The Measure of a Man

A Starfleet hearing decides whether Data is property.

"The Measure of a Man" is the ninth episode of the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, first released on February 13, 1989. It was written by former attorney Melinda M. Snodgrass as a speculative script and directed by Robert Scheerer.

Quick Facts

Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season: 2
Episode: 9
Production: 135
Air date: 13 February 1989
Writer: Melinda M. Snodgrass
Director: Robert Scheerer
Photographer: Edward R. Brown

Lore & Background

A scientist wants to dismantle the android Data to build copies of him. Picard defends Data's right to choose for himself before a Starfleet court, against the claim that he is Starfleet property.

Riker is obliged to argue the scientist's side of the case.

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