The Measure of a Man

è un Episodio di The Next Generation.
== Trama ==
: Bruce Maddox ha studiato per anni il lavoro di Noonien Soong e adesso vuole migliorare le sue teorie sui cervelli positronici.
Per fare ciò, e permettere alla Federazione di costruire altri androidi positronici, ordina il trasferimento di Data ai suoi ordini per poterlo smantellare ed esaminare con cura.
L'esperimento interessa Data, ma vi sono molti pericoli connessi al suo disassemblaggio.
L'androide però, nonostante la sua incertezza, non può rifiutare, visto che è considerato proprietà della Federazione.
Picard rifiuta la situazione: Data è un essere senziente e non una cosa di cui si può disporre a piacimento ed è disposto ad andare fino in fondo, anche a costo di portare il caso davanti ad una Corte di Giustizia.
== Sezioni ==
=== In questo episodio... ===
* Debutta il gioco del poker in The Next Generation. L'idea è dell'autrice Melinda Snodgrass, che però inizialmente aveva previsto una scena nel teaser in cui Riker e Wesley cercavano di insegnare il nuoto a Data in una piscina. In realtà l'idea del poker settimanale è poi piaciuta molto, tanto da essere presa in prestito in vari episodi da diversi autori.
=== Note ===
* La scrittrice Melinda Snodgrass, al suo debutto in The Next Generation, ha attinto alla propria esperienza di avvocato per la trama di questo episodio.
* Con ogni probabilità, il titolo deriva da quello di un saggio del 1981 del biologo americano Stephen Gould intitolato The Mismeasure of Man (Amazon); in questo saggio l'autore attacca i test di intelligenza, in quanto li giudica antiscientifici.
* La citazione scritta da Picard «When in disgrace with fortune in men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state» è di uno dei sonetti di Shakespeare.
* Phillipa Louvois nomina Picard e Riker come controparti nel processo dicendo che ha preso i due più alti ufficiali della nave del difensore. È comunque strano che, per un'audizione di tale importanza, si scelgano due persone con limitate conoscenze giuridiche.
* Secondo quanto detto nell'episodio, le caratteristiche peculiari che deve possedere un essere per ritenerlo senziente sono intelligenza, consapevolezza e coscienza.
* Durante il dibattimento vengono elencate le onorificenze di Data, così come era accaduto durante il processo a Kirk in Court Martial e in entrambi i casi il pubblico ministero vuole interrompere la lista mentre la difesa pretende che venga completata.
* Il libro che Worf regala a Data quando l'androide rassegna le sue dimissioni dalla Flotta Stellare è The Dream of the Fire di K'Ratak [T:20:24].
* Non abbiamo mai saputo se il lavoro di Maddox sul tentativo di replicare gli androidi di tipo Soong, come Data, sia proseguito con qualche successo.
=== 47 ===
* L'udienza avviene in data stellare 42527.4 [T:25:32].
=== Technobabble ===
* Il codice di identificazione di Riker è «theta alpha 2737 blue enable» [T:24:49].
* Durante il processo, Data afferma di avere una capacità di elaborazione di 60 trillioni di operazioni al secondo.Probabilmente sembravano un'enormità quando l'episodio è stato scritto, ma è solo 100 volte più veloce di un moderno smartphone come l'iPhone X...
* Durante il processo, Data afferma di avere una capacità di memoria totale di 800 quadrillioni di bit, ovvero 1000 Terabyte.E' pochissimo, se consideriamo che Data ha memorizzato ogni singolo istante della sua vita, a partire dall'attivazione su Omicron Theta in data stellare 15087 (2 febbraio 2338).
=== Blooper ===
* Durante la partita a poker Miles O'Brien indossa i gradi di Tenente [T:0:46].
* All'inizio si vede che l'Enterprise ruota attorno alla stazione, la quale ruota su se stessa. Quando Picard incontra la donna la prima volta, sono davanti ad una finestra in cui si vede l'Enterprise in movimento, ma le stelle sono ferme [T:03:12].
