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
Star Trek: The Next Generation unknown actors would be more profitable than paying the films' actors' large salaries. Roddenberry initially declined to be involved, but came on board as creator after being unhappy with early conceptual work. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" was announced on October 10, 1986, and its cast in May 1987. Paramount executive Rick Berman was assigned to the series at Roddenberry's request. Roddenberry hired a number of "Star Trek" veterans, including Bob Justman, D. C. Fontana, Eddie Milkis and David Gerrold. Early proposals for the series included one in which some of the original series cast might appear as "elder statesmen",