"Ensign Ro" is the 103rd episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. During the explanation of the Bajoran naming convention (that the family name goes first while the given name is second), Ro mentions that many Bajorans accept their names being distorted in order to assimilate better. Ensign Torigan / Castle Courtier / Devidian Man / Klingon / M'ret / Romulan / Romulan Guard (uncredited) (unknown episodes) Review by Coolnilk ★★★½ 4. Picard's breakfast croisant, Dr. McCoy's Fineagle's Folly, Data's cat food recipe, and Worf's Klingon Blood Wine. Features the first appearance of Mot, the Bolian barber. They follow her, and are promptly captured by Orta and his people. The name "Bajora", apparently used here to indicate both the race and their terrorist group, is not heard after this episode in TNG, The appearance of the Bajorans in this episode is slightly different; over each eye, there is a subtle ridge. "Ensign Ro" is the 103rd episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Picard's mission is to find Orta, and to send him back to the Bajoran settlement camps where he can do less damage. With the mystery solved and the mission accomplished, Ro accepts Picard's offer to remain in Starfleet and join the Enterprise crew. She was most visibly seen as Lieutenant Jae, a regular background character on The Next Generation, between the fourth and seventh seasons. [5], The character of Ensign Ro led to a reoccurring role on the series, and was an impactful and popular character for the Star Trek franchise. [4], The A.V. Aside from being more of the same and boasting downright asinine CG effects throughout, Escape from L.A. is honestly a slight improvement over its much-beloved predecessor as it indeed goes for a more campy and satirical rendition of the original film. [9] The first Blu-ray release was in the United States on November 18, 2013,[10] followed by the United Kingdom the next day, November 19, 2013. Ensign Ro. | Celebs . Far from helping, Kennelly insists that the Cardassian treaty is the more important issue and orders Picard to withdraw. Picard decides that the best course might be to actually take Orta back to the camps, and see what occurs. Although Ro was previously court-martialed for disobeying orders on an away mission, resulting in the deaths of eight crew members, Starfleet admiral Kennelly has pardoned and assigned her to the Enterprise. Crazy Credits The episode was later released in the United States on November 5, 2002, as part of the season five DVD box set. While that previous episode gave us an introduction to the Cardassians, 'Ensign Ro' shows us the Bajorans and their long bloody history having to deal with their world being annexed. On October 22, 1996 this episode and "Ensign Ro" were released on LaserDisc in the United States. Variety listed "Ensign Ro" as one of the top 15 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The Solarion IV settlement is destroyed, and the Bajorans claim responsibility. Plot; Reception; References; External links; Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. This idea would appear again in the first season of. Club gave the episode an A- and said that the new character Ro was "terrific". Her ostensible mission is to persuade Bajoran rebels to stop attacking and raiding Federation colonies. However, suspecting a chain of events like this might occur, Picard had ensured no one was aboard, and had the ship operated remotely. The Bajoran situation and the actions of those who would would later be referred to as the Maquis, was inspired by the situation in the Middle East in the 1990s, as well as 2000 years earlier. He next appeared in, Before coming aboard, Ensign Ro is known and disliked throughout Starfleet for her insubordinate behavior. | | [11], "Ensign Ro Laren reporting as ordered, Commander", "Star Trek: The Next Generation: "Ensign Ro"/"Silicon Avatar, "LaserDisc Database - Star Trek Next Generation #103/104: Ensign Ro/Silicon Avatar [LV 40270-203]", "Star Trek the Next Generation – Season 5", "Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season Five (Blu-ray)", "Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5 Blu-ray Review", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ensign_Ro_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)&oldid=1009276667, Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 5) episodes, Short description is different from Wikidata, Television episode articles with short description for single episodes, Television episode articles with short description and disambiguated page names, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 27 February 2021, at 18:26.