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"Star Trek: The Next Generation" When the Bough Breaks (1988)


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13 February 1988 (Season 1, Episode 16)
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A planet that was able to cloak itself for thousands of years suddenly reveals itself, with its inhabitants proposing peace. But, after initial negotiations, children of the Enterprise are kidnapped due to the impotence of the inhabitants. | add synopsis
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The title is based upon an American child's lullaby: "Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop, When the wind blows, the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, And down will come baby, cradle and all." more
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Plot holes: Seven children alone would do nothing for thousands of barren Aldeans. more
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[Katie is playing on an Aldean instrument that turns feelings into music]
Melian: [moved] That was beautiful. Now... play something happier.
Katie: That's not the way I feel.
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Technology destroys...., 11 June 2007
7/10
Author: gritfrombray-1 from Ireland

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This episode sees the USS Enterprise encounter a thought to be mythical world known as Aldea which has baffled space travelers and historians for centuries. The Aldeans are an interesting race, a little too human like for my taste, but are an advanced race without children. When the children of the Enterprise are stolen from the ship Picard and company work frenetically to get them back. The concept of this episode was interesting as it is the Aldean's technology of cloaking the planet that has made them sterile and the pollution of our own Earth has damaged our own ozone layer, an intentional echo I'm sure, similar to the message delivered in Star Trek IV The Voyage Home. The Aldeans plan is eventually thwarted by Picard and an equitable solution is reached and the Federation will help the Aldeans recover from the radiation damage. A good episode from a varied first season

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