Skin of Evil (Episode)
| Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation |
| Season | 1 |
| Episode | 23 |
| Production Number | 122 |
| Release Date | 25 Apr 1988 |
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Stardate 41601.3: A strange entity threatens the crew
Counselor Troi and her shuttle pilot, Lieutenant Prieto, are pulled off course. They crash on Vagra II, the home of a sadistic being named Armus, who was created from the cast-off sins of his race before they abandoned him. An away team beams down to rescue the counselor, but Armus creates a forcefield around the shuttle and blocks their way. Acting out of sheer malice, the creature tortures Riker, taunts La Forge and Data, and kills Yar.
Worf, who is now acting security chief, discovers with Wesley Crusher that Armus loses power when it is provoked. Using that weakness, Picard is finally able to retrieve his people, but not before trying to reason with Armus one final time. Picard then orders the shuttle wreckage be destroyed, to prevent any chance of Armus being able to leave the planet. Aboard the Enterprise, the senior staff view a holographic recording of Yar's will and her last thoughts to her friends.
Director
Joseph L. Scanlan
Story
Joseph Stefano & Hannah Louise Shearer
Teleplay
Joseph Stefano
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
Mart McChesney … Armus
Ron Gans … Armus (Voice)
Walker Boone … Lieutenant Commander Leland T. Lynch
Brad Zerbst … Nurse
Raymond Forchion … Lieutenant Ben Prieto
