ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>The Outrageous Okona</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR=#000000"> <TABLE ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="595" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="3" BORDER="0"> <TR> <TD ROWSPAN="2" WIDTH="150" VALIGN=MIDDLE ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="STTNG Pictures/Next-Gen-Logo.gif" WIDTH="175" HEIGHT="117" BORDER="0" ALT="Star Trek The Next Generation Logo"></TD> <TD WIDTH="245" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="3" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"><B>'The Outrageous Okona'</B><BR><BR><FONT SIZE="3">(Story Code 130)<BR>by Burton Armus<BR>Story by Les Menchen,<BR>Lance Dickson<BR>and David Landsberg</TD> <TD ROWSPAN="2" WIDTH="200" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="STTNG Pictures/STTNG S2 Cast.jpg" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="142" ALT="Star Trek The Next Generation Cast"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> As the <I>U.S.S. Enterprise</I> makes its way through the Omega Sagitta system, Captain Picard and his crew encounter a disabled cargo ship captained by a charismatic rogue named Okona. After beaming aboard the <I>Enterprise</I> Okona quickly proves popular with its crew; but while the women fall for his good looks and charm, Lieutenant Commander Data is unable to understand Okona's jokes; puzzled and intrigued, the android turns first to Guinan the bartender for help, and then visits the holodeck to take lessons in humour. Then two interplanetary ships appear and their captains demand Okona's surrender; Debin accuses Okona of getting his daughter, Yanar, pregnant, while Kushell and his son Benzan believe that he has stolen the Jewel of Thesia, his nation's valuable prize. Captain Picard realises that if he hands Okona over to either Debin or Kushell he will cause a war between their respective homelands - should he harbour an apparent criminal..? <BR><BR> Patrick Stewart (<B>Captain Jean-Luc Picard</B>), Jonathan Frakes (<B>Commander William Thomas Riker</B>), LeVar Burton (<B>Chief Engineer Lieutenant Geordi La Forge</B>), Michael Dorn (<B>Security Chief Lieutenant Worf</B>), Marina Sirtis (<B>Councelor Deanna Troi</B>), Brent Spiner (<B>Lieutenant Commander Data</B>), Wil Wheaton (<B>Wesley Crusher</B>), Whoopi Goldberg (<B>Guinan</B>), Diana Muldaur (<B>Katherine  Kate Pulaski</B>), William O. Campbell (<B>Captain Thaduin Okona</B>), Douglas Rowe (<B>Debin</B>), Albert Stratton (<B>Kushell</B>), Rosalind Ingledew (<B>Yanar</B>), Kieran Mulroney (<B>Benzan</B>), Joe Piscopo (<B>The Comic</B>), Whoopi Goldberg (<B>Guinan</B>), Terri Hatcher (<B>Transporter Technician</B>) <BR><BR><B>Directed by Robert Becker <BR>Produced by Burton Armus, John Mason and Mike Gray <BR>Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry </B> <BR><BR><B>TX:</B> <FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> <BR>12th December, 1988 <BR><BR><B>Notes:</B> <BR>*Featuring Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander William Thomas Riker, Chief Engineer Lieutenant Geordi La Forge, Security Chief Lieutenant Worf, Councelor Deanna Troi, Lieutenant Commander Data, Doctor [Commander] Katherine  Kate Pulaski, Wesley Crusher and Guinan <BR><BR><BR> </BODY> </HTML>