The episode is widely considered by critics and fans as one of the best episodes of the entire Star Trek franchise. He keeps it as a memento for the remainder of the series. Brought on board afterwards for analysis, the probe also contains Kamin's flute Picard, having mastered it during his 40 years as Kamin, finds he retained the musical skills he learned and can still play it. Toward the end of Kamin's "lifetime," Picard-who had come to accept his new life, though he never forgot his life on the Enterprise-learns that the purpose of the probe and the 40 years of virtual life it gave him was to keep alive the memory of Kamin's race long after the death of their civilization. While minutes pass for the rest of the crew, the probe makes Picard experience 40 years of lifetime as Kamin, a humanoid scientist whose planet is threatened by the nova of its sun. In this episode, Captain Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart) is struck unconscious by an energy beam from an alien probe.
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Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. Gendel is credited as writer of the story and co-writer of the teleplay with Peter Allan Fields. It was partly inspired by The Beatles' song " The Inner Light", written by George Harrison and based on verses in the Tao Te Ching. The episode was written by freelance writer Morgan Gendel based on his original pitch. " The Inner Light" is the 125th episode overall and the 25th and penultimate episode of the fifth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 5)