homage here. And, Colm Meaney marks another appearance as the transporter chief.

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