STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
Season 1, Episode 14

Angel One

Star Trek: The Next Generation 'Angel One' Series: The Next Generation - (1987-1994)
Season: 1
Episode #: 1.14
Production #: 40271-115
Original Airdate: 01/25/1988

Writer(s): Patrick Barry
Director(s): Michael Rhodes

Guest Stars
Karen Montgomery as Beata
Sam Hennings as Ramsey
Patricia McPherson as Ariel
Leonard John Crofoot as Trent

Uncredited Guest Stars
James G. Becker as Ensign Youngblood
Kellee Bradley as an Angel One Guard
Jeffrey Deacon as a Command Division Officer
Jacqueline Drake as an Angel One Mistress
Susan Duchow as an Operations Division Officer
David Eum as an Odin Crewmember
Curtis Fairchild as an Odin Crewmember
Chris Hall as Wesley's Friend
Nora Leonhardt as a Sciences Division Ensign
Tim McCormack as Ensign Bennett
James McElroy as an Operations Division Officer
Lorine Mendell as Lt. Diana Giddings
Rebecca Rose as an Angel One Native
Guy Vardaman as Lt. Darien Wallace

Stardate: 41636.9

Synopsis

The U.S.S. Enterprise crew travels to Angel One, a planet run by women, to search for survivors from a Federation freighter disabled by an asteroid collision seven years earlier.

The away team soon discovers that the survivors, all men, are fugitives on the planet because they refuse to embrace the female-dominated government. Despite their oppressed status, the fugitives turn down the away team's offer to return with them to the Enterprise. The reason? The men have taken wives on Angel One.

Meanwhile, Captain Picard and his crew are ravaged by a highly contagious virus that Wesley Crusher and his friends contract during a field trip. At the same time, the ship is needed in the Neutral Zone to ward off hostile Romulan Warbirds.

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After the away team leaves, the Angel One fugitives are discovered and sentenced to death. Despite the fact that it would violate the Prime Directive, Commander Riker prepares to beam the fugitives to the safety of the U.S.S. Enterprise. However, Dr. Crusher prohibits all boarding of the prisoners, except for the android Data, fearing the crew will be exposed to the virus.

As Dr. Crusher discovers an antidote for the virus, Riker fights to save the fugitives' lives. Despite the fact that he's a male, Riker's wisdom impresses the Angel One leader, who decides not to execute the fugitives. Instead, she exiles them to a remote area of the planet where they can live as they please. Pleased with their success, Riker and the rest of the U.S.S. Enterprise crew race off to thwart the Romulans.