The Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion: Revised Edition

by Larry Nemecek

  Set decorator John Dwyer, who handed off duties midshoot to Ron Reiss, made sure Data’s quarters were dressed as fans remembered. His shelf items, included from the television series, are his violin, his Sherlock Holmes gear, and the Tasha hologram unit. Added was a period naval hat from Worf’s promotion (Generations). Data’s paintings are some of the originals from the series—Wendy Drapanas’s abstract Spot, the blacksmith and blackbirds paintings (“Birthright, Part I”/242). One of the “new” pieces was the original matte painting of Starbase 11 from Star Trek.

  Riker’s cabin now reflects his Alaskan upbringing with pieces of Inuit art. In case you are curious, the Riker-Troi reception was festooned with orchids, lilies, and bromeliads. The cake had raspberry, filling, and real champagne along with ginger ale was served.

  In Picard’s quarters, the same desk chair from the television series was used. His dining table uses recovered chairs from the Voyager briefing room. The ready room has the same nautilus fossil and props of recent films, but for the first time since its debut in Season 3 the Mintakan tapestry (“Who Watches the Watchers?”/152) is absent. It was one of several changes in decor continuity made by Baird.

  Shinzon and other Reman/Romulan names—according to Logan—hark back to Chinese ones, his nod to Gene Roddenberry’s intent of the Romulans to be metaphors for the Communist Chinese. Donatra’s name was derived from a friend of Logan’s, Donna Branson, who also lent her surname to the conn officer. Kolarus was a takeoff on the Kalahari desert, while the Bassen Rift was a simple ode to Logan’s basset hound, Bill.

  Picard’s choice of battle tactics—leading to the first-time-ever failure of a self-destruct system—was meant to show that the Enterprise-E does not separate as some of its predecessors did. The imagery of an open view out a wrecked bridge, the writer explained, was inspired by a similar scene in Voyager’s “Year of Hell.”

  We hear the pet name Imzadi uttered for the first time in eight years. A script description places the Riker-Troi wedding in Alaska’s Denali Mountains. We hear again about the ban against captains leading risky away teams, now codified as “Starfleet Code Section 12, Paragraph 4.” Logan tried to work in many of the life-forms from Star Trek. An Andorian envoy sequence was dropped, leaving only a mention of the Tholian ambassador. Romulan ale is still illegal (ST II). The stardate cited does work out to 2379—fifteen years since the launch of the Enterprise-D. The Romulan government shutting down the Shinzon project, according to Logan, is the same year it ended its isolation (“The Neutral Zone”/126). It is also noted that Shinzon and the Remans were combatants in the Dominion War, with seventeen victories.

  If screenwriter John Logan has his way this film would not be the last of the TNG features. “Oh, I can’t say now, but I already have a way out of this one into a new story,” he laughed, vowing to land the next assignment as well. “Well, he thinks he does,” Berman countered, “but we like to take these things one at a time!” As Nemesis wound down, Logan was simultaneously at work on an Abraham Lincoln film for Steven Spielberg, a Howard Hughes story for Martin Scorsese, and for Ed Zwick a movie tentatively titled The Last Samurai. “That’s doing three movies with three of the top directors in the world!” Berman noted. “But his love has always been for Star Trek.”

  Could this really be the last hurrah for the beloved TNG crew? “Paramount was going to be marketing this movie as the last, the final adventure [of the TNG cast],” Berman noted. “All I’m saying is when you are dealing with Star Trek, calling something ‘the final adventure’ doesn’t necessarily mean anything.”

  La Forge knows what his friend plans to do.

