Just want to add this before I forget it, so forgive me if this is mentioned somewhere else...all I know is it's not in the 2nd edition of the TNG guide.
Guinan tells Data that she won't give him any advice since it's his first love affair...and those are always tricky and people are best left to figure it out themselves. But didn't she advise Wesley in the Dauphin?
Also, after Geordi captures Spot and hands him to data, they enter Data's quarters. The door starts closing but stays open a couple inches until it's out of shot. Next time it's seen, it's shut all the way.
I think the real reason Spot got out of Data's quarters is because the Universal Translater translated his/her meow as "Open door". ;-)
In this episode Data uses the term Lux when asking the computer to dim the lights, as opposed to the computer asking Geordi for Candlepower in Galaxy's Child.
After discovering some of his desk items on the floor, Picard asks Worf to come to the Ready Room and bring a tricorder. Where exactly is the Tricorder dispenser on the Bridge?
On page 269 of the NextGen Guide, Phil wondered what Data has in his closet when the only time we've seen him out of uniform was when he was forced to wear those clothes in The Most Toys.
What about his Sherlock Holmes outfit? Several times when Data has been on the Holodeck he has worn different clothes. True, some of these may have been created for a one-time wearing, but maybe he kept them? Doesn't Data go on vacation? Doesn't it seem reasonable that he might have some clothes that we do not see? Also in Chain of Command, Part 2, Data changes to a red uniform.
As for Data's statement about grouping his outfits from light to dark, in some episodes the yellow does seem brighter.
When Guinan says, "Don't look at me.", Data looks away. When Jenna says, "The cat is out of the bag.", Data looks for Spot. However, when Jenna says, "The Book of Love, chapter 4, paragraph 17...", why doesn't Data ask for a copy of that book?
When the camera shows the woman in the floor, the shots from behind show that her head is facing down, but from the front it is only slightly facing down.
If the woman in the floor is dead, then why isn't her body slumped down or flopped over? Usually when someone is dead or unconscious their muscles relax, not stiffen up. (And it was too soon for rigor mortis.)
Wouldn't it have been interesting if they had showed the reaction of someone in the hallway, one deck below?
If these anomalies cause a surface like a shelf, table or floor to cease to exist, then why doesn't the object on the surface cease to exist when it falls through the anomaly?
Why does Data call his cat Spot? It doesn't seem to be spotted. (Actually, the first time I heard the name I thought Data said, "Spock." Which would make sense, with those pointed ears. ;-)
All the anomalies that passed through the ship seemed to be relatively small, but the sensors only seemed to detect the really big ones. (And there didn't seem to be any sign of the little ones passing through the ship when they're trying to get around the big ones.)
Wouldn't sending probes into an unexplored nebula be a smarter thing to do than just take the ship in?
Funniest line of the series! Data to Guinan: "Lt. D'Sora just kissed me in the torpedo bay." Err, Data...
At least he didn't say "on the torpedo bay." :P
It's a good line, and judging from the look on Whoopi Goldberg's face it was a deliberate double entendre.
One life down. Eight to go.
When Data goes to his quarters in Act 1, Geordi brings him Spot, who somehow managed to get out of Data’s quarters. Since we later learn that spatial distortions phase matter, we know that Spot escaped by walking through the wall when a distortion passed through the wall. Unfortunately, this is not at all plausible when you take into account the behavior of cats. Cats are extremely cautious, patient animals. Before my cat Elsa became more of an indoor cat, she used to sleep downstairs in the basement, and going in the house was unusual for her. When I began to feed her dinner inside to prevent the other neighborhood cats from eating her food, I would stand by my front door and tell her to come in to eat, and she would often stand there scrutinizing the doorway, and if she detected an unfamiliar scent at the doorway (left by a visitor she didn’t know), she wouldn’t come in at all. Cats do not haphazardly leap towards things, animals or people that are new to them. Their first instinct is to flee. This episode would have us believe that Spot saw this strange spatial distortion, and jumped right through it (and that it was a bit off the floor, since if it were perfectly adjacent to the ground and Spot walked across it, he would’ve fell through the floor as the unfortunate crewman did later in the episode). Even if Spot were to have gone through, it would’ve been after several minutes of staring at the anomaly, deciding whether to go through, and it doesn’t seem likely that the distortions would stay in one place that long.
