Symbiosis (Episode)
| Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation |
| Season | 1 |
| Episode | 22 |
| Production Number | 123 |
| Release Date | 18 Apr 1988 |
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Stardate Unknown: Picard mediates a dispute involving a mysterious drug
While studying drastic solar flares around Delos, the Enterprise picks up a confusing distress call from a disabled freighter in the system. Only four of its six passengers are beamed away in time, because the crew members insist that their cargo go first. The survivors are from two neighboring worlds, Brekka and Ornara, and the cargo is felicium, a drug grown only on Brekka, which cures a 200-year-old Ornaran plague. The two haggard Ornarans demand the shipment; the Brekkians insist that the deal is off.
The desperate Ornarans convince Picard to mediate; he gets them one dose each, but Dr. Crusher soon realizes the "cure" is a narcotic. The Brekkians have kept the unknowing Ornarans addicted for profit for two centuries. Crusher demands to let the Ornarans know, but Picard cites the Prime Directive. He does find a solution to the dilemma, however: he refuses to repair the Ornarans' remaining freighters. Now, no trade in the low-technology system can occur, and the Ornarans, although they will suffer withdrawal, will conquer their addiction.
Director
Win Phelps
Story
Robert Lewin
Teleplay
Robert Lewin & Richard Manning & Hans Beimler
Starring
Patrick Stewart … Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes … Commander Will Riker
Brent Spiner … Lieutenant Commander Data
Gates McFadden … Dr. Crusher, Beverly
Marina Sirtis … Counselor Deanna Troi
Denise Crosby … Lieutenant Tasha Yar
LeVar Burton … Lieutenant, j.g. Geordi La Forge
Michael Dorn … Lieutenant, j.g. Worf
Wil Wheaton … Acting Ensign Wesley Crusher
Guest Starring
Judson Scott … Sobi
Merritt Butrick … T'Jon
Richard Lineback … Romas
Kimberly Farr … Langor
Kenneth Tigar … Margan
