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Elementary, Dear Data
(Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 2, Episode 3) Directed by: Rob Bowman Screenplay by: Gene Roddenberry Brian Alan Lane Cast: Patrick Stewart Brent Spiner LeVar Burton Daniel Davis Release Date: December 3, 1988 IMDB Storyline: When the Enterprise arrives a few days early at its rendezvous point to meet the USS Victory, the crew have a bit of leisure time on their hands. For Data and Geordi Laforge, it means a trip to the holodeck and 221B Baker St. With Data in the role of Holmes and Laforge as Dr. Watson, they take on a challenge from Dr. Pulaski that Data couldn't solve a genuine mystery. Data has a bit of time adjusting to a real mystery - as opposed to one for which he knows the outcome. In giving the holodeck computer its instructions however, Geordi's specifications for an opponent results in a far superior creation than expected putting them and the entire ship in danger. |
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Ship in a Bottle
(Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 6, Episode 12) Directed by: Alexander Singer Screenplay by: Gene Roddenberry Rene Echevarria Cast: Patrick Stewart Brent Spiner LaVar Burton Daniel Davis Release Date: January 23, 1993 IMDB Storyline: Diagnosing anomalies in the recreative Sherlock Holmes hologram game programs, Lieutenant Reginald 'Reg' Barclay III discovers protected memory contains the arch-villain character professor James Moriarty, who has become self-conscious and demands fulfillment of a recent promise by the crew that they would think up a way for him to leave the holodeck . To Picard's astonishment, Moriarty proves empirically his will suffices to leave the Holodeck, he even retains a physical body. Picard grants him the benefit of the doubt despite his crimes in fiction, but refuses to grant life to the countess Barthalomew, who was created as his ideal but holographic mate. Moriarty manages to seize control of the Enterprise to force the crew to obey anyhow at pain of total destruction. That still leaves the technological challenge, but Data's logical deduction comes up with an entirely different viewpoint, inspiring another challenge and approach... |
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