She’s hoping to bob and weave in and out of different departments to avoid the redshirt curse
Is Jenna in engineering, or security? During the episode, she works with Data on the modified torpedoes, and Data mentions to Guinan in Ten Forward his assessment of Jenna’s understanding of the dilithium matrix application. This would mean she’s an engineer. But when Data goes to Worf for advice on relationships, Worf says that Jenna serves under his command, and when Data comes to Jenna’s quarters with the "Honey, I’m home!" bit, she tells him "we" ran a full security sweep. This would mean she’s in security. Is she pulling double duty for extra credit, or something?
Cats do not haphazardly leap towards things, animals or people that are new to them.
True. Now wouldja please tell that to Minou, my black kitten, who's really proactive when it comes to bad luck? 
Seriously...you're right about the above example. Especially since Spot is used enough to life aboard a starship to have the 'unexpected noise/lights'='very bad thing' correlation all worked out.
In real life, Geordi would've found her under Data's bunk - and would've gotten badly scratched trying to get her out.
You are, of course, assuming that the spatial distortion originated at the door or walls. What if it was underneath Spot (like the crewman)? And he simply landed on the deck below.
If I leave a door open, my cat will go right through it to the outside world. I think it's perfectly plausible that Spot would do the same.
Mikey, Geordi told Data he found spot two sections away, not on another deck. What did Spot do, find a turbolift, wait for a crewman to enter it for the doors to open (Data says in this scenes that doors only recognized humanoid life signs for entrance and egress), be lucky enough that the crewman chose the right deck, RECOGNIZE the deck on which Data's quarters are located, just by looking at the corridor the turbolift stops at, and then get off it? Odd that Spot could do all that, but not find the rest of his way to the quarters, and ends up being found by Geordi two sections away. And in case anyone is thinking that some helpful crewman let Spot into the turbolift, or brought the lift to the deck he knew Data's quarters were on, I don't buy it, since it makes no sense that he/she wouldn't have contacted Data to let him know that they found Spot.
Doug, your cat is familiar with your door. I don't think if a cat saw a spatial distortion, complete with whooshing sound (and possibly the sound of short circuits if the distortion intercepted electronic equipment), that it would suddenly leap forward, and all in the second or two that a distortion spends on a particular spot. As I said, cats are very measured in the way they explore new territories, always stopping and sniffing new things to let their instincts tell them if something's dangerous or not. There is no way one of those things would suddenly appear on the wall/door of Data's quarters adjacent to the corridor, in a blur of light, with air whooshing out it, with the cat leaping through it in the second the distorton spent there.
I like your reasoning, Luigi. Your description of cat behaviour paints a vivid picture.
If I could suggest an alternative scenario... perhaps the distortion phased through the door mechanism causing the door itself to spring open. Spot just walked through the open door. Once the distortion passed, the door realised it was open and closed automatically (but maybe not instantly).
Spot may even have been sitting there starring at the door, waiting for someone to open it.
But when Data goes to Worf for advice on relationships, Worf says that Jenna serves under his command, and when Data comes to Jenna's quarters with the "Honey, I'm home!" bit, she tells him "we" ran a full security sweep. This would mean she's in security.
It's possible that certain Security officers might have some engineering knowledge, in the same way a modern-day police force includes forensic specialists. In other words, maybe Jenna is trained especially to handle technological investigations?
"If I could suggest an alternative scenario... perhaps the distortion phased through the door mechanism causing the door itself to spring open. Spot just walked through the open door. Once the distortion passed, the door realised it was open and closed automatically (but maybe not instantly). "
That's actually what I was thinking of happening. I just couldn't articulate it. *is bitter*
Also, it's possible that Spot was using a wall as a scratching post and that's where the distortion passed through...
A scratching post? Cats like rough surfaces for scratching posts, usually something made of wood, cardboard or rough fabric, like a tree branch or two by four wrapped in rope, a cardboard box, or a shag rug or carpet.
Thank you, Sophie, and I think your alternate scenario makes sense. I'm going to ammend the nit in my Nitpick document to include it.
Obviously Spot got out because of the Universal Translator, not a distortion.
Spot was looking at the door, he meowed, the UT scanned his mind* for the meaning of that, read that he wanted to go out & translated it as "Computer, open door."
Perfectly simple. 
