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"The Bonding"
Series Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 3, Episode 5
TNG 3x05 003
Air date October 23rd, 1989
Writers Ronald D. Moore
Director Winrich Kolbe
Producers Hans Beimler; Rick Berman; Peter Lauritson; David Livingston; Richard Manning; Michael Piller; Gene Roddenberry
Starring Patrick Stewart; Jonathan Frakes; LeVar Burton; Michael Dorn; Gates McFadden; Marina Sirtis; Brent Spiner; Wil Wheaton
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"The Bonding" is the fifth episode of season three of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the fifty-second episode of the series overall (if one counts the two-part pilot episode "Encounter at Farpoint" as two episodes). Combining the episode count of all Star Trek-related TV shows to date, it is the 159th episode of the entire franchise. This episode was directed by Winrich Kolbe and written by Ronald D. Moore. It first aired in syndication in the United States on October 23rd, 1989.

Synopsis[]

Cast[]

Principal Cast[]

Actor Role
Patrick Stewart Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes Commander William T. Riker
LeVar Burton Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Michael Dorn Lt. Worf
Gates McFadden Doctor Beverly Crusher
Marina Sirtis Counselor Deanna Troi
Brent Spiner Lt. Commander Data
Wil Wheaton Wesley Crusher

Guest Stars[]

Actor Role
Susan Powell Lieutenant Marla Aster
Gabriel Damon Jeremy Aster
Colm Meaney Chief Miles O'Brien
Michael Braveheart Crewman Martinez
Lorine Mendell Crewman Diana Giddings
Raymond D. Turner Teacher

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Production code number: 40273-153
  • Stardate: 43198.7

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Quotes[]

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  • Lt. Commander Data: How well did you know Lieutenant Aster?
  • William T. Riker: We spent some time together. Not very well. How well did you know her?
  • Lt. Commander Data: Why do you ask?
  • William T. Riker: Well you just asked me.
  • Lt. Commander Data: But why do you ask the question? Since her death, I have been asked several times to define how well I knew Lieutenant Aster. And I heard you ask Wesley on the bridge how well he knew Jeremy. Does the question of familiarity have some bearing on death?
  • William T. Riker: Do you remember how we all felt when Tasha died?"
  • Lt. Commander Data: I do not sense the same feelings of absence I associate with Lieutenant Yar. Although, I cannot say precisely why.
  • William T. Riker: Just human nature, Data.
  • Lt. Commander Data: Human nature, sir?
  • William T. Riker: We feel a loss more instensely when it's a friend.
  • Lt. Commander Data: But should not the feelings run just as deep, regardless of who has died?
  • William T. Riker: Maybe they should, Data. Maybe if we felt any loss as keenly as we felt the death of one close to us, Human history would be a lot less bloody.

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