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This episode literally begins with a bang, as the Enterprise explodes with all hands on board. A few minutes into the episode, we see that the starship and its personnel are still safe, but not for long. Passing through a time warp in the unexplored Typhon expanse, the crew is doomed to repeatedly experience the series of events leading up to their fiery doom. Will they be able to break chain of cause and effect in time to save themselves? The answers were first provided when "Cause and Effect," written by Brannon Braga, made its American TV debut on March 28, 1992.