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Ensign Gates is a fictional character portrayed by Joyce Agu in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Sarek (season 3), they were 29 years old.
They appear in 47 episodes out of a total of 176 aired

Ensign Gates

by Joyce Agu

character

Episodes47

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    Sarek
    episode S3.E23 may 1990
    Legendary Federation ambassador Sarek visits the Enterprise to conclude peace talks with a race called the Legarans. His arrival is accompanied with a rash of unusual emotional outbursts among the crew.
  • 6.9
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    Transfigurations
    episode S3.E25 june 1990
    The Enterprise finds a deserted planet where a ship has crashed, and, with it, the lone survivor with no memory, but extraordinary healing powers.
  • 7.7
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    Future Imperfect
    episode S4.E8 november 1990
    Riker awakens sixteen years after an away mission where he contracted a disease which destroyed his memory back to the point of infection - or so he's told.
  • 6.7
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    Final Mission
    episode S4.E9 november 1990
    Before leaving for Starfleet Academy, Wesley Crusher accompanies Captain Picard on a dangerous mission.
  • 6
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    The Loss
    episode S4.E10 december 1990
    As an unknown force drags the Enterprise, Deanna Troi struggles with the loss of her empathic abilities.
  • 8.2
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    Clues
    episode S4.E14 february 1991
    Effects of passing through a wormhole give the Enterprise crew a sense that they were unconscious for more than the thirty seconds they've been led to believe.
  • 7
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    Galaxy's Child
    episode S4.E16 march 1991
    As Geordi La Forge finally meets the real Dr. Leah Brahms, a tragic first contact leaves the Enterprise with a gigantic galactic infant suckling the ship's energy.
  • 6.7
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    Identity Crisis
    episode S4.E18 march 1991
    Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge and an old friend fight to defeat a parasite that is trying to transform them into another species.
  • 7.9
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    The Nth Degree
    episode S4.E19 march 1991
    When assigned to investigate an unknown probe, Lt. Barclay is hit by an energy surge, through a shuttlecraft's computer, and he receives an inexplicable boost of confidence and a vast increase in his knowledge.
  • 7.3
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    Half a Life
    episode S4.E22 may 1991
    Counselor Troi's mother visits the Enterprise and becomes infatuated with a man whose culture forces him into a suicidal ritual called "The Resolution."
  • 6.4
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    The Host
    episode S4.E23 may 1991
    Dr. Crusher falls for someone who's not at all what she expects him to be.
  • 7.1
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    In Theory
    episode S4.E25 june 1991
    When a female crew member is infatuated with Lieutenant Commander Data, he decides to give a romantic relationship a try. Also, the Enterprise finds itself having to maneuver through a dangerous nebula.
  • 8.7
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    Darmok
    episode S5.E2 september 1991
    Picard must learn to communicate with a race that speaks in metaphor under a difficult set of circumstances.
  • 8.2
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    Unification I
    episode S5.E7 november 1991
    Picard and Data follow Spock into Romulan space on a dangerous mission.
  • 6.5
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    New Ground
    episode S5.E10 january 1992
    Geordi can barely curtail his enthusiasm at being able to test out a new theory of transportation, as Worf's mother boards the Enterprise with his son and news that Worf's Earthly parents can no longer care for him.
  • 6.7
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    The Masterpiece Society
    episode S5.E13 february 1992
    Working together to prevent the annihilation of a perfectly balanced, isolated society (with no contingency for outside visitors) may, in fact, destroy it.
  • 7.3
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    Power Play
    episode S5.E15 february 1992
    A long-lost ship is found on a planet where cosmic storms prevented detection for 200 years. When a surface landing goes wrong, the away team is beamed back...with a few extra surprises.
  • 7.2
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    Ethics
    episode S5.E16 february 1992
    After an accident that leaves him no longer able to walk, Worf asks Riker to help him commit suicide.
  • 6.8
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    The Outcast
    episode S5.E17 march 1992
    While aiding an androgynous race who lost a couple of members in an unmapped region of space, Riker falls for one of them, which can lead to trouble if detected, since the alien race does not endorse gender specificity.
  • 6.1
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    Cost of Living
    episode S5.E20 april 1992
    As undetectable parasites devour the ship, Deanna's mother arrives, taking young Alexander under her wing en route to meeting a man she's blindly agreed to marry.
  • 8.8
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    I Borg
    episode S5.E23 may 1992
    The Enterprise finds a lone Borg drone, separated from the collective, and brings him aboard. The drone begins to reassert his individuality, but his presence causes differing levels of fear and sympathy from various crew members.
  • 8.3
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    The Next Phase
    episode S5.E24 may 1992
    A transporter malfunction, combined with a Romulan ship under stress and a damaged cloaking device, creates the illusion that Ensign Ro and Geordi are dead, but Geordi doesn't believe it to be so, and he acts accordingly.
  • 9.4
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    The Inner Light
    episode S5.E25 may 1992
    Picard awakes to find himself living in a small village where he is a well-known member of the community who is suffering from a delusion of being a starship captain.
  • 8.3
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    Time's Arrow
    episode S5.E26 june 1992
    Captain Picard and his archaeological curiosity are called upon by scientists from Earth when they find evidence to support beliefs that aliens had visited Earth in the late 1800s.
  • 5.7
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    Man of the People
