Series: Star Trek: TNG
Episode: 5.15 Power Play (2/17/1992)
Rating: 5/5
Redshirt Status: 0/1/35
Notable Guest Stars:
This episode is largely a bottle episode, taking place mostly with actors already on the show (main and reoccuring) and on already built sets. All the notable guest stars for this episode are reoccuring guest stars, which I stop mentioning after an episode or two.
Review:
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Series: Star Trek: TNG
Episode: 5.14 Conundrum (2/10/1992)
Rating: 3.7/5
Redshirt Status: 0/1/35
Notable Guest Stars:
Erich Anderson (Kieran MacDuff) He is best known for his role on Friday the 13th: The Final chapter, but he has been a reoccuring actor on several TV shows.
Liz Vassey (Kristin) – She appeared for six seasons as Wendy Simms on CSI (the original).
Erick Weiss (Kane) – Weiss is a reoccuring member of the Star Trek acting pool. He appeared as Ensign/Crewman Kane twice in this season, and will appear in DS9
Review:
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Series: Star Trek: TNG
Episode: 5.13 The Masterpiece Society (2/3/1992)
Rating: 4/5
Redshirt Status: 0/1/35
Notable Guest Stars:
John Snyder (Aaron Conor) – Synder is a repeat actor on Star Trek. He originally was on the show as Bochra, a Romulan officer.
Ron Canada (Martin Benbeck)- Canada is often on screen as a member of law enforcement, such as he is here as Martin Benbeck. He started his career as a journalist and won awards for his work. He also appeared as West Wing as a Secretary of State.
Dey Young (Hannah Bates) Like Synder, Young is a repeat actress on Star Trek. This is the first of three appearances. She also appears on DS9 and Enterprise.
Review:
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Series: Star Trek: TNG
Episode: 5.11 Hero Worship (1/6/1992)
Rating: 3/5
Redshirt Status: 0/1/35
Notable Guest Stars:
It was hard to find any suitablely notable credits for the members of this cast. However several of the appear again in Star Trek or are character actors who play bit parts in many series. I’ll list the main cast.
Ben Lemon (Jev) – Lemon did not have an extensive Credits
David Sage (Tarmin)
Rick Fitts (Martin)
Eve Brenner (Inad)
Doug Wert (Jack Crusher)
Craig Benton (Crewman Davis)
CONTENT WARNING: CONTAINS REFERENCES TO RAPE
Review:
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Series: Star Trek: TNG
Episode: 5.11 Hero Worship (1/6/1992)
Rating: 4/5
Redshirt Status: 0/1/35
Notable Guest Stars:
Joshua Harris (Timothy) – Harris is most known for his role as “Christopher Ewing” on Dallas prior to his appearance on Star Trek. He currently runs his own production company 4th Wall Entertainment.
Harley Venton (Hutchinson)- Venton worked on Guiding Light in the early eighties, but most of his recent work has been on the stage.
Review:
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Series: Star Trek: TNG
Episode: 5.10 New Ground (12/30/1991)
Rating: 3/5
Redshirt Status: 0/1/35
Notable Guest Stars:
Brian Bonsall (Alexander) –Bonsall will play Alexander over the course of 6 episodes. He has since quit acting and focused on his music career.
Georgia Brown (Helena) Georgia Brown was quite popular on stage and appeared on ST once before in the role of Helena. This episode would be her last performance, as she died on July 5, 1992.
Jennifer Edwards (Kyle)- She is most known for playing the part of Heidi in 1968 during an TV presentation that interrupted coverage of a football game. She is also the daughter of Blake Edwards and stepdaughter of Julie Andrews. She continues to act and write
Richard McGonagle (Ja’Dar)- McGonagle is mostly known for his voice work, appearing in many animated shows and games. As an example, he played the voice of Bato on Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Review:
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Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country
Rating: PG
Released: December 6, 1991
My Grade: B/3.9
Redshirt count: 2.
Notable Guest Stars:
Kim Catrall (Valaris)- Kim Catrall is probably best known as Samantha from Sex in the City.
David Warner
Christopher Plummer (Clang) – Christopher Plummer has quite a few credits to his name, both on stage and in front of a camera. Film wise, he was Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music.
