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Star Trek: The Next Generation S4E16 — Galaxy's Child
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Star Trek: The Next Generation•Season 4•Episode 16

Galaxy's Child

7.0/10 · 3,817 votesMar 11, 199146 min

Ranked #20 of 26 in Season 4•−0.5 vs season avg

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Stardate: 44614.6. Geordi must work with the real Leah Brahms when she arrives on the Enterprise when a space-borne alien life form thinks the ship is its mother. Tensions rise when she learns that Geordi created a holographic version of her several months before in

Directed byWinrich Kolbe
Written byJoe Menosky, Maurice Hurley
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Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart

Jean-Luc Picard

Jonathan Frakes

Jonathan Frakes

William T. Riker

Brent Spiner

Brent Spiner

Data

LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton

Geordi La Forge

Michael Dorn

Michael Dorn

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Marina Sirtis

Marina Sirtis

Deanna Troi

Gates McFadden

Gates McFadden

Beverly Crusher

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Joe Menosky

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Maurice Hurley

Maurice Hurley

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Winrich Kolbe

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Tom Kartozian

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Episode Summary

"Galaxy's Child" is episode 16 of Star Trek: The Next Generation season 4. It scored 7.0/10 from 3,817 votes, ranking #20 of 26 episodes this season (season average 7.5). Directed by Winrich Kolbe and written by Joe Menosky, Maurice Hurley, it aired on March 11, 1991.

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