The Defector
The Defector
This Story: Season 3 Episode 10 (production code 158)
TNG Overall: Episode 58
Trek Overall: Story 158, Episode 160
Airdate: 1 Jan 1990
Written by Ronald D. Moore
Directed by Robert Scheerer
Notes
- The first episode that aired in the 1990’s – specifically on 1 Jan.
- The second episode written by Ronald D. Moore, and the one that won him a job on the permanent writing staff.
- Wesley does not appear in this episode.
- The planet of Nelvana III was named after the famous Canadian animation studio, “Nelvana“.
- The Henry V character was played by Patrick Stewart under prostethics. It was supposed to be Data as Sherlock Holmes, but issues with the Doyle estate at the time prevented that.
- The second (of four) appearance of Andreas Katzulas as the Romulan Tomalak.
- The events of the episode “The Enemy” are briefly referred to here.
- The first episode that references the treaty of Algeron.
- Alidar Jarok was played by James Sloyan. He played played Alexander Rozhenko (Worf’s son) in the future in the episode “Firstborn“.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | IMDB | Amazon US DVD | Amazon US Blu-Ray ]#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek TNG Ep 58 - The Defector - 1 Jan 1990 1/2 The Ent picks up a Romulan shuttle that is being pursued by a warbird. It contains a Romulan who wants to defect to the Federation - that's the main thrust here. Is this guy believable? Is it a trap? That's pretty much the whole
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) November 12, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek TNG Ep 58 - The Defector - 1 Jan 1990 2/2 story in a nutshell. Has G'Kar as a Romulan again. :) A well written story by Ronald (Battlestar Galactica) Moore. It got him a job on the writing staff. The ending of this was quite good and threw a twist on the defector stuff.
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) November 12, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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