Inheritance
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Contents (7 sections)
| Code | S07E10 (episode 162 overall) |
| Aired | 1993-11-22 (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha) |
| Stardate | 47410.2 |
| Director | Robert Scheerer (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha) |
| Writer | Story by: Dan Koeppel (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha) Teleplay by: Dan Koeppel and René Echevarria (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha) |
| Arcs | Data |
| Transcript | read the transcript |
Synopsis
Geologist Juliana Tainer, who says she was Soong's wife, helps Data and the crew re-liquefy the core of Atrea Four. Data finds she is an android who believes she is human; Soong's hologram asks him to keep it secret, and Data does.
Continuity
- Follows Brothers (S04E03): Data and La Forge recall the emotion chip from Brothers when Juliana, who says she was Soong's wife, appears.
Log entries
Captain's log, stardate 47410.2. The Atrean government has requested assistance in averting a natural disaster. Two of their geologists have come aboard, one of whom is a human who has been living on Atrea Four.
Captain's log, supplemental. The infusion of plasma into the core of Atrea Four has been accomplished. The core should remain molten for several hundred years.
Characters (11 speaking)
| Character | Lines |
|---|---|
| Lieutenant Commander Data | 119 |
| Juliana Tainer | 83 |
| Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge | 29 |
| Commander William T. Riker | 26 |
| Pran | 11 |
| Dr Beverly Crusher | 11 |
| Dr Noonien Soong | 10 |
| Captain Jean-Luc Picard | 5 |
| Counselor Deanna Troi | 3 |
| Lieutenant Worf | 2 |
| Audience | 1 |
Present without dialogue
Characters with no lines who appear according to the cast list or the stage directions.
- Ensign Gates (cast list)
Locations (29 scenes)
| Location | Scenes |
|---|---|
| Engineering | 7 |
| Bridge | 5 |
| Ten Forward | 4 |
| Sickbay | 3 |
| Transporter room | 3 |
| Observation lounge | 2 |
| Magma pocket | 2 |
| Corridor | 1 |
| Data's quarters | 1 |
| Holodeck | 1 |
Cast
From Memory Alpha. Linked where the credit could be matched to a transcript label.
Starring
- Patrick Stewart as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Captain Jean-Luc Picard)
- Jonathan Frakes as Cmdr. William T. Riker (Commander William T. Riker)
Also starring
- LeVar Burton as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge)
- Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Worf (Lieutenant Worf)
- Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher (Dr Beverly Crusher)
- Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi (Counselor Deanna Troi)
- Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data (Lieutenant Commander Data)
Guest stars
- Fionnula Flanagan as Juliana Tainer (Juliana Tainer)
- William Lithgow as Pran Tainer
Uncredited co-stars
- David Keith Anderson as Armstrong
- Tracee Lee Cocco as Jae
- Elliot Durant III as Enterprise -D operations ensign
- Holiday Freeman, Kerry Hoyt, Keith Rayve as Enterprise -D civilian (3 performers)
- Fumiko Hamada as Enterprise -D command officer
- Grace Harrell as Enterprise -D operations officer
- Gary Hunter as Enterprise -D science officer
- Jonathan Paley as Atrean aide
- Joycelyn Robinson as Gates (Ensign Gates)
- Brent Spiner as Noonien Soong (Dr Noonien Soong)
- Oliver Theess as Enterprise -D command officer