Memory Alpha
Register
Memory Alpha
Tag: sourceedit
m (+lk)
Tag: sourceedit
(47 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown)
Line 72: Line 72:
 
Redblock and Leech decide to attempt to leave the holodeck, and dematerialize just outside the doors. Data picks up Whalen and takes him to sickbay, accompanied by Dr. Crusher. Lt. McNary, who has befriended Picard throughout the episode, realizes the possibility that his own reality is in doubt. He asks Picard, "''When you've gone, will this world continue to exist? Will my wife and kids still be waiting for me at home?''" Picard responds with the only honest answer he can find "''I don't know...''". Picard then rushes to the bridge, where he recites the greeting perfectly, much to the relief of everyone on board. The ''Enterprise'' then leaves Torona IV.
 
Redblock and Leech decide to attempt to leave the holodeck, and dematerialize just outside the doors. Data picks up Whalen and takes him to sickbay, accompanied by Dr. Crusher. Lt. McNary, who has befriended Picard throughout the episode, realizes the possibility that his own reality is in doubt. He asks Picard, "''When you've gone, will this world continue to exist? Will my wife and kids still be waiting for me at home?''" Picard responds with the only honest answer he can find "''I don't know...''". Picard then rushes to the bridge, where he recites the greeting perfectly, much to the relief of everyone on board. The ''Enterprise'' then leaves Torona IV.
   
===Log entries===
+
=== Log entries ===
 
* [[Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), 2364#Mission to Torona IV|Captain's log, USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-D), 2364]]
 
* [[Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), 2364#Mission to Torona IV|Captain's log, USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-D), 2364]]
 
* [[Captain's personal log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)#Mission to Torona IV|Captain's personal log, USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-D)]]
 
* [[Captain's personal log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)#Mission to Torona IV|Captain's personal log, USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-D)]]
Line 143: Line 143:
 
: - '''Picard''' and '''La Forge'''
 
: - '''Picard''' and '''La Forge'''
   
== Background Information ==
+
== Background information ==
 
=== Production history ===
 
=== Production history ===
 
* Revised final draft script: {{d|14|October|1987}}
 
* Revised final draft script: {{d|14|October|1987}}
Line 149: Line 149:
 
* Premiere airdate: {{d|11|January|1988}}
 
* Premiere airdate: {{d|11|January|1988}}
   
=== Story and production ===
+
=== Story ===
 
* The basic premise of the episode was conceived by [[Gene Roddenberry]], who suggested doing a detective story on the holodeck. It was writer [[Tracy Tormé]], however, who added numerous ''film noir'' references in the script, being a fan of the genre. The events of the Dixon Hill program as depicted on the holodeck were a homage to the 1941 film {{wt|The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|The Maltese Falcon}}. [[Cyrus Redblock]] was based on the character of Kasper Gutman, played by {{w|Sydney Greenstreet}}, and [[Felix Leech]] was based on {{w|Peter Lorre}}'s Joel Cairo. Director [[Joseph L. Scanlan]] noted that Picard's office was a homage to {{w|Humphrey Bogart}}'s office in the film, with a similar window and venetian blinds being used. (''[[Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages]]'')
 
* The basic premise of the episode was conceived by [[Gene Roddenberry]], who suggested doing a detective story on the holodeck. It was writer [[Tracy Tormé]], however, who added numerous ''film noir'' references in the script, being a fan of the genre. The events of the Dixon Hill program as depicted on the holodeck were a homage to the 1941 film {{wt|The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|The Maltese Falcon}}. [[Cyrus Redblock]] was based on the character of Kasper Gutman, played by {{w|Sydney Greenstreet}}, and [[Felix Leech]] was based on {{w|Peter Lorre}}'s Joel Cairo. Director [[Joseph L. Scanlan]] noted that Picard's office was a homage to {{w|Humphrey Bogart}}'s office in the film, with a similar window and venetian blinds being used. (''[[Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages]]'')
* The character of [[Dixon Hill]] was originally named "Dixon Steele", as a homage to Tormé's favorite Bogart movie (''{{w|In a Lonely Place}}''), but it had to be changed because it resembled too much for the protagonist of the then-successful series ''{{w|Remington Steele}}''. (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'', p. 45)
+
* The character of [[Dixon Hill]] was originally named "Dixon Steele", as a homage to Tormé's favorite Bogart movie ({{wt|In a Lonely Place}}), but it had to be changed because it resembled too much for the protagonist of the then-successful series {{wt|Remington Steele}}. (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'', p. 45)
 
* The title of the episode would seem to be a composite of the Raymond Chandler books ''The Big Sleep'' and ''The Long Goodbye'' featuring iconic detective Philip Marlowe.
 
* The title of the episode would seem to be a composite of the Raymond Chandler books ''The Big Sleep'' and ''The Long Goodbye'' featuring iconic detective Philip Marlowe.
* [[Tracy Tormé]] is listed as the author of the [[Dixon Hill]] stories, as seen on a computer screen. The text from the actual stories is from three books:
 
** ''The Listening Man'', by {{w|John A. Moroso}}, published in 1924.
 
** ''Dangerous Ground'' by Francis Sill Wickware published in 1946.
 
** a fictional detective magazine called ''National Detective Gazette'' that came with the 1980s computer game ''The Witness''. The illustrations are from various ''Star Trek'' books published by [[FASA]].
 
* As noted in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'', budget restrictions prevented the [[Jarada]] from appearing on screen. Tormé was disappointed because he had developed a [[hive mind]] culture for the aliens. The script of the episode describes them as "wasp-like; black and yellow, with pointed insectile features and waving black antennae." {{Star Trek Minutiae|academy/literature329/113.txt}}
 
   
 
=== Production ===
 
=== Production ===
  +
[[File:The big goodbye Okuda notes.jpg|thumb|Okuda's notes for this episode]]
 
* [[Rob Bowman]] was initially set to direct this episode, but the episode was given to Joe Scanlan at the last minute when problems emerged in producing {{e|Datalore}} and the two episodes were switched in production order. (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'', p. 45)
 
* [[Rob Bowman]] was initially set to direct this episode, but the episode was given to Joe Scanlan at the last minute when problems emerged in producing {{e|Datalore}} and the two episodes were switched in production order. (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'', p. 45)
 
* Tormé and Scanlan together suggested filming the 1940s scenes in black and white. [[Rick Berman]] and [[Robert Justman]] disagreed, arguing that the holodeck could not change the appearance of the crew. (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'') The ''[[Captain Proton]]'' program seen in several episodes of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' would indeed show characters in black and white, however.
 
* Tormé and Scanlan together suggested filming the 1940s scenes in black and white. [[Rick Berman]] and [[Robert Justman]] disagreed, arguing that the holodeck could not change the appearance of the crew. (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'') The ''[[Captain Proton]]'' program seen in several episodes of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' would indeed show characters in black and white, however.
 
