Cost of Living (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

"**Cost of Living**"
"Cost of Living"
Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
Episode no.	Season 5; Episode 20
Directed by	Winrich Kolbe
Written by	Peter Allan Fields
Featured music	Dennis McCarthy
Production code	220
Original air date	April 20, 1992
Guest appearances
	Majel Barrett as Lwaxana Troi / Computer Voice; Brian Bonsall as Alexander Rozhenko; Tony Jay as Campio; Carel Struycken as Mr Homn; David Oliver as Young Man; Albie Selznick as The Juggler; Patrick Cronin as Erko; Tracey D'Arcy as Young Woman; George Ede as Poet; Christopher Halsted as First Learner;
Episode chronology
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"Cost of Living" is the 20th episode of the fifth season of the American science fiction television show Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the 120th episode overall of the series. Cost of Living was broadcast in syndication on April 20, 1992.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, as undetectable parasites devour the ship, Lwaxana Troi takes Worf's son Alexander Rozhenko under her wing encouraging him to adopt her carefree ways en route to meeting a man she's blindly agreed to marry.

The episode won two Primetime Emmy Awards. One for Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Series and another for Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series.