Emergence
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Contents (6 sections)
| Code | S07E23 (episode 175 overall) |
| Aired | 1994-05-09 (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha) |
| Stardate | 47869.2 |
| Director | Cliff Bole (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha) |
| Writer | Story by: Brannon Braga (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha) Teleplay by: Joe Menosky (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha) |
| Arcs | Holodeck, Data, Alien influence |
| Transcript | read the transcript |
Synopsis
The Enterprise's systems form an intelligence that takes over the ship, with a holodeck train as its imagination, and builds an object in the cargo bay. Picard's crew cooperates, creating vertion particles with a modified torpedo, and the new lifeform leaves into space.
Log entries
Captain's log, stardate 47869.2. After weathering an unexpected magnascopic storm in the Mekorda Sector, we are continuing our search for new Federation colony sites.
Captain's log, supplemental. The Enterprise is back under our control. All traces of the emergent intelligence are gone and the object it created has disappeared into space.
Characters (12 speaking)
| Character | Lines |
|---|---|
| Lieutenant Commander Data | 75 |
| Captain Jean-Luc Picard | 70 |
| Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge | 62 |
| Commander William T. Riker | 34 |
| Counselor Deanna Troi | 32 |
| Conductor | 25 |
| Lieutenant Worf | 19 |
| Gangster | 14 |
| Rustic | 13 |
| Dr Beverly Crusher | 9 |
| Engineer | 2 |
| Crewman | 1 |
Present without dialogue
Characters with no lines who appear according to the cast list or the stage directions.
- Ensign Gates (cast list)
Locations (60 scenes)
| Location | Scenes |
|---|---|
| Bridge | 13 |
| Cargo bay | 9 |
| Engineering | 7 |
| Holodeck- train | 5 |
| Holodeck - Engine room | 5 |
| Holodeck - train | 4 |
| Holodeck - wall | 3 |
| Corridor | 2 |
| Sickbay | 2 |
| Holodeck - street | 2 |
| (untitled) | 1 |
| Jefferies tube | 1 |
| Holodeck train | 1 |
| Observation lounge | 1 |
| Holodeck - subway | 1 |
| Holodeck - building site | 1 |
| Holodeck Engine room | 1 |
| Ready room | 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
- David Huddleston as The Conductor
- Vinny Argiro as The Hitman
- Thomas Kopache as The Engineer
- Arlee Reed as The Hayseed
Uncredited co-stars
- Lena Banks, Elliot Durant III, Keith Gearhart, John Tampoya as operations division ensign (4 performers)
- Debbie David as Russell
- Cameron as Kellogg
- Tracee Lee Cocco as Jae
- Nick Dimitri as Taxi driver
- Christopher Gilman as Knight in armor
- Fumiko Hamada as command division officer
- Grace Harrell as operations division officer
- Michael Moorehead as science division ensign
- Reed as Flapper
- Joycelyn Robinson as Gates (Ensign Gates)
- Oliver Theess as command division officer
- Dennis Tracy as Man in grey flannel suit
- Steve Whittaker as Gunslinger
- Dianne Zanuck as Flapper