Interface
- Episode aired Oct 2, 1993
- TV-PG
- 45m
Geordi is distracted by the news of the possible loss of his mother while he uses a new remote probe technology to search for a downed spacecraft.Geordi is distracted by the news of the possible loss of his mother while he uses a new remote probe technology to search for a downed spacecraft.Geordi is distracted by the news of the possible loss of his mother while he uses a new remote probe technology to search for a downed spacecraft.
- Ensign Gates
- (uncredited)
- Starfleet Ensign
- (uncredited)
- Crewman Martinez
- (uncredited)
- Ensign Russell
- (uncredited)
- Sciences Officer
- (uncredited)
- Command Division Officer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMadge Sinclair was suffering from leukemia at the time of production. She was first diagnosed about 10 years earlier and, at the time of production, had already far surpassed doctor's expectations for survival. She would live another 26 months after this show aired and die at the age of 57.
- Goofs(at around 13 mins) Geordi walks into a room of dead people. As the camera is walked backwards, you can see a 'dead' person pulling a barrel over to support herself. It must have slipped and the film crew thought it was off-camera.
- Quotes
Commander William T. Riker: My mother died when I was a baby. All I had was pictures and the stories that my father used to tell me about her. I begged him to tell those stories over and over. When I was five and I went to school, I started to tell my new friends those same stories, pretending that she was alive. Then I started believing that she was alive, that she had just gone away, but that she was coming back. The teacher got wind of this. She and my father had this talk with me. They told me it was important to accept the fact that my mother was dead and that she wasn't coming back and all the hoping in the world wouldn't make it so. In my mind, that was the day that my mother actually died. I cried all that night, but after that, it started feeling better.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Top 10 Star Trek Technobabbles (2008)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
This is an okay episode with a good sci-fi concept but it did not strongly engage me.
Considering where we are now in relation to the technology it is an interesting episode that predicted the use of VR systems in hostile environments. However, the level of technobabble that key plot points hinge on does kill any potential excitement. Not that you ever think for one second Geordie will die, regardless of how much danger they keep saying he is in.
From a character perspective it is a good one for Geordie as he has rarely been used outside of engineering and those failed attempts at romance. Seeing that he actually has a family background makes him feel a more like real person such as was done for other main characters.
Riker's speech about his mother goes on for a bit and, although fairly interesting character background, it sucks yet more of the momentum out of the story.
LeVar Burton and Brent Spiner both give strong performances, particularly Burton.
Visually it's a good one. I love the VR suit and the effects in general work well.
- snoozejonc
- Jan 6, 2022
Details
- Runtime45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1