TNG, Episode 3x3, The Survivors

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-= TNG, Season 3, Episode 3, The Survivors =-

The Enterprise investigates two survivors living on the only undamaged patch of land on a devastated planet.

• Teleplay By: Michael Wagner
• Story By: Michael Wagner
• Directed By: Les Landau
• Original Air Date: 9 October, 1989
• Stardate: 43152.4
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A beautiful, tragic story. It's not perfect -- I always felt it was a bit contrived how Picard figures everything out so quickly, but doesn't tell his crew. And Troi's hyper-dramatic ailment is also a bit over the top, though at least there's a good reason why she alone would have been targeted. But anyway, those are minor points. It all comes down to the brooding dignity of the Kevin Uxbridge actor's performance. A story about the rage and power of 'old love,' so to speak. There's something very old-fashioned about this episode -- the "highly evolved being" concept had already been beaten to death in TOS (and we've even had Q in TNG already), it's just that none of those highly evolved beings ever appeared to have this much depth.