“The Dauphin”
Written by Scott Rubenstein & Leonard Mlodinow
Directed by Rob Bowman
Season 2, Episode 10
Original air date: February 20, 1989
Star date: 42568.8
Mission summary
The Enterprise picks up two mysterious otherworlders: a teenager and head of state named Salia, and her overbearing, somewhat slithery governess Anya. Troi thinks the two may not be what they seem, but can’t offer any more details or else it’ll ruin the twist. The two are headed to their home planet of Daled IV after a long period of exile. Salia’s parents were on opposite sides of a massive civil war that has engulfed the planet. They died shortly after her birth, and now it’s up to the dauphin to start the healing. Unfortunately she’s been in isolation her whole life and has built up a swell of hormones, so a chance encounter with Wesley and his superconductive magnet sparks a powerful attraction*.
*Believe it or not, I didn’t write this stuff.
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