Where Silence Has Lease
- Episode aired Nov 28, 1988
- TV-PGTV-PG
- 45m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
3.1K
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The Enterprise encounters a mysterious void in space and when they move in closer to investigate further, it envelops them and they can't get out.The Enterprise encounters a mysterious void in space and when they move in closer to investigate further, it envelops them and they can't get out.The Enterprise encounters a mysterious void in space and when they move in closer to investigate further, it envelops them and they can't get out.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
3.1K
YOUR RATING
- Director
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Earl Boen
- Nagilumas Nagilum
- (voice)
Majel Barrett
- Enterprise Computeras Enterprise Computer
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
James G. Becker
- Youngbloodas Youngblood
- (uncredited)
Tim McCormack
- Ensign Bennettas Ensign Bennett
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaNagilum was originally supposed to have been played by Richard Mulligan. That's how the character's name was developed.
- GoofsSPOILER: Wesley Crusher disappears from the bridge with no explanation. He is at his station as the Captain sends Riker and Worf to the Yamato, but in the very next shot of the bridge, shortly after Riker and Worf, on the Yamato and try to contact the Enterprise again, Wesley is gone and in his place is Haskell. The reason becomes obvious a short time later when Nagilum kills Haskell, which is why he had to be there instead of Wesley.
Although it is peculiar that Wesley is no longer at the helm, it is not unheard of. Bridge crew are constantly leaving the bridge and having others replace them, so Wesley could have been called to another station or had another unknown reason for leaving (Troi, for example, also leaves the bridge between scenes--she is present when the Enterprise first encounters the "hole in space", but she is gone without explanation before Worf launches the first probe, and does not return again until after Riker and Worf return from the false Yamato). Wesley is also not an official member of Starfleet, so Capt. Picard may have replaced him because of the danger of the situation.
Alternatively, Wesley's replacement could have been effected by the being experimenting on the Enterprise.
- Quotes
Lt. Cmdr. Data: [of the "hole" in space] Sir, our sensors are showing this to be the absence of everything. It is a void without matter or energy of any kind.
Commander William T. Riker: Yet this hole has a form, Data; it has height, width...
Lt. Cmdr. Data: Perhaps. Perhaps not, sir.
Capt. Picard: That's hardly a scientific observation, Commander.
Lt. Cmdr. Data: Captain, the most elementary and valuable statement in science, the beginning of wisdom, is, "I do not know". I do not know what that is, sir.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Star Trek: First Contact Review (2009)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
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Was This More Dumb Luck or a Truly Clever Play?
The whole setup for this episode is quite good. We have a mysterious void in space where the Enterprise finds itself buried. Since there is nothing on the sensors, there is no escaping it. Add to this, the illusions of a Romulan battle cruiser that actually fires on the ship and a federation starship which has no crew. It is obvious something is toying with the crew. Soon a sort of cat-like face appears on the screen. It is the chosen representation of an alien force that sees the Enterprise as a mere curiosity. It has no respect or concern for the crew. It even kills a bridge officer to watch him die. It is hard to enjoy an episode when the forces working against the crew are so unfathomable that there is no strategy to counteract them. The best Picard can do is to destroy the ship. He and Riker initiate the destruct sequence. The crew gets twenty minutes to get its affairs in order. The entity continues to toy with them. I guess saying enough is enough is the last resort for Picard. Still, the universe is so complex and the villains are around every corner (are there corners?). This episode is clever and dramatic and does keep our attention. Perhaps that's all we can ask for.
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