You’ll see him mimicking behavior throughout the series. One of my favorite examples is in Starship Mine aka “Star Trek does a Die Hard” with Data’s attempts at small talk.
I’m convinced that a lot of his footage in that episode was Spiner goofing off or intentionally blowing takes and they just used whatever they could.
There’s an outtake of the scene when he’s “being Hutchinson” to Troi Crusher and Riker. In the episode it’s the same scene cut short because the extended scene quickly devolves into crude humor that couldn’t be aired on network TV at the time - both Frakes and Sirtis McFadden gasping at what Spiner said.
You’ll see him mimicking behavior throughout the series. One of my favorite examples is in Starship Mine aka “Star Trek does a Die Hard” with Data’s attempts at small talk.
I’m convinced that a lot of his footage in that episode was Spiner goofing off or intentionally blowing takes and they just used whatever they could.
There’s an outtake of the scene when he’s “being Hutchinson” to
TroiCrusher and Riker. In the episode it’s the same scene cut short because the extended scene quickly devolves into crude humor that couldn’t be aired on network TV at the time - both Frakes andSirtisMcFadden gasping at what Spiner said.Is this the clip you’re referring to?
Data’s Small Talk Protocol
lmao I love how it takes Frakes a second to register what Spiner just said before he just loses it
It would have totally been in-character for Riker to react the same way, too.
Thank you. It was McFadden, not Sirtis.
Frakes just lost it at the end.
Spiner is a wonderful human being. And so is Data.
Ironically sticking things up butts is a major part of being a doctor so she’s the one who’s done that the most.
I love seeing new trek that I never saw before. Thanks for linking that.