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:''This article is for the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode. For the cable channel known as "Angel One", see Sky Angel.'' "Angel One" is the fourteenth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''. It was first broadcast on January 25, 1988, in the United States in broadcast syndication. It was written by Patrick Barry and was directed by Michael Ray Rhodes. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Starfleet starship ''Enterprise''-D. In this episode, an away team visits a world dominated by women to search for survivors of a downed freighter, while the crew of the ''Enterprise'' suffer from the effects of a debilitating virus. The episode was intended to be commentary on Apartheid in South Africa, using gender role reversal. However, there were problems between the cast and director during filming, and Patrick Stewart sought to have the sexist nature of the episode changed. The resulting episode was not well liked by members of the production team, and the response from reviewers was negative. ==Plot== The ''Enterprise'' arrives at the planet Angel One, where its native population is run as an oligarchy, with women in the dominant position of power. The ship is looking for survivors from the freighter ''Odin'' which they had believed crashed on the planet seven years previously. An away team consisting of Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes), Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner), Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby), and Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) beam down to the surface. They attempt to negotiate with Beata (Karen Montgomery), the leader of the native inhabitants, to let them search for the survivors. Meanwhile the ''Enterprise'' deals with a potential threat at a Federation outpost near the Romulan Neutral Zone. Beata reveals that they are aware of four male survivors of the ''Odin'' who have caused disruption in their society, and are considered fugitives. While Beata requests Riker stay with her, the others are able to track down the survivors' camp, and meet with its leader Ramsey (Sam Hennings). Ramsey and his men, having taken wives and started families during the seven years, refuse to leave. They find that one of Beata's assistants, Ariel (Patricia McPherson), has married Ramsey. Riker learns from Beata that their society structure has already been collapsing, but Ramsey and his men have served to accelerate its decline. Meanwhile, a strange virus has been spreading about the ''Enterprise'', after Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) caught a cold whilst skating on the holodeck, incapacitating much of the crew. Doctor Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), left in charge of the ship as the highest-ranking non-incapacitated senior officer, finds that the virus is a result of an airborne chemical that becomes viral when inside the human body, and races to find a cure for it while returning the ship to Angel One. The away team returns to the capital attempting to explain to Beata the reason for Ramsey's refusal to leave. Beata and her council reject his reasoning, and capture the men and their families, threatening to execute them. The ''Enterprise'' arrives while Riker attempts to convince Ramsey to leave. Dr. Crusher refuses to allow anyone to beam aboard for fear of being infected, but allows Data, as an android, to return. Riker orders Data to deal with the Neutral Zone situation as quickly as possible. Data affirms that there is a 48-minute window for which Dr. Crusher has to find a cure, and for Riker to defuse the situation on the planet before the ship must leave to the Neutral Zone. On the planet, Ramsey and his men are prepared to be executed by disintegration despite Ariel's pleas, while Dr. Crusher discovers a cure for the virus. Riker is prepared to have the away team and the ''Odin'' survivors beamed to the ''Enterprise'', but Beata announces that she will stay the execution and banish Ramsey, his men, their families, and any others that support them to the far side of the planet. She explains that their banishment will not stop the fall of the oligarchy, but will slow it down enough that Beata will not be around to see its end. The away team return to the ship and Picard, already recovering from the virus but hardly having a voice, orders the ship to the Neutral Zone at high warp. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Angel One」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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