{5\/5} “I understand your concerns… Request denied.” — Acting Captain Data<\/p>\n
Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/strong> season 5, aired in 1991-92<\/p>\n Ensign Ro Laren joins the crew but people aren’t sure about her since she’s been in prison. When Ambassador Spock is spotted on Romulus, Captain Picard receives orders to find out what he’s doing there. When the Enterprise runs into a quantum filament, the ship loses power and Picard is stuck in a turbolift with 3 children. When the Enterprise comes across a crashed Borg scout ship they rescue a survivor, who is eventually named Hugh.<\/p>\n The episode “Disaster” provides my favourite song title: “The Laughing Vulcan and His Dog.”<\/p>\n I had forgotten some nice details, like Rasmussen hitting on Beverly, and Data listening to 4 pieces of music at once. Jean-Luc and Beverly sharing breakfast is always nice.<\/p>\n One more quotation: “If you are going to use this person to destroy his race, you should at least look him in the eye once before you do it.” — Guinan<\/p>\n And one more quotation: “As I experience certain sensory input patterns, my mental pathways become accustomed to them. The inputs eventually are anticipated and even missed when absent.” — Deanna, quoting Data<\/p>\n In “Darmok” Picard is whisked down to a planet with an alien captain who speaks in metaphor in an effort to foster communication. In “Cause and Effect” the Enterprise is caught in a temporal loop and keeps exploding — but then people start remembering things from the previous iteration. In “I, Borg” Doctor Crusher saves the life of a Borg, Third of Five, whose ship had crashed. In “The Inner Light” Picard’s body is struck by a probe, and his mind lives out a life of a married man on an alien planet. In “Time’s Arrow, Part I” an object is discovered on Earth that’s 500 years old — it’s Data’s head.<\/p>\n Jay Chattaway outdoes himself with his music in “The Inner Light.”<\/p>\n Guest stars include Paul Winfield, Matt Frewer, and Kelsey Grammer. The ultimate guest star, Leonard Nimoy, reprises his role of Spock.<\/p>\n Stars who appear in several episodes but not all include Michelle Forbes, Patti Yasutake, and Rosalind Chao.<\/p>\n This is the 2nd time I’ve seen it.<\/p>\n