Sarek

This Story: Season 3 Episode 23 (production code 171)
TNG Overall: Episode 71
Trek Overall: Story 171, Episode 173
Airdate: 14 May 1990
Written by Peter S. Beagle
Directed by Les Landau

Notes

• The first time Mark Lenard appeared as Sarek since the TOS episode “Journey to Babel” in 1967 (23 years prior).  He would appear again as Sarek in TNG in “Unification, Part 1“.
• The first time we get a mind mild in Next Generation.
• Journey to Babel is briefly mentioned as Sarek’s helping Coridon to get admitted to the Federation (the point of that episode).
• Spock and Amanda are mentioned, but not seen.
• The first appearance of Ensign Gates, who would appear in 35 more episodes. She was a “flight control officer”.
• The concert hall is a redress of Ten Forward.  The bar is normally where the seats are in this episode.

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