* [[Tracy Tormé]] is listed as the author of the [[Dixon Hill]] stories, as seen on a computer screen. The text from the actual stories is from three books:
 
** ''The Listening Man'', by {{w|John A. Moroso}}, published in 1924.
 
** ''Dangerous Ground'' by Francis Sill Wickware published in 1946.
 
** a fictional detective magazine called ''National Detective Gazette'' that came with the 1980s computer game ''The Witness''. The illustrations are from various ''Star Trek'' books published by [[FASA]].
 
* As noted in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'', budget restrictions prevented the [[Jarada]] from appearing on screen. Tormé was disappointed because he had developed a [[hive mind]] culture for the aliens. The script of the episode describes them as "wasp-like; black and yellow, with pointed insectile features and waving black antennae." {{Star Trek Minutiae|resources/scripts/113.txt}}
  +
* The scenes in the 1941 holographic San Francisco were filmed on [[Paramount Pictures]]' [[New York Street]] backlot. (''[[Energized! Taking The Next Generation to the Next Level]]'', [[TNG Season 1 Blu-ray]] special feature)
   
 
=== Music ===
 
=== Music ===
Line 169: Line 171:
 
=== Cast and characters ===
 
=== Cast and characters ===
 
* [[Gregory Itzin]] mentioned in an interview that he was originally cast in this episode (apparently as [[McNary]]) but elected to do an episode of ''L.A. Law'' instead. He acknowledged "The Big Goodbye" is now considered a "classic" and regretted turning down the episode. Itzin, of course, went go to appear in several other roles. [http://www.thestream.tv/watch.php?v=269]
 
* [[Gregory Itzin]] mentioned in an interview that he was originally cast in this episode (apparently as [[McNary]]) but elected to do an episode of ''L.A. Law'' instead. He acknowledged "The Big Goodbye" is now considered a "classic" and regretted turning down the episode. Itzin, of course, went go to appear in several other roles. [http://www.thestream.tv/watch.php?v=269]
  +
* [[Lawrence Tierney]] later appeared as [[Regent of Palamar]] in {{DS9|Business as Usual}}, [[Dick Miller]] as [[Vin]] in {{DS9|Past Tense, Part I}} and {{e|Past Tense, Part II}}, [[Mike Genovese]] as [[Zef'No]] in {{DS9|The Circle}}, [[William Boyett]] as [[US law personnel police officer 5|policeman]] in {{TNG|Time's Arrow, Part II}}, and [[Erik Cord]] as [[stunt double]] in {{TNG|The Perfect Mate}} and {{film|7}}.
* This is one episode in which [[Majel Barrett]] does not provide the [[computer voice|voice of the computer]]. The role was instead filled with an unidentified female voice.
 
  +
* This episode was the first ''Star Trek'' appearance for [[David Selburg]] who later appeared in {{TNG|Frame of Mind}}, {{VOY|Caretaker}}, and {{ENT|Carbon Creek}}.
  +
* [[Rhonda Aldrich]] portrayed Dixon Hill's secretary {{dis|Madeline|fictional character}} for the first time. She reprised this part in the episodes {{e|Manhunt}} and {{e|Clues}}.
  +
* This episode also marked the first on-screen appearance of regular background actor, [[stand-in]], and [[body double]] [[Guy Vardaman]].
   
 
=== Sets and props ===
 
=== Sets and props ===
Line 185: Line 190:
 
* [[Cyrus Redblock]] and [[Felix Leech]] do not begin to disappear until they have completely exited the holodeck. Subsequent episodes (such as {{e|Ship in a Bottle}} and {{e|Projections}}) make it clear that a holographic character or object will disappear immediately upon passing beyond the range of holographic projectors.
 
* [[Cyrus Redblock]] and [[Felix Leech]] do not begin to disappear until they have completely exited the holodeck. Subsequent episodes (such as {{e|Ship in a Bottle}} and {{e|Projections}}) make it clear that a holographic character or object will disappear immediately upon passing beyond the range of holographic projectors.
 
* This marks the only episode briefly showing Tasha Yar being in command on the bridge.
 
* This marks the only episode briefly showing Tasha Yar being in command on the bridge.
* Dr. Crusher's entry scene into the holodeck was obviously shot when the set wall had been modified for Wesley and LaForge's examination of the holodeck circuitry, as the panel is exposed behind her, showing Wesley's tool, while when LaForge first gets down to the holodeck and then calls Riker, the wall has the panel closed.
+
* Dr. Crusher's entry scene into the holodeck was obviously shot when the set wall had been modified for Wesley and La Forge's examination of the holodeck circuitry, as the panel is exposed behind her, showing Wesley's tool, while when La Forge first gets down to the holodeck and then calls Riker, the wall has the panel closed.
   
 
=== Awards ===
 
=== Awards ===
* For this episode, [[William Ware Theiss]] won an [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Costume Design in {{y|1988}}. [[Edward R. Brown]] received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series.
+
* For this episode, [[William Ware Theiss]] won an [[Emmy Award]] in the category Outstanding Costume Design for a Series in {{y|1988}}. [[Edward R. Brown]] received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series.
* It won the [[George Foster Peabody Award]] for excellence in television broadcasting in 1987.
+
* It won the [[George Foster Peabody Award]] for excellence in television broadcasting in {{y|1987}}.
   
 
=== Reception ===
 
=== Reception ===
Line 232: Line 237:
   
 
=== Featuring ===
 
=== Featuring ===
* [[Rhonda Aldrich]] as [[Madeline|Secretary]]
+
* [[Rhonda Aldrich]] as {{dis|Madeline|fictional character|Secretary}}
 
* [[Erik Cord]] as [[Unnamed Dixon Hill characters#Thug|Thug]]
 
* [[Erik Cord]] as [[Unnamed Dixon Hill characters#Thug|Thug]]
   
Line 243: Line 248:
 
* [[Nora Leonhardt]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Female science division/command division ensign|science division ensign]]
 
* [[Nora Leonhardt]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Female science division/command division ensign|science division ensign]]
 
* [[Lorine Mendell]] as [[Diana Giddings]]
 
* [[Lorine Mendell]] as [[Diana Giddings]]
  +
* [[Susan Raborn]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) operations division personnel#Female relief tactical officer|operations division officer]]
 
* [[Richard Sarstedt]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Helmsman|command division lieutenant]]
 
* [[Richard Sarstedt]] as [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Helmsman|command division lieutenant]]
 
* [[Guy Vardaman]] as [[Unnamed Dixon Hill characters#San Francisco citizens|San Francisco citizen]]
 
* [[Guy Vardaman]] as [[Unnamed Dixon Hill characters#San Francisco citizens|San Francisco citizen]]
 
* [[Unknown performers]] as
 
* [[Unknown performers]] as
 
** [[Unnamed Dixon Hill characters#Cleaning lady|Cleaning lady]]
 
** [[Unnamed Dixon Hill characters#Cleaning lady|Cleaning lady]]
  +
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Command division crewmember (2364)|Command division crewmember]]
  +
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Male command division officer (2364)|Command division officer]]
 
