History Recap / StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E6TheSchizoidMan

* ArtificialFamilyMember: Since Graves was the mentor of Dr. Noonian Soong, Data's creator, he insist that Data calls him Grandpa.

* BrainUploading: Graves' plan is to transfer his consciousness into a computer. Data gives him opportunity to have a proper body instead. He does it as planned in the end, but all that ends up in the computer is raw information, and he effectively dies.

* GrandTheftMe: Graves abandons his body and steals Data's.

** Dr. Graves at one point whistles "If I Only Had a Heart" from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' and compares Data's quest to be human to the Tin Man's quest for a heart.

* SoapOperaDisease: Graves is a week from death yet seems to suffer no symptoms.

* SpottingTheThread: The scene where Data whistles [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "If I Only Had a Heart"]] makes it perfectly clear he's been hijacked by Graves, just in case it wasn't clear from all the previous hints already.

Data approaches Kareen and tells her that he is indeed Ira Graves. He declares his love for her, and what better way to prove it than to tell her his plans for [[RoboticSpouse turning her into an android too]]? When she refuses, he accidentally crushes her hand and retreats to Engineering to sulk. Picard finds him there with Geordi unconscious at his feet. Picard demands that Graves relinquish Data's body. In rage, Graves punches Picard, knocking him out. Realizing that he's unable to handle life as an android, Graves transfers his mind into the ship’s computer. Kareen leaves the ship to start her new life, and Data's old self is returned.

* CallBack: When Graves asks if a dying man feeling sorry for an immortal robot is "funny", Data mentions that he's [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E4TheOutrageousOkona had difficulty figuring out what funny is]].

* WifeHusbandry: Graves is desperately in love with and incredibly possessive of Kareen, who has lived with him on his isolated planet ever since she lost her parents while still "very young", essentially being raised by him. Initially subverted in that even the creeptastic Graves is too ashamed to make a move on her, but he goes on to proposition her after he takes over Data's body.

* CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority: Troi notes that Graves has a strong hatred of Picard or any other authority figure

* ContinuityCavalcade: Troi subjects "Data" to a personality test in which he's bombarded with images, some of which are calls back to previous episodes, including shots of Tasha Yar and [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E18ComingOfAge Lt. Commander Remmick]],

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Graves insists that Data's life has no meeting. He tells this to Data's face.

* StrokeTheBeard: In an early scene, Data experiments with his appearance, donning what he believes to be a BadassBeard similar to Riker's. Geordi and Troi find it so ridiculous that they can barely hold themselves together long enough to leave his quarters before laughing.

Data and his team meet Dr. Selar, a bombastic eccentric, and his beautiful young assistant Kareen, whom he has practically raised. Graves learns that he is dying and has only a few days to live. As he grapples with this news, he takes a keen interest in Data and tells him that he was a mentor to Dr. Soong, Data's creator, making Graves a "grandpa" to Data. He then shares with Data his plan to cheat death by [[BrainUploading copying his mind into a computer]]. Moments later, Data emerges and informs the away team that Graves is dead.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[ButHeSoundsHandsome "Just look at that face. The face of a thinker. A warrior. A man for all seasons. Yes, Ira Graves was all that and more.]] [[HolierThanThou But he was not perfect. Perhaps his greatest flaw was that he was too selfless. He cared too much about his fellow man, with nary a thought to himself.]] [[ItsAllAboutMe A man of limitless accomplishments,]] [[HypocriticalHumor and unbridled modesty.]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment I can safely say that to know him was to love him. And to love him was to know him. Those who knew him...loved him. While those who did not know him...loved him from afar."]]'']]

The ''Enterprise'' receives a distress call from the assistant of brilliant cyberneticist Dr. Ira Graves, asking for a doctor. While en route, another distress call comes in from the USS ''Constantinople''. Data and the Vulcan Dr. Selar lead an away team to tend to Dr. Graves while the ship heads to the ''Constantinople''… and then immediately heads back after settling the matter completely without incident. Meanwhile, back at the plot, Dr. Selar diagnoses Dr. Graves with terminal SoapOperaDisease and gives him a week to live. As he copes with his imminent mortality, Graves chats with Data, whom he asks to call him “grandpa,” as he was a mentor to Data’s creator Dr. Soong. He shares with Data his plan to cheat death by [[BrainUploading copying his mind into a computer]]. Moments later Data emerges and informs the away team that Graves is dead. No points for guessing what the plot twist is.

Back aboard the ''Enterprise'', Picard notices that Data is acting strangely, going on at some length about how awesome Dr. Graves was and whining like a little brat whenever someone else spends time with Graves’ assistant Kareen. Picard orders him to Engineering to have a diagnostic run on him, but Geordi can’t find anything wrong with him. Having nothing else to try, he has Counselor Troi run a psychological exam on him. Sure enough, she comes back announcing that there is an outside personality inside Data’s head.

Data approaches Kareen and tells her that he is indeed Ira Graves. He declares his love for her, and what better way to prove it than to tell her his plans for [[RoboticSpouse turning her into an android too]]? When she refuses, he retreats to Engineering to sulk like a little brat some more. Picard finds him there and demands he leave Data’s body. Graves responds by punching Picard, accidentally knocking him out. Then, feeling remorse over hurting people with Data’s body, Graves transfers his mind into the ship’s computer instead. And thus, without anybody really doing anything, the day is saved and Data is returned to normal.

* BrainUploading: Graves' plan is to transfer his consciousness into a computer. Data gives him opportunity to have a proper body instead. He does it as planned in the end, but all that ends up in the computer is raw information and he effectively dies.

* ButHeSoundsHandsome: "Data" whenever he's discussing Dr. Graves.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Then-[[TheGhost Ghost]] Noonian Soong is pretty important for Data and Ira Graves' common background, so his ulterior development has some consequences.
** Graves becomes [[CaptainObvious Doctor Obvious]] or a DeadpanSnarker when he bets that Data is a Soong creation--as Data looks identical to Soong's appearance in his youth.
** The dying Soong looks much older than his also [[OlderThanTheyLook dying mentor]].

* GrandTheftMe: Graves abandons his body and steals Data's. Some of his personality while playing Data may remind one of [[EvilTwin Lore]].
* InsufferableGenius: Graves.

* TakeThat: When Graves talks to Kareen about Romulans and Klingons in front of Worf.
-->'''Graves:''' Klingons and Romulans don't look much alike, Kareen, even though they act much alike.

** The episode's title is from ''Series/ThePrisoner'' (and, for that matter, it's episode [[YouAreNumberSix number six]], natch). Appropriate, as that episode also deals somewhat with the theme of transference of consciousness.

* ShoutOut: The episode's title is from ''Series/ThePrisoner'' (and, for that matter, it's episode [[YouAreNumberSix number six]], natch). Appropriate, as that episode also deals somewhat with the theme of transference of consciousness.