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Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 3, Episode 16The Offspring (10 Mar. 1990)After returning from a cybernetics conference to the Enterprise, Data creates his own "child," much to the chagrin of his captain, and without regards to the ramifications with Starfleet. Director:Jonathan Frakes |
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After a visit to a cybernetics conference on an asteroid belt, Data returns and presents the human crew to the android Lal, which he considers his- child. Captain Jean-Luc Picard is appalled, to Data's utter surprise, that life was created without prior permission of any kind. Meanwhile Lal is allowed to choose, advised by Data and Troi, its own gender and racial appearance- human female. Data and others find educating and refining her software fascinating, but she makes progress no-one anticipated. Admiral Anthony Haftel comes to investigate, is impressed but wants this unique specimen removed from her 'parent', which proves no lesser drama then in a human family... Written by KGF Vissers
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Lal: I know, Father.
Lt. Cmdr. Data: We must say goodbye now.
Lal: I feel...
Lt. Cmdr. Data: What do you feel, Lal?
Lal: ...I love you, Father.
Lt. Cmdr. Data: [after a pause] I wish I could feel it with you.
Lal: I will feel it for both of us. Thank you for my life. Flirting... Laughter... Painting, family... Female... Human.
[she dies]
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First Star Trek TV episode to be directed by an actor from the show (Jonathan Frakes/Commander Riker). Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner had both previously directed Star Trek movies. See more »Goofs
In Star Trek: The Next Generation: Datalore Data discloses the location of his off button to Dr. Crusher but swears her to secrecy, indicating he is sensitive about it. Yet he installed the same kind of button on Lal, and cavalierly uses it to silence his own child simply because she asks questions. See more »Quotes
Lt. Cmdr. Data: Lal. I am unable to correct the malfunction.Lal: I know, Father.
Lt. Cmdr. Data: We must say goodbye now.
Lal: I feel...
Lt. Cmdr. Data: What do you feel, Lal?
Lal: ...I love you, Father.
Lt. Cmdr. Data: [after a pause] I wish I could feel it with you.
Lal: I will feel it for both of us. Thank you for my life. Flirting... Laughter... Painting, family... Female... Human.
[she dies]
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Data explores his humanity by an act of creation, 'birthing' a new android life form, with intelligence and freewill like himself.
I cannot improve upon the the comments of the main reviewer, but wanted to say this episode is a must see.
It deals with the issues of giving life or becoming a parent, raising a child, and coming to terms with that child growing up, becoming independent, and ultimately, the loss of that child. The emotions of the crew serve to represent our human emotions felt in sympathy to Data's loss.
A beautiful, emotional episode that I love.
I would recommend this episode to anyone who is not yet convinced that Star Trek, and SF in general, has come of age, and can deal with human topics in a touching and full way.