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Published Apr 5, 2018

Catching Up with Riker's Minuet, Carolyn McCormick

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Riker, in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " 11001001 ," asked the sexy and uber-aware Minuet, "What's a knockout like you doing in a computer-generated gin joint like this?" Carolyn McCormick embodied the holographic female in that first-season episode, and she returned to TNG three years later to play Min Riker, a variation on the character as created by a lonely alien named Barash, in " Future Imperfect ." McCormick was a busy, talented actress pre- TNG and she remains so three decades later, with credits spanning from Enemy Mine, Spenser for Hire, Whatever Works and every iteration of Law & Order , to Madam Secretary, Billions, The Post and the upcoming drama, Mapplethorpe . StarTrek.com recently caught up with McCormick for a long-awaited interview. Here’s what she had to say about her Trek experiences and her recent and current projects…

How on your radar was Star Trek when you won your first role on TNG ?

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Star Trek was on my radar because my husband was very excited, as he has always been a huge Star Trek fan and watched the first series as a boy all the time. Minuet was in the first season, so we were both hoping the show would be popular like The Original Series .

What do you recall of your audition for "11001001"?

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I don’t remember much about the first audition -- except that I had a really fun time with the people in the room during my reading.

What did you make of the scenario involving the holodeck, Riker and the Bynars that resulted in the creation of Minuet?

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I loved the whole idea of the holodeck and the idea that I was getting to play "the computer-generated version of the ideal woman.” Opportunities like that don’t come along very often. And my brother is a computer engineer, so it was fun to tell him what I was playing.

You were playing a holo-character who was hyper-real. What was the challenge in bringing her to life?

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I didn’t find playing Minuet to be that much of a challenge once they got me all dolled up with makeup and big hair and a fabulous red dress. I just thought it was so much fun to enter that make-believe world and make it real. I also speak French, so I loved to opportunity to say a few lines in French.

What do you recall of the shoot?

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I remember how much fun it was to hang out with Jonathan Frakes and Patrick Stewart. It was the first season, so no one knew whether or not the show was going to be a hit. Everyone was just working very hard and was eager to make the episode as great as possible. But, it was wonderful working with Jonathan. He is such a gentleman. So compassionate and talented and considerate. The entire experience was a joy.

How pleased were you with the finished episode?

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I loved the final episode and thought they managed to pull of the entire holodeck idea off beautifully. The Jazz music, the set, the lighting, everything was fabulous to watch.

How surprised were you to get the call three years later to do "Future Imperfect"?

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I was so happy to get the call about “Future Imperfect.” By then, the show was a huge success and it was great to go back and see everyone again. No big hair, though, second time around. I had just finished playing Saint Joan in George Bernard Shaw’s play, so my hair was very, very short.

It wasn't the world's biggest role, but it was pivotal to Riker's arc in the episode. What were your feelings about how the writers turned to Min to develop Riker further?

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I loved how Min helped evolve Riker’s character. I am a firm believer in “Behind every great man is a great woman,” actually an “ideal woman.” What is not to like there?

How quickly did you pick up the chemistry with Jonathan Frakes?

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Jonathan and I had great chemistry right away because we are both extremely playful and neither of us takes ourselves too seriously. We’re both just happy to work and be appreciated for what we do.

If someone reads this article and wants to check out some of your previous work, what are a few of your credits you'd suggest they watch?

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Most people know me from Law & Order , where I played Dr. Olivet for many years -- and still reprise the role whenever they ask me. A film I am really proud of is with Sam Elliott, on TNT from years ago, called You Know My Name . I played his wife, and I think it is a beautiful film.

