Third Season - Episode 049

EVOLUTION

Stardate: 43125.8
Rating: 9 Humour: -- Action: + Tension: + Romance: -

Alternate Titles: German: "DIE MACHT DER NANITEN"

Teleplay By: Piller, Michael
Story By: Piller, Michael
Wagner, Michael
Director: Kolbe, Winrich
Executive: Berman, Rick
Roddenberry, Gene
Line-Producer: Livingston, David
Co-Producer: Beimler, Hans
Manning, Richard

Cast

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Patrick Stewart
Cmd. William T. Riker: Jonathan Frakes
Lt.Cmd. Geordi LaForge: LeVar Burton
Lt. Worf: Michael Dorn
Doctor Beverly Crusher: Cheryl Gates McFadden
Counselor Deanna Troi: Marina Sirtis
Lt.Cmd. Data: Brent Spiner
Wesley Crusher: Wil Wheaton
Guinan: Whoopi Goldberg
Dr. Stubbs: Ken Jenkins
Nurse: Mary McCusker
Crewman: Randal Patrick

Plot

The Enterprise is assisting an astrophysicist, Stubbs, in performing experiments in a binary star system when suddenly, the ship shakes, the shields drop and the Enterprise is sent hurling through space. After regaining control of the ship, the crew is perplexed by the sudden computer malfunctions encountered, that acording to the computer never happend. Later incidents of the same nature ends uf with the discovery some sort of infection into the computercore. Meanwhile, Wesley realizes that two tiny robots he accidentally let loose may be responsible for the mysterious problems the crew is facing. Dr. Stubbs does not care about the robots until they tries to kill him, after he's killed some of them. Data determains that the robots are alive and inteligent, and atempts to build comunications with them.

Quotes

Stubbs: [To Wesley] "I'm not sure I would like to have my mother flying through space with me....."
Beverly: [Smiles]
Wesley: [Smiles]
Stubbs: "..No I take it back, I am sure, I would not like it..."

Beverly: [About Wesley] "I missed about 2 inches of him..."

Stubbs: "Is this all this boy does ??, Reads and flies the ship.."

Stubbs: "Come on Wesley, lets see if old Humpy-Dumpy is still in one piece."

[Drink is pouring all over the floor]
Beverly: "Computer, fix the food-slot..."
Computer: "Food-slot is functioning proberly.."
Beverly: [Realy] "Recheck please.."
Computer: "Food-slot is functioning proberly.."
Beverly: "Computer, disable food-slot.."

Beverly: "What were you doing when you were 17 ??"
Picard: "Proberly getting into more trouble than Wesley, I can asure you."
Beverly: "So did I, Isn't that what 17 is supposed to be ??"

Riker: "Our computer was day-dreaming ??????"

Stubbs: "Atempting, that dosn't sound very reasuring"

[Loud music on the bridge]
Riker: "Computer, turn off the music.."
Data: "Music is on all comunication channels, sir.."
Picard: "Cut of the power to the bridge..."

[Bridge without power]
Picard: "Number one, the bridge, such as it is, is yours.."

Wesley: "I think I made a horrible mistake."

Wesley: "I always get an 'A'."
Guinan: "So did Doctor Frankenstein."

Stubbs: "Why does a mosquito bite your ear? And who cares. The answer is simple, call an exterminator."

Stubbs: "I don't think this is a wise idea. They already tried to kill me once."
Riker: "One sure way into the record books."

[They've talked about Wesley]
Guinan: "Cute couple"
Beverly: "See.. Now that is healthy for a boy his age... I mean that as a doctor not just his mother... So good to see him having fun for a change, with an atractive young woman who obvisouly looks at him with extrodenary affection........ What do you know about this girl ??"

Revised 25041997