Riker then demonstrates Data's 'off' switch, which is not cool. Riker demonstrates Data's robotic functions: his strength, his memory and the fact his arm can be removed to look at the shiny circuitry inside. Due to a lack of legal staff Picard must argue for Data and Riker is forced to argue for Maddox.Ĭase for the Prosecution (Commander Riker) Picard convinces a judge to hold a hearing in order to prove Data has the same freedoms as other sentient beings. Maddox then claims that as Data is merely property he can simply be requisitioned and doesn't get to make decisions about his own future. Picard fights the order and Data even resigns from Starfleet. Maddox uses the command structure to try and forcibly transfer Data. Data doubts Maddox has the skills to do the procedure and refuses to participate for his own safety. The Enterprise visits a starbase where Commander Maddox, a cybernetics expert, wants to copy Data's brain in order to create more androids. There is one huge flaw in the concept of the episode (see The Flaw), but if you ignore that it's pretty good. Plus Data is saved from a terrifying stalker. Picard gets to say something meaningful rather than just speeching at a problem until it's solved. I'm told that this is the first good TNG episode, and I can't argue with that.
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