Brothers

This Story: Season 4 Episode 3 (production code 177)
TNG Overall: Episode 77
Trek Overall: Story 176, Episode 179
Airdate: 8 Oct 1990
Written by Rick German
Directed by Rob Bowman

Notes

• Brent Spiner plays three roles in this episode.  Data, Lore, & Dr Soong.
• The first return of Lore to the series after his initial appearance in Datalore.
• The last episode to be directed by Rob Bowman, a regular director in the first two seasons.
• We get to see inside a com badge for the first time.
• The emotion chip for Data is first mentioned here. Was a plot point in several other episodes as well as the movie “Star Trek: Generations”.

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