3x02 The Ensigns of Command - Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Guide

Star Trek: The Next Generation

- Episode 03x02

Episode: 03x02
Title: The Ensigns of Command
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 149
First Aired: Oct. 02, 1989

Season 3 » Episode #02 - The Ensigns of Command

Star Trek: The Next Generation - 03x02 The Ensigns of Command

Summary: Stardate: 43133.3 When the Sheliak race, which abhors human kind, finds a large human colony on one of their planets, they demand their removal before they exterminate them. The crew learns that the people in question are from a ship that crashed there years ago.Now Picard and Deanna must negotiate with the Sheliak to try to get more time to evacuate this colony. Meanwhile, Data must try to convince the colonists to evacuate. However, he is impeded by a very proud and stubborn leader that is willing to stay and die defending the colony. Can Data convince the rest of the colonist to go against their leader, and leave the planet? And is there even enough time to evacuate the settlers before the Sheliak begin their eradication process?

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Captain Jean-Luc Picard	played by Patrick Stewart
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge	played by LeVar Burton
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
Ard'rian McKenzie	played by Eileen Seeley
Haritath	played by Mark L. Taylor
Kentor	played by Richard Allen (VI)

	Season 3 / Episode 2: - The Ensigns of Command Wesley Crusher: He wants the impossible. Lt.Cmdr. Geordi Laforge: That's the short definition of "Captain".
	Season 3 / Episode 2: - The Ensigns of Command Gosheven: [to Ard'rian] Only you would get this excited over a walking calculator!

[More Quotes]

MISTAKES/GOOFS

FAKE: Worf claims that the message to the Sheliak home planet is far away and will take some time. But when the communications take place it all happens in "real time", with no delays.

TRIVIA

Actor Grainger Hines was unhappy with his performance (as Gosheven), so he requested his name be removed from the credits. All of his lines were subsequently overdubbed by another actor.
The shuttle Onizuka, which Data used in this episode, was named in tribute to one of the Space Shuttle "Challenger" astronauts.