Picard learn about data with these 10 next generation episodes by kevin wong on january 24, 2020 at 5. Taken from episodes brothers, datalore, and descent part ii. Not only does this episode shed some light on data s creation but it is also a hilarious episode. They are both surprised however when data s brother, lore, also appears. Picard season 1 aired last thursday, featuring a surprise returning cast member the next generation star brent spiner. Since lore is data s twin and the theme of the premiere is a focus on twin synths. Brothers in 2369, lore encountered a group of borg disconnected from the collective as a result of hugh s sense of individuality. Details about star trek the next generation lore data s evil twin brother 1993 nos. The enterprise visits the planet where data was created and. The next generation season 4 ratings a list of 26 titles. Data fights his brother lore star trek tng hd youtube. Looking online, lore only appears in four episodes of the series, which seems low to me. The next generation, originally aired on january 18. The entire population of the planet died of unknown reasons many years previously with data being found just around that time.
Data approaches lore and causes him to shake by using datas activation switch to rapidly turn him on and off. Lore established himself as their leader, the one, as he was referred to, unaware that the collective hierarchy was composed of myriad borg queens. Brent spiner is listed in the end credits of this episode for his. The real data learns that the lookalike, named lore, was once alive, but was disassembled by the colonists on the planet who were jealous of lore s perfection. You must be a cbs all access subscriber to enjoy this video. Characters are ordered alphabetically by family name, and only. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive membersonly content. One of the greatest data episodes as well as one of the best of star trek. Spiner also portrayed datas manipulative and malignant brother lore a role he found much. If you dont own this, youre really missing out on something special.
This episode will have repercussions on a further tng episode titled the offspring and on a voyager episode called author, author. Lore calls him often wrong soong and derides data for the way he tries to mimic. They discover, almost too late, that lore is a megalomaniac and out to destroy the enterprise. Picard all the data history you need understand whats going on picard incorporates a whole lot of history from the next generation about the captains relationship with data. Superficially, this episode gives us a lot of familiar feelings, but underneath all of that is a brilliant philosophical inversion of countless episodes of star trek. Also the unexplained synth attack on mars would coincide with lore s dubious nature. Data appeared twice in picards dreams, and b4 was in pieces in. It dealt with data s rights as a sentient being and whether or not he was the property of starfleet. This is a deliciously juicy question, because i love uncomfortable little posers like this. In a hidden cave, they find another robot, data s twin brother lore, and revive him. The next generation tng without talking about data.
The next generation, originally aired on january 18, 1988, in broadcast syndication. After being summoned home by his elderly creator, data clashes with his evil brother, lore. It was only with this episode that the production crew came up with the idea that data never used contractions as a way to tell him apart from lore, despite him having used them in earlier episodes and even at the end of this one, thanks to a flub by spiner shibboleth. Descent is the 26th episode of the sixth season and the first episode of the seventh season of the american science fiction television series star trek. Data soong by saltycatfish on deviantart not what i intended for this one. And with that we only have one episode of star trek. Enterprised on their own mission to go where no one has gone before. Although this failed spectacularly because data is heard using a contraction. The next generation season 1 ratings a list of 25 titles. This was the final episode of star trek on which gene roddenberry was a. Created, as was data, by doctors noonien and juliana soong on omicron theta, lore s emotional functions were more like organic creatures thanks to an emotion chip developed by the soongs, though completely malevolent and selfserving, with no regard for life. Set almost 100 years after captain kirks fiveyear mission, a new generation of starfleet officers set off in the u. Williams was the stunt double in the episodes datalore and descent, part ii.
With patrick stewart, brent spiner, jonathan frakes, levar burton. An android, of the same model and appearance as lt. Lore had more emotion than data, but having been created wholesale he. In many ways, lore was more advanced than data particularly on the emotional spectrum. Data is the most interesting character in tng by a wide margin, and lore is his foil. Lore was a soongtype android constructed by doctor noonian soong and juliana soong at the. He described the standin as looking like a break dancer doing the robot whenever he had to portray data or lore, and said that i think the guy was really into playing an. There are earlier tng episodes that characterize dr. Soong and lore, but this episode is the best of them. Im guessing they intentionally left it openended so they could bring lore back later if they wanted to. The doctor had no idea lore had been reactivated and the homing signal intended only for data obviously called lore home as well. But, when it comes to the specifics of the story and the aesthetics of the production, what we are dealing with is more than just a retcon of data s history. That episode introduced alton inigo soong, the neverbeforementioned son of dr.
Youll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more. The project will show the best of stng in a series of memorable moments from each episode. The ships chief engineer, lieutenant commander argyle, and chief medical officer, dr. Theres an episode in tng i think it may even be a multipart episode where romulans and the federation are having some kind of standoff, and picard is ordered to take command of a number of federation ships to act as a blockade against the romulans. The next generation established that noonien soong created lore before data. The enterprise travels to the omicron theta star system, where data was discovered years, ago in order to investigate the disappearance of a colony. This is taken from my star trek the next generation moments project that im working on. Picard since it began, but fans really started getting their hopes up for a return with the seasons penultimate episode et in arcadia ego, part 1.
Although they find no one alive, they do find a huge underground complex and, surprisingly, a disassembled version of data. Brent spiner plays both data and lore, so you get to see him more. If you are experiencing problems, please describe them. But hey, good to see him again, and since brent spiner was probably bored with the whole two roles in one scene gag, we meet a new character whos crucially important to data and lore. Physicist stephen hawking also appeared on an episode as himself. Data and riker data and rikers episode ending conversation in full, including the parts that were cut for the episodes. This is a list of characters from the science fiction television series star trek. Picard is almost certainly not using data s evil brother lore, despite fan theories. Both lore and data were left behind, but data was subsequently discovered by the crew of the uss tripoli. Which ones are the most exciting am looking for a dvd to rent.
Data is a character in the fictional star trek franchise. You dont have to tell me anything, im just gonna speculate star trek picard hd episode 7 duration. Data had an older brother with a positronic brain, lore, who could potentially make things more interesting on star trek. Unbeknownst to the crew, lore gained revenge on the planets inhabitants before being disassembled. As we know, starfleet was really interested at getting their hands on data. About halfway through the first season of tng, in datalore, we learn most of the. Picard and riker are both annoyed at his display and decide that riker would go with wesley and data to see lore. Star trek tng gif where data slaps beverly crusher. Lore is an evil version of data, who was created by dr. Datalore is the twelfth episode of the first season of the american science fiction television series star trek. With patrick stewart, jonathan frakes, levar burton, denise crosby.
Lore remained in soongs laboratory until 2364, when the uss enterprised arrived at the planet. Wesley loudly protests that he doesnt trust data lore. The other option is rather more sinister data s evil twin, lore. Picard learn about data with these 10 next generation. Nasa astronaut mae jemison, shown here on a space shuttle mission, played a lieutenant on the enterprise d.