3rd episode of the 1st season of Star Trek: The Next Generation
"The Naked Now"
Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
Episode no.
Season 1 Episode 3
Directed by
Paul Lynch
Story by
John D. F. Black J. Michael Bingham
Teleplay by
J. Michael Bingham
Featured music
Ron Jones
Cinematography by
Edward R. Brown
Production code
103[1]
Original air date
October 5, 1987 (1987-10-05)
Guest appearances
Brooke Bundy as Sarah MacDougal
Benjamin W.S. Lum as Jim Shimoda
David Renan as Conn
Michael Rider as Transporter Chief (deleted scene only)
Skip Stellrecht as Engineering crewman
Kenny Koch as Kissing crewman[1]
Episode chronology
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"The Naked Now" is the third episode[a] of the first season of the American science-fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, originally aired on October 5, 1987, in broadcast syndication in the United States. Directed by Paul Lynch, the episode was written by D. C. Fontana, under the pseudonym of "J. Michael Bingham", based on an unfinished teleplay by Gene Roddenberry. It is a sequel to the original series Star Trek episode "The Naked Time" (1966), and that episode's writer John D. F. Black also received a writing credit on this episode for his role in devising the plot's origins.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, the Enterprise crew becomes infected with an illness that causes them to lose their inhibitions and behave irresponsibly, the same affliction suffered by the crew of the previous USS Enterprise decades before in "The Naked Time". Fans initially criticized the origins of the episode, and later reviews were also largely negative.
^ abNemecek (2003): p. 32
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