Data's systematic but unemotional pursuit to understand and replicate human humor, leading to existential frustration.
Data's systematic but unemotional pursuit to understand and replicate human humor, leading to existential frustration.
Events in This Arc
Data, following Guinan's suggestion, approaches humor with the same clinical precision he applies to all his studies. He meticulously programs the Holodeck to summon a 20th-century comedian, hoping for a …
Data's experiment with humor reaches a disheartening conclusion when he turns the Holodeck into a faux nightclub, complete with a programmed audience that laughs at every robotic gesture. At first …
In this sparkling resolution to the Okona crisis, Data's literal-minded repetition of 'Good-bye Data' becomes accidental comedic gold—the perfect payoff to his ongoing humor quest. The bridge crew's genuine laughter …