"The Mind's Eye"
The 24th of the fourth season and the 97th overall, this episode first aired on May 27, 1991. It was directed by David Livingston and written by René Echevarria.
Summary: While on La Forge is on his way to the planet Risa for a cybernetics symposium, his shuttlecraft is captured by a Romulan warbird. La Forge is taken prisoner and brainwashed to assassinate a Klingon governor in order to frame the Federation and unbalance relations between the two governments.
Connection to Hamlet:
The title of this episode comes from Act I, Scene II, in which Hamlet tells Horatio that he sees his father "in [his] mind's eye."
The theme of assassination also ties into Hamlet, since Claudius murdered Old Hamlet.
Summary: While on La Forge is on his way to the planet Risa for a cybernetics symposium, his shuttlecraft is captured by a Romulan warbird. La Forge is taken prisoner and brainwashed to assassinate a Klingon governor in order to frame the Federation and unbalance relations between the two governments.
Connection to Hamlet:
The title of this episode comes from Act I, Scene II, in which Hamlet tells Horatio that he sees his father "in [his] mind's eye."
The theme of assassination also ties into Hamlet, since Claudius murdered Old Hamlet.