Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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. Cmdr. Data | |
David Spielberg | ... | Cmdr. Hutchinson | |
Marie Marshall | ... | Kelsey | |
Tim Russ | ... | Devor | |
Glenn Morshower | ... | Orton | |
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Tom Nibley | ... | Neil |
Tim DeZarn | ... | Satler (as Tim deZarn) | |
Patricia Tallman | ... | Kiros | |
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Arlee Reed | ... | Waiter |
The Enterprise is docked at a station where it is to undergo a routine procedure to remove accumulated baryon particles. The ship must be evacuated while undergoing the procedure but Picard realizes there are people on board that should not be there. When the power is shut down, he finds himself trapped on board just when the deadly baryon sweep begins. The unknown people aboard the ship are thieves seeking to make a tidy profit from their foray. Data meanwhile tries to improve his ability to engage in small talk. Written by garykmcd
This TNG episode has the Enterprise undergoing a little maintenance while the officers and crew are doing a little R and R. What's happening to the Enterprise is that it is undergoing what they call a Baryon sweep. Some highly toxic rays are beamed into the ship to destroy any unfriendly microbes the ship picks up in outer space.
This is the time some terrorists decide to drain some unstable radioactive waste from ship's engine. They have to do it in a certain amount of time or the toxic rays will do them in.
Two things go wrong. Patrick Stewart has to quickly return to the ship for something he forgot. Secondly several of the rest of the senior staff discover something and they're taken hostage.
Two performances really make this episode. The first is Marie Marshall as the lead terrorist who is a tough and resourceful villain and equal to any male. In fact truth be told she really hasn't much use for the male of the species which she demonstrates on a few occasions.
The second is David Spielberg their genial and talkative host on the space station the crew is on. He bores to tears just about everyone with his steady stream of small talk. But Data is trying to master that art of making pleasant conversation so the two go at it. Speilberg and Brent Spiner absolutely hysterical one of the funniest moments in TNG history.
Worth watching for that alone.