* The Classic Trek episode Metamorphosis explained that the UT scans the speaker's mind.
I don't know, cats are vile insane little creatures so who knows how that demon got loose to roam the corridors.
And, 3313, they're right behind you.
Anonymous3313: cats are vile insane little creatures...
People who think this no doubt conclude this based on experiences with strays or unfriendly cats belonging to friends who are afraid of strangers. Anyone who raises a cat from infancy with affection knows that they can be incredibly affectionate. My cat Elsa is affectionate to the point of being needy. She constantly follows me around, into the bathroom, in the backyard, etc., always whining for me to let her jump into my lap.
To make blanket statements about cats, or dogs, or any animal you have no extensive experience with, is simply predjudicial.
The only other thing to remember about cats is this:
Ancient Egyptians once worshipped cats as if they were gods.
Cats have never forgotten this fact.
Cats are still a bit too independent for some people to handle. I like cats and have a dog as well as a cat. Between the two I will trust the dog to be more loyal but the cat to be smarter. And before anyone says anything we got the dog as a puppy from a neighbor and the cat as a kitten from another neighbor. As for any particular breed of either they are both heinz 57s.
Cats! Bah! Humbug! Feh!
Luigi, one can be vile and insane, yet still be affectionate. One doesn't preclude the other. I'm sure even Hitler was affectionate to those closest to him.
Geez, who'd have thought we'd have to invoke Godwin's law in a friendly conversation about turbolift doors and cats?
Not to be nitpicky (actually, just to be nitpicky)... but we were talking about the door to Data's quarters, not turbolift doors.
And you shouldn't be too surprised that trying to convince us of feline docility (when we all know they're agents of Lucifer) escalates the tension. What do you propose next? Have a "friendly" conversation about the merits of genocide?
Agents of Lucifer???
pfft
Cats don't work for anybody.
My ex wifes nick name was "Kat". Luigi, please stop.
MEOW! >Translation: "Yeah!" <
The creators must really love that nebula footage. This is now the 3rd time they used it in 2 seasons.
I believe this is the first episode directed by Patrick Stewart.
It is. It's the only way to explain why Picard ends up piloting the shuttle at the end of the episode.
Luigi - Sometimes Picard likes to do things himself. Wouldn't you?
Sorry, Mike, but I don't buy it. He has no business performing the shuttle mission, when Data is the best person on board with the best reaction time to do the job, and the reason he gives to Riker as to why he has to be the one to do it is utter hogwash.
It would even tie into the premise of the episode. Jenna is worried sick about Data, and when he returns from the shuttle mission, she throws her arms around him and he is his usual unemotional self. It is then when she realizes exactly what she says to him in the final scene: Nothing she does will even elicit an emotional response from him. The shuttle mission could connect to the Data/Jenna story, and lead directly to that last scene.
I have extensive experience with cats, and they are evil. They work for me, so I should know.
I just found this Discussion board so I'm not quite sure how it works and it looks like it's been pretty quiet here lately, but I did just watch this episode again tonight and noticed a few things as I had my Nitpicker book with me;
Phil mentions that the sensors should register a hull breach when the anomaly passes through the observation room; but perhaps not; If the anomaly passed through so quickly, the window/wall may have rematerialised so quickly that it registered to the sensors as solid by the time Worf relayed what happened.
As for additional nit-picks; Data uses contractions a few times when in Jenna's quarters (the time he offers to organise her closets ;)).
When he's talking in his 'romantic, suave, loverboy' voice, and asks if Jenna wants a drink, he says "I'll join you" and when he 'argues' with her, says "You're not my mother!" and then repeats it as "You are not my mother" when she says "what!?"
Hee hee, nitpicking is fun :D
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I actualy disagreed with Phil's for the EXACT reason you cite. There was no breach registered because it was sealed up when the anomaly passed by.
As for Data's contractions, perhaps he used these ones only because he was implementing his "lover's spat" plan.
Dana Scully, welcome! Nitpicking fun, eh? Well... yes. Yes it is. Hope to see you around, the people here are most welcoming...
Be our guest, be our guest....
Everybody, sing with me!
Welcome aboard. Dana.
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Sane?!? US?!? Oh, uhm... *composes self* Yes. Yes we are, indeed, all quite *ahem* "sane."
Er.....yeah. Absolutely. We never get into protracted arguments over the meanings of various bits of minutae in Star Trek, or anything like that. Nosireebob.
