Cost of Living

Episode aired Apr 18, 1992
TV-PG
46m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

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Michael Dorn and Marina Sirtis in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Space Sci-Fi Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi

As undetectable parasites devour the ship, Deanna's mother arrives, taking young Alexander under her wing en route to meeting a man she's blindly agreed to marry.As undetectable parasites devour the ship, Deanna's mother arrives, taking young Alexander under her wing en route to meeting a man she's blindly agreed to marry.As undetectable parasites devour the ship, Deanna's mother arrives, taking young Alexander under her wing en route to meeting a man she's blindly agreed to marry.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Majel Barrett's husband Gene Roddenberry passed away four months before "Cost of Living" was filmed. When Lwaxana gives a speech about how loneliness is a terrible thing at her age, some fans construed it as autobiographical for the actress.

Goofs
As Picard and Data discuss the time it would take to reach the Pelores asteroid belt, Data states it would take over five hours at Warp 9, but a few minutes later on the bridge it's stated that it would take a little over three hours at Warp 6.5. Given the logarithmic scale of each level of Warp, the time at 6.5 would have been weeks or months at the very least to reach the asteroid belt.

Quotes
Capt. Picard: I will not have that woman continuing to use this ship for her convenience simply because her daughter happens to be one of my officers!
Commander William T. Riker: Apparently, Deanna being on board is only part of the reason.
Capt. Picard: The other reason being?
Commander William T. Riker: She thinks the honor of giving away the bride should fall on YOU.
Capt. Picard: [comes to a halt, considering this] Permission for an on-board wedding is granted, Number One. Nothing would please me more than to give away Mrs. Troi.

Connections
Featured in The Toys That Made Us: Star Trek (2018)

Soundtracks
Star Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage

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Featured review

2/10

WTF?

What was the point of this episode? I must've stopped and started this watching this one on Netflix about 6 times because I couldn't watch more than a few minutes of it in a row.