The Vengeance Factor
Next Generation’s final first-run episode of 1989 premiered on November 25 of that year. Written by Sam Rolfe (whose previous credits included such prestigious TV series as Have Gun, Will Travel and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), “The Vengeance Factor” got under way as Captain Picard attempted to mediate a bitter dispute between a band of space pirates called the Gatherers, and the ruler of their home planet, Acamar. There Picard’s peace-keeping mission is imperiled by a mysterious and elusive assassin. Meanwhile, Riker falls in love with Yuta (Lisa Wilcox), the beautiful, enigmatic servant of Acamarian leader Marouk (Nancy Parsons)., The crew tries to mediate between the Acamarians and the Gatherers, a renegade group that split from the Acamarians a century before. Brull: Joey Aresco. Yuta: Lisa Wilcox. Chorgan: Stephen Lee. Marouk: Nancy Parsons., The Enterprise crew mediates in a violent dispute between the Acamarians and members of a renegade clan known as the Gatherers., The crew of the Enterprise mediates when a violent dispute erupts between an alien race and a group of renegades., The crew’s attempts to mediate in a dispute between warring clans are sabotaged by a mysterious assassin., The crew tries to mediate between the Acamarians and the Gatherers, a renegade group that split from the Acamarians a century before., The new U.S.S. Enterprise and its crew boldly go where no man has gone before. The crew mediates a violent dispute between the Acamarians and a renegade clan known as the Gatherers.
