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The Best of Both Worlds Part II

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 29, 2024March 13, 2025
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The Best of Both Worlds Part II

This Story: Season 4 Episode 1 (production code 175)
TNG Overall: Episode 75
Trek Overall: Story 174b, Episode 177
Airdate: 24 Sep 1990
Written by Michael Piller
Directed by Cliff Bole

Notes

  • George Murdock played Admiral Hanson in this episode, but was also “God” in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.  He was also Dr. Salik in the original Battlestar Galactica.
  • The recap of the bridge part of the finale of Part I was refilmed, they did not just use the original footage.  This is most noticeable if you check the length of Gates McFadden’s hair, which is considerably longer in the reshoot.
  • Michael Piller said that when he wrote Part I of this,  no consideration was given to how he’d get out of it in Part II.
  • Later on in 1997ish after I had gotten married I showed Part I of this to my wife and then before we watched Part II, I asked her what she thinks happened.  It utterly annoyed the shit out of me that she got it correct.  First guess – completely figured out the ending and what would happen in the immediate aftermath of “Fire.”  To some extent that still annoys me because I remember what all of us who were fans at the time went through with months of guessing – nobody got it right.  My wife – disconnected from fandom got it first time out.  AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!!!
  • The Battle of Wolf 359 happens in this episode, but we don’t see any of it, we just see aftermath.  The actual events of the battle are depicted in a limited capacity in the Deep Space Nine Pilot, “Emissary“. It was not shown due to budgetary considerations.
  • Data refers to the area as “Wolf three fifty nine”, but everyone else just says the numbers – “Wolf 3-5-9”.
  • The Battle Bridge set was both the bridge Riker commanded during the saucer separation as well as the bridge Admiral Hanson was on when he was killed.
  • Barclay is mentioned in passing as being on the ship, but not seen.
  • LeVar Burton was in hospital when this was filmed, which explains why O’Brien was helping to restore Picard and Geordi was only available in close-ups.
  • One of the destroyed ships in the Wolf-359 battle was NCC-1701-A from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
  • The first episode that stated that shuttlecrafts have their own transporters.
  • The last time we see a Borg cube in Star Trek: TNG.

Links

[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | IMDB | Amazon US DVD | Amazon US Blu-Ray ]

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek TNG Ep 75 - The Best of Both Worlds Pt 2 - 24 Sep 1990 1/3 The S4 premiere wraps up the finale from S3. While Pt 2 wasn't as outstanding as Pt 1, it was satisfying to me. The plan from Pt 1 fails & a new plan has to be thought up. The Borg ship is headed to Earth to

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— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) November 29, 2024 at 12:40 PM

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek TNG Ep 75 - The Best of Both Worlds Pt 2 - 24 Sep 1990 2/3 assimilate everyone. We finally get to see the ship separate and both parts used in a multi-pronged attack. The ending reminds me a little of ID4 in that Data uses himself to hack into the Borg collective, and

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— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) November 29, 2024 at 12:40 PM

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek TNG Ep 75 - The Best of Both Worlds Pt 2 - 24 Sep 1990 3/3 issue a shutdown command, leading to their destruction. Patrick Stewart was of course amazing before, during, & after Picard's rescue. The eventual detente with Riker & Shelby was good. #Wolf359Strong

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— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) November 29, 2024 at 12:40 PM

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