Let's talk about your recent and current projects, of which there are many. Give us a quick sentence or two each about returning soon as Dr. Olivet for Law & Order: SVU , and appearing in The Post , which earned an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, and Mapplethorpe , which will premiere later this month at the Tribeca Film Festival…

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My episode of SVU aired in January. It was great getting to revisit an old character. It felt like getting to spend time with an old friend. The Post was a wonderful film. I had a very small part, but I was thrilled to work on it. Mapplethorpe is a movie about the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe -- played by Matt Smith, from The Crown and Doctor Who -- and I play his mother. The film explores his life and all the complexities behind his artistic expression. I adored working on it and found the entire cast wonderful to work with, and I particularly liked the director, Ondi Timoner.

And you were just back on the stage, right?

I did a play called Levity , by Stephanie DiMaggio, that had a short run in Big Sky Montana in January. My character had a deaf son, so I learned sign language, as the entire play was signed and the actor playing my son was hearing-impaired. I loved working on it and found the entire process of signing and acting challenging and exciting.

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Carolyn McCormick is a Texan actress who played the roles of Minuet in the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode “11001001” and Min Riker in the fourth season episode “Future Imperfect”. Archive footage from her first appearance was reused in the second season episode “Shades of Gray”.

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Star trek: every hologram that gained sentience (& their fate).

There have been many holographic characters to gain sentience in Star Trek, and some of their fates ended up being unexpected despite their origins.

Star Trek has explored many storylines about holograms since the introduction of the holodeck in Star Trek: The Next Generation , with some of them going on to gain sentience. Because starship crews could use it to run programs in any time period or setting, the holodeck provided The Next Generation  and subsequent series with the ability to do a story that wasn't strictly sci-fi every once in a while, from westerns to spy thrillers and everything in between. Generally, the holodeck acted as the storytelling vehicle for the main characters in any given episode, but occasionally it was the holograms themselves who ended up being the main characters.

Star Trek has always been interested in the concept of artificial life. This idea is probably best represented in the character of Commander Data , the android second-in-command on Star Trek: The Next Generation . Apart from Data, however, many Star Trek shows used holograms to explore the concept of AI. There have been many episodes that dealt with the concept of both naturally occurring and artificially created "photonic" life forms.

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Naturally occurring photonic life was by nature sentient, but artificially created photonic life, or holograms, have been shown on numerous occasions to gain sentience and awareness of their surroundings as well. This idea was started in Star Trek: The Next Generation and continued into Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager , where it was explored to great effect. So far in the Star Trek franchise, there have been 7 holographic characters who gained sentience, all of whom have had subsequently fascinating storylines.

Minuet On Star Trek The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation began exploring the concept of sentient holograms beginning in the season 1 episode "11001001" with the character of Minuet. Minuet was created by Commander William Riker to be part of his jazz program set in a bar on Bourbon Street, New Orleans in 1958. From her conception, however, it was clear that she was no ordinary hologram. She was incredibly intuitive and quickly evolved to become aware of the fact that she was a computer program, something holograms were not supposed to be able to do. As it transpired, The Enterprise was in the process of undergoing an upgrade by a race of technologically advanced beings called the Bynars, who were using the upgrade as a ruse to commandeer the Enterprise and use it to save the main computer on their homeworld.

The Bynars programed Minuet as a distraction for Riker so that they could accomplish their mission, but she ended up being the one to tell Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Riker about what the aliens were up to. Once the crew had uncovered what the Bynars were doing and subsequently helped them save their main computer, Riker returned to the holodeck hoping that Minuet would still be there. Unfortunately, her program had lost the enhancements the Bynars had made to it, and she was once again a normal hologram. Riker was severely disappointed, as he had begun to fall in love with Minuet. Although he was never able to recreate her successfully, Riker never forgot Minuet, and the character was referenced twice more during the series in seasons 2 and 4.

