The Bonding

"**The Bonding**"
"The Bonding"
Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 5
Directed by	Winrich Kolbe
Written by	Ronald D. Moore
Featured music	Dennis McCarthy
Cinematography by	Marvin Rush
Production code	153
Original air date	October 23, 1989
Guest appearances
	Susan Powell as Marla Aster; Gabriel Damon as Jeremy Aster; Colm Meaney as Miles O'Brien;
Episode chronology
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	Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3
	List of episodes

"The Bonding" is the fifth episode of the third season of the syndicated American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 53rd episode overall, first broadcast on October 23, 1989.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, an Enterprise crewmember is killed in a tragic accident, leaving a newly orphaned young son to deal with her death.

This was the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation written by Ronald D. Moore.^[1] Moore went on to contribute to dozens of other episodes, including the award winning finale,^[2] before moving on to develop numerous other successful science fiction television series.

^ "EXCLUSIVE: Almost Six Minutes of Newly Recovered Footage from TNG S3's "The Bonding"! | TrekCore Blog". Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
^ https://pbc.producedbyconference.com/blog/2018/05/02/ronald-d-moore/ ^{[dead link]}

[trekcore-1] "EXCLUSIVE: Almost Six Minutes of Newly Recovered Footage from TNG S3's "The Bonding"! | TrekCore Blog". Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.

[2] ttps://pbc.producedbyconference.com/blog/2018/05/02/ronald-d-moore/ ^{[dead link]}

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