big goodbye big goodbye 12th episode american science fiction television series star trek generation episode aired broadcast syndication january second writing credit series following episode haven planned direct episode switched delays production working episode director set 24th century series follows adventures starfleet crew federation starship enterprise episode crew sent open diplomatic ties taking break preparations computer malfunction traps captain data 1940s style gangster program captain playing role detective big goodbye episode significantly feature credited idea detective novel employing film noir style references previously appeared film noir movies 1940s guest stars cyrus hill setting reappeared later episodes series film star trek contact million viewers watched big goodbye critical reception mixed reviewer found similar original series episode piece action reviewers complained praised performance episode won emmy award outstanding costumes series star trek episode win award plot enterprise heads open negotiations insect like race unusually strict matters protocol practicing complex require open negotiations captain decides relax hill story playing detective hill takes case believes cyrus trying kill decides continue program later leaves estimated arrival invites visiting historian join preparing ready enter data arrives having invitation entering discover murdered absence explains saw office day brings police station questioning suspect murder enterprise distance causing power surge external controls later enters experiencing doors joins friends police station demand earlier agreed time insulted having talk captain crew try communicate find impossible signal affected functions preventing doors opening allowing communication crew inside attempt repair systems inside group returns office harvey jason appears having waited demanding turn object believes gave fails understand shoots gun crew discovers safety disabled severely wounded cares wound data discover unable exit program joined continues demand object arrives involved tries explain nature refuses believe outside finds simply turn system fear losing inside instead simulation briefly placing middle finding office reset successfully clearing malfunction exit doors finally appear despite warnings exit dissipate range leave thanks assistance suspects world artificial asks departure big goodbye replies simply doesn know reaches bridge time proper accept start successful negotiations production initial idea detective based program came series creator writing staff received credit writing episode said added film noir elements including references represent characters played production staff attempted create layout detective office film originally named reference lonely place film noir starring changed similarities title character american television series expanded great deal budgetary restraints heard episode episode haven big goodbye second writing credit series originally scheduled direct episode following problems filming order switched directed big goodbye instead recommended filming sequences black white disagreed idea big goodbye episode based star trek franchise appear later season number episodes series eventually regular feature differences hill scenes set enterprise treated diverse settings filming unconnected episodes known playing villains 1940s film including devil ride performance star trek generation gained new fame playing film later recalled felt intimidated filming reputation having character similar tough guys typically played returned star trek play alien regent deep space episode business usual said previous episodes series time cast crew preferred big goodbye allowed play period piece hill reappeared second series episode fourth season episode clues film star trek contact hill characters featured licensed novel hard rain reception home media release episode aired january receiving nielsen ratings million new episode broadcast previous november million viewers watched haven big goodbye received viewers following episode million viewers recognition new standard quality run syndication episode honored big goodbye nominated emmy awards categories series outstanding costumes series costume designer winning award category initial release review criticised episode similarity original series episode piece action featured planet based 1930s chicago reviewers watched episode end series praised stellar guest casting said episode compared episode said episode featured charming performances entire cast gave episode score seven cast member called episode fantastic collaborative effort script direction cinematography actor performance reason big goodbye star trek episode win gave episode grade writing den geek said risk insane later episodes thought episode stood season prototype story break years rarely way interesting big goodbye particularly interesting rare fortune hunt wrote praised dialogue felt episode hold lot logical analysis said fun episode set stage episodes featuring professor elementary dear data ship bottle writing zack_handlen observed certain parts episode considered silly characters slowly leaving said big goodbye similar xbox periodically eats cat gave episode overall grade big goodbye released vhs cassette united_states canada august episode released star trek generation season dvd box set march season blu ray set released july
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