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Data’s internal psychological and existential struggle to reconcile his synthetic nature with his quest for identity, emotional belonging, and acceptance amidst revelations of his origin and the arrival of his dangerous android brother Lore.

Data’s internal psychological and existential struggle to reconcile his synthetic nature with his quest for identity, emotional belonging, and acceptance amidst revelations of his origin and the arrival of his dangerous android brother Lore.

5 events in this arc

Events in This Arc

S1E14 · Datalore
Picard Initiates Journey to Data’s Lost Homeworld

Captain Picard decisively alters the Enterprise’s course to Omicron Theta, signaling a pivotal shift from routine mission to a deeply personal quest to uncover the origins of Lieutenant Commander Data. …

S1E14 · Datalore
Lore Awakens and Declares Rivalry with Data

In Sickbay, the newly assembled android, later revealed as Lore, awakens and immediately asserts himself as Data's superior and intended replacement. This bold proclamation unsettles everyone present, especially Data, whose …

S3E22 · The Most Toys
The Illusion of Rescue: Data’s First Shattering

In this emotionally devastating confrontation, Varria—Fajo’s ruthless enforcer—delivers the psychological coup de grâce to Data’s fragile hope of rescue. With clinical precision, she reveals the staged shuttle explosion that convinced …

S3E22 · The Most Toys
Varria’s Sacrifice and Data’s Moral Reckoning: The Point of No Return

In a desperate bid for freedom, Varria and Data attempt to hijack a shuttlepod from the Jovis’s cargo bay, but their escape is violently interrupted by Fajo’s technicians. As chaos …

S3E22 · The Most Toys
The Collector’s Hollow Victory: Data’s Emotional Void as Fajo’s Undoing

In a final, devastating confrontation, Kivas Fajo—now imprisoned in the Enterprise’s detention cell—attempts to reclaim psychological dominance over Data by inverting their roles: he declares himself the 'captive' while taunting …