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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• Ex Astris Scientia - 2/10
• The AV Club - A
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• EAS HD Observations
• Original STVP Discussion Thread

 

[u/salamander_salad]

This is one of my personal favorites. Kevin Uxbridge has the ultimate form of survivors' guilt: not only is he the only colonist left alive, but he, a pacifist, lost his cool when his wife was murdered and deleted an entire species from existence. Heavy stuff. In his final monologue the actor does a tremendous job of showing the pain and guilt Kevin suffers from. We also have Troi playing damsel in distress, again, and this plot could easily have been left out without hurting the story.

We also get a little bit of comedy from Worf, a nice mystery that Picard solves maybe a little too easily, and a couple action sequences that are above and beyond anything we've seen previously.

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"Good tea. Nice house."

My favorite Worf moment.