Allegiance
- Episode aired Mar 24, 1990
- TV-PG
- 45m
Picard is kidnapped and held with three different aliens and meanwhile replaced with a replica as impostor captain.Picard is kidnapped and held with three different aliens and meanwhile replaced with a replica as impostor captain.Picard is kidnapped and held with three different aliens and meanwhile replaced with a replica as impostor captain.
- Crewman Garvey
- (uncredited)
- Crewman Martinez
- (uncredited)
- Ensign Russell
- (uncredited)
- Operations Division Ensign
- (uncredited)
- Command Division Officer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Offspring (1990) and "Allegiance," with their minimal sets, were written in part to balance the series' budget after Yesterday's Enterprise (1990).
- GoofsData describes the nearest pulsar as "a rotating neutron star of approximately 4.656 solar masses". This might anticipate a future breakthrough. Current physics has been putting the maximum possible mass of neutron stars at 3 solar masses (the Richard Tolman-J. Robert Oppenheimer-George Volkoff limit, calculated in 1939).
- Quotes
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Well. I think this charade has gone far enough.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [to Haro] Don't you?
Mitena Haro: I don't understand.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Oh yes, you do. This isn't a holding cell. It's a laboratory maze, a carefully structured test. It's an experiment to see how well we react under pressure.
Esoqq: How do you know?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: It's the only explanation. Look at the four of us. We do have something in common: we all react differently to authority.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [to Tholl] You, the collaborator, defer to whoever has control.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [to Esoqq] You, the anarchist, reject authority in any form. I, a Starfleet captain, trained to command.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [to Haro] And you, a Starfleet cadet, sworn to obey a superior officer's authority. - Our captors have placed us here, and have devised obstacles for us to overcome. They give us food, which Esoqq can't eat, to make him a threat. They give us a door we can't open - until the four of us cooperate. And each time we succeed, they deal us reverses, to set us against each other again,
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [to Haro] while *you*... observe our reactions.
Mitena Haro: Sir, I've been trying to help...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I found it unlikely that a first-year cadet would know of the Enterprise's visit to Mintaka III, so I tested you. Starfleet has classified the Cor Caroli V plague a secret. No cadet would have knowledge of that incident.
Mitena Haro: [whispering] Captain...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: So, you may as well drop this pretense. I'm not playing any further. I'm quitting this game! As far as I am concerned, this experiment is over!
Mitena Haro: You are correct, Captain Picard.
- ConnectionsFeatures Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Survivors (1989)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
This is an enjoyable episode that is centred around Picard and contains a great double performance by Patrick Stewart.
There is not much to the story outside of a simple premise that allows a character to be explored. In one plot thread we see the real Picard portraying all his great character strengths, whilst the other shows the fake version with the same traits found lacking.
Throughout the episode are a number some memorable moments of Picard interactions with crew members who slowly begin to notice things are not quite right. Probably the most memorable being the scene with Dr Crusher.
The visuals are pretty strong with some decent sets and effects. The makeup and creature costuming is great in Star Trek sort of way.
Patrick Stewart is brilliant and supported well by Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes and the other cast members.
- snoozejonc
- Jun 24, 2021
Details
- Runtime45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1