Gabriel Damon plays the robotic Jeremy, who has no emotional reactions or facial expressions as he is bombarded with shocking situations when his mother is killed.
Jeremy's mother is an archaeologist that beams down to do some research with Worf. Due to some unexploded ordnance, Jeremy's mother, played by Susan Powell, is killed. Jeremy barely reacts. Later on, when an alien from the planet shows up as his mother, Jeremy reacts even less. Talk about a poker face! Gabriel Damon also played the evil kid who was the leader of the mob in Robocop 2.
This episode seems like a battle over control of the child. The options that the aliens were offering the child seemed a lot better than listening to Picard's platitudes and Counsellor Troi's politically correct advice. Counsellor Troi was the last person you wanted to get advice from in most episodes. She usually provided the least useful point of view, which was often what was also recommended by "The Federation."
Counsellor Troi was a flaky corporate drone who had a vested interest in spouting "The Federation" line. After all, by the end of this series she had been in a relationship with just about everyone on the Enterprise, along with numerous aliens, and various other guest characters. Good thing for her that most STDs had been cured by the 24th Century. Personal ethics were not a consideration for "The Federation" when it came to therapy.
By comparison Data was a lot more reliable when it came to honest advice, since he was an android. Data also seemed like he usually cared more about people than Troi did, and actually thought about the advice he gave to others. Fortunately for Troi, malpractice lawsuits and personal injury law firms had been abolished by the 24th Century.
Jeremy's mother is an archaeologist that beams down to do some research with Worf. Due to some unexploded ordnance, Jeremy's mother, played by Susan Powell, is killed. Jeremy barely reacts. Later on, when an alien from the planet shows up as his mother, Jeremy reacts even less. Talk about a poker face! Gabriel Damon also played the evil kid who was the leader of the mob in Robocop 2.
This episode seems like a battle over control of the child. The options that the aliens were offering the child seemed a lot better than listening to Picard's platitudes and Counsellor Troi's politically correct advice. Counsellor Troi was the last person you wanted to get advice from in most episodes. She usually provided the least useful point of view, which was often what was also recommended by "The Federation."
Counsellor Troi was a flaky corporate drone who had a vested interest in spouting "The Federation" line. After all, by the end of this series she had been in a relationship with just about everyone on the Enterprise, along with numerous aliens, and various other guest characters. Good thing for her that most STDs had been cured by the 24th Century. Personal ethics were not a consideration for "The Federation" when it came to therapy.
By comparison Data was a lot more reliable when it came to honest advice, since he was an android. Data also seemed like he usually cared more about people than Troi did, and actually thought about the advice he gave to others. Fortunately for Troi, malpractice lawsuits and personal injury law firms had been abolished by the 24th Century.