Lonely Among Us
- Episode aired Oct 31, 1987
- TV-PG
- 45m
While distracted by two antithetical races applying for Federation membership, the Enterprise picks up a sentient entity that can alternately possess either man or machinery.While distracted by two antithetical races applying for Federation membership, the Enterprise picks up a sentient entity that can alternately possess either man or machinery.While distracted by two antithetical races applying for Federation membership, the Enterprise picks up a sentient entity that can alternately possess either man or machinery.
- Badar N'D'D
- (uncredited)
- Youngblood
- (uncredited)
- Operations Division Officer
- (uncredited)
- Command Division Officer
- (uncredited)
- Operations Division Officer
- (uncredited)
- Science Division Ensign
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Gene Roddenberry(showrunner)
- D.C. Fontana
- Michael Halperin
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaColm Meaney appears as the nameless crewman (escorting an Antican delegate), who also appeared at the ops position in Encounter at Farpoint (1987). This character would later become Transporter Chief O'Brien in season 2 and beyond.
- GoofsSherlock Holmes never smoked a Meerschaum pipe, only a Brier pipe and only when considering a problem. Sherlock's usual smokes were cigarettes. Also, Holmes said "elementary" only one time in all the books and short stories. The Meerschaum pipe and multiple "elementary(s)" were the product of stage productions and Hollywood. At no time is it stated, or even implied, that Data only researched Sherlock Holmes by the written stories. Data obviously took his characterization from multiple sources.
- Quotes
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: The immortal Sherlock Holmes would have an interesting view of our mystery, I believe.
Commander William T. Riker: But I'm afraid we're going to have to find our solution... without history's greatest consulting detective.
Lt. Commander Data: [to himself, inaudibly] Holmes...?
- ConnectionsReferenced in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Ménage à Troi (1990)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
We are six episodes in and we've already met three separate chief engineers. No telling what happened to McDoogle or the other guy, but Mr. Sing gets BTFO'd by the stowaway energy. After the stowaway beams Picard out into space, Picard manages to return to corporeal form via the Enterprise computer. The transporter is a truly remarkable piece of plot contrivance I mean technology.
On an unrelated note, some bipedal wolf-cat people are on board with their arch enemies the bipedal snake-man people. The only real take away from this subplot is that the federation is Vegan and that neither Riker nor Picard can be bothered with trivialities like diplomats cooking and eating one another. In their defense, Selay steaks are godd*mn delicious.
This episode is one of several reasons why Season 1 has the reputation that it does. The writers don't know what they want the show to be. The A plot is supposedly drama, and the B plot is supposedly comedy. But the A plot isn't tense, and the B plot isn't funny.
Verdict: Swing and a miss.
Fun Facts:
Chief Obrien is now in a gold uniform and he's lost his rank.
Heading 925 mark 37 instructs the helms men to complete two full circles before plotting his course. The format for heading is (Horizontal rotation) mark (vertical rotation). Its in the technical manual but you can google it.
P is for Picard.
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Details
- Runtime45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1