=== YATI ===
* Scopo dell'udienza preliminare è stabilire se Data sia o meno un essere senziente. Ma visto che è un ufficiale della Flotta Stellare, questa questione non avrebbe dovuto essere affrontata quando si è iscritto all'Accademia?
* Nell'episodio Where Silence Has Lease, la dottoressa Pulaski afferma che nel CV di Data c'è scritto che lui è vivo. Ulteriore riprova che tutta la questione è già stata affrontata e risolta.
* Nel corso dell'udienza, Riker spegne Data utilizzando l'interruttore che ha alla base della schiena.Ma Data ha mostrato quell'interruttore solo alla dottoressa Crusher, nell'episodio Datalore, chiedendole di non divulgare l'informazione.
* Nel corso del processo, Data viene definito "il primo e l'unico della sua specie", ma la Flotta Stellare a questo punto sa che il primo a venire creato è stato Lore, e non essendo certa di cosa gli sia capitato dopo che è fuggito con l'Entità Cristallina, non può nemmeno affermare che sia l'unico…
=== Versione italiana ===
* Nei sottotitoli italiani a [T:21:12] Geordi è scritto Geordy.
* Durante il dibattimento, Riker descrive Data come «un intreccio di reti neutrali ed algoritmi euristici» [T:29:09].
=== Premi ===
* Nomination per il Writers Guild Award.
=== Citazioni ===
Picard: Your Honor, Starfleet was founded to seek out new life. Well, there it sits! [T:38:59]
Louvois: Is Data a machine? Yes. Is he the property of Starfleet? No. We have all been dancing around the basic issue. Data have a soul? I don't know that he has. I don't know that I have! But I've got to give him the freedom to explore that question himself. It is the ruling of this court that Lieutenant Commander Data has the freedom to choose. [T:39:56]
Maddox: He is remarkable.Louvois: You didn't call him "it". [T:41:12]
=== Script ===
* Nello script non era previsto ci fosse la Pulaski tra i giocatori della partita a poker, ma solo La Forge, Data, O'Brien e Riker.
* Prima dell'arrivo in plancia dell'ammiraglio Nakamura erano previste le seguenti scene che descrivono il suo arrivo a bordo della nave.
5 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)
 Riker watches as Picard, Admiral Nakamura, and Maddox
 BEAM ABOARD. SOUND EFFECT in the b.g. as Nakamura is
 piped aboard.
 PICARD
 Admiral, Commander Maddox, allow
 me to introduce my first officer,
 Commander William Riker.
 NAKAMURA
 Pleasure, Commander.
 They shake hands and begin walking toward the doors.
 PICARD
 How long has it been since we've
 seen each other?
 NAKAMURA
 You'd just been assigned as an
 ensign aboard the old Reliant.
 PICARD
 (lightly)
 Oh yes, and I seem to remember
 a certain young lieutenant who
 had harsh words about snap
 inspections, and the admirals who
 pulled them.
 NAKAMURA
 The situation changes when you've
 got the admiral's stripes.
 The party steps through the doors and into the
 Enterprise corridor.
6 INT. CORRIDOR
 NAKAMURA
 There isn't an officer in
 Starfleet who wouldn't give his
 right leg to be where you are -- Captain
 of the Starship
 Enterprise. I'm no different.
 I just have the power to get
 aboard.
 PICARD
 Happy to have you, Admiral.
 They enter the turbolift.
7 INT. TURBOLIFT
 PICARD
 Bridge. Congratulations on your
 appointment. Command of a
 Starbase.
 NAKAMURA
 Thank you, but I miss a ship.
 A bit of advice, Captain. Don't
 ever become an admiral. They make
 you an administrator.
 They arrive, and step out onto the bridge.
* Dopo che Picard riceve l'ordine di trasferimento di Data dall'Enterprise alla base stellare 173, nello script era previsto il seguente colloquio tra Picard e l'ammiraglio Nakamura.
