Sixth Season - Episode 142

BIRTHRIGHT PART I

Stardate: 46578.4
Rating: 12 Humour: + Action: - Tension: ++ Romance: +

Alternate Titles: German: "DER MOMENT DER ERKENNTNIS TEIL 1"

Written By: Braga, Brannon
Director: Kolbe, Winrich
Music: Chattaway, Jay
Executive: Berman, Rick
Piller, Michael
Co-Executive: Taylor, Jeri
Supervisor: 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
Dr. Julien Bashir: Siddig El Fadil
Dr. Noonian Soong: Brent Spiner
Jaglom Shrek: James Cromwell
Gi'Ral: Cristine Rose
Da'el: Jennifer Gatti
L'Kor: Richard Herd

Plot

The Enterprise makes a stop at Deep Space 9 to assist the station crew in rebuilding the Bajoran aquaduct system destroyed by the Cardassians when they left the station. Dr. Bashir is caught by Data using the Enterprise computer system to analyze medical equipment discovered in the Gamma quadrant. During their investigation, Data is struck by an energy beam from the equipment causing him to lose consciousness and experience a dormant program installed by his creator that was meant to be activated when Data achieved a certain level of development. Meanwhile, Worf meets an alien, Shrek, in the promenade who convinces Worf that his father did not die at Kitomer but instead is living as a prisoner of the Romulans. Worf travels with Shrek to the prison planet in an attempt to find his father.

Goofs

  • When Data first started painting, you could hear his furious little brushstrokes against the canvas (whish whish whish!). But when he stopped painting and stepped back to view his work, you could *still* hear the brushstrokes (whish whish whish)!

Quotes

Troi: "Did the table do anything wrong ??"
Worf: "........ NO !!.."

Revised: 09051997

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