The week-long national syndication window opens for the eighth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This is the second Ferengi episode, and the first episode to delve into Captain Picard’s previous command, the U.S.S. Stargazer. 
Stardate 41723.9: Captain Picard confronts his own past when the Ferengi present him with the USS Stargazer, which he and his crew had been forced to abandon under his command nine years ago after barely surviving a raid by a Ferengi vessel – but little does he realize that his old ship is only one piece of a puzzle that the Ferengi DaiMon is using as a tool of revenge…
teleplay by Herbert Wright
story by Larry Forrester
directed by Rob Bowman
music by Ron JonesCast: Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean-Luc Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Commander William Riker), LeVar Burton (Lt. Geordi La Forge), Denise Crosby (Lt. Tasha Yar), Michael Dorn (Lt. Worf), Gates McFadden (Dr. Beverly Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Counselor Deanna Troi), Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data), Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher), Frank Corsentino (DaiMon Bok), Doug Warhit (Kazago), Robert Towers (Rata)
LogBook entry by Earl Green