Bloodlines (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

"**Bloodlines**"
"Bloodlines"
Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
Episode no.	Season 7; Episode 22
Directed by	Les Landau
Written by	Nick Sagan
Featured music	Dennis McCarthy
Production code	274
Original air date	May 2, 1994
Guest appearances
	Lee Arenberg - Bok; Ken Olandt - Jason Vigo; Peter Slutsker - Birta; Amy Pietz - Sandra Rhodes; Michelan Sisti - Tol;
Episode chronology
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"Bloodlines" the 174th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The 22nd episode of the seventh season.

Plot

The episode begins with Bok (a former Ferengi DaiMon whose son was killed in a battle with the USS Stargazer, then commanded by Picard) announcing his intention to kill Picard's son in revenge.

Picard, who is not aware of having a son, eventually locates Jason Vigo, the son of a woman named Miranda Vigo, with whom Picard had had a past relationship. The results of a DNA test confirm that Jason is indeed Picard's son, but Picard's attempts to bond with Jason prove difficult, and he is dismayed to discover that Jason has a criminal record, having been convicted of petty theft and trespassing. Meanwhile, Bok beams to the Enterprise twice (using subspace transport technology) to repeat his threats, and Jason suffers attacks from an unknown disease.

Finally, Bok beams Jason off the Enterprise and onto his own ship. LaForge determines that the transport is occurring via a small transport platform, and that research into subspace transporter technology was abandoned by the Federation because of its extreme unreliability and high energy requirements.

Picard then beams to Bok's ship via the Ferengi's own subspace transporter, where he confronts Bok and three other Ferengi and reveals that Doctor Crusher has discovered that Jason Vigo is not, in fact, Picard's son. Bok had resequenced Jason's DNA so that Picard would know how it felt to lose a son, but Bok's technique was flawed, and the deception was exposed when Crusher determined that Jason's disease was normally inherited, yet neither his mother nor Picard had it.

Realizing that there was no profit to be earned from Bok's revenge scheme, the three other Ferengi then disarm Bok and release Jason. Later, in the transporter room, Picard finally bonds with his 'son' by presenting him with a Gorlan prayer stick, a rare artifact that Picard had traded a valuable bottle of Saurian brandy to obtain. Jason is sincerely touched by Picard's generosity, suggesting that should Picard be in the area, he should look Jason up.

References

Star Trek The Next Generation DVD set, volume 7, disc 6, selection 2.

External links

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Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Season 1	"Encounter at Farpoint, Part I" "Encounter at Farpoint, Part II" "The Naked Now" "Code of Honor" "The Last Outpost" "Where No One Has Gone Before" "Lonely Among Us" "Justice" "The Battle" "Hide and Q" "Haven" "The Big Goodbye" "Datalore" "Angel One" "11001001" "Too Short a Season" "When the Bough Breaks" "Home Soil" "Coming of Age" "Heart of Glory" "The Arsenal of Freedom" "Symbiosis" "Skin of Evil" "We'll Always Have Paris" "Conspiracy" "The Neutral Zone"
Season 2	"The Child" "Where Silence Has Lease" "Elementary, Dear Data" "The Outrageous Okona" "Loud as a Whisper" "The Schizoid Man" "Unnatural Selection" "A Matter of Honor" "The Measure of a Man" "The Dauphin" "Contagion" "The Royale" "Time Squared" "The Icarus Factor" "Pen Pals" "Q Who" "Samaritan Snare" "Up the Long Ladder" "Manhunt" "The Emissary" "Peak Performance" "Shades of Gray"
Season 3	"Evolution" "The Ensigns of Command" "The Survivors" "Who Watches the Watchers" "The Bonding" "Booby Trap" "The Enemy" "The Price" "The Vengeance Factor" "The Defector" "The Hunted" "The High Ground" "Deja Q" "A Matter of Perspective" "Yesterday's Enterprise" "The Offspring" "Sins of the Father" "Allegiance" "Captain's Holiday" "Tin Man" "Hollow Pursuits" "The Most Toys" "Sarek" "Ménage à Troi" "Transfigurations" "The Best of Both Worlds, Part I"
Season 4	"The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" "Family" "Brothers" "Suddenly Human" "Remember Me" "Legacy" "Reunion" "Future Imperfect" "Final Mission" "The Loss" "Data's Day" "The Wounded" "Devil's Due" "Clues" "First Contact" "Galaxy's Child" "Night Terrors" "Identity Crisis" "The Nth Degree" "Qpid" "The Drumhead" "Half a Life" "The Host" "The Mind's Eye" "In Theory" "Redemption I"
Season 5	"Redemption II" "Darmok" "Ensign Ro" "Silicon Avatar" "Disaster" "The Game" "Unification, Part I" "Unification, Part II" "A Matter of Time" "New Ground" "Hero Worship" "Violations" "The Masterpiece Society" "Conundrum" "Power Play" "Ethics" "The Outcast" "Cause and Effect" "The First Duty" "Cost of Living" "The Perfect Mate" "Imaginary Friend" "I, Borg" "The Next Phase" "The Inner Light" "Time's Arrow, Part I"
Season 6	"Time's Arrow, Part II" "Realm of Fear" "Man of the People" "Relics" "Schisms" "True Q" "Rascals" "A Fistful of Datas" "The Quality of Life" "Chain of Command, Part I" "Chain of Command, Part II" "Ship in a Bottle" "Aquiel" "Face of the Enemy" "Tapestry" "Birthright, Part I" "Birthright, Part II" "Starship Mine" "Lessons" "The Chase" "Frame of Mind" "Suspicions" "Rightful Heir" "Second Chances" "Timescape" "Descent, Part I"
Season 7	"Descent, Part II" "Liaisons" "Interface" "Gambit, Part I" "Gambit, Part II" "Phantasms" "Dark Page" "Attached" "Force of Nature" "Inheritance" "Parallels" "The Pegasus" "Homeward" "Sub Rosa" "Lower Decks" "Thine Own Self" "Masks" "Eye of the Beholder" "Genesis" "Journey's End" "Firstborn" "Bloodlines" "Emergence" "Preemptive Strike" "All Good Things..., Part I" "All Good Things..., Part II"

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