Takara_Soong 4 Posted May 27, 2005 Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation Season: 4 Episode #: 15 Production #: 189 Episode Name: First Contact Original Air Date: 02.18.91 Review not yet available. 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 Guest Cast: Bebe Neuwirth as Lanel George Coe as Chancellor Avel Durken Carolyn Seymour as Mirasta Michael Ensign as Krola George Hearn as Berel Steven Anderson as Nilrem Sachi Parker as Tava Director: Cliff Bole Teleplay By: Dennis Russell Bailey, David Bischoff, Joe Menosky and Ronald D. Moore Story By: Marc Scott Zicree Related Items: Sikla Medical Facility Malcor III Malcorians Deep Space Five Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HRH The KING 0 Posted June 3, 2005 Kind of an average episode. This is one of those "Species-Wants-To-Remain-Isolated-Except-For-One-Idealist-Who-Wishes-To-See-The-Galaxy" episodes. Nothing much to say about it really. Rating = 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GhostofMajorHayes 10 Posted December 23, 2007 I gave it a 2, would've given it a 1, but Bebe Neuwirth did a good job in this ep and salvaged it for me at least in part. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
youbroughtheryouRiker 2 Posted January 4, 2008 I really loved this episode. A conflict between knowledge and fear and wisdom and acquiescence, all orchestrated in a finely choreographed dance. The gravity of the situations, the hope of advancement in a society, the comedy of a strange fetishism (where the player doesn't want to play, for a change), not to mention the way it forces the question back upon us.... where does our planet fall on this scale? Are we as a whole, Mirasta, Krola, Avel, or even Lanel? I also have to give big acting props to all those who played Malcorians. I not only loved their characters, I believed them. 5. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites