Time’s Arrow Part II

This Story: Season 6 Episode 1 (production code 227)
TNG Overall: Episode 127
Trek Overall: Story 223b, Episode 229
Airdate: 21 Sep 1992
Story by Joe Menosky
Teleplay by Jeri Taylor
Directed by Les Landau

Notes

• This episode (Part II) has “Part II” in the title, whereas Part I did not, and was simply “Time’s Arrow”.
• Star Trek Deep Space Nine’s pilot “Emissary” was filmed at the same time as this episode.
• All the scenes where Dr Crusher is in her nurse’s outfit uses Gates McFadden’s real hair vs the wig she normally wears.
• The reporter is played by Alexander Enberg, the real life son of producer Jeri Taylor.  He also played the character of Taurik in the episode “Lower Decks“, and the recurring character of Vorik on Star Trek: Voyager.
• This episode shows the original meeting between Picard & Guinan, and follows up on references made to this event in both the episodes “Booby Trap” & “Ensign Ro“.
• Part II won two Emmy Awards.  They were ‘Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Series’ & ‘Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series’.  It was also nominated for a third, but didn’t win – ‘Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Series’.

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