ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>A Fistful of Datas</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR=#000000"> <TABLE ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="595" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="3" BORDER="0"> <TR> <TD ROWSPAN="2" WIDTH="150" VALIGN=MIDDLE ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="STTNG Pictures/Next-Gen-Logo.gif" WIDTH="175" HEIGHT="117" BORDER="0" ALT="Star Trek The Next Generation Logo"></TD> <TD WIDTH="245" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="3" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"><B>'A Fistful of Datas'</B><BR><BR><FONT SIZE="3">(Story Code 234)<BR>by Robert Hewitt Wolfe<BR>and Brannon Braga<BR>Story by Robert Hewitt Wolfe</TD> <TD ROWSPAN="2" WIDTH="200" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="STTNG Pictures/STTNG S6 Cast.jpg" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="145" ALT="Star Trek The Next Generation Cast"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> The <I>U.S.S. Enterprise</I> is in downtime, enabling the crew to enjoy some quality time. Lieutenant Worf and his son Alexander visit a holodeck simulation of the Wild West - South Dakota in the Nineteenth Century - where they assume the roles of sheriff and deputy; Worf quickly completes the scenario, apprehending killer Eli Hollander with little effort, prompting Alexander to increase the difficulty; but Worf again manages to arrest Hollander, although this time with some assistance from Counselor Troi, who has decided to join them as a "mysterious stranger". Lieutenant LaForge works on connecting Lieutenant Commander Data s brain to the ship s computer, in order to determine if the android can be used as a back-up. Later that day, several malfunctions afflict the computer system: lines from Data's poetry replace the script in a play that Doctor Crusher is rehearsing, while on the holodeck, deputy Alexander is kidnapped by two of Eli's henchmen and taken to meet Eli's father, Frank - who looks exactly like Data. Searching for his missing son, Sheriff Worf meets Frank in the saloon; the Klingon initially believes the man to be his friend Data, until the gunslinger s behaviour convinces him otherwise. After rejecting Frank s offer to exchange Eli for Alexander, Worf instructs the computer to stop the program; the attempt fails, and Worf only just manages to escape, suffering a bullet in the arm in the process. He rejoins Troi in the sheriff s office, only to find that Eli now wears Data s face as well. Troi realises that while they cannot end the program on command, it should terminate if they can reach the end of the story; with this in mind, Worf agrees to Frank s proposal to trade Alexander for Eli for his son. However, Troi discovers that not only do Frank and Eli look like Data, they also have his android strength and abilities; since Frank cannot be trusted, it is likely that he will attempt to kill Worf in a shoot-out - a battle that Worf will almost certainly lose& <BR><BR> Patrick Stewart (<B>Captain Jean-Luc Picard</B>), Jonathan Frakes (<B>Commander William Thomas Riker</B>), LeVar Burton (<B>Chief Engineer Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge</B>), Michael Dorn (<B>Security Chief Lieutenant Worf</B>), Gates McFadden (<B>Doctor Beverly Crusher</B>), Marina Sirtis (<B>Councelor Deanna Troi</B>), Brent Spiner (<B>Lieutenant Commander Data</B>), Brian Bonsall (<B>Alexander</B>), John Pyper-Ferguson (<B>Eli Hollander</B>), Joy Garrett (<B>Annie</B>), Jorge Cervera, Jr. (<B>Bandito</B>), Majel Barrett (<B>Computer Voice</B>) <BR><BR><B>Directed by Patrick Stewart <BR>Produced by Peter Lauritson <BR>Co-Produced by Ronald D. Moore <BR>Co-Executive Producer Jeri Taylor <BR>Executive Producers Michael Piller and Rick Berman </B> <BR><BR><B>TX:</B> <FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> <BR>9th November, 1992 <BR><BR><B>Notes:</B> <BR>*Featuring Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander William Thomas Riker, Chief Engineer Lieutenant Geordi La Forge, Security Chief Lieutenant Worf, Doctor Beverly Crusher, Councelor Deanna Troi and Lieutenant Commander Data <BR><BR><BR> </BODY> </HTML>