Product Details

• Actors: LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden
• Directors: LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Gabrielle Beaumont, Robert Becker, Cliff Bole
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English, French
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 46 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303944787
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #494,010 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Responding to a distress call from a stricken vessel, an Away Team from the Entreprise discovers that the ship is manned by five Talarian teenagers-one of whom is actually a human, Jono (Chad Allen).

DNA gene matching identifies the boy as Jeremiah Rossa, whose parents were killed in a battle against Talarians when he was an infant. Adopted and raised by Endar, a Talarian Captain, Jono will only respond to the authority of Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart). It's up to Picard to educate Jono about his true identity.

Meanwhile, Endar arrives in a Talarian warship and demands the return of his adopted son. When Picard refuses to hand him over, Endar threatens to attack the Enterprise.

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Another bad decision under the guise of compassion, October 20, 2003

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This review is from: Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 76: Suddenly Human [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Enterprise answers a distress call, to find that a ship crewed by a group of Talarian boys on a training mission has had an accident. They bring the boys back to the Enterprise for medical treatment and, much to their surprise, they discover that one of the boys is actually Human. Jono initially has no memory of his Human parents and seems completely at ease in the militaristic, male-dominated society of the Talarians. But when those memories do begin to surface and Jono's adoptive father arrives demanding his return, everyone is faced with some very difficult decisions.
There's actually a lot to like in this episode. It makes you think, and there are some strong performances from Patrick Stewart, in an unaccustomed father-figure role for Picard, and the actor playing Jono - whose character provides a good contrast to the nice-as-pie Wesley Crusher. But for me, this episode was really let down by the peculiar attitudes of the Enterprise's crew. Because Jono had a broken arm as a child they assume he must necessarily have been abused by his adoptive father and rush around looking for evidence to prove it. And just when Jono is starting to remember his past and realise what a difficult position he is in (he was orphaned in a battle with the Talarians), with a nod and a smile, Picard hands him back to his adoptive father. Sorry, people, you can't put the genie back in the bottle like that. The end of the episode is not the end of Jono's problems, but their barest beginning.
Three stars.

0 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Had it's moments, March 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 76: Suddenly Human [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Had it's moment

0 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This is the weakest entery in the hightly success series., August 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 76: Suddenly Human [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie has its moments of grandeur, but I found it to be very lame and a real dissappointment (althoughI did like the part where John Luke goes inside that space time continuim and sees his family). The one after this movie "Star Treck First Contact" I think is a much better movie, with better special effects than any of the other ones (including the ones with William Shatner).