All in all, it's episodes like these that really cement TNG in the viewer's mind as a show with great characters that are easy to identify with and care about. Data's fling with Tasha is referenced, which is nice. The Geordi/Data friendship gets some great development. Riker's guilt is palpable and well written. It's nice to imagine Picard getting some, especially with a MILF like Louvois. Matthew: Character stories are by far the strength of this episode. Carried by the skill of the actors, Picard saying the word first kept the scene from becoming heavy handed while still using real world history to make the audience feel truly uncomfortable at what Maddox is proposing. I can't believe it's accident that an African-American actress led the British actor to say the word "slavery" to her feigned shock. These scenes help the audience share Picard's outrage at the casual treatment of "his android." I also particularly liked the scene between Picard and Guinan. The scene with Tasha's hologram was handled perfectly by everyone, and was quite touching. Data's scenes with the crew all work emotionally, and they serve to emphasize what the audience already knows, that Data is a lifeform and a friend. We get some lovely continuity by referencing a heretofore unknown court martial for what happened to the Stargazer, and we get another of the Captain's lost loves, but this one works on sheer strength of chemistry. Scenes between Data and Geordi, Data and Picard, Picard and Guinan, and Picard and Louvois are what really make the episode for me. Kevin: The other level that this episode works on is one of character and relationship development. Then, the arguments Picard offers to the contrary would have more impact. Perhaps the story could have been troubled a bit more with some counter-examples that demonstrate how radically different Data is from humanoids (such as scenes like in Elementary Dear Data, where Data doesn't "get" the point of play, or later, when Data had a girlfriend). It might have been nice to have some of the drama crystallized in the form of some more scenes like Data's going away party. If there is a flaw, writing-wise, I think it's a bit too talky. It's the discussion we were waiting for and never got in "Elementary, Dear Data." I like Phillipa's ultimate position that she is not sure what Data is, but because of that uncertainty, she has to err on the side of caution.
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I didn't read Asimov's Robot or Foundation series until I was much older, but looking back, it's hard not to see the influence.What I like most about this episode is that it engages the bigger questions surrounding Data's sentience, even if it doesn't fully answer them. You don't get much more science-fiction-y than an exploration of the nature of life and sentience in the context of artificial life. First, there is a pretty solid science fiction set up.
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