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) of the more philosophical episodes". "Tapestry" was released in the UK on a two-episode VHS tape in 2003, alongside the first part of "". The first home media release of "Tapestry" in the United States was on the VHS box set entitled "Star Trek – The Next Generation: The Q Continuum" on June 18, 1996. It later received an individual release on August 4, 1998. Paramount deliberately delayed the individual release of "Star Trek" episodes on VHS within the United States in order to allow for the syndicated series to be shown once more in full. The inclusion of "Tapestry"