Pen Pals (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

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"Pen Pals" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 41st episode overall, it was first broadcast on May 1, 1989.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, Acting Ensign Wesley Crusher learns to manage a science team, and in the primary plot, focusing on Starfleet's Prime Directive, Data helps a young girl on a troubled planet.