A beautiful episode.
I just loved how the stakes of this episode start out as being the fate of one androids ability for self determination but the use of the word ownership leads to the revelation that this has the potential to legitimate slavery of an entire species.
Guinan had a small part in this episode but she did so much with it. The impact of what she is saying has additional impact with her voice / earth history of slavery. Guinan always seems to know how to get to the heart of the matter --- boy, I wish I had this well of advice/wisdom during certain moments of my life.
Maddox excels at being a jerk. You just want to smack the guy when he barges into Data's quarters and rummages through his personal belongings with no care for Data's privacy.
Riker has some great moments in this one too ----- The scene when he discovers that Data has an on/off switch and he delivers a smile followed immediately by dejection as he realizes the gravity of his discovery. The pinocchio reference was a nice callback to episode 1 ---- and remember, Pinocchio did become a real boy.
It was getting a bit dusty at my house during Picard's cross examination of maddox --- This was a beautiful speech about life, self determination and the potential for this decision to legitimatize slavery.
The best episode of TNG to date.
I just loved how the stakes of this episode start out as being the fate of one androids ability for self determination but the use of the word ownership leads to the revelation that this has the potential to legitimate slavery of an entire species.
Guinan had a small part in this episode but she did so much with it. The impact of what she is saying has additional impact with her voice / earth history of slavery. Guinan always seems to know how to get to the heart of the matter --- boy, I wish I had this well of advice/wisdom during certain moments of my life.
Maddox excels at being a jerk. You just want to smack the guy when he barges into Data's quarters and rummages through his personal belongings with no care for Data's privacy.
Riker has some great moments in this one too ----- The scene when he discovers that Data has an on/off switch and he delivers a smile followed immediately by dejection as he realizes the gravity of his discovery. The pinocchio reference was a nice callback to episode 1 ---- and remember, Pinocchio did become a real boy.
It was getting a bit dusty at my house during Picard's cross examination of maddox --- This was a beautiful speech about life, self determination and the potential for this decision to legitimatize slavery.
The best episode of TNG to date.