"Evolution" is the 49th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the first episode of the show's third season. It was first broadcast on September 25, 1989. It was the first episode written by Michael Piller, who became the head of the writing staff four episodes later. Piller went on to co-create and executive produce both Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager.
The episode re-introduced Gate...
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"Evolution" is the 49th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the first episode of the show's third season. It was first broadcast on September 25, 1989. It was the first episode written by Michael Piller, who became the head of the writing staff four episodes later. Piller went on to co-create and executive produce both Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager.
The episode re-introduced Gates McFadden as Chief Medical Officer Beverly Crusher, who had been replaced for the second season by Katherine Pulaski played by Diana Muldaur. Also in this episode the ship's Chief Engineer, Geordi La Forge, was shown to have been recently promoted to a Lieutenant Commander and Klingon Chief of Security Worf was made a full Lieutenant. It also marked the first appearance of the redesigned two-piece Starfleet uniforms which would be used for the rest of the series.
In this episode, escaped nanites threaten the Federation Starfleet starship USS...
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