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"Time's Arrow, Part I" is imaginative and very well written. Brent Spiner and Whoopie Goldberg absolutely shine. In true IDIC fashion, old San Francisco is blind to their obvious "otherness." Historical characters Samuel Clemens and Jack London weave seamlessly into the plot; and Cardassian Marc Alaimo appears as a human for once. Borg aside, this episode introduces the most effective and frightening alien race of the series. Cool things to watch for: old Los Angeles, "Mr. Pickerd," and the ophidian, a totable species. --Kayla Riggney
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Larry Shaw, David Carson, Gabrielle Beaumont, Timothy Bond, Kim Manners, LeVar Burton, Richard Compton, Jonathan West, Marvin V. Rush, Michael Vejar |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 26 September, 1987 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Paramount Studio |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Television |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 097360022636 |
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Customer Reviews of Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 126: Time's Arrow, Part I
Time travel rocks! The Enterprise is called back to Earth and Picard and Data are summoned to the planet's surface in San Francisco. During an archeological dig, 24th century scientists uncover some interesting artifacts - eye glasses, a spyglass (old telescope), a gold pocket watch with the initials S.L.C. enscribed and most sensational of all, Data's head. You read right - a 500-year-old head - Data's head is there. At some point in the future, Data will be sent back to the past where he will be killed and his head will slowly decay, awaiting discovery for 500 years. Data determines that it is indeed his own head, not the head of his brother, Lore, due to the type-L phase discriminator. (A birthmark for androids?)
Before the dig, scientists were trying to scan the old mining shaft, only to have their readings bounce back due to triolic energy - a type of energy source used by few species due to it's deleterious effects on organic matter (you'll melt your eye out, kid) over long exposure. This indicates that there was an alien presence on earth in the 19th Century. But who? And why?
Geordi finds something odd in his scans of the cave - a microscopic fossil that probably hitched a ride on the aliens just like dust or dandruff. The fossil is only known to exist on one planet, Davidia II. Why on earth so many planets have numeric designations in Star Trek land is beyond me. Davidia was so cool of a planet name, they had to have 2 or more. Geesh!
Anyway, they go to Davidia II and with a phase compensator they are able to phase into the alien's domain and lo and behold, Data ends up going back to the 19th Century. This cliffhanger in this 2-part episode is awesome and Part 2 does not disappoint. This is right on up there with my favorite episodes. Highly recommended.
Data catches Guinan with Mark Twain in the 19th-Century
"Time's Arrow" is the cliffhanger from STNG's Fifth Season. The Enterprise has returned to Earth where Captain Picard is shown an archeological dig in San Francisco that has uncovered many late 19th-Century artifacts, including Data's head. The scientists have also found evidence of an unknown energy source. Fortunately there is a fossil from Devidia Two, which leads the Enterprise to that planet where Data discovers a small temporal distortion. The away team can see nothing because of the phase differential. When Data attempts to compensate for the difference, he is caught in a temporal rift and sent back to 19th-Century Earth. Data survives by winning enough money at poker to get a room at a fancy hotel, where he discovers a literary reception being held in honor of Guinan. Data explains his situation to her; the good news is that she believes him--the bad news is that Data's story is overheard by Samuel Clemens. Meanwhile, back in the future, Guinan tells Picard it is very important that he go on this away mission. The away team discovers that there are strange beings who are capturing the life forces of humans for food. When a couple of the beings are transported to the past, Picard and most of the bridge crew follow them. To be continued...
If Jim Kirk can deal with an alien recreation of Abraham Lincoln, then I guess Jean-Luc Picard can meet up with the real Mark Twain. It is hard to be impressed by time travel episodes in the Star Trek universe, since "The City on the Edge of Forever" is the standard by which all such efforts are ultimately judged. The scenes with Data adapting to live in the past are a hoot and the strange beings are ominous enough to counter the cynical witticism of Mark Twain, marvelously played by Jerry Hardin. "Time's Arrow" is probably the least enthralling of the cliffhangers STNG ever had, but it is still an above average episode.
Episode 126, Warning!
This episode was excellent as are so many Next Generation episodes. The only problem with it is that there is no indication on the cover that this is a 2 part episode. I ordered it, watched it and was dismayed to realize I have to go back and order 127 now.
I loved seeing Guinan as she was 500 years before. Jerry Hardin did an excellent job as Mark Twain. I can't wait to see the rest of it!