Fourth Season - Episode 087

DEVIL'S DUE

Stardate: 44474.5
Rating: 6 Humour: -- Action: - Tension: - Romance: --

Alternate Titles: German: "DER PAKT MIT DEM TEUFEL"

Teleplay By: LaZebnik, Philip
Story By: LaZebnik, Philip
Lansford, William Do
Director: Benko, Tom
Executive: Berman, Rick
Piller, Michael
Roddenberry, Gene
Supervisor: Taylor, Jeri
Producer: Livingston, David
Co-Producer: Lauritson, Peter

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
Ardra: Marta DuBois
Dr. Howard Clarke: Paul Lambert
Aoost Jared: Marcelo Tubert
Marley: William Glover
Devil Monster: Thad Lamey
Klingon Monster: Tom Magee

Plot

A mysterious woman arrives on Ventax claiming to be the woman named Ardra who once promised the Ventaxians 1000 years of peace and prosperity in ex- change for ownership of the planet and the people. The Ventaxians appeal to the Enterprise for help and it becomes Captain Picard's responsibility to prove that Ardra is a fraud, the contract made 1000 years ago is invalid and that her diabolical powers are nothing more than a trick.

Goofs

  • In the TOS episode "Day of the Dove", Captain Kang explicitly remarks that the Klingons have no devil. However, in "Devil's Due", Ardra uses the guise of the Klingon devil, Fekhlar, a creature that consumes the souls of cowards.

Quotes

Picard: "Have Data fetch me in a shuttle, and have him bring along a uniform.."
Worf: "....... Did you say 'Uniform' ??"
Picard: "Yes I *did*.."
Worf: "...Aye, Sir..."

LaForge: [Ah.Ahhhh.] "This time I don't by the magic.."

Picard: "She has a *Romulan* cloaking device ???"
LaForge: "More likely a bad copy of one...."

[After being revealed by Picard]
"Ardra": [Tsk.Tsk.] "You would have had a lot more fun if you'd lost."

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