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- Episode 07x25

Episode: 07x25
Title: All Good Things... (1)
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 277
First Aired: May. 23, 1994

Season 7 » Episode #25 - All Good Things... (1)

Star Trek: The Next Generation - 07x25 All Good Things... (1)

Summary: Stardate: 47988.1 Capt. Picard finds he is awakening in different time periods; traveling back and forth through his past and his yet unknown future. Q appears to be involved, but only in a observer kind of role. There is something Picard must do during these time slips, and if he fails, all of humanity will cease to ever have ever existed.

Who appeared in this episode?

O'Brien	played by Colm Meaney
Commander Tomalak	played by Andreas Katsulas
Admiral Nakamura	played by Clyde Kusatsu
Jessel	played by Pamela Kosh
Lt. Gaines	played by Tim Kelleher
Ensign Chilton	played by Alison Brooks
Ensign	played by Stephen M. Garvin
Enterprise Computer	voiced by Majel Barrett
Ensign	played by Steve Garvey

Season 7 / Episode 25: - All Good Things... (1)

Capt. Picard: [Q gave Picard the chance to ask ten yes/no questions] Is it part of a Romulan plot? A ploy to start a war?
Q: No and no.

Q: *Five* down!
Capt. Picard: That's only four.
Q: 'Is it a Romulan plot? Is it a ploy to start a war?' Those are *separate* questions.
Capt. Picard: Did you create the anomaly?
Q: No, no, no,

Q: you're going to be so surprised when you realize where it came from...

Q: if you ever figure it out.
Capt. Picard: Are you responsible for my shifting through time?
Q: I'll answer that question if you promise you won't tell anyone.

Q: Yes.
Capt. Picard: Why?
Q: Sorry! That's not a 'yes or no' question. You forfeit the rest of your questions.

Season 7 / Episode 25: - All Good Things... (1)

Lt. Cmdr. Data: It appears we will be required to ignite the midnight petroleum, sir. [Data's version of 'burning the midnight oil']

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: Present Data states that the three tachyon pulses converging in the center of the anomaly have the exact same amplitude modulation, suggesting that they all originated from the Enterprise. Picard then concludes that the three pulses must originate from the three time periods. Data's readings are clearly wrong, however, as the pulse from the future was actually sent out by the USS Pasteur, as seen earlier.
PLOT: When the future Enterprise returns to the Devron system to witness the evolution of the anti-time anomaly, LaForge states that it has formed within the last six hours (caused partly by the USS Pasteur's tachyon pulse). It has been pointed out several times though, that the anomaly evolves and grows backwards in time. Therefore, it would be impossible for Picard & Co. to see the anomaly AFTER its formation. The best time to witness its creation would actually have been shortly BEFORE the Pasteur's scan.

TRIVIA

Last show of the series.
The image of Riker in the scene where Picard informs him they will not be heading to Farpoint is actually a recycled scene from the first season episode "The Arsenal of Freedom". The dead giveaway is the man standing behind Riker, the illusion of Captain Paul Rice.
After its initial release as a 2 hour season finale, this episode was edited for syndication into two hour long episodes with some scenes deleted. These include: An exchange between Picard and Tomalak - After Picard suggests one ship from each side enter the Neutral Zone, Tomalak asks whether the idea ...
In "All Good Things," Beverly (Crusher) Picard's medical ship design was based largely on very early draft designs of the original "Star Trek" Enterprise.
The title is derived from the biblical inspired proverb "All good things must come to an end."