In response to an urgent
distress signal, the U.S.S. Enterprise ventures into the
Ficus Sector to save the Bringloidis, a society whose
planet is about to be destroyed by stellar flares. Upon
assessing the situation, Riker beams aboard the entire
Bringloidi civilization, which consists of about 200
humans and animals, led by a jovial man named Danilo
Odell and his head-strong but beautiful daughter Brenna.
Picard soon learns that the Bringloidis had traveled
from earth years ago with a second colony of humans. Not
interested in remaining on Bringloid, the other group
dropped off Danilo and his people and moved on to an
unknown destination.
Suspecting that the
second colony might also be in danger, Picard engages
the crew on a search, which leads to the planet
Mariposa. When an Away Team beams down, they learn that
the entire Mariposan society is composed of clones made
from the five crew members who survived their ship's
crash landing.
Suffering from a
degenerative condition known as Replicative Fading, the
Mariposans ask the U.S.S. Enterprise officers to donate
fresh DNA so they can clone strong new citizens. When
Riker and Dr. Pulaski refuse their request, the
Mariposans render them unconscious and take the valuable
cells from their bodies.
Upon returning to the
U.S.S. Enterprise, Dr. Pulaski is shocked to discover
that both she and Riker are missing cells. The two beam
back down to the Mariposans' lab to destroy their
clones, which have not yet fully matured. The Mariposan
leader is furious, since without new DNA, his race will
soon be extinct.
In an attempt to
resettle the Bringloidis and help the Mariposans, Picard
suggests that the two races be left alone to breed
naturally, rather than by cloning. Initially reluctant,
both sides agree and the group that started out together
on Earth ends up together again. |
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Production: 144
Season: 2 Episode: 18
Air Date: 05.22.1989
Stardate: 42823.2 |
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Patrick
Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes as William Riker
Brent Spiner as Data
LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge
Michael Dorn as Worf
Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi
Diana Muldaur as Katherine Pulaski
Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher |
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Colm Meaney as
Miles O'Brien
Barrie Ingham as Danilo O'Dell
Rosalyn Landor as Brenna
Jon DeVries as Granger |
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Memorable Quote:
Danilo O'Dell: Send in the clones. |
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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Up the Long Ladder"
"f.k.a. 'Send in the Clones'"
#40272-144
Written by
Melinda M. Snodgrass
Directed by
Winrich Kolbe
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4TH REVISED FINAL DRAFT
MARCH 17, 1989
STAR TREK: "Send in the Clones"
- 3/17/89 - CAST
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Send in the Clones"
CAST
PICARD
DANILO ODELL
RIKER
BRENNA ODELL
DATA
OLD MAN
PULASKI
TROI
WILSON GRANGER
GEORDI
WORF
O'BRIEN
Non-Speaking
N. D. CREWMEMBERS
TWO SECURITY MEN
SMALL CHILD
CROWD OF BRINGLOIDI
ATHLETIC BLACK MEN
ELIZABETH VALLIS/
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
AIDES/NURSES
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