1 00:00:02,377 --> 00:00:06,177 PICARD: Captain's log, stardate 41242.4. 2 00:00:06,340 --> 00:00:08,092 Our last assignment has taken us into 3 00:00:08,258 --> 00:00:10,761 the remote Omicron Theta star system, 4 00:00:10,928 --> 00:00:14,182 home of our android crewmember, Lieutenant Commander Data. 5 00:00:14,348 --> 00:00:16,316 Although we're due at our next assignment, 6 00:00:16,475 --> 00:00:19,945 I have decided to visit Data's home planet for a few hours, 7 00:00:20,103 --> 00:00:24,734 in the hopes of unraveling some of the mystery of his beginnings. 8 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:28,700 Sir, we are now 20 minutes from Omicron Theta. Mark. 9 00:00:30,197 --> 00:00:31,790 Stand by for subwarp. 10 00:00:31,949 --> 00:00:33,542 Head for standard orbit of Data's planet. 11 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:35,543 Wonder why Data hasn't come up here. 12 00:00:35,702 --> 00:00:38,000 He said he wanted to be alone. 13 00:00:38,163 --> 00:00:41,212 Perhaps this is a bigger moment for him than we thought. 14 00:00:42,459 --> 00:00:43,927 Ah... 15 00:00:45,128 --> 00:00:46,596 Ah... 16 00:00:47,464 --> 00:00:48,966 - Ah... - Data. 17 00:00:49,132 --> 00:00:50,725 Chou! 18 00:00:52,219 --> 00:00:55,268 - What are you doing? - Sneezing. 19 00:00:56,139 --> 00:00:59,063 - Have you got a cold? - A cold what? 20 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,528 It's a disease my mom says people used to get. 21 00:01:01,687 --> 00:01:05,783 Ah. But humans still sneeze for other reasons. 22 00:01:05,941 --> 00:01:08,490 And I cannot seem to do it right. 23 00:01:08,652 --> 00:01:09,869 Ah... 24 00:01:10,571 --> 00:01:11,823 Ah... 25 00:01:11,989 --> 00:01:14,708 How can you be practicing something like sneezing 26 00:01:14,866 --> 00:01:17,415 when we're arriving at your home planet for the first time? 27 00:01:17,578 --> 00:01:21,128 - Aren't you interested in that? - More than interested. Fascinated. 28 00:01:21,290 --> 00:01:25,170 One might say agog. But I also find sneezing interesting. 29 00:01:25,335 --> 00:01:28,134 Chou! Ch—! 30 00:01:29,464 --> 00:01:32,434 Captain Picard wishes to see you on the Bridge. 31 00:01:33,385 --> 00:01:37,265 TASHA: Captain, confirming class M reading there 32 00:01:37,431 --> 00:01:39,433 but the sensors aren't showing any life readings. 33 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,523 - Not even vegetation. - Strange. 34 00:01:41,685 --> 00:01:44,859 The cruiser that found Data reported farmlands there. 35 00:01:46,064 --> 00:01:47,907 Do you want to take her into orbit, Data? 36 00:01:48,066 --> 00:01:49,989 No, thank you, sir. 37 00:02:14,051 --> 00:02:18,272 - Continue on into close parking orbit. LA FORGE: Aye, sir. 38 00:02:18,889 --> 00:02:21,563 I could say “Home, sweet home,“ sir. 39 00:02:22,059 --> 00:02:24,107 If I understood how the word "sweet" applies. 40 00:02:24,269 --> 00:02:26,317 It usually refers to memories. 41 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,778 It usually refers to one's own memories, captain. 42 00:02:28,940 --> 00:02:32,160 Do the memories you have include farms, Data? 43 00:02:32,319 --> 00:02:33,616 Affirmative, sir. 44 00:02:33,779 --> 00:02:35,747 But the colony's principal interest was science. 45 00:02:35,906 --> 00:02:39,956 Data, I don't understand how you can hold the memories of 411 people. 46 00:02:40,118 --> 00:02:42,837 If that means every experience, every day of their life... 47 00:02:42,996 --> 00:02:45,374 It does not, unfortunately. 48 00:02:45,540 --> 00:02:47,963 It means only the knowledge they had accumulated. 49 00:02:48,126 --> 00:02:51,346 Actually, I'm quite deficient in some basic human information. 50 00:02:51,505 --> 00:02:54,384 - Sneezing, for example. - Sneezing? 51 00:02:54,549 --> 00:02:56,722 Approaching close parking orbit, sir. 52 00:02:56,885 --> 00:02:59,354 Assemble your away party, Commander. 53 00:03:01,098 --> 00:03:03,647 This must be an exciting time for you, Mr. Data. 54 00:03:03,809 --> 00:03:05,561 I'm tempted to lead the away team myself, 55 00:03:05,727 --> 00:03:08,480 except that my first officer would object. 56 00:03:08,647 --> 00:03:10,399 How would Starfleet judge me if I didn't? 57 00:03:10,565 --> 00:03:12,738 An entire Earth colony did disappear down there. 58 00:03:12,901 --> 00:03:14,278 You see? 59 00:03:16,530 --> 00:03:18,282 Now in close parking orbit, sir. 60 00:03:18,824 --> 00:03:22,624 Mr. Data, welcome home. 61 00:03:47,144 --> 00:03:51,149 PICARD: Space, the final frontier. 62 00:03:52,023 --> 00:03:55,823 These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. 63 00:03:55,986 --> 00:04:00,787 Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, 64 00:04:01,908 --> 00:04:05,788 to seek out new life and new civilizations, 65 00:04:06,496 --> 00:04:10,672 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 66 00:05:13,980 --> 00:05:18,030 RIKER: First officer's log. Stardate 4124.5. 67 00:05:18,193 --> 00:05:21,163 We have found Data's home to be a completely dead world. 68 00:05:21,321 --> 00:05:26,077 Down to lifeless vegetation. No insects, not even soil bacteria. 69 00:05:26,243 --> 00:05:30,043 What is it that could kill everything on an entire planet? 70 00:05:35,710 --> 00:05:38,805 Recording signal locked onto the Enterprise, sir. 71 00:05:38,964 --> 00:05:42,639 - This looks like anything but farmland. LA FORGE: Agreed, sir. 72 00:05:43,552 --> 00:05:46,726 The soil appears almost completely lifeless. 73 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:49,103 This is the exact position in the Tripoli log. 74 00:05:49,266 --> 00:05:50,984 Do you recognize anything, Data? 75 00:05:51,142 --> 00:05:53,315 The land contours are familiar, sir. 76 00:05:53,478 --> 00:05:56,152 Topographically, this is the correct area. 77 00:05:56,314 --> 00:05:57,440 This once was rich farmland. 78 00:05:57,607 --> 00:06:00,326 I'd say something like 20 to 30 years ago. 79 00:06:00,485 --> 00:06:02,954 I was discovered 26 years ago. 80 00:06:03,113 --> 00:06:06,162 Commander, I'd say that everything on this planet was either dead 81 00:06:06,324 --> 00:06:08,418 or dying at the time Data was found. 82 00:06:08,577 --> 00:06:11,797 I was found 20 meters in that direction, sir. 83 00:06:18,545 --> 00:06:22,800 TASHA: Data, any idea at all why you were given the colonists' memories? 84 00:06:22,966 --> 00:06:24,809 DATA: I always felt that it was done hurriedly, 85 00:06:24,968 --> 00:06:26,686 but I know little more. 86 00:06:27,137 --> 00:06:30,437 Here, sir, this is where the cruisers landing party 87 00:06:30,599 --> 00:06:33,569 found the signal device that led them here. 88 00:06:35,270 --> 00:06:38,524 And they found me lying there. 89 00:06:42,152 --> 00:06:44,496 TASHA: You were just lying out there in the open? 90 00:06:44,738 --> 00:06:47,457 No identity record, no instructions? 91 00:06:48,199 --> 00:06:50,076 Only a layer of dust. 92 00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:52,541 What's the first thing you remember, Data? 93 00:06:52,704 --> 00:06:58,586 Opening my eyes, looking into the eyes of the Tripoli landing party. 94 00:06:59,044 --> 00:07:03,550 They believed the signal device sensed their presence and activated me. 95 00:07:03,715 --> 00:07:06,514 Then this very spot was your birthplace. 96 00:07:07,969 --> 00:07:09,642 LA FORGE: Commander... 97 00:07:11,723 --> 00:07:14,021 I think I've got this place figured out here. 98 00:07:14,184 --> 00:07:16,607 This was very cleverly done. 99 00:07:16,770 --> 00:07:20,820 To make this look like a natural hollow in the terrain here. 100 00:07:20,982 --> 00:07:23,781 There are signs of it being constructed in a hurry, 101 00:07:23,944 --> 00:07:25,787 as if to hide something here. 102 00:07:25,946 --> 00:07:29,120 Yes, that was it, Geordi. 103 00:07:29,407 --> 00:07:32,502 This awakens a memory remnant of how the colonists 104 00:07:32,661 --> 00:07:34,334 hoped to remain hidden. 105 00:07:34,913 --> 00:07:40,636 But their fear of being discovered led to their storing information in me. 106 00:07:42,629 --> 00:07:45,508 Heh, yeah, thought so. 107 00:08:14,744 --> 00:08:17,247 No life readings in here either, sir. 108 00:09:17,223 --> 00:09:20,272 The colonists' laboratory, extremely well equipped. 109 00:09:20,435 --> 00:09:22,437 Does this stir any memories, Data? 110 00:09:22,604 --> 00:09:26,825 Only a vague impression of some of my functions being tested here. 111 00:09:32,572 --> 00:09:34,415 Posted by proud parents. 112 00:09:35,450 --> 00:09:39,421 It depicts something that feels familiar, sir. 113 00:09:39,579 --> 00:09:41,331 And dangerous. 114 00:09:41,748 --> 00:09:44,251 But I have no idea what it represents. 115 00:09:45,043 --> 00:09:46,636 And that is all. 116 00:09:47,545 --> 00:09:52,016 Except for an impression 117 00:09:52,926 --> 00:09:57,352 of this being at Dr. Soong's work area. 118 00:09:57,514 --> 00:09:58,731 Who? 119 00:09:58,890 --> 00:10:00,608 You don't mean Dr. Noonien Soong? 120 00:10:00,767 --> 00:10:02,235 DATA: He was called that here. 121 00:10:02,393 --> 00:10:05,442 But his memories indicate he traveled here under a different name. 122 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:08,028 Dr. Noonien Soong, my friend, happens to have been 123 00:10:08,191 --> 00:10:10,068 Earth's foremost robotic scientist. 124 00:10:10,235 --> 00:10:13,865 Until he tried to make Asimov's dream of a positronic brain come true. 125 00:10:14,364 --> 00:10:17,584 The positronic brain. He promised so much. 126 00:10:17,742 --> 00:10:22,293 And then when he failed completely, Dr. Soong disappeared. 127 00:10:22,455 --> 00:10:25,629 Now we know he went somewhere else to try a second time. 128 00:10:25,792 --> 00:10:28,966 Data, Geordi, we'll get a close look at this lab. 129 00:10:29,129 --> 00:10:31,598 You and Lieutenant Worf reconnoiter where those corridors lead. 130 00:10:31,756 --> 00:10:32,928 Aye, sir. 131 00:11:05,123 --> 00:11:09,674 LA FORGE: Data, ifs you. RIKER: An epidermal mold. 132 00:11:10,211 --> 00:11:12,509 Made to give your exterior the desired finish. 133 00:11:12,672 --> 00:11:14,674 TASHA [OVER COM]: Lieutenant Yar to Commander Riker. 134 00:11:14,841 --> 00:11:15,888 Come in, lieutenant. 135 00:11:16,050 --> 00:11:17,848 TASHA: Sir, this installation is big enough 136 00:11:18,011 --> 00:11:19,479 to hold hundreds of people. 137 00:11:19,637 --> 00:11:21,605 But all that's here now is empty beds. 138 00:11:21,764 --> 00:11:22,890 RIKER: Thank you, lieutenant. 139 00:11:23,057 --> 00:11:25,355 Complete your record scans and report back here. 140 00:11:25,518 --> 00:11:29,739 LA FORGE: Commander Riker, looks like some sort of storage area. 141 00:11:47,248 --> 00:11:50,377 - How many more Datas are there? - Looks like just these two. 142 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:54,214 I mean that, and the real Data. 143 00:12:06,935 --> 00:12:11,736 Commander, can this be another me? 144 00:12:13,775 --> 00:12:15,493 Or possibly my brother? 145 00:12:16,819 --> 00:12:18,821 I honestly don't know, Data. 146 00:12:21,449 --> 00:12:24,453 - He needs assembling. RIKER: "He"? 147 00:12:25,620 --> 00:12:30,217 Data, we don't know that this can become alive. 148 00:12:31,793 --> 00:12:35,263 It is very important for me to know that, sir. 149 00:12:36,297 --> 00:12:40,427 I never dreamed it was possible that I might find some link 150 00:12:41,261 --> 00:12:43,309 with a form like my own. 151 00:12:44,055 --> 00:12:47,855 Understood. We'll take it back to the ship with us. 152 00:12:54,857 --> 00:12:59,158 PICARD: Captain's log, stardate 41242.45. 153 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:00,913 Despite having only a few hours 154 00:13:01,072 --> 00:13:03,245 in which to explore Data's home planet, 155 00:13:03,408 --> 00:13:07,288 we have discovered something which may explain Data's beginnings, 156 00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:12,675 if we can properly assemble and communicate with what we've found. 157 00:13:47,243 --> 00:13:51,293 Signal from the captain. They need you at the debriefing. 158 00:13:52,290 --> 00:13:55,885 I've been most anxious to hear the chief engineer's opinion, Mr. Argyle. 159 00:13:56,044 --> 00:13:58,547 Do you believe he can be made to function? 160 00:13:58,838 --> 00:14:01,591 It appears to include all the components in your body. 161 00:14:01,758 --> 00:14:04,728 Heh, not that we fully understand your construction either. 162 00:14:04,886 --> 00:14:09,608 We have our top specialists working on its construction, Mr. Data. 163 00:14:09,891 --> 00:14:13,771 Uh, just one thing. Without disassembling you, of course, 164 00:14:13,936 --> 00:14:16,439 if we should need more to... 165 00:14:18,274 --> 00:14:22,370 If we should need to compare this with the way 166 00:14:22,528 --> 00:14:24,906 you're put together... 167 00:14:27,325 --> 00:14:30,579 Bringing it up here was the right thing to do, Number One. 168 00:14:32,538 --> 00:14:34,757 We were just saying that if your duplicate functions, 169 00:14:34,916 --> 00:14:37,294 it may answer a lot of questions. 170 00:14:42,173 --> 00:14:46,974 Does it appear to have, um, all your parts? 171 00:14:47,762 --> 00:14:50,515 Completely, sir. LA FORGE: Will... 172 00:14:53,101 --> 00:14:56,696 - Will we know how to turn it on? PICARD: All right. 173 00:14:57,021 --> 00:14:58,523 All right. 174 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:03,449 Legitimate questions about any of this need not be asked apologetically. 175 00:15:03,611 --> 00:15:06,080 You feel uncomfortable about aspects of your duplicate. 176 00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:09,118 We feel uncomfortable too, and for no logical reason. 177 00:15:10,076 --> 00:15:13,125 If it feels awkward to be reminded that Data is a machine, 178 00:15:13,287 --> 00:15:17,258 just remember that we are merely a different variety of machine 179 00:15:17,417 --> 00:15:20,091 in our case, electro-chemical in nature. 180 00:15:20,253 --> 00:15:23,052 Let's begin to handle this as we would do anything else. 181 00:15:23,214 --> 00:15:26,889 - Agreed, captain. - Let's begin with you, Data. 182 00:15:27,135 --> 00:15:32,892 Well, sir, a good starting point may be, why was I given human form'? 183 00:15:33,057 --> 00:15:36,937 Well, to make it easier for humans to relate to you. Had to be. 184 00:15:37,103 --> 00:15:39,572 But your designer may have had something else to prove as well. 185 00:15:39,730 --> 00:15:42,358 That human-shaped robots need not be clumsy 186 00:15:42,525 --> 00:15:44,527 or limited in their performance. 187 00:15:44,694 --> 00:15:46,947 You certainly operate as well as we do, Data. 188 00:15:47,113 --> 00:15:48,740 Better in some ways, sir. 189 00:15:50,366 --> 00:15:52,368 RIKER: You might wanna have a look at this, captain. 190 00:15:52,535 --> 00:15:54,754 Could be a link to the disappearance of the colonists. 191 00:15:54,912 --> 00:15:57,711 It was displayed in the lab, no doubt by proud parents. 192 00:15:57,874 --> 00:15:59,421 It could be just a child's imagination, 193 00:15:59,584 --> 00:16:02,087 but several children did similar drawings. 194 00:16:04,046 --> 00:16:05,889 CRUSHER [OVER COM]: Dr. Crusher to the captain. 195 00:16:06,048 --> 00:16:09,302 At this point, sir, we very much need Mr. Data's help. 196 00:16:11,888 --> 00:16:13,856 He's on his way, doctor. 197 00:16:20,021 --> 00:16:21,648 ARGYLE: ls the electromagnetic synthometer 198 00:16:21,814 --> 00:16:22,986 reading positive or negative? 199 00:16:23,149 --> 00:16:24,196 TECHNICIAN: Positive. 200 00:16:24,358 --> 00:16:26,656 Press your fingers there, doctor. 201 00:16:30,573 --> 00:16:31,870 There. 202 00:16:33,117 --> 00:16:35,336 It operates almost as a switch. 203 00:16:36,996 --> 00:16:39,340 And these small projections? 204 00:16:40,333 --> 00:16:42,631 An android alarm clock. 205 00:16:43,419 --> 00:16:45,171 Is that amusing? 206 00:16:47,131 --> 00:16:49,930 They time how long I remain unconscious. 207 00:16:50,968 --> 00:16:53,687 Are you certain about us using these heating devices, Data? 208 00:16:53,846 --> 00:16:56,065 I will feel nothing at all. 209 00:16:56,224 --> 00:16:57,567 Marvelous. 210 00:16:57,725 --> 00:17:01,650 It should be a lot simpler once we see how your circuitry's connected. 211 00:17:07,109 --> 00:17:11,410 I won't mention it to anyone. You have my word. 212 00:17:11,572 --> 00:17:17,079 If you had an off-switch, doctor, would you not keep it secret? 213 00:17:18,788 --> 00:17:20,165 I guess I would. 214 00:17:32,468 --> 00:17:36,848 ARGYLE: Yes, notice the micro-circuitry here. And here. 215 00:17:38,349 --> 00:17:41,444 And another fibroid-like connection here. 216 00:17:43,688 --> 00:17:45,486 Let's close up. 217 00:17:57,451 --> 00:18:00,876 It seemed to go well, thanks to a look inside Mr. Data, 218 00:18:01,038 --> 00:18:03,666 but there have been no signs of consciousness yet. 219 00:18:12,592 --> 00:18:14,560 RIKER: Certainly is a good match for Data, sir. 220 00:18:15,177 --> 00:18:17,100 PICARD: Do you think so, really? 221 00:18:18,097 --> 00:18:20,600 I wonder which of them was made first. 222 00:18:22,351 --> 00:18:23,398 He was. 223 00:18:27,106 --> 00:18:31,577 But they found him to be imperfect, and I was made to replace him. 224 00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:41,420 You may call me Lore. 225 00:18:52,214 --> 00:18:57,186 But I am also troubled by it describing you as imperfect. 226 00:18:57,345 --> 00:18:59,564 Human language gives me difficulty too, sir. 227 00:18:59,722 --> 00:19:03,067 "Imperfect" could mean that I lack certain abilities he possesses. 228 00:19:03,267 --> 00:19:04,689 Hmm, I wonder. 229 00:19:04,852 --> 00:19:08,777 But the point of this is whether you and it have approximately 230 00:19:08,939 --> 00:19:11,408 - the same capabilities. - We do, sir. 231 00:19:11,567 --> 00:19:14,241 And your referring to him as "it" 232 00:19:14,612 --> 00:19:18,867 suggests that I too fit into the category of a thing. 233 00:19:19,033 --> 00:19:22,537 Oh, yeah, I see your point. 234 00:19:23,496 --> 00:19:26,591 - My apologies. - Gladly accepted, sir. 235 00:19:26,749 --> 00:19:29,753 As for Lore's abilities, his use of syntax and grammar 236 00:19:29,919 --> 00:19:32,513 suggests he was given human memories similar to my own. 237 00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:35,642 And you have about equal physical strength and mental abilities? 238 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,177 I believe so, sir. 239 00:19:37,343 --> 00:19:41,189 Which requires that I now ask you a very serious question. 240 00:19:41,347 --> 00:19:46,069 Since the two of you are so closely related to each other... 241 00:19:46,227 --> 00:19:49,527 The answer, sir, is that my loyalty is to you. 242 00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:52,158 And Starfleet. Completely. 243 00:19:54,944 --> 00:19:58,949 Thank you, commander. I was certain of that. 244 00:19:59,115 --> 00:20:00,662 LA FORGE: And helm control is here, 245 00:20:00,825 --> 00:20:04,045 with the ship's heading being given in measurements we call degrees. 246 00:20:04,203 --> 00:20:07,207 Three hundred sixty of them in a full circle this way. 247 00:20:07,373 --> 00:20:09,717 - Then you say "mark." - On the nose. 248 00:20:09,875 --> 00:20:12,674 Which separates it from another full 360 degree circle, 249 00:20:12,837 --> 00:20:15,886 this way, on a right angle to this one. 250 00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:18,597 So by ordering a heading so many degrees this way, 251 00:20:18,759 --> 00:20:22,480 and so many this way, the ship can travel in any direction. 252 00:20:22,638 --> 00:20:24,265 All three dimensions. 253 00:20:24,432 --> 00:20:26,651 And the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle... 254 00:20:26,809 --> 00:20:29,483 ls equal to the sum of the square of the other two— 255 00:20:30,479 --> 00:20:35,451 Two something. Which I once heard, but never understood. 256 00:20:35,609 --> 00:20:37,327 DATA: All of which you will learn more about 257 00:20:37,486 --> 00:20:40,330 when the captain has approved your being on the Bridge. 258 00:20:41,115 --> 00:20:42,742 Have I committed an offense? 259 00:20:42,908 --> 00:20:47,254 You will find that there are many rules on starships that must be learnt. 260 00:20:48,205 --> 00:20:50,333 You're very clever, Wesley. 261 00:20:50,499 --> 00:20:52,797 I now have duties to perform, correct? 262 00:20:53,169 --> 00:20:55,968 Were you ever this anxious to please, Data? 263 00:20:56,130 --> 00:21:00,260 Never. I judge Lore to be superior in that desire. 264 00:21:00,885 --> 00:21:04,185 Because I was designed to be so human, my brother, 265 00:21:04,346 --> 00:21:05,768 I enjoy pleasing humans. 266 00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:10,186 “My brother." That has a nice sound to it, Data. 267 00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:14,444 You consider it important to please humans. 268 00:21:15,316 --> 00:21:16,488 It's not important? 269 00:21:17,860 --> 00:21:21,740 There are many things of importance, some more than others. 270 00:21:36,712 --> 00:21:39,386 Do you realize that Commander Riker's hypotenuse question 271 00:21:39,548 --> 00:21:41,550 tricked you into showing your knowledge was greater 272 00:21:41,717 --> 00:21:42,764 than you were indicating. 273 00:21:42,927 --> 00:21:47,433 Hmm. He didn't seem that clever. I'll be more careful. 274 00:21:47,598 --> 00:21:50,192 You tend to underestimate humans, my brother. 275 00:21:50,351 --> 00:21:53,070 Praising young Wesley on the helm, for example. 276 00:21:53,229 --> 00:21:54,776 A child. 277 00:21:54,939 --> 00:21:59,194 He has a child's body, but we have found him to be much more. 278 00:21:59,527 --> 00:22:00,699 [LORE SIGHS] 279 00:22:00,861 --> 00:22:03,614 Thank you for that information too. 280 00:22:04,198 --> 00:22:06,621 You do care about how I perform. 281 00:22:06,784 --> 00:22:10,129 I pledge to be worthy of your teaching, my brother. 282 00:22:10,621 --> 00:22:13,625 Try not to be jealous of my abilities. 283 00:22:32,142 --> 00:22:34,520 What information are you requesting? 284 00:22:35,521 --> 00:22:38,320 Everything available on a Dr. Noonien Soong. 285 00:22:38,482 --> 00:22:42,157 Ah, good old "Often Wrong Soong.“ 286 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:43,738 [LORE CHUCKLES] 287 00:22:45,281 --> 00:22:46,703 A joke, brother. 288 00:22:47,616 --> 00:22:50,711 Actually, he was a genius by human standards. 289 00:22:51,787 --> 00:22:53,710 But he had destroyed his own reputation by making 290 00:22:53,873 --> 00:22:57,969 what seemed wild promises about his positronic brain design. 291 00:22:58,127 --> 00:23:00,255 Almost all of which failed. 292 00:23:00,421 --> 00:23:03,470 Promises he later proved to be true. 293 00:23:03,632 --> 00:23:05,134 [MIMICS TAPPING SOUND] 294 00:23:05,634 --> 00:23:08,308 Which made you and me possible, brother. 295 00:23:09,889 --> 00:23:12,187 Our beloved father. 296 00:23:13,851 --> 00:23:16,775 Will I soon have a uniform like that, brother? 297 00:23:17,354 --> 00:23:20,733 If you get one the way I did, Lore, it will mean four years at the academy, 298 00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:22,243 another three as ensign, 299 00:23:22,401 --> 00:23:25,325 10 or 12 on varied space duty in the lieutenant grades... 300 00:23:25,487 --> 00:23:29,958 A system designed to compensate for limited human ability. 301 00:23:30,117 --> 00:23:31,744 And you, brother, 302 00:23:31,911 --> 00:23:34,505 are beginning to think as a human. 303 00:23:34,914 --> 00:23:38,418 You and I are completely different from them. 304 00:23:38,584 --> 00:23:42,009 Are you truly satisfied with the knowledge and memory 305 00:23:42,171 --> 00:23:45,675 of a few hundred human colonists? 306 00:23:45,841 --> 00:23:50,062 Suppose it could reflect thousands or millions? 307 00:23:50,220 --> 00:23:55,602 Or the knowledge of hundreds of millions of life forms of every kind? 308 00:23:58,729 --> 00:23:59,901 How? 309 00:24:00,856 --> 00:24:02,858 We will discuss that in time. 310 00:24:03,025 --> 00:24:08,327 And will we also discuss, Lore, which of us was constructed first? 311 00:24:08,906 --> 00:24:14,288 It would be foolish to underestimate you, brother. 312 00:24:14,703 --> 00:24:18,458 Yes, I lied when I said you were made first, but with good reason. 313 00:24:18,624 --> 00:24:21,878 Dr. Soong made me perfect in his first attempt. 314 00:24:22,044 --> 00:24:23,921 But he made me so completely human 315 00:24:24,088 --> 00:24:26,432 the colonists became envious of me. 316 00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:28,847 You lived with the colonists? 317 00:24:29,551 --> 00:24:33,351 Until they petitioned Soong to make a more comfortable, 318 00:24:33,514 --> 00:24:36,939 less perfect android. 319 00:24:37,101 --> 00:24:40,605 In other words, you, brother. 320 00:24:44,775 --> 00:24:49,076 Haven't you noticed how easily I handle human speech? 321 00:24:49,238 --> 00:24:51,161 I use their contractions. 322 00:24:51,323 --> 00:24:54,827 For example, I say, "can't" or "isn't" 323 00:24:54,994 --> 00:24:58,294 and you say "cannot" and "is not." 324 00:24:58,455 --> 00:24:59,877 [SCOFFS] 325 00:25:00,457 --> 00:25:03,256 I say tomato and you say tomato. 326 00:25:03,419 --> 00:25:06,423 I say potato and you say potato. 327 00:25:06,672 --> 00:25:08,094 [CHUCKLES] 328 00:25:09,508 --> 00:25:11,385 A very old joke. 329 00:25:11,552 --> 00:25:14,226 But then, you also have trouble with their humor. 330 00:25:14,388 --> 00:25:18,643 - Am I right? - Quite true. 331 00:25:18,809 --> 00:25:23,155 I keep trying to be more human, and keep failing. 332 00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:28,118 Do you realize, brother, 333 00:25:28,402 --> 00:25:31,030 I can help you become more human? 334 00:25:31,697 --> 00:25:34,200 And do you realize, Lore, 335 00:25:34,366 --> 00:25:37,916 that I am obligated to report all of this to our ship's captain? 336 00:25:39,955 --> 00:25:43,255 I assumed as much when I began studying you. 337 00:25:44,710 --> 00:25:48,340 May I use this to learn more about this vessel and its customs? 338 00:25:48,505 --> 00:25:50,553 Use it also to describe for the captain the time 339 00:25:50,716 --> 00:25:52,263 you spent among the colonists, 340 00:25:52,426 --> 00:25:55,100 including everything you know about what happened to them. 341 00:25:55,471 --> 00:26:00,068 I promise a report of great detail and accuracy. 342 00:26:00,934 --> 00:26:04,734 Thank you, Lore. I now have duties to perform. 343 00:26:09,109 --> 00:26:11,203 Unless, of course, you need something more? 344 00:26:11,361 --> 00:26:15,411 I have more than I dreamed possible, brother. 345 00:26:40,057 --> 00:26:43,812 PICARD: Captain's log, stardate 41242.5. 346 00:26:43,977 --> 00:26:47,698 Thanks to Lore's report, we now know what happened to the colonists. 347 00:26:47,856 --> 00:26:51,531 Beginning with a child's drawing, enhanced by Lore's description, 348 00:26:51,693 --> 00:26:56,073 our computer has constructed the image of a great crystalline entity 349 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,459 which feeds on life, 350 00:26:58,617 --> 00:27:01,962 insatiably ravenous for the life force found in living forms, 351 00:27:02,121 --> 00:27:06,171 capable of stripping all life from an entire world. 352 00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:09,302 Then how did Data escape that thing? Or Lore? 353 00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:10,553 Lore had been disassembled. 354 00:27:10,712 --> 00:27:13,465 He explained it as jealousy from the colonists. 355 00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:16,010 And Data wasn't yet alive at that time. 356 00:27:16,176 --> 00:27:18,554 Which explains why Data could be left outside in no danger 357 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:19,892 from that creature. 358 00:27:20,055 --> 00:27:21,432 Whatever happened to the colonists, 359 00:27:21,598 --> 00:27:23,396 he would be found by the first Starfleet crew 360 00:27:23,559 --> 00:27:25,561 that responded to the signal he transmitted. 361 00:27:25,727 --> 00:27:30,233 By which Dr. Soong left proof behind that his experiment did work. 362 00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:35,158 Captain, how believable do you find that crystal thing? 363 00:27:35,612 --> 00:27:41,085 With so little of even our galaxy explored, I find it at least possible. 364 00:27:41,243 --> 00:27:44,372 Data, are you expecting Lore to come up here? 365 00:27:44,538 --> 00:27:47,508 - He left your quarters some time ago. - To go...? 366 00:27:47,666 --> 00:27:50,761 My turbo-sensors say he went to Deck Four. Worf? 367 00:27:50,919 --> 00:27:53,138 Where he examined some micro miniature work tools, 368 00:27:53,297 --> 00:27:55,140 and some fine grind quadratanium. 369 00:27:55,299 --> 00:27:57,222 Which is used in our construction. 370 00:27:57,384 --> 00:27:59,603 That particular compound is no more suspicious, sir, 371 00:27:59,761 --> 00:28:01,934 than a human looking for an antiseptic or an ointment. 372 00:28:02,097 --> 00:28:04,099 Nevertheless, I should check it out. 373 00:28:04,266 --> 00:28:06,689 You're watching everything he does, Data? 374 00:28:06,852 --> 00:28:08,946 Is that the act of a brother? 375 00:28:09,104 --> 00:28:12,734 It's the act of a Starfleet officer obeying his captain, doctor. 376 00:28:18,155 --> 00:28:23,161 Captain, speaking strictly as security chief, 377 00:28:23,327 --> 00:28:25,580 how much can you trust Data now? 378 00:28:30,209 --> 00:28:31,882 I trust him completely, lieutenant. 379 00:28:32,044 --> 00:28:34,297 But everyone should also realize that that was a necessary 380 00:28:34,463 --> 00:28:36,591 and legitimate security question. 381 00:28:37,507 --> 00:28:38,850 Thank you, sir. 382 00:28:54,608 --> 00:28:56,326 [DOOR OPENS] 383 00:29:01,365 --> 00:29:04,915 Lesson number one in becoming more human. 384 00:29:05,077 --> 00:29:08,206 You must observe all human customs. 385 00:29:08,455 --> 00:29:09,581 Champagne? 386 00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:12,547 An ancient ritual still practiced 387 00:29:12,709 --> 00:29:16,213 when they observe events of importance. 388 00:29:23,178 --> 00:29:24,851 My brother, 389 00:29:25,430 --> 00:29:28,525 I toast our discovery of each other. 390 00:29:28,684 --> 00:29:31,858 May it fill our lives with new meaning. 391 00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:43,457 I have some doubts about the value of human customs in this... 392 00:29:46,702 --> 00:29:48,170 My brother. 393 00:29:49,663 --> 00:29:53,759 And let us toast also Dr. Soong, 394 00:29:53,959 --> 00:29:58,556 who gave me the full richness of human needs and ambitions. 395 00:29:58,714 --> 00:30:03,515 A perfect match for my mind, my body. 396 00:30:04,011 --> 00:30:05,433 Brother... 397 00:30:10,934 --> 00:30:16,691 And let us toast also the great crystal entity 398 00:30:16,857 --> 00:30:19,827 with whom I learned to communicate. 399 00:30:22,404 --> 00:30:24,998 Before Dr. Soong disassembled me, 400 00:30:25,157 --> 00:30:29,253 I earned its gratitude by revealing the way to the colonists. 401 00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:34,667 Can you imagine its gratitude when I give it the life on this vessel? 402 00:30:38,378 --> 00:30:39,800 This is strange, sir. 403 00:30:39,963 --> 00:30:42,762 I show Commander Data transmitting on a subspace channel. 404 00:30:42,924 --> 00:30:44,801 I know Data's been doing considerable research 405 00:30:44,968 --> 00:30:47,096 into Dr. Soong's background. 406 00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:50,516 Let's be sure. Wesley? 407 00:30:52,601 --> 00:30:54,899 Would you look in on Commander Data, discreetly? 408 00:30:55,062 --> 00:30:56,609 Yes, sir. 409 00:31:02,444 --> 00:31:04,071 LORE: Crystal entity, 410 00:31:04,446 --> 00:31:09,577 upon arriving here you can identify me as the machine named Data. 411 00:31:10,202 --> 00:31:11,749 [DOOR CHIMES] 412 00:31:13,288 --> 00:31:16,542 End of message. Come in, please. 413 00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:21,471 Glad you are here, Wesley. 414 00:31:21,630 --> 00:31:24,224 Lore suddenly attacked me and I had to turn him off. 415 00:31:24,758 --> 00:31:26,010 Why did he do that, Data? 416 00:31:26,510 --> 00:31:30,356 He discovered we have been using sensors to follow what he does. 417 00:31:33,975 --> 00:31:36,979 I practiced his facial tic. Do I have it right? 418 00:31:37,938 --> 00:31:39,940 I'd suggest you forget imitating him. 419 00:31:40,941 --> 00:31:44,536 If you'd said, "We've been using the sensors," instead of "We have," 420 00:31:44,694 --> 00:31:46,947 I might have suspected you were Lore. 421 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,910 Yes. I do use language more formally than Lore. 422 00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:53,204 Please inform the captain I will come up to the Bridge 423 00:31:53,370 --> 00:31:56,590 - and report on this. - Aye, sir. 424 00:32:58,143 --> 00:33:03,400 Wes, tell me again how Data said he immobilized Lore. 425 00:33:05,358 --> 00:33:10,205 He told me he just turned him off, Mom— Uh, doctor. 426 00:33:14,409 --> 00:33:15,911 Question, Mr. Data. 427 00:33:16,077 --> 00:33:20,173 Did you or did you not swear me to secrecy about your "off" switch? 428 00:33:20,916 --> 00:33:22,293 A change of mind, doctor. 429 00:33:22,459 --> 00:33:26,054 If I cannot trust the Bridge crew, whom can I? 430 00:33:26,254 --> 00:33:27,847 [BEEPING] 431 00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:31,510 Captain, I'm picking up a bogey coming in on a five o'clock tangent. 432 00:33:31,676 --> 00:33:33,519 TASHA: It's transmitting no ID signal, captain. 433 00:33:33,678 --> 00:33:35,180 RIKER: Set main viewer on that tangent. 434 00:33:35,347 --> 00:33:37,691 Shields up, go to yellow alert. Transmit friendly greetings, 435 00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:39,601 all languages, all frequencies. 436 00:33:43,647 --> 00:33:45,820 I can't believe anything's overtaking us this fast. 437 00:33:46,191 --> 00:33:48,285 Beautiful, isn't it? 438 00:33:52,489 --> 00:33:54,036 I recognize it, sir. 439 00:33:54,449 --> 00:33:57,123 It's the crystal image Lore described. 440 00:34:00,247 --> 00:34:02,045 My God. 441 00:34:16,054 --> 00:34:20,776 Still no ID being transmitted, sir. Also no answer to our inquiries. 442 00:34:23,979 --> 00:34:25,276 Did you get a direct look at it? 443 00:34:25,438 --> 00:34:28,032 It's like a giant snowflake crystal, but much more complex. 444 00:34:28,191 --> 00:34:30,944 The entire electromagnetic spectrum seems to play about inside it, 445 00:34:31,111 --> 00:34:33,284 but I haven't the slightest idea what it is, sir. 446 00:34:33,446 --> 00:34:35,494 Thank you, lieutenant. Data... 447 00:34:37,617 --> 00:34:39,870 If there's anything else that Lore could tell us about it, 448 00:34:40,036 --> 00:34:41,629 it may be important. 449 00:34:41,788 --> 00:34:43,461 Can you control him enough to question him? 450 00:34:43,623 --> 00:34:45,250 I will have to examine him to know, sir. 451 00:34:47,210 --> 00:34:52,762 Captain, recommend that you do not let him roam the ship freely. 452 00:34:52,924 --> 00:34:53,971 Ensign. 453 00:34:54,134 --> 00:34:56,762 Wesley is simply showing himself to be alert and responsible. 454 00:34:56,928 --> 00:35:01,149 Something to be encouraged. Come, you can watch everything I do. 455 00:35:01,308 --> 00:35:02,810 Not if I have a choice. 456 00:35:02,976 --> 00:35:05,729 That is enough, ensign. When addressing a senior officer- 457 00:35:05,895 --> 00:35:08,068 I've guided his training. I'm the one at fault. 458 00:35:08,231 --> 00:35:09,574 You will show the proper respect. 459 00:35:09,733 --> 00:35:12,407 I will accompany you down there to make certain of it. 460 00:35:12,694 --> 00:35:14,822 With your approval, of course, sir. 461 00:35:33,006 --> 00:35:34,974 Careful of Lore. 462 00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:38,228 Good, he is still unconscious. 463 00:35:39,012 --> 00:35:42,266 Notice the same twitch, even though he is unconscious? 464 00:35:43,141 --> 00:35:44,233 Stay back. 465 00:35:44,392 --> 00:35:47,896 We may have problems if he senses someone else is near. 466 00:35:52,317 --> 00:35:53,785 Lore, 467 00:35:55,820 --> 00:35:57,914 I have a few questions to ask you. 468 00:35:59,199 --> 00:36:02,829 Lore, it is Data. He senses you. 469 00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:04,621 I cannot control him if you stay. 470 00:36:04,788 --> 00:36:06,961 Please, I will record everything he says. 471 00:36:07,123 --> 00:36:09,467 And you bring it to the Bridge, immediately. 472 00:36:18,551 --> 00:36:21,270 And you wanna be as stupid as them, 473 00:36:21,429 --> 00:36:23,227 dear brother? 474 00:36:38,530 --> 00:36:40,328 PICARD: Well, Number One? 475 00:36:40,699 --> 00:36:43,623 It was Lore, sir. Same facial twitches that we've seen all along. 476 00:36:43,785 --> 00:36:46,163 Lying unconscious on the floor exactly as Data had described, 477 00:36:46,329 --> 00:36:47,751 and then it suddenly became violent, 478 00:36:47,914 --> 00:36:49,882 apparently sensing that Wesley and I were present. 479 00:36:50,041 --> 00:36:53,341 Or is it Lore, pretending to be Data and faking it all? 480 00:36:53,503 --> 00:36:56,677 I asked for Commander Riker's report, Acting Ensign Crusher. 481 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,593 Since it seems clear that you are unable to function within the limits 482 00:36:59,759 --> 00:37:01,887 - of that appointment— - Captain. 483 00:37:10,937 --> 00:37:12,154 Deflector shields holding, sir. 484 00:37:12,313 --> 00:37:15,066 Bring photon torpedoes to ready, main phasers to ready. 485 00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:17,201 Go to red alert, please. 486 00:37:17,402 --> 00:37:19,780 [RED ALERT SOUNDING] 487 00:37:20,739 --> 00:37:22,241 Weapons now ready, sir. 488 00:37:22,699 --> 00:37:24,918 No, captain, let me talk to it. 489 00:37:25,076 --> 00:37:27,454 You didn't say you could do that. 490 00:37:32,375 --> 00:37:33,797 Affirmative. Talk to it. 491 00:37:34,294 --> 00:37:36,342 Open hailing frequencies. 492 00:37:37,172 --> 00:37:44,772 Crystal form, I identify myself as Data, advising you to stop your attack. 493 00:37:45,221 --> 00:37:47,189 The humans here are powerful, 494 00:37:47,348 --> 00:37:50,147 capable of injuring or even destroying you. 495 00:37:57,484 --> 00:38:00,112 Now, I call that communicating. 496 00:38:00,278 --> 00:38:02,872 Suggest moving fast to confirm what I told it, sir. 497 00:38:03,031 --> 00:38:06,626 Permission to use the large transporter in Cargo Room Three. 498 00:38:06,785 --> 00:38:10,540 There I can beam up some living pattern, perhaps a large tree. 499 00:38:10,705 --> 00:38:12,503 Which you'll beam over next to the entity. 500 00:38:12,665 --> 00:38:14,542 DATA: That is correct, Riker. 501 00:38:14,709 --> 00:38:17,428 Our ship's phasers will then blast and disintegrate ii, 502 00:38:17,587 --> 00:38:20,306 proving we are dangerous. 503 00:38:21,257 --> 00:38:24,010 - Make it so. - Sir? 504 00:38:26,471 --> 00:38:27,518 Do it. 505 00:38:35,021 --> 00:38:38,321 Sir, I know this may finish me as an acting ensign, but— 506 00:38:38,483 --> 00:38:40,076 Shut up, Wesley. 507 00:38:43,071 --> 00:38:45,915 Lieutenant, pick a good security team and let me know what he does. 508 00:38:46,074 --> 00:38:47,371 Aye, sir. 509 00:38:47,867 --> 00:38:49,414 "Shut up, Wesley"? 510 00:38:50,119 --> 00:38:51,587 Doctor... 511 00:38:52,664 --> 00:38:55,213 And since I am finished here, sir, may I point out that— 512 00:38:55,375 --> 00:38:56,501 Shut up, Wesley. 513 00:38:57,335 --> 00:39:00,134 That everything that I have said would have been listened to 514 00:39:00,296 --> 00:39:01,843 if it came from an adult officer. 515 00:39:04,717 --> 00:39:07,095 Request permission to return to my quarters, sir. 516 00:39:07,262 --> 00:39:10,061 Agreed. Doctor, go with him. 517 00:39:10,390 --> 00:39:13,269 You're putting me off the Bridge? 518 00:39:15,603 --> 00:39:19,904 I'm asking you to keep an eye on your son during all of this, doctor. 519 00:39:28,032 --> 00:39:29,875 Emergency close. 520 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,589 Now show me your warrior fierceness. 521 00:39:40,003 --> 00:39:42,051 [YELLS] 522 00:39:53,975 --> 00:39:58,902 I'll look, but I shouldn't have let you talk me into this. 523 00:39:59,063 --> 00:40:02,283 Mom, it's Data. He's been hurt. 524 00:40:05,486 --> 00:40:06,954 It's Data, Mom. 525 00:40:07,113 --> 00:40:08,535 I heard you know how to turn them on. 526 00:40:08,698 --> 00:40:10,996 This is very serious. 527 00:40:11,910 --> 00:40:15,289 So just tell me to “Shut up, Wesley,“ and I will. 528 00:40:16,164 --> 00:40:19,134 You're being very unfair, Wes. 529 00:40:20,168 --> 00:40:23,468 Data, the crystal thing is outside, somewhere close to the ship. 530 00:40:23,630 --> 00:40:25,428 And Lore is loose on the inside. 531 00:40:25,590 --> 00:40:27,513 How badly are you hurt, Data? 532 00:40:27,675 --> 00:40:32,556 I will function sufficiently to stop Lore, doctor. 533 00:40:37,018 --> 00:40:41,945 Crystal entity form, it's your old friend. 534 00:40:50,740 --> 00:40:52,617 Very good. 535 00:40:52,867 --> 00:40:55,370 You've understood perfectly so far. 536 00:40:55,745 --> 00:40:59,170 Next I will signal that I'm about to transport something out. 537 00:40:59,332 --> 00:41:03,257 At which time the deflector shields will turn off for a moment, 538 00:41:03,419 --> 00:41:05,547 and if you move in at that time... 539 00:41:08,049 --> 00:41:10,302 How sad, dear brother. 540 00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:13,855 You make me wish I were an only child. 541 00:41:22,605 --> 00:41:25,154 Then why this marvelous gift? 542 00:41:26,025 --> 00:41:29,154 The troublesome, little man-child. 543 00:41:30,029 --> 00:41:33,283 Are you prepared for the kind of death you've earned, little man? 544 00:41:33,700 --> 00:41:36,920 If you take one more step towards my son... 545 00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:38,542 LORE: Ah. 546 00:41:38,997 --> 00:41:40,715 Motherhood. 547 00:41:43,876 --> 00:41:45,128 Back off. 548 00:41:45,294 --> 00:41:48,423 Or I'll turn your little man into a torch. 549 00:41:48,589 --> 00:41:53,436 I promise him exquisite pain unless you obey me too, brother. 550 00:41:53,594 --> 00:41:56,143 Move away, Data, please. 551 00:41:57,432 --> 00:42:02,438 Do you see now the advantages of being completely human? 552 00:42:03,104 --> 00:42:05,198 It includes kindness. 553 00:42:05,815 --> 00:42:08,409 I give you your life, doctor. 554 00:42:08,568 --> 00:42:13,665 Go, quickly, and I may not injure your son at all. 555 00:42:13,823 --> 00:42:17,202 - I will stay with Wesley, doctor. LORE: Go. 556 00:42:17,368 --> 00:42:20,622 Or he'll be shrieking by the count of five. 557 00:42:20,788 --> 00:42:28,047 One, two, three, four... 558 00:42:28,838 --> 00:42:33,389 Thank you for my human qualities, Dr. Soong. Wait. 559 00:42:34,594 --> 00:42:38,315 A small payment for your son's misdeeds. 560 00:42:55,114 --> 00:42:56,832 DATA: Wes, the transporter. 561 00:43:05,333 --> 00:43:06,550 Wesley, now! 562 00:43:25,353 --> 00:43:28,106 Lore's gone, sir, permanently. 563 00:43:34,904 --> 00:43:38,408 Doctor, now that Wesley's safe, go to Sickbay at once. 564 00:43:39,283 --> 00:43:42,878 Captain, the crystal thing has begun to move away. 565 00:43:52,922 --> 00:43:55,846 Data, you all right? 566 00:43:56,551 --> 00:43:58,804 Yes, sir, I'm fine. 567 00:44:00,346 --> 00:44:03,850 Then get rid of that damned twitch, and put on the correct uniform. 568 00:44:04,308 --> 00:44:05,685 Yes, captain. 569 00:44:06,477 --> 00:44:08,730 Ensign Crusher, are you able to return to duty? 570 00:44:08,896 --> 00:44:11,024 - Yes, sir. - Then do so. 571 00:44:11,190 --> 00:44:13,192 And let the Bridge know that all is well down here. 572 00:44:13,359 --> 00:44:14,906 Aye, sir. 573 00:44:18,781 --> 00:44:20,499 RIKER: It's gone, sir. 574 00:44:20,658 --> 00:44:22,501 Without Lore, it had no way to reach us. 575 00:44:22,660 --> 00:44:25,083 And we're overdue for our computer refit. 576 00:44:25,246 --> 00:44:26,623 Number One, have you ever considered 577 00:44:26,789 --> 00:44:30,669 whether Data is more human or less human than we want? 578 00:44:32,044 --> 00:44:34,092 I only wish we were all as well balanced, sir. 579 00:44:34,630 --> 00:44:36,132 Agreed.