  ST: TNG Episode Index

  Epis. Air No. Title Code Stardate Aired Week of: Page

  721/101-102 1 Encounter at Farpoint ef 41153.7 9/28/87 23

  103 2 The Naked Now nn 41209.2 10/5/87 32

  104 3 Code of Honor ch 41235.25 10/12/87 33

  105 10 Haven hv 41294.5 11/30/87 34

  106 5 Where No One Has Gone Before wn 41263.1 10/26/87 36

  107 4 The Last Outpost lo 41386.4 10/19/87 37

  108 6 Lonely Among Us la 41249.3 11/2/87 38

  109 7 Justice ju 41255.6 11/9/87 40

  110 8 The Battle ba 41723.9 11/16/87 40

  111 9 Hide and Q hq 41590.5 11/23/87 42

  112 15 Too Short a Season ts 41309.5 2/8/88 43

  113 11 The Big Goodbye bg 41997.7 1/11/88 44

  114 12 Datalore da 41242.4 1/18/88 46

  115 13 Angel One ao 41636.9 1/25/88 47

  116 14 11001001 oo 41365.9 2/1/88 48

  117 17 Home Soil hs 41463.9 2/22/88 49

  118 16 When the Bough Breaks wb 41509.1 2/15/88 50

  119 18 Coming of Age ca 41416.2 3/14/88 51

  120 19 Heart of Glory hg 41503.7 3/21/88 52

  121 20 The Arsenal of Freedom af 41798.2 4/11/88 53

  122 22 Skin of Evil se 41601.3 4/25/88 54

  123 21 Symbiosis sy unknown 4/18/88 55

  124 23 We’ll Always Have Paris wa 41697.9 5/2/88 56

  125 24 Conspiracy co 41775.5 5/9/88 57

  126 25 The Neutral Zone nz 41986.0 5/16/88 59

  127 26 The Child tc 42073.1 11/21/88 66

  128 27 Where Silence Has Lease ws 42193.6 11/28/88 67

  129 28 Elementary, Dear Data ed 42286.3 12/5/88 68

  130 29 The Outrageous Okona ok 42402.7 12/12/88 69

  131 31 The Schizoid Man sm 42437.5 1/23/89 71

  132 30 Loud as a Whisper lw 42477.2 1/9/89 72

  133 32 Unnatural Selection us 42494.8 1/30/89 73

  134 33 A Matter of Honor mt 42506.5 2/6/89 74

  135 34 The Measure of the Man mm 42523.7 2/13/89 76

  136 35 The Dauphin dp 42568.8 2/20/89 78

  137 36 Contagion cg 42609.1 3/20/89 79

  138 37 The Royale ro 42625.4 3/27/89 80

  139 38 Time Squared tm 42679.2 4/3/89 81

  140 39 The Icarus Factor if 42686.4 4/24/89 82

  141 40 Pen Pals pp 42695.3 5/1/89 84

  142 41 Q Who qw 42761.3 5/8/89 85

  143 42 Samaritan Snare ss 42779.1 5/15/89 86

  144 43 Up the Long Ladder ul 42823.2 5/22/89 87

  145 44 Manhunt mh 42859.2 6/19/89 89

  146 45 The Emissary em 42901.3 6/26/89 90

  147 46 Peak Performance pk 42923.4 7/10/89 91

  148 47 Shades of Gray sg 42976.1 7/17/89 93

  149 49 The Ensigns of Command ec 43133.3 10/02/89 100

  150 48 Evolution ev 43125.8 9/25/89 101

  151 50 The Survivors sv 43152.4 10/09/89 102

  152 51 Who Watches the Watchers? ww 43173.5 10/16/89 103

  153 52 The Bonding bo 43198.7 10/23/89 104

  154 53 Booby Trap bt 43205.6 10/30/89 105

  155 54 The Enemy en 43349.2 11/6/89 106

  156 55 The Price pr 43385.6 11/13/89 107

  157 56 The Vengeance Factor vf 43421.9 11/20/89 109

  158 57 The Defector df 43462.5 1/1/90 110

  159 58 The Hunted hu 43489.2 1/8/90 111

  160 59 The High Ground hi 43510.7 1/29/90 112

  161 60 Deja Q dq 43539.1 2/5/90 113

  162 61 A Matter of Perspective mp 43610.4 2/12/90 114

  163 62 Yesterday’s Enterprise ye 43625.2 2/19/90 116

  164 63 The Offspring of 43657.0 3/12/90 118

  165 64 Sins of the Father sf 43685.2 3/19/90 119

  166 65 Allegiance al 43714.1 3/26/90 120

