Power Play (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

"**Power Play**"
"Power Play"
Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
Episode no.	Season 5; Episode 15
Directed by	David Livingston
Story by	Paul Ruben ; Maurice Hurley
Teleplay by	René Balcer ; Herbert J. Wright ; Brannon Braga
Featured music	Jay Chattaway
Production code	215
Original air date	February 17, 1992
Guest appearances
	Rosalind Chao - Keiko O'Brien; Colm Meaney - Miles O'Brien; Michelle Forbes - Ro Laren; Ryan Reid - Transporter Technician; Majel Barrett - Computer Voice;
Episode chronology
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"Power Play" is the 115th episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. It is the 15th episode of the fifth season.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, alien entities take over the minds of Data, Troi, and Miles O'Brien.

The story begins when the spaceship picks up a distress signal, and upon investigation seems to be coming from the USS Essex, a spaceship lost two hundred years earlier.^[2]

The episode is noted for having five different writers involved in the story and screenplay.^[3]

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