Allegiance
- Episode aired Mar 24, 1990
- TV-PG
- 45m
Picard is kidnapped and held with three different aliens and meanwhile replaced with a replica as impostor captain.Picard is kidnapped and held with three different aliens and meanwhile replaced with a replica as impostor captain.Picard is kidnapped and held with three different aliens and meanwhile replaced with a replica as impostor captain.
- Crewman Garvey
- (uncredited)
- Crewman Martinez
- (uncredited)
- Ensign Russell
- (uncredited)
- Operations Division Ensign
- (uncredited)
- Command Division Officer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Offspring (1990) and "Allegiance," with their minimal sets, were written in part to balance the series' budget after Yesterday's Enterprise (1990).
- GoofsData describes the nearest pulsar as "a rotating neutron star of approximately 4.656 solar masses". This might anticipate a future breakthrough. Current physics has been putting the maximum possible mass of neutron stars at 3 solar masses (the Richard Tolman-J. Robert Oppenheimer-George Volkoff limit, calculated in 1939).
- Quotes
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Well. I think this charade has gone far enough.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [to Haro] Don't you?
Mitena Haro: I don't understand.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Oh yes, you do. This isn't a holding cell. It's a laboratory maze, a carefully structured test. It's an experiment to see how well we react under pressure.
Esoqq: How do you know?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: It's the only explanation. Look at the four of us. We do have something in common: we all react differently to authority.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [to Tholl] You, the collaborator, defer to whoever has control.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [to Esoqq] You, the anarchist, reject authority in any form. I, a Starfleet captain, trained to command.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [to Haro] And you, a Starfleet cadet, sworn to obey a superior officer's authority. - Our captors have placed us here, and have devised obstacles for us to overcome. They give us food, which Esoqq can't eat, to make him a threat. They give us a door we can't open - until the four of us cooperate. And each time we succeed, they deal us reverses, to set us against each other again,
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [to Haro] while *you*... observe our reactions.
Mitena Haro: Sir, I've been trying to help...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I found it unlikely that a first-year cadet would know of the Enterprise's visit to Mintaka III, so I tested you. Starfleet has classified the Cor Caroli V plague a secret. No cadet would have knowledge of that incident.
Mitena Haro: [whispering] Captain...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: So, you may as well drop this pretense. I'm not playing any further. I'm quitting this game! As far as I am concerned, this experiment is over!
Mitena Haro: You are correct, Captain Picard.
- ConnectionsFeatures Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Survivors (1989)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
A fairly simple story that feels reminiscent of some of TOS's more hypothetical episodes. Stewart works hard in the dual role but the supporting cast isn't that strong and the story doesn't offer as many twists as you'd hope it might. Apparently, this low-budget episode was necessitated after some of the more extravagant episodes earlier in the series but sadly, it shows. Not bad but we know the show can do better.
- Benjamin_Cox
- Jun 23, 2024
Details
- Runtime45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1