Fourth Season - Episode 096

HALF A LIFE

Stardate: 44805.3 - 44812.6
Rating: 5 Humour: - Action: - Tension: - Romance: +

Alternate Titles: Work: "HALF-LIFE"
German: "DIE AUFLÖSUNG"

Teleplay By: Fields, Peter Allan
Story By: Fields, Peter Allan
Roberts, Ted
Director: Landau, Les
Music: McCarthy, Dennis
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
O'Brien: Colm Meaney
Lwaxana Troi: Majel Barrett
Doctor Timicin: David Ogden Stiers
Dara: Michelle Forbes
B'Tardat: Terrence E. McNally
Mr. Homn: Carel Struycken

Plot

Lwaxana, while aboard the Enterprise being transported home, falls for a scientist who is also on board the Enterprise in an attempt to avert the destruction of his planet caused by the destruction of the sun. Succeed or fail, his cultural heritage demands that, at the age of 60, which is fast approaching, he must return to his planet to commit suicide.

Goofs

  • Near the end of the episode, when Lwaxana Troi is standing next to the mirror and then begins to walk away from it, for a brief instant the boom from the mike is visible in the reflection.

In-Jokes

  • One of the displays has the number "4077" in the corner, a reference to M*A*S*H.

Quotes

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