  167 66 Captain’s Holiday cp 43745.2 4/02/90 121

  168 67 Tin Man ti 43779.3 4/23/90 122

  169 68 Hollow Pursuits hp 43807.4 4/30/90 124

  170 69 The Most Toys mo 43872.2 5/7/90 125

  171 70 Sarek sa 43917.4 5/14/90 126

  172 71 Ménage à Troi me 43930.7 5/28/90 127

  173 72 Transfigurations tf 43957.2 6/4/90 129

  174 73 The Best of Both Worlds bb 43989.1 6/18/90 130

  175 74 The Best of Both Worlds, Pt. 2 b2 44001.4 9/24/90 138

  176 77 Suddenly Human sh 44143.7 10/15/90 139

 
; 177 76 Brothers br 44085.7 10/8/90 140

  178 75 Family fa 44012.3 10/1/90 142

  179 78 Remember Me rm 44161.2 10/22/90 144

  180 79 Legacy le 44215.2 10/29/90 145

  181 80 Reunion re 44246.3 11/05/90 146

  182 81 Future Imperfect fi 44286.5 11/12/90 147

  183 82 Final Mission fm 44307.3 11/19/90 148

  184 83 The Loss ls 44356.9 12/31/90 150

  185 84 Data’s Day dd 44390.1 1/7/91 151

  186 85 The Wounded wo 44429.6 1/28/91 152

  187 86 Devil’s Due dv 44474.5 2/4/91 153

  188 87 Clues cl 44502.7 2/11/91 154

  189 88 First Contact fc unknown 2/18/91 155

  190 89 Galaxy’s Child gc 44614.6 3/11/91 156

  191 90 Night Terrors nt 44631.2 3/18/91 157

  192 91 Identity Crisis ic 44664.5 3/25/91 158

  193 92 Nth Degree nd 44704.2 4/1/91 159

  194 93 Qpid qp 44741.9 4/22/91 160

  195 94 The Drumhead dr 44769.2 4/29/91 162

  196 95 Half a Life hl 44805.3 5/6/91 163

  197 96 The Host ho 44821.3 5/13/91 164

  198 97 The Mind’s Eye mi 44885.5 5/27/91 165

  199 98 In Theory it 44932.3 6/3/91 166

  200 99 Redemption rd 44995.3 6/17/91 168

  201 100 Redemption II r2 45020.4 9/23/91 175

  202 101 Darmok dm 45047.2 9/30/91 176

  203 102 Ensign Ro er 45076.3 10/7/91 177

  204 103 Silicon Avatar si 45122.3 10/14/91 178

  205 104 Disaster di 45156.1 10/21/91 179

  206 105 The Game gm 45208.2 10/28/91 181

  207 107 Unification: Part 2 u2 45245.8 11/11/91 184

  208 106 Unification: Part 1 u1 45233.1 11/04/91 182

  209 108 A Matter of Time ma 45349.1 11/18/91 186

  210 109 New Ground ng 45376.3 1/6/92 187

  211 110 Hero Worship hw 45397.3 1/27/92 188

  212 111 Violations vi 45429.3 2/3/92 189

  213 112 The Masterpiece Society ms 45470.1 2/10/92 190

  214 113 Conundrum cn 45494.2 2/17/92 191

  215 114 Power Play pw 45571.2 2/24/92 192

  216 115 Ethics et 45587.3 3/2/92 193

  217 116 The Outcast oc 45614.6 3/16/92 194

  218 117 Cause and Effect ce 45652.1 3/23/92 195

  219 118 The First Duty fd 45703.9 3/30/92 196

  220 119 Cost of Living cs 45733.6 4/20/92 198

  221 120 The Perfect Mate pm 45761.3 4/27/92 199

  222 121 Imaginary Friend im 45832.1 5/4/92 200

  223 122 I, Borg ib 45854.2 5/11/92 201

  224* 123 The Next Phase np 45892.4* 5/18/92 202

  225 124 The Inner Light il 45944.1 6/1/92 204

  226 125 Time’s Arrow ta 45959.1 6/15/92 205

  227 126 Time’s Arrow, Part II t2 46001.3 9/21/92 214

  228 127 Realm of Fear rf 46041.1 9/28/92 215

  229 128 Man of the People mn 46071.6 10/5/92 217

  230 129 Relics rl 46125.3 10/12/92 218

  231 130 Schisms sc 46154.2 10/19/92 220

  232 131 True Q tq 46192.3 10/26/92 222

  233 132 Rascals ra 46235.7 11/2/92 223

  234 133 A Fistful of Datas fs 46271.5 11/9/92 225

  235 134 The Quality of Life ql 46307.2 11/16/92 226

