this peabody award win episode be one of the highlight of the 1st season where a holodeck malfunction trap captain picard and beverly and data and and a starfleet historian name waylan within a 1930 san francisco setting . this episode be an homage to raymond chandler maltese falcon where patrick stewart assume the humphrey bogart role complete with fedora and trenchcoat . the office itself be almost an exact replica of the one feature in bogey maltese falcon . this episode also briefly introduces u to a mysterious insect race call the jarada that communicate with mostly a high pitch buzz sound . communication with this alien race be difficult and and it be up to picard to communicate with this race in their native tongue so that negotiation and diplomacy can finally begin . the best part of this episode and though and be the appearance of the famous hollywood b actor lawrence tierney in the role of the gangster cyrus redblock . he be such a handsome man back in the 1940 . oh and well .