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“The Big Goodbye”

Episode Number12 (1.12)
Production Number113
Season1
Stardate41997.7
Original Airdate11-Jan-1988
TeleplayTracy Tormé
DirectorJoseph L. Scanlan
Captain Picard as 'Dixon Hill'
Synopsis

The Captain, Data, and Dr. Crusher are trapped in the holodeck in a 1941 San Francisco Dixon Hill program due to a computer malfunction.

Guest Cast

William Boyett (Lt. Dan Bell)
Lawrence Tierney (Cyrus Redblock)
Harvey Jason (Felix Leech)
Rhonda Aldrich (Madeline)
David Selburg (Lit-Historian Whalen)
Gary Armagnac (Lt. McNary)
Mike Genovese (Desk Sergeant)
Carolyn Allport (Jessica Bradley)

Notes
  • Troi does not appear in this episode.
  • This episode marks the birth of the "holodeck gone awry" plot mechanism.
  • The Dixon Hill set was actually built and contained within the Holodeck set.