Time's Arrow (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

"Time's Arrow"
Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes
Data ponders his mortality
Episode nos.	Season 5 & 6 Episodes 26 & 1
Directed by	Les Landau
Story by	Joe Menosky
Teleplay by	Joe Menosky (Part I) Michael Piller (Part I) Jeri Taylor (Part II)
Featured music	Dennis McCarthy
Production code	226 & 227
Original air dates	June 15, 1992 (1992-06-15) September 21, 1992 (1992-09-21)
Guest appearances
Whoopi Goldberg - Guinan Jerry Hardin - Samuel Clemens Michael Aron - Jack London Barry Kivel - Doorman Ken Thorley - Seaman Sheldon Peters Wolfchild - Joe Falling Hawk Jack Murdock - Beggar Marc Alaimo - Frederick La Rouque Milt Tarver - Federation Scientist Majel Barrett - Computer voice Michael Hungerford - Roughneck Pamela Kosh - Mrs. Carmichael James Gleason - Apollinaire Mary Stein - Devidian woman William Boyett - San Francisco policeman Alexander Enberg - Young reporter Bill Cho Lee - Male patient
Episode chronology
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"Time’s Arrow" is the 26th episode of the fifth season and the first episode of the sixth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. It comprises the 126th and 127th episodes of the series.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, an engineering team finds evidence that aliens visited Earth in 19th century San Francisco: Data's severed head, buried five hundred years ago.

The second part of the episode was nominated for three Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, winning the award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series.