Sixth Season - Episode 145

LESSONS

Stardate: 46693.1 - 46697.2
Rating: 1 Humour: + Action: - Tension: + Romance: ++

Alternate Titles: German: "DER FEUERSTURM"

Written By: Matthias, Jean Louis
Wilkerson, Ronald
Director: Wiemer, Robert
Music: McCarthy, Dennis
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

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
Lt. Commander Nella Daren: Wendy Hughes

Plot

On a quiet evening, Picard visits the bridge where Data is in command, he is doing som study and wants to contact a friend who also works at the same interest, that is however not posible as the Stellar Scientists on board has asked for radio scilence while conducting an experiment, soon Picard discovers that most of the ship is off-line due to that experiment. Picard gets curious and walks into the lab, only to interupt the experiment and destroying 4 hours of work for the new head, Commander Daren, she explains about the project and about herselfe, They discover that they have a mutual interest in music, and their relationship begins to develop, mostly to the joy of those around Picard, but Riker feels a bit unsertain about his position, dealing with the requests from Daren. The romances a brought interupted when a distresscall from a colony shows up, there is an intense plasmafire in the atmosphere of the planet, and the structure will not withstand a fire of that strength. The problem is that the Enterprise don't have enough time to evacuate the residents, but Daren gets an idea to create a shield to wear off the fire for as long as it takes to beam the colonists off. Setting up the experiment Daren realises that they have to stay at the generators to maintain the shield's effect, but when the fire reaches them it'll interfere with transporter and communications, Picard orders them to stay where thay are, and gets the last people off the planet, but several shield-teams is missing including the one including Nella Daren, the waiting time while the fire passes is horrible for Picard.

Quotes

Computer: "All library files have been transfered to Stellar Cartography.."

Picard: "Tee, Earl Gray... Hot.."
Computer: "Foodslots are offline by request of.."
Computer & Picard: "...Stellar Cartography....."

Daren: "Who ever you are.. You've just ruined 4 hours of work.."
Picard: "A simple percouson would have been to lock the door.."
Daran: "It's 3 o'clock in the morning and........ Captain Picard..."

Daren: "When you ordered us to stay there, I thought that it was the natural thing to do, but when I saw that fire approaching, I was not so sure"

Picard: "You took away my cup of Earl Gray.."
Daran: "No wonder you're having difficulties sleeping,, drinking that..."

Revised: 16051997