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Episode: 01x18
Title: Home Soil
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 117
First Aired: Feb. 22, 1988

Season 1 » Episode #18 - Home Soil

Star Trek: The Next Generation - 01x18 Home Soil

Summary: Stardate: 41463.9 The Enterprise is sent to investigate strange occurrences on a planet being terraformed by a Federation science team. Although the planet was designated as being lifeless by the Federation, recent events there raise questions about if this is really true, especially after the strange death of one of the science team members.The crew must find out if the scientist was murdered by one of his team members, or could there be another explanation.

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 Gregory Quinn	played by Ward Costello
Lt. Cmdr. Dexter Remmick	played by Robert Schenkkan

	Season 1 / Episode 18: - Home Soil Lt. Cmdr. Dexter Remmick: You don't like me very much, do you? Lieutenant Worf: Is it required - sir?
	Season 1 / Episode 18: - Home Soil Jake Kurland: Thank you for, for... for saving my life. Captain Jean-Luc Picard: That's my job, young man.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: When Jake steals the shuttlecraft, he somehow manages to get beyond transporter and tractor beam range, despite the fact that he is still between the Enterprise and the planet, which is well within the range of both.
FACT: Bouncing a spacecraft off the atmosphere of a planet operates on the same principle as skipping a stone on the surface of a pond - in other words, it requires that the ship/stone approach the surface at an extremely shallow angle. The shuttle in this episode is seen to be pointing toward the planet at far too steep an angle to bounce off the atmosphere.