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
Birthright (Star Trek: The Next Generation) him to undergo three hours of makeup each day, but he said that "I had such a good time that I would love to do another "Star Trek"". He would go on to be cast in a recurring role on "" as Admiral Owen Paris, the father of Tom Paris. Brent Spiner plays two roles in this episode - that of his main character, Data, and his creator, Dr. Noonien Soong. "Birthright, Part I" is a crossover episode featuring some of the characters from "". "Birthright, Part II" was the only episode directed by visual effects supervisor Dan Curry. The