Time Squared (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Time Squared (Star Trek: The Next Generation) "Time Squared" is the 13th episode of the of the American science fiction television series "", the 39th episode overall. It originally aired on April 3, 1989, in broadcast syndication. The episode was written Kurt Michael Bensmiller and directed by Joseph L. Scanlan. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Federation starship "Enterprise". In this episode, the crew of the "Enterprise" encounter a double of Captain Picard, apparently from the future. While the Federation starship "Enterprise" is en route to their planned destination, ship's sensors
Lessons (Star Trek: The Next Generation) of the stellar cartography on board the "Enterprise", but the set would be completely replaced for its reappearance in the movie "Star Trek Generations". James Van Hise and Hal Schuster wrote in their 1995 book, "The Complete Next Generation", that they thought the relationship between Picard and Daren was believable, and that the story itself was very effective. They thought that the loneliness Picard feels at the end of the episode was part of an ongoing story which would culminate in the subplot about Picard's loneliness in "Star Trek Generations". Several reviewers re-watched "Star Trek: The Next Generation" after the