Angel One
- Episode aired Jan 23, 1988
- TV-PG
- 46m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
3.8K
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Riker, Troi, Data and Yar beam down to a planet ruled by a matriarchal government in the hopes of locating a missing freighter crew.Riker, Troi, Data and Yar beam down to a planet ruled by a matriarchal government in the hopes of locating a missing freighter crew.Riker, Troi, Data and Yar beam down to a planet ruled by a matriarchal government in the hopes of locating a missing freighter crew.
Leonard Crofoot
- Trent
- (as Leonard John Crofoot)
James G. Becker
- Youngblood
- (uncredited)
Jeffrey Deacon
- Command Division Officer
- (uncredited)
Susan Duchow
- Operations Division Officer
- (uncredited)
David Eum
- Odin Crewmember
- (uncredited)
Curtis Fairchild
- Odin Crewmember
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode marks the first mention of the Romulans in The Next Generation.
- GoofsNear the end, Data tells Riker that the Enterprise would have to leave for the Neutral Zone in 48 minutes, in order to reach it in time at maximum warp (which, for the Enterprise, is ordinarily about warp 9). A little later, that deadline has gone down to 17 minutes. Yet when Picard thereafter retakes command, he orders the ship to proceed to the Neutral Zone at warp 6, in which case they would not reach it in time.
- Quotes
Lieutenant Worf: Engineering reports computer ma... a... ATCHOO! I'm sorry - I'm getting sick.
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge: I'm sure half the ship knows that by now.
- ConnectionsEdited into Star Trek: The Next Generation: Samaritan Snare (1989)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
Featured review
A Senior Trekker writes.....................
Writing in 2021, it is great to see that I am not the only person taking a retrospective look at Star Trek, the Next Generation. When this series was first released in 1987, a little less than twenty years after the end of the Original Series, many people thought that, without Captain Kirk and his crew, it couldn't really be Star Trek. However, original creator Gene Roddenberry, was fully invested in the casting, writing and overall look of the new series, so let's see how it shaped up:
NO!. Just, NO.
This gender role swap episode is absolutely awful.
I can remember failing even to notice the ship-in-peril B story because of the jaw-dropping absurdity of Angel One's race of towering Glamazons and their subjugated little males. I suppose it was an attempt to do social commentary and it was of its time. That it failed to work is not really anyone's fault, at least they tried.
Totally unforgivable, however, was the "Riker engages in casual sex with strangers" trope which runs through many of the earlier episodes of TNG. This was presumably to compensate for the lack of Kirk-type "action" being experienced by an older Captain but, during the height of the AIDS epidemic, it was unforgivable. Even James Bond (Timothy Dalton in the Living Daylights, 1987) wasn't getting his kit off in those dark, dreadful days
Not every episode can stand the test of time, we should be grateful that so many do.
(Senior Trekker scores every episode with a 5)
NO!. Just, NO.
This gender role swap episode is absolutely awful.
I can remember failing even to notice the ship-in-peril B story because of the jaw-dropping absurdity of Angel One's race of towering Glamazons and their subjugated little males. I suppose it was an attempt to do social commentary and it was of its time. That it failed to work is not really anyone's fault, at least they tried.
Totally unforgivable, however, was the "Riker engages in casual sex with strangers" trope which runs through many of the earlier episodes of TNG. This was presumably to compensate for the lack of Kirk-type "action" being experienced by an older Captain but, during the height of the AIDS epidemic, it was unforgivable. Even James Bond (Timothy Dalton in the Living Daylights, 1987) wasn't getting his kit off in those dark, dreadful days
Not every episode can stand the test of time, we should be grateful that so many do.
(Senior Trekker scores every episode with a 5)
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- celineduchain
- Dec 25, 2021
Details
- Runtime46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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