Final Mission

Captain Picard and Ensign Wesley Crusher crash on a desert moon with Captain Dirgo, a miners' shuttle pilot. Dirgo is killed by a guardian near a water fountain; Wesley disables it, fetches water for the badly injured Picard, and is found by the Enterprise.

• Leads to The First Duty (S05E19): Wesley, told in Final Mission to report to the Academy, is a cadet facing an inquiry in The First Duty.

Captain's log, stardate 44307.3. I am preparing to leave by shuttlecraft for Pentarus Five, where I have been asked to mediate a dispute among the salenite miners, a contentious group unfortunately prone to violence. But first I must deal with a situation of a far more personal nature.

First Officer's log, stardate 44307.6. Radiation levels on the Enterprise continue to rise. The ventilation system has started pumping hyronalin into our air supply to counteract the effects.

First Officer's log, supplemental. Mister La Forge has diverted power from auxiliary fusion generators in an attempt to stabilise the tractor beam. This is the only hope of increasing our towing speed so we can clear the asteroid belt before radiation levels become fatal.

First Officer's log, supplemental. The Enterprise is returning to the last known location of the missing shuttlecraft.

Characters with no lines who appear according to the cast list or the stage directions.

• Ensign Gates (cast list)

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Starring

• Patrick Stewart as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Captain Jean-Luc Picard)
• Jonathan Frakes as Cmdr. William Riker (Commander William T. Riker)

Also starring

• LeVar Burton as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge)
• Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Worf (Lieutenant Worf)
• Gates McFadden as Dr. 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 Ensign Wesley Crusher (Wesley Crusher)

Guest stars

• Nick Tate as Dirgo (Captain Dirgo)
• Kim Hamilton as Songi
• Mary Kohnert as Allenby (Ensign Allenby)

Uncredited co-stars

• Rachen Assapiomonwait as Nelson
• Majel Barrett as USS Enterprise -D computer voice
• Karin Baxter as operations division ensign
• Michael Braveheart as Martinez
• Tracee Lee Cocco as Jae
• Denise Deuschle as science division officer
• A. Flores as science division officer
• Marin as command division officer
• Michael Moorehead as science division ensign
• Randy Pflug as Jones
• Joycelyn Robinson as Gates (Ensign Gates)