Gambit (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Gambit (Star Trek: The Next Generation) "Gambit" is the 156th and 157th episodes of the American science fiction television series "", which are the fourth and fifth episodes of the . After hearing a rumor that Captain Picard has been murdered while on an archeological dig, the "Enterprise" crew sets out to find the smugglers who may have been responsible. Riker, Troi, Crusher, and Worf investigate Picard's whereabouts in a musty bar, describing him as a "smooth-headed" human. They find a criminal who knows something; he says that Picard had been asking a group about some artifacts when a fight
Descent (Star Trek: The Next Generation) of the set of "Star Trek: The Next Generation", which included an opportunity by Hawking to sit in the captain's chair. Freedman told the show's executive producer, Rick Berman, that Hawking would appear on the show if asked. Hawking accepted the ensuing offer, marking the first time a guest star played himself on an episode of any "Star Trek" series. After he was sent the script, he made some modifications to it, including improving a humorous line of dialogue to make it funnier, which Berman called "delightful". Later, when actor Brent Spiner, who appeared in the scene with Hawking, first