Identity Crisis
- Episode aired Mar 23, 1991
- TV-PG
- 46m
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge and an old friend fight to defeat a parasite that is trying to transform them into another species.Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge and an old friend fight to defeat a parasite that is trying to transform them into another species.Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge and an old friend fight to defeat a parasite that is trying to transform them into another species.
- Counselor Deanna Troi
- (credit only)
- Ensign Gates
- (uncredited)
- Enterprise Computer
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Enterprise-D Ops Officer
- (uncredited)
- Crewman Martinez
- (uncredited)
- Ops Ensign
- (uncredited)
- Science Division Officer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIt took four make-up artists six hours to apply the full Tarchannen III species make-up to LeVar Burton. According to Michael Westmore, it was the longest make-up ever done on The Next Generation.
- GoofsWhen Riker, Worf, and Worf's security team enter the holodeck to look for Geordi, Worf orders his people to search the structure while he searches the perimeter. There is a much easier way to find someone missing inside a holodeck. Telling the computer to "end program" will cause everything NOT created by the holodeck to vanish, leaving the room empty, except for the person you are looking for.
- Quotes
Doctor Beverly Crusher: You're worried about Geordi, aren't you?
Lt. Commander Data: I am an android. It is not possible for me...
Doctor Beverly Crusher: ...for you to feel anxiety.
Lt. Commander Data: Starfleet personnel have vanished. Others may be at risk. We must do the best we can to find out why.
[Crusher coughs slightly]
Lt. Commander Data: However, I am...
[Crusher gives him a questioning look]
Lt. Commander Data: ...strongly motivated to solve this mystery.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Toys That Made Us: Star Trek (2018)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
It also looks as though all those involved in the investigation are disappearing one by one... Don't I remember a DS9 story that ran along the similar lines?
4468.1: Data is strongly motivated to solve this mystery, meanwhile Commander Susanna has got the shakes... When we consider all the wonders of the universe and the fact that the human race has been inflicted by one disease or another throughout the history of time, it is surprising that members of the Enterprise crew don't get infected by many more weird and wonderful alien viruses.
This is a better than average episode and a step-up from our two previous outings, TNG: Galaxy's Child and TNG: Night Terrors. It has to be agreed that the girl with blue veins and yellow eyes looks quite cute, but Geordi isn't getting very far with his search for what's happening.
This Episodes Clue: World Without Sun.
Details
- Runtime46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1