Past, present and future collide for Captain Picard as he finds himself bouncing around through three different time periods -- the Farpoint mission, the present, and the future in which many changes have affected the Enterprise-D crew. Meanwhile, the mischievous Q is back for his last time trying to help Picard figure out the meaning of a spatial anomaly - or is he only making things worse? You be the judge on this two-hour TV movie which concludes Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).Written by
Ian Murray Hamilton <ac743@ccn.cs.dal.ca>
The future timeline takes place 25 years ahead of the present, which would be the year 2395. See more »
Goofs
The temporal anomaly was read as being an intersection of tachyon beams from the 3 different time line Enterprises. In the future time line, it was the USS Pasteur that initiated the tachyon beam, not the Enterprise. This is often considered a plot hole, but technically, Data is the one who found the discovery in the present time. His exact words were "The two other pulses have the exact same amplitude modulation as our own pulse. It is as if all three originated from the Enterprise." It is logical to presume Data, having been the one in all three time periods to help make the pulse, made the beams the same and in this present time made the assumption all three were from the Enterprise. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Counselor Deanna Troi:
[exiting the holodeck]
That was an incredible program!
Lieutenant Worf:
I am glad you approve. I have always found the Black Sea at night to be a most stimulating experience.
Counselor Deanna Troi:
Worf - we were walking barefoot on the beach, with balalaika music in the air, ocean breeze washing over us, stars in the sky, a full moon rising - and the most you can say is "stimulating"?
Lieutenant Worf:
It was... *very* stimulating.
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Alternate Versions
The episode was reaired in September 1994 in two parts to conclude the series' syndication run. All current syndication versions are the two part version. See more »
I cried at the ending of the movie, because you remember all good thing you had , all good times you had , when you watched all of the series.
Great , the BEST ending of a series that i loved and shared with the rest of the world.
The best actors,who played the best characters, did an outstanding job. Thank you.