Picard falls for the new head of the stellar science services department, but has feelings of misgivings when he's forced to assign her to a dangerous mission.Picard falls for the new head of the stellar science services department, but has feelings of misgivings when he's forced to assign her to a dangerous mission.Picard falls for the new head of the stellar science services department, but has feelings of misgivings when he's forced to assign her to a dangerous mission.
- Ensign Gatesas Ensign Gates
- (uncredited)
- Ensign Jaeas Ensign Jae
- (uncredited)
- Ensign Russellas Ensign Russell
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- TriviaThis episode brings out of storage Picard's beloved Ressikan flute, that he learned to play in the previous season's critically acclaimed episode The Inner Light (1992).
- GoofsThe Enterprise beams the rescue team into a hot, dusty firestorm without basic safety equipment like work gloves or goggles, let alone respirators, self contained air supplies, or sealed, heat resistant environment suits.
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[Picard tells Lt. Cmdr. Daren of his life on Kataan from "The Inner Light"]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: ...And when I awoke, all that I had left of that life... was the flute that I'd taught myself to play.
Lt. Cmdr. Nella Daren: Why are you telling me this?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Because I want you to understand what my music means to me... and what it means for me to be able to share it with someone.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Star Trek: Generations Review (2008)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
Perhaps Hughes and Stewart hit it off too good. She's not the most disciplined of people. She kind of reminded me of Douglas MacArthur who could never quite grasp that whatever theater of operations he wa in was not the whole show. Hughes and Jonathan Frakes have a small blowup about that.
More important her knowledge is invaluable on an away mission to rescue colonists from solar storms. But will personal involvement impair Captain Picard's judgment.
Nice as always to see romance not reserved for just the young.
- bkoganbing
- Jul 8, 2019



















