Where Silence Has Lease

Episode aired Nov 28, 1988
TV-PG
45m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

3.9K

YOUR RATING

Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi

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.

Director
- Winrich Kolbe
Writers
- Gene Roddenberry
- Jack B. Sowards
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

3.9K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Winrich Kolbe
Writers
- Gene Roddenberry
- Jack B. Sowards
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The music that plays in the background while Picard is in his quarters near the end is Erik Satie's "Gymnopedie #1".

Goofs
When Worf and Riker are on the bridge of the Yamato, the dedication plaque is still that of the Enterprise. In the remastered HD version, the name on the plaque has been digitally removed.

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.

Connections
Featured in Star Trek: First Contact Review (2009)

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

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Review

Featured review

4/10

When The Stakes Are Too High There Are No Stakes

The first part of the episode is a stupid attempt at misdirection. Picard is worried about... a Holodeck simulation? What? The simulation itself has dreadful fight choreography even by the low, low standards of Star Trek personal combat.

The second part is yet another all-powerful being testing the Enterprise. The first season already had 4 episodes dealing with this, and they were all bad as well. The main problem with all of them is that there is no tension. By putting the Enterprise against an overwhelming force you know the only conclusion can be a succesful escape, because the only other option is utter destruction. The supreme beings involved also are overly interested in "us" and always end up respecting "us".

The nadir of the episode is that Wesley is suddenly replaced by a black redshirt. It would only have been a surprise if he had survived.