Evolution (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Nanites evolve and threaten the Enterprise and its research mission.
"Evolution" is the third-season premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation, featuring the debut of new Starfleet uniforms.[1]
Quick Facts
- Series
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Season
- 3
- Episode
- 1
- Production
- 150
- Air date
- 25 September 1989
- Story
- Michael Piller; Michael Wagner
- Teleplay
- Michael Piller
- Director
- Winrich Kolbe
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
The episode introduced new Mandarin-collared two-piece wool uniforms after cast complaints about the previous spandex ones.[1] Patrick Stewart commented on the new uniforms on The Arsenio Hall Show, saying "The new uniforms don't hurt".[1] Netflix made the episode available for streaming in July 2011.[2] In the United States, the season three DVD box set, which included this episode, came out on July 2, 2002.[3]
Seven discs in that DVD set held all 26 season three episodes, and the audio was encoded in Dolby Digital 5.1.[3]
What the cited sources add
He summarized the episode as "very passable" and noted "the characters are all where they need to be".[4] Keith DeCandido of Tor.com lauded the new uniform jackets and the return of Dr. Crusher, but felt the episode seemed "unfinished".[5][1] DeCandido noted the episode failed to explain how Wesley created an entire species, dismissing it in a log entry.[1]
References
- Wikipedia, "Evolution (Star Trek: The Next Generation)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: DeCandido, "Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: "Evolution"", Tor.com, November 3, 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Evolution (Star Trek: The Next Generation)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Knapp, "The 10 Best Singularity Themed Star Trek Episodes", Forbes (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Evolution (Star Trek: The Next Generation)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Beierle, "Star Trek the Next Generation – Season 3", DVD Talk, July 2, 2002; Beierle, "Star Trek the Next Generation – Season 3", DVD Talk, July 2, 2002; Miller III, "Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season Three (Blu-ray)", DVD Talk, April 30, 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Handlen, "Star Trek: The Next Generation: "Evolution"/"The Ensigns Of Command"", The A.V. Club, July 29, 2010. facts only, no text reused. avclub.com
- Wikipedia, "Evolution (Star Trek: The Next Generation)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hunt, "Revisiting Star Trek TNG: Evolution", Den of Geek, February 21, 2014 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Evolution (Star Trek: The Next Generation) (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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