The week-long national syndication window opens for the fourth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This is the first episode featuring a new alien race devised by Gene Roddenberry, the scheming, money-hungry Ferengi. 
Stardate 41386.4: In the Enterprise’s – and the Federation’s – first close brush with the Ferengi, Picard learns the nature of the hostile race while Riker grapples with an ancient survivor of a bygone empire and a treacherous Ferengi landing party. Meanwhile, the Enterprise and its Ferengi counterpart are stranded in orbit, losing power.
teleplay by Herbert Wright
story by Richard Krzemein
directed by Richard Colla
music by Dennis McCarthyCast: 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), Armin Shimerman (Letek), Jake Dengel (Mordoc), Tracey Walter (Kayron), Darryl Henriques (Portal), Mike Gomez (DaiMon Tarr)
LogBook entry by Earl Green