Brothers (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Brothers (Star Trek: The Next Generation) "Brothers" is the 77th episode of the syndicated American science fiction television series "", the third episode of the . Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Starfleet starship USS "Enterprise"-D. In this episode, Commander Data (Brent Spiner) aborts an emergency mission and hijacks the "Enterprise" in response to a homing command from his "father". A misguided prank between two young brothers exposes one of them to a toxic parasite that cannot be treated aboard the USS "Enterprise", but Dr. Crusher (Gates McFadden) is able to
Tapestry (Star Trek: The Next Generation) in "The Q Continuum" boxed set ahead of the individual release of the episode was intended as an incentive to purchase the set. The episode was released as part of the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" season six DVD box set in the United States on December 3, 2002. It received a further releases on DVD as part of compilation collections of episodes. This included "The Jean-Luc Picard Collection", which was released in the United States on August 3, 2004, also the "Star Trek: Q Fan Collective", which was released in the United States on June 6, 2006, and later