Professor Moriarty

Professor Moriarty looks on in the Holodeck from Star Trek TNG

A hologram of Professor James Moriarty was the next hologram to gain sentience onboard the Enterprise, during the season 2 episode, "Elementary, Dear Data". Moriarty was created by Geordi La Forge , who wanted to make his Sherlock Holmes  holodeck program a challenge for Data. Geordi asked the computer to create a character that would be capable of defeating Data. This led the computer to create a version of Moriarty that possessed Data's considerable knowledge, which caused the hologram to almost immediately become self-aware. In keeping with his villainous ways, Moriarty abducted Dr. Pulaski and attempted to take over the Enterprise so that he could continue to exist outside the holodeck. Captain Picard was only able to take control back by convincing Moriarty to allow his program to be put in storage until Starfleet could find a way to fulfill his request.

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While performing maintenance on the holodeck 4 years later, Lieutenant Barclay was inadvertently responsible for reactivating the Moriarty program. Enraged by the fact that the Enterprise crew seemed to have forgotten about him, Moriarty once again attempted to take over the ship, trapping Captain Picard and Data in a simulation of the Enterprise on the holodeck in an effort to get the ship's command codes. Once Picard and Data uncovered the ruse, Picard trapped Moriarty in his own simulation, containing his program within a data core that would keep it running and allow Moriarty to think that he had left the holodeck and was exploring the real world. The data core had enough power to let Moriarty have a lifetime of experiences and likely kept him busy until his program eventually degraded.

Vic Fontaine

Vic Fontaine in Star Trek

Vic Fontaine became a semi-regular guest character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from season 6 onwards. Played by accomplished actor and singer James Darren, Vic was created by a holoprogramer friend of Doctor Julian Bashir's and modeled after personalities such as Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. Vic was part of a Las Vegas lounge program in Deep Space Nine's holosuites and not unlike Minuet was programmed to be immediately self-aware. He was intuitive, designed to learn from interacting with the program's participants, and even possessed the ability to turn his program on and off when he wanted.

Because of his self-awareness and extremely engaging personality, Vic became friends with many of the senior staff aboard Deep Space Nine. Most of them sought him out as a confidant and began to see him as a person in his own right the more they got to know him. The character was used as a way to explore the idea of a hologram that was programmed to be self-aware and subsequently allowed to evolve and become his own being, similar to Star Trek: Voyager's holographic Doctor. Vic was featured in Deep Space Nine all the way up until the end of the series and presumably continued to live in Deep Space Nine's holosuites even after the senior staff had left the station for other assignments.

The Doctor in Star Trek: Voyager.

The Doctor's storyline was very similar to Vic Fontaine's, more fully exploring the concept of what could happen when a sentient hologram was allowed to evolve. Created to be Voyager's emergency medical holographic system, The Doctor was forced to become the full-time Chief Medical Officer on board the ship when the first CMO was killed during Voyager's abduction to the Delta Quadrant. Since Voyager was 70,000 lightyears away from Federation space and a replacement CMO couldn't be acquired, The Doctor's program remained in operation for the full seven years that Voyager traveled through the Delta Quadrant. During that time, The Doctor was allowed to evolve and expand his program to gain complete sentience.

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Initially treated dismissively by his colleagues, The Doctor's evolution allowed him to become a respected member of the crew and senior staff. By the time Voyager returned to the Alpha Quadrant, he was considered just as much a person as any organic member of the crew, had formed friendships and relationships, and had expanded his program considerably to include personality, hobbies, and even new emotional subroutines. During the show's course, The Doctor also gained full control over his own program and even acquired the ability to move around the ship freely through the use of his mobile emitter, a piece of 29th-century technology that Voyager obtain in events that involved time travel . Having gained full sentience, The Doctor was presumably allowed to remain in control of his program after Voyager's return to the Alpha Quadrant.

Dejaren And The Doctor On Star Trek Voyager

Dejaren provided fans with a darker take at what sentience could look like in a hologram. He was created by a Delta Quadrant species called the Serosians, who used their "isomorphic projections" as they called them to perform manual labor and often hazardous tasks aboard their starships. The isomorphs were entirely aware of what they were, but still considered little more than tools. In the Star Trek: Voyager season 4 episode "Revulsion", The Doctor and Engineer B'Elanna Torres responded to a distress call Dejaren sent out when he was left abandoned on his ship after his crew was killed. The two beamed to the ship, where Dejaren became intrigued by The Doctor as a fellow hologram and expressed troubling sentiments about organic beings.

