Inheritance
- Episode aired Nov 20, 1993
- TV-PG
- 1h
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
2.9K
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On Federation planet Atrea IV, Data encounters the former wife of his creator Noonian Soong who claims to be his "mother".On Federation planet Atrea IV, Data encounters the former wife of his creator Noonian Soong who claims to be his "mother".On Federation planet Atrea IV, Data encounters the former wife of his creator Noonian Soong who claims to be his "mother".
Bill Lithgow
- Dr. Pran Tainer
- (as William Lithgow)
Joyce Agu
- Ensign Gates
- (uncredited)
David Keith Anderson
- Ensign Armstrong
- (uncredited)
Tracee Cocco
- Lt. Jae
- (uncredited)
Elliot Durant III
- Starfleet Ensign
- (uncredited)
Holiday Freeman
- Command Division Officer
- (uncredited)
Grace Harrell
- Operations Division Officer
- (uncredited)
Kerry Hoyt
- Operations Division Ensign
- (uncredited)
Gary Hunter
- Sciences Officer
- (uncredited)
Jonathan Paley
- Atrean Aide
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFionnula Flanagan is an accomplished violinist in real life, and performed her own viola playing at the ship's concert. Fionnula Flanagan learned to play the viola while rehearsing this scene, spending a lot of time learning those six to eight bars of music, in order to make it convincing for the camera.
- GoofsWhen Data enters sickbay, he is carrying his violin and bow, as if he had walked to sickbay directly from the recital in Ten Forward, yet, when he is told to report to the transporter room because of an emergency on the planet, Dr. Pran Tainer has just been injured on the planet's surface. The time line makes no sense; both Dr. Pran Tainer and his wife, Dr. Juliana Tainer, have been present at Data's recital. How could the male Dr. Tainer have had time to transport to the planet's surface and begin work? And why isn't the female Dr. Tainer still wearing the outfit she had worn at the recital?
- Quotes
Lt. Commander Data: I would like to get to know you better... Mother.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Star Trek: Nemesis Review (2009)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
Featured review
Moving and touching
I was touched by this episode. Even though Data has no emotions, his "mother" expressed all the emotions a mother would have towards a son. What really made it poignant was the conversation with Data's creator, Dr. Soong. So many men would have done what he did. Data's big decision at the end was the right one.
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- robert3750
- Sep 21, 2020
Details
- Runtime1 hour
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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