The Bonding
- Episode aired Oct 21, 1989
- TV-PG
- 45m
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6.7/10
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A startling surprise awaits the crew of the Enterprise when a mission costs the life of a crew member, who left her son behind.A startling surprise awaits the crew of the Enterprise when a mission costs the life of a crew member, who left her son behind.A startling surprise awaits the crew of the Enterprise when a mission costs the life of a crew member, who left her son behind.
Rachen Assapiomonwait
- Crewman Nelson
- (uncredited)
Michael Braveheart
- Crewman Martinez
- (uncredited)
George B. Colucci Jr.
- Security Officer
- (uncredited)
Jeremy Doyle
- Enterprise-D Ensign
- (uncredited)
Lorine Mendell
- Crewman Diana Giddings
- (uncredited)
Lincoln Simonds
- Security Officer
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaRonald D. Moore's original idea was for Jeremy Aster to recreate his mother on the Holodeck. However, Gene Roddenberry nixed the idea, believing in the 24th century children would have a greater acceptance of death.
- GoofsIn the teaser, Troi begins to sense the danger to the away team almost half a minute before it happens--we see two reaction shots of her *before* the explosions start to happen. However, as she is neither a precognitive (which would allow her to see the away team's future) nor a clairvoyant (which would allow her to see the trap awaiting the crew), there should be nothing for her to sense before the away team is attacked.
- Quotes
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I'm told that your father is also dead.
Jeremy Aster: Yes, sir. He died five years ago, from a Rushton infection. I'm all alone now, sir.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Jeremy, on the Starship Enterprise, no one is alone. No one.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Inglorious Treksperts: The Best of All Worlds: Trek's Greatest Seasons (2022)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
Featured review
Just why did these spirits need him?
Lt.Worf leads an away team to a lifeless planet where the humanoid life extinguished itself in a relentless war centuries ago. Susan Powell an archaeologist
is one the mission when she's killed.
Powell leaves behind a young son Gabriel Damon who cannot accept his mother's death which leaves him an orphan.
And then, spirits of the dead appear one in the form of Powell to the kid wanting to take him down to the planet. They never really explain why they want him which is the crux of the show.
Nevertheless this is a good episode about letting go of deceased family members. Regulars Michael Dorn, Wil Wheaton, and Gates McFaddden all who lost relations are outstanding here in their scenes with young Damon.
Powell leaves behind a young son Gabriel Damon who cannot accept his mother's death which leaves him an orphan.
And then, spirits of the dead appear one in the form of Powell to the kid wanting to take him down to the planet. They never really explain why they want him which is the crux of the show.
Nevertheless this is a good episode about letting go of deceased family members. Regulars Michael Dorn, Wil Wheaton, and Gates McFaddden all who lost relations are outstanding here in their scenes with young Damon.
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