Dr. Sara Mandel

Mandel appears visibly exhausted on the viewscreen, oscillating between scientific precision and desperate advocacy for her research subjects. Her invocation of Pulaski's reputation reveals strategic calculation beneath apparent distress.

Appears haggard on viewscreen, her exhausted demeanor transforming into desperate intensity when pleading for the children's evacuation. Her recognition of Pulaski's work brings a brief moment of professional validation amidst …

Pulaski shifts from professional assessment ('Presentation?') to visible discomfort when Mandel cites her academic work. She glances at Picard during the children reveal, her medical pragmatism visibly strained by emotional …

Projects exhausted determination via viewscreen—her aged hands trembling as she transitions from clinical descriptions to impassioned advocacy for genetically engineered children.

Invoked repeatedly as a reference point, Mandel's contested assurances about the children's safety fuel the debate despite her physical absence from the room.

Mandel extends a hand in remorse to Pulaski while defensively questioning the children's culpability, caught between guilt and disbelief.

Dr. Mandel extends her hand to Pulaski, expressing regret for the burden imposed on her. She appears defensive yet visibly shaken, struggling to reconcile the reality of Pulaski's condition with …

Expresses regret and disbelief regarding the children's involvement in the contagion, extending a hand to Pulaski.

Dr. Mandel presents the genetically engineered children with evident pride, enthusiastically detailing their enhanced physical attributes and demonstrating their telekinetic abilities by having them make chess pieces disappear and reappear.

Dr. Mandel acts as a fervent tour guide to her genetic horrors, rapping on the glass to prompt demonstrations with paternal pride. Her sweeping gestures and exultant declarations reveal a …

Physically animated—rapping on glass to prompt children's demonstration—while delivering a triumphant monologue about genetic 'perfection'. Her rapturous tone when describing the immune system reveals dangerous scientific zealotry.

Mandel's body stiffens as comprehension dawns, her gaze dropping to the oblivious children playing chess. Her whispered confession fractures the illusion of scientific control.

Mandel's initial skeptical repetition of 'Thelusian flu?' gives way to stunned silence as the implications register. Her gaze drops to the preoccupied children, her facial expression cycling rapidly from defensive …

Mandel transitions from initial confusion through scientific recognition to existential crisis, her body language collapsing as she traces the chess players with her gaze - the tangible symbols of her …

Initially skeptical about the speed of analysis, then utterly horrified as she comprehends Data's findings, staring at the readout with dawning terror.

Mandel transitions from scientific skepticism to horrified realization, her body language collapsing inward as she processes the full existential terror of their discovery.

Transitions from skeptical about analysis speed to physically recoiling from Data's readout as she comprehends the full horror of the genome's reprogramming against its host.

Observes the farewell exchange silently, bearing silent witness to Pulaski's unexpected warmth toward Data.

Silent witness to the exchange, physically present but emotionally distant—her clinical detachment underscoring the finality of the moment.

Mandel immediately recognizes the life-saving potential of Picard's DNA technique, her quiet interjection revealing both scientific insight and personal desperation.