** Female {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} [[computer voice]]
 
** Female {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} [[computer voice]]
  +
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Female medical technician|Female science division officer]]
 
** [[Jarada|Jaradan voice]]
 
** [[Jarada|Jaradan voice]]
  +
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) operations division personnel#Security officer (2364)|Operations division officer]]
 
** [[Unnamed Dixon Hill characters#Police secretary|Police secretary]]
 
** [[Unnamed Dixon Hill characters#Police secretary|Police secretary]]
  +
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel#Civilians (2364)|Three civilians]]
  +
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) operations division personnel#Operations division crewmembers (2364)|Three operations division crewmembers]]
 
** [[Unnamed Dixon Hill characters#Police officers|Three police officers]]
 
** [[Unnamed Dixon Hill characters#Police officers|Three police officers]]
  +
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) sciences division personnel#Science division crewmembers (2364)|Three science division crewmembers]]
 
** [[Unnamed Dixon Hill characters#"Toots"|"Toots"]]
 
** [[Unnamed Dixon Hill characters#"Toots"|"Toots"]]
 
** [[Unnamed Dixon Hill characters#San Francisco citizens|Twenty-five San Francisco citizens]]
 
** [[Unnamed Dixon Hill characters#San Francisco citizens|Twenty-five San Francisco citizens]]
  +
** [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) command division personnel#Command division crewmembers (2364)|Two command division crewmembers]]
   
 
=== Stand-ins and photo doubles ===
 
=== Stand-ins and photo doubles ===
Line 266: Line 280:
   
 
=== References ===
 
=== References ===
[[1924]]; [[1931]]; [[1934]]; [[1936]]; [[1941]]; [[1944]]; [[1946]]; [[2026]]; [[2344]]; [[alcohol]]; ''[[Amazing Detective Stories]]''; [[Flags and banners|American flag]]; [[automobile]]; [[baseball]]; [[bi-converter interface]]; [[bicycle]]; ''[[The Big Good-Bye|Big Good-Bye, The]]''; [[blood]]; [[Buck Bokai|Bokai, Buck]]; [[bow tie]]; [[boxing]]; [[Arthur Clinton Bradley|Bradley, Arthur Clinton]]; [[bridge]]; [[British]]; [[California]]; [[Camden City]]; [[car]]; [[carpet]]; [[chair]]; [[chewing gum]]; [[cigarette]]; [[Cleveland]]; [[Cleveland Indians]]; [[United States dollar|c-note]]; [[computer]]; {{class|Constitution}}; [[couch]]; [[desktop monitor]]; [[Joe DiMaggio|DiMaggio, Joe]]; [[Tommy Dorsey|Dorsey, Tommy]]; [[earring]]; [[Earth]]; [[Esky]]; [[Fairmont Hotel]]; [[feather]]; [[fish]]; [[French language]]; [[Galaxy class decks]]; [[gangster]]; [[Garden City]]; [[ghost]]; [[gun]]; [[Halloween]]; [[hat]]; [[Dixon Hill|Hill, Dixon]]; [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler, Adolf]]; [[Sherlock Holmes|Holmes, Sherlock]]; [[holodeck|Holodeck 3]]; [[Unnamed engineering tools#Holodeck repair tools|holodeck repair tools]]; [[Holodeck safety protocol]]; [[horse]]; [[Jarada]]; [[Jaradan language]]; [[Jaradan probe]]; [[Jaradan sector]]; [[jewelry]]; [[Kaferian]]; [[kiss]]; [[LCARS]]; [[lighter]]; [[lipstick]]; [[Livingston]]; [[London]]; [[London Kings]]; ''[[The Long Dark Tunnel|Long Dark Tunnel, The]]''; [[Lord Halifax]]; [[makeup]]; [[mating ritual]]; [[Sharon McNary|McNary, Sharon]]; [[model]]; [[money]]; [[murder]]; [[Philip Murray|Murray, Philip]]; [[necktie]]; [[Isaac Newton|Newton, Isaac]]; [[New York]]; [[NRA]]; [[number one]]; [[observation lounge]]; "[[Out of Nowhere]]"; [[painting]]; [[police]]; [[private investigator]]; [[T.C. Purser|Purser, T.C.]]; [[ready room]]; [[ring]]; [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Roosevelt, Franklin D.]]; [[sailor]]; [[San Francisco]]; [[scotch]]; [[smoking]]; [[snow]]; [[snowstorm]]; [[South America]]; [[stockings]]; [[suspenders]]; [[telephone]]; [[Torona IV]]; [[Tracy Tormé (author)|Tormé, Tracy]]; [[traffic light]]; [[trenchcoat]]; [[turbolift]]; [[typewriter]]; [[umbrella]]; [[Union Square]]; [[United States dollar]]; [[unnamed plants]]; [[ventilator]]; [[viewscreen]], [[VISOR]]; [[wristwatch]]
+
[[1924]]; [[1931]]; [[1934]]; [[1936]]; [[1941]]; [[1944]]; [[1946]]; [[2026]]; [[2344]]; [[alcohol]]; ''[[Amazing Detective Stories]]''; [[Flags and banners|American flag]]; [[ashtray]]; [[automobile]]; [[balcony]]; [[baseball]]; [[bi-converter interface]]; [[bicycle]]; ''[[The Big Good-Bye|Big Good-Bye, The]]''; [[blinds]]; [[blood]]; [[Buck Bokai|Bokai, Buck]]; [[bow tie]]; [[boxing]]; [[Arthur Clinton Bradley|Bradley, Arthur Clinton]]; [[bridge]]; [[British]]; [[United States dollar|c-note]]; [[California]]; [[Camden City]]; [[car]]; [[carpet]]; [[chair]]; [[chewing gum]]; [[cigarette]]; [[Cleveland]]; [[Cleveland Indians]]; [[coat rack]]; [[computer]]; {{class|Constitution}}; [[copyright]]; [[couch]]; [[desktop monitor]]; [[Joe DiMaggio|DiMaggio, Joe]]; [[Tommy Dorsey|Dorsey, Tommy]]; [[earring]]; [[Earth]]; [[Esky]]; [[Fairmont Hotel]]; [[feather]]; [[filing cabinet]]; [[fire hydrant]]; [[fish]]; [[French language]]; [[Galaxy class decks]]; [[gangster]]; [[Garden City]]; [[ghost]]; [[gun]]; [[Halloween]]; [[hat]]; [[Dixon Hill|Hill, Dixon]]; [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler, Adolf]]; [[Sherlock Holmes|Holmes, Sherlock]]; [[holodeck|Holodeck 3]]; [[Unnamed engineering tools#Holodeck repair tools|holodeck repair tools]]; [[Holodeck safety protocol]]; [[horse]]; [[Jarada]]; [[Jaradan language]]; [[Jaradan probe]]; [[Jaradan sector]]; [[jewelry]]; [[Kaferian]]; [[kiss]]; [[LCARS]]; [[lighter]]; [[lipstick]]; [[Livingston]]; [[London]]; [[London Kings]]; ''[[The Long Dark Tunnel|Long Dark Tunnel, The]]''; [[Lord Halifax]]; [[make-up]]; [[manhole]]; [[mating ritual]]; [[Sharon McNary|McNary, Sharon]]; [[model]]; [[money]]; [[mop]]; [[murder]]; [[Philip Murray|Murray, Philip]]; [[necktie]]; [[Isaac Newton|Newton, Isaac]]; [[New York]]; [[NRA]]; [[number one]]; [[observation lounge]]; "[[Out of Nowhere]]"; [[painting]]; [[police]]; [[private investigator]]; [[T.C. Purser|Purser, T.C.]]; [[ready room]]; [[ring]]; [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Roosevelt, Franklin D.]]; [[sailor]]; [[San Francisco]]; [[scotch]]; [[smoking]]; [[snow]]; [[snowstorm]]; [[South America]]; [[standard orbit]]; [[status report]]; [[stockings]]; [[suspenders]]; [[suntan|tan]]; [[telephone]]; [[Torona IV]]; [[Tracy Tormé (author)|Tormé, Tracy]]; [[traffic light]]; [[trenchcoat]]; [[turbolift]]; [[typewriter]]; [[umbrella]]; [[Union Square]]; [[United States dollar]]; [[unnamed plants]]; [[ventilator]]; [[viewscreen]], [[VISOR]]; [[water cooler]]; [[wristwatch]]
   
