Sixth Season - Episode 152

DESCENT PART I

Stardate: 46982.1 - 46984.6
Rating: 14 Humour: - Action: ++ Tension: + Romance: -

Alternate Titles: German: "DER ANGRIFF DER BORG TEIL I"

Bookauthor: Carey, Diane
Teleplay By: Moore, Ronald D.
Story By: Taylor, Jeri
Director: Singer, Alexander
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

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
Lore: Brent Spiner
Sir Isaac Newton: John Neville
Albert Einstein: Jim Norton
Admiral Necheyev: Natalia Nogulich
Crosis: Brian J. Cousins
Himself: Professor Stephen Hawkings
Bosus: Richard Gilbert-Hill
Tayar: Stephen James Carver

Plot

This cliffhanger finale to the sixth season finds the Enterprise in combat once more with the Borg but, this time, the Borg are different. They have become individuals and have changed their tactics confusing the crew of the Enterprise. When one of the Borg is captured, they discover that the Borg are now lead by someone who has taught them new ideas. Meanwhile, Data is confronted with the emergence of a new experience - emotion. While fighting the Borg, Data gets "angry" and kills one of the Borg and later admits that he felt "pleasure" in it. He is very confused by the new experiences and seeks to understand them better. When the captured Borg offers him an explanation, Data helps him escape the ship in a shuttle- craft. When the Enterprise follows, they discover the Borg on a remote planet and discover who is behind the new and deadlier Borg.

In-Jokes

  • The famous professor Stehpen Hawkings (He's the one using a wheelchair to get around and who talks through a computer) showed up to play... Himself, when Data sets up a scene to study scientific humor.

Quotes

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