Code of Honor (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Director Les Landau completed the episode. "Star Trek" novel author Keith DeCandido later recalled that this was because of the casting itself, while cast member Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) thought that it was because Mayberry was racist towards the guest stars after they were cast. Staff writer Tracy Tormé was not pleased with the "1940s tribal Africa" theme of the aliens, and because the combat scene towards the end of the episode resembled the Kirk versus Spock fight in "" episode "Amok Time". Fellow "Star Trek" writer Maurice Hurley said that it was "a good idea, but the execution just
Star Trek: The Next Generation also appeared in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country". All episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" were made available on VHS cassettes, starting in 1991. The entire series was gradually released on VHS over the next few years during the remainder of the show's run and after the show had ended. The VHS for TNG were available on mail-order usually two episodes per VHS cassette. Paramount published all episodes on the LaserDisc format from October 1991 using an extended release schedule that concluded in May 1999. Each disc featured two episodes with Closed Captions, Digital Audio, and CX encoding.