2x17 Samaritan Snare - Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Guide

Star Trek: The Next Generation

- Episode 02x17

Episode: 02x17
Title: Samaritan Snare
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 143
First Aired: May. 15, 1989

Season 2 » Episode #17 - Samaritan Snare

Star Trek: The Next Generation - 02x17 Samaritan Snare

Summary: Stardate: 42779.1 An innocently looking repair mission on a backward society’s ship turns into a rescue mission to save Geordi from a kidnapping.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Captain Jean-Luc Picard	played by Patrick Stewart
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge	played by LeVar Burton
Counselor Deanna Troi	played by Marina Sirtis
Lt. Commander Data	played by Brent Spiner
Wesley Crusher	played by Wil Wheaton
Doctor Pulaski	played by Diana Muldaur
Captain Grebnedlog	played by Chris Latta
Commander Reginod	played by Leslie Morris
Surgeon	played by Daniel Benzali

	Season 2 / Episode 17: - Samaritan Snare Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [before entering the medical facility at Starbase 515] Why do I get the distinct feeling that you're acting like some kind of...escort? Wesley Crusher: Dr. Pulaski asked me to make sure that you actually went inside. Captain Jean-Luc Picard: That woman! She would.
	Season 2 / Episode 17: - Samaritan Snare Pakled Captain Grebnedlog: Make us strong!

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

FACT: At the beginning, as the shuttle prepares to leave Enterprise, Wesley tells the bridge, "Shuttle Craft 2 is ready for departure." Yet all of the markings on the shuttle say "01", clearly indicating that Picard and Wesley are in Shuttle One.
FAKE: At one point, when Riker is yelling at the Pakleds, a shot shows the dome above Riker's head on the bridge. The view is dense with stars. Yet the shot just previous to this one shows Enterprise and the Pakled ship sitting in an area of space that contains far fewer stars than those shown in the dome.
FAKE: During Picard's operation, the surgeon employs several laser scalpels. In a close-up, the scalpel is clearly wobbling, yet the laser beam remains steady.
FAKE: The cityscape paintings used for Starbase 515 are clearly the same ones that were used in "Angel One".
PLOT: Rather than sending the ailing Picard on a six-hour-long shuttlecraft trip, Enterprise could have made the journey to the starbase in minutes.

TRIVIA

During the shuttle trip to Starbase 515, Capt. Picard tells Wesley Crusher the story about how he got his artificial heart implant, after fighting three Nausicaans and getting stabbed in the back through the heart (and laughing afterwards). The events described here are depicted in the Season 6 episode "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) {Tapestry (#6.15)}.
For this episode, it was briefly suggested that the Captain's Yacht be used to transport Capt. Picard to Starbase 515 for immediate heart surgery, but the producers decided nix the idea and decided to go with a traditional shuttlecraft instead. Ironically, the Captain's Yacht for the Enterprise-D is never used nor shown throughout the entire series run, however it was used from the Enterprise-E in Star Trek: Insurrection (1998).