home soil home soil 18th episode american science fiction television series star trek generation aired broadcast syndication february developed story producing home soil episodes series directed set 24th century series follows adventures starfleet crew federation starship enterprise episode crew enterprise investigate murder colony discover life form possessing intelligence production team encountered problems sets casting scheduling issues script delivered allen day shooting million viewers watched episode second lowest number viewers season generation critical reception mixed reviewer noting unlike original star trek series home soil explored realm hard science fiction critics compared appearance life forms story plot original star trek series episode devil dark plot enterprise arrives colony iii project schedule director insists time captain orders away team surface counselor senses hiding arrive team killed laser drill commander data inspection tool begins fire quick android allow dodge shot render drill harmless finds programming laser rewritten fire staff nearby crystal discovered giving irregular light radiation patterns crystal brought aboard enterprise study orders halt data discover crystal alive crystal attempts interact enterprise computers placed force field crystal begins grow gains access computer translation program attempts communicate crew treating humans enemy calling ugly bags water discovers team previously encountered crystals time considered possibility crystals alive insisted continuing drilling process responsible removing water layer water table iii layer acted conductor allowing separate crystals function life form defensive response drilling crystal life form rewrote laser software attacked data single crystal intelligent linked crystals intelligence formidable life form higher level functions enterprise computer crew try transport surface crystal blocks attempts transport ship data discover presence crystal suspect properties disable lights medical lab crystal immediately begs life peacefully return crystal life form surface planet starfleet institute leaving life form live peace production writes home soil continued shooting receiving pages day filming allen described struggle story general generation writer producer said interesting idea execution fell apart felt addition script issues casting sets time shoot story bears similarities space episode featured intelligent water rocks communicated created painting outside station guest stars home soil included better known appearing james_bond film franchise general life form description episode spawned phrase ugly bags water title documentary star trek fans song band referenced lyrics definition jazz theme reception home media release episode aired february received nielsen ratings million broadcast decrease million previous episode received ratings previous week new episode broadcast weeks later coming age gained ratings million home soil second lowest viewed episode season outpost viewed fewer viewers reviewers watched episode end series reviewed episode saying episode flaws wonderful example science fiction doesn suspense action trek trademark compassion didn like film direction allen saying director bizarre insistence unnatural stage blocking positioning obsession extreme thought plot suffered amnesia original series episode devil dark gave home soil overall score seven review thought episode interesting attacks mind devil dark felt home soil similar science fiction storytelling previous episode zack_handlen watched episode thought hard sci worked area original series went near thought story different devil dark based easily alien creature makes exciting creature intriguing idea handlen argues felt episode winner conceded bit dry whilst writing website den geek noted enterprise fought space bound entity episodes earlier considered lot impressive crystal okay wouldn talk die moment switched lights felt home soil generic star trek episode thought similar original series tone home soil released vhs cassette united_states canada august episode later included star trek generation season dvd box set released march recent release season blu ray set july
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