Star Trek: TNG - Samaritan Snare / Up the Long Ladder

Samaritan Snare ©1989 Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved.		Up the Long Ladder ©1989 Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved.
Episode	43	Episode	44
Airdate	May 15, 1989	Airdate	May 22, 1989

Catalog Number	LV40270-143
Format	Extended Play CLV

Table of Contents
Running Time	92 minutes

Side	Running Time
1	46min 18sec
2	46min 16sec
	92min 34sec

Pressing Location	Pioneer Video Manufacturing
Retail Price	$34.98
Issued	December 7, 1994

Samaritan Snare
Directed by Les Landau

Written by Robert L. McCullough

Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry

Starring Patrick Stewart
Jonathan Frakes

Also Starring LeVar Burton
Michael Dorn
Gates McFadden
Marina Sirtis
Brent Spiner

Special Appearance by Diana Muldaur

Guest Stars Christopher Collins
Leslie Morris
Daniel Benzali
Lycia Naff
Tzi Ma

Stardate 42779.1
As Wesley (Wil Wheaton) prepares to fly to Scylla 515 for his Starfleet exams, he is joined by an unexpected traveling companion - Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). Unbeknownst to Wesley, Picard has been ordered by Dr. Pulaski (Diana Muldaur) to undergo a cardiac replacement operation.
While Picard and Wesley travel to Scylla 515, the Enterprise receives a distress call. The Pakleds, a race of slow-witted humanoids, need help to repair their ship. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) beams Geordi (LeVar Burton) aboard the Pakled vessel. Suddenly, Geordi is disarmed and the Pakleds refuse to release him until Riker surrenders all of the Enterprise's computer information.
As Riker struggles to devise a way to free Geordi, an emergency summons arrives from the Starbase: surgery complications have left Picard near death. Is the Enterprise about to lose both its engineer and captain?

Up the Long Ladder
Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Written by Melinda M. Snodgrass

Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry

Starring Patrick Stewart
Jonathan Frakes

Also Starring LeVar Burton
Michael Dorn
Gates McFadden
Marina Sirtis
Brent Spiner

Special Appearance by Diana Muldaur

Guest Stars Barrie Ingham
Jon De Vries
Rosalyn Landor

Stardate 42823.2
The Enterprise receives a distress signal from the Bringloidis, whose planet is being destroyed by stellar flares. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) decides to beam aboard the entire civilization - 200 humans and animals. Led by a friendly tipper named Danillo O'Dell (Barrie Ingham), the Bringloidis were separated from a second colony of humans who disappeared without a trace.
Suspecting that the second colony might also be imperiled, Picard (Patrick Stewart) begins a search that leads him to the planet Mariposa. On Mariposa, an Away Team finds a colony of clones suffering from a degenerative condition called Replicative Fading. The Mariposans will die without fresh DNA, and they are prepared to do anything to get it...even if they have to steal it from the bodies of the Enterprise crew!

Samaritan Snare
Directed by	Les Landau
Written by	Robert L. McCullough
Executive Producer	Gene Roddenberry
Starring	Patrick Stewart Jonathan Frakes
Also Starring	LeVar Burton Michael Dorn Gates McFadden Marina Sirtis Brent Spiner
Special Appearance by	Diana Muldaur
Guest Stars	Christopher Collins Leslie Morris Daniel Benzali Lycia Naff Tzi Ma
Stardate 42779.1 As Wesley (Wil Wheaton) prepares to fly to Scylla 515 for his Starfleet exams, he is joined by an unexpected traveling companion - Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). Unbeknownst to Wesley, Picard has been ordered by Dr. Pulaski (Diana Muldaur) to undergo a cardiac replacement operation. While Picard and Wesley travel to Scylla 515, the Enterprise receives a distress call. The Pakleds, a race of slow-witted humanoids, need help to repair their ship. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) beams Geordi (LeVar Burton) aboard the Pakled vessel. Suddenly, Geordi is disarmed and the Pakleds refuse to release him until Riker surrenders all of the Enterprise's computer information. As Riker struggles to devise a way to free Geordi, an emergency summons arrives from the Starbase: surgery complications have left Picard near death. Is the Enterprise about to lose both its engineer and captain?

Up the Long Ladder
Directed by	Winrich Kolbe
Written by	Melinda M. Snodgrass
Executive Producer	Gene Roddenberry
Starring	Patrick Stewart Jonathan Frakes
Also Starring	LeVar Burton Michael Dorn Gates McFadden Marina Sirtis Brent Spiner
Special Appearance by	Diana Muldaur
Guest Stars	Barrie Ingham Jon De Vries Rosalyn Landor
Stardate 42823.2 The Enterprise receives a distress signal from the Bringloidis, whose planet is being destroyed by stellar flares. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) decides to beam aboard the entire civilization - 200 humans and animals. Led by a friendly tipper named Danillo O'Dell (Barrie Ingham), the Bringloidis were separated from a second colony of humans who disappeared without a trace. Suspecting that the second colony might also be imperiled, Picard (Patrick Stewart) begins a search that leads him to the planet Mariposa. On Mariposa, an Away Team finds a colony of clones suffering from a degenerative condition called Replicative Fading. The Mariposans will die without fresh DNA, and they are prepared to do anything to get it...even if they have to steal it from the bodies of the Enterprise crew!