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Contents (7 sections)
| Code | S07E15 (episode 167 overall) |
| Aired | 1994-02-07 (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha) |
| Stardate | 47566.7 |
| Director | Gabrielle Beaumont (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha) |
| Writer | Story by: Ronald Wilkerson & Jean Louise Matthias (Memory Alpha) Teleplay by: René Echevarria (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha) |
| Arcs | Cardassian |
| Transcript | read the transcript |
Synopsis
Four junior officers compete for a promotion to Ops while Picard secretly tests Ensign Sito for a mission; she poses as a prisoner to help a Cardassian informant cross the border and is reported killed.
Continuity
- Follows The First Duty (S05E19): Sito Jaxa, one of Wesley's Nova Squadron, is given a second chance by Picard.
Log entries
Captain's log, stardate 47566.7. We have reached the coordinates in Federation space where Ensign Sito's escape pod was to have rendezvoused with us. However, we have been waiting for over thirty hours and as yet there is no sign of her.
Captain's log, supplemental. We have intercepted a Cardassian report stating that a Bajoran prisoner escaped her captor and was killed in an evacuation pod as she tried to leave Cardassian space.
Characters (15 speaking)
| Character | Lines |
|---|---|
| Ensign Sito Jaxa | 64 |
| Ensign Sam Lavelle | 60 |
| Commander William T. Riker | 53 |
| Ensign Taurik | 42 |
| Nurse Alyssa Ogawa | 39 |
| Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge | 38 |
| Captain Jean-Luc Picard | 37 |
| Ben | 36 |
| Lieutenant Worf | 34 |
| Dr Beverly Crusher | 25 |
| Counselor Deanna Troi | 13 |
| Joret | 9 |
| Lieutenant Commander Data | 7 |
| Crewman | 2 |
| Bartender | 1 |
Present without dialogue
Characters with no lines who appear according to the cast list or the stage directions.
- Ensign Gates (cast list)
Locations (41 scenes)
| Location | Scenes |
|---|---|
| Bridge | 6 |
| Lavelle + Taurik's quarters | 5 |
| Riker's quarters | 5 |
| Engineering | 4 |
| Sickbay | 4 |
| Ready room | 4 |
| Ten Forward | 3 |
| Shuttlebay | 2 |
| (untitled) | 1 |
| Crusher's office | 1 |
| Corridor | 1 |
| Outside Sickbay | 1 |
| Turbolift | 1 |
| Gymnasium | 1 |
| Observation lounge | 1 |
| Shuttlecraft | 1 |
Cast
From Memory Alpha. Linked where the credit could be matched to a transcript label.
Starring
- Patrick Stewart as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Captain Jean-Luc Picard)
- Jonathan Frakes as Cmdr. William T. 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)
Guest stars
- Dan Gauthier as Sam Lavelle (Ensign Sam Lavelle)
- Shannon Fill as Sito Jaxa (Ensign Sito Jaxa)
- Alexander Enberg as Taurik (Ensign Taurik)
- Bruce Beatty as Ben
- Patti Yasutake as Alyssa Ogawa (Nurse Alyssa Ogawa)
- Don Reilly as Joret Dal
Uncredited co-stars
- David Keith Anderson as Armstrong
- Lena Banks, Elliot Durant III, Keith Gearhart, Rad Milo, John Tampoya as operations division ensign (5 performers)
- Michael Braveheart as Martinez
- Debbie David as Russell
- Cameron as Kellogg
- Tracee Lee Cocco as Jae
- John Copage, Gunnel Eriksson, Gary Hunter as science division officer (3 performers)
- Holiday Freeman as command division officer
- Linda Harcharic as command division ensign
- Michael Moorehead as science division ensign
- Ted Parker as Ten Forward waiter
- Joycelyn Robinson as Gates (Ensign Gates)
- Oliver Theess as command division officer
- Margie Thomas as command officer