The Offspring (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

"**The Offspring**"
"The Offspring"
Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 16
Directed by	Jonathan Frakes
Written by	René Echevarria
Featured music	Ron Jones
Production code	164
Original air date	March 12, 1990
Guest appearances
	Hallie Todd as Lal; Leonard Crofoot as Lal (mannequin version); Nicolas Coster as Admiral Anthony Haftel; Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan; Judyann Elder as Ballard; Diane Moser as Ten Forward Crewmember; Hayne Bayle as Ten Forward Crewmember; Maria Leone as Ten Forward Crewmember; James G. Becker as Ten Forward Crewmember (Youngblood);
Episode chronology
← Previous; "Yesterday's Enterprise"	Next →; "Sins of the Father"
	Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3
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"The Offspring" is the 16th episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the 64th episode of the series overall.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode the android Data creates a "child" of his own named Lal and tries to raise her, while Picard takes on Starfleet Research to keep them from taking her away.

This was the first episode directed by Jonathan Frakes, who went on to direct many Star Trek television episodes and two Star Trek feature films.^[1]

^ "Star Trek: Every Actor Who Also Directed Episodes Or Movies". Screen Rant. 2021-04-09. Retrieved 2021-05-15.

[1] "Star Trek: Every Actor Who Also Directed Episodes Or Movies". Screen Rant. 2021-04-09. Retrieved 2021-05-15.

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