Sixth Season - Episode 129

MAN OF THE PEOPLE

Stardate: 46071.6 - 46075.1
Rating: 5 Humour: -- Action: - Tension: - Romance: +

Alternate Titles: German: "DER UNMORALISCHE FRIEDENS"

Written By: Abatemarco, Frank
Director: Kolbe, Winrich
Music: McCarthy, Dennis
Executive: Berman, Rick
Piller, Michael
Co-Executive: Taylor, Jeri
Supervisor: Abatemarco, Frank
Livingston, David
Producer: Lauritson, Peter
Line-Producer: Howard, Merri D.
Co-Producer: Moore, Ronald D.
Neuss, Wendy
Camera: West, Jonathan

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
Ambassador Alcar: Chip Lucia
Nurse Alyssa Ogawa: Patti Yasutake
Admiral: George D. Wallace
Ensign Jeaneway: Lucy Boryer
Maylor: Susan French
Jareth: Rick Scarry
Liva: Stephanie Erb
Ensign: J.P. Hubbell

Plot

The Enterprise is assigned to rescue Ambassador Alcar's and his team after his ship was nearly destroyed by one of two sides involved in a war. Although the Ambassador would rather travel in a transport ship to avoid any show of military strength, the Enterprise is assigned to convey him to the negotiations. On board the Enterprise, Alcar's mother dies a sudden death and Alcar asks Troi to partake in a memorial ceremony with him. After that ceremony, Troi begins to act strangely and begins aging rapidly.

Goofs

  • In Engineering, when Geordi and Beverly were checking out the Biofilter logs from the Dorian, Geordi had two hollow pips and one solid, instead of two solid and one hollow.
  • When Riker and Troi walked out of Ten-Forward (the scene where Troi was wearing that revealing dress), they stepped right into a Turbolift. The sign on the lift's door said "08 Turbolift", indicating they were on Deck 8 instead of Deck 10.
  • Near the end, in Sickbay, when Beverly was reviving Deanna, Deanna's eyes fluttered open a couple of times, and then remained shut. (This is when she still looked old.) Although I couldn't make out an actual color, it was obvious that Marina didn't have her black contacts in.
  • Picard referred to transporter room 3 *twice* at the crucial time of beaming out the ambassador's aide? He told room 2 to be ready. Transporter room 2 was referred to throughout the episode. This is a relatively trivial point, but a stupid production error none the less.
  • Also, isn't it amazing how dead hair folicles can change color from grey to brown when Troi de-ages, isn't it?

Quotes

Picard: "Alcar will *not* let her go.."
Beverly: "Then Deanna must die.."
Riker: "What"

Troi: "Thanks for sticking with me.. all the way."
Riker: "I always will, even when you are old and gray.."

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