Violations

Episode aired Feb 1, 1992
TV-PG
45m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

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Marina Sirtis and Ben Lemon in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Space Sci-Fi Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi

Transporting three Ullian mind-probing historians, the Enterprise crew is stymied when some of its members fall into a coma. Deanna Troi, the first crew member to come through it, cannot rec... Read allTransporting three Ullian mind-probing historians, the Enterprise crew is stymied when some of its members fall into a coma. Deanna Troi, the first crew member to come through it, cannot recall anything surrounding the incident.Transporting three Ullian mind-probing historians, the Enterprise crew is stymied when some of its members fall into a coma. Deanna Troi, the first crew member to come through it, cannot recall anything surrounding the incident.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
This is the only episode of either Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) or Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) in which Keiko O'Brien (Rosalind Chao) appears but her husband Chief Miles O'Brien (Colm Meaney) does not.

Goofs
Doctor Crusher refers to the thalamus as "the part of the cerebral cortex involved in memory function." However, the thalamus is not part of the cerebral cortex, and is not considered important for most memory processes.

Quotes
[last lines]
Tarmin: It's been three centuries since we treated anyone for this... this form of rape. But there are medical records from that era. It was a time of great violence for my people, a time we thought we had put far behind us. That this could happen now... It's unimaginable.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Earth was once a violent planet, too. At times, the chaos threatened the very fabric of life, but, like you, we evolved; we found better ways to handle our conflicts. But I think no one can deny that the seed of violence remains within each of us. We must recognize that. Because that violence is capable of consuming each of us, as it consumed your son.

Connections
Referenced in Star Trek: Birth of the Federation (1999)

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

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Featured review

7/10

Within genre (and PG rating) a good examination of physical/mental assault.

Granting that this is (at least in theory) a family show, and a space opera, this is a rather good examination on the issue of rape. Others might find the tackling of this issue objectionable for their own reasons, but I personally found it very well done. Even the flashback sequences are designed to keep the episode within a PG rating, dream like and psychological, not Hitchcock. Also, having both male and female victims brings in awareness that anyone could be a victim of assault.