# A Star Trek-TNG question about a certain episode

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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** star-trek-paramount
**Created:** [November 11, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-star-trek-tng-question-about-a-certain-episode/992967 "2023-11-11T03:18:30Z")
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### Author: ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-star-trek-tng-question-about-a-certain-episode/992967/1 "2023-11-11T03:18:30Z")

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I have tried figuring out the episode I want to find but so far have not been able to. I mainly want to see the opening sequence of the episode in which Data is on the holodeck playing Henry V, the night before Agincourt. Does anyone know what this was?

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### Author: ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-star-trek-tng-question-about-a-certain-episode/992967/2 "2023-11-11T03:23:01Z")

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This one?

> **[The Defector (episode)](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Defector_(episode))**
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> The Enterprise grants asylum to a defector from the Romulan Empire, who claims to have vital information concerning a renewed Romulan offensive against the Federation. As Data performs in Shakespeare's play Henry V on the holodeck, Captain Picard...

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### Author: ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-star-trek-tng-question-about-a-certain-episode/992967/3 "2023-11-11T03:28:19Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xu25PG3L89s/maxresdefault.jpg "In His Nakedness He Appears But A Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu25PG3L89s&t=6s)

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### Author: ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-star-trek-tng-question-about-a-certain-episode/992967/4 "2023-11-11T04:16:16Z")

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Thank you so much. I’ve been watching Shakespeare on YouTube and I remember how this episode mentioned iconic performances of Henry V by actors after our time.

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### Author: ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-star-trek-tng-question-about-a-certain-episode/992967/5 "2023-11-11T19:51:34Z")

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If I remember correctly Patrick Stewart is actually playing one of the Holo Characters in that scene under makeup.

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### Author: ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-star-trek-tng-question-about-a-certain-episode/992967/6 "2023-11-11T20:08:23Z")

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I think it is the man standing with the halberd at the beginning that is Patrick Stewart.

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### Author: ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-star-trek-tng-question-about-a-certain-episode/992967/7 "2023-11-11T22:44:48Z")

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“The Defector” was a great episode, too.