When The Bough Breaks
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Contents (5 sections)
| Code | S01E17 (episode 17 overall) |
| Aired | 1988-02-15 (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha) |
| Stardate | 41509.1 |
| Director | Kim Manners (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha) |
| Writer | Hannah Louise Shearer (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha) |
| Arcs | |
| Transcript | read the transcript |
Synopsis
The Aldeans, hidden behind a planetary shield and unable to have children, take the Enterprise's children, including Wesley, and refuse to return them. Riker and Data disable the shield's power source while Picard and Crusher show the Aldeans their own radiation is poisoning them. The children go home and the Enterprise helps.
Log entries
Captain's log, stardate 41509.1. Either by chance or intent, we've been led to the planet Aldea, which appeared out of nowhere, hidden behind a sophisticated shielding device.
Captain's log, supplemental. We remain in orbit around Aldea. It's becoming all too evident that talk will not effect the return of our children. We must neutralise the Aldean shield. Until then, we are helpless.
Captain's log, stardate 41512.4. We are twenty hours away from Aldea, and no closer to a solution. Their deliberate show of force pushed us out of orbit and could have easily disintegrated the ship.
Chief Medical Officer's log, stardate 41512.9. I've begun to suspect that whatever is killing the Aldeans is related to a danger faced by Earth in the twenty first century. Can it be that Aldea's ozone layer has been weakened?
Characters (21 speaking)
| Character | Lines |
|---|---|
| Captain Jean-Luc Picard | 92 |
| Radue | 58 |
| Wesley Crusher | 48 |
| Commander William T. Riker | 36 |
| Dr Beverly Crusher | 26 |
| Harry | 24 |
| Lieutenant Commander Data | 21 |
| Rashella | 19 |
| Duana | 15 |
| Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge | 10 |
| Lieutenant Natasha 'Tasha' Yar | 10 |
| Bernard | 9 |
| Counselor Deanna Troi | 8 |
| Katie | 8 |
| Accolan | 8 |
| Lieutenant Worf | 6 |
| Leda | 6 |
| Melian | 6 |
| Custodian | 6 |
| Alexandra | 5 |
| Toya | 1 |
Locations (43 scenes)
| Location | Scenes |
|---|---|
| Bridge | 11 |
| First Unit | 10 |
| Wesley's room | 5 |
| Custodian room | 4 |
| Corridor | 2 |
| Rashella's room | 2 |
| Artist's Unit | 2 |
| Observation lounge | 1 |
| Music Unit | 1 |
| Doctor's office | 1 |
| Katie's room | 1 |
| Transporter room | 1 |
| Aldean corridor | 1 |
| Power room | 1 |
Cast
From Memory Alpha. Linked where the credit could be matched to a transcript label.
Starring
- Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Captain Jean-Luc Picard)
- Jonathan Frakes as Commander William T. Riker (Commander William T. Riker)
Also starring
- LeVar Burton as Lt. Geordi La Forge (Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge)
- Denise Crosby as Lt. Tasha Yar (Lieutenant Natasha 'Tasha' Yar)
- Michael Dorn as Lt. Worf (Lieutenant Worf)
- Gates McFadden as Doctor Beverly Crusher (Dr Beverly Crusher)
- Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi (Counselor Deanna Troi)
- Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data (Lieutenant Commander Data)
- Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher (Wesley Crusher)
Guest stars
- Jerry Hardin as Radue (Radue)
- Brenda Strong as Rashella
- Jandi Swanson as Katie
- Paul Lambert as Melian
- Ivy Bethune as Duana
Co-stars
- Dierk Torsek as Dr. Bernard
- Michèle Marsh as Leda
- Dan Mason as Accolan
- Philip N. Waller as Harry
- Connie Danese as Toya
- Jessica and Vanessa Bova as Alexandra
Uncredited co-stars
- James G. Becker as Youngblood
- Dexter Clay, Susan Duchow, James McElroy as operations division officer (3 performers)
- Jeffrey Deacon as command division officer
- Nora Leonhardt as science division officer
- Tim McCormack as Bennett
- Lorine Mendell as Diana Giddings
- Steve Reed as Mason's father
- Richard Sarstedt as command division officer
- Guy Vardaman as Darien Wallace
- McKenzie Westmore as Rose
- Amy Wheaton as Tara
- Jeremy Wheaton as Mason