Final Mission
- Episode aired Nov 17, 1990
- TV-PG
- 46m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
3.3K
YOUR RATING
Before leaving for Starfleet Academy, Wesley Crusher accompanies Captain Picard on a dangerous mission.Before leaving for Starfleet Academy, Wesley Crusher accompanies Captain Picard on a dangerous mission.Before leaving for Starfleet Academy, Wesley Crusher accompanies Captain Picard on a dangerous mission.
Joyce Agu
- Ensign Gates
- (uncredited)
Rachen Assapiomonwait
- Crewman Nelson
- (uncredited)
Majel Barrett
- Enterprise Computer
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Michael Braveheart
- Crewman Martinez
- (uncredited)
Tracee Cocco
- Ensign Jae
- (uncredited)
Denise Deuschle
- Science Division Officer
- (uncredited)
Randy James
- Jones
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode was created expressly with the purpose of providing an appropriate way for Wil Wheaton to leave the show. Wheaton had asked to leave The Next Generation so he could pursue offers to appear in feature films.
- GoofsWhen Wesley stops in the desert to start a tricorder scan for energy readings, automobile tracks are clearly visible in the sand where Wesley and Dirgo stand as the camera sweeps behind Picard.
- Quotes
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Oh, I envy you, Wesley Crusher... You're just at the beginning of the adventure.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Young Sheldon: A Live Chicken, a Fried Chicken and Holy Matrimony (2020)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
Featured review
Yes, It Is That Bad!
I finished watching this and was astonished at how silly it was. Then I started second guessing things because the recent episodes have been so good. Now, after reading other commentaries, my suspicions have been confirmed. This is a sophomoric plot with enough idiocy to fill its own book. I won't go over all the problems. The two most basic to me are Wesley and Picard being picked up by some ne'er-do-well captain of a rickety shuttle. I suppose the Enterprise shuttles were leased, and they didn't want to put any more miles on them. Then we have the ridiculous scow, floating around in orbit. Unless, I lost all my knowledge of physics, when you reach a point where the gravitational pull is unable to sustain itself, the object floats away. This should have happened a few minutes after the tractor beam got hold of the big piece of junk. I won't even go into the tawdry junk that goes on after the crash. It is embarrassingly syrupy and precious and so unlike something that would represent Picard in this series. Perhaps the script was the prize winner in a junior high creative writing contest.
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- Filming locations
- El Mirage Dry Lake, California, USA(Desert Planet)
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- Runtime46 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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