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"Elementary, Dear Data"
Series Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 2, Episode 3
TNG 2x03 001
Air date December 3rd, 1988
Writers Brian Alan Lane
Director Rob Bowman
Producers David Livingston; Burton Armus; John Mason; Mike Gray; Rick Berman; Maurice Hurley
Starring Patrick Stewart; Jonathan Frakes; LeVar Burton; Michael Dorn; Marina Sirtis; Brent Spiner; Wil Wheaton
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"Elementary, Dear Data" is the third episode of season two of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the twenty-eighth episode of the series overall (if one counts the two-part pilot episode "Encounter at Farpoint" as two episodes). Combining the episode count of all Star Trek-related TV shows to date, it is the 134th episode of the entire franchise. The episode was directed by Rob Bowman with a teleplay written by Brian Alan Lane. It first aired in syndication on Saturday, December 3rd, 1988.

Cast[]

Starring[]

Actor Role
Patrick Stewart Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes Commander William T. Riker
LeVar Burton Lieutenant Geordi La Forge
Michael Dorn Lieutenant Worf
Marina Sirtis Counselor Deanna Troi
Brent Spiner Lt. Commander Data
Wil Wheaton Wesley Crusher

Guest Starring[]

Actor Role
Diana Muldaur Kate Pulaski
Daniel Davis James Moriarty
Alan Shearman Inspector Lestrade

Co-Starring[]

Actor Role
Biff Manard Ruffian
Diz White Prostitute
Anne Elizabeth Ramsay Ensign Clancy
Richard Merson Pie man

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