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Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Face Of The Enemy

  • Episode aired Feb 6, 1993
  • TV-PG
  • 46m
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Marina Sirtis in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
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Deanna awakes to find herself altered to look like a Romulan, immediately unaware she's involved in a cat-and-mouse game as a member of their intelligence agency.Deanna awakes to find herself altered to look like a Romulan, immediately unaware she's involved in a cat-and-mouse game as a member of their intelligence agency.Deanna awakes to find herself altered to look like a Romulan, immediately unaware she's involved in a cat-and-mouse game as a member of their intelligence agency.

  • Director
    • Gabrielle Beaumont
  • Writers
    • Gene Roddenberry
    • Naren Shankar
    • René Echevarria
  • Stars
    • Patrick Stewart
    • Jonathan Frakes
    • LeVar Burton
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
    3K
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    • Director
      • Gabrielle Beaumont
    • Writers
      • Gene Roddenberry
      • Naren Shankar
      • René Echevarria
    • Stars
      • Patrick Stewart
      • Jonathan Frakes
      • LeVar Burton
    • 16User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Marina Sirtis in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
    Marina Sirtis, Robertson Dean, Scott MacDonald, and Carolyn Seymour in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
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    Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
    Marina Sirtis and Scott MacDonald in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
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    Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
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    Patrick Stewart
    Patrick Stewart
    • Captain Jean-Luc Picard
    Jonathan Frakes
    Jonathan Frakes
    • Commander William Thomas 'Will' Riker
    LeVar Burton
    LeVar Burton
    • Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
    Michael Dorn
    Michael Dorn
    • Lieutenant Worf
    Gates McFadden
    Gates McFadden
    • Doctor Beverly Crusher
    Marina Sirtis
    Marina Sirtis
    • Counselor Deanna Troi
    Brent Spiner
    Brent Spiner
    • Lieutenant Commander Data
    Scott MacDonald
    Scott MacDonald
    • Sub-Cmdr. N'vek
    Carolyn Seymour
    Carolyn Seymour
    • Cmdr. Toreth
    Barry Lynch
    • Ensign Stefan DeSeve
    Robertson Dean
    Robertson Dean
    • Khazara Pilot Palteth
    Dennis Cockrum
    Dennis Cockrum
    • Corvallen Freighter Captain
    Pamela Winslow Kashani
    • Ensign McKnight
    • (as Pamela Winslow)
    Majel Barrett
    Majel Barrett
    • Computer
    • (voice)
    Joe Baumann
    • Crewman Garvey
    • (uncredited)
    Cameron
    • Ensign Kellogg
    • (uncredited)
    Kerry Hoyt
    Kerry Hoyt
    • Romulan Aide
    • (uncredited)
    Gary Hunter
    • Khazara Romulan Officer
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Gabrielle Beaumont
    • Writers
      • Gene Roddenberry
      • Naren Shankar
      • René Echevarria
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    • Trivia
      Worf's ponytail makes its debut here. He would keep it for the remainder of this series and keep when he moved on to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). Michael Dorn wanted the change because he was tired of "looking like a Klingon who's just been to the beauty salon!"
    • Goofs
      Troi goes undercover as a Romulan, presumably relying on the Universal Translator to make her language sound like theirs. It has been established that the Translator takes the voice of whoever is speaking and translates the words to the listener's language. Therefore, to the Romulans, Troi would look like a character in a poorly dubbed foreign movie, with the spoken words not matching the mouth movements, which would make the disguise impossible to keep up, but no one seems to notice. However, it is never specifically stated that Troi is using the Translator, so it could be the case that Troi speaks Romulan and is able to pass herself off as one. The Commander's suspicions about Troi's background could be based on her accent, which a non-native speaker would surely possess.

      This, of course, would ignore all of the other instances across all of Star Trek in which the crew communicate readily with species never before encountered, but at least this occurrence has a plausible explanation.
    • Quotes

      Counselor Deanna Troi: We're not playing it your way anymore, N'Vek. I've been kidnapped, surgically altered, put in danger. I've gone along with all your plans; now *you* are going to listen to me! You find a way to let the Enterprise track us, or I will go to Toreth and tell her I've discovered you're a traitor! I'll have you ejected into space, is that clear, Subcommander?

    • Connections
      Referenced in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Timescape (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Star Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
      Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage

    User reviews16

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    8/10
    She Doesn't Need Acting Lessons
    Deanna Troi is kidnapped by a Romulan underground member. Because she is a star fleet officer, she is the perfect candidate to impersonate a member of the controlling faction (sort of a Gestapo) to smuggle three members of the underground back to the Enterprise or at least away from Romulus. The interesting thing is that she adapts to her role instantaneously and convinces the ships captain that she is the real deal. This woman is never totally comfortable with Troi's character and continues the fifth degree on her, hoping to get her to slip up. Ultimately, she is forced to confront the Enterprise and face off in a warlike posture. She must use her knowledge to make things happen. In the process, she must come across as a brutal, intractable figure who is willing to kill anyone on board. For me, she is just too good to be true.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 6, 1993 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Paramount Television
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    • Runtime
      46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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