11001001 (Episode)
| Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation |
| Season | 1 |
| Episode | 15 |
| Production Number | 116 |
| Release Date | 1 Feb 1988 |
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Stardate [[2364#SD41365|41365.79]: Bynars take over the Enterprise
The Enterprise visits Starbase 74 for an upgrade to the ship's computer — a task to be performed by the Bynars, a race that has grown so dependent upon computers that they work in pairs and communicate directly in a binary language. While the crew puts in for shore leave, Riker tries out a new holodeck program for a New Orleans jazz bar where he can play trombone. There, he meets Minuet, the most realistic holodeck character he's ever seen. Soon, Picard joins them, and he is amazed at the difference the Bynars' upgrade has made — Minuet is almost too good. They soon discover the reason why: the Bynars were using Minuet as a decoy, while faking a magnetic containment field breakdown to to empty the ship. The Bynars steal the Enterprise and warp off to their home planet, Bynaus.
Picard and Riker set the ship to self-destruct, but when they arrive on the bridge, they discover the Bynars are dying. They feared an electromagnetic pulse from a nearby nova would ruin their world's master computer, so they sought to "borrow" the Enterprise: the only mobile computer with enough memory, but the pulse has already hit. Now that that they understand the problem, Picard and Riker use the ship's computer to help rejuvenate the Bynars. When the situation has passed, Riker discovers that Minuet is gone, and can't be re-created.
Data
Director
Paul Lynch
Writer
Maurice Hurley & Robert Lewin
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
Carolyn McCormick … Minuet
Gene Dynarski … Commander Orfil Quinteros
Katy Beyer … Zero One
Alexandra Johnson … One Zero
Iva Lane … Zero Zero
Kelli Ann McNally … One One
Jack Sheldon … Piano Player
Abdul Salaam el Razzac … Bass Player
Ron Brown … Drummer
