Cause and Effect
Joe Siegler
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Cause and Effect
This Story: Season 5 Episode 18 (production code 218)
TNG Overall: Episode 118
Trek Overall: Story 215, Episode 220
Airdate: 23 Mar 1992
Written by Brannon Braga
Directed by Jonathan Frakes
Notes
- Kelsey Grammar (Cheers, Frasier) appears as Capt Morgan Bateson.
- Kirstie Alley was supposed to appear and revive her character of Savvik along with Grammar making for an amusing Cheers reunion. However scheduling conflicts prevented this from happening.
- The only episode where the full main shuttle bay of a Galaxy class ship is seen.
- Dr Crusher’s nurse has her last name (Ogawa) stated in this episode for the first time. Her first name (Alyssa) was first stated in “Clues“.
- The first episode of any incarnation of Trek where “ejecting the warp core” is mentioned.
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[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | IMDB | Amazon US DVD | Amazon US Blu-Ray ]#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek TNG Ep 118 - Cause and Effect - 23 Mar 1992 1/2 A super fun ep & one of my overall favs. The Enterprise is caught in a time loop which ends with the ship exploding. The fun in this one is seeing them try to work out how to escape the destruction of the ship. Once they do
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) January 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek TNG Ep 118 - Cause and Effect - 23 Mar 1992 2/2 they run into another ship captained by Kelsey Grammar - Capt. Frasier! Was supposed to have Kirstie Alley in it, but alas, scheduling. Has one of the best pre-title openings of all of 'em. Time loop stories were new here.
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) January 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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