THE MEASURE OF A MAN
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Stardate: 42523.7
Rating: 9 Humour: - Action: -- Tension: + Romance: -
| Alternate Titles: |
German: |
"WEM GEHÖRT DATA" |
| Written By: |
Snodgrass, Melinda |
| Director: |
Scheerer, Robert |
| Executive: |
Roddenberry, Gene |
| Co-Executive: |
Berman, Rick
Hurley, Maurice |
| Producer: |
Armus, Burton
Gray, Mike
Mason, John |
| Line-Producer: |
Livingston, David |
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Cast
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Plot
A cybernetics expert wishes to dismantle Data for study so he can build
more androids. When Picard declines, Maddox produces orders transferring
Data to his command. Picard attempts to find a way to block the transfer but
the only option is for Data to resign. However, it is discovered that,
according to current laws, Data is considered property and cannot resign. In
order to challenge this law, Picard is forced to defend Data in a hearing
and Riker is forced to act as the prosecutor.
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Goofs
- In the first third we see the Enterprise _circle_ this *spinning*
spacestation, but then, when Picard meets this woman the first time, they
stay at the window and you can see the _moving_ Enterprise in front of
*motionless* stars.
- In this episode, Data is shown bending a metal bar. However, the metal
bar that Riker places on the JAG officer's desk is not bent in the same
manner. In addition, the speed at which the bari is bent should have
produced plenty of heat.
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In-Jokes
- When Riker is showing off Data's arm to the JAG representative, there is
a pad on her desk which lists Data's parts, including "Nausican Valve"
and "Totoro Interface". Also, it is noted that part of Data's construc-
tion is made out of something called "Yurium". (DP)
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Quotes
| Picard: |
"Phillipa Louvois, and back in uniform. It's been almost ten years, but seeing you again like this...makes it seem like fifty. Do you know what I'd like to do if there weren't so many people around?" |
| Louvois: |
"Break a chair across my teeth?" |
| Picard: |
"After that." |
| Louvois: |
"Oh, ain't love grand?" |
| Louvois: |
"It brings a sense of order and stability to my universe to know you're still a pompous ass...and a damn sexy man." |
| Louvois: |
"All this passion over a machine?" |
| Louvois: |
"Data is a toaster." |
| Wesley: |
"Data, you're supposed to rip the paper off." |
| Data: |
"With the application of a little care, Wes, the paper can be utilized again." |
| Troi: |
"Data, you're missing the point." |
| Data: |
"I would prefer not to answer that question." |
| Picard: |
"Under the circumstances, I don't think Tasha would mind." |
| Data: |
"She was special to me, sir. We were...intimate." |
| Riker: |
"Data is a physical representation of a dream, an idea conceived by the mind of a man. His purpose? To serve human needs and interests. He is a collection of neural nets and heuristic algorithms. His responses are dictated by an elaborate software program written by a man. The hardware was built by a man. And a man will turn him off." |
| Riker: |
"Pinocchio is broken...his strings have been cut." |
| Guinan: |
"There have always been disposable creatures." |
| Picard: |
"Your Honor, Starfleet was founded to seek out new life. Well there it sits!" |
| Louvois: |
"It is the judgement of this court that Lieutenant Commander Data has the freedom to choose." |
| Riker: |
"You are a wise man, my friend." |
| Data: |
"Not yet, sir. But with your help, I am learning." |
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