23rd episode fifth season american science fiction television series star trek generation overall originally released broadcast syndication episode written uncredited assist executive producer directed film editor generation directing credits received course season set 24th century series follows adventures crew federation starship enterprise episode injured found amid crashed scout ship restore health crew decide develop weapon mass destruction demonstrates free question decision writers problems bringing apparent near idea received staff taylor comparing film edward episode saw development design team deliberately prior audition order enter hugh mindset time sought use innocence generated friend death hugh voice pleased character later returned episode descent episode received nielsen ratings percent critics positive praise directed general nature plot plot crew discover wrecked scout ship single survivor young insists treating surviving despite concerns captain orders confined monitored security forces times prevented contacting collective chief commander data assist bringing health come understand workings data idea weapon mass destruction geometric formula mind returning collective formula rapidly spread similar computer virus disable suggestion considering equivalent genocide senior crew deliberate ethics plan initially calls ends referring understanding hugh given hugh discusses wish learn cultures argument discussing aspects human unique debates finds friend hugh begins doubt previous idea complicated hugh shows elements crew debate appropriate sacrifice individual protect majority destroying collective arrange similar destroyed speak hugh finds hugh confused young man agrees hugh longer convinces meet hugh comes conclusion hugh refers instead collective discussion proposed plan instead offers hugh asylum federation hugh expresses enthusiasm prospect remaining ultimately refuses recognizing come looking offers returned crash site found hopes hugh sense hugh learned spread collective accompanies hugh crash site safe distance watches recover transport hugh turns forge parting production following based episode best worlds production team having difficulty introducing series nature story idea received production staff executive producer saying fell love hugh resulted series character scenes episode story editor wrote script uncredited assist executive producer compared idea film saying felt classic wrote best worlds described having great premise forces face said favourite season episode directed series new director fifth season film editor series direct episode force nature marked time scored related episode continue rest series star trek voyager design casting hugh design evolution previously seen series team developed eye piece hugh allow actor remove required script team wanted eye piece dramatic decided laser previously instead opted series powered battery pack built costume mounted actor arm piece redeveloped single club piece previously built foam rubber glove concept prior audition received script evening prior meeting producers felt gave decent sense character instead later explained deliberately anti social actors audition order hugh mindset performed producers read lines assigned felt like immediately got positive result received returned audition said performance driven memories watching childhood friend die innocence felt given friends memory time read script heard voice sounded like confusion hugh following appearance episode later pitched couple story ideas producers feature return hugh happy character later returned sixth season finale seventh season opener descent felt similar previous ideas reception home media release episode aired week commencing broadcast syndication according nielsen_media_research received ratings percent means watched percent households watching television timeslot seventh watched episode season parts unification matter time power play cause effect game review gave episode score described appearance particularly good said spectacular subtle powerful performance criticised understood writers took approach near enemy difficult write praised specifically added bad thing actually remembers character continuity book complete trek generation said episode enriched creative series gave writers number possibilities following harvey included list watch episodes series compiled den geek describing wonderfully written executed episode lays path later developments zack_handlen gave grade review disappointed question genocide hung episode expansion potential story ideas plot worth released vhs cassette united_states canada october episode later released united_states september star trek generation season dvd box set subsequently released star trek fan collective collection dvd brought themed episodes generation voyager star trek enterprise blu ray release united_kingdom july followed united_states july
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