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Up the Long Ladder

"Up the Long Ladder" (TNG 144)

Series	Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season	2
Episode	18
Production Number	144
Previous	Samaritan Snare (TNG 143)
Next	Manhunt (TNG 145)
Released	22 May 1989
Advertising	Amazon

Prime Timeline
(The root of all realities)

Stardate 42823.2: Two lost colonies fight for survival

Stellar flares are about to destroy the Bringloidi homeworld when the Enterprise rescues the colony, populated by a lively, agrarian people long forgotten beyond fragmentary records from two centuries earlier. The Bringloidi bring along their livestock and set up camp in a cargo bay. Riker is soon keeping company with the bumbling leader's feisty daughter. Then Picard and Data discover that the colonists were one of two groups to settle in the system, and the Enterprise heads out to warn the other colony of the danger.

Soon, they find the Mariposans, and entire society composed of clones from the five crew members who survived the original colony ship's crash landing. Now fearful of degeneration due to replicative fading, the Mariposans beg for fresh DNA from the Enterprise crew, but the idea is repugnant to the Starfleet personnel — just as the idea of sexual reproduction is to the Mariposans. Desperate, the colony's leaders kidnap Riker and Dr. Pulaski, and collect DNA samples, but the pair return to destroy the clones and bring a compromise from Picard: rejoin with the Bringloidi on a new colony world.

Image Gallery

DY-500 class S.S. Mariposa NAR-7678
Chicken

Credits

Director
Winrich Kolbe

Writer
Melinda M. Snodgrass

Starring
Patrick Stewart … Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes … Commander Will Riker
Brent Spiner … Lieutenant Commander Data
Marina Sirtis … Counselor Deanna Troi
LeVar Burton … Lieutenant Geordi La Forge
Michael Dorn … Lieutenant Worf
Wil Wheaton … Acting Ensign Wesley Crusher

Guest Starring
Diana Muldaur … Dr. Kate Pulaski
Barrie Ingham … Danilo O'Dell
Jon de Vries … Walter Granger
Rosalyn Landor … Brenna O'Dell
Colm Meaney … O'Brien

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 '''[[Stardate]] [[2365#SD42823|42823.2]]: Two lost colonies fight for survival'''
-[[Stellar flares]] are about to destroy the [[Bringloidi]] homeworld when the ''[[U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D|Enterprise]]'' rescues the colony, populated by a lively, agrarian people long forgotten beyond fragmentary records from [[2123#NOV27|two centuries earlier]]. The Bringloidi bring along their [[livestock]] and set up camp in a [[cargo bay]]. [[Riker, William|Riker]] is soon keeping company with the [[O'Dell, Danilo|bumbling leader]]'s feisty [[O'Dell, Brenna|daughter]]. Then [[Picard, Jean-Luc|Picard]] and [[Data]] discover that the colonists were one of two groups to settle in the system, and the ''Enterprise'' heads out to warn the other colony of the danger.
+[[Stellar flares]] are about to destroy the [[Bringloidi]] homeworld when the ''[[U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D|Enterprise]]'' rescues the colony, populated by a lively, agrarian people long forgotten beyond fragmentary records from [[2120s#2123NOV27|two centuries earlier]]. The Bringloidi bring along their [[livestock]] and set up camp in a [[cargo bay]]. [[Riker, William|Riker]] is soon keeping company with the [[O'Dell, Danilo|bumbling leader]]'s feisty [[O'Dell, Brenna|daughter]]. Then [[Picard, Jean-Luc|Picard]] and [[Data]] discover that the colonists were one of two groups to settle in the system, and the ''Enterprise'' heads out to warn the other colony of the danger.
 Soon, they find the [[Mariposans]], and entire society composed of [[clones]] from the five crew members who survived the original [[S.S. Mariposa NAR-7678|colony ship]]'s crash landing. Now fearful of degeneration due to [[replicative fading]], the Mariposans beg for fresh [[DNA]] from the ''Enterprise'' crew, but the idea is repugnant to the [[Starfleet]] personnel &mdash; just as the idea of sexual reproduction is to the Mariposans. Desperate, the colony's leaders kidnap Riker and [[doctor|Dr.]] [[Pulaski, Kate|Pulaski]], and collect DNA samples, but the pair return to destroy the clones and bring a compromise from Picard: rejoin with the Bringloidi on a new colony world.
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 [[Muldaur, Diana|Diana Muldaur]] &hellip; [[doctor|Dr.]] [[Pulaski, Kate|Kate Pulaski]]<br/>
 [[Ingham, Barrie|Barrie Ingham]] &hellip; [[O'Dell, Danilo|Danilo O'Dell]]<br/>
-[[de Vries, Jon|Jon de Vries]] &hellip; [[Granger]]<br/>
+[[de Vries, Jon|Jon de Vries]] &hellip; [[Granger, Walter (Clone)|Walter Granger]]<br/>
 [[Landor, Rosalyn|Rosalyn Landor]] &hellip; [[O'Dell, Brenna|Brenna O'Dell]]<br/>
 [[Meaney, Colm|Colm Meaney]] &hellip; [[O'Brien, Miles|O'Brien]]<br/>
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