Loud As A Whisper

Episode aired Jan 7, 1989
TV-PGTV-PG
45m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

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Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Patrick Stewart, and Howie Seago in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

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The crew ferries a deaf mediator to Solais V to negotiate an end to a civil war.The crew ferries a deaf mediator to Solais V to negotiate an end to a civil war.The crew ferries a deaf mediator to Solais V to negotiate an end to a civil war.

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Larry Shaw
Writers
- Gene Roddenberry
- Jacqueline Zambrano
- Leonard Mlodinow(story editor)
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Howie Seago in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Leo Damian, Marnie Mosiman, Randy Oglesby, and Howie Seago in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

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

LeVar Burton and Diana Muldaur in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Jonathan Frakes in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Patrick Stewart, and Howie Seago in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Trivia
Guest star Howie Seago, who plays Riva, is deaf in real life and had in fact petitioned the producers to create an episode involving deaf people.

Goofs
After giving Geordi, who is blind without his visor, an eye exam, Geordi asks Dr. Pulaski if she is done. She nods silently before he puts his visor on.

Quotes
[Riva explains how he intends to mediate between the adversarial parties]
Lt. Commander Data: [interpreting Riva's sign language] Learning sign will be a part of their process of learning how to live together in peace.
Counselor Deanna Troi: [explaining] While they're learning how to communicate with Riva, they'll be learning how to communicate with each other.
Lt. Commander Data: [interpreting] And that is the first and most important aspect of any relationship.

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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9/10

Interesting examination of disability, and how to accept yourself.

This is "the disability" episode, and it is rather good. I have attended lectures done by deaf-mute professors that are verbalized by interpreters. Such people are vital for understanding, for both the mute person and for people who do not understand ASL or other sign language, similarly to Riva's Chorus. The b-plot is about La Forge being able to possibly have eyes, literal eyes. Ultimately both decide to accept themselves for who they are and Riva uses his own victimization to advance peace.

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