Fifth Season - Episode 126

TIME'S ARROW PART I

Stardate: 45959.1 - 45965.3
Rating: 12 Humour: + Action: - Tension: ++ Romance: -

Alternate Titles: German: "GEFAHR AUS DEM 19. JAHRHUNDERD"

Teleplay By: Menosky, Joe
Piller, Michael
Story By: Menosky, Joe
Director: Landau, Les
Executive: Berman, Rick
Piller, Michael
Roddenberry, Gene
Supervisor: Taylor, Jeri
Producer: Livingston, David
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
Guinan: Whoopi Goldberg
Samuel Clemens: Jerry Hardin
Jack London: Michael Aron
Doorman: Barry Kivel
Seaman: Ken Thorley
Indian: Sheldon Peters Wolfchild
Beggar: Jack Murdock
Gambler: Marc Alaimo
Scientist: Milt Tarver
Roughneck: Michael Hungerford

Plot

This season-ending cliffhanger finds the Enterprise called back to Earth because of artifacts discovered in a cavern. Most of the artifacts are from 19th century Earth except for one - the remains of Data's head apparently left there sometime in the past where Data was destroyed. The crew finds traces of Triallic Waves in the cavern and traces them back to Devidia Two where they find yet another cave - this one inhabited by beings who are slightly out of phase with our universe. Data assists Geordi in building a Sub-Space distorter to align the synchronic distortion. As Data uses the distorter, the beings inhabiting the area use a temporal distorter and Data is caught in the waves and sent to Earth in the late 19th century. Once there Data starts to search for alien activity. Meanwhile Geordi attempts to build a new distorter (without Data's help) to try and find him. When the distorter is used Picard, Crusher, LaForge, Riker & Troi realign themselves with the beings and discover that two of the beings travel regulary back in time to colect human souls to feed their fellows with.

Goofs

The paper that Data picks up is dated "Sunday, August 11, 1893". Unfortunately, August 11, 1893 was a Friday.

In-Jokes

The paper that Data picks up is the San Francisco Register, which is same newspaper that Kirk and company saw being taken out of the vending machine.

Quotes

Data:

"Somehow I will be transported back to the 19th century earth, where I will be killed, it happend and it will happen."

LaForge:	"Data.. Do you wanna talk about it ?"
Data:	"... Do you mean the foreknollage about my death ?"
LaForge:	"Yeah."
Data:	"I have no special desire to discuss it... Do you need to talk about it ??"
LaForge:	"Yeah."
Data:	"Ahhhh"

LaForge:	"I didn't know how tough this must be on you.."
Data:	"Tough... As in difficult ??"
LaForge:	"Knowing that you'd outlive all of your friends.."
Data:	"I expected to make new friends...."
LaForge:	"True."
Data:	"..And outlive them as well.."

Troi:	"I heard about Data."
Riker:	"Yeah."
Troi:	"It's having unusual traumatic effects on everyone."
Riker:	"Yeah."
Troi:	"It's allright if you don't wanna talk about it."
Riker:	"I'm fine, I'm just......"
Troi:	"...Angry.."
Riker:	"I'm not angry.... Yes I'm angry.... Why should I be angry.."

Guinan:

[To Data] "Did my father send you ??"