"The Defector" is the 58th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the 10th episode of the third season. It was first broadcast on January 1, 1990.
In this episode, determined to avert a war, a defecting Romulan Admiral requests asylum aboard the Federation Starfleet starship USS Enterprise-D and warns the Federation of his Empire's duplicitous invasion plans.
As the episode opens, the ship's Chief Ope...
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"The Defector" is the 58th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the 10th episode of the third season. It was first broadcast on January 1, 1990.
In this episode, determined to avert a war, a defecting Romulan Admiral requests asylum aboard the Federation Starfleet starship USS Enterprise-D and warns the Federation of his Empire's duplicitous invasion plans.
As the episode opens, the ship's Chief Operations officer Lt. commander Data is performing the part of King Henry V of England in the Shakespeare play Henry V on the holodeck. Enterprise Captain Jean-Luc Picard is observing Commander Data's acting, and after Data delivers a particularly emotional line, applauds him, saying that the android's skills are constantly improving. Picard adds that Data will find no better way to pursue his quest to learn more about the human condition than by embracing the works of Shakespeare. Jean-Luc is interrupted by a summons to the bridge from ship's...
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