Disaster 

Collision with a quantum filament leaves Troi in charge of a damaged and endangered Enterprise with emergency bulkheads cutting off sections of the ship.

Director:

Gabrielle Beaumont

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (created by), Ronald D. Moore (teleplay by)

Stars:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Patrick Stewart	...	Capt. Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes	...	Cmdr. William Riker
LeVar Burton	...	Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
Michael Dorn	...	Lt. Worf
Gates McFadden	...	Dr. Beverly Crusher
Marina Sirtis	...	Counselor Deanna Troi
Brent Spiner	...	Lt. Commander Data
Rosalind Chao	...	Keiko O'Brien
Colm Meaney	...	Chief Miles O'Brien
Michelle Forbes	...	Ensign Ro Laren
Erika Flores	...	Marissa Flores
John Christian Graas	...	Jay Gordon Graas
Max Supera	...	Patterson Supera
Cameron Arnett	...	Ensign Mandel
Jana Marie Hupp	...	Lieutenant Monroe

Storyline

During a period of rest, and just after three elementary school science fair prize winners leave with Capt. Picard for a tour of the ship, the Enterprise hits a quantum filament, trapping its people in different compartments under varying emergencies. Geordi and Dr. Crusher face a plasma fire that begins to destabilize stored supplies into high-yield explosives; Data and Riker face a lethal electrical arc on their only available route to engineering; Worf presides over Keiko O'Brien going into labor; the wounded captain and the school children rally to escape a damaged and dangling turbolift; Troi, as highest in rank on the bridge, faces a crucial decision as the warp core heads toward collapse and ship-wide destruction.

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Plot Keywords:

electric arc | decompression | plasma fire | command decision | leadership | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 October 1991 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

46 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This takes place in 2368.

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Goofs

While Picard and the children are on the turbolift leaving the bridge, the movement of the light outside the window reveals they are moving up, rather than down.

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Quotes

[after the delivery]
Lieutenant Worf: [about Keiko's baby] I believe she looks like Chief O'Brien.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Star Trek: The Next Generation Episodes (2014)

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Soundtracks

Frère Jacques
(uncredited)
Traditional nursery song
Performed by Patrick Stewart, Erika Flores and John Christian Graas

User Reviews

Disagreeing with "Good" re: Troi's rank.

Among the "Goofs" in the reviews of this episode, one writer claims that Troi would be "out ranked" because she has a "psychologist". However, in the episode, itself, O'Brien has a line of dialogue which speak directly to this issue. He states very clearly - to Ro, in fact - that Counselor Troi "carries the rank of Lieutenant Commander", thereby outranking Ensign Ro.