The Ensigns Of Command Cast

This review contains spoilers.3.2 The Ensigns Of CommandPicard and Dr Crusher meet in Ten-Forward to watch Data play in his string quartet. Before he even starts, Data explains that his performance will be soulless and flat because he’s a robot. At least, that’s what the other quartet members tell him (the dicks). Picard and Crusher warn Data against being over-honest, lest he start to undermine himself.

See Also: 'The Ensigns of Command' Episode Guide. Plot Summary: Picard is called away from Data's violin performance because the Sheliak,. Nov 07, 2011  “The Ensigns of Command” Written by Melinda M. Snodgrass Directed by Cliff BoleSeason 3, Episode 2 Production episode 40273-149 Original air date: October 2, 1989 Stardate: unknown Capt.

Data takes this on board and the recital starts, but it’s quickly interrupted when Picard is called to the bridge by Riker! Once there, he discovers a thriving colony of 15,000 people, who “adapted” to the radiation on the surface after their grandparents’ ship crashed there by accident (they keep the explanation of how they manage this suspiciously vague, to be honest. My fanon explanation is that they all just accept that they’ll die very young.) After explaining to their leader, Gosheven, that the treaty is in violation and the most sensible course of action is to evacuate, Data is kindly told they’ll take their chances with the landlords.After being laughed out of the town square by the simple townsfolk Data bumps into Ard’rian, a woman who loves androids.

Or rather, the idea of androids. In fact, she thinks androids are far better than humans and she’s eager to show Data around the colony. Feel free to make kissy noises at the screen now.Back on the Enterprise, Riker and Picard realise that they’re facing an impossibly large evacuation task without anywhere near enough time to ferry everyone to the ship. They instruct O’Brien and La Forge to get the transporters working through the radiation. Meanwhile, Picard and Troi attempt to renegotiate with the Sheliak, who are sticklers for the agreement and keep hanging up on them.Back on the surface, Data’s getting no traction and when he calls Riker to explain, he’s told to buck his ideas up and stop bothering the senior staff.

Gosheven calls a meeting and makes a big deal of how many people died building the aqueduct that provides their life-sustaining (though irradiated) water. Data gathers a little support, and Ard’rian decides to kiss him (told you.)After trying reverse psychology (“No, really, it’s great that you want to die for an aqueduct!”) Data calls a secret meeting of his supported, but loses the crowd when Gosheven electrocutes him. “True, he has a solid argument,” they say, “but he can’t even adapt to a little electrocution, so let’s ignore him.”. However, when Data wakes up, he decides he’s sick of talking and that actions speak louder than words. He adapts a phaser to work in the plot-device saturated atmosphere of the planet, tells Gosheven that he’s going to blow up the aqueduct and that they should stop him if they can.

After cutting a swath through security, he sets his phaser to “blow up aqueduct” setting and shoots it in front of all 20 extras representing the entire 15,000-stong population of the colony. Then he points out that he’s just one robot with a glorified pistol, and that the Sheliak will probably just nuke them from orbit. That, and the sudden lack of fresh water, convinces everyone that it’s time to move house.But things aren’t over! Picard is facing down the Sheliak ship for a possible firefight when they discover a technicality in the treaty that means they can delay the incoming settlers for months.

Rather than wait, the Sheliak agree to give them the three weeks they need to get the colonists off world. Another victory for the lawyers!Back on the surface, Data prepares to leave and Ard’rian decides to ask whether he’s got any feelings for her. That conversation goes about as well as you’d expect. He goes back to the ship, and discovers Picard catching up with a recording of the recital. Turns out he thinks Data’s playing is actually very creative. Don’t you see? It was with you all along!

Mistakes and Minutiae: A new Phaser setting! For those keeping track, we now officially have Stun, Kill, Cut Through Door, Heat Up Rocks, Head Explodey and Aqueduct Demolition.Time Until Meeting: 12:30. O’Brien gets to attend, but he isn’t allowed to speak.

Later in the episode, Ard’rian tells Data he should call a meeting to present his case, and then there’s a dramatic moment where Gosheven calls a meeting to replace misinformation with cold, hard fact. A lot of this episode involves meetings. That’s probably why it’s so good. Captain’s Log: After this season’s middling opener, it’s a real joy to find that episode 2 is right up there with the best.

Okay, they cheat a little by making it so Data-centric (but if that’s really cheating, lord knows how you’d describe the Seven/Doctor-dominated seasons of Voyager) but even then it’s an episode that works on multiple levels. Data gets a character arc, attempting to master improvisation and creative thinking. Picard is forced to flex his diplomatic muscles. And even though the settlers face a genuinely interesting moral quandary with no easy answer, the episode does reach a philosophical conclusion: things can be replaced, lives cannot. Agree or disagree, at least they didn’t chicken out with something open-ended.That said, the episode isn’t entirely a hit.

The sub-plot about Data’s new friend going a bit too far with her positive discrimination is interesting, but doesn’t get developed enough to really land. Part of me suspects that Ard’rian thinks she’s in some kind of futuristic robotic rom-com, which, frankly, is an episode I’d like to see.Watch or Skip?

