All Good Things... (Episode Guide)
Star Trek: The Next Generation, Episode 177
Original airdate: May 24, 1994
Stardate 47988.1
Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Story and Teleplay by Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore
Rating: (10 out of 10)
Synopsis:
Captain Picard finds that he has been moving back and forth through time.
Sometimes he is in the past, sometimes in the future, sometimes in the present;
and he has no idea why. A spatial anomaly is reported in the same star system
in the past and the present, leading Picard to set out on a search for the cause.
As one might expect, none other than Q shows up about halfway through and informs
Picard that the spatial anomaly was caused by the Captain and that it will destroy
the human race. With the help of his crew-in the past, present, and future-Picard
must unravel the mystery and once again save humanity.
The Society Angle:
The central message of this two-hour episode is that mankind must open its mind
to new possibilities in order to survive. If you look at our society today,
we are locked in to old ways of thinking. We believe that we must rely on fossil
fuels for energy, for example. Of course not all of us believe this-and there
are technology barriers to overcome-but on the whole, as a global species, we
are comfortable with the tried and true. Plus it makes great business sense.
Our leaders exhibit relatively little interest in true advancement.
This point is best illustrated in this episode through the following dialogue
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