Third Season - Episode 063

YESTERDAY'S ENTERPRISE

Stardate: 43625.2
Rating: 14 Humour: - Action: ++ Tension: ++ Romance: -

Alternate Titles: German: "DIE ALTE ENTERPRISE"

Teleplay By: Behr, Ira Steven
Beimler, Hans
Manning, Richard
Moore, Ronald D.
Story By: Ganino, Trent Christ
Stillwell, Eric A.
Director: Carson, David
Music: McCarthy, Dennis
Executive: Berman, Rick
Roddenberry, Gene
Co-Executive: Piller, Michael
Producer: Behr, Ira Steven
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
Lt. Natasha Yar: Denise Crosby
Lt. Richard Castillo: Christopher McDonald
Captain Rachel Garrett: Tricia O'Neil

Plot

The Enterprise happens upon a time-rift in space and the world changes around them as the Enterprise-C comes out of the rift. In this new reality, the Federation is at war with the Klingons, a war that they are loosing. Also, Tasha Yar is alive and serving as Tactical Officer aboard the Enterprise-D, other notible differences is that the bridge is change to be a war-bridge and the entire Enterprise-D is a battleship instead of a science vessel, there are now no families on board, Worf is not on board and neither is Deanna Troi, however Guinan is and she realises that this is all wrong. While Guinan tries to get a hold of reality Picard discovers that The Enterprise-C is critically damaged and was apparently involved in a fight with Romulans while in defense of a Klingon base. The crews eventually realize that, had the Enterprise-C been successful or at least stayed and died in defence of the Klingon base, the current war with the Klingons might have ended there, since the Klingons would have considered that as an act of honor. Both Picard and Garrett of the C realises, the Enterprise-C must return even though it is likely to never survive the battle and begins preperations to make the C ready, under these repairs the Klingons appears and engage the ships in battle, the first Klingon appears from it's cloaking device and strikes the C and then simply hides again. Captain Garrett of the C is killed during this attack and 2nd officer Lt. Castillo asks to take the ship back through the warp himself. Meanwhile, Guinan, whose peculiar senses have told her that things are not as they should be, tells Tasha that in the true timeline, Tasha died an empty death. This convinces Tasha that she should return with the Enterprise-C as their tactical officer so that her death can have some meaning, and so she can be with Castillo with whom she has fallen in love, Picard approves and Tasha returns to her apparent death 22 years ago with the Enterprise C, when the ship enters the rift again the timeline is returned to normal. The fact that Tasha went into the past has some sparkling consequences, which won't be revealed until the cliffhanger of the 4th season "Redemption", where it shows that Tasha didn't die uppon the arrival in the past.

Goofs

  • At the end of the episode, Geordi talks with Guinan. However, he is wearing an open neck uniform with black cuffs from the alternate timeline.

Quotes

Guinan: "It's an Earth drink. Prune juice."
Worf: "Warrior's drink!"

Guinan: "You always drink alone. It wouldn't hurt yhou to seek out a little... companionship."
Worf: "I would require a Klingon woman for...companionship. Earth females are too fragile."
Guinan: "Not all of them. There are a few on this ship that would find you... tame."
Worf: [Laughs] "Impossible."
Guinan: "You never know until you try."
Worf: "Then I will never know."
Guinan: "Coward."
Worf: "I was merely concerned for the...safety of my crewmates."
Guinan: "Drink your prune juice."

Guinan: "NO !!"

Guinan: "This is not a ship of war. This is a ship of peace."

Guinan: "There's supposed to be families on board.."
Picard: "Families on the Enterprise ???"

Garrett: "Doctors always overprotect their patients."
Beverly: "And captains always push themselves too hard."

Riker: "Sir, if you'd like my opinion..."
Picard: "I think I'm aware of your opinion, Commander. This is a briefing, I'm not seeking your consent."

LaForge: "Who knows if we're even dead or alive."

Garrett: "To be honest with you, Picard, a significant number of my crewmembers have expressed a desire to return even knowing the odds. Some because they can't bear to live without their loved ones. Some because they don't like the idea of slipping out in the middle of a fight."

Guinan: "Tasha, you're not supposed to be here."
Yar: "Where am I supposed to be?"
Guinan: "Dead."
Yar: "Do you know how?"
Guinan: "No. But I do know that it was an empty death. A death without purpose."

Yar: "I'm...I'm supposed to be dead."

Yar: "I've always known the risks that came with a Starfleet uniform. If I'm to die in one...I'd like my death to count for something."

Yar: "Lieutenant Natasha Yar reporting ready for duty, sir.."

Yar: "Show me one person in your crew, who can do that job as good as me.."

Picard: "Let's make sure history never forgets the name...'Enterprise'."

Klingon: "Federation ship, surrender and prepare to be boarded."
Picard: "That'll be the day."

Guinan: "Geordi, tell me about...Tasha Yar."

Revised: 20051997