S2.E13

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Episode aired Apr 1, 1989
TV-PGTV-PG
45m

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7.5/10

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The Enterprise comes across its own shuttlecraft adrift in space - a duplicate - with an unconscious duplicate Capt. Picard inside.The Enterprise comes across its own shuttlecraft adrift in space - a duplicate - with an unconscious duplicate Capt. Picard inside.The Enterprise comes across its own shuttlecraft adrift in space - a duplicate - with an unconscious duplicate Capt. Picard inside.

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7.5/10

3.1K

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Director
- Joseph L. Scanlan
Writers
- Gene Roddenberry
- Maurice Hurley(teleplay by)
- Kurt Michael Bensmiller(story by)
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Diana Muldaur in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, and LeVar Burton in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Brent Spiner and LeVar Burton in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

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

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Trivia
Picard admits he has trouble with waiting patiently and Riker says that it's Picard's "Persian Flaw." In traditional Persian carpet weaving, it was standard practice to deliberately put in a few mistakes, because attempting perfection might offend God.

Goofs
Before the shuttlecraft is retrieved, no attempt is made to visually/electronically identify it. Also, no attempt is made to identify its occupant's commbadge. This would be standard procedure.

Quotes
[everyone seems to find Riker's omelets inedible]
Lieutenant Worf: [unflinchingly] Delicious.

Connections
Edited into Star Trek: The Next Generation: Descent (1993)

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

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3/10

Captain Picard is beside himself.

This was a terrible episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation". It was stagy, excessively cerebral and really didn't make a lot of sense. While the Enterprise is out on routine maneuvers, they come upon something VERY startling--a shuttlecraft floating in space. More startling is that it is from the Enterprise...yet they're not missing one. Most startling is that the passenger is the Captain...yet Picard is ALSO on the bridge!! This make no sense at all and eventually Geordi comes to realize that the Captain they just found is from six hours in the future! Although they have a lot of questions, the guy they discovered isn't able to answer, as he's out of phase, time-wise.

Does any of what I just said make sense? Well, no...but even less satisfying is the ending where Picard just KNOWS what to do even though there was really no indication what he SHOULD do and then, everything ends just fine. HUH!?! What did I just see?! A confusing and not at all interesting episode to day the least.

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