"When the Bough Breaks" is a first-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, first broadcast February 15, 1988. It is episode #17, production #118, teleplay written by Hannah Louise Shearer, and directed by Kim Manners. The episode's title is a reference to the third line in the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby".
Overview: A mythical planet reveals itself to the Enterprise.
On stardate 41509.1, the USS Enterprise enters the Epsilon Mynos sy...
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"When the Bough Breaks" is a first-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, first broadcast February 15, 1988. It is episode #17, production #118, teleplay written by Hannah Louise Shearer, and directed by Kim Manners. The episode's title is a reference to the third line in the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby".
Overview: A mythical planet reveals itself to the Enterprise.
On stardate 41509.1, the USS Enterprise enters the Epsilon Mynos system hoping to find the legendary world of Aldea. The Aldeans, an advanced race devoted to culture and art, are rumored to be able to hide their planet from potential threats. Suddenly, a bright orange planet appears where Data (Brent Spiner) detects a sophisticated, light-refracting shield, a kind of cloaking device. Almost instantly, two Aldeans transport to the bridge - a young woman, Rashella (Brenda Strong), and an older man, Radue (Jerry Hardin). After bidding welcome and offering gifts, they indicate the only way through their shield is...
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