Over the course of the episode, it became clear that due to a malfunction in his programming, Dejaren had become psychotic and killed his crew as revenge for their terrible treatment of him. He also attempted to kill B'Elanna when she uncovered what he had done, but with The Doctor's help, B'Elanna was able to destabilize Dejaren's holomatrix and terminate his program permanently. Although Dejaren's murderous actions were inexcusable, his story did provide a cautionary tale for what might happen when sentient artificial intelligence is subjugated by a given society.

Haley in Star Trek Voyager

Haley was the holographic assistant of Doctor Lewis Zimmerman, the holo-engineer who created The Doctor's EMH program. The Doctor met Haley in the Star Trek: Voyager season 6 episode "Life Line", when he transferred his program to Jupiter Station to help Zimmerman after he got word that his creator was dying of a degenerative virus. Zimmerman created Haley to be fully sentient, and she had worked as his assistant on the station for over ten years by the time she and the Doctor met.

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Haley was portrayed as a kind and caring assistant, and extremely loyal to Doctor Zimmerman. Zimmerman, likewise, held a great deal of affection for Haley and even put his in his will, requesting that should he die of the virus, Starfleet should keep her program running for as long as Jupiter Station was in use. Haley assisted The Doctor in getting Zimmerman to agree to treatment for the virus, and  Zimmerman luckily recovered as a result of the treatment, meaning that the request in his will wouldn't come into effect quite as soon as he had thought. Haley continued to live on Jupiter Station and work for Doctor Zimmerman after he recovered, and developed a strong friendship with Lieutenant Barclay, who occasionally worked with Zimmerman.

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Badgey was created by Ensign Sam Rutherford as a training program on the holodeck of the USS Cerritos in the Star Trek: Lower Decks episode "Terminal Provocations". Rutherford made him in the form of an anthropomorphized Starfleet badge and used him to try and help Ensign D'Vana Tendi get over her fear of spacewalking. While Tendi and Rutherford were in the holodeck, however, an attack on the Cerritos caused the holodeck's safety protocols to go off and Badgey's program to malfunction. He flew into a murderous rage and attempted to kill Rutherford and Tendi before Rutherford subdued him.

Although it was not entirely clear how far Badgey's sentience extended, he consistently referred to Rutherford as "father", suggesting he was aware of the fact that Rutherford created him. After Rutherford reset the program, Badgey seemed to be back to normal, but when Rutherford tried to use him to create a computer virus to disable an attacking alien ship, Badgey once again attempted to murder Rutherford by blowing the ship up. Rutherford managed to escape the explosion, which presumably killed Badgey in the process, ensuring that his murderous streak came to an end.

While most holograms on Star Trek never got the chance to achieve sentience, the ones that did have provided fans with a fascinating exploration of what sentient, human-created AI might look like someday. Some, like Badgey and Dejaren, served as humorous or downright terrifying cautionary tales respectively, while others like Vic and The Doctor displayed the best of sentient holographic intelligence. Ultimately, sentient holograms have added a lot to Star Trek , and will hopefully continue to do so as the franchise progresses.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation is a science fiction show created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. The show ran from 1987 to 1994 in First-Run Syndication , and proved to be one of the most successful shows ever to be offered through that distribution method. Set in the 24th century, about ninety years after the original series , the program features a new crew, new perspectives on established cultures (a Klingon Empire as a semi-friendly ally against a Romulan Empire emerging from decades of isolation), new antagonists and a new Enterprise ( Galaxy -class starship, registration NCC-1701- D ).

