The Price
- Episode aired Nov 11, 1989
- TV-PG
- 45m
While the Enterprise hosts negotiations for control of a stable wormhole, Troi forms a personal relationship with an opposing negotiator, unaware of his true being.While the Enterprise hosts negotiations for control of a stable wormhole, Troi forms a personal relationship with an opposing negotiator, unaware of his true being.While the Enterprise hosts negotiations for control of a stable wormhole, Troi forms a personal relationship with an opposing negotiator, unaware of his true being.
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- Crewman Diana Giddings
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- TriviaThe exercise room is a redress of a part of main engineering; the "pool table" was removed and mirrors were erected, one to hide the master systems display and the other at the opposite end of this part of the engineering set.
- GoofsAfter several days of intense negotiation for access to an extremely valuable wormhole believed to be stable and ending in the Gamma quadrant, it should come as a shock that the wormhole is in fact quite different from what it was believed to be. However, when Geordi and Data return from their trip through the wormhole and Geordi reveals that they were in the Delta quadrant, the faces of the 4 characters with an interest in the wormhole on screen at that moment show absolutely no change in emotion.
- Quotes
[La Forge and Data are in a shuttle preparing to go through the wormhole]
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: You know, if this doesn't work, the thought of spending the rest of my life in here is none too appealing.
Lt. Commander Data: There is a bright side, Geordi. You will have me to talk to.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Star Trek: First Contact Review (2009)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
One of my favourites, of course. Senior Trekker is such a sucker for Babel-type episodes where we get to see a whole variety of alien races and customs, showcasing the prizewinning work of the make-up and costume departments. It seems almost inconceivable nowadays that these creative teams would have to produce the entire look of the episode in a matter of days, often working on more than one storyline at a time. That we can call to mind so many of their creations: the Barzans, the Ferengi, the Caldonians after such a long time has passed is just downright miraculous. However, it has to have been the guest actors who really brought them to life. Given how long some of those scenes must have taken to set up and how much gunk they were carrying around on their foreheads, its amazing how the individual performances stand out.
Elizabeth Hoffman, who played premier Bavhani is currently enjoying her retirement at age 94 Castulo Guerra, as Seth Mendoza, still has a very busy career Kevin Hall, the 6' 9'' actor who played Leyor died tragically young, while our two Ferengi, Scott Thompson and Dan Shor, are no doubt still looking for their chairs.
Troi's romantic storyline was probably the weakest part of the episode, despite the fact that it gave Marina Sirtis some comedic opportunities and the chance to have a sexy, well oiled foot massage. Apparently, the intimate scenes gathered quite a few complaints which is ironic because fans could have seen a great deal more of her had they chosen to look out a copy of Michael Winner's film The Wicked Lady. Her co-star Matt McCoy, as Devinoni Ral, was so oleaginous that most women's "creep alert" would have firing loud and clear before they got anywhere near the bedroom. This makes Counsellor Troi's infatuation even more of a surprise. Her holier than thou attitude when he explains his mildly-underhand negotiations at the end, definitely hints at morning after regrets.
- celineduchain
- Jan 9, 2022
Details
- Runtime45 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1