Earl Grey 106: B.C. Before Chip

Emotion Chip.

A central character struggle in Star Trek: The Next Generation is
Lieutenant Commander's Data's lack of emotions. Our favorite
android experienced life on the U.S.S. Enterprise-D but was
constantly challenged in his attempt to relate to emotional
humanoid life forms. Phillip, Daniel, and Darren look at the
flagship's second officer's "pre-emotion chip" existence and ask:
Did Data actually already have the capacity for emotion? Did he
evolve over those seven years, experiencing emotional
states?

Earl Grey also examines the ever-changing look and features of
Dr. Noonian Soong's emotion chip, introduced in the fourth season
episode "Brothers." They discuss its appearance in "Descent,
Parts 1 and 2," and the chip's installation during the inaugural
TNG film, Star Trek: Generations. The trio asks whether
"emotional" Data in the film was done well and how fans received
that portrayal. They also look at the emotion chip's cameos and
various "upgraded" features in the other three feature films. So
"stop it, stop it, stop it!", open up your mind, and listen to
this episode (which may overload your neural net), analyzing
Data's emotion chip.

Hosts
Daniel Proulx, Phillip Gilfus, & Darren Moser

Editor / Producer
Darren Moser

Executive Producers
Norman C. Lao, Matthew Rushing, & C Bryan Jones



Production Manager


Richard Marquez


Content Manager


Will Nguyen


Chapters
Data B.C. (Before Chip) - Seasons 1-3 (00:03:46)

Brothers (00:18:02)
Descent (00:31:00)

Generations (00:47:37)

First Contact thru Nemesis (01:00:04)


Final Thoughts (01:12:40)







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