TNG Episode - The First Duty

Series :

The Next Generation

Rating :

Disc No :

5.5

Episode :

118

First Aired :

30 Mar 1992

Stardate :

45703.9

Director :

Paul Lynch

Year :

2368

Writers :

Naren Shankar, Ronald D. Moore

Season :

Guest Cast :

Ed Lauter as Lieutenant Commander Albert	Jacqueline Brookes as Admiral Brand
Ray Walston as Boothby	Richard Fancy as Captain Satelk
Richard Rothenberg as Cadet	Robert Duncan McNeill as Nicholas Locarno
Shannon Fill as Cadet Sito Jaxa	Tracee Lee Cocco as Ensign Jae
Walker Brandt as Cadet Second Class Jean Hajar

Plotline :

Cadet Crusher and his friends mess up big time.

Moral :

Truth :

Truth is the first duty of a Starfleet officer.

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YATI :

Data claims to have graduated in the "class of 78." Since it is now 2368, as dated from "The Neutral Zone" in which Data says it is 2364, did Data really graduate ninety years ago?

Riker claims that the Vulcan superintendant made being at the academy like "being with your parents". Riker's mother died when he was very young and his father was hardly ever around, so how would he know what being with your parents is like?

Great Moment :

Picard's verbal beating of Wesley in the ready room.

Body Count :

One cadet killed in the starburst.

Factoid :

Robert Duncan McNeill, who plays Nicholas Locarno in this episode, went on to play Tom Paris in Voyager, both characters have a very similar background.

Quote :

"The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth." - Picard to Wesley.

Datapoints :

Little bangs :	Little bang #19.1, Little bang #19.2, Little bang #19.3, Little bang #19.4, Little bang #19.5
People :	Captain Saltek, Jean-Luc Picard, Wesley Crusher
Planets :	Mimas, Saturn, Titan
Scitech :	Class J
Ship Classes :	Federation Trainer
Species :	Peliar-zelian
Timeline :	2305, 2327, 2368