STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
Season 1, Episode 12

The Big Goodbye

Series: The Next Generation - (1987-1994)
Season: 1
Episode #: 1.12
Production #: 40271-113
Original Airdate: 01/11/1988

Writer(s): Tracy Tormé
Director(s): Joseph L. Scanlan

Guest Stars
Lawrence Tierney as Cyrus Redblock
Harvey Jason as Felix Leech
William Boyett as Police Officer Lt. Dan Bell
David Selburg as Whalen
Gary Armagnac as Detective McNary
Mike Genovese as the Desk Sergeant
Dick Miller as the News Vendor (aka "Mac")
Carolyn Allport as Jessica Bradley
Rhonda Aldrich as Dixon Hill's Secretary
Erik Cord as a Thug

Uncredited Guest Stars
James G. Becker as Ensign Youngblood
Dexter Clay as an Operations Division Officer
Jeffrey Deacon as a Command Division Officer
Susan Duchow as an Operations Division Officer
James McElroy as an Operations Division Officer
Nora Leonhardt as a Science Division Ensign
Lorine Mendell as Lt. Diana Giddings
Susan Raborn as an Operations Division Officer
Richard Sarstedt as a Command Division Lieutenant
Guy Vardaman as a San Francisco Citizen

Stardate: 41997.7

Synopsis

The U.S.S. Enterprise must pass through the quadrant Korona IV, which is inhabited by the Jarada, an insect-like race that demands a precise greeting from the Captain of any ship wishing to enter their territory.

Taking a break from the difficult greeting preparations with the Jarada, Captain Picard visits 1941 San Francisco in the fabricated environment of the holodeck. He is soon joined by Data, Dr. Crusher and Whalen, the ship's historian. But when the holodeck malfunctions, the four crew members are trapped in a 20th century murder adventure in which Whalen is killed and Picard, Data and Crusher are held at gunpoint by gangsters.

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While Wesley Crusher struggles to repair the holodeck and get the kidnapped crew back to the ship, the Jarada threaten to prevent the U.S.S. Enterprise from traveling through their quadrant unless they are greeted by the Captain ... in one hour!

As Wesley's repairs near completion, the passageway back to the starship begins to materialize. Picard tricks two of the three criminals into entering the passageway, where their fabricated images instantly dematerialize in a real environment. After a brief skirmish with Picard, the third criminal is felled by Data. Upon returning safely to the ship, Picard successfully executes the Jaradan greeting, allowing the U.S.S. Enterprise to pass through without incident.

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