Sub Rosa (episode)

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"Sub Rosa"
TNG, Episode 7x14 Production number: 40277-266 First aired: 31 January 1994
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Teleplay By Brannon Braga Story By Jeri Taylor (Based on material by Jeanna F. Gallo) Directed By Jonathan Frakes
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Beverly attends her grandmother's funeral, but the mysterious entity that inhabited her grandmother is now focusing on her.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Background Information 2.1 Video and DVD releases 3 Links and References 3.1 Main Cast 3.2 Guest Stars 3.3 Co-Star 3.4 Uncredited Co-Stars 3.5 References

[edit] Summary

After returning to Caldos in 2370 for her grandmother's funeral, Beverly Crusher learned that Felisa apparently had a thirty-four year old lover named Ronin. Ronin was actually an anaphasic lifeform who had been living with Howard women since taking up residence with Jessel Howard in the 1600s and passed from daughter to daughter in the form of a candle, which was his true home. Her biochemistry allowed him to maintain molecular cohesion, and he formed a symbiotic relationship with all of her descendants. Ronin had a strong hypnotic influence, offering Crusher erotic pleasure and the promise of further romance. Crusher was bewitched, resigning her post on the Enterprise to move to Caldos. She eventually came to her senses after Ronin killed a resident of Caldos, Ned Quint, and seriously injured Captain Picard, Lt. Commander Data, and Lt. Commander La Forge. She was forced to destroy Ronin after he tried to merge with her.

[edit] Background Information

• The episode was heavily based on Anne Rice's novel "The Witching Hour".
• The episode features several religious allusions. At Howard's burial service, the mourners can clearly be heard uttering 'Amen', as well as blessing themselves and using the term 'ashes to ashes' in the Christian tradition.
• Duncan Regehr later went on to play the recurring role of Shakaar Edon in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Michael Keenan also appeared on DS9 as Patrick in "Statistical Probabilities" and "Chrysalis".
• The title is Latin for "under the rose," an expression meaning "secretly," as roses were displayed at Roman gatherings as a signal that what was said there was to be kept confidential.
• This episode is one of seven Star Trek episodes with Latin names. The others are "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges", "Dramatis Personae", "Ex Post Facto", "Non Sequitur", "Terra Nova" and "Vox Sola".
• As in-jokes, the gravestones in the graveyard bear the names of various movie characters, including McFly (Back to the Future) and Vader (Star Wars).
• The caretaker Ned Quint and Jessel Howard could be an homage to valet Peter Quint and the governess Miss Jessel in The Innocents, another story about ghostly lovers (based on Henry James' The Turn of the Screw).
• Literally translated from Japanese, rōnin means "drifting person". Generally, however, it is used to refer to a Samurai warrior who lacked a master. (Wikipedia entry).

[edit] Video and DVD releases

• UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 83, 11 July 1994.
• As part of the UK VHS collection Star Trek: The Next Generation - 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition under the "Crusher" section, 29 September 1997.
• As part of the TNG Season 7 DVD collection.

[edit] Links and References

[edit] Main Cast

• Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard
• Jonathan Frakes as William Riker
• LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge
• Michael Dorn as Worf
• Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher
• Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi
• Brent Spiner as Data

[edit] Guest Stars

• Michael Keenan as Maturin
• Shay Duffin as Ned Quint
• and Duncan Regehr as Ronin

[edit] Co-Star

• Ellen Albertini Dow as Felisa Howard

[edit] Uncredited Co-Stars

• Michael Braveheart as Ensign Martinez
• Tracee Lee Cocco as Lieutenant Jae
• Elliot Durant III as an operations division ensign
• Keith Rayve as Crewman
• Tim McCormack as Ensign Bennett (stock footage)

[edit] References

47; 1647; Aberdeen; anaphasic energy; anaphasic lifeform; aqueduct; caber toss; Caldos II; Caldos colony; camellia; Celsius; Crusher, Jack; cumulonimbus; Edinburgh; fog; ghost; Glasgow; Glamis Castle; Governor; Howard, Isabel; Howard, Jessel; Howard family candle; McFly; McManus; mok'bara; plasma conduit; power transfer beam; Scots; Scotland; Scottish Highlands; seismic stabilizer; Selar; Starbase 621; terraforming; thunderstorm; Vader; weather control system

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