14th episode of the 2nd season of Star Trek: The Next Generation
"The Icarus Factor"
Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
Episode no.
Season 2 Episode 14
Directed by
Robert Iscove
Story by
David Assael
Teleplay by
David Assael
Robert L. McCullough
Featured music
Ron Jones
Cinematography by
Edward R. Brown
Production code
140
Original air date
April 24, 1989 (1989-04-24)
Guest appearances
Colm Meaney – Miles O'Brien
Mitchell Ryan – Kyle Riker
Lance Spellerberg – Herbert
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"The Icarus Factor" is the fourteenth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. It is the 40th episode overall, first broadcast on April 24, 1989.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, Riker must decide whether to accept command of his own starship, and negative feelings surface when his estranged father arrives to brief him on the mission. Wesley Crusher, La Forge and Data attempt to determine why Worf seems more agitated than usual, and discover that he is upset over not participating in a key Klingon ritual.
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