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'The Ensigns of Command' is the second episode of the third season of the syndicated American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 50th episode overall, first broadcast on October 2, 1989.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, Commander Data (Brent Spiner) must convince a reluctant colony of more than 15,000 to prepare for immediate evacuation while Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) attempts to negotiate a three-week reprieve from aliens intent on colonizing the planet themselves in four days and wiping out any humans found there.

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The FederationstarshipEnterprise, under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), receives an automated message from the enigmatic Sheliak: Remove the humans on planet Tau Cygni V in four days. The Sheliak are a non-humanoid species with little regard for human life and would exterminate any humans found in their path. Their message is only due to their obligation under a treaty with the Federation to notify their intention to colonize before taking further action.

There is no record of a Federation colony ship being sent there as it contains levels of hyperonic radiation lethal to humans, which doesn't explain why the Sheliak indicate otherwise. The Enterprise arrives in the system to find what looks to be a small colony on the surface. The android Second Officer, Lt. Cmdr. Data (Brent Spiner), takes a shuttlecraft to the planet to coordinate the evacuation as he is the only crewmember unaffected by the radiation. Once he arrives, he finds that the sensor readings were incorrect. He is informed by local greeters Haritath (Mark L. Taylor) and Kentor (Richard Allen) that it is a colony of 15,253 people, the descendants of the wayward colony ship Artemis launched 92 years prior. The colonists' ancestors found a means to survive within the radiation but initially suffered heavy loss of life before an effective defense was found.

Although it would normally be a simple matter of beaming the colonists off the planet, hyperonic radiation renders the transporters useless. Because of this, a complete evacuation of the planet would take an estimated three weeks, and the Sheliak are not willing to give the Federation any extra time beyond the three days required by the treaty.

After explaining the situation and being rebuffed by the colony's leader, Gosheven (Grainger Hines), Data is befriended by a sympathetic colonist named Ard'rian (Eileen Seeley). She expresses interest in Data as an android and invites Data to her home, where they discuss ways to persuade the colonists to evacuate. To his puzzlement Ard'rian kisses Data. When Data explains to the colonists that they should evacuate their world before its imminent destruction and then pointing out by reverse psychology that the only result of their heroic hopeless last stand will be their total annihiliation, Gosheven, speaking for the colonists, refuses to leave, insisting they will protect themselves by fighting.

With time running out, Picard and the Enterprise crew begin poring through the 500,000-word treaty in the hopes of finding something they can use to their advantage.

At a meeting at Ard'rian home, Data talks to several of the colonists who are thinking of leaving the doomed colony; Gosheven comes in and 'shocks' Data. Data recovers andreasons that if persuasion cannot work, then intimidation through a show of force should be his next option. Modifying his phaser to work in the hyperonic atmosphere, he raids the colonists' aqueduct to prove they are helpless to defend their livelihood. When Data easily overpowers/stuns the colonists guarding the aqueduct, he points out that if they can't defend against a single person with a phaser, then they aren't capable of fighting the hundreds of Sheliak, who would likely destroy them via orbital bombardment. Data then sends a phaser charge up the aqueduct system to plug up the water that is vital to the colony's survival, convincing the colonists to evacuate the world. Gosheven reluctantly relents.

Back on the Enterprise, Picard exploits a loophole in the treaty. He invokes a section calling for third-party arbitration to resolve the dispute and names as arbitrators the Grizzelas, a species that is in its hibernation cycle for another six months. Picard offers the Sheliak a choice: wait six months for the Grizzelas to come out of hibernation, or give the Federation three weeks to evacuate the colony. Stunned at being outmaneuvered into this choice, the Sheliak give the Federation the three weeks.

Just as Data is about to leave the colony in his shuttle, Ard'rian comes to say goodbye. She asks Data if he has any feeling over what has just happened, and Data explains that he cannot experience feelings. To her surprise, He then kisses Ard'rian. She remarks that he 'realized' she needed a kiss; Data leaves Ard'rian and returns to the Enterprise.

Aboard the Enterprise, Picard comments on Data's performance at a classical concert before his mission with the human colonists. Picard tells Data he performed with feeling, and Data reminds Picard that he has no feeling. Picard says that this is hard to believe, noting his fusion of two very different music styles in his performance suggests real creativity. At that, and in obvious reflection of his recent solution of the colony problem, Data concedes that he has become more creative when necessary.

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Releases[edit]

The episode was released with Star Trek: The Next Generation season three DVD box set, released in the United States on September 3, 2002.^[1] It was released in high-definition Blu-ray in the United States on April 30, 2013.^[2]

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References[edit]

1. ^Beierle, Aaron (July 2, 2002). 'Star Trek the Next Generation – Season 3'. DVD Talk. Archived from the original on August 19, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
2. ^Miller III, Randy (April 30, 2013). 'Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season Three (Blu-ray)'. DVD Talk. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.

• Star Trek The Next Generation DVD set, volume 3, disc 1, selection 2

External links[edit]

• 'The Ensigns of Command' on IMDb
• 'The Ensigns of Command' at TV.com
• 'The Ensigns of Command' at Memory Alpha (a Star Trekwiki)
• 'The Ensigns of Command' at StarTrek.com
• 'The Ensigns of Command' rewatch by Keith R.A. DeCandido
• 'The Ensigns of Command' rewatch by Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club