"Descent, Part I"
(Silazak, Prvi dio)

Sezona: 6
Epizoda: 26
Datum premijere: 21.06.1993.
Prikazano na HRT-u: 21.08.2008.

Scenaristi Jeri Taylor (prica), Ronald D. Moore (teleplay)
Redatelj: Alexander Singer

Gostujući Glumci:
John Neville as Isaac Newton
Jim Norton as Albert Einstein
Natalija Nogulich as Vice Admiral Alynna Nechayev
Brian J. Cousins as Crosis
Professor Stephen Hawking as himself

Stardate: 46982.1 (2369)

Kratak sadržaj: (preuzeto sa ST centra)
Znatiželjan kako će najveći umovi ljudske povijesti međusobno reagirati, Data u holodeku organizira partiju pokera sa hologramima Hawkinga, Einsteina i Newtona. Nakon što Hawking pobijedi u jednom krugu, Picard naređuje crvenu uzbunu, te Enterprise hita u pomoć prema postaji Ohniaka III, odakle je poslan poziv u pomoć.

Detaljnije informacije: Memory Alpha - Descent

Kompletan scenarij: Descent

Background information:
* This is the only Next Generation episode in which the episode title and guest star credits appear in the teaser before the main opening sequence. This may have been done so as not to detract from the action of the phaser fight between the away team and the Borg, which comprises the majority of Act One.
* Professor Stephen Hawking appears as himself. He remains the only person to have done so in any Star Trek episode.
* In one of the few identical shooting sites used by both TOS and TNG (besides Vasquez Rocks), the oak-studded hillside seen just before Lore's fortress is spotted was the same location used for Spock and Leila's discussion of rainbows and dragons in TOS: "This Side of Paradise".
* One of the most subtle references to the number 47 occurs in this episode. Stephen Hawking's poker hand consists of four of a kind: four sevens.
* Hawking's off-screen remark which Newton doesn't understand is a bit of an inside joke: Einstein understands the joke (and Data, who has no sense of humor, understands that a joke has been made and appreciates it), but Newton doesn't get it. Data explains that the joke is based on knowledge about the perihelion precession of the planet Mercury, before Newton angrily cuts him off, saying "Don't patronize me, I invented physics". The perihelion precession of Mercury could not be explained by Newtonian physics alone, and was regarded as a major flaw of Newton's theory, but it later was explained by Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.
* The Rogue Borg compound was the Brandeis-Bardin Campus, American Jewish University, which was also used as Camp Khitomer in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
* Newton makes a reference to the day the apple fell on his head as the day science was born. In VOY: "Death Wish" we learn that the apple fell on his head because Q shook the tree.
* In this episode Data says "I believe I've experienced my first emotion". However, in the episode Deja Q Data experiences a brief moment of laughter, which he then describes as "a wonderful... feeling".
* According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, the plot was inspired by the novella Heart of Darkness.
* Darien Wallace, a background character played by long-time extra Guy Vardaman, receives his last name in this episode.
* Two starship naming firsts are made in this episode. The USS Crazy Horse is the first named after a Native American, while the USS Gorkon is the first named for a non-Human individual, Klingon Chancellor Gorkon.
* The eyepiece used by Crosis is identical to the medallion on Worf's baldric.
* The matte painting for the Ohniaka III outpost is a reuse of the Darwin Station painting from TNG: "Unnatural Selection".
* According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, no live effects were used for the phaser fight; all flames and sparks were added in post-production.
* Although many Borg appear on screen in the final scenes, only eleven extras were used (limited by the available wardrobe). They were multiplied using split-screen overlays. (ST: TNG Companion)

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Bilo je lijepo vidjet hawkinga u seriji star trek
Inace ovakav borg je brz , opasan i poprilicno nepredvidljiv , onaj zarobljenik iz zatvora je gotovo imao romulansku lukavstinu i jemm haddarsku hladnokrvnost
Ono sto mi nepase u ovoj epizodi je umijesanost lorea u sve to i zato ocijena nije desetka , mislim da bi bilo bolje bez njega

Da i data se prvi put susrece s emocijama , a i mislim da se prvi put spominje transwarp

Ma Lore je legenda.
Bez njega ne bi bilo moje desetke.

stvarno je jako jako fora bilo vidjeti hawkinga,einsteina i newtona kak s datom igraju poker .baš mi je čudno,ali opet zanimljivo bilo gledati individualnog borga.epizoda je za 10.

ja joj dajem 7

Jedna stvar koja mi je bila glupa, kad je Data htio iskljuciti sigurnosne mjere u holodeku, rekao je Geordiju da su za to potrebna dva casnika. A znam da cesto netko sam iskljuci sigurnosne mjere... npr. ostala mi je u sjecanju scena iz epizode "Extreme Risk", kad B'Elanna skace padobranom i iskljuci sigurnosne mjere, ali bilo je jos dosta primjera kad ih netko sam iskljuci