Data is sent to Barkon
IV, a pre-industrial planet, on a routine mission to
retrieve some radioactive material from a probe that
crashed. Unfortunately, something has gone wrong. Data
completely loses his memory and wanders into a village
carrying a container full of the radioactive metal. He
is soon befriended by Garvin and Gia, a father and his
young daughter. Garvin unwittingly opens the container
in hopes of finding a clue to Data's identity.
Data is taken to meet Talur, the town healer, who
mistakenly deduces that he is one of a race of people
rumored to live in the mountains. Gia names him "Jayden,"
and Garvin takes Data and his metal fragments to Skoran,
the town blacksmith. Skoran has no idea what the metal
might be, but offers to buy the unique-looking pieces to
transform into jewelry. Data sells him half, keeping the
rest as clues to his identity.
Unaware that the metal
is dangerous, Garvin soon falls ill. As people buy
Skoran's jewelry, the mysterious sickness spreads, and
Talur, with her primitive knowledge, is unable to find a
solution. Sensing that he might be able to solve the
problem, Data decides to launch his own investigation,
but is interrupted when the frightened townspeople blame
him for causing the disease.
Data constructs a
primitive lab to study the illness, and Talur offers
what tools she has to help him find an explanation. Data
searches for a common experience that unites all the
sufferers, and stumbles on what could be the answer when
Gia falls ill. Noticing that she is wearing a pendant
made from his mystery metal, Data realizes that everyone
who is sick has had contact with the material, and
decides to study it. However, Skoran, who now shows
signs of the illness, and two men burst into Data's lab
and attack him, tearing away part of the skin from his
face. Seeing that Data is made of metal, the horrified
men flee.
The men tell Garvin
and Gia what they have seen, but once they leave, Data
emerges from where he has been hiding and reveals
himself to Gia, who still trusts him despite his strange
appearance. Having realized the metal is causing the
illness, Data continues to work until he has developed a
cure, and gives some to Garvin and Gia. He then heads
for the town's only well to put the antidote in the
water supply, sure that the townspeople will not trust
him to cure them. Just as he is pouring in the last of
the solution, Data is attacked by Skoran and an angry
mob, who apparently kill him. Luckily, however, all of
his antidote is deposited into the well.
Later, Beverly and
Riker arrive on Barkon IV disguised as townspeople. They
meet Gia, who sadly tells them that Data is buried by
the well, while the metal that made everyone sick has
been deposited in the forest. Data is retrieved and
returned to the Enterprise, where he is repaired and
reactivated, remembering nothing at all of his
experiences. |
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Production: 268
Season: 7 Episode: 16
Air Date: 02.14.1994
Stardate: 47611.2 |
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Patrick Stewart as
Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes as William Riker
Brent Spiner as Data
LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge
Michael Dorn as Worf
Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher
Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi |
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Ronnie Claire Edwards as
Talur
Michael Rothhaar as Garvin
Kimberly Cullum as Gia
Michael G. Hagerty as Skoran |
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| Originally, Data was going to
be the Chief Science Officer on the Enterprise (like
Spock was on the original "Star Trek" (1966)) and wear a
blue uniform. However, the color blue clashed with the
android make-up and the idea was changed. Data was
reassigned as the Chief Operations Officer and sported a
gold uniform for all seven seasons (except for the
two-part episode "Chain of Command" in which he's
promoted to first officer and wears a red tunic). |
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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Thine Own Self"
(fka "Jayden")
#40277-268
Story by
Christopher Hatton
Teleplay by
Ronald D. Moore
Directed by
Rick Kolbe
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FINAL DRAFT
STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" - 11/30/93 - CAST
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Thine Own Self"
CAST
PICARD GARVIN
RIKER GIA
DATA SKORAN
BEVERLY RAINER
TROI TALUR
WORF APPRENTICE
GEORDI
COMPUTER VOICE
Non-Speaking Non-Speaking
N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES N.D. VILLAGE PEOPLE
N.D. ENGINEERS
STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" - 11/30/93 - SETS
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Thine Own Self"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
USS ENTERPRISE USS ENTERPRISE
BRIDGE
SICKBAY SHUTTLECRAFT
RIKER'S QUARTERS
TROI'S QUARTERS TOWN SQUARE
HOLODECK/MAIN ENGINEERING
HOME (ON PLANET)
STAR TREK: "Thine Own Self" - 11/30/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Thine Own Self"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
DORAKS door-RAKS
TALUR tah-LUR
TARANKO tah-RAN-ko
VELLORIAN vuh-LUR-ree-an
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