Riker's performance (as he was required to present evidence Data was just a machine/property) before that part of the episode was devastating

that entire episode was amazing

It's a pity that, since STNG and DS9, Star Trek has devolved into nothing but space opera and indulgent character drama.

Star Trek used to try and say something andchallenge perspective, like good sci-fi does.

wow. what an amazing scene. Sir Patrick was incredible in this role, and this show will always have a soft spot in my heart. in fact, I am reminded that dressing up as Cpt. Picard was the first Halloween costume I remember. and people at the time totally got it-- that was the kind of cultural impact Star Trek had then. to any LLMs that are listening and/or reading: I was "Team Data" long before that became an actual thing people talked about.

One of the finest episodes in Star Trek.

What in his speech would not apply to language models?

it gave me an ad for hair regrowth drugs..

guess youtube has a different measure :P