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

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 | Ferengi | Andorian | Space | Klingon

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

Company:

Paramount Television

Trivia:

In one scene, Counselor Troi administers a psychotropic exam to Data. Some of the images displayed on the view screen are brief images from Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982), and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), such as the Genesis planet construction flyby and the Genesis matrix composite. Other images displayed are images from previous episodes of the series (Example, Geordi La Forge sans VISOR from "Star Trek: The Next Generation: Hide and Q (#1.9)" (1987)).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Data/Graves strikes Picard with his right hand from the lower left side of his body; from Picard's perspective, the force of impact is traveling from Picard's lower right to his upper left. But Picard spins a full turn to his right, stumbles to his left, and slams into a wall. Picard should have spun in the same direction as the force of impact.

Quotes:

Kareen Brianon: Excuse me, sir - are you a Romulan?
Lieutenant Worf: [snarling] Hardly!

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Emotional data?

*** This review 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......