"Tapestry" is the 141st episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the 15th episode of the show's sixth season. It is a follow-up episode to events in Picard's past described in the season two episode "Samaritan Snare".
The episode serves to provide character development of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who is featured in this episode to the general exclusion of the rest of the cast. It is also the penultimate ...
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"Tapestry" is the 141st episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the 15th episode of the show's sixth season. It is a follow-up episode to events in Picard's past described in the season two episode "Samaritan Snare".
The episode serves to provide character development of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who is featured in this episode to the general exclusion of the rest of the cast. It is also the penultimate series appearance of Q (John DeLancie). Its primary theme, explored in many other stories (starting with H.G. Wells' The Time Machine), is the effect on the present of changing the past. However, the primary literary theme is the balance of order and chaos within the individual.
On a seemingly routine diplomatic mission, Picard and the away team are attacked by a group of radicals. Picard is slightly injured, but the energy blast directed at him damages his artificial heart, putting his life in danger. As such, Picard finds himself in the...
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