  236 135 Chain of Command, Part I c1 46357.4 12/14/92 227

  237 136 Chain of Command, Part II c2 46360.8 12/21/92 229

  238 137 Ship in a Bottle sb 46424.1 1/25/93 230

  239 138 Aquiel aq 46461.3 2/1/93 232

  240 139 Face of the Enemy fe 46519.1 2/8/93 234

  241 140 Tapestry tp unknown 2/15/93 235

  242 141 Birthright, Part I bi 46578.4 2/22/93 237

  243 142 Birthright, Part II bi2 46579.2 3/1/93 238

  244 143 Starship Mine st 46682.4 3/29/93 240

  245 144 Lessons ln 46693.1 4/5/93 241

  246 146 The Chase ch 46731.5 4/26/93 243

  247 147 Frame of Mind fr 46778.1 5/3/93 244

  248 148 Suspicions su 46830.1 5/10/93 246

  249 149 Rightful Heir rh 46852.2 5/17/93 247

  250 150 Second Chances sd 46915.2 5/24/93 249

  251 151 Timescape tm 46944.2 6/14/93 251

  252 145 Descent de 46982.1 4/21/93 252

  253 152 Descent, Part II d2 47025.4 9/20/93 260

  254 153 Liaisons li unknown 9/27/93 261

  255 154 Interface in 47215.5 10/4/93 263

  256 155 Gambit, Part I g1 47135.2 10/11/93 264

  257 156 Gambit, Part II g2 47160.1 10/18/93 266

  258 157 Phantasms ph 47225.7 10/25/93 267

  259 158 Dark Page dk 47254.1 11/1/93 269

  260 159 Attached at 47304.2 11/8/93 271

  261 160 Force of Nature fn 47310.2 11/15/93 272

  262 161 Inheritance ih 47410.2 11/22/93 273

  263 162 Parallels pa 47391.2 11/29/93 275

  264 163 The Pegasus pe 47457.1 1/10/94 277

  265 164 Homeward hm 47423.9 1/17/94 278

  266 165 Sub Rosa sr unknown 1/31/94 280

  267 166 Lower Decks ld 47566.7 2/7/94 281

  268 167 Thine Own Self th 47611.2 2/14/94 283

  269 168 Masks mk 47615.2 2/21/94 284

  270 169 Eye of the Beholder eb 47622.1 2/28/94 286

  271 170 Genesis ge 47653.2 3/21/94 287

  272 171 Journey’s End je 47751.2 3/28/94 289

  273 172 Firstborn fb 47779.4 4/25/94 291

  274 173 Bloodlines bl 47829.1 5/2/94 293

  275 174 Emergence eg 47869.2 5/9/94 295

  276 175 Preemptive Strike ps 47941.7 5/16/94 296

  277 176 All Good Things … ag 47988 5/23/94 298

  *The stardate for “The Next Phase” [224] was derived from an on-screen graphic.

  Writers

  KEY (per episode): Roman: Story or premise credit Bold: Writer or teleplay credit Italic: Both writing and story/premise credit (*) Asterisk: Solo credit for entire show (Numbers refer to studio episode numbers) Abatemarco, Frank: *mn/229; c1/236; *c2/237

  Adler, Alan J.: ls/183

  Amos, Gregory: mt/134

  Apter, Harold: dd/185

  Arnold-Ince, Kacey: fm/178

  Arthurs, Bruce D.: cl/188

  Assael, David: if/140

  Bader, Hilary J.: ls/183; hw/211; *dk/259

  Bailey, Dennis Putnam: ti/168

  Bailey, Dennis Russell: fc/189

  Balcer, Rene: pw/215

  Baron, Michael: ch/104

  Barry, Patrick: *ao/115

  Beagle, Peter S.: sa/171

  Behr, Ira Steven: ye/163; *cp/167; qp/194

  Beimler, Hans: af/121; sy/123; sm/131; em/146; sg/148; ww/152; ye/163; al/166

  Belanoff, Adam: ms/213

  Bensmiller, Kurt Michael: tm/139

  Berman, Rick: *br/177; er/203; u2/207; u1/208; *ma/209; ST:G, ST:FC, ST:I, ST:N

  Bernheim, Robin: *hu/159

  Bingham, J. Michael (pseudonym of D. C. Fontana): nn/103

  Bischoff, David: ti/168; fc/189

  Black, John D. F.: nn/103; SEE ALSO pseudonym “Wills, Ralph”

