Star Trek: The Next Generation
Symbiosis
Season 1, Episode 22 · Aired 1988-04-18
Synopsis
When the Enterprise rescues a freighter with engine problems and is being drawn into a planets gravitational field, Picard gets more than he bargained for when it is discovered that the one planets inhabitants may be carrying a disease. The disease causes Picard to consider the Federation's Prime Directive and why it is necessary.
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