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) that year in the UK on September 4. A further DVD release came as part of "The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation – Volume 2" on November 17, 2009, in the United States. The most recent release was the first on Blu-ray disc, which took place on June 24, 2014; this also added an audio commentary track for the episode for the first time. Keith DeCandido described Picard's laugh at being stabbed in "Tapestry" as being "critical to the plot" of his non-canon "Star Trek" novel "Q & A". The novel also includes Q's white room, and features