9 INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)
 Admiral Nakamura on the screen. Picard eyes him with
 some hostility.
 NAKAMURA
 Look, it's a transfer, like any
 other transfer.
 PICARD
 No, it's not. This is one of my
 key officers, and he's been
 removed without consulting me.
 NAKAMURA
 I'm sorry about that, but
 Commander Maddox's work in
 robotics is considered critical
 by Starfleet Command. Think
 what's at stake here. If
 Commander Maddox can succeed in
 duplicating Noonien Soong's work
 other captains on other ships
 would have the advantage you now
 enjoy: a Data on every bridge.
 You don't want Data transferred,
 fine. There's an easy solution.
 Have him work with Commander
 Maddox. Nakamura out.
* Il testo legislativo del XXI secolo cui fa riferimento il Capitano Phillipa Louvois, secondo il quale Data deve essere considerato proprietà della Flotta Stellare, nello script è «Acts of Gould» (probabilmente come omaggio a Stephen Gould, come indicato nelle note), mentre nell'episodio è «Acts of Cumberland».
* La scena del colloquio tra Picard e Data a [T:10:54] nello script contiene alcune battute che non sono presenti nell'episodio. Le parti in grigio sono le battute presenti nell'episodio.
 PICARD
 Please, sit down. We've got a
 problem.
 DATA
 I find myself in agreement with
 that assessment of the situation,
 sir.
 PICARD
 Your service to this ship has been
 exemplary. I don't want to lose
 you. 
 DATA
 I am pleased to hear you say so.
 Thank you.
 PICARD
 There is a solution which presents
 itself.
 DATA
 Yes, sir?
 PICARD
 Undergo the procedure, then the
 transfer order becomes moot.
 DATA
 I will not submit to this
 procedure.
 Picard rises, and seats himself on the corner of the
 desk, closing the distance with Data.
 PICARD
 Data, I understand your objections
 to this procedure, but I also have
 to consider Starfleet's interests.
 If Commander Maddox is correct
 there is a possibility that many
 more beings such as yourself could
 be constructed. 
 DATA
 True, but possibility is a word
 which can encompass any number
 of outcomes -- good and bad.
 PICARD
 But if he's right, Starfleet would
 be immeasurably enriched.
 DATA
 Captain, I am a Starfleet
 officer. Can they force me to
 do this?
 PICARD
 It's precisely because you are
 a Starfleet officer that they can.
 We take an oath to serve. In this
 case this is the form your service
 is taking.
 DATA
 Sir, Lieutenant La Forge's eyes
 are far superior to human
 biological eyes, true? 
 PICARD
 Yes.
 DATA
 Then why are not all human
 officers required to have their
 eyes replaced with cybernetic
 implants?
 Picard is utterly at a loss for words. We can see the
 confusion on his face as he struggles for an answer to
 this unanswerable remark. Data rises with great
 dignity.
 DATA
 (continuing)
 I see. It is precisely because
 I am not human.
 PICARD
 That will be all, Mister Data.
* Secondo quanto afferma Data in una scena tagliata dello script, è stato attivato nel 2338 su Omicron Theta, è entrato in Accademia nel 2344 e si è graduato nel 2348. Queste date non coincidono con quanto stabilito in altri episodi.
* Nello script la data dell'udienza è 42524.1, mentre nell'episodio è 42527.4.
* Durante la festa in onore di Data per il suo addio alla Flotta Stellare, nello script sono presenti alcune battute non presenti nell'episodio. Le battute in grigio sono quelle viste nell'episodio.
 PULASKI
 I couldn't disagree more, but
 we'll save that argument for
 another day. Now listen
 carefully. I didn't get you a
 present -- 
 DATA
 That is quite all right. None
 was expected...
 PULASKI
 (interrupting)
 Instead I'm going to give you
 something far more valuable -- my
 advice. You've spent years
 in the womb of Starfleet. Now
 you're about to start a new life.
 You'd be wise to consider the
 experiences offered by
 groundside living.
