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(More customer reviews)To be fair, I should point out my bias which lends itself to this review...I am a huge Data fan. Therefore, any episode starring the android crew member is going to be one of my favorites.
Regardless of my Data obsession, objectively this is a very good episode. It is Data's job to convince a human colony to leave their planet before the Sheliak destroy them. Data has to struggle against the wishes of the colonists who do not want to leave their endangered homes. While Data is confined to lessons of logic and practicality, the colonists share an overwhelming sense of pride and love for their homeland. As Data has no emotion it proves very difficult for him to understand the colony's irrational decision to stay.
A nice script examines the limitations of Data's capabilities and his struggle to overcome them. There is a little romance between Data and one of the colonists as well, proving once again that Data is the sex symbol of STTNG. A fun subplot finds Picard up to his ears in bureaucratic red tape with the single-minded Sheliak, a frustration we 21st century folk can sympathize with.
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