17th episode of the 2nd season of Star Trek: The Next Generation
"Samaritan Snare"
Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
Episode no.
Season 2 Episode 17
Directed by
Les Landau
Written by
Robert L. McCullough
Featured music
Dennis McCarthy
Production code
143
Original air date
May 15, 1989 (1989-05-15)
Guest appearances
Christopher Collins – Grebnedlog
Leslie Morris – Reginod
Daniel Benzali – Surgeon
Lycia Naff – Ens. Sonya Gomez
Tzi Ma – Biomolecular specialist
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"Samaritan Snare" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the 43rd episode overall. It was first released on May 15, 1989, in broadcast syndication.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, while Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) heads to a nearby Starbase to undergo surgery on his artificial heart, Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) is in command of the Enterprise. The crew must deal with a Pakled starship, whose crew kidnaps Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) and demands advanced technology in exchange for his safe return.
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