‘The Measure of a Man‘ – Treknologic Crew Rating: Exceptional (7/10)
Once again the crew of the USS Relativity bring to you another weekly dose of Star Trek news and commentary.
This week we tackle the reasonably excellent TNG episode The Measure of a Man.
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- TNG: The Measure of a Man at Memory Alpha
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You must have meant an email comment…. It was a good observation, but we’ll probably discuss on the new segment, “Listener Feedback,” eh?
To give credit where credit is due, at the end of the episode Maddox did come around agreeing that Data was remarkable. He even called Data a ‘he’ instead of ‘it’. And in a later episode, I think “Data’s Day”, Data is narrating a letter he’s writing about his routine to further assist in his research, so it appears Data considers Maddox a friend afterward.
One thing I wish they did after Data defeated Lore was to have Lore sentenced to do what Maddox wanted to do to Data in “Measure of a Man”. Since Lore is basically a criminal.
UGH John I’m trying to give Maddox some credit on this, but he just totally creeps me out.
I did want to mention the “Data’s Day” Maddox connection in the show, but somehow neglected to do so. It is interesting that Data chose to correspond with him….he’s a better man than I am because I would have absolutely cut him off.
Lore is a nasty dude – Maddox’s saw would have been an appropriate punishment!