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2x02 Where Silence Has Lease
First Aired: Nov. 28, 1988 on Syndicated
Summary: Stardate: 42193.6 |
Main Characters in this Episode
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Episode Quotes
Nagilum: [evaluating the Humans] You seem to find no tranquility in anything. You struggle against the inevitable. You thrive on conflict. You're selfish, yet you value loyalty. You're rash, quick to judge, slow to change. It's amazing you've survived. Be that as it may, as species, we have no common ground. You're too aggressive, too hostile, too militant.
Capt. Picard: During this period, you, too, have been evaluated. It would seem that we have at least one thing in common.
Nagilum: Oh?
Capt. Picard: Curiosity.
Nagilum: Your point is well-taken, Captain. Perhaps that *is* a trait we share.
Capt. Picard: Then perhaps we shall meet again. But next time, it will be out here, among the stars.
Capt. Picard: During this period, you, too, have been evaluated. It would seem that we have at least one thing in common.
Nagilum: Oh?
Capt. Picard: Curiosity.
Nagilum: Your point is well-taken, Captain. Perhaps that *is* a trait we share.
Capt. Picard: Then perhaps we shall meet again. But next time, it will be out here, among the stars.
Enterprise Computer: Ten seconds to auto-destruct.
Commander William T. Riker: [tense] Captain...
Capt. Picard: Abort auto-destruct sequence.
Enterprise Computer: Riker, William T., do you concur?
Commander William T. Riker: Yes, absolutely, I do indeed concur wholeheartedly!
Enterprise Computer: Auto-destruct canceled.
Capt. Picard: A simple 'yes' would have sufficed, Number One.
Commander William T. Riker: I didn't want there to be any chance of misunderstanding.
Commander William T. Riker: [tense] Captain...
Capt. Picard: Abort auto-destruct sequence.
Enterprise Computer: Riker, William T., do you concur?
Commander William T. Riker: Yes, absolutely, I do indeed concur wholeheartedly!
Enterprise Computer: Auto-destruct canceled.
Capt. Picard: A simple 'yes' would have sufficed, Number One.
Commander William T. Riker: I didn't want there to be any chance of misunderstanding.
Lieutenant Worf: What's going on? A ship has one bridge. One bridge! One Riker, one bridge!
Mistakes/Goofs
- Goof (continuity error): When Data first tries to hail the Yamato, Riker is standing close to the screen while Picard is further back. When the camera shows their faces Picard and Riker are side by side. When the shot reverts they are once again standing apart.
- Goof (incorrectly regarded as a mistake): When Picard and Riker set the auto-destruct, the computer asks for a time interval, and after a spirited discussion, they set the time for 20 minutes. In "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) {11001001 (#1.14)}, the time interval was set by the computer at five minutes, which suggests that this was the standard interval, and, at the time, their only option, given their situation. It does not suggest, however, that the interval cannot be altered as desired under any circumstances.
- Goof (errors made by characters, possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Riker and Worf are on the transporter pad getting ready to transport to the Yamato, Riker calls Miles O'Brien "Lieutenant" when O'Brien is actually a Chief.
- Goof (continuity error): When Worf and Riker are on the bridge of the Yamato, the dedication plaque is still that of the Enterprise. In the remastered HD version, the name on the plaque has been digitally removed.
Trivia
- The title is from the Robert W. Service poem "The Spell of the Yukon."
- Nagilum was originally supposed to have been played by Richard Mulligan. That's how the character's name was developed.
- The music that plays in the background while Picard is in his quarters near the end is Erik Satie's "Gymnopedie #1".
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