  Botsford, Diana Dru: ra/233

  Botsford, Ward: ra/233

  Braga, Brannon: re/181; ic/192; gm/206; pw/215; ce/218; im/222; rf/228; sc/231; fs/234; aq/239; bi/242; fr/247; tms/251; ph/258; *pa/263; sr/266; eb/270; *ge/271; eg/275; ag/277-78; ST.G, ST:FC

  Bronson, Fred: me/172; gm/206

  Brooks, James: rh/249

  Calder, Thomas H.: em/146

  Carren, David Bennett: fi/182

  Carroll, J. Larry: fi/182

  Caves, Sally: *hp/169

  Charno, Sara: wo/186; ng/210; et/216

  Charno, Stuart: wo/186; ng/210; et/216

  Chermak, Cy: wo/186

  Clee, Mona: nz/126

  Conley, Lawrence V.: si/204

  Corey, Matthew: tq/232

  Cushman, Marc: sa/171

  Danus, Richard: bt/154; *dq/161

  Davis, Deborah Dean: wa/124

  de Haas, Timothy: ic/192

  Deighan, Drew: sf/165;
re/181

  Devereaux, Terry (pseudonym of Tracy Tormé): *mh/145

  Dickson, Lance: ok/130

  Douglas, Pamela: nt/191

  Duane, Diane: wn/106

  Echeverria, René: *of/164; *tf/173; mi/198; pm/221; *ib/223; tq/232; *sb/238; fe/240; *bi2/243; sd/250; *d2/253; lh/262; ld/267; eb/270; fb/273; ps/276

  Eschbacher, Roger: li/254

  Fauci, Jeanne Carrigan: li/254

  Fields, Peter Allan: hl/196; cs/220; il/225

  Fliegal, Richard: im/222

  Fontana, D. C.: ef/101-102 (721); la/108; ts/112; hg/120; SEE ALSO pseudonym “Bingham, J. Michael”

  Forrester, Larry: ba/110

  Fries, Sandy: *ca/119

  Gallo, Jeanne F.: sr/266

  Ganino, Trent Christopher: ye/163

  Gendel, Morgan: il/225; *st/244

  Gerber, Steve: cg/137

  Goodharz, Shari: *mo/170; nt/191; vi/212

  Gray, Mike: us/133

  Gray, Pamela: vi/212

  Gray, T. Michael: vi/212

  Greene, Vanessa: ls/183

  Greenspon, Jaq: li/254

  Guerts, Karl: hs/117

  Haight, Wanda M.: mt/134

  Halperin, Michael: la/108

  Hatton, Christopher: g1/256; to/268

  Hock, Allison: ra/233

  Holland, C. J. (pseudonym of Maurice Hurley): hq/111

  Horvat, Michel: *ho/197

  Hurley, Maurice: da/114; oo/116; hg/120; af/121; nz/126; tc/127; tm/139; *qw/142; sg/148; gc/190; pw/215; SEE ALSO pseudonym “Holland, C. J.”

  Jacobs, Jake: sa/171

  Jarvis, Ron: di/205

  Kahn, James: ms/213

  Kalbfeld, Mark: fb/273

  Kartozian, Thomas: gc/190

  Kemper, David: *pk/147; en/155

  Koepel, Dan: ih/262

  Krzemien, Richard: lo/107

  Lambdin, Susanne: fa/178

  Lane, Brian Alan: *ed/129

  Lansberg, David: ok/130

  Lansford, William Douglas: dv/187

  Lazebnik, Philip: dv/187; dm/202

  Leder, Reuben: SEE pseudonym “Percanté, Gary”

  Lewin, Robert: da/114; af/121; sy/123

  Logan, John: ST:N

  MacIntyre, Deborah: nz/126

  Manning, Richard: af/121; sy/123; sm/131; em/146; sg/148; ww/152; ye/163; al/166

  Mason, John: us/133

  Matthias, Jean Louise: im/222, sc/231, ln/245; ld/267

  McCullough, Robert L.: if/140; *ss/143

  Medlock, Michael A.: sd/250

  Menchen, Les: ok/130

  Menosky, Joe: *le/180; cl/188; fc/189; *nd/193; it/199; dm/202; hw/211; cn/214; ta/226; t2/227; cha/246; su/248; *in/255; *mk/269; eg/275