The Mind's Eye (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
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| Star Trek: The Next Generation episode | |
Geordi undergoes brainwashing treatments.
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| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 24 |
| Directed by | David Livingston |
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| Teleplay by | René Echevarria |
| Featured music | Dennis McCarthy |
| Cinematography by | Marvin V. Rush |
| Production code | 198 |
| Original air date | May 27, 1991 |
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"The Mind's Eye" is the 98th episode of the American syndicated science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 24th episode of the fourth season. David Livingston made his directoral debut at the helm of this episode.
Geordi La Forge sets out for a vacation on Risa, but his shuttle is apprehended by Romulans who hope to use him in a plot to drive a wedge between the Federation and its Klingon allies. La Forge returns to the Enterprise with no memory of the encounter- nor of the fact that he's just been exposed to days of mind control techniques that have turned him into the perfect assassin.
This episode was inspired by an episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, which involved one of the series' lead characters being kidnapped and brainwashed by enemy agents who intend to use him to subvert a strategic mission and assassinate his commander.
Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge of the Federation starship Enterprise, en route to the planet Risa for shore leave in a shuttlecraft, is captured by Romulans. While an impostor that looks like La Forge is sent to Risa, the Romulans tap into La Forge's visual cortex via his visor sensors, giving them a limited form of mind control over the human. After several days, La Forge's mind is wiped of his capture but given memories of going to Risa, and put back aboard his shuttle, to return to the Enterprise. He arrives as the Enterprise are working with the Klingon Ambassador Kell to deal with rebels attacking the outlying Krios colony. The Governor of the colony, Vagh, asserts that the rebellion is being aided by the Federation, thus requiring the Federation's presence to resolve.
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