"Too Short a Season" is a first-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, first broadcast February 8, 1988. It is episode #16, production #112, teleplay written by Michael Michaelian and D.C. Fontana, based on a story by Michael Michaelian, and directed by Rob Bowman.
Overview: The Enterprise transports a legendary geriatric admiral who must once again negotiate a hostage situation.
On stardate 41309.5, the USS Enterprise arrives at Perse...
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"Too Short a Season" is a first-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, first broadcast February 8, 1988. It is episode #16, production #112, teleplay written by Michael Michaelian and D.C. Fontana, based on a story by Michael Michaelian, and directed by Rob Bowman.
Overview: The Enterprise transports a legendary geriatric admiral who must once again negotiate a hostage situation.
On stardate 41309.5, the USS Enterprise arrives at Persephone V to fetch Admiral Mark Jameson, a man of eighty-five, who is known for his legendary negotiation skills. Captain Picard relays a transmission to him from Karnas, the Governor of Mordan IV, who reports a dissident terrorist group has taken a Federation Ambassador and his staff hostage. The terrorists demand to speak with a negotiator and Karnas believes Jameson is the only man with the skills to handle the crisis.
Jameson, who is confined to a support chair, beams aboard with his wife Anne. As the ship proceeds to Mordan, Dr. Crusher...
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