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



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Writers:
Gene Roddenberry (creator)
Tracy Tormé (teleplay)
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Original Air Date:
21 January 1989 (Season 2, Episode 6)
Plot:
Data's "grandfather", Dr. Ira Graves, is close to death. Dr. Graves transfers his mind, will and emotions into Data and expires... more | add synopsis
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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)). more
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. more
Quotes:
Kareen Brianon: Excuse me, sir - are you a Romulan?
Lieutenant Worf: [snarling] Hardly!
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References The Wizard of Oz (1939) more

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6 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Emotional data?, 4 June 2007
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Author: gritfrombray-1 from Ireland

*** 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......

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