2x09 The Measure of a Man - Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Guide

Star Trek: The Next Generation

- Episode 02x09

Episode: 02x09
Title: The Measure of a Man
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 135
First Aired: Feb. 13, 1989

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Star Trek: The Next Generation - 02x09 The Measure of a Man

Summary: Stardate: 42523.7 Upon visiting the new Starbase 173, Data is reassigned to the command of an officer who wants to study and disassemble Data, to aid in his research into making more androids.At the same time, Capt. Picard is reunited with an old romantic acquaintance, Phillipa Louvois, who also happens to be the lone person on the station who can save Data from this deadly fate. However, can Phillipa, the station’s JAG officer (the Judge Advocate General), put aside her conflicted feelings for Picard, and impartially decide Data’s fate?

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Captain Jean-Luc Picard	played by Patrick Stewart
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge	played by LeVar Burton
Counselor Deanna Troi	played by Marina Sirtis
Lt. Commander Data	played by Brent Spiner
Wesley Crusher	played by Wil Wheaton
Doctor Pulaski	played by Diana Muldaur
JAG Captain Phillipa Louvois	played by Amanda McBroom
Admiral Nakamura	played by Clyde Kusatsu
Commander Bruce Maddox	played by Brian Brophy

	Season 2 / Episode 9: - The Measure of a Man Capt. Picard: If we weren't around all these people, do you know what I would like to do? Captain Phillipa Louvois: Bust a chair across my teeth. Capt. Picard: After that. Captain Phillipa Louvois: Oh, ain't love wonderful?
	Season 2 / Episode 9: - The Measure of a Man Capt. Picard: Well... we have a problem. Lt. Commander Data: I find myself in complete agreement with that assessment of the situation, sir.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

PLOT: Data tells Picard that Maddox was the only dissenting member of a screening committee that approved his entrance into Starfleet. This implies that the majority approved him. Since only sentient beings can take the oath of a service personnel officer, this would be the grounds for Data's status as a living being, but this is overlooked at the trial.
DATE: The JAG officer calls Data a toaster, but by this time food replicators have been in existence for 85 years, making it highly unlikely that toasters could have survived to remain in common vernacular.
CONT: During the trial, Picard clasps his hands in front of him and looks down; the shot then changes to show Picard still looking down but his arms are apart.
CONT: When Data is made to bend the rod of steel during his hearing, he bends it almost right in half with a kink at the top where it is bent and there is no more than an inch between each side. When Riker places the bent steel on the table, it is clearly bent in an arch by machine, likely a pipe-bender, with a much larger gap and has no kink were it is bent. It barely resembles the piece Data bent by hand.

TRIVIA

This is the first episode to feature a poker game in Commander Riker's quarters. This would become a common feature of the show for its duration with various officers and crew participating.