"Star Trek: The Next Generation" The Schizoid Man (1989)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Les Landau

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (creator)
Tracy Tormé (teleplay)

TV Series:

"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)

Original Air Date:

21 January 1989 (Season 2, Episode 6)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Data's "grandfather", Dr. Ira Graves, is close to death. Dr. Graves transfers his mind, will and emotions into Data and expires...

Plot Keywords:

Captain | Warp Speed | Commanding Officer | Doctor | Tea

Cast

Patrick Stewart	...	Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes	...	Commander William T. Riker
LeVar Burton	...	Lieutenant Geordi La Forge
Michael Dorn	...	Lieutenant Worf
Marina Sirtis	...	Counselor Deanna Troi
Brent Spiner	...	Lt. Commander Data / Dr. Ira Graves
Wil Wheaton	...	Wesley Crusher
Diana Muldaur	...	Doctor Pulaski
William Morgan Sheppard	...	Dr. Ira Graves (as W. Morgan Sheppard)
Suzie Plakson	...	Lt. Selar, M.D.
Barbara Alyn Woods	...	Kareen Brianon

Trivia:

Troi is administering a test to Data. What is displayed on the viewscreen are brief images from Star Trek movies such as the Genesis planet construction flyby and the Genesis matrix composite.

Quotes:

Wesley Crusher: That was a great speech, Data. "To know him is to love him, is to know him...”
Data-Graves: Verbal composition at its most sophisticated level. Your childlike mind cannot appreciate the time-worn wisdom of my words.
Wesley Crusher: "Childlike mind"?
Data-Graves: When you get to be my age you will understand.
Wesley Crusher: Your age? Data, chronologically you're not much older than I am.
Data-Graves: Well... You are only as old as you feel. Try to remember that, boy.

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Emotional data?

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Was still warming to this new Star Trek series but had already taken to most of the cast. In this the Enterprise receives a distress signal from one of the Federation's greatest scientists Doctor Ira Graves. His assistant has sent the signal because of his ill health. When the party beam down they are greeted acerbically by Doctor Graves and the Vulcan Doctor tells him that he is in the final stages of Darnees Syndrome. A terminal illness. Ira Graves instantly recognizes Data as a creation of his former pupil, Doctor Noonien Soong. Data develops a relationship with him and Graves even insists that Data call him Grandpa! Now here is where Brent Spiner once again shows off his talents as Graves transfers his personality into Data upon his death! Data begins to show a little irrationality and even a little jealousy. The crew dismiss this at first believing that it was just the death of Graves affecting him. But there seems to be a little more than this affecting the android. It soon surfaces that it is indeed Graves personality inhabiting Data! After some upsets and even a little violence Graves transfers the wealth of his knowledge into the Enterprise's computer. Fans should know, Suzie Plakson who played Lieutenant Selar, the Vulcan in this later played Keyhler Worf's love interest. Originally a love story was supposed to be between Worf and the Vulcan which would have been far more interesting......