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: 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