The Next Generation, Season 7
"Homeward"
Airdate: January 17, 1994
164 of 176 produced
164 of 176 aired
Introduction
The Enterprise is sent to Boraal, where Worf's adoptive brother Nikolai is assigned to a cultural observation post. The planet's atmosphere is degrading irreversibly. They are to take Dr. Rozhenko home, but the Prime Directive bars the Enterprise from helping the Boralans, who are only at a pre-industrial level of technology. Dr. Rozhenko begs the Captain to help at least some of them escape, but Picard is adamant. After the apparent final loss of the Boraalans, an odd power surge leads the crew to the holodeck, where Nikolai has recreated a small part of the Boraalan homeworld and beamed a small village aboard. Now, Captain Picard must make decisions on behalf of an entire species that his training and conscience tell him are far beyond him.
I can't believe you made me bleach my teeth for this!