The Arsenal of Freedom
©1988 Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved.
Skin of Evil
©1988 Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved.
Episode 21 Episode 22
Airdate April 11, 1988 Airdate April 25, 1988

Catalog Number LV40270-121
Format Extended Play CLV
Running Time 92 minutes
Side Running Time
1 46min 20sec
2 45min 28sec
91min 48sec
Pressing Location Pioneer Video Manufacturing
Retail Price $34.98
Issued November 25, 1992


The Arsenal of Freedom
Directed by Les Landau
Teleplay by Richard Manning & Hans Beimler
Story by Maurice Hurley & Robert Lewin
Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry
Starring Patrick Stewart
Jonathan Frakes
Also Starring LeVar Burton
Denise Crosby
Michael Dorn
Gates McFadden
Marina Sirtis
Brent Spiner
Wil Wheaton
Guest Stars Vincent Schiavelli
Marco Rodriguez
Vyto Ruginis
Julia Nickson
George De La Pena
Stardate 41798.2
After the disappearance of the U.S.S. Drake, an away team beams down to the planet Minos to search for survivors. While exploring the planet, the team is assailed by an energy sphere that traps Riker (Jonathan Frakes) in a impenetrable, transparent cube.

Meanwhile, the Enterprise has fallen under the attack of an invisible enemy that thwarts all attempts to rescue the crew members on Minos. LaForge (LeVar Burton) traces the attacks to a computer-generated weaponry system that went out of control and destroyed the civilization that created it. Can the starship crew deactivate the pernicious computer in time to save the planet...and themselves?


Skin of Evil
Directed by Joseph L. Scanlan
Teleplay by Joseph Stefano and Hannah Louise Shearer
Story by Joseph Stefano
Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry
Starring Patrick Stewart
Jonathan Frakes
Also Starring LeVar Burton
Denise Crosby
Michael Dorn
Gates McFadden
Marina Sirtis
Brent Spiner
Wil Wheaton
Guest Star Mart McChesney
Stardate 41601.3
A rescue mission results in tragedy for Starfleet Officer Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby)!

Heading toward a rendezvous with the Enterprise, a shuttlecraft manned by Counselor Troi (Marina Sirtis) malfunctions and crashes on Varga 2. An away team is dispatched to the planet where it is discovered that a malevolent entity named Armus (Mart McChesney) has surrounded Troi's shuttlecraft with a forcefield. When the team confronts Armus, the alien kills Yar.

While Picard tries to reason with Armus, Lt. Worf and Wesley Crusher discover that the force field weakens when Armus is provoked. Risking his life, Picard attempts to distract the deadly Armus while the away team tries to free Troi.


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