Star Trek: The Next Generation
When the Bough Breaks
Season 1, Episode 17 · Aired 1988-02-15
Synopsis
Inhabitants of an advanced planet, who can no longer reproduce, plan to kidnap children from the Enterprise to rebuild their race.
In the series
This episode is part of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) on Syndication.
Picard's bald authority and a new Enterprise proved Trek could boldly go without Kirk.
Key cast
- Patrick Stewart as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard
- Jonathan Frakes as William Riker
- Brent Spiner as Data
- LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge
- Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi
- Michael Dorn as Worf