    episode S6.E3 october 1992
    When the Enterprise comes to the rescue of an ambassador and his "mother", Deanna finds herself attracted to him, and seeks to comfort him upon her death.
  • 7.4
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    True Q
    episode S6.E6 october 1992
    When an honor student in the medical field is assigned to the Enterprise in an internship manner, she begins to demonstrate powers of the Q, prompting you-know-who to show up.
  • 8.3
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    Chain of Command, Part I
    episode S6.E10 december 1992
    Picard is replaced as captain of the Enterprise so he, Lt. Worf and Dr. Crusher go on a top-secret mission into Cardassian space. Meanwhile, his replacement, Captain Jellico, meets his new command with some resistance from the crew.
  • 6
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    Aquiel
    episode S6.E13 january 1993
    Murderous intrigue abounds for the Enterprise when one of the crew aboard a subspace station is believed dead, and suspected to have taken part in it until the Klingons show up with the young lieutenant, to Geordi's taste.
  • 7.5
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    Lessons
    episode S6.E19 april 1993
    Picard falls for the new head of the stellar science services department, but has feelings of misgivings when he's forced to assign her to a dangerous mission.
  • 7
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    Suspicions
    episode S6.E22 may 1993
    Dr. Crusher puts her career on the line to prove a scientist's theoretical new shielding technology which may have cost him his life.
  • 7.1
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    Rightful Heir
    episode S6.E23 may 1993
    During Worf's crisis of faith on Boreth, Kahless the Unforgettable makes his promised legendary return, but Klingon leader Gowron challenges his authenticity.
  • 8.1
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    Descent
    episode S6.E26 june 1993
    After an encounter with the Borg, Data feels his first emotion when he gets angry with the Borg. Data then tries to find ways to recreate the situation in order to feel emotions again, whilst the Enterprise investigates the Borg activity, and are bewildered as to why they feel emotions too.
  • 7.7
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    Descent, Part II
    episode S7.E1 september 1993
    Before Lore can run risky experiments on Geordi, Troi and Picard, the three seek a way to re-boot Data's ethical program that Lore switched off to pull Data to his side.
  • 6.2
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    Interface
    episode S7.E3 october 1993
    Geordi is distracted by the news of the possible loss of his mother while he uses a new remote probe technology to search for a downed spacecraft.
  • 7.5
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    Phantasms
    episode S7.E6 october 1993
    Data deals with his new ability to experience nightmares as the Enterprise deals with the installation of a new warp core that won't work as expected.
  • 7.5
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    Attached
    episode S7.E8 november 1993
    Captain Picard and Dr. Crusher discover things about one another when they are captured by an opposing alien race, due to the fact that the Enterprise has come to allow the planet's other civilization the choice of being part of the Federation.
  • 6.3
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    Force of Nature
    episode S7.E9 november 1993
    While searching for a missing Federation medical transport, the Enterprise is accosted by two scientists from a nearby planet who claim that cumulative exposure to warp energy is weakening the fabric of space.
  • 7.5
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    Inheritance
    episode S7.E10 november 1993
    On Federation planet Atrea IV, Data encounters the former wife of his creator Noonian Soong who claims to be his "mother".
  • 8.8
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    Parallels
    episode S7.E11 november 1993
    On his return from a bat'leth competition in the Klingon Empire, Worf finds himself shifting realities where events and details are in a constant state of flux and only he is aware of the changes.
  • 8.5
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    The Pegasus
    episode S7.E12 january 1994
    Riker finds out his former commander from the starship Pegasus has orders that entail more than what is revealed to Picard, who thinks the Enterprise is en route to recover the lost ship. And Riker is ordered to secrecy.
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    Homeward
    episode S7.E13 january 1994
    In an attempt to preserve a race of people on a planet being bombarded by storms that would kill them, Worf's foster brother violates the Prime Directive, leaving the Enterprise crew in a difficult position.
  • 8.7
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    Lower Decks
    episode S7.E15 february 1994
    A mission of the Enterprise is seen through the eyes of some junior officers who are up for promotions, as questions of duty and honor arise among some of them, such as a Bajoran whom Worf has designated to be promoted to operations.
  • 7.8
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    Thine Own Self
    episode S7.E16 february 1994
    Data is sent to follow a probe that has drifted off course and crashed on a primitive planet, only to crash on the planet himself, with no memory of any event prior to crashing on the planet's surface.
  • 6.7
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    Firstborn
    episode S7.E21 april 1994
    In an effort to help him accept his Klingon heritage, Worf and his son, Alexander, attend an ancient Klingon ceremony.
  • 6.5
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    Emergence
    episode S7.E23 may 1994
    Strange images begin appearing throughout the ship's decks and holodecks. Data and the rest of the crew begin to investigate only to discover that the ship's computer itself is exhibiting the strange behavior as it begins to become self-aware.
  • 7.9
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    Preemptive Strike
    episode S7.E24 may 1994
    Following her return from Advanced Tactical Training, Bajoran Ro Laren is sent to infiltrate the Maquis and finds herself torn between her loyalty to Picard and Starfleet, and her sympathy with the Maquis fighting "the good fight".
  • 9.1
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    All Good Things...
    episode S7.E25 may 1994
    Capt. Picard finds himself shifting continually into the past, future and present and must use that to discover a threat to humanity's existence.