Redemption (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Redemption (Star Trek: The Next Generation) "Redemption" is the name of a two-part episode of the American science fiction television series "". Parts I and II of "Redemption" comprise the 100th and 101st episodes of the series, also being the finale and the premiere. In the Star Trek timeline, the events depicted in the episodes occurred between stardates 44995.3 and 45020.4. As Captain Picard travels to the Klingon homeworld to oversee Gowron's installation as leader of the High Council, the "Enterprise" is intercepted by a ship bearing the future leader himself. Gowron reveals he has learned that the surviving members
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