Home Soil
- Episode aired Feb 20, 1988
- TV-PG
- 46m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
3.5K
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On Velara III, Geordi and Data discover a microscopic life form responsible for the death of an engineer stationed on the base.On Velara III, Geordi and Data discover a microscopic life form responsible for the death of an engineer stationed on the base.On Velara III, Geordi and Data discover a microscopic life form responsible for the death of an engineer stationed on the base.
Majel Barrett
- Enterprise Computer
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
James G. Becker
- Youngblood
- (uncredited)
Dexter Clay
- Operations Division Officer
- (uncredited)
Susan Duchow
- Operations Division Officer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFirst time there is a reference to a rest room (bathroom) on the Enterprise. As Riker and the engineer are talking, she mentions that one of the colleagues is stuck in the restroom due to the aliens taking over the ship. (It's not a restroom but, in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Kirk does sit on a retractable toilet, with the warning 'Do not use while in spacedock'. This was released in 1989, after this story.)
- GoofsEveryone (including the ship's computer) acts like this is the first non-carbon-based life form the Federation has ever encountered. However, in The Devil in the Dark (1967), the obvious inspiration for this story, a silicon-based life form (the Horta) was discovered on a Federation mining colony and identified by Mr. Spock.
- Quotes
Inorganic Life-form (voice): Ugly. Ugly giant bags of mostly water.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Bags of mostly water?
Lt. Commander Data: An accurate descriptions of humans, sir. You are over 90% water surrounded by a flexible container.
- ConnectionsFeatured in re:View: Star Trek The Next Generation Season One (2021)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
Featured review
Fascinating Story Ruined by Terrible Guest Actress
I love the story. I'll always be a Star Trek fan no matter what so I'm easy to please. However, one of the guest stars of this episode, Elizabeth Lindsay (who plays Louisa, a terraforming scientist) is so utterly wooden and gives such a stiff, stilted and monotone performance, that she ruins every scene she's in.
Someone in casting must've owed her a favor.
Someone in casting must've owed her a favor.
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- forevershari
- Jul 9, 2020
Details
- Runtime46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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