Aquiel
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| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 13 |
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| Directed by | Cliff Bole | ||
| Teleplay by | Brannon Braga Ronald D. Moore |
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| Story by | Jeri Taylor | ||
| Featured music | Jay Chattaway | ||
| Production code | 239 | ||
| Original air date | February 1, 1993 | ||
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"Aquiel" is the 139th episode of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The 13th episode of the sixth season.
[edit] Overview
The crew of the Enterprise investigate a mysterious death on a remote station, and Geordi falls for the main suspect.
[edit] Plot
The USS Enterprise arrives at a subspace communications relay station near the Klingon border on a resupply mission. However when an away team boards the relay there is no sign of the two officers assigned there. Lieutenant Aquiel Uhnari and Lieutenant Rocha, and the station's shuttlecraft are missing. While searching the station the away team finds the dog which belongs to Lieutenant Uhnari. The away team also finds a substance on the floor which Dr. Crusher determines is a type of cellular residue.
The crew uncover evidence that a Klingon was on the station leading Beverly and William Riker to suspect that Uhnari and Rocha may have been the victims of a Klingon attack. Geordi backs up this theory when he examines Uhnari's personal logs. He finds an entry in which Aquiel relays her fears to her sister Shianna about a Klingon named Morag. Picard contacts the local Klingon governor, Torak, and learns that Morag is commander of one of the Klingon ships that patrols that section of the Klingon border. At this point, Torak refuses to cooperate further. Picard threatens to take his case to Chancellor Gowron, a threat scoffed at by Torak until Picard casually mentions that he served as Gowron's Arbiter of Succession. Knowing Gowron would be in Picard's debt and how the former might frown upon the disrespect shown to the latter, a nervous Torak agrees to cooperate fully.
The senior staff meets with Torak, and he produces Aquiel alive. She explains that Rocha attacked her and that her last memory was escaping from him. She doesn't remember precisely what happened. To help clarify what really occurred, Picard requests to speak with Commander Morag, the Klingon who was allegedly harassing the station. Attracted to her, Geordi befriends Aquiel, and takes her to Ten-Forward. He reveals to her that he surveyed her logs and personal correspondence as part of their investigation. Aquiel says she didn't like Rocha but did not wish to hurt him. She realizes she is a suspect in his death.
Meanwhile, Beverly continues to examine the cellular residue found on the deckplate. Riker and Worf, who are examining the shuttlecraft, come across a phaser set to kill. Geordi gives morale support to Aquiel as she is questioned again.
Commander Morag then arrives aboard the Enterprise and meets with the senior staff. He admits that he was present on the station, and that he took priority Starfleet messages. Geordi returns to the station and discovers that Rocha's personal log has been tampered with. He confronts Aquiel who admits deleting messages from Rocha's log, because Rocha, as the senior officer, was going to declare her insubordinate and belligerent to Starfleet. Scared that this new evidence will condemn her as Rocha's killer, she agrees to stay aboard the Enterprise because Geordi has faith in her. He and Aquiel use an ancient method of her people to bond and share their thoughts.
While Beverly examines the DNA found on the deck plate yet again, the material moves and touches her hand. It then forms a perfect replica of her hand. Due to this, she suspects that the real Rocha may have been killed by this strange coalescent organism, and a replica of him may have attacked Aquiel in search of a new body. Believing that the organism is now Aquiel, Riker and Worf race to Aquiel's quarters and stop the ritual she is conducting with Geordi, believing she was about to attack him.
With Aquiel in the brig the Enterprise proceeds to the nearest starbase to turn her over to the proper authorities. Geordi is in his quarters along with Aquiel's dog reminiscing about her. The dog transforms and attacks Geordi, but he is able to kill it. Later, Geordi explains to Aquiel, who has been released, that Rocha was replaced by the organism. When it attacked her and she managed to get away the creature turned to the only other life form on the station, her dog.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Star Trek The Next Generation DVD set, volume 6, disc 4, selection 1.
[edit] External links
- Aquiel at the Internet Movie Database
- "Aquiel" at TV.com
- Aquiel at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
- Aquiel at StarTrek.com
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