Tin Man

Episode aired Apr 21, 1990
TV-PG
45m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

3.6K

YOUR RATING

Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi

The Enterprise reaches out to an alien being, while dancing around with the Romulans, who want to attack it in an act of vengeance.The Enterprise reaches out to an alien being, while dancing around with the Romulans, who want to attack it in an act of vengeance.The Enterprise reaches out to an alien being, while dancing around with the Romulans, who want to attack it in an act of vengeance.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

3.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The sound effects for the alien ship were produced by having a stage crew member eat half a large pizza and then sit quietly with dermal microphones taped to his stomach to record the sounds of his digestive process.

Goofs
Before the star goes supernova, Tin Man hurls the Enterprise 3.8 billion kilometers away. Once they stop, approximately 30 seconds later, they see the star explode on the main viewing screen. From that distance it would take 3½ hours for the light of the explosion to reach them.

Quotes
[last lines]
Lt. Commander Data: I witnessed something... remarkable. Individually, they were both so...
Counselor Deanna Troi: Wounded. Isolated.
Lt. Commander Data: Yes. But no longer. Through joining... they have been healed. Grief has been transmuted to joy, loneliness to... belonging.
Counselor Deanna Troi: Data? You *do* understand?
Lt. Commander Data: Yes, Counselor. When Tin Man returned me to the Enterprise, I realized... this is where *I* belong.

Connections
Edited from Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Soundtracks
Star Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage

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Review

Featured review

Where one belongs

This episode returns to a more accepting version of the human future (in stark contrast to the season opener "Evolution"). Gifted, reclusive telepath Tam Elbrun joins the Enterprise to communicate with a new life form that's been dubbed Tin Man.

Tam is reclusive and telepathic, being able to hear the thoughts of the 1000+-member crew. Though, he's drawn to Tin Man, so he tolerates being on the Enterprise with all those people in order to make contact with Tin Man.

The message here is that it's OK to be different. You'll always find some place to belong.

Of course, this wonderfully touching episode is slightly marred by the usual space-opera nonsense involving Romulans who want to destroy Tin Man.