STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
Season 1, Episode 1
Season 1, Episode 1
Encounter at Farpoint, Part I
Series: The Next Generation - (1987-1994)Season: 1
Episode #: 1.01
Production #: 101/721
Original Airdate: 09/28/1987
Writer(s): D. C. Fontana and Gene Roddenberry
Director(s): Corey Allen
Guest Stars
John de Lancie as Q
Michael Bell as Zorn
DeForest Kelley as Admiral Leonard McCoy
Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien
Cary-Hiroyuki as Mandarin Bailiff
Timothy Dang as Main Bridge Security
David Erskine as Bandi Shopkeeper
Evelyn Guerrero as Young Female Ensign
Chuck Hicks as Military Officer
Jimmy Ortega as Lt. Torres
Uncredited Guest Stars
Michael Bailous as an Operations Officer
James G. Becker as Ensign Youngblood
Robert Vernon Biggs as a Post Atomic Trial Spectator
Darrell Burris as an Operations Division Officer
Steve Casavant as Lt. Longo
Steve Casavant as a Post Atomic Trial Spectator
Dexter Clay as a Security Officer
Jeffrey Deacon as a Command Division Officer
Susan Duchow as an Operations Division Officer
Roy Fussell as a 21st Century Soldier
Kelly Gallant as a Post Atomic Trial Spectator
Joe Gieb as a Post Atomic Horror Bell Ringer
John Johnson as a 21st Century Soldier
Nora Leonhardt as a Science Division Ensign
David B. Levinson as a Post Atomic Trial Spectator
Tim McCormack as Ensign Bennett
Lorine Mendell as Lt. Diana Giddings
Andrew Probert as a Post Atomic Trial Spectator
Angelo Rossitto as a Post Atomic Trial Spectator
Richard Sarstedt as a Command Division Officer
Marty Valinsky as 21st Century Soldier
Stardate: 41153.7
Synopsis
The new U.S.S. Enterprise-D and its crew set out "to boldly go where no one has gone before."
Their first mission of the Galaxy-class starship U.S.S. Enterprise-D is to explore the mystery surrounding the creation of the Farpoint Station located on planet Deneb IV. While trying to negotiate a friendly agreement for Starfleet to use this energy-powered base, Captain Picard and his crew also attempt to discover how the Bandi inhabitants of Deneb IV built the station.
En route to Farpoint, Captain Picard and his crew first meet "Q." The mysterious and powerful being denounces the human race as barbarians and challenges the crew of the Enterprise to disprove his belief. If Picard and his crew are not persuasive in their arguments, they will be sentenced to death.![]()
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Picard defends himself and mankind by explaining that, unlike Q, humans have learned not to prosecute and judge things they don't understand. Hearing the words "prosecute" and "judge," Q announces that he knows humans all too well. He leaves the Enterprise in a blinding flash, stating that "preparations" must be made.
After separating the saucer to protect the families on board, Picard stays behind to face Q. Suddenly, the ship begins shaking as it did when Q first appeared, and after a bright flash of light, Picard, Data, Troi and Tasha find themselves in a 21st century courtroom. When the bailiff announces the judge, the crew is shocked to find Q sitting on the bench!
