Violations

Episode aired Feb 1, 1992
TV-PG
45m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

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Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Patrick Stewart, and Rick Fitts in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Space Sci-Fi Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi

Transporting three Ullian mind-probing historians, the Enterprise crew is stymied when some of its members fall into a coma. Deanna Troi, the first crew member to come through it, cannot rec... Read allTransporting three Ullian mind-probing historians, the Enterprise crew is stymied when some of its members fall into a coma. Deanna Troi, the first crew member to come through it, cannot recall anything surrounding the incident.Transporting three Ullian mind-probing historians, the Enterprise crew is stymied when some of its members fall into a coma. Deanna Troi, the first crew member to come through it, cannot recall anything surrounding the incident.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

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Trivia
This is the only episode of either Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) or Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) in which Keiko O'Brien (Rosalind Chao) appears but her husband Chief Miles O'Brien (Colm Meaney) does not.

Goofs
Doctor Crusher refers to the thalamus as "the part of the cerebral cortex involved in memory function." However, the thalamus is not part of the cerebral cortex, and is not considered important for most memory processes.

Quotes
[last lines]
Tarmin: It's been three centuries since we treated anyone for this... this form of rape. But there are medical records from that era. It was a time of great violence for my people, a time we thought we had put far behind us. That this could happen now... It's unimaginable.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Earth was once a violent planet, too. At times, the chaos threatened the very fabric of life, but, like you, we evolved; we found better ways to handle our conflicts. But I think no one can deny that the seed of violence remains within each of us. We must recognize that. Because that violence is capable of consuming each of us, as it consumed your son.

Connections
Referenced in Star Trek: Birth of the Federation (1999)

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

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Featured review

8/10

Utopia's Fatal Seed of Evil

Finally, a disturbingly honest story of how "centuries of human evolution" fail to eliminate our persistent problem of moral evil, whether from a snide remark, road rage or sexual assault.

The "entertaining" stories of the early seasons of TNG lack the depth and honesty that this one episode contains. This episode is disturbing...as it should be.