Episode
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Darmok
Overview
Stardate: 45047.2. Picard must find a way to communicate with the newly discovered Tamarians, who speak entirely in metaphors, when a Tamarian Captain is brutally killed.
Details
- Series
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1991-09-30
- Runtime
- 46 min
Episode context
Darmok is Episode 2 in Season 5 of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It aired on 1991-09-30. The runtime is 46 min.
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