The teleplay was written by Tracy Torme based on a story by Richard Manning and Hans Beimler, and directed by Les Landau.
In this episode, a dying scientist, Dr. Ira Graves, attempts to cheat death by transferring his memories and personality into a machine, specifically Lieutenant Commander Data, an android and officer of the Enterprise.
The Federation starship Enterprise, under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, is en route to provide medical care for the reclusive but respected scientist Dr. Ira Graves, who lives with only his assistant, Kareen Brianon, on a remote planet.
When he later whistles "If I Only Had a Brain", echoing a habit of Graves' (who had told Data he resembled the Tin Woodman), when entering a turbolift, Picard decides that his uncharacteristic behavior warrants an examination.
While passionately proposing that she do the same so they can spend eternity together, Graves accidentally breaks two bones in her hand due to Data's superhuman strength.
[2] Den of Geek praised Spiner for his performance, and says the episode starts well "but in the last twenty minutes it runs out of ideas and turns awful.