Phantasms
Joe Siegler
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Phantasms
This Story: Season 7 Episode 6 (production code 258)
TNG Overall: Episode 158
Trek Overall: Story 250, Episode 260
Airdate: 25 Oct 1993
Written by Brannon Braga
Directed by Patrick Stewart
Notes
- While Data says he has no mother in this episode he meets the wife of his creator four episodes later (“Inheritance“), his effective mother.
- We see the gift given to Data by his “girlfriend” in the episode “In Theory” here.
- When Data gets decapitated in this episode, the head prop is the same one used in the two parts of Time’s Arrow.
- Data’s Sherlock Holmes outfit from “Elementary, Dear Data” can be seen here.
- Some edits of this episode remove the majority of the scene where Data stabs Troi.
- Data’s cat Spot is referred to as a male here, but in the episode “Genesis“, Spot appears female and has a litter of kittens.
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[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | IMDB | Amazon US DVD | Amazon US Blu-Ray ]#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek TNG Ep 158 - Phantasms - 25 Oct 1993 1/2 This is one of those weird WTF episodes involving dreams & a lot of odd imagery. Scenes out of focus, things where they don't belong. Heck we have Data as a telephone, and Troi as a cake. It's mostly an ep I never cared for, and
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) February 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek TNG Ep 158 - Phantasms - 25 Oct 1993 2/2 today's viewing didn't change that. There's a B plot about an overzealous engineering officer, that was "uh, no". Data stabbing Troi was a catalyst to figuring out the plot of the ep, & was the peak WTF moment. Overall - a pass.
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) February 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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