Takara_Soong 4 Posted May 27, 2005 Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation Season: 1 Episode #: 17 Production #: 117 Episode Name: Home Soil Original Air Date: 02.22.88 The Enterprise is sent to Velara III seeking an update on a terraforming project underway on the planet. When a terraformer is killed in an attack, the crew investigates. Onboard the Enterprise it is discovered that the planet is inhabited by a silicon-based lifeform that had gone undetected when the planet had been chosen for terraforming. The lifeform, nicknamed "Microbrain", was defending itself against the perceived attack of the terraformers when it killed the terraformer. Picard and crew must find a way to end the "war" and return the lifeform to its planet. Cast: Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard Jonathan Frakes as William Thomas Riker Brent Spiner as Data LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge Michael Dorn as Worf Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi Denise Crosby as Natasha (Tasha) Yar Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher Guest Cast: Walter Cotell as Kurt Mandl Elizabeth Lindsey as Louisa Kim Gerard Prendergast as Bjorn Benson Director: Corey Allen Teleplay By: Robert Sabaroff Story By: Karl Geurs, Ralph Sanchez and Robert Sabaroff Related Items: Velara III Velarans Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HRH The KING 0 Posted May 29, 2005 A very "technology" heavy episode this one. Interesting in the sense that terraforming can uncover many problems with planets that "seem" to be uninhabited. I must say though, that I HATE it when they use numbers for planets, like Velera III and Rigel IX and so forth. I'm not sure why, but it seriously annoys me. This is the "ugly bags of mostly water" episode, although "Microbrain" wasn't a very nice name for these aliens. I liked the scene where the laser gun tries to kill or destroy Data. That was pretty cool. This episode gets a rating of 1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen of Borg 2 Posted February 8, 2006 one of the worst TNG episode I have seen. An entire episode based around small crystals as a villian is about as exciting as it sounds, it's not. I constantly watch the clock and half way fall asleep when I watch it. It barely has any replay value but isn't unwatchable ** out of ***** Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
youbroughtheryouRiker 2 Posted February 9, 2006 Not one of my faves. Started out with a very good premise, but kinda went south from there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
youbroughtheryouRiker 2 Posted April 14, 2007 Not one of my faves. Started out with a very good premise, but kinda went south from there. Addendum, it got a 2 from me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GhostofMajorHayes 10 Posted September 22, 2007 A great ep. Sure it was derivative of TOS's "Devil in the Dark", but it had its moments like when the dot-shaped lifeforms refer to humans as "ugly bags of mostly water". A fun ep for sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