Dana, if you're a fan of Friends, stop on by the boards. They're at the bottom of the list of topics on the Topics page.
Hey, now, when did this turn into Shameless Plugs?
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Luigi, I'd expect a little better from you. :-)
Good Line:
When Data asks Worf about advice, Worf says that Jenna is under his command, and "if I find out that you hurt her, I'll rip you apart" (paraphrased). I just found this funny considering Data is an android!
So, Picard is in the shuttle, and a relay is being established between the shuttle's and the Enterprise's navigational controls, but Picard still announces what course changes to take? Why not automatically, would be quicker?
When Data comes into Jennas quarters, he stretches out his arms to her (twice) in an extremely akward fashion. Yes, it looks funny, and reminds us of his awkwardness because he's like a teenager at first love and doesn't know how to act or what to do - but I still find it hard to believe, since Data knows already how to move quite normally, how to touch people etc., and its not like the emotions of first love would cause him to experience scrambeld programs and therefore, awkwardness!
Michele Scarabelli was Susan Francisco on the television show adaptation of "Alien Nation."
She also played Agent 3 in the second and third "Journeyman Project" games.
A scratching post? Cats like rough surfaces for scratching posts, usually something made of wood, cardboard or rough fabric, like a tree branch or two by four wrapped in rope, a cardboard box, or a shag rug or carpet.
Aren't some of the living quarter walls on the Enterprise carpeted or covered with fabric? I can't remember offhand if Data's are, but a carpeted wall would be ideal for scratching.
As for Data's contractions, perhaps he used these ones only because he was implementing his "lover's spat" plan.
I'd go along with this - it appears that Data is perfectly able to quote a contraction (so he wouldn't expand them when reading from a book, for instance), but when he's running his verbal communication program, for want of a better term, it doesn't use contractions (except when it does .
By LUIGI NOVI on Saturday, February 23, 2002 - 7:53 pm:
A scratching post? Cats like rough surfaces for scratching posts, usually something made of wood, cardboard or rough fabric, like a tree branch or two by four wrapped in rope, a cardboard box, or a shag rug or carpet.
Don't forget about speaker covers! :D
and Riker's hairy chest!
"If I could suggest an alternative scenario... perhaps the distortion phased through the door """""mechanism causing the door itself to spring open. Spot just walked through the open door. Once the distortion passed, the door realised it was open and closed automatically (but maybe not instantly). """""""
When the distortion hit Picard's shuttle it caused some serious damage to it, probably by permanently deforming the mechanisms in the nacelle. Wouldn't this do the same thing to the door mechanism?
That's actually what I was thinking of happening. I just couldn't articulate it. *is bitter*
Also, it's possible that Spot was using a wall as a scratching post and that's where the distortion passed through...
"If I could suggest an alternative scenario... perhaps the distortion phased through the door """""mechanism causing the door itself to spring open. Spot just walked through the open door. Once the distortion passed, the door realised it was open and closed automatically (but maybe not instantly). """""""
When the distortion hit Picard's shuttle it caused some serious damage to it, probably by permanently deforming the mechanisms in the nacelle. Wouldn't this do the same thing to the door mechanism?
By Keith Alan Morgan (Kmorgan) on Friday, July 27, 2001 - 4:01 am: Doesn't Data go on vacation?
He does. In Descent part II Geordi mentions the time Data sank straight to the bottom of a large body of water and had to walk back to shore while they were on shore leave. Clearly Data is not only entitled to shore-leave like the rest of the crew, but sometimes takes it.
Somewhat belated response:
After discovering some of his desk items on the floor, Picard asks Worf to come to the Ready Room and bring a tricorder. Where exactly is the Tricorder dispenser on the Bridge?
I imagine Worf got his tricorder from one of the two banks of fifteen equipment lockers on opposite bulkheads on the bridge. We never see them used, but then again we never see the bathrooms up there... :-)
This makes sense, we have seen phasers stashed everywhere in the Star Trek world, including cargo bays and in the kitchen. I doubt doubt you can get a tricorder just about anywhere on the ship, I bet the have pez like dispensers at every intersection on the ship.
heck with as much weird hoojoo that takes place on a weekly basis there I am surprised it isn't standard issue for everyone on the ship to have a tricorder on there person at all times.