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Home Soil

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on October 3, 2024October 3, 2024
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Home Soil

This Story: Season 1 Episode 18 (production code 117)
TNG Overall: Episode 18
Trek Overall: Story 118, Episode 120
Airdate: 22 Feb 1988
Written by Robert Sabaroff, Karl Geurs, & Ralph Sanchez
Directed by Corey Allen

Notes

  • The lead scientist in this episode is played by Walter Gotell.  He was in several James Bond movies in the 70’s and 80’s as the head of the KGB – General Gogol.

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#StarTrekMarathon Star Trek TNG Ep 18 - Home Soil - 22 Feb 1988 1/2

The Enterprise wants to view terraforming on a planet, but the director (007's Walter Gotell) is oddly against a visit. While there, one of the planet's crew gets killed. During the investigation, a life form is pic.twitter.com/TpmmCk7TUX

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 3, 2024

#StarTrekMarathon Star Trek TNG Ep 18 - Home Soil - 22 Feb 1988 2/2

discovered. This turns into a mystery around why the lifeform is here, who knew what, & a murder. It was played out well dramatically, but the path to get there didn't really engage me. #UglyBagsOfMostlyWater pic.twitter.com/VwOQfv8qUu

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 3, 2024
Walter Gotell, who was in several 80’s era James Bond movies.
In this form, the lifeform from this episode looks like the small ship that towed the Enterprise in “Corbomite Maneuver”.

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