Star Trek: The Next Generation – Pen Pals [2.15]

The Enterprise investigates a remote system where planets are being torn apart by their won geology.  Data begins to communicate with Sarjenka, a young girl on one of these worlds (who know nothing of extra-terrestrial life), and asks Picard to find a way to help her and her people, even though doing so would violate the Prime Directive. Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation – Pen Pals [2.15]

Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Measure of a Man [2.9]

Data is ordered to transfer to the command of a robotics expert who intends to dismantle Data in order to study him and duplicate him.  When Data refuses even to the point of resigning his commission, he becomes the center of a legal battle to determine if he has the rights of a sentient being.  Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Measure of a Man [2.9]