=== Library Computer references ===
+
=== Library computer references ===
* '''Dixon Hill References''': [[A.M.A.]]; ''[[A.M.A. Journal]]''; [[airplane]]; [[Alderman]]; [[Franz Alexander|Alexander, Franz]]; [[Allcroft]]; [[Alvano]]; [[Ambrose National]]; [[ambulance]]; [[America]]; [[American]]; [[Anglo-American National Bank]]; [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]]; [[Arizona]]; [[August]]; [[automobile]]; [[autopsy]]; [[Australia]]; [[automatic]]; [[William Bailey|Bailey, William]]; [[bank]]; [[bank safe]]; [[baritone horn]]; [[barn]]; [[Jock Barnes|Barnes, Jock]]; [[baseball]] [[beans]]; [[Berkshire County]]; [[blood]]; [[Boston]]; [[Boy Scouts]]; [[brain]]; [[Broadway]]; [[Bud]]; [[bugle]]; [[bull terrier]]; [[cable car]]; [[California]]; [[camellia]]; [[Canadian]]; [[cannon]]; ''[[Cap Fallon Fire Fighter]]''; [[captain]]; [[Carpenter]]; [[cat]]; [[Central Park]]; [[Chicago]]; [[chicken]]; [[Chimney Corner]]; [[Chinese]]; [[Christmas]]; [[church]]; [[climate]]; [[cold]]; [[cotton]]; [[court]]; [[crocodile]]; [[Cumberland]]; [[December]]; [[defendant]]; [[delivery room]]; [[Sahara Desert|Desert of Sahara]]; [[desk lieutenant]]; [[detective]]; [[Detroit]]; [[DeWaay]]; [[dictagraph]]; [[doctor]]; [[Dolan]]; [[drugstore]]; [[Dunner]]; [[electric lamp]]; [[elephant]]; [[elm]]; [[England]]; [[English]]; ''[[Esquire]]''; [[Europe]]; [[Fairbridge]]; [[Fairmont Hotel]]; ''[[The Fall of the House of Usher|Fall of the House of Usher, The]]''; [[Cap Fallon|Fallon, Cap]]; [[Paddy Fallon|Fallon, Paddy]]; [[ferryboat]]; [[Fifth Avenue]]; [[fingerprint kit]]; [[firefighter]]; [[fireboat]]; [[Henry Ford|Ford, Henry]]; [[Silent Forrester|Forrester, Silent]]; [[Benny Fortenstein|Fortenstein, Benny]]; [[France]]; [[French]]; [[Fresno]]; [[Sigmund Freud|Freud, Sigmund]]; [[Garden City]]; [[Mrs. Gidding|Gidding, Mrs.]]; [[God]]; [[Gold Street]]; [[Thomas Gonzales|Gonzales, Thomas]]; [[governor]]; [[gourmet]]; [[granite]]; [[Grand Central]]; [[gutta-percha]]; [[handcuffs]]; [[Russell Hastings|Hastings, Russell]]; [[Harvard]]; [[Hendler's Sanitarium]]; [[Herald Square]]; [[high school]]; [[Hilda]]; ''[[History of Medical Psychology]]''; [[Karen Horney|Horney, Karen]]; [[horse]]; [[horse racing]]; [[hospital]]; [[hotel]]; [[insurance company]]; ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams|Interpretation of Dreams, The]]''; [[jail]]; {{dis|Jenkins|doctor}}; [[Jimmy]]; [[Johns Hopkins]]; {{dis|Johnson|boxer}}; [[Jorkins]]; [[judge]]; [[jury]]; [[kale]]; [[Kelley]]; [[Barney Kollecher|Kollecher, Barney]]; [[Lawrence Kubie|Kubie, Lawrence]]; [[Lasker]]; [[law]]; [[lawyer]]; ''[[Legal Medicine and Toxicology]]''; [[library]]; [[lieutenant]]; ''{{dis|Life|magazine}}''; [[life insurance policy]]; ''[[The Listening Man|Listening Man, The]]''; [[London]]; [[Long Island]]; ''[[Look]]''; [[Luna]]; [[MD]]; [[Madison Square Garden|Madison Square]]; [[Maine]]; [[Mamie]]; [[Mancinelli]]; [[Anthony Marcus|Marcus, Anthony]]; [[Manhattan]]; {{dis|Mason|boxer}}; [[Massachusetts]]; [[Massachusetts Bar]]; [[McCabe]]; ''[[McCall's]]''; [[McCackin]]; [[medical examiner]]; ''[[Medical View of Psychoanalysis]]''; [[mental therapy]]; [[Metropolitan]]; [[Mike]]; [[Molly]]; [[Montreal]]; [[Morse code]]; [[Glenda Morton|Morton, Glenda]]; [[Mulaney]]; [[Mulberry Street]]; [[Municipal Arena]]; {{dis|Murphy|policeman}}; [[Mussolini]]; [[Nellie]]; ''[[The Neurotic Personality of Our Time|Neurotic Personality of Our Time, The]]''; [[New Jersey]]; [[New Orleans]]; [[New Year's Day]]; [[New York]]; [[New York City]]; ''[[The New Yorker|New Yorker, The]]''; ''[[The New York Times|New York Times, The]]''; [[New York Yacht]]; [[nightstick]]; [[Northern Valley]]; {{dis|O'Brien|Dixon Hill}}; [[O'Hagan]]; [[Oak Street]]; [[Oak Street station]]; [[ocean liner]]; [[oxy-acetylene]]; [[oxygen]]; [[oxygen tent]]; [[Palazzo Venezia]]; [[Palisades]]; [[paralysis]]; [[Park Avenue]]; [[Park Row]]; {{dis|Parker|Dixon Hill}}; [[phases of the moon]]; [[Pittsfield]]; [[pistol]]; [[plastico moulage]]; [[poison]]; [[police]]; [[police code]]; [[police force]]; [[police station]]; [[Portland]]; [[Plaza]]; [[Edgar Allan Poe|Poe, Edgar Allan]]; [[Potassium|potassium cyanide]]; [[Powell Street]]; ''[[Practical Aspects of Psychoanalysis]]''; [[Precinct 12]]; [[prisoner]]; ''[[The Problem of Anxiety|Problem of Anxiety, The]]''; [[Prohibition]]; [[prosecutor]]; [[psychiatrist]]; [[psychiatry]]; [[psychology]]; ''[[Psychopathia Sexualis]]''; [[radio]]; [[radium]]; [[John Rawley|Rawley, John]]; [[RCA Building]]; [[rheumatism]]; [[Robbins]]; [[Rockefeller Center]]; [[Ryan]]; [[San Francisco Bay]]; ''[[San Francisco Globe]]''; ''[[San Francisco Herald]]''; ''[[San Francisco Sun]]''; [[sandwich]]; [[sanitarium]]; [[Saturnalia]]; [[September]]; [[sex]]; [[SFPD]]; [[William P. Sheridan|Sheridan, William P.]]; [[sheriff]]; [[Sing Sing]]; [[Jason Smith|Smith, Jason]]; [[steel]]; [[Wilhelm Stekel|Stekel, Wilhelm]]; [[stethoscope]]; [[stove]]; [[Sweeney]]; [[sword cane]]; [[taxi]]; [[tear]]; [[Technical Supply Co.]]; ''[[Technique of Analytical Psychotherapy]]''; [[telephone]]; [[temperature]]; [[The Library of Charles & Serena Wilson]]; ''[[Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex]]''; [[Jim Tierney|Tierney, Jim]]; ''{{dis|Time|magazine}}''; [[Times Square]]; [[Tombs]]; ''[[Totem and Taboo]]''; [[trial]]; [[train]]; [[train station]]; [[Trinity Church]]; [[trooper]]; [[tug]]; [[tumor]]; [[Twenty-third Street]]; [[Uncle Sam]]; [[Union League]], [[Union Square]]; [[United States Army]]; [[United States Congress]]; [[United States dollar]]; [[United States flag]]; [[United States Marines]]; [[Vermont]]; [[Victorian]]; [[Vienna]]; ''[[Vogue]]''; [[Wall Street]]; [[ward]]; [[wedding]]; [[Dick Wheeler|Wheeler, Dick]]; [[whistle]]; [[willow]]; [[Charles Wilson|Wilson, Charles]]; [[Frederricka Wilson|Wilson, Frederricka]]; [[Serena Wilson|Wilson, Serena]]; [[wireless]]; [[World Building]]; [[yacht]]; [[Gregory Zilboorg|Zilboorg, Gregory]]
