Ambassador T'Pel meets with the Senior Staff | |
Series: | TNG |
Season: | 4 |
Original Airdate: | 1991-01-07 |
Production Number: | 185 |
Year: | 2367 |
Stardate: | 44390.1 |
Story by: | Harold Apter |
Teleplay by: | Harold Apter and Ronald D. Moore |
Directed by: | Robert Wiemer |
Data is pretending to "enjoy himself" |
Data describes daily events on the Enterprise.
Summary
To further his research, Commander Bruce Maddox requested Data submit him a log from one day. A day on the Enterprise is full of many events, however. Lt. Juarez enters labor; Chief O'Brien and Keiko marry. Vulcan Ambassador T'Pel comes on board and the starship sets course for the neutral zone.
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Background Information
- This was the first appearance of Keiko O'Brien. She makes several more appearances in TNG, before becoming a regular recurring character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
- This episode includes the marriage of Miles and Keiko.
- This was the first appearance of several locations aboard the Enterprise-D including the arboretum, the barbershop, the nursery and the replicating center.
- The device used by V'Sal's human colleague to dye the alien officer's elaborate hair is usually seen as an engineering tool.
- The replicating center is a partial redress of the bridge of the USS Enterprise as seen in the first three movies.
- Data mentions that this episode takes place during "a celebration of the Hindu Festival of Lights. This would suggest (but not confirm) a date of October 24th, since the Festival would fall on that date in 2367. Also, according to Data, the Enterprise was commissioned exactly 4 years 3 months ago. Taking the October date into account, this would suggest the Enterprise was commissioned July 24th 2363, with the first episode likely taking place soon afterwards. However, this may or may not be contradicted by the commissioning date of "4 October 2363" in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual.
Memorable Quotes
"I could be pursuing an untamed ornithoid without cause."
- Data, referring to a "wild goose chase"
"My hair does not require trimming, you lunkhead."
- Data, experimenting with "friendly insults and jibes"
Links and References
Guest Stars
- Rosalind Chao as Keiko O'Brien
- Colm Meaney as Miles O'Brien
- Sierra Pecheur as T'Pel
- Alan Scarfe as Mendak
- Shelly Desai as V'Sal
- April Grace as Maggie Hubbell
Uncredited performers
- Tracee Lee Cocco as Jae
- Cameron as Kellogg
- Parts played by unknown performers
References
Adelphous IV; Andorian; Arboretum; Aurelia; bear; autosequencer; Bolian; Johannes Brahms; carnation; chess; Beverly Crusher; cybernetics; dance; day shift; Daystrom Institute; IRW Devoras; Arthur Conan Doyle dress uniform; USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D); Feline supplement 74; Festival of Lights; fluidic sensor diagnostic; Galvin V; goose; Hinduism; Sherlock Holmes; Isn't It Romantic?; Japanese; jazz; Juarez; Kellogg; Bruce Maddox; Martinez; Mitochondria; Murasaki quasar; night shift; phase transition coil; poker; Program Crusher 4; rabbit; Romulan; Romulan Neutral Zone; security clearance; sickbay; Spot; St. Louis; tap dance; Umbato; wedding; USS Zhukov
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