Star Trek: The Next Generation - Data
Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes where Data is the main focus, is 'explored', or contributes significantly to the plot or dilemma, listed in order of broadcast.
Most episodes were helpfully suggested by Reddit user u/Antithesys on the r/startrek subreddit, back in 2016.
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For only the episodes where Data gets the most focus, look for "Primary main character" in the description, or look below.
Episodes with Data as a Primary main character only:
Most episodes were helpfully suggested by Reddit user u/Antithesys on the r/startrek subreddit, back in 2016.
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For only the episodes where Data gets the most focus, look for "Primary main character" in the description, or look below.
Episodes with Data as a Primary main character only:
- S1E12. Datalore
- S2E03. Elementary, Dear Data
- S2E06. The Schizoid Man
- S2E09. The Measure of a Man
- S2E15. Pen Pals
- S3E02. The Ensigns of Command
- S3E16. The Offspring
- S3E22. The Most Toys
- S4E03. Brothers
- S4E11. Data's Day
- S4E25. In Theory
- S5E04. Silicon Avatar
- S5E11. Hero Worship
- S5E26. Time's Arrow Pt. 1
- S6E01. Time's Arrow Pt. 2
- S6E08. A Fistful of Datas
- S6E09. The Quality of Life
- S6E16. Birthright Pt. 1
- S6E17. Birthright Pt. 2
- S6E26. Descent Pt. 1
- S7E01. Descent Pt. 2
- S7E06. Phantasms
- S7E10. Inheritance
- S7E16. Thine Own Self
- S7E17. Masks
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- DirectorPaul LynchStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe crew of the Enterprise is infected with a virus that causes them to behave as though they were intoxicated.(Has a subplot/contributes significantly.)
- 1987–199445mTV-PG6.3 (3.8K)TV EpisodeDirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWhile distracted by two antithetical races applying for Federation membership, the Enterprise picks up a sentient entity that can alternately possess either man or machinery.While not particularly Data-focused, this episode sees the birth of Data's special interest on Sherlock Holmes.
- DirectorJoseph L. ScanlanStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonCaptain Picard and some of his crew are caught in a deadly trap in the holodeck as the result of a ship-wide scan from an alien race.(Has a subplot/contributes significantly.)
- DirectorRob BowmanStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise visits the planet where Data was created and discovers another android like him, but when he's assembled, he's not exactly like him.(Primary main character.)
- DirectorJoseph L. ScanlanStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonCounselor Troi is held captive on a deserted planet by a slick, black, oily, sentient and immortal puddle of evil.(Has a subplot/contributes significantly.)
- 1987–199446mTV-PG7.4 (3.9K)TV EpisodeDirectorJames L. ConwayStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWhile assigned to investigate missing outposts in the Neutral Zone, the Enterprise revives three cryogenically frozen people found aboard a wayward derelict Earth vessel.(Has a subplot/contributes significantly.)
- 1987–199446mTV-PG8.1 (4.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorRob BowmanStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonAn attempt to provide Data with a challenging Sherlock Holmes holodeck program backfires when its Professor Moriarty character accidentally becomes self-aware.(Primary main character.)
- 1987–199445mTV-PG6.9 (3.6K)TV EpisodeDirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonA dying anti-social scientist unintentionally comes upon the perfect vessel in which to preserve his intellect and arrogant personality - Data.(Primary main character.)
- 1987–199446mTV-PG9.1 (6.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert ScheererStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWhen Data resigns his commission rather than be dismantled for examination by an inadequately skilled scientist, a formal hearing is convened to determine whether Data is considered property without rights or is a sentient being.(Primary main character.)
- DirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWorf, Data, and Riker find themselves trapped in a re-creation of a poorly written novel.(Has a subplot/contributes significantly.)
- DirectorWinrich KolbeStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonData befriends an alien girl in distress, breaking the Prime Directive, while Wesley commands his first team.(Primary main character.)
- 1987–199445mTV-PG7.7 (3.6K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert ScheererStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe crew of the Enterprise participates in war games.(Has a subplot/contributes significantly.)
- 1987–199445mTV-PG7.4 (3.7K)TV EpisodeDirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonAfter 111 years of silence, an extremely litigious alien race asserts its agreed upon right to wipe out a Federation colony in its territory.(Primary main character.)
- DirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonMuch to Picard's displeasure, Q reappears on the Enterprise, claiming to have been ejected from the Q Continuum, and therefore, lost his powers.(Has a subplot/contributes significantly.)
- DirectorJonathan FrakesStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonAfter returning from a cybernetics conference to the Enterprise, Data creates his own "child," much to the chagrin of his captain, and without regards to the ramifications with Starfleet.(Primary main character.)
- DirectorTimothy BondStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWhen transporting a dangerous material to the Enterprise, Data is kidnapped and the crew is led to believe he is dead when the shuttlecraft he was piloting explodes en route.(Primary main character.)
- DirectorRob BowmanStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonAfter an accident aboard the Enterprise leaves one of its children in grave danger, Data commandeers the Enterprise, driven to take the ship to an unknown origin, where an interesting figure awaits.(Primary main character.)
- DirectorRobert ScheererStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe crew of the Enterprise enters into orbit around the home planet of their former crewmate, Tasha Yar, where they encounter her sister.(Has a subplot/contributes significantly.)
- DirectorRobert WiemerStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonData tries to comprehend the complex emotions between O'Brien and Keiko, who are about to be married.(Primary main character.)
- DirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonEffects of passing through a wormhole give the Enterprise crew a sense that they were unconscious for more than the thirty seconds they've been led to believe.(Has a subplot/contributes significantly.)
- DirectorPatrick StewartStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWhen a female crew member is infatuated with Lieutenant Commander Data, he decides to give a romantic relationship a try. Also, the Enterprise finds itself having to maneuver through a dangerous nebula.(Primary main character.)
- DirectorDavid CarsonStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonAs Worf fights in the Klingon Civil War, Captain Picard and his crew must stop the Romulans from helping their pawns achieve victory.(Has a subplot/contributes significantly.)
- 1987–199445mTV-PG7.2 (3.2K)TV EpisodeDirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Crystalline Entity returns, and the Enterprise takes aboard a scientist to help track it down, but her personal agenda does not match Capt. Picard's.(Primary main character.)
- DirectorGabrielle BeaumontStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonCollision with a quantum filament leaves Troi in charge of a damaged and endangered Enterprise with emergency bulkheads cutting off sections of the ship.(Has a subplot/contributes significantly.)
- DirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonPicard and Data follow Spock into Romulan space on a dangerous mission.(Has a subplot/contributes significantly.)