 DATA
 Thank you. I will take that under
 advisement.
 (noticing Geordi sitting
 alone in a corner
 nursing a drink)
 Excuse me, please. 
 (to Geordi)
 Is something wrong?
* Nella stessa scena della festa d'addio, al termine del dialogo tra La Forge e Data nello script erano previste le seguenti battute:
 In another part of the room Riker joins Troi.
 RIKER
 Deanna... does Data have...
 do you feel anything from him?
 TROI
 I can't sense anything from Data.
 But that proves nothing. There
 are many minds from which I can
 read no meaning.
 RIKER
 There's got to be more to him than
 software, nets and chips.
 TROI
 It is possible that Commander
 Maddox is correct and we are
 anthropomorphizing Data.
 Assigning to him emotions and
 responses which he may not have.
 RIKER
 I'm not sure I see that as a
 problem.
 Riker and Troi realize that a silence has fallen over
 the room. They look to where Maddox stands framed in
 the doorway.
 MADDOX
 (sarcastically)
 A little farewell celebration?
 RIKER
 (stepping forward)
 Yes, to which I don't recall
 inviting you.
 MADDOX
 I couldn't miss this. I can't
 wait to hear Data's plans.
 DATA
 They are currently somewhat
 indefinite, but my programming
 offers a number of alternatives.
 (crossing to Wesley,
 and dropping an arm
 over the boy's
 shoulders)
 I am considering teaching. I have
 had some success with my star
 pupil.
 The next speech is delivered by a man who really knows
 better, but can't stop himself. His anger is fueled by
 his sense of loss -- his life work is crumbling before
 his eyes because he believes that without Data he
 cannot succeed. Thus his reputation is also on the
 line.
 MADDOX
 I have a better idea. Carnival
 work. They could bill you as the
 walking encyclopedia. Ask him
 any question --
 The WHISTLE of the com panel interrupts him. Riker
 moves to answer.
 PICARD'S COM VOICE
 Number One, Captain Louvois has
 called. We're expected in her
 office. Meet me in Transporter
 Room Five.
 RIKER
 (touches his insignia)
 On my way.
 (to Maddox)
 I know you're just leaving. I'll
 escort you.
 They start toward the door.
* Dopo che Picard comunica a Data che ci sarà un'udienza per determinare se l'androide sia oppure no una proprietà della 
Flotta Stellare, nello script c'è una scena ambientata nella palestra dell'Enterprise tra Riker e Picard e una ambientata nell'alloggio di Data tra Picard e l'androide che non sono presenti nell'episodio.
17 INT. ENTERPRISE GYMNASIUM
 Picard is fencing with his usual opponent. Riker
 enters. Picard continues fencing.
 PICARD
 Care to try your hand, Number
 One?
 RIKER
 Another time. It's too close to
 our real contest.
 PICARD
 (exchanging blows with
 his opponent)
 This isn't about you and me.
 RIKER
 Isn't it? Data may be the issue,
 but our performances are what will
 be judged.
 PICARD
 (exchanging several
 lightning blows with
 his opponent)
 That's the nature of the
 adversarial process.
 RIKER
 Which can only work when the
 opponents are of equal ability.
 PICARD
 (turning very slowly,
 leaning on his sword
 and regarding Riker)
 Are you suggesting that we are
 not evenly matched?
 RIKER
 No, but for Data's sake it has
 to be said. I've been forced into
 this, and I have only one option.
 To give this my best effort.
 PICARD
 I see.
 (slash)
 Then... you are here...
 (slash)
 to warn me...
 (slash)
 that you are going to do...
 (slash)
 Everything within your power and
 within the boundaries of the
 law...
 (slash)
 to win!
 Picard drives his opponent completely across the room.
 RIKER
 Yes.
 PICARD
 So am I.
 Riker exits.
18 INT. DATA'S QUARTERS
 Picard seated. He has a PADD ready to take notes.
 Data seated nearby. The travelcase still open on the
 desk behind them.
