Darmok
- Episode aired Sep 28, 1991
- TV-PG
- 46m
Picard must learn to communicate with a race that speaks in metaphor under a difficult set of circumstances.Picard must learn to communicate with a race that speaks in metaphor under a difficult set of circumstances.Picard must learn to communicate with a race that speaks in metaphor under a difficult set of circumstances.
- Ensign Gates
- (uncredited)
- Ensign Kellogg
- (uncredited)
- Ensign Jae
- (uncredited)
- Operations Division Officer
- (uncredited)
- Enterprise-D Ensign
- (uncredited)
- Tamarian Officer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTenagra Observatories, an internet-based network of telescopes sharing information on stellar phenomena, took its name from this episode. The Tenagra project links observatories located in Arizona, USA, Perth, W. Australia and Oslo, Norway.
- GoofsWhen the Enterprise fires on the Tamarian vessel, the phasers are fired from photon torpedo launch bays, not from the phaser banks on the saucer section. It is admitted to be a post-production mistake in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion. Rick Berman said the producers received hundreds of letters from fans pointing it out. This was corrected for the Blu-Ray disc release by replacing the shot with a close up of the phaser array from "The Best of Both Worlds".
- Quotes
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Gilgamesh, a king. Gilgamesh, a king. At Uruk. He tormented his subjects. He made them angry. They cried out aloud, "Send us a companion for our king! Spare us from his madness!" Enkidu, a wild man... from the forest, entered the city. They fought in the temple. They fought in the streets. Gilgamesh defeated Enkidu. They became great friends. Gilgamesh and Enkidu at Uruk.
Captain Dathon: [faintly] At Uruk.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: The... the new friends went out into the desert together, where the Great Bull of Heaven was killing men by the hundreds. Enkidu caught the Bull by the tail. Gilgamesh struck him with his sword.
Captain Dathon: [laughing] Gilgamesh.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: They were... victorious. But... Enkidu fell to the ground, struck down by the gods. And Gilgamesh... wept bitter tears, saying, "He who was my companion, through adventure and hardship, is gone forever."
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Chronic Rift: Organized Religion in Science Fiction (1992)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
Darmock is quite simply one of the finest episodes of Star Trek ever made.
It has truly inspiring Science Fiction concept, first class performances from Patrick Stewart and Star Trek veteran Paul Winfield and some of the most beautiful references to ancient Mesopotamian literature ever transposed to the screen. Despite this, the story had an uncomfortable genesis, with writer Joe Menoski reworking an original story by Philip LaZebnick over a considerable period and director Winrich Kolbe uncertain how communication by metaphor would be received by the audience.
Perhaps they should have had more confidence in us.
A Classics Professor once told Sir Patrick that he had probably introduced more people to the world's earliest epic poem, the story of Gilgamesh and Enkidu, than anyone else on the planet. An extremely worthy accolade, no doubt, but it would not have been so creditable without such a sound storyline and such beautiful location filming at Bronson Canyon.
A masterpiece.
- celineduchain
- Feb 5, 2022
Details
- Runtime46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1