Cause and Effect
- Episode aired Mar 21, 1992
- TV-PG
- 46m
IMDb RATING
8.9/10
4.8K
YOUR RATING
The Enterprise gets caught in a time loop which always has one result: total destruction of the ship, itself.The Enterprise gets caught in a time loop which always has one result: total destruction of the ship, itself.The Enterprise gets caught in a time loop which always has one result: total destruction of the ship, itself.
Rachen Assapiomonwait
- Crewman Nelson
- (uncredited)
Michael Braveheart
- Crewman Martinez
- (uncredited)
Tracee Cocco
- Ensign Jae
- (uncredited)
Debbie David
- Ensign Russell
- (uncredited)
Eben Ham
- Operations Division Ensign
- (uncredited)
Christina Wegler Miles
- Command Ensign
- (uncredited)
Victor Sein
- Bozeman Crewmember
- (uncredited)
John Alex Tampoya
- Operations Division Officer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTo prevent the episode from getting boring, whenever they had to do scenes over again, Jonathan Frakes would re-shoot them from different angles and perspectives to give it a fresh twist on the same story.
- GoofsCrusher and Riker play a lengthy poker hand the first time through the loop, before Geordi goes to Sick Bay. In the other loops, the time spent at the poker table is noticeably shorter but Geordi always comes to Sick Bay right after it ends.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Captain... do you know what year this is?
Captain Bateson: Of course I do. It's 2278.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Perhaps you should beam aboard our ship. There's something we need to discuss.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Star Trek the Next Generation Interactive VHS Board Game (1993)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
Featured review
All hands, abandon ship!
The Enterprise is caught in a time loop.
This is an excellent temporal sci-fi episode with some memorable character moments.
The plot is clever and unfolds in a pretty entertaining way with a number of simple scenes used to unravel a good sci-fi mystery. We know everything is going to work out fine, but how they solve the problem is compelling to watch. What makes it more impressive is that it predates the movie 'Groundhog Day'.
Dr Crusher, Commander LaForge, Lieutenant Data, Commander Riker, and Captain Picard all have strong moments in a story told in a quite unique way. Gates McFadden leads it strongly for large periods and the other cast members contribute well.
Visually it is brilliant, with a lot of scene repetition off set by multi-angle cinematography, and good editing.
The only disappointment to come out of the episode was the lack of follow up to the Bozeman and crew in any other episodes or Trek shows. Especially with the untapped potential Kelsey Grammer brings to the screen here.
This is an excellent temporal sci-fi episode with some memorable character moments.
The plot is clever and unfolds in a pretty entertaining way with a number of simple scenes used to unravel a good sci-fi mystery. We know everything is going to work out fine, but how they solve the problem is compelling to watch. What makes it more impressive is that it predates the movie 'Groundhog Day'.
Dr Crusher, Commander LaForge, Lieutenant Data, Commander Riker, and Captain Picard all have strong moments in a story told in a quite unique way. Gates McFadden leads it strongly for large periods and the other cast members contribute well.
Visually it is brilliant, with a lot of scene repetition off set by multi-angle cinematography, and good editing.
The only disappointment to come out of the episode was the lack of follow up to the Bozeman and crew in any other episodes or Trek shows. Especially with the untapped potential Kelsey Grammer brings to the screen here.
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- snoozejonc
- Oct 2, 2021
Details
- Runtime46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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