Grace Lee Whitney (Janice Rand) – I’m happy to see Whitney returning as Rand, especially as Rand has been given a life outside being eternally crushing on Kirk.
Mark Lenard (Sarak) – While he doesn’t have much to say in this film, he does round out the cast and is our view of things in the President’s office.
Brock Peters (Admiral Cartwright) – Peters will return in a much more pleasant role as Sisko’s father on DS9. Honestly a better role for him I think.
Rosana Desoto(Azetbur) – Desoto might more recently be known from her time doing As the World Turns.
Kurtwood Smith (President) – Kurtwood Smith is a repeat guest star in StarTrek. He will appear more times on Voyager and DS9. However he might be more well-known his time on That 70s Show as Red Foreman.
Michael Dorn (Colonel Worf) – Michael Dorn appears here as his usual character’s (Worf) grandfather, who serves as Kirk’s defense attorney.
Christian Slater (Crewmen) – Christian Slater is well known today for many roles, but in the case of this film, he was a Trekie who happened to have a mother who was on the casting team. It worked out for everyone in the end I think.
Rene Auberjonis (Colonel West) – Rene Aurberjonis is more well known as Odo, the security officer on DS9. He also might be known to us 90s kids as the Little Mermaid’s chef who is determined to make Sebastian a meal.
Review:
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Series: Star Trek: TNG
Episode: 5.9 A Matter of Time (11/18/1991)
Rating: 3/5
Redshirt Status: 0/1/35
Notable Guest Stars:
Matt Frewer (Berlinghoff Rasmussen)- Matt Frewer is probably best known as Max Headroom, but I know him best as Charlie, the lovable knight from Alice.
Stefan Gierasch (Hal Moseley) – Gierasch is a character actor who has appeared in many television series, including ER and Starsky & Hutch
Shelia Franklin (Felton)- Franklin does not have many credits to her name, but she is a reoccuring Ensign this season.
Review:
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Series: Star Trek: TNG
Episode: 5.7-8 Unification (11/04-11/11/1991)
Rating: 4/5
Redshirt Status: 0/1/35
Notable Guest Stars:
Leonard Nimoy (Spock) – Do I really need to explain Leonard Nimoy?
Mark Lenard (Sarek)- Lenard has played Sarek for three television series now.
Joanna Miles (Perrin)- Miles reappears as Perrin, Sarek’s second wife.
Denise Crosby (Sela)- Crosby’s back, back again…
Malachi Throne (Pardek)- Throne was a popular guest star on television through out his carrer. He appeared on Star Trek, Man from UNCLE, and The Fugitive. His first appearance in Star Trek was as Commodore Jose I. Mendez. He originally had done a voice of the Keeper, but they altered the voice when they decided to use him as the Commodore.
Stephen Root (K’Vada)- While he appears as a Klingon captain in this episode, you may recognize him as Milton from the 1990s film Office Space.
Norman Large (Neral)- It took me awhile to figure out why Neral looks so familiar, but after looking him up on IMDB, I realized Large has also played on Veronica Mars, and appeared on Star Trek Voyager, and another episode of TNG and a few episodes of DS9. He’ll be around again.
Review:
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Series: Star Trek: TNG
Episode: 5.6 The Game (10/28/1991)
Rating: 4/5
Redshirt Status: 0/1/35
Notable Guest Stars:
Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) – He’s back ladies and gentlemen. And to save the day, although all he wanted to do was relax, and maybe have a nice date with the lady in engineering.
Ashley Judd (Robin Lefler) – Ashley Judd also returns for her second appearance as Robin, this time she gets to be running a project in Engineering as well as getting the attention of Wesley.
Patti Yasutake (Alyssa Ogawa) – Also a return. Since she is on here several times, I’m going to retire her from Guest Star and put her down as reoccuring.
Katherine Moffat (Etana Jol)- Moffat was a child actress, staring in early shows such as The Nancy Drew Mysteries, and later she worked on several television programs including TNG, DS9 and for non-star Trek appearances Dukes of Hazzard. Her last credits date from the late 1990s, so I am assuming she has retired or has kept to mostly stage work.
Review:
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