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Patrick Stewart

Captain Jean-Luc Picard

Jonathan Frakes

Commander William Thomas 'Will' Riker

LeVar Burton

Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge

Michael Dorn

Lieutenant Worf

Gates McFadden

Doctor Beverly Crusher

Marina Sirtis

Counselor Deanna Troi

Brent Spiner

Lieutenant Commander Data

Kim Braden

Ensign Janet Brooks

Mary Kohnert

Ensign Tess Allenby

Whoopi Goldberg

Guinan

Majel Barrett

Enterprise Computer
(voice)
(uncredited)

Michael Braveheart

Crewman Martinez
(uncredited)

Cameron

Ensign Kellogg
(uncredited)

Tracee Cocco

Ensign Jae
(uncredited)

Debbie David

Ensign Russell
(uncredited)

Denise Deuschle

Science Division Officer
(uncredited)

Teri Noel

Engineer
(uncredited)

Keith Rayve

Command Division Ensign
(uncredited)

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Trivia
According to Michael Piller, making Troi's loss of empathic abilities permanent was strongly considered.

Goofs
The ship is caught in a field of two-dimensional objects, which can't be seen edge-on. The crew only figure this out by launching a probe up above the ship. But the ship is 42 decks tall: if the two-dimensional objects are not visible from one deck, they should be visible by looking out the window on any other deck.

Quotes
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Mr. Data, what velocity would put us back on schedule?
Lt. Commander Data: A resumption of our present course at warp six will place us in the T'lli Beta system in six days, thirteen hours, 47 minutes.
Commander William T. Riker: What, no seconds?
Lt. Commander Data: I have discovered, sir, a certain level of impatience when I calculate a lengthy time interval to the nearest second. However, if you wish...
Commander William T. Riker: No, no. Minutes is fine.

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

Lowest Rated Episode of Series 4

This eposode grates. The only reason this gets up to a 5 for me is the half of the run time that doesn't feature Counsellor Troi is decent. My biggest problem is Troi resigns as soon as she is in trouble. Aren't Starfleet officers made of sterner stuff? The 'woe is me' narrative might be aiming for empathy, but fails miserably. Picard should have accepted Troi's resignation and dropped her at the nearest starbase.