Booby Trap

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Stardate

Airdate

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Synopsis

The Enterprise becomes trapped by energy draining, radiation emitting devices in an asteroid field. Geordi creates a holodeck image of Dr. Leah Brahms, a senior design engineer of the Galaxy-class Enterprise-D, to find a solution.

Guest Cast

Susan Gibney (Dr. Leah Brahms)
Julie Warner (Ensign Christy Henshaw)
Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan)
Colm Meaney (Lt. Miles O'Brien)
Albert Hall (Galek Dar)

Notes

Guinan states that she is attracted to bald men. A kind, bald man once took care of her. (see "Time's Arrow, Part I")
The real Dr. Brahms comes aboard the Enterprise in the episode "Galaxy's Child".
Geordi gets a second shot with Christy Henshaw in "Transfigurations".
The script originally had Picard becoming "involved" with Dr. Brahms, however it was changed to Geordi because it made more sense.
This was the first Next Generation episode directed by a woman.
Julie Warner went on to play Michelle in the movie Tommy Boy.

Images

Geordi La Forge creates a holographic Leah Brahms