- "Your ambushes would be more successful if you bathed more often."
- ―Worf
| "The Vengeance Factor" | |
|---|---|
| Series Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3, Episode 9 | |
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| Air date | November 20th, 1989 |
| Writers | Sam Rolfe |
| Director | Timothy Bond |
| 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 Vengeance Factor" is the ninth episode of season three of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the fifty-seventh episode of the series overall. The episode was directed by Timothy Bond with a teleplay written by Sam Rolfe. It first aired in first-run syndication on November 20th, 1989.
Cast[]
Starring[]
Guest Starring[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Lisa Wilcox | Yuta |
| Joey Aresco | Brull |
| Nancy Parsons | Sovereign Marouk |
| Stephen Lee | Chorgan |
| Marc Lawrence | Volnoth |
| Elkanah J. Burns | Temarek |
Uncredited cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Rachen Assapiomonwait | Crewman Nelson |
| Majel Barrett | Computer voice |
| James G. Becker | Youngblood |
| Michael Braveheart | Crewman Martinez |
| Tim McCormack | Ensign Bennett |
Notes & Trivia[]
TNG 3x09 'The Vengeance Factor' Trailer
- Star Trek was created by Gene Roddenberry.
- "The Vengeance Factor" and "TNG: The Vengeance Factor" both redirect to this page.
- This episode is production code number 40273-157.
- The events of this episode take place on Stardate: 43421.9.
- Combining the totals of all Star Trek related episodes up until this point, this is the 163rd episode of the franchise.
- The events from this episode take place in the year 2366.
- This is the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation directed by Timothy Bond. He directs two episodes of the series in total. His next episode is "The Most Toys".
- This is the only episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation written by Sam Rolfe.
- Majel Barrett, who is the voice of the Enterprise computer, is the wife of franchise creator Gene Roddenberry. She also plays the role of Lwaxana Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Allusions[]
- Acamarian is a re-wording of American.
Quotes[]
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- Chorgan: Who are you?
- Yuta: Yuta, of the Clan Trilesta.
- Chorgan: Th-there are no more Trilestas!
- Yuta: Five survived the last Lornack raid. But on that day, a century ago, my life ended, and my search began. I was the one chosen. Transformed. My cells were altered, and my aging slowed. Enough to finish my task.
....
- Worf: Your ambushes would be more successful if you bathed more often.
....
- Brull: You don't like me.
- Wesley Crusher: I didn't say that!
- Brull: No problem. I have many friends that don't like me. But what do you know about me?
- Wesley Crusher: You're a thief.
- Brull: I steal to survive, not because I enjoy it! We Gatherers value our freedom, we do what we want, and we answer to no creature!
- Wesley Crusher: Then why are you helping Sovereign Marouk to change all that?
- Brull: Maybe because I want something better - for me, and for my children.
- Wesley Crusher: You have children?
- Brull: Yeah, two sons. One's just about your age. He's not any good at math.
....
- Chorgan: Will you feed us? And clothe us?
- Sovereign Marouk: No, of course not! We've set aside some land for you...
- Chorgan: Land? Do we look like farmers?
- Sovereign Marouk: Then don't farm.
....
- Data: Captain, I am detecting life readings from the planet surface. As well as several small areas of thermal radiation and carbon dioxide emissions indicative of combustion.
- Wesley Crusher: Camp fires, Data.
- Data: Is that not what I said?
....
- Jean-Luc Picard: It is remarkable, how very much alike the two of you actually are.
- Chorgan: That's ridiculous!
- Sovereign Marouk: Really, Captain!
- Jean-Luc Picard: No, I'm quite serious. You are both able negotiators, strong leaders...
- Brull: We don't obey weak leaders.
- Chorgan: We have nothing in common at all. We haven't agreed to anything.
- Jean-Luc Picard: You're wrong, Chorgan. We've agreed to have some brandy together.
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