Episode #126: Time's Arrow, part one
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Episode #126: Time's Arrow, part one
TIME'S ARROW, part one - episode #26 of 5th season / Air Date: 6/15/92
The first part of yet another 2-part episode and another so-called cliffhanger to the end of a season goes for a time travel adventure vibe. Artifacts from the 19th century have been uncovered underneath San Francisco; Picard is wondering why he and his ship have been summoned back to Earth to view this stuff when one final artifact is unveiled: Data's head! Sheesh - this doesn't go over well with the crew; the head is proof that Data will be destroyed (as in, die) on some mission to Earth's past...
(by this point, time travel is not unusual in the Trek universe).
There is something of a lame quality to this one, very average material, as if it was rushed out to provide another 2-parter with a cliffhanger; it's not very exciting and there's not much of a cliffhanger (some of the crew follow Data through an aperture). Also, the actor playing Clemens really overdoes it with the accent and attitude, coming across as plain annoying. And, as another sample of weak writing, the infallibly logical Data is surprised that Guinan of the past doesn't recognize him - maybe the time travel messed up his circuits. Right BoG's Score: 5 out of 10
TNG Trivia: actor Marc Alaimo has a small part here as a 19th century gambler; he would soon be playing Gul Dukat on the DS9 series.
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