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Night Terrors

Episode aired Mar 16, 1991
TV-PG
45m

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7.1/10

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Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Patrick Stewart, and John Vickery in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Action Adventure Sci-Fi

The Enterprise gets trapped in a Tyken's Rift, an energy-absorbing rupture in space, where all but Data, Troi and Guinan experience rising hallucinations and paranoia.The Enterprise gets trapped in a Tyken's Rift, an energy-absorbing rupture in space, where all but Data, Troi and Guinan experience rising hallucinations and paranoia.The Enterprise gets trapped in a Tyken's Rift, an energy-absorbing rupture in space, where all but Data, Troi and Guinan experience rising hallucinations and paranoia.

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John Vickery in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Gates McFadden and Marina Sirtis in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Whoopi Goldberg in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

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

Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

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LeVar Burton and Craig Hurley in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Marina Sirtis in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

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Trivia
The USS Brattain was named after Walter Houser Brattain, an American physicist, who, along with John Bardeen and William Shockley, invented the transistor.

Goofs
The Federation science vessel found by the Enterprise carries the name USS Brittain on the hull (which is backed by all spoken pronunciations), but its name on all internal bridge displays and the Captain's log when it is replayed has its name spelled correctly as 'Brattain'.

Quotes
[when a riot breaks out in Ten Forward, Guinan produces a huge energy rifle from behind the bar, and fires a blast into the ceiling. Everyone stops and stares]
Ensign Gillespie: What is that?
Guinan: This is a little souvenir I picked up from Magus III. That was setting number one. Anyone wanna see setting number two?

Connections
Featured in TrekCulture: 10 Scariest Star Trek Episodes Ever (2020)

Soundtracks
Star Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage

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7/10

Great episode until the last 5 minutes

This was a great episode that was spoiled by the end. The premise was sound, the episode was entertaining, and it was a creative play on nightmares and horror.

The ending did not make any sense, though. They should have come up with a better explanation for what happened (not going to include spoilers). Also, they never described how Troi was able to do what she did. It just showed an outline of a humanoid in her dream and... the end.

Bad ending, but the rest of the episode was fun.

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