After struggling for a few seasons trying to establish itself apart from the original series, it exploded into one of the most well-respected television shows ever made, partially because of a change in direction (its creator had health problems starting around season two of the show's run leading to co-producer Rick Berman taking over most of the show's daily production and his promotion to the executive producer during season three) and an increased willingness to experiment with the format and scope of the show, and science fiction as a whole. At 176 episodes in length, it was the longest-running Star Trek series at the time, note  It was equaled by two of the three series to follow it, but has not been surpassed. and won many awards for everything from visual effects to writing. Like its predecessor, the series has proved wildly popular in Syndication , despite having broadcast its final episode in 1994 . To date, in the U.S. alone, it has been broadcast on no fewer than five different cable/satellite networks: G4, Spike TV , Syfy , WGN America , and BBC America . Two of these networks, SyFy and BBC America, still regularly air episodes of the program, sometimes against each other in primetime. It also remained for a long time a near-pillar of Netflix , and was also available on several other streaming services, prior to CBS consolidating streaming of Star Trek programming to its Paramount+ service in 2022.

Although much of the show shared the premise of The Original Series , the series benefitting from a massively increased budget the original could only dream of and there were also well-paced Story Arcs reflecting more modern tv programming: the omnipotent trickster character of Q would show up to put Humanity on Trial (becoming a Bookend storyline epitomizing the series ) or to amuse himself at the expense of others; redefining the Klingons as being Proud Warrior Race Guys instead of the original "black hats"; various encounters with the hive-mind, cybernetic Borg (creating what is regarded as the pinnacle episode for the series and even the franchise , " The Best of Both Worlds "); several episodes with Wesley that developed his character ; and defining moments for several of the main cast and the odd minor character , in addition to plenty of development for the Romulans, the Vulcans, the Cardassians and the Ferengi .

The series went into production following the success of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and would later form the basis of the seventh through tenth Star Trek films: Generations (1994), First Contact (1996), Insurrection (1998), and Nemesis (2002). The success of the series led to an expansion of the franchise and is single-handedly responsible for the creation of Deep Space Nine , Voyager and Enterprise . TNG, DS9 and Voyager are often called the "Next Generation Era" in discussions regarding the franchise as a whole, and was the show that enjoyed the most mainstream success. Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020) is set just after Nemesis and makes many references to people and places from the Next Gen era shows.

After a wildly agreed shakey start to the series, the show managed to rebound after the first two seasons and all but the very worst episodes are compelling and thought-provoking viewing. Even boilerplate stories such as " clueless foreigner offends alien culture " or "Aliens took my Bridge Bunny " are handled in a similar manner to TOS, with Picard and company carefully explicating and deliberating over each problem. With the Federation existing in a relative state of calm and " cowboy diplomacy " no longer a viable option, the challenge is remaining true to Starfleet ideals without resorting to quick and dirty solutions... and also trying to realize when it's time to get "dirty".

Although firmly a genre show that aired during an era when the Sci Fi Ghetto was in full effect, Star Trek: The Next Generation was one of the most acclaimed television shows of its day. The episode " The Big Goodbye " won the show a Peabody Award in 1987, the only one ever received by a Star Trek show or episode. In 1994, for its final season, TNG was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, making it the only syndicated program ever to be nominated for that prize (It lost to Picket Fences ).

See also the Star Trek: The Next Generation Relaunch , a series of novels that follow the characters after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis , as well as setting the direction for the Star Trek Expanded Universe in terms of the original continuity (as opposed to the latest series of films , which take place in an Alternate Timeline ).

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Commander Riker is having his birthday party in Ten Forward . In front of everyone, he plays the trombone and fails to hit a high note. Everyone laughs as he wishes for music lessons when blowing out the candles on his cake. Captain Picard and Lieutenant commander Data are leaving to join the party on the bridge when Ensign Gleason detects some unusual subspace frequencies. The source is determined to be coming from the M-Class but uninhabited planet Alpha Onias III near the Romulan Neutral Zone . Picard mentions a rumor about a secret Romulan base in the sector, and sