Fifth Season - Episode 113

THE MASTERPIECE SOCIETY

Stardate: 45470.1
Rating: 5 Humour: - Action: - Tension: - Romance: +

Alternate Titles: German: "DAS KÜNSTLICHE PARADIES"

Teleplay By: Belanoff, Adam
Piller, Michael
Story By: Belanoff, Adam
Kahn, James
Director: Kolbe, Winrich
Executive: Berman, Rick
Piller, Michael
Roddenberry, Gene
Supervisor: Taylor, Jeri
Producer: Livingston, David
Wright, Herbert
Co-Producer: Lauritson, Peter
Menosky, Joe
Moore, Ronald D.

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
Aaron Conor: John Synder
Hannah Bates: Dey Young
Marcus Benbeck: Ron Canada
Ensign Felton: Sheila Franklin

Plot

In this episode, the Enterprise encounters a group of colonists who have constructed a genetically engineered society. Unfortunately, a large stel- lar mass is about to pass through that region of space and the gravitational forces would destroy the colony. The Enterprise must help the colony to find a way to destroy the mass without destroying the carefully controlled society that has been built. This episode is mosty a retread of "For the World is Hollow, and I've Touched the Sky" from the old series, complete with the isolated society, the Enterprise crewmember that falls in love with the local, and the major disaster that's about to destroy the colony unless the Enterprise can stop it.

Goofs

Geordi states that his VISOR covered the range from 1 Hertz to 1 Terahertz. While this covers radio, microwave, and far infrared frequencies, it does not cover near infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-rays, or gamma rays.

Quotes

Conor:

"I'll try to rebuild the society without the proper pieces."