 PICARD
 All right, I'm going to need to
 know everything about you.
 DATA
 Sir, all of that information is
 stored in the Enterprise computer
 banks.
 PICARD
 I want to hear it from you.
 DATA
 (cocking his head like
 a puzzled bird)
 Very good, sir. Activation
 occurred twenty-seven years ago
 on Omicron Theta. I entered the
 Academy in '44, and graduated in
 '48 with honors in probability
 mechanics and exobiology. First
 posting...
 PICARD
 Data, Data, Data, whoa, stop.
 I could get this from the
 computer.
 DATA
 I believe I indicated that
 earlier, sir.
 Picard rises and takes a turn around the room. Returns
 to the desk, and begins to play unconsciously with the
 objects in the travelcase.
 PICARD
 I need to know how you think,
 what you want, how you feel. What
 drives you, motivates you.
 DATA
 Drives? Motivates? Sir, may I
 inquire as to the purpose of this
 line of questioning?
 PICARD
 We have to prove that you're a
 sentient life-form.
 DATA
 (extremely puzzled)
 But I am not. I am a machine.
 PICARD
 That's not what I need to hear.
 DATA
 How can we deny the obvious?
 PICARD
 We're searching for an argument
 which will legally deny that
 obvious fact.
 DATA
 But if it is a fact how can
 argument alter --
 PICARD
 Data!
 DATA
 Sir?
 PICARD
 Stop babbling.
 (rewinding the threads
 of his fast-tattering
 patience)
 The law recognizes many things
 as people that aren't possessed
 of flesh and blood. It's a little
 legal fiction, you see.
 DATA
 I am beginning to understand why
 Shakespeare wrote, let us kill
 all the lawyers.
 Picard reseats himself, but we can tell from his weary
 expression that this is going to be a long session.
* Mentre Riker sta visionando gli schemi dei circuiti di Data, nello script era previsto che in sottofondo ci fosse la dettatura del suo diario personale.
 A schematic appears flagged with Top Secret. Need to
 Know.
 RIKER (V.O.)
 Personal log. Zero three hundred.
 I should be resting. Instead I
 continue to prepare for a duty
 I do not wish to perform. Truth
 should not be reduced to a prize
 in a battle of wills and words.
 Riker is suddenly arrested by something he sees on a
 screen. His expression is first one of excitement as
 he realizes he now has the means to win this case.
 Then bleak sadness as he realizes the import of his
 victory.
 He punches off the recorder, his expression bleak and
 exhausted.
* Il dialogo presente nello script tra Guinan e Picard, pur arrivando alla medesima conclusione, è piuttosto differente da quello visto nell'episodio.
21 INT. TEN-FORWARD
 The lounge is deserted, lights very low creating the
 implication that it is very late. Picard is seated at
 a table facing out the windows. An empty glass stands
 before him. He is turning it, turning it, turning it.
 His expression is death weary and very sad. GUINAN
 is at the bar puttering, but never taking her eyes off
 that solitary figure. Finally she can stand it no
 longer. Drawing two drinks she slides from behind the
 bar and crosses to him.
 GUINAN
 You should get some sleep.
 PICARD
 I've lost, and I'm not even sure
 I mind. Data is a machine. But
 there is something bothering me.
 Something I'm missing. Or is it
 just wounded pride that I've lost
 and in front of her.
 GUINAN
 What is it that lies between you?
 PICARD
 (waving it aside)
 Ancient history.
 GUINAN
 Unfortunately the past always
 resonates in the present, and
 decisions made today reach into
 the future.
 PICARD
 (Drumming fingers on
 the table, abruptly
 he decides to tell her.
 It emerges in sharp
 staccato.)
 The Stargazer court-martial. It
 should have been a routine
 hearing. Yes, I had lost my ship,
 but my actions were entirely
 justified.
 Phillipa was assistant to the
 prosecution. She dug up every
 obscure case and citation and the
 panel hammered at me for three
 days. It damn near ended my
 career. It did end us. She's
 enjoying this situation. She
 knows I disapprove of the
 adversarial system. Now she's
 forced me into active
 participation, and she's both
 pleased and angered to see me fail.
