Lower Decks

This Story: Season 7 Episode 15 (production code 267)
TNG Overall: Episode 167
Trek Overall: Story 259, Episode 269
Airdate: 7 Feb 1994
Story by Ronald Wilkerson & Jean Louise Matthias
Teleplay by René Ecchevaria
Directed by Gabrielle Beamont

Notes

• Not to be confused with the animated series “Star Trek: Lower Decks”. They don’t have anything to do with each other.  It is however the inspiration for the Lower Decks series according to show creator Mike McMahon.  But canonically, they don’t have anything to do with each other.
• The character of Sito Jaxa is a returning character from the episode “The First Duty” – she was one of the characters that got in trouble with Wesley Crusher in that one.
• Additionally, events from that episode are directly referenced.
• The Vulcan Taurik was going to be an ongoing character had the show continued into an eighth season.
• Alexander Enberg plays Taurik.  He also played another Vulcan named Vorik on Star Trek: Voyager.  Enberg is the real life son of producer Jeri Taylor.

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