+
* '''Dixon Hill references''': ''[[A.M.A. Journal]]''; [[airplane]]; [[Alderman]]; [[Franz Alexander|Alexander, Franz]]; [[Allcroft]]; [[Alvano]]; [[Ambrose National]]; [[ambulance]]; [[America]]; [[American]]; [[Anglo-American National Bank]]; [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]]; [[Arizona]]; [[August]]; [[automobile]]; [[autopsy]]; [[Australia]]; [[William Bailey|Bailey, William]]; [[bank]]; [[bank safe]]; [[baritone horn]]; [[barn]]; [[Jock Barnes|Barnes, Jock]]; [[baseball]]; [[bean]]; [[Berkshire County]]; [[blood]]; [[Boston]]; [[Boy Scouts]]; [[brain]]; [[Broadway]]; [[Bud]]; [[bugle]]; [[bull terrier]]; [[cable car]]; [[California]]; [[camellia]]; [[Canadian]]; [[cannon]]; ''[[Cap Fallon Fire Fighter]]''; [[captain]]; [[Carpenter]]; [[cat]]; [[Central Park]]; [[Chicago]]; [[chicken]]; [[Chimney Corner]]; [[Chinese]]; [[Christmas]]; [[church]]; [[climate]]; [[cold]]; [[cotton]]; [[court]]; [[crocodile]]; [[Cumberland]]; [[December]]; [[defendant]]; [[delivery room]]; [[Sahara Desert|Desert of Sahara]]; [[desk lieutenant]]; [[detective]]; [[Detroit]]; [[DeWaay]]; [[dictagraph]]; [[doctor]]; [[Dolan]]; [[drugstore]]; [[Dunner]]; [[electric lamp]]; [[elephant]]; [[elm]]; [[England]]; [[English]]; ''[[Esquire]]''; [[etiquette]]; [[Europe]]; [[Fairbridge]]; [[Fairmont Hotel]]; ''[[The Fall of the House of Usher|Fall of the House of Usher, The]]''; [[Cap Fallon|Fallon, Cap]]; [[Paddy Fallon|Fallon, Paddy]]; [[ferryboat]]; [[Fifth Avenue]]; [[fingerprint kit]]; [[firefighter]]; [[fireboat]]; [[Henry Ford|Ford, Henry]]; [[Silent Forrester|Forrester, Silent]]; [[Benny Fortenstein|Fortenstein, Benny]]; [[France]]; [[French]]; [[Fresno]]; [[Sigmund Freud|Freud, Sigmund]]; [[Garden City]]; [[Gidding]]; [[God]]; [[Gold Street]]; [[Thomas Gonzales|Gonzales, Thomas]]; [[governor]]; [[gourmet]]; [[granite]]; [[Grand Central]]; [[gutta-percha]]; [[handcuffs]]; [[Russell Hastings|Hastings, Russell]]; [[Harvard]]; [[Hendler's Sanitarium]]; [[Herald Square]]; [[high school]]; [[Hilda]]; ''[[History of Medical Psychology]]''; [[Karen Horney|Horney, Karen]]; [[horse]]; [[horse racing]]; [[hospital]]; [[hotel]]; [[insurance company]]; ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams|Interpretation of Dreams, The]]''; [[jail]]; {{dis|Jenkins|Doctor}}; {{dis|Jimmy|Human}}; [[Johns Hopkins]]; {{dis|Johnson|boxer}}; [[Jorkins]]; [[judge]]; [[jury]]; [[kale]]; [[Kelley]]; [[Barney Kollecher|Kollecher, Barney]]; [[Lawrence Kubie|Kubie, Lawrence]]; [[Lasker]]; [[law]]; [[lawyer]]; ''[[Legal Medicine and Toxicology]]''; [[library]]; [[The Library of Charles & Serena Wilson|Library of Charles & Serena Wilson, The]]; [[lieutenant]]; ''{{dis|Life|magazine}}''; [[life insurance policy]]; ''[[The Listening Man|Listening Man, The]]''; [[London]]; [[Long Island]]; ''[[Look]]''; [[Luna]]; [[MD]]; [[Madison Square Garden|Madison Square]]; [[Maine]]; [[Mamie]]; [[Mancinelli]]; [[Anthony Marcus|Marcus, Anthony]]; [[Manhattan]]; {{dis|Mason|boxer}}; [[Massachusetts]]; [[Massachusetts Bar]]; [[McCabe]]; ''[[McCall's]]''; [[McCackin]]; [[medical examiner]]; ''[[Medical View of Psychoanalysis]]''; [[mental therapy]]; [[Metropolitan]]; {{dis|Mike|Human}}; {{dis|Molly|Human}}; [[Montreal]]; [[Morse code]]; [[Glenda Morton|Morton, Glenda]]; [[Mulaney]]; [[Mulberry Street]]; [[Municipal Arena]]; {{dis|Murphy|policeman}}; [[Mussolini]]; [[Nellie]]; ''[[The Neurotic Personality of Our Time|Neurotic Personality of Our Time, The]]''; [[New Jersey]]; [[New Orleans]]; [[New Year's Day]]; [[New York]]; [[New York City]]; ''[[The New Yorker|New Yorker, The]]''; ''[[The New York Times|New York Times, The]]''; [[New York Yacht]]; [[nightstick]]; [[Northern Valley]]; {{dis|O'Brien|Dixon Hill}}; [[O'Hagan]]; [[Oak Street]]; [[Oak Street station]]; [[ocean liner]]; [[oxy-acetylene]]; [[oxygen]]; [[oxygen tent]]; [[Palazzo Venezia]]; [[Palisades]]; [[paralysis]]; [[Park Avenue]]; [[Park Row]]; {{dis|Parker|Dixon Hill}}; [[phases of the moon]]; [[Pittsfield]]; [[pistol]]; [[plastico moulage]]; [[poison]]; [[police]]; [[police code]]; [[police force]]; [[police station]]; [[Portland]]; [[Plaza]]; [[Edgar Allan Poe|Poe, Edgar Allan]]; [[Potassium|potassium cyanide]]; [[Powell Street]]; ''[[Practical Aspects of Psychoanalysis]]''; [[Precinct 12]]; [[prisoner]]; ''[[The Problem of Anxiety|Problem of Anxiety, The]]''; [[Prohibition]]; [[prosecutor]]; [[psychiatrist]]; [[psychiatry]]; [[psychology]]; ''[[Psychopathia Sexualis]]''; [[radio]]; [[radium]]; [[John Rawley|Rawley, John]]; [[RCA Building]]; [[retainer]]; [[rheumatism]]; [[Robbins]]; [[Rockefeller Center]]; {{dis|Ryan|Dixon Hill}}; [[San Francisco Bay]]; ''[[San Francisco Globe]]''; ''[[San Francisco Herald]]''; ''[[San Francisco Sun]]''; [[sandwich]]; [[sanitarium]]; [[Saturnalia]]; [[September]]; [[sex]]; [[SFPD]]; [[William P. Sheridan|Sheridan, William P.]]; [[sheriff]]; [[Sing Sing]]; [[Jason Smith|Smith, Jason]]; [[steel]]; [[Wilhelm Stekel|Stekel, Wilhelm]]; [[stethoscope]]; [[stove]]; [[Sweeney]]; [[sword cane]]; [[taxi]]; [[tear]]; [[Technical Supply Co.]]; ''[[Technique of Analytical Psychotherapy]]''; [[telephone]]; [[temperature]]; ''[[Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex]]''; [[Jim Tierney|Tierney, Jim]]; ''{{dis|Time|magazine}}''; [[Times Square]]; [[Tombs]]; ''[[Totem and Taboo]]''; [[trial]]; [[train]]; [[train station]]; [[Trinity Church]]; [[trooper]]; [[tug]]; [[tumor]]; [[Twenty-third Street]]; [[Uncle Sam]]; [[Union League]]; [[Union Square]]; [[United States Army]]; [[United States Congress]]; [[United States dollar]]; [[United States flag]]; [[United States Marines]]; [[Vermont]]; [[Victorian]]; [[Vienna]]; ''[[Vogue]]''; [[Wall Street]]; [[ward]]; [[wedding]]; [[Dick Wheeler|Wheeler, Dick]]; [[whistle]]; [[willow]]; [[Charles Wilson|Wilson, Charles]]; [[Frederricka Wilson|Wilson, Frederricka]]; [[Serena Wilson|Wilson, Serena]]; [[wireless]]; [[World Building]]; [[yacht]]; [[Gregory Zilboorg|Zilboorg, Gregory]]
 
* '''Illustrations''': [[Zephram Cochrane|Cochrane, Zephram]]; [[Deltan]]; [[Garth of Izar]]; [[Colonel Green|Green, Colonel]]; [[Cyrano Jones|Jones, Cyrano]]; [[Kaferian]]; [[Harcourt Mudd|Mudd, Harcourt]]; [[Gene Roddenberry|Roddenberry, Gene]]; [[Sarek]]
 
* '''Illustrations''': [[Zephram Cochrane|Cochrane, Zephram]]; [[Deltan]]; [[Garth of Izar]]; [[Colonel Green|Green, Colonel]]; [[Cyrano Jones|Jones, Cyrano]]; [[Kaferian]]; [[Harcourt Mudd|Mudd, Harcourt]]; [[Gene Roddenberry|Roddenberry, Gene]]; [[Sarek]]
   
 
=== External links ===
 
=== External links ===
 
* {{Startrek.com|big-goodbye|"The Big Goodbye"}}
 
* {{Startrek.com|big-goodbye|"The Big Goodbye"}}
* {{mbeta|The Big Goodbye|"The Big Goodbye"}}
+
* {{mbeta-quote|The Big Goodbye}}
 
* {{wikipedia-quote|The Big Goodbye}}
 
* {{wikipedia-quote|The Big Goodbye}}
 
* {{IMDb-link|type=title|page=tt0708787|name="The Big Goodbye"}}
 
* {{IMDb-link|type=title|page=tt0708787|name="The Big Goodbye"}}

Revision as of 20:11, 6 February 2016

Template:Realworld

Captain Picard and some of the Enterprise crew get stuck on the holodeck on their way to an important diplomatic mission.

Summary

Teaser

312 dixon hill private investigator

The office of Dixon Hill

The USS Enterprise-D is en route to a meeting with the Jarada on a diplomatic mission. Captain Picard has been appointed by Starfleet to attempt to establish a relationship with them; however, the captain must recite their complicated greeting to them, in their native tongue, without any errors, or otherwise the meeting will fail. The captain and Deanna Troi have been practicing the speech in his ready room for hours. Troi says that the captain should take a break and suggests trying the new holodeck upgrades. Picard's face brightens when he remembers that he's been looking forward to trying out the new Dixon Hill holodeck program. After entering the holodeck, Picard is impressed by the upgrades. He is met by a lady, Mrs. Jessica Bradley, in Dixon Hill's office, who claims someone is trying to kill her – Picard has been hired.

Act One

As Bradley leaves Dixon's office, Picard turns to the window, and notices automobiles outside, a sight which seems to fascinate him. Just as he is leaving the holodeck, a Mr. Leech knocks on the door, and opens it, to find, to his surprise, that the captain has "vanished". Picard calls a meeting in the observation lounge with all the senior staff to discuss the holodeck upgrades. He invites Dr. Crusher to accompany him next time, along with Mr. Whalen (a 20th century historian). The conversation quickly turns back to the Jaradan mission, where Commander Data implies how important the correctness of the greeting will be for Starfleet, much to the captain's annoyance. Data and Geordi La Forge discuss Dixon Hill after the meeting in a corridor, and compare him to Sherlock Holmes. This intrigues Data, and he decides to look up every piece of literature on Dixon Hill in the ship's computer. He then decides he should accompany the captain and Whalen on their holodeck excursion.

Act Two

The Big Goodbye holodeck

On a San Francisco street

They all enter the holodeck, kitted out in full '40s-style clothing, arriving in the middle of a busy San Francisco street. Data almost immediately attracts attention by not being "from around here", and Picard claims that Data is from South America, to which a near-by newspaper seller responds "Yeah, he's got a nice tan!". Reading a newspaper, Picard notes that Jessica Bradley has been murdered, and he feels sorry that he couldn't do anything to stop it, despite Whalen's remark that she's only a character from a story. Two police officers arrive, and accuse Picard of Jessica's murder.

Back on the bridge, the Jarada send out a long-range probe, and commence scanning the Enterprise, disrupting the ship's systems momentarily, including causing the holodeck's doors to open and close repeatedly. The Jarada then attempt to communicate with the Enterprise, more specifically with the captain, but they are offended to hear that only Commander Riker is available to speak to them. He tells La Forge to go find the captain on the holodeck.

Crusher and Picard on the holodeck

"You wear it well."

Dr. Crusher enters the holodeck, with some difficulty, but thinks nothing of it. She meets up with Whalen and Data in the lobby of a police station. Data confuses her with his newly-learned '40s accent. Dr. Crusher seems excited by the idea of her shipmates being "on ice" and wants to know why they're not all being interrogated. In a back room of the station, Picard is being grilled by the two officers, Dan Bell and McNary, and loving every minute of it. Outside the holodeck, La Forge has discovered a problem with the holodeck controls, and cannot locate the captain or the rest of the team inside.

Act Three

Wesley Crusher and Commander Riker leave the bridge and join La Forge outside the holodeck to try to solve the problem. Meanwhile inside the holodeck, Picard realizes he's got to be getting back to the bridge soon for the greeting of the Jarada. He manages to worm his way out of the interrogation, and leaves the room. Back in the station foyer, Dr. Crusher is getting some unwanted attention from a desk sergeant. She's distracted from him by Picard's return, and they both look at each other for a lingering moment. At her request, they all head back to Dixon Hill's office. However, Leech is waiting for them when they arrive, and he pulls a gun on them.

Whalen shot

"But... they're not real!"

Back on the other side of the holodeck doors, Wesley and La Forge are searching for the problem. Wesley proposes the problem started with the Jaradan probe, which may prove difficult to fix. There has been no further communication from Torona IV. Back in the holodeck again, Leech continues to detain the crew members, and demands to know what Picard has done with a certain "object" Dixon Hill was hired to find. Whalen acts tough in front of Leech, and Leech fires a shot at him. Whalen falls backwards, and initially everyone thinks he's just acting. But everyone is shocked as Whalen is genuinely bleeding and turning pale; the holodeck safety protocols that prevent injuries must have been deactivated by the Jarada scan. Dr. Crusher rushes forward, and announces that if Whalen isn't taken to the sickbay immediately, he will die.

Act Four

Picard rushes at Leech, knocks the gun out of his hand and punches him, before he lets him run out of the office. The captain then tries to call for the holodeck exit, with no response. Data goes to try another exit point, but to no avail: the computer is not responding to their commands. On the bridge, the Enterprise has arrived at Torona IV already, without resolving the holodeck problems. Riker announces to the repair team that they're running out of time before the greeting will be expected to be given to the Jarada.

Cyrus Redblock

Cyrus Redblock

Back in the holodeck, Dr. Crusher is struggling to keep Whalen alive while Picard and Data search in vain for a solution from their side. At that moment, Leech returns with a thug and a large man announcing himself as Cyrus Redblock. Redblock proceeds to look around Dixon's office, searching for "the object". He tries to get Whalen removed from the room, but Picard objects. Leech strikes Picard on the face with his gun, cutting his mouth.

Officer McNary walks into the office at that moment, and is surprised to find Cyrus Redblock and his cronies there, too. He's quickly disarmed by the thug. Redblock then notices Data, and asks where he comes from. Picard decides to reveal where they all came from, but Leech is unconvinced. Data then exacerbates the situation by revealing that none of the others' characters are actually real, a comment that seems to enrage Leech. Redblock wants to test Picard's theory by shooting one of them. He instructs Leech to shoot Dr. Crusher.

Act Five

Just before Leech pulls the trigger, Picard says that he has the item. Redblock is intrigued, and calls off Leech. Picard then tries to bargain with Redblock to try to save Whalen. Back on the bridge, Commander Riker attempts to contact the Jarada, only to receive an earful of angry insectoid-buzzing sounds in return. Hoping for better luck with the holodeck controls, he contacts La Forge and Wesley. Wesley comments that the problem can be fixed, but if it is not done properly, the holoprogram could abort and everyone inside the holodeck could vanish. Riker gives the order to proceed with the repair.

Inside the holodeck, the Enterprise crew members are trying to explain their situation to Redblock and his team, however there are problems with the vocabulary. Leech is getting ever more edgy, and demands that he should be allowed to kill Data. At that moment, the holodeck scenery changes to a windy, snowy alien environment, much to the astonishment of the holodeck characters. Just as suddenly, the group are returned to the office, still shell-shocked by the sudden change. The holodeck exit appears and opens, revealing the Enterprise corridor. Picard remarks to Redblock and Leech that that is the way into their world.

Leech and Redblock dissipate

"Don't they know who I am? I'm Cyrus Redblock!"

Redblock and Leech decide to attempt to leave the holodeck, and dematerialize just outside the doors. Data picks up Whalen and takes him to sickbay, accompanied by Dr. Crusher. Lt. McNary, who has befriended Picard throughout the episode, realizes the possibility that his own reality is in doubt. He asks Picard, "When you've gone, will this world continue to exist? Will my wife and kids still be waiting for me at home?" Picard responds with the only honest answer he can find "I don't know...". Picard then rushes to the bridge, where he recites the greeting perfectly, much to the relief of everyone on board. The Enterprise then leaves Torona IV.

Log entries

Memorable quotes

"What a language!"
"But you spell knife with a "k"."
"I spell "knife" with an "n"."

- Picard and Troi discussing the complexity of the Jaradan language


"I lost a bet."

- Picard, explaining his Starfleet uniform to a bemused holodeck character


"You'll have to call again, I was just leaving. I'm uhh... not dressed properly."

- Picard, in response to a knock at Dixon's office door


"The sense of reality was absolutely incredible! When that woman kissed me, it was so..."
"Exciting?"
"Real!"

- Picard after getting kissed by Jessica Bradley on the holodeck and Beverly Crusher


"Hiya Doc. What's cookin'?"
"Y'know, I had some trouble getting through. Where's Captain Picard?"
"He's on ice."
"Pardon?"
"He's being grilled."
"What is he, a fish?"
"He's being interrogated. They think he committed a murder."

- Data, Dr. Crusher, and Whalen.


"Often a prime ingredient in teenage mating rituals."
"Teenage mating rituals?"

- Data and Wesley Crusher, discussing automobiles


"I can't communicate with them, I can't access the program and I can't open the doors."

- La Forge


"You better not leave town!"
"If I leave town, the town leaves with me."

- Lt. Dan Bell and Picard


"But... they're not real!"

- Whalen after being shot with holographic bullets by Felix Leech


"I am NOT Dixon Hill! I just look like Dixon Hill!"
"He speaks the truth, sir. From your point of view, he is only a facsimile, a knock-off, a cheap imitation..."
"...thank you, Data!"

- Picard and Data


"If you are going to go through yourself, sir that is not possible."
"One look at you, sir is proof that anything is possible."

- Data and Cyrus Redblock


"Helm, take us out of orbit. And Mr. La Forge?"
"Yes sir?"
(with gangster accent) "Step on it."

- Picard and La Forge

Background information

Production history

Story

Production

The big goodbye Okuda notes

Okuda's notes for this episode

Music

Cast and characters

Sets and props

Continuity

  • This episode marks the first - of many - holodeck malfunction episodes in Star Trek. At one point, this episode had been scheduled for production after "11001001". If this had indeed happened, the computer modifications of the Bynars would have served to explain the holodeck malfunctions in this episode. (Star Trek Encyclopedia 2nd ed., p. 44)
  • The illustrations of the characters for the Dixon Hill series are from FASA-based materials. Some of these illustrations are of canonical Star Trek characters: Phillip Green, Harry Mudd, Zefram Cochrane, Ilia, Cyrano Jones, Richard Daystrom, Sarek, and Garth of Izar. [5]
  • One of the headlines Captain Jean-Luc Picard reads is "DiMaggio streak reaches 37." According to the Baseball Almanac, DiMaggio reached that number on June 25, 1941.
  • The unnamed baseball player who broke Joe DiMaggio's record for longest consecutive game hitting streak would later be revealed as Harmon "Buck" Bokai of the London Kings in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. (DS9: "If Wishes Were Horses")
  • Picard accesses the Dixon Hill holodeck program again in later episodes ("Manhunt" and "Clues") and in Star Trek: First Contact.
  • Cyrus Redblock and Felix Leech do not begin to disappear until they have completely exited the holodeck. Subsequent episodes (such as "Ship in a Bottle" and "Projections") make it clear that a holographic character or object will disappear immediately upon passing beyond the range of holographic projectors.
  • This marks the only episode briefly showing Tasha Yar being in command on the bridge.
  • Dr. Crusher's entry scene into the holodeck was obviously shot when the set wall had been modified for Wesley and La Forge's examination of the holodeck circuitry, as the panel is exposed behind her, showing Wesley's tool, while when La Forge first gets down to the holodeck and then calls Riker, the wall has the panel closed.

Awards

Reception

  • TV Guide, however, criticized the episode as being too derivative of TOS: "A Piece of the Action", which concerned a planetary culture based on 1920s gangland Chicago. Tormé dismissed such criticisms as being based merely on the appearance of "three-piece suits". (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion)
  • Producer Maurice Hurley described the episode as being like a "breath of fresh air". He explained, "It was just fun to do. It's got humor and life to it. The thing is that Star Trek can't brood. If it broods, it gets self important and self-indulgent and preachy, like it has a tendency to do if it's not careful. But if it has some life to it, some humor, then it just jumps up and flies. It's different, but absolutely locked in the Star Trek format. Everything in there worked." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
  • In a 2007 online review Wil Wheaton gave this episode an "A". He remarked, "We'd done 12 episodes before this, which is half a season, and this one was our favorite to shoot at the time. There isn't an actor in the world who doesn't love playing a period piece, and I think our real joy in filming 'The Big Goodbye' cascaded into our performances. As actors, we're clearly enjoying ourselves, so our characters feel relaxed and unselfconscious (Except for me, of course, but I was supposed to be nervous and self-conscious in this one.) It's a subtle change from some of the earlier episodes, but this is one of the very first times where the audience could really feel the actors – and therefore their characters – coming together and settling in." [6]
  • A mission report for this episode by Will Murray was published in The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine Vol. 4, pp. 57-62.
  • The episode received its UK premiere on BBC2 on 12 December 1990.

Video and DVD releases

Links and references

Starring

Also starring

Guest stars

Co-starring

Featuring

Uncredited co-stars

Stand-ins and photo doubles

References

1924; 1931; 1934; 1936; 1941; 1944; 1946; 2026; 2344; alcohol; Amazing Detective Stories; American flag; ashtray; automobile; balcony; baseball; bi-converter interface; bicycle; Big Good-Bye, The; blinds; blood; Bokai, Buck; bow tie; boxing; Bradley, Arthur Clinton; bridge; British; c-note; California; Camden City; car; carpet; chair; chewing gum; cigarette; Cleveland; Cleveland Indians; coat rack; computer; Constitution-class; copyright; couch; desktop monitor; DiMaggio, Joe; Dorsey, Tommy; earring; Earth; Esky; Fairmont Hotel; feather; filing cabinet; fire hydrant; fish; French language; Galaxy class decks; gangster; Garden City; ghost; gun; Halloween; hat; Hill, Dixon; Hitler, Adolf; Holmes, Sherlock; Holodeck 3; holodeck repair tools; Holodeck safety protocol; horse; Jarada; Jaradan language; Jaradan probe; Jaradan sector; jewelry; Kaferian; kiss; LCARS; lighter; lipstick; Livingston; London; London Kings; Long Dark Tunnel, The; Lord Halifax; make-up; manhole; mating ritual; McNary, Sharon; model; money; mop; murder; Murray, Philip; necktie; Newton, Isaac; New York; NRA; number one; observation lounge; "Out of Nowhere"; painting; police; private investigator; Purser, T.C.; ready room; ring; Roosevelt, Franklin D.; sailor; San Francisco; scotch; smoking; snow; snowstorm; South America; standard orbit; status report; stockings; suspenders; tan; telephone; Torona IV; Tormé, Tracy; traffic light; trenchcoat; turbolift; typewriter; umbrella; Union Square; United States dollar; unnamed plants; ventilator; viewscreen, VISOR; water cooler; wristwatch

Library computer references

External links

Previous episode:
"Haven"
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1
Next episode:
"Datalore"