Second Season - Episode 032

THE SCHIZOID MAN

Stardate: 42437.5
Rating: 9 Humour: - Action: - Tension: + Romance: -

Alternate Titles: German: "DAS FREMDE GEDÄCHTNIS"

Teleplay By: Tormé, Tracy
Story By: Beimler, Hans
Manning, Richard
Director: Landau, Les
Executive: Roddenberry, Gene
Co-Executive: Berman, Rick
Hurley, Maurice
Producer: Armus, Burton
Gray, Mike
Mason, John
Line-Producer: Livingston, David

Cast

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Patrick Stewart
Cmd. William T. Riker: Jonathan Frakes
Lt. Geordi LaForge: LeVar Burton
Lt. Worf: Michael Dorn
Counselor Deanna Troi: Marina Sirtis
Lt.Cmd. Data: Brent Spiner
Wesley Crusher: Wil Wheaton
Doctor Katherine Pulaski: Diana Muldaur
Ira Graves: W. Moran Sheappard
Lt. Selar: Suzie Plakson
Kareen Brianon: Barbara Alyn Woods

Plot

The Enterprise recives a distresscall from a brilliant scientist, who's working on intergrating humans and computers, as they approch the planet another distresscall from a colonytransport and Dr. Pulaski sends off one of her doctors to the Planet, while she rushes away to the transport. On the planet the awayteam discovers that the scientist is terminally ill and that he did not like the idea of visitors. The scientist gets very interested in Data and they begin to spend much time together. Data eventualy begins to call Graves grandfather and appears to be touched when Graves dies, but on that very occation he fails to folow normal procedures. When they are brought onboard Data begins to act stangely, he starts out by making a stange speach at the funeral, and goes on by beginning to provok others. Data himselve states he is fine, but Picard does not belive him and orders an examination, The results turns out negative, while Data continiues to question what others are doing. Troi suggests that they should look at the mental health and discovers that there are 2 persons inside of Data. One of them is getting stronger and it's a character that does not like athorities, especialy Picard, a quick discossion with Doctor Selar reaveals that the person inside of Data is in fact Graves, and that he has put himselve inthere. Picard goes off to find Data and finds him in engeneering along with an injured LaForge.

Quotes

Kareen: "Are you a Romulan?"
Worf: [Growls] "Hardly."

Graves: "I'll tell you a little secret, sonny. I don't really believe I will be dying. I believe I've learned how to transfer my great intellect into the machine, thus cheating the Grim Reaper of his greatest prize."

"Data": "Just look at that face. The face of a thinker...a warrior...a man for all seasons. Yet, Ira Graves was not perfect. Perhaps his greatest flaw was that he was too selfless. He simply cared too much about his fellow man, with nary a thought to himself. A man of limitless accomplishments and unbridled modesty. I can safely say that to know Ira Graves was to love him. And to love him was to know him. Those who knew him...loved him. While those who did not know him...loved him from afar--"

Picard: "What were your impressions of Doctor Graves?"
Selar: "He seemed brilliant, egocentric, arrogant, chauvinistic."

Data: "Why am I lying on the floor, in this undignified position, with the four of you standing over me, displaying expressions of--"

Data: "I hope I did not do anything unbecoming a Starfleet officer."
Riker: "Does wrestling a Klingon targ ring a bell?"
Data: [Hmm] "Did I win?"

Revised: 22051997