TNG episode almost had Lore steal Data’s daughter

Star Trek: The Next Generation Vito What could have been a fascinating story of Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) android daughter, Lal (Holly Todd), who was stolen by his evil brother, Lore (Brent Spiner). As the only android in Starfleet, Data initially believed himself to be one of a kind, Until he met Lore in TNG Season 1, Episode 13, “Datalore.” At first, Data was happy to discover that he had a brother, and he believed the best of Lore. Unfortunately, Lore quickly betrayed Data, attempting to feed the entire USS Enterprise-D crew to the dangerous crystalline entity.

like Star Trek: The Next Generation Continuing, Data meets his creator, Dr. Noonien Soong (also Brent Spiner), and learns more about himself. After the events of “Datalore,” Lore was lost, leaving Data alone again. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3, Episode 16, “The Descent,” Data decides to continue his legacy by building an android daughter Named Lal. While Lal only appears in one episode, several of Tng S Writers considered bringing her back for a story that would have involved Lore attempting to reactivate her.

Star Trek: TNG shot down a Lore Stealing Data’s Daughter episode

TNG’s “The Descendants” almost had a cool sequel

After Lal’s tragic death due to cascade failure in Star Trek: The Next Generations “The Descendant,” Data stores his daughter’s memories in his own positronic brain, but it is never revealed what became of her body. In a 1992 convention appearance, TNG Script coordinator Eric A. Stillwell revealed that Tng S Writers proposed a script in which Lore steals Lal’s body and tries to revive her With the emotion chip created for Data by Dr. Noonien Soong. It is unclear why this idea was rejected, as it would have been fun to see Lal again and explore her ability to experience emotions.

An emotional reaction caused Lal’s positronic brain to go into cascade failure, but as technology improved, it was possible that this problem could be corrected. Lore would certainly have his own selfish reasons for bringing Lal back, But that sounds like fun Star Trek: The Next Generation History concept. On the other hand, “The Offlang” works so well on its own, and Lal’s return might have lessened the impact of the episode’s tragic ending. Plus, it might have been too much to see Data lose Lal yet again because it’s hard to imagine the episode ending any other way.

Like Star Trek: TNG could have a Data android family saga

TNG could have added more chapters to Data’s story

If the producers of Star Trek: The Next Generation Had made the story of Lore Stealing Lal, it would have combined elements of several episodes to further Data’s storyline. From Data meeting Lore in “Datalore,” to Data being given rights in the TNG Classic “The Measure of a Man,” To Data’s daughter in “The Spring,” and Data’s emotion chip in “Brothers,” The unproduced episode could have been the conclusion to a multi-part saga about Data and his family. throughout TNG and modern Star TrekSome songs from the human side of Data’s “family” popped up, but it would have been cool to see his android family together.

in Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Data received an upgraded synthetic body with the ability to experience emotions. Created by Dr. Altan Song (Brent Spiner), the son of Noonien, this new android incorporated the memories of Lal, B-4 and Song himself, as well as the personalities of Data and Lore. Data’s personality eventually took over, But elements of Lore, Lal, B-4 and the Soongs live in this new upgraded version of Android. With this upgrade, Data not only achieved his goal of becoming (almost) human, but he also became the culmination of the Soong and Android family saga that began. Star Trek: The Next Generation.