 GUINAN
 Emotions. They're such slippery,
 contradictory things. It's a
 wonder any of us ever crawled out
 of the oceans, or swung down out
 of the trees.
 PICARD
 (pushing back his chair)
 Well, there's only one thing to
 do. I go to her in the morning,
 and we discuss a deal.
 GUINAN
 (thoughtfully studying
 her hands)
 I had heard a lot about you before
 I joined the Enterprise. About
 how Picard was a man who never
 knew when to lie down and admit
 he was beat.
 PICARD
 I have to salvage at least some
 of Data's rights. If Data agrees
 to undergo Commander Maddox's
 procedure we can get out of this
 hearing before he's declared the
 property of Starfleet command.
 GUINAN
 If Commander Maddox is successful
 in disassembling and reassembling
 Data, what has he gained?
 PICARD
 The ability to build another.
 A hundred others, a thousand.
 GUINAN
 To do what?
 PICARD
 Explore for us. Enter the
 dangerous situations.
 GUINAN
 All those future Datas risking
 their lives for the people who
 created them.
 PICARD
 (very intent)
 You said something earlier about
 decisions today.
 GUINAN
 Having implications for the
 future.
 PICARD
 Precedent! This case will set
 the precedent for all the future
 Datas. It will determine their
 status, and they'll all be
 property.
 GUINAN
 There is an ancient word for it -- slavery.
 PICARD
 (very excited)
 Not a word we want back in our
 vocabulary.
 They each lift a glass and toast each other.
 GUINAN
 Good luck, sir.
 They drink.
* Nello script, durante la parte finale dell'udienza, era prevista una parte in cui Maddox parlava degli sviluppi futuri del progetto di clonare Data, nel quale serve su un piatto d'argento a Picard lo spunto per parlare del pericolo di creare una nuova specie di schiavitù nella Flotta Stellare. Le parti in grigio sono presenti nell'episodio.
 PICARD
 And now you're proposing to
 dismantle him. (re: Data)
 MADDOX
 So I can rebuild him and construct
 more!
 PICARD
 How many more?
 MADDOX
 Hundreds, thousands. There's no
 limit. 
 PICARD
 And do what with them?
 MADDOX
 Use them.
 PICARD
 How?
 MADDOX
 As effective units on Federation
 ships. As replacements for
 humans in dangerous situations.
 So much is closed to us because
 of our fragility. But they...
 PICARD
 (interrupting; he picks
 up an object and throws
 it down a disposal
 chute)
 Are expendable.
 MADDOX
 It sounds harsh but to some
 extent, yes.
 PICARD
 Are you expendable, Commander
 Maddox? Never mind.
 A single Data is a curiosity, a wonder,
 but a thousand Datas, doesn't that
 become a new race? And aren't
 we going to be judged as a species
 about how we treat these creations?
 If they're expendable, disposable, aren't we?
 What is Data? 
* Nel dialogo finale tra Riker e Data è stata omessa una serie di battute presenti nello script, in grigio i dialoghi presenti nell'episodio.
 RIKER
 (in agony just
 remembering)
 I could have cost you your life!
 DATA
 (moving in, and seating
 himself opposite Riker)
 Yes, that is true, but
 Commander... Will, I have learned
 from your experience.
 RIKER
 What could you have possibly
 learned from this kind of ordeal?
 DATA
 That at times one must deny their
 nature, sacrifice their own
 personal beliefs to protect
 another.
 Is it not true that had
 you refused to prosecute, Captain
 Louvois would have ruled summarily
 against me? 
== Riferimenti ==
=== Episodi ===
* Author, Author
=== Quante volte… ===
* Quante volte viene rapito un marinaio?
== Collegamenti esterni ==
* The Measure of a Man, Hypertrek
* The Measure of a Man, Memory Alpha (ricerca)
* , script dell'episodio
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