Samaritan Snare

"**Samaritan Snare**"
"Samaritan Snare"
Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
Episode no.	Season 2; Episode 17
Directed by	Les Landau
Written by	Robert L. McCullough
Featured music	Dennis McCarthy
Production code	143
Original air date	May 15, 1989
Guest appearances
	Christopher Collins – Grebnedlog; Leslie Morris – Reginod; Daniel Benzali – Surgeon; Lycia Naff – Ens. Sonya Gomez; Tzi Ma – Biomolecular specialist;
Episode chronology
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"Samaritan Snare" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the 43rd episode overall. It was first released on May 15, 1989, in broadcast syndication.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, while Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) heads to a nearby Starbase to undergo surgery on his artificial heart, Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) is in command of the Enterprise. The crew must deal with a Pakled starship, whose crew kidnaps Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) and demands advanced technology in exchange for his safe return.