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Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge

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Transcript label LAFORGE
Episodes 169 of 176 speaking, plus 1 non-speaking
Dialogue lines 4582
Played by LeVar Burton
Species Human
Affiliation Starfleet
Status Active at series end

Key facts

Rank and role timeline

From Rank / role
Encounter at Farpoint (S01E01-E02) Lieutenant (junior grade), flight controller
The Child (S02E01) Lieutenant, chief engineer
Evolution (S03E01) Lieutenant Commander

Relationship graph

Relationships recorded in the curated data for this character, as on the Visuals page. Colour is affiliation. Hover a person for detail, click to open their note. Faint curves are ties between the people shown.

StarfleetKlingonRomulanCivilian / FederationOther

Relationships

Most scenes shared with

Character Scenes
Captain Jean-Luc Picard 676
Lieutenant Commander Data 668
Commander William T. Riker 657
Lieutenant Worf 373
Dr Beverly Crusher 236
Counselor Deanna Troi 220
Wesley Crusher 119
Lieutenant Natasha 'Tasha' Yar 69

Lines per season

S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7
539 533 692 638 739 705 736

Appearances at a glance

One cell per episode in broadcast order; darker means more lines, an outlined cell is an appearance without dialogue. Hover for the episode, click to open it.

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Appearances

Code Episode Lines
S01E01-E02 Encounter at Farpoint 15
S01E03 The Naked Now 19
S01E04 Code of Honour 21
S01E05 The Last Outpost 35
S01E06 Where No One Has Gone Before 18
S01E07 Lonely Among Us 34
S01E08 Justice 12
S01E09 The Battle 17
S01E10 Hide & Q 25
S01E11 Haven 11
S01E12 The Big Goodbye 21
S01E13 Datalore 23
S01E14 Angel One 22
S01E15 11001001 22
S01E16 Too Short A Season 7
S01E17 When The Bough Breaks 10
S01E18 Home Soil 37
S01E19 Coming of Age 9
S01E20 Heart Of Glory 39
S01E21 The Arsenal Of Freedom 69
S01E22 Symbiosis 15
S01E23 Skin Of Evil 8
S01E24 We'll Always Have Paris 15
S01E25 Conspiracy 19
S01E26 The Neutral Zone 16
S02E01 The Child 27
S02E02 Where Silence Has Lease 11
S02E03 Elementary, Dear Data 80
S02E04 The Outrageous Okona 6
S02E05 Loud as a Whisper 17
S02E06 The Schizoid Man 18
S02E07 Unnatural Selection 13
S02E09 The Measure of a Man 8
S02E10 The Dauphin 28
S02E11 Contagion 41
S02E12 The Royale 15
S02E13 Time Squared 40
S02E14 The Icarus Factor 37
S02E15 Pen Pals 6
S02E16 Q Who? 33
S02E17 Samaritan Snare 73
S02E18 Up The Long Ladder 10
S02E20 The Emissary 16
S02E21 Peak Performance 31
S02E22 Shades Of Gray 23
S03E01 Evolution 16
S03E02 The Ensigns of Command 7
S03E03 The Survivors 8
S03E04 Who Watches The Watchers 6
S03E05 The Bonding 15
S03E06 Booby Trap 108
S03E07 The Enemy 55
S03E08 The Price 25
S03E09 The Vengeance Factor 2
S03E10 The Defector 23
S03E11 The Hunted 13
S03E12 The High Ground 12
S03E13 Déjà Q 52
S03E14 A Matter Of Perspective 21
S03E15 Yesterday's Enterprise 11
S03E16 The Offspring 5
S03E17 Sins Of The Father 14
S03E18 Allegiance 8
S03E20 Tin Man 28
S03E21 Hollow Pursuits 123
S03E22 The Most Toys 31
S03E23 Sarek 21
S03E24 Ménage à Troi 11
S03E25 Transfigurations 42
S03E26 Best Of Both Worlds, part 1 35
S04E01 Best of Both Worlds, part 2 15
S04E02 Family 4
S04E03 Brothers 29
S04E04 Suddenly Human 3
S04E05 Remember Me 25
S04E06 Legacy 14
S04E07 Reunion 4
S04E08 Future Imperfect 13
S04E09 Final Mission 18
S04E10 The Loss 31
S04E11 Data's Day 15
S04E12 The Wounded 2
S04E13 Devil's Due 16
S04E14 Clues 29
S04E16 Galaxy's Child 109
S04E17 Night Terrors 16
S04E18 Identity Crisis 73
S04E19 The Nth Degree 69
S04E20 Qpid 3
S04E21 The Drumhead 12
S04E22 Half a Life 22
S04E23 The Host 1
S04E24 The Mind's Eye 95
S04E25 In Theory 20
S05E01 Redemption part 2 4
S05E02 Darmok 21
S05E03 Ensign Ro 3
S05E04 Silicon Avatar 17
S05E05 Disaster 21
S05E06 The Game 22
S05E07 Unification, part 1 17
S05E08 Unification, part 2 7
S05E09 A Matter Of Time 41
S05E10 New Ground 26
S05E11 Hero Worship 30
S05E12 Violations 40
S05E13 The Masterpiece Society 57
S05E14 Conundrum 40
S05E15 Power Play 28
S05E16 Ethics 8
S05E17 The Outcast 9
S05E18 Cause and Effect 78
S05E19 The First Duty 9
S05E20 Cost of Living 26
S05E21 The Perfect Mate 4
S05E22 Imaginary Friend 36
S05E23 I, Borg 80
S05E24 The Next Phase 70
S05E25 The Inner Light 7
S05E26 Time's Arrow, part 1 38
S06E01 Time's Arrow, part 2 29
S06E02 Realm of Fear 64
S06E03 Man of the People 3
S06E04 Relics 82
S06E05 Schisms 82
S06E06 True Q 19
S06E07 Rascals 9
S06E08 A Fistful of Datas 26
S06E09 The Quality of Life 71
S06E10 Chain of Command, part 1 8
S06E11 Chain of Command, part 2 19
S06E12 Ship in a Bottle 27
S06E13 Aquiel 85
S06E14 Face of the Enemy 2
S06E15 Tapestry 1
S06E16 Birthright, part 1 25
S06E17 Birthright, part 2 2
S06E18 Starship Mine 14
S06E19 Lessons 13
S06E20 The Chase 14
S06E21 Frame of Mind 1
S06E22 Suspicions 3
S06E24 Second Chances 7
S06E25 Timescape 56
S06E26 Descent, part 1 43
S07E01 Descent, part 2 31
S07E02 Liaisons 1
S07E03 Interface 166
S07E04 Gambit, part 1 14
S07E05 Gambit, part 2 3
S07E06 Phantasms 55
S07E07 Dark Page 2
S07E09 Force of Nature 105
S07E10 Inheritance 29
S07E11 Parallels 10
S07E12 The Pegasus 11
S07E13 Homeward 13
S07E14 Sub Rosa 16
S07E15 Lower Decks 38
S07E16 Thine Own Self 5
S07E17 Masks 41
S07E18 Eye of the Beholder 21
S07E19 Genesis 8
S07E20 Journey's End 11
S07E21 Firstborn 5
S07E22 Bloodlines 20
S07E23 Emergence 62
S07E24 Preemptive Strike 3
S07E25-E26 All Good Things... 66

Non-speaking appearances

Episodes where the character appears without dialogue, and how we know.

Code Episode Source
S04E26 Redemption cast list

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