Conspiracy

Episode aired May 7, 1988
TV-PG
46m

IMDb RATING

8.1/10

4.5K

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Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

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After diverting to a secret meeting with an old friend and some of Starfleet's finest commanders, Picard finds the Horatio blown to bits just hours after the meeting and he returns the Enter... Read allAfter diverting to a secret meeting with an old friend and some of Starfleet's finest commanders, Picard finds the Horatio blown to bits just hours after the meeting and he returns the Enterprise to Earth looking for answers.After diverting to a secret meeting with an old friend and some of Starfleet's finest commanders, Picard finds the Horatio blown to bits just hours after the meeting and he returns the Enterprise to Earth looking for answers.

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IMDb RATING

8.1/10

4.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Close-up shots of the Starfleet HQ banquet were live mealworms. The actors really ate chow mein.

Goofs
When the fight with the admiral first starts, and Riker see's what he's up against, he calls for emergency help on his communicator, but it takes a long time for Worf and La Forge to show up. When they do, Riker is unconscious, but when the admiral says that he slipped, they don't question that it was Riker's voice that called for help.

Quotes
Counselor Deanna Troi: Have you ever been for a real moonlight swim?
Lt. Cmdr. Data: One can swim in moonlight?
Counselor Deanna Troi: How about you, Mr. Worf?
Lieutenant Worf: [shakes his head] Swimming is too much like... bathing.

Connections
Featured in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Shades of Gray (1989)

Soundtracks
Star Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage

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8/10

The first 'Dark Federation' episode

Picard's old friend Captain Walker Keel contacts him via a top secret channel, alerting him to a clandestine meeting on a remote planet to discuss a possible conspiracy within the hierarchy of the Federation itself. When evidence of unusual Federation behaviour is discovered, the Enterprise heads directly to Earth to investigate.

Possibly the most controversial episode of season one, this paranoid thriller is an excellent adaptation of 'Invasion Of The Body Snatchers' but throws in a wild surprise with an unduly excessive amount of gore at the end. It's a bit silly in places but this feels far darker to most other episodes of the show and decidedly not family-friendly.