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"The Measure of a Man" is a second season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation first broadcast in 1989. It was written by Melinda Snodgrass. Image File history File links STMeasureMan. ...
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Melinda M. Snodgrass is a writer who wrote many episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. ...
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A Matter of Honor is a second season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation first broadcast on February 6, 1989. ...
The Dauphin is a second season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation first broadcast on February 20, 1989. ...
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Plot
While the USS Enterprise-D is docked at a new Starbase for routine maintenance, they are paid a visit by resident cyberneticist Commander Bruce Maddox. Maddox was on the commission that years earlier determined Data's eligibility to enter Starfleet Academy; Maddox had cast the only dissenting vote on the grounds that Data, an android, was not a sentient being. Maddox explains that he wants Data to help him understand better how Dr. Noonien Soong was able to overcome certain problems when designing Data's positronic brain. The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) (or Enterprise-D, to distinguish it from prior starships with the same name) is a 24th century starship in the Star Trek fictional universe and the principal setting of the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series. ...
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Bruce Maddox is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe. ...
Data[1] is a character, portrayed by Brent Spiner, in the Star Trek fictional universe. ...
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In the fictional Star Trek: The Next Generation universe, Dr. Noonien Soong is a human cyberneticist who is the creator of the regular android character Data. ...
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Data is intrigued until he discovers that it is Maddox's intention to download Data's memories into another computer, deactivate him, and then disassemble him. Data points out that Maddox doesn't have the necessary knowledge to carry out this procedure safely, and so he refuses to undergo it. The NASA Columbia Supercomputer. ...
Maddox then issues an order backed up by Starfleet command for Data to submit himself to disassembly. Picard refuses to allow Data to go along with the order and Data concludes that only his resignation will allow him to circumvent the order. Maddox, however, contends that Data cannot resign as he is the property of Starfleet, not a sentient being with rights.
Picard persuades Starfleet Judge Advocate General Philippa Louvois, who had previously court-martialed him over the loss of the Stargazer, to hold a hearing to determine Data's status. Having to use available personnel, the JAG officer drafts Commander Riker to represent the prosecution, and Captain Picard to serve as Data's defense counsel. The Judge Advocate General (often shortened to JAG) is an office of the United Federation of Planets, charged with overseeing legal matters within Starfleet. ...
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard, played by Patrick Stewart, is a character from the Star Trek franchise who appears in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation, in the movies Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Nemesis, and makes a cameo appearence in...
In the trial, Riker, who was ordered to do his best to prosecute Data or have the JAG Officer summarily rule against Data, presents an effective case of Data being property because he is merely a sophisticated machine. During a recess, Picard is all but ready to concede until Guinan points out that a ruling against Data having rights is tantamount to sanctioning slavery. Emboldened, Picard presents his defence by arguing that Data fulfills most of Maddox's own criteria for the definition of sentience. Furthermore, he notes that creating a race of sentient beings who are legally considered property, ergo slaves, is a profound affront to the ideals and principles of the United Federation of Planets, subsequently adding that all beings are technically created, but that does not make them the property of their creators. Impressed by these arguments, the JAG officer rules that Data has the right to self-determination; he is a machine, but he is growing beyond the sum of his parts. Guinan, played by Whoopi Goldberg, is a recurring character on Star Trek: The Next Generation. ...
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Data reassures a demoralised Maddox that his research is intriguing and that one day he may be able to safely perform such a procedure. After the trial, Riker shuns the celebration in shame for the role he played in the trial. Data tells him that he is well aware that Riker did not wish to argue against Data, and is grateful that Riker caused injury to himself for his benefit.
Trivia - This episode marks the first appearance of the rare "Interim Admiral's Uniform" seen only in Season Two of the Next Generation series. The uniform had been created to replace the unpopular first season Admiral uniforms and rank insignia and introduced a new system of rank pips within "rank boxes". The rank boxes were worn vertically and would be replaced in the third season by horizontal boxes and the Admiral's uniform used for the rest of the Next Generation series.
- This is the first episode to feature the poker game which would be worked into future episodes, including the very last scene of the very last episode.
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In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Emergency Medical Hologram or EMH (full name: EMH Program AK-1 Diagnostic and Surgical Subroutine Omega-323) is a holographic program intended to support or replace medical personnel aboard a Starfleet vessel or installation in case of emergency. ...
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