Original Air Date: 23 January 1989
Stardate: 42437.5
Teleplay By: Tracy Torme
Story By: Richard Manning & Hams Beimler
Directed By: Les Landau
>ABOUT
A dying scientist, Dr Ira Graves, seeks eternal life by transferring his mind and consciousness into Data.
>TRIVIA
- Suzie Plakson (Lt. Selar) later plays Ambassador K'Ehleyr in the Season 2 episode "The Emissary" & the Season 4 episode "Reunion". She later plays a different character, Q, in the ST: Voyager Season 3 episode "The Q and the Grey".
- This is the first TNG episode where a torpedo is seen as part of a funeral service.
- The tune that Graves whistles, even in Data's body is "If Only I Had A Heart" from the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz".
- This is the only episode of TNG where no member of the landing party is 100% human. The landing party is made up of Lt. Commander Data, Lt. Selar, Lt. Worf & Counselor Troi
- Tasha's and Dexter Remmick's image is displayed during the test for Data.
- At the end of the episode, Riker asks Data is wrestling with a Klingon Targ rings a bell. This was assumed to have happened off-scene.
- This is the only episode of TNG in which Data is shown with a beard
- The exterior of Grave's world is later used for Mariposa in the Season 2 episode "Up the Long Ladder".
>STARRING
- Patrick Stewart as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard
- Jonathan Frakes as Cmdr. William Riker
- LeVar Burton as Lt. Geordi La Forge
- Michael Dorn as Lt. Worf
- Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
- Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data
- Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher
>GUEST STARS
- W. Morgan Sheppard as Dr. Ira Graves
- Suzie Plakson as Lt. Selar
- Barbara Alyn Woods as Kareen Brianon
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