On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992)
Star Trek: Voyager (2001)
Star Trek: Discovery (2019 & 2024)
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 5. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: Cost Of Living.

Released April 18, 1992.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Peter Allan Fields, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Majel Barrett, Brian Bonsall, Tony Jay, Carel Struycken, David Oliver, Albie Selznick, Patrick Cronin, Tracey D'Arcy, George Ede, Christopher Halsted, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Lena Banks, Tonya Chianis, Tracee Cocco, John Copage, Denise Deuschle, Dustin Diamond, Inez Edwards, Lanier Edwards, Gunnel Eriksson, Holiday Freeman, Eben Ham, Larry Hankin, Christi Haydon, Arvo Katajisto, Mark Lentry, Christina Wegler Miles, Keith Rayve, Jennifer Richards, Joyce Robinson, Richard Sarstedt, Laura Schlessinger, John Alex Tampoya, Mikki Val.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 7. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: Author, Author.

Released April 18, 2001.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, Brannon Braga, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Richard Herd, Barry Gordon, Joseph Campanella, Lorinne Vozoff, Juan Garcia, Robert Ito, Irene Tsu, Dwight Schultz, Brock Burnett, Jennifer Hammon, Heather Young, Majel Barrett, Gilley Grey, Matt Hanson, Susan Henley, Dino Juico, Joyce Lasley, Alicia Lewis, Brita Nowak, Stephen Pisani, Keith Rayve, Richard Sarstedt, Pablo Soriano.

 

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 2. Episode 14.

Episode entitled: Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2.

Released April 18, 2019.

Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Michelle Paradise, Jenny Lumet, Alex Kurtzman, Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Shazad Latif, Anson Mount, Michelle Yeoh, Jayne Brook, Mary Chieffo, Yadira Guevara-Prip, Mia Kirshner, Tig Notaro, Ethan Peck, Rebecca Romijn, Alan Van Sprang, Rachael Ancheril, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Sara Mitich, Raven Dauda, Julianne Grossman, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Glenn Hetrick, Thom Marriott, Hannah Spear, Samora Smallwood, Hanneke Talbot, Kyana Teresa, Chai Valladares, Nicole Dickinson, Arista Arhin, Avaah Blackwell, Ante Dekovic, Liam Hughes, Taylor Martin, Kenneth Mitchell.

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 5. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Face the Strange.

Released April 18, 2024.

Directed by Lee Rose.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Sean Cochran, Brandon Schultz, Lauren Wilkinson, Carlos Cisco, Eric J. Robbins.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, Callum Keith Rennie, Tig Notaro, David Ajala, Annabelle Wallis, Hannah Cheesman, Eve Harlow, Elias Toufexis, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Orville Cummings, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Josh Bainbridge, James Cade, Minh Ly, Ian Alexander, Avaah Blackwell, Zarrin Darnell-Martin.