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Gene Roddenberry (creator)
Richard Manning (writer) ...
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14 October 1989 (Season 3, Episode 4)
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A proto-Vulcan culture worships Captain Picard and prepares to offer Counselor Troi as a sacrifice. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(Episode Credited cast) | Patrick Stewart | ... | Captain Jean-Luc Picard |
 | Jonathan Frakes | ... | Commander William T. Riker |
 | LeVar Burton | ... | Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge |
 | Michael Dorn | ... | Lieutenant Worf |
 | Gates McFadden | ... | Doctor Beverly Crusher |
 | Marina Sirtis | ... | Counselor Deanna Troi |
 | Brent Spiner | ... | Lt. Commander Data |
 | Wil Wheaton | ... | Wesley Crusher (credit only) |
 | Kathryn Leigh Scott | ... | Nuria |
| Ray Wise | ... | Liko |
| James Greene | ... | Dr. Barron |
 | Pamela Adlon | ... | Oji (as Pamela Segall) |
| John McLiam | ... | Fento |
| James McIntire | ... | Hali |
| Lois Hall | ... | Dr. Mary Warren |
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The Enterprise visits the planet Mintaka III in this episode. Mintaka is also the name of the Westernmost star of the three stars that form Orion's belt in the Constellation Orion. It is a white-blue Super Giant star located approximately 900 light-years from Earth, and is over 20 times larger and 7,000 times brighter than our Sun. more
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Nuria:
[after being shown around the Enterprise] Perhaps one day my people will travel above the skies.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard:
Of that I have absolutely no doubt.
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I was watching back through the first three seasons to select episodes that would make a good sampling for a friend of mine; this episode is the one (out of the first three seasons) that I would be absolutely certain to recommend to anyone. It requires little to no background information and tells an engaging story. Also, to my recollection, no other episode conveys so well the wonder of reason and cultural progress.
Just as another reviewer observed about The Inner Light (my personal favorite), this episode shows that sci-fi, at its best, is not so much about the technology as it is about good storytelling.