1x17 When the Bough Breaks - Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Guide

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- Episode 01x17

Episode: 01x17
Title: When the Bough Breaks
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 118
First Aired: Feb. 15, 1988

Season 1 » Episode #17 - When the Bough Breaks

Star Trek: The Next Generation - 01x17 When the Bough Breaks

Summary: Stardate: 41509.1 An ancient mythical race, which has been able to cloak their planet from outsiders, is discovered by accident by the Enterprise. However, the crew’s awe at finding this race is soon turned to consternation, as the planet’s inhabitants' abduct several the crews’ children. The crew learns that the inhabitants can no longer procreate, and need their children to continue their population.Wesley Crusher, along with the other children, decides to fight their abduction by the inhabitants, while Dr. Crusher soon discovers the answer to the planet’s procreation problem.However, can the crew convince the more technically advanced and powerful race that they have the answer to their dilemma, and get their children back?

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
Kurt Mandl	played by Walter Gotell
Louisa Kim	played by Elizabeth Lindsey

Season 1 / Episode 17: - When the Bough Breaks

Counselor Deanna Troi: All life is beautiful.

Season 1 / Episode 17: - When the Bough Breaks

Doctor Beverly Crusher: Analyse: the pattern of the flashes.
Computer Voice: Not repetitive or sequential. Pattern not recognized.
Doctor Beverly Crusher: What is the source of the flashes?
Computer Voice: Unable to specify. Theoretically not possible from this substance.
Doctor Beverly Crusher: Disregard incongruity and theorize as to source.
Computer Voice: [bleeps extensively] Life.

[More Quotes]

MISTAKES/GOOFS

PLOT: The woman terraformer says that removing the water killed the crystal life-form. But there is no salt water in the Enterprise medical lab. The crystal in the lab should have died as well.
PLOT: When Riker dims the lights in the lab the crystal life-form immediately begins to die. If that is true, the crystal would never survive the night on its own planet.