Bloodlines (TNG episode)

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Star Trek: TNG episode
"Bloodlines"
Bloodlines
Episode no.	174
Prod. code	274
Airdate	May 2, 1994
Writer(s)	Nick Sagan
Director	Les Landau
Guest star(s)	Ken Olandt Lee Arenberg Amy Pietz Michelan Sisti Peter Marx
Year	2370
Stardate	47829.1
Episode chronology
Previous	"Firstborn"
Next	"Emergence"

"Bloodlines" is a seventh season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Quick Overview: Bok returns to enact revenge on Picard, by killing the son Picard never knew he had.

The episode begins with Bok (a former Ferengi DaiMon whose son was killed in a battle with the USS Stargazer (NCC-2893), then commanded by Picard) announcing his intention to kill Picard's son in revenge.

Picard, who is not aware of having a son, eventually locates Jason Vigo, the son of a woman he once had an affair with. The results of a DNA-test confirm that he is his son indeed. Picard's attempts to bond with Jason prove difficult however, and he is dismayed to discover that Jason has been convicted of petty theft. Meanwhile, Bok beams to the Enterprise twice (using subspace transport technology) to repeat his threats, and Jason suffers attacks from a disease.

Finally, Bok beams Jason off the Enterprise and onto his own ship. Picard then beams to Bok's ship, also using the "subspace method", where he confronts Bok and two other Ferengi with the revelation that Jason is not actually his son, but that Bok has altered Jason's DNA in order to make Picard feel the pain of losing a son, too. Dr. Crusher uncovers this deception after determining that the disease Jason is suffering from is usually inherited, yet neither Picard nor Jason's mother had it. She relays this information to Picard off-screen. Realizing that there is no ransom money to be earned, the two other Ferengi then disarm Bok and release Jason.

Preceded by: "Firstborn"

Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes

Followed by: "Emergence"