Episode complete credited cast: | |||
Patrick Stewart | ... | Capt. Jean-Luc Picard | |
Jonathan Frakes | ... | Cmdr. William Riker | |
LeVar Burton | ... | Lt. Geordi La Forge | |
Michael Dorn | ... | Lt. Worf | |
Marina Sirtis | ... | Counselor Deanna Troi | |
Brent Spiner | ... | Lt. Cmdr. Data | |
Wil Wheaton | ... | Wesley Crusher | |
Diana Muldaur | ... | Doctor Pulaski | |
Thalmus Rasulala | ... | Capt. Donald Varley | |
Carolyn Seymour | ... | Sub-Cmdr. Taris | |
Dana Sparks | ... | Ensign Williams | |
Colm Meaney | ... | Chief Miles O'Brien | |
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Folkert Schmidt | ... | Doctor |
Picard and the Enterprise respond to a distress call from its sister ship, the USS Yamato, where it has faced a number of serious technical glitches, losing eighteen crew members when its computer turned off the force field on an open shuttle bay. Before the Enterprise can assist, the Yamato explodes with all lives lost. The explosion appears as the result of a failure in their matter/anti-matter pods, but Picard suspects it may have something to do with a relic the Yamato's captain obtained at an archaeological dig on a nearby planet. As they are in the Neutral Zone, they are shadowed by a Romulan warbird. With both ships now suffering technical glitches, Picard, an amateur archaeologist, leads an away team to a distant planet to investigate the remnants of that ancient race and rectify their problem - a one-way trip if the glitchy Enterprise can't beam them back. Written by garykmcd
When the episode begins, the Enterprise's sister ship, the Yamato, is stuck in the Neutral Zone. Its ship systems are running amok and it's almost as if the ship has gremlins! Whatever it is, just as the Enterprise is approaching, the Yamato explodes! But, before this occurs, the captain of that ship informs Picard he might have discovered the supposedly mythical planet, Iconia, and that a variety of sophisticated weapons might be awaiting them there...weapons that COULD fall into the hands of the Romulans if they don't act quickly. So, following the explosion, Picard decides to take the ship further into the Neutral Zone towards this planet--although out there somewhere is some Romulan ship that is cloaked. Soon, however, both the Enterprise and the Romulan ship begin experiencing gremlin-like problems of their own.
This is a very good episode--with an interesting plot and resolution. Plus, you get to see a crew member die...and come back to life!