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Cause and Effect

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Contents (5 sections)
Code S05E18 (episode 118 overall)
Aired 1992-03-23 (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha)
Stardate 45652.1
Director Jonathan Frakes (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha)
Writer Brannon Braga (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha)
Arcs Time travel
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Synopsis

The Enterprise keeps colliding with another ship and exploding, then resetting, while the crew gets only deja vu. Once they work out it is a temporal causality loop, they send themselves a message through Data. In the next loop Data acts on it and the ship escapes.

Log entries

Captain's log, stardate 45652.1. The Enterprise has entered an area of space known as the Typhon Expanse. We're the first Starfleet vessel to chart this unexplored region.

Captain's log, stardate 45652.1. The Enterprise has entered an area of space known as the Typhon Expanse. We are the first Starfleet vessel to chart this unexplored region.

Captain's log, stardate 45652.1. The Enterprise has entered an area of space known as the Typhon Expanse. We are the first Starfleet vessel to chart this unexplored region.

Captain's log, stardate 45652.1. The Enterprise has entered an area of space known as the Typhon Expanse. We are the first Starfleet vessel to chart this unexplored region.

Characters (10 speaking)
Character Lines
Dr Beverly Crusher 84
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge 78
Lieutenant Commander Data 70
Captain Jean-Luc Picard 67
Commander William T. Riker 53
Lieutenant Worf 42
Ensign Ro Laren 17
Counselor Deanna Troi 9
Nurse Alyssa Ogawa 8
Bateson 5

Locations (26 scenes)
Location Scenes
Bridge 5
Sickbay 5
Observation lounge 4
Someone's quarters 3
Crusher's quarters 3
Engineering 3
Ready room 2
Somebody's quarters 1

Cast

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