Masks (Star Trek: The Next Generation) the entire "Star Trek: The Next Generation" series. Technically, it was chosen as second-worst, but Empire decided that ""—its initial choice for worst episode—didn't count, because "Shades" was a flashback 'clip' episode. Masks (Star Trek: The Next Generation) "Masks" is the seventeenth episode of the of the American science fiction television series "", the 169th episode overall. An alien archive, like an alien Library of Alexandria, initially appearing as a rogue comet because of accumulated matter, transforms the "Enterprise" as well as adapting Lieutenant Commander Data for a re-enactment of its culture's mythology, including the creation of two masks which
Star Trek: Enterprise (season 4) by Braga on Twitter as Archer from the future. Brent Spiner returned to the "Star Trek" franchise, having previously played the character of Data in "". In "Enterprise" he played the role of Dr. Arik Soong, an ancestor of Data's creator. Coto compared the character to Hannibal Lecter and talked about the fear that he inspired in the human authorities during the time of "Enterprise" due to Soong's actions involving illegal genetics. The storyline involved several references to "The Original Series", such as the genetic supermen in the vein of Khan Noonien Singh as first seen in the episode "Space