1 00:00:02,230 --> 00:00:07,904 Captain's log, stardate 41242.4. Our last assignment has taken us 2 00:00:08,032 --> 00:00:10,988 into the remote Omicron Theta star system, 3 00:00:11,120 --> 00:00:14,076 home of our android crew member, Lt Cmdr Data. 4 00:00:14,209 --> 00:00:16,618 Although we're due at an assignment, 5 00:00:16,755 --> 00:00:20,506 I have decided to visit Data's home planet for a few hours 6 00:00:20,636 --> 00:00:24,589 in the hopes of unraveling the mystery of his beginnings. 7 00:00:25,228 --> 00:00:28,895 Sir, we are 20 minutes from Omicron Theta, mark. 8 00:00:30,194 --> 00:00:33,613 Stand by for subwarp. Head for standard orbit of planet. 9 00:00:33,742 --> 00:00:37,825 - I wonder why Data's not here. - He said he wanted to be alone. 10 00:00:37,958 --> 00:00:41,376 Perhaps this is a bigger moment for him than we thought. 11 00:00:52,107 --> 00:00:55,110 - What are you doing? - Sneezing. 12 00:00:56,114 --> 00:00:59,236 - Have you got a cold? - A cold what? 13 00:00:59,369 --> 00:01:02,242 It's a disease Mom said people used to get. 14 00:01:03,042 --> 00:01:06,129 But humans still sneeze for other reasons. 15 00:01:06,256 --> 00:01:08,749 And I cannot seem to do it right. 16 00:01:11,890 --> 00:01:17,481 Why practice sneezing? We're going to your home planet for the first time. 17 00:01:17,609 --> 00:01:21,479 - Aren't you interested in that? - More than interested. Fascinated. 18 00:01:21,615 --> 00:01:25,402 One might say agog. But I also find sneezing interesting. 19 00:01:29,379 --> 00:01:32,667 Capt Picard wishes to see you on the bridge. 20 00:01:33,511 --> 00:01:37,428 Captain, confirming Class-M reading there. 21 00:01:37,559 --> 00:01:40,847 But sensors show no life readings. Not even vegetation. 22 00:01:40,982 --> 00:01:44,934 Strange. The cruiser that found Data reported farmlands. 23 00:01:46,282 --> 00:01:50,497 - Want to take her into orbit, Data? - No, thank you, sir. 24 00:02:13,996 --> 00:02:16,953 Continue on into close parking orbit. 25 00:02:17,085 --> 00:02:18,284 Aye, sir. 26 00:02:19,172 --> 00:02:21,499 I could say "home sweet home," sir, 27 00:02:21,634 --> 00:02:24,637 if I understood how the word "sweet" applies. 28 00:02:24,765 --> 00:02:29,062 - It usually refers to memories. - To one's own memories. 29 00:02:29,189 --> 00:02:32,192 Do the memories you have include farms, Data? 30 00:02:32,319 --> 00:02:36,236 Affirmative. But the colony's principal interest was science. 31 00:02:36,368 --> 00:02:39,704 How can you hold the memories of 411 people, 32 00:02:39,832 --> 00:02:43,417 if that means every experience, every day of their life? 33 00:02:43,547 --> 00:02:48,296 It does not. Unfortunately. It's the knowledge they accumulated. 34 00:02:48,430 --> 00:02:51,884 Actually, I am deficient in basic human information. 35 00:02:52,020 --> 00:02:54,014 Sneezing, for example. 36 00:02:54,691 --> 00:02:56,981 Approaching close parking orbit. 37 00:02:57,112 --> 00:02:59,735 Assemble your away party, Commander. 38 00:03:01,118 --> 00:03:04,157 This must be exciting for you. 39 00:03:04,291 --> 00:03:08,671 I'm tempted to lead the away team, but my First Officer may object. 40 00:03:08,798 --> 00:03:12,929 What would Starfleet say? An Earth colony did disappear there. 41 00:03:13,056 --> 00:03:14,219 You see? 42 00:03:16,395 --> 00:03:18,554 Now in close parking orbit, sir. 43 00:03:18,941 --> 00:03:22,893 Mr. Data... welcome home. 44 00:03:46,988 --> 00:03:50,110 Space, the final frontier. 45 00:03:51,788 --> 00:03:55,741 These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. 46 00:03:55,879 --> 00:04:00,010 Its continuing mission, to explore strange new worlds... 47 00:04:01,805 --> 00:04:05,509 ...to seek out new life and new civilizations... 48 00:04:06,396 --> 00:04:10,100 ...to boldly go where no one has gone before. 49 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,978 First Officer's log, stardate 4124.5. 50 00:05:17,107 --> 00:05:19,315 We have found Data's home 51 00:05:19,445 --> 00:05:21,403 to be a completely dead world. 52 00:05:21,532 --> 00:05:25,912 Lifeless vegetation, no insects, not even soil bacteria. 53 00:05:26,039 --> 00:05:29,956 What is it that could kill everything on an entire planet? 54 00:05:35,222 --> 00:05:38,427 Recording signal locked onto the Enterprise, sir. 55 00:05:38,561 --> 00:05:41,184 This looks like anything but farmland. 56 00:05:41,315 --> 00:05:42,479 Agreed, sir. 57 00:05:43,152 --> 00:05:46,523 The soil appears almost completely lifeless. 58 00:05:46,658 --> 00:05:50,824 This is the position in the Tripoli log. Recognize anything? 59 00:05:50,957 --> 00:05:53,034 The land contours are familiar. 60 00:05:53,169 --> 00:05:55,958 Topographically, this is the correct area. 61 00:05:56,091 --> 00:06:00,138 This once was rich farmland, I'd say 20 to 30 years ago. 62 00:06:00,264 --> 00:06:02,722 I was discovered 26 years ago. 63 00:06:02,852 --> 00:06:08,230 I'd say that everything was dead or dying at the time Data was found. 64 00:06:08,362 --> 00:06:11,483 I was found 20 meters in that direction, sir. 65 00:06:18,170 --> 00:06:22,502 Data, any idea why you were given the colonists' memories? 66 00:06:22,636 --> 00:06:24,796 I feel that it was done hurriedly, 67 00:06:24,931 --> 00:06:27,175 but I know little more. Here. 68 00:06:27,310 --> 00:06:30,017 This is where the cruiser's landing party 69 00:06:30,149 --> 00:06:33,152 found the signal device that led them here. 70 00:06:34,782 --> 00:06:37,868 And they found me lying there. 71 00:06:41,877 --> 00:06:44,286 You were just lying in the open? 72 00:06:44,423 --> 00:06:47,296 No identity record, no instructions? 73 00:06:47,929 --> 00:06:49,804 Only a layer of dust. 74 00:06:49,932 --> 00:06:52,306 What's the first thing you remember? 75 00:06:52,437 --> 00:06:54,727 Opening my eyes. 76 00:06:54,857 --> 00:06:58,193 Looking into the eyes of the Tripoli landing party. 77 00:06:58,322 --> 00:07:00,482 They believed the signal device 78 00:07:00,617 --> 00:07:03,324 sensed their presence and activated me. 79 00:07:03,455 --> 00:07:06,412 Then this spot was your birthplace. 80 00:07:07,754 --> 00:07:09,000 Commander. 81 00:07:11,302 --> 00:07:14,175 I think I've got this place figured out. 82 00:07:14,307 --> 00:07:16,717 This was very cleverly done 83 00:07:16,853 --> 00:07:20,605 to make this look like a natural hollow in the terrain. 84 00:07:20,735 --> 00:07:23,655 There are signs it was constructed in a hurry, 85 00:07:23,782 --> 00:07:25,610 as if to hide something. 86 00:07:25,744 --> 00:07:28,996 Yes. That was it, Geordi. 87 00:07:29,124 --> 00:07:31,249 This awakens a memory remnant. 88 00:07:31,378 --> 00:07:34,215 The colonists hoped to remain hidden. 89 00:07:34,342 --> 00:07:37,095 But their fear of being discovered... 90 00:07:37,681 --> 00:07:40,518 ...led to their storing information in me. 91 00:07:42,773 --> 00:07:44,767 Yeah! Thought so. 92 00:08:14,493 --> 00:08:17,200 No life readings in here either, sir. 93 00:09:16,641 --> 00:09:20,178 The colonists' laboratory. Extremely well equipped. 94 00:09:20,314 --> 00:09:22,308 Does this stir any memories? 95 00:09:22,443 --> 00:09:26,693 Only a vague impression of some of my functions being tested here. 96 00:09:32,418 --> 00:09:34,376 Posted by proud parents? 97 00:09:35,423 --> 00:09:39,340 It depicts... something that feels familiar, sir. 98 00:09:39,472 --> 00:09:40,848 And dangerous. 99 00:09:41,475 --> 00:09:44,264 But I have no idea what it represents. 100 00:09:44,981 --> 00:09:46,642 And that is all. 101 00:09:47,610 --> 00:09:49,154 Except... 102 00:09:49,948 --> 00:09:52,238 ...for an impression... 103 00:09:52,786 --> 00:09:57,582 ...of this being a Dr Soong's work area. 104 00:09:57,711 --> 00:09:58,661 Who? 105 00:09:58,796 --> 00:10:02,215 - Dr Noonien Soong? - He was called that here. 106 00:10:02,344 --> 00:10:05,596 But he traveled here under a different name. 107 00:10:05,725 --> 00:10:09,975 Dr Soong, my friend, was Earth's foremost robotic scientist. 108 00:10:10,107 --> 00:10:13,858 Until he tried to realize Asimov's dream of a positronic brain. 109 00:10:13,989 --> 00:10:17,859 A positronic brain. He promised so much. 110 00:10:17,996 --> 00:10:22,210 Then, when he failed completely, Dr Soong disappeared. 111 00:10:22,336 --> 00:10:25,838 Now we know he went somewhere to try a second time. 112 00:10:25,968 --> 00:10:28,674 Data, Geordi, we'll look at this lab. 113 00:10:28,806 --> 00:10:31,559 You and Lt Worf reconnoiter the corridors. 114 00:10:31,686 --> 00:10:32,718 Aye, sir. 115 00:11:05,118 --> 00:11:07,326 Data, it's you. 116 00:11:08,081 --> 00:11:09,742 An epidermal mould. 117 00:11:09,876 --> 00:11:12,713 To give your exterior the desired finish. 118 00:11:12,839 --> 00:11:15,926 - Lt Yar to Cmdr Riker. - Come in, Lieutenant. 119 00:11:16,053 --> 00:11:19,555 Sir, this installation can hold hundreds of people. 120 00:11:19,684 --> 00:11:21,892 But all that's here is empty beds. 121 00:11:22,022 --> 00:11:25,523 Thank you. Complete your record scans and report back. 122 00:11:25,653 --> 00:11:29,784 Cmdr Riker, looks like some sort of storage area. 123 00:11:46,856 --> 00:11:50,441 - How many more Datas are there? - Looks like just two. 124 00:11:50,570 --> 00:11:54,108 I mean, that and the real Data. 125 00:12:07,140 --> 00:12:08,470 Commander... 126 00:12:09,561 --> 00:12:11,804 ...can this be another me? 127 00:12:13,735 --> 00:12:15,610 Or possibly my brother? 128 00:12:16,907 --> 00:12:18,948 I honestly don't know, Data. 129 00:12:21,498 --> 00:12:24,620 - He needs assembling. - He? 130 00:12:25,588 --> 00:12:30,467 Data, we don't know that this can become alive. 131 00:12:31,849 --> 00:12:35,018 It is very important for me to know, sir. 132 00:12:36,231 --> 00:12:40,528 I never dreamed it was possible that I might find some link... 133 00:12:41,198 --> 00:12:43,406 ...with a form like my own. 134 00:12:44,036 --> 00:12:47,954 Understood. We'll take it back to the ship with us. 135 00:12:55,013 --> 00:12:59,061 Captain's log, stardate 41242.45. 136 00:12:59,187 --> 00:13:03,235 Despite having only a few hours to explore Data's home planet, 137 00:13:03,361 --> 00:13:07,362 we discovered something which may explain Data's beginnings, 138 00:13:07,493 --> 00:13:12,491 if we can properly assemble and communicate with what we've found. 139 00:13:47,186 --> 00:13:51,186 Signal from the Captain. They need you at the debriefing. 140 00:13:52,194 --> 00:13:56,029 I have been anxious to hear the Chief Engineer's opinion. 141 00:13:56,159 --> 00:13:58,783 Do you believe he can be made to function? 142 00:13:58,914 --> 00:14:01,787 It includes all the components in your body. 143 00:14:01,919 --> 00:14:05,041 Not that we fully understand your construction. 144 00:14:05,175 --> 00:14:09,472 We have our top specialists working on its construction. 145 00:14:10,476 --> 00:14:11,935 Just one thing. 146 00:14:12,062 --> 00:14:16,477 Without disassembling you, of course, if we should need more... 147 00:14:18,406 --> 00:14:23,997 If we need to compare this with the way... you're put together... 148 00:14:27,338 --> 00:14:30,424 Bringing it here was right, Number One. 149 00:14:32,847 --> 00:14:37,596 Data, if your duplicate functions, it may answer a lot of questions. 150 00:14:42,113 --> 00:14:44,237 Does it appear to have... 151 00:14:45,118 --> 00:14:47,077 ...all your parts? 152 00:14:47,205 --> 00:14:48,998 Completely, sir. 153 00:14:49,125 --> 00:14:50,620 Will... 154 00:14:52,756 --> 00:14:54,880 Will we know how to turn it on? 155 00:14:55,010 --> 00:14:56,885 Alright. 156 00:14:59,559 --> 00:15:03,346 Legitimate questions need not be asked apologetically. 157 00:15:03,483 --> 00:15:06,154 You feel uncomfortable about your duplicate. 158 00:15:06,279 --> 00:15:09,864 We feel uncomfortable, too, for no logical reason. 159 00:15:09,994 --> 00:15:13,163 If it's awkward to be reminded that Data is a machine, 160 00:15:13,291 --> 00:15:17,623 remember that we are merely a different variety of machine. 161 00:15:17,757 --> 00:15:20,166 In our case, electrochemical. 162 00:15:20,303 --> 00:15:23,342 Let's handle this as we would anything else. 163 00:15:23,475 --> 00:15:24,851 Agreed, Captain. 164 00:15:24,978 --> 00:15:26,853 Let's begin with you, Data. 165 00:15:26,981 --> 00:15:30,566 Well, sir, a good starting point may be 166 00:15:30,696 --> 00:15:32,986 why was I given human form? 167 00:15:33,117 --> 00:15:37,034 To make it easier for humans to relate to you. 168 00:15:37,165 --> 00:15:40,121 Maybe your designer had something else to prove. 169 00:15:40,254 --> 00:15:44,718 That human-shaped robots need not be clumsy or limited. 170 00:15:44,845 --> 00:15:47,088 You operate as well as we do, Data. 171 00:15:47,224 --> 00:15:48,969 Better, in some ways, sir. 172 00:15:50,646 --> 00:15:55,110 Look at this. Could be a link to the disappearance of the colonists. 173 00:15:55,238 --> 00:15:59,369 It was displayed in the lab. It could be a child's imagination, 174 00:15:59,495 --> 00:16:02,166 but several children did similar drawings. 175 00:16:03,877 --> 00:16:06,335 Dr Crusher to the Captain. 176 00:16:06,465 --> 00:16:09,219 We very much need Mr. Data's help. 177 00:16:12,100 --> 00:16:13,844 He's on his way, Doctor. 178 00:16:19,821 --> 00:16:23,406 Is the synthomometer reading positive or negative? 179 00:16:24,496 --> 00:16:26,324 Press your fingers there. 180 00:16:30,673 --> 00:16:31,919 There. 181 00:16:33,428 --> 00:16:35,552 It operates almost as a switch. 182 00:16:37,184 --> 00:16:39,392 And these small projections? 183 00:16:40,064 --> 00:16:42,224 An android alarm clock. 184 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:45,230 Is that amusing? 185 00:16:47,243 --> 00:16:50,531 They time how long I remain unconscious. 186 00:16:50,665 --> 00:16:54,251 Are you certain about us using these heating devices? 187 00:16:54,380 --> 00:16:57,383 - I will feel nothing at all. - Marvelous. 188 00:16:57,510 --> 00:17:01,760 It should be simpler once we see how your circuitry is connected. 189 00:17:07,319 --> 00:17:11,450 I won't mention it to anyone. You have my word. 190 00:17:11,576 --> 00:17:14,247 If you had an off switch, Doctor... 191 00:17:14,790 --> 00:17:17,164 ...would you not keep it secret? 192 00:17:18,713 --> 00:17:20,458 I guess I would. 193 00:17:32,988 --> 00:17:36,406 Notice the micro-circuitry here. And here. 194 00:17:38,664 --> 00:17:42,118 And another fibroid-like connection here. 195 00:17:43,673 --> 00:17:45,583 Let's close up. 196 00:17:57,446 --> 00:18:01,114 It seemed to go well, thanks to a look inside Mr. Data. 197 00:18:01,244 --> 00:18:03,998 But there are no signs of consciousness yet. 198 00:18:12,138 --> 00:18:14,844 It certainly is a good match for Data. 199 00:18:14,976 --> 00:18:17,683 Do you think so, really? 200 00:18:18,565 --> 00:18:20,856 I wonder which was made first. 201 00:18:22,405 --> 00:18:23,735 He was. 202 00:18:27,038 --> 00:18:31,750 But they found him to be imperfect, and I was made to replace him. 203 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:41,554 You may call me Lore. 204 00:18:52,039 --> 00:18:57,334 But I am also troubled by it describing you as imperfect. 205 00:18:57,465 --> 00:18:59,958 Human language gives me difficulty, too. 206 00:19:00,095 --> 00:19:03,300 It could mean I lack certain abilities he possesses. 207 00:19:03,434 --> 00:19:04,763 I wonder. 208 00:19:04,894 --> 00:19:10,237 But the point is, whether you and it have the same capabilities. 209 00:19:10,362 --> 00:19:14,493 We do, sir. And your referring to him as "it" 210 00:19:14,619 --> 00:19:19,166 suggests that I, too, fit into the category of a thing. 211 00:19:21,047 --> 00:19:22,590 I see your point. 212 00:19:23,510 --> 00:19:25,053 My apologies. 213 00:19:25,179 --> 00:19:26,758 Gladly accepted, sir. 214 00:19:26,890 --> 00:19:29,810 As for Lore's abilities, his syntax and grammar 215 00:19:29,937 --> 00:19:32,940 suggests he was given human memories like mine. 216 00:19:33,067 --> 00:19:36,071 You have equal strength and mental abilities? 217 00:19:36,198 --> 00:19:37,527 I believe so, sir. 218 00:19:37,659 --> 00:19:41,493 Which requires that I now ask a very serious question. 219 00:19:41,624 --> 00:19:46,419 Since the two of you are so closely related to each other... 220 00:19:46,549 --> 00:19:49,967 The answer, sir, is that my loyalty is to you. 221 00:19:50,097 --> 00:19:52,423 And Starfleet. Completely. 222 00:19:55,063 --> 00:19:58,731 Thank you, Commander. I was certain of that. 223 00:19:59,237 --> 00:20:04,235 Helm control is here. The ship's heading is given in degrees. 224 00:20:04,371 --> 00:20:07,409 360 of them in a full circle this way. 225 00:20:07,543 --> 00:20:09,870 - Then you say "mark." - On the nose. 226 00:20:10,005 --> 00:20:13,591 That separates it from another 360-degree circle this way 227 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:15,928 on a right angle to this one. 228 00:20:16,057 --> 00:20:18,811 By ordering a heading so many degrees this way 229 00:20:18,937 --> 00:20:20,766 and so many this way, 230 00:20:20,899 --> 00:20:24,152 the ship can travel in all three dimensions. 231 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:26,855 The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle? 232 00:20:26,993 --> 00:20:30,696 Is equal to the sum of the square of the other two... 233 00:20:30,833 --> 00:20:32,791 ...something. 234 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,958 Which I once heard, but never understood. 235 00:20:36,092 --> 00:20:41,006 You'll learn more when the Captain approves your being on the bridge. 236 00:20:41,142 --> 00:20:42,935 Have I committed an offence? 237 00:20:43,062 --> 00:20:47,312 You will find many rules on starships that must be learnt. 238 00:20:48,363 --> 00:20:50,238 You're very clever, Wesley. 239 00:20:50,366 --> 00:20:53,073 I now have duties to perform. Correct? 240 00:20:53,204 --> 00:20:56,207 Were you ever this anxious to please, Data? 241 00:20:56,335 --> 00:21:00,549 Never. I judge Lore to be superior in that desire. 242 00:21:00,675 --> 00:21:04,343 Because I was designed to be so human, my brother. 243 00:21:04,473 --> 00:21:06,432 I enjoy pleasing humans. 244 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:11,356 "My brother." That has a nice sound to it, Data. 245 00:21:11,485 --> 00:21:14,738 You consider it important to please humans? 246 00:21:14,866 --> 00:21:16,777 It's not important? 247 00:21:17,955 --> 00:21:21,789 There are many things of importance. Some more than others. 248 00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:39,818 Cmdr Riker's hypotenuse question tricked you 249 00:21:39,951 --> 00:21:44,201 into showing your knowledge was greater than you were indicating. 250 00:21:44,333 --> 00:21:47,704 He didn't seem that clever. I'll be more careful. 251 00:21:47,839 --> 00:21:50,712 You tend to underestimate humans. 252 00:21:50,844 --> 00:21:53,598 Praising young Wesley on the helm... 253 00:21:53,724 --> 00:21:54,970 A child! 254 00:21:55,101 --> 00:21:59,683 He has a child's body. But we have found him to be much more. 255 00:22:01,112 --> 00:22:04,234 Thank you for that information, too. 256 00:22:04,367 --> 00:22:06,825 You do care about how I perform. 257 00:22:06,955 --> 00:22:10,658 I pledge to be worthy of your teaching, my brother. 258 00:22:10,837 --> 00:22:13,590 Try not to be jealous of my abilities. 259 00:22:32,540 --> 00:22:34,867 What information are you requesting? 260 00:22:35,587 --> 00:22:38,923 Everything available on a Dr Noonien Soong. 261 00:22:40,178 --> 00:22:42,505 Good old often-wrong Soong. 262 00:22:45,312 --> 00:22:47,021 A joke, brother. 263 00:22:47,900 --> 00:22:51,069 Actually, he was a genius by human standards. 264 00:22:51,948 --> 00:22:56,031 But he destroyed his reputation by making wild promises 265 00:22:56,164 --> 00:23:00,829 about his positronic brain design. Almost all of which failed. 266 00:23:00,964 --> 00:23:03,883 Promises he later proved to be true. 267 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:08,636 Which made you and me possible, brother. 268 00:23:10,146 --> 00:23:12,306 Our beloved father! 269 00:23:13,944 --> 00:23:17,647 Will I soon have a uniform like that, brother? 270 00:23:17,784 --> 00:23:22,496 I got mine after four years at the Academy, three as ensign, 271 00:23:22,626 --> 00:23:25,664 Ten or 12 on space duties at lieutenant grade... 272 00:23:25,798 --> 00:23:30,428 A system designed to compensate for limited human ability. 273 00:23:30,556 --> 00:23:34,936 And you, brother, are beginning to think as a human. 274 00:23:35,064 --> 00:23:38,767 You and I are completely different from them. 275 00:23:38,903 --> 00:23:42,607 Are you truly satisfied with the knowledge and memory 276 00:23:42,743 --> 00:23:45,616 of a few hundred human colonists? 277 00:23:45,749 --> 00:23:50,414 Suppose it could reflect thousands? Or millions? 278 00:23:50,548 --> 00:23:55,973 Or the knowledge of hundreds of millions of life forms of every kind? 279 00:23:58,854 --> 00:24:00,349 How? 280 00:24:01,317 --> 00:24:03,227 We will discuss that in time. 281 00:24:03,362 --> 00:24:08,526 And will we also discuss, Lore, which of us was constructed first? 282 00:24:09,122 --> 00:24:10,498 It would be foolish... 283 00:24:12,043 --> 00:24:14,536 ...to underestimate you, brother. 284 00:24:14,673 --> 00:24:18,839 Yes, I lied when I said you were made first, but with good reason. 285 00:24:18,972 --> 00:24:22,308 Dr Soong made me perfect in his first attempt. 286 00:24:22,436 --> 00:24:26,852 But he made me so human, the colonists became envious of me. 287 00:24:26,986 --> 00:24:29,276 You lived with the colonists? 288 00:24:30,074 --> 00:24:33,991 Until they petitioned Soong to make a more... comfortable, 289 00:24:34,123 --> 00:24:36,912 Less... perfect android. 290 00:24:37,670 --> 00:24:40,757 In other words, you brother. 291 00:24:45,183 --> 00:24:49,647 Haven't you noticed how easily I handle human speech? 292 00:24:49,774 --> 00:24:51,567 I use their contractions. 293 00:24:51,694 --> 00:24:55,611 For example, I say "can't" or "isn't." 294 00:24:55,743 --> 00:24:59,197 You say "cannot" and "is not." 295 00:25:10,101 --> 00:25:12,261 A very old joke. 296 00:25:12,396 --> 00:25:16,313 But you also have trouble with their humor. Am I right? 297 00:25:17,530 --> 00:25:19,073 Quite true. 298 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:23,699 I keep trying to be more human, and keep failing. 299 00:25:24,834 --> 00:25:27,956 Do you realize... brother... 300 00:25:28,883 --> 00:25:31,554 ...I can help you become more human? 301 00:25:32,097 --> 00:25:34,174 And do you realize, Lore, 302 00:25:34,309 --> 00:25:38,440 that I am obligated to report all this to our ship's Captain? 303 00:25:40,235 --> 00:25:44,153 I assumed as much when I began studying you. 304 00:25:45,161 --> 00:25:49,113 May I use this to learn more about this vessel and its customs? 305 00:25:49,251 --> 00:25:52,373 Use it to describe your time among the colonists, 306 00:25:52,506 --> 00:25:55,675 including all you know about what happened to them. 307 00:25:55,804 --> 00:26:00,385 I promise a report of great detail and accuracy. 308 00:26:01,397 --> 00:26:04,934 Thank you, Lore. I now have duties to perform. 309 00:26:09,619 --> 00:26:11,743 Unless you need something more. 310 00:26:11,873 --> 00:26:15,956 I have more than I dreamed possible, brother. 311 00:26:40,296 --> 00:26:43,549 Captain's log, stardate 41242.5. 312 00:26:43,677 --> 00:26:47,760 Thanks to Lore's report, we now know what happened to the colonists. 313 00:26:47,893 --> 00:26:51,596 Using a child's drawing, enhanced by Lore's description, 314 00:26:51,732 --> 00:26:53,976 our computer constructed the image 315 00:26:54,111 --> 00:26:58,326 of a great crystalline entity which feeds on life, 316 00:26:58,452 --> 00:27:02,322 insatiably ravenous for the life force in living forms, 317 00:27:02,459 --> 00:27:06,756 capable of stripping all life from an entire world. 318 00:27:06,883 --> 00:27:11,098 - How did Data escape? Or Lore? - Lore had been disassembled. 319 00:27:11,224 --> 00:27:14,180 He explained it as jealousy from the colonists. 320 00:27:14,313 --> 00:27:16,271 Data wasn't yet alive. 321 00:27:16,399 --> 00:27:19,985 Data could be left out in no danger from that creature. 322 00:27:20,114 --> 00:27:22,322 Whatever happened to the colonists, 323 00:27:22,451 --> 00:27:26,037 he'd be found by the first crew to respond to his signal. 324 00:27:26,166 --> 00:27:30,463 So Dr Soong left proof that his experiment did work. 325 00:27:30,590 --> 00:27:34,971 Captain, how believable do you find that crystal thing? 326 00:27:35,557 --> 00:27:41,184 With so little of even our galaxy explored, it is at least possible. 327 00:27:41,317 --> 00:27:44,522 Data, are you expecting Lore to come up here? 328 00:27:44,656 --> 00:27:47,659 - He left your quarters. - To go...? 329 00:27:47,786 --> 00:27:51,074 My turbo sensors say he went to deck four. Worf? 330 00:27:51,209 --> 00:27:55,292 He examined some work tools and fine-grind quadratanium. 331 00:27:55,424 --> 00:27:57,834 Which is used in our construction. 332 00:27:57,970 --> 00:28:02,517 That compound is no more suspicious than a human looking for an ointment. 333 00:28:02,645 --> 00:28:04,473 But I should check it out. 334 00:28:04,607 --> 00:28:09,402 You're watching everything he does? Is that the act of a brother? 335 00:28:09,532 --> 00:28:12,986 It's the act of a Starfleet officer obeying his Captain. 336 00:28:18,422 --> 00:28:19,834 Captain? 337 00:28:20,676 --> 00:28:23,299 Speaking strictly as Security Chief, 338 00:28:23,431 --> 00:28:25,721 how much can you trust Data now? 339 00:28:29,942 --> 00:28:33,859 I trust him completely. But everyone should realize 340 00:28:33,990 --> 00:28:37,575 that that was a legitimate security question. 341 00:28:37,705 --> 00:28:39,117 Thank you, sir. 342 00:29:01,829 --> 00:29:05,331 Lesson number one in becoming more human. 343 00:29:05,461 --> 00:29:08,132 You must observe all human customs. 344 00:29:08,967 --> 00:29:10,212 Champagne? 345 00:29:10,344 --> 00:29:15,935 An ancient ritual practiced when they observe events of importance. 346 00:29:23,742 --> 00:29:28,787 My brother, I toast our discovery of each other. 347 00:29:28,917 --> 00:29:32,004 May it fill our lives with new meaning. 348 00:29:37,849 --> 00:29:43,773 I have some doubts about the value of human customs... in this... 349 00:29:47,115 --> 00:29:48,491 My brother! 350 00:29:49,870 --> 00:29:53,490 And let us toast, also, Dr Soong... 351 00:29:54,127 --> 00:29:59,042 ...who gave me the full richness of human needs and ambitions. 352 00:29:59,177 --> 00:30:03,842 A perfect match for my mind, my body. 353 00:30:03,977 --> 00:30:05,603 Brother... 354 00:30:11,323 --> 00:30:13,531 And let us toast, also... 355 00:30:14,495 --> 00:30:19,789 ...the Great Crystal Entity, with whom I learned to communicate. 356 00:30:22,759 --> 00:30:25,466 Before Dr Soong disassembled me, 357 00:30:25,597 --> 00:30:30,013 I earned its gratitude by revealing the way to the colonists. 358 00:30:30,147 --> 00:30:34,895 Imagine its gratitude when I give it the life on this vessel! 359 00:30:38,578 --> 00:30:40,203 This is strange, sir. 360 00:30:40,331 --> 00:30:43,500 I show Cmdr Data transmitting on a subspace channel. 361 00:30:43,628 --> 00:30:47,629 I know Data's been researching Dr Soong's background. 362 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:49,635 Let's be sure. 363 00:30:52,810 --> 00:30:55,482 Would you look in on Cmdr Data? Discreetly? 364 00:30:55,607 --> 00:30:56,888 Yes, sir. 365 00:31:02,911 --> 00:31:04,454 Crystal Entity. 366 00:31:04,580 --> 00:31:09,791 Upon arriving here, you can identify me as the machine named Data. 367 00:31:13,429 --> 00:31:14,972 End of message. 368 00:31:15,098 --> 00:31:16,759 Come in, please. 369 00:31:20,190 --> 00:31:21,900 Glad you are here. 370 00:31:22,027 --> 00:31:24,602 Lore attacked me. I had to turn him off. 371 00:31:24,740 --> 00:31:26,401 Why did he do that, Data? 372 00:31:26,535 --> 00:31:30,666 He discovered we have been using sensors to follow what he does. 373 00:31:34,339 --> 00:31:37,378 I practiced his facial tic. Do I have it right? 374 00:31:37,929 --> 00:31:40,338 I'd suggest you forget imitating him. 375 00:31:41,310 --> 00:31:44,764 If you'd said "we've" instead of "we have," 376 00:31:44,899 --> 00:31:47,308 I might have suspected you were Lore. 377 00:31:47,445 --> 00:31:51,446 Yes. I do use language more formally than Lore. 378 00:31:51,577 --> 00:31:54,699 Please inform the Captain I will come to report this. 379 00:31:55,626 --> 00:31:56,706 Aye, sir. 380 00:32:58,525 --> 00:33:03,486 Wes, tell me again how Data said he immobilized Lore. 381 00:33:05,745 --> 00:33:09,960 He told me he just turned him off, Mom. Doctor. 382 00:33:14,844 --> 00:33:16,505 Question, Mr. Data. 383 00:33:16,639 --> 00:33:20,722 Did you not swear me to secrecy about your off switch? 384 00:33:21,564 --> 00:33:23,107 A change of mind. 385 00:33:23,234 --> 00:33:26,521 If I cannot trust the bridge crew, whom can I? 386 00:33:28,284 --> 00:33:31,536 Captain, bogey coming in on a five o'clock tangent. 387 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:33,536 No ID signal, Captain. 388 00:33:33,668 --> 00:33:36,956 - Main viewer on tangent. - Shields up. Yellow alert. 389 00:33:37,091 --> 00:33:40,129 Friendly greetings all languages, all frequencies. 390 00:33:44,061 --> 00:33:46,636 I can't believe it can overtake us this fast. 391 00:33:46,774 --> 00:33:48,768 Beautiful, isn't it? 392 00:33:53,076 --> 00:33:54,571 I recognize it, sir. 393 00:33:54,954 --> 00:33:57,412 It's the crystal image Lore described. 394 00:34:00,505 --> 00:34:02,298 My God! 395 00:34:16,115 --> 00:34:18,275 Still no ID, sir. 396 00:34:18,411 --> 00:34:20,571 Also no answer to our inquiries. 397 00:34:23,795 --> 00:34:25,421 Did you get a direct look? 398 00:34:25,548 --> 00:34:28,385 It's like a giant snowflake, but more complex. 399 00:34:28,512 --> 00:34:31,965 The entire electromagnetic spectrum is inside it. 400 00:34:32,101 --> 00:34:35,638 - But I've no idea what it is. - Thank you. Data. 401 00:34:37,652 --> 00:34:41,783 Anything else that Lore could tell us may be important. 402 00:34:41,909 --> 00:34:45,495 - Can you control and question him? - I must examine him. 403 00:34:47,335 --> 00:34:52,926 Captain. Recommend that you do not let him roam the ship freely. 404 00:34:53,053 --> 00:34:54,169 Ensign? 405 00:34:54,306 --> 00:34:57,309 Wesley is being alert and responsible. 406 00:34:57,436 --> 00:35:01,306 Something to be encouraged. Come. You can watch everything I do. 407 00:35:01,443 --> 00:35:02,986 Not if I have a choice. 408 00:35:03,112 --> 00:35:06,151 Enough! When addressing a senior officer... 409 00:35:06,284 --> 00:35:08,278 As his trainer, it's my fault. 410 00:35:08,413 --> 00:35:12,710 You will show proper respect. I will accompany you to make certain. 411 00:35:12,837 --> 00:35:14,796 With your approval, sir. 412 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:34,908 Be careful of Lore. 413 00:35:35,543 --> 00:35:38,499 Good. He is still unconscious. 414 00:35:39,132 --> 00:35:42,586 Notice the same twitch, even though he is unconscious? 415 00:35:43,222 --> 00:35:48,018 Stay back. We may have problems if he senses someone else is near. 416 00:35:55,911 --> 00:35:58,285 I have a few questions to ask you. 417 00:35:59,667 --> 00:36:01,328 Lore, it is Data! 418 00:36:02,046 --> 00:36:05,334 He senses you. I cannot control him if you stay. 419 00:36:05,469 --> 00:36:07,427 I will record what he says. 420 00:36:07,556 --> 00:36:09,715 Bring it to the bridge immediately. 421 00:36:18,700 --> 00:36:23,199 And you want to be as stupid as them, dear brother? 422 00:36:38,701 --> 00:36:41,906 - Well, Number One? - It was Lore, sir. 423 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:43,701 Same facial twitch. 424 00:36:43,834 --> 00:36:46,410 Lying unconscious as Data described. 425 00:36:46,547 --> 00:36:50,049 It became violent, apparently sensing Wesley and I... 426 00:36:50,179 --> 00:36:53,431 Or is it Lore pretending to be Data and faking it? 427 00:36:53,559 --> 00:36:57,097 I asked for Cmdr Riker's report, Acting Ensign Crusher. 428 00:36:57,232 --> 00:37:00,734 If you can't accept the limits of that appointment... 429 00:37:00,863 --> 00:37:02,109 Captain! 430 00:37:10,797 --> 00:37:12,625 Deflector shields holding. 431 00:37:12,759 --> 00:37:17,341 Torpedoes and main phasers to ready. Go to red alert, please. 432 00:37:20,939 --> 00:37:22,435 Weapons ready, sir. 433 00:37:22,859 --> 00:37:24,984 No, Captain, let me talk to it. 434 00:37:25,113 --> 00:37:27,404 You didn't say you could do that. 435 00:37:32,417 --> 00:37:36,287 - Affirmative. Talk to it. - Open hailing frequencies. 436 00:37:37,468 --> 00:37:41,931 Crystal form, I identify myself as Data. 437 00:37:42,059 --> 00:37:44,896 Advising you to stop your attack. 438 00:37:45,022 --> 00:37:47,100 The humans here are powerful. 439 00:37:47,234 --> 00:37:50,237 Capable of injuring or even destroying you. 440 00:37:57,585 --> 00:38:00,256 Now, I call that communicating! 441 00:38:00,382 --> 00:38:03,219 Suggest moving fast to confirm what I told it. 442 00:38:03,345 --> 00:38:07,132 Permission to use the large transporter in cargo room three 443 00:38:07,268 --> 00:38:10,889 to beam up some living pattern. Perhaps a large tree. 444 00:38:11,025 --> 00:38:14,693 - Which you'll beam to the entity? - Correct, Riker. 445 00:38:14,823 --> 00:38:18,028 Ship's phasers will then disintegrate it, 446 00:38:18,162 --> 00:38:20,536 proving we are dangerous. 447 00:38:21,292 --> 00:38:22,622 Make it so. 448 00:38:22,753 --> 00:38:24,165 Sir? 449 00:38:26,343 --> 00:38:27,672 Do it. 450 00:38:34,941 --> 00:38:38,561 Sir, I know this may finish me as Acting Ensign... 451 00:38:38,697 --> 00:38:40,276 Shut up, Wesley! 452 00:38:43,330 --> 00:38:47,544 - Let me know what he does. - Aye, sir. 453 00:38:47,671 --> 00:38:49,665 "Shut up, Wesley"?! 454 00:38:50,384 --> 00:38:51,843 Doctor... 455 00:38:52,888 --> 00:38:55,463 Since I am finished here, may I say... 456 00:38:55,601 --> 00:38:56,716 Shut up, Wesley! 457 00:38:56,853 --> 00:39:00,307 ...that what I have said would've been listened to 458 00:39:00,442 --> 00:39:03,196 if it came from an adult officer! 459 00:39:04,491 --> 00:39:07,245 Permission to go to my quarters, sir. 460 00:39:07,371 --> 00:39:10,290 Agreed. Doctor, go with him. 461 00:39:10,418 --> 00:39:13,171 You're putting me off the bridge? 462 00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:19,885 I'm asking you to keep an eye on your son during this. 463 00:39:28,198 --> 00:39:30,109 Emergency, close! 464 00:39:32,530 --> 00:39:35,023 Now, show me your warrior fierceness! 465 00:39:53,726 --> 00:39:58,771 I'll look. But I shouldn't have let you talk me into this. 466 00:39:58,902 --> 00:40:01,608 It's Data! He's been hurt. 467 00:40:06,665 --> 00:40:10,962 - You know how to turn them on. - This is very serious! 468 00:40:11,506 --> 00:40:14,925 So, just tell me to "Shut up, Wesley," and I will. 469 00:40:16,139 --> 00:40:18,180 You're being very unfair, Wes. 470 00:40:20,270 --> 00:40:23,439 Data! The crystal thing is outside the ship. 471 00:40:23,568 --> 00:40:25,609 Lore is loose on the inside. 472 00:40:25,738 --> 00:40:27,732 How badly are you hurt? 473 00:40:27,867 --> 00:40:32,199 I will function sufficiently... to stop Lore. 474 00:40:37,007 --> 00:40:39,215 Crystal Entity form... 475 00:40:39,929 --> 00:40:41,757 ...it's your old friend. 476 00:40:50,573 --> 00:40:55,072 Very good. You've understood perfectly so far. 477 00:40:55,206 --> 00:40:58,909 Next, I will signal that I'm transporting something out. 478 00:40:59,046 --> 00:41:02,916 The deflector shields will turn off for a moment, 479 00:41:03,053 --> 00:41:05,972 and if you move in at that time... 480 00:41:07,519 --> 00:41:09,596 How sad, dear brother. 481 00:41:10,565 --> 00:41:13,568 You make me wish I were an only child. 482 00:41:22,252 --> 00:41:24,923 Then why this marvelous gift? 483 00:41:25,675 --> 00:41:28,428 The troublesome little man-child. 484 00:41:29,347 --> 00:41:33,051 Are you prepared for the death you've earned, little man? 485 00:41:33,187 --> 00:41:36,641 If you take one more step towards my son... 486 00:41:38,613 --> 00:41:40,488 Motherhood! 487 00:41:43,705 --> 00:41:48,121 Back off, or I'll turn your little man into a torch. 488 00:41:48,255 --> 00:41:53,134 I promise him exquisite pain unless you obey me, too, brother. 489 00:41:53,263 --> 00:41:55,554 Move away, Data. Please! 490 00:41:56,769 --> 00:42:02,112 Do you see now the advantages of being completely human? 491 00:42:02,946 --> 00:42:04,905 It includes kindness. 492 00:42:05,451 --> 00:42:08,122 I give you your life, Doctor. 493 00:42:08,247 --> 00:42:10,407 Go home. Quickly. 494 00:42:11,044 --> 00:42:13,334 And I may not injure your son at all. 495 00:42:13,464 --> 00:42:15,589 I will stay with Wesley. 496 00:42:15,718 --> 00:42:20,348 Go! Or he'll be shrieking by the count of five. 497 00:42:20,476 --> 00:42:22,720 One, two... 498 00:42:24,358 --> 00:42:25,734 ...three... 499 00:42:25,861 --> 00:42:27,771 ...four... 500 00:42:28,490 --> 00:42:33,202 Thank you for my human qualities, Dr Soong! Wait! 501 00:42:34,333 --> 00:42:37,871 A small payment for your son's misdeeds. 502 00:42:55,745 --> 00:42:57,205 The transporter! 503 00:43:05,052 --> 00:43:06,382 Wesley, now! 504 00:43:25,254 --> 00:43:27,960 Lore's gone, sir. Permanently. 505 00:43:34,728 --> 00:43:38,598 Doctor, now that Wesley's safe, go to sickbay at once. 506 00:43:38,860 --> 00:43:42,528 Captain, the crystal thing has begun to move away. 507 00:43:54,220 --> 00:43:55,679 Are you alright? 508 00:43:56,265 --> 00:43:58,009 Yes, sir. I'm fine. 509 00:44:00,105 --> 00:44:03,690 Get rid of that damn twitch and put on the correct uniform. 510 00:44:04,153 --> 00:44:05,530 Yes, Captain. 511 00:44:06,365 --> 00:44:09,452 - Are you able to return to duty? - Yes, sir. 512 00:44:09,579 --> 00:44:13,200 Then do so. Let the bridge know all is well here. 513 00:44:13,336 --> 00:44:14,617 Aye, sir. 514 00:44:18,511 --> 00:44:22,346 It's gone, sir. Without Lore, it couldn't reach us. 515 00:44:22,476 --> 00:44:25,016 We're overdue a computer refit. 516 00:44:25,147 --> 00:44:30,572 Do you ever wonder if Data is more human or less human than we want? 517 00:44:31,909 --> 00:44:34,781 I wish we were all as well balanced, sir. 518 00:44:34,914 --> 00:44:36,290 Agreed.