EARLY ACCESS - Skin of Evil | First Time Watching Star Trek TNG (S1E23)

Was my this the episode where Patrick Stewart had the “I played Richard the third! Three curtain calls!.” The bit that was used in Galaxy Quest?

I think the first TNG death was Engineer Singh in the “P for Picard” episode.

There are other examples in recent movies where the male character is compromised to ensure the female character can take the lead. The pendulum is swinging, with a little help.

FYI the rank pips in this show, and other subsequent shows are directly copied from Royal and US Navy officer, rank stripes. The rank pips are solid gold or a gold ring with a black center. Ensign = 1 solid LTJG = 1 solid, 1 black LT = 2 solid LT Commander = 2 solid, 1 black Commander = 3 solid Captain = 4 solid also, whenever Q shows up a Starfleet uniform, he puts five solid gold pips on just to have one more than Picard.

Composer Ron Jones was on thin ice with the producers after scoring this episode. The composers were under standing orders to not write music that was emotional, and the music for Tasha's memorial had the producers and musicians crying and they were really angry with him for that, and it was one event that led to him being released later.

Denise Crosby asked gene Roddenberry just to have a cut out of her legs because that’s all people ever seen of her, he reminded her that he focus of the show would be on Picard and riker

It's real, and it's spectacular -ish.