


The program includes a woman named Minuet ( Carolyn McCormick), by whom Riker is fascinated, both as a beautiful and charming woman, but also by the level of sophistication in her responses. Riker is intrigued by the Bynars' claimed upgrades to the holodeck and starts a program in a jazz bar. Much of the crew take shore leave while Picard, Riker and a skeleton crew remain aboard. Captain Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart) and Commander William Riker ( Jonathan Frakes) greet Starbase Commander Quinteros ( Gene Dynarski) and two pairs of small humanoid aliens known as Bynars the Bynars heavily rely on their computer technology and work in pairs for best efficiency. The Federation starship Enterprise arrives at Starbase 74 for a routine maintenance check. It was awarded an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series. Reviewers praised the Bynars themselves, and the response to the episode was generally positive, with one critic calling it the best of the season. The musical score was scored by Ron Jones. Make-up supervisor Michael Westmore created the look of the Bynars, who were four women in extensive make-up. In this episode, members of an alien race called the Bynars hijack a nearly evacuated Enterprise while retrofitting the computer in space dock.
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Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. It was written by Maurice Hurley and Robert Lewin, and directed by Paul Lynch. It was first broadcast on February 1, 1988, in the United States in broadcast syndication. " 11001001" is an episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 1)
