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"Star Trek: The Next Generation" The Outrageous Okona (1988)


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6.3/10   253 votes
Director:
Writers:
Gene Roddenberry (creator)
Burton Armus (teleplay)
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Original Air Date:
10 December 1988 (Season 2, Episode 4)
Plot:
The Enterprise rescues the captain of a broken-down freighter, only to become involved in a dispute between feuding worlds--each demanding custody of their guest. Data seeks help from Guinan in understanding humor. | add synopsis
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Runtime:
60 min
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Bill Campbell, who played the title role, was a contender for the role of Commander Riker. more
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Continuity: When Worf fetches Okona, he finds him on deck 7, as the numbers on the woman's door read, "07". But when Worf and Okona walk out of the room and onto a turbolift, the left side of the door says "11". more
Quotes:
Guinan: [explaining to Data why his joke was not funny] Data, you spoiled the joke. It could have been your timing.
Lt. Cmdr. Data: My timing is digital.
[Guinan laughs softly]
Lt. Cmdr. Data: What?
Guinan: That's funny.
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8 out of 14 people found the following review useful.
Comedy episode, 5 February 2006
Author: Tiffinki from United States

This is a humorous episode of Star Trek NextGen. Although it has been bashed heavily, it is really a lighthearted story. It does get sappy at certain moments, but it's good for a few laughs. Okona is a good character for a single episode, as rakish rogues go.

This episode contains one of the rare moments in which we get to see Guinan in a place other than Ten-Forward.

All in all, it is a good step away from the usual Trek story lines and the creators had the good form to not make another one exactly like it. It stands as a fairly unique episode, quite funny, but if the creators had modeled another story after it, that would have been walking into a big bear trap.

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