1x15 11001001 - Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Guide

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- Episode 01x15

Episode: 01x15
Title: 11001001
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 116
First Aired: Feb. 01, 1988

Season 1 » Episode #15 - 11001001

Star Trek: The Next Generation - 01x15 11001001

Summary: Stardate: 41365.9 A strange species which relies on direct computer interfaces to communicate with each other, known as the Bynars, are set to upgrade Enterprise’s computer. However, instead they cause the crew to abandon ship by faking a pending loss of warp core containment. They have also set up a diversion in the holodeck to keep Riker onboard and unaware of the situation. Picard, who had stopped by the holodeck, is also left onboard, unaware. The space station holding Enterprise for the upgrade sends Enterprise on an automatic course away from the station, to prevent its destruction.The Bynars proceed to take the Enterprise to their own home world, which is in critical need of Enterprise’s computer in hopes of saving their race from extinction. Picard and Riker turn out to be the key to whether the Bynars succeed or not.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Captain Jean-Luc Picard	played by Patrick Stewart
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge	played by LeVar Burton
Lieutenant Tasha Yar	played by Denise Crosby
Doctor Beverly Crusher	played by Gates McFadden
Counselor Deanna Troi	played by Marina Sirtis
Lt. Commander Data	played by Brent Spiner
Wesley Crusher	played by Wil Wheaton
Admiral Mark Jameson	played by Clayton Rohner
Anne Jameson	played by Marsha Hunt

Season 1 / Episode 15: - 11001001

Admiral Mark Jameson: Officially the story is that after two other mediators were murdered, I went in and negotiated with Karnas to bring out the hostages safely.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: You're saying that's not the truth?
Admiral Mark Jameson: It wasn't my golden oratory that saved them, Captain. I gave Karnas the weapons he wanted.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: You did WHAT?
Admiral Mark Jameson: I gave exactly the same weapons to his rivals - my interpretation of the Prime Directive. Let them solve their problems with those arms on an equal basis.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: And that decision plunged them into forty years of civil war.

Season 1 / Episode 15: - 11001001

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: You blamed your war on him. And there's no doubt he had a lot to do with it. But you had the weapons and you used them. You could have tried for negotiations for peace on your planet long ago. Instead you chose to fight. How many of those forty years of civil war are on your head, Karnas?

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Actor Michael Pataki, who played Karnas in {Too Short a Season (#1.15)} in 1988, also appeared in the original "Star Trek" series as a Klingon named Korax in {The Trouble With Tribbles (#2.15)}. Scenes in which he appeared in 1967 were also used in a 1996 episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" titled {Trials and Tribble-ations (#5.6)}, so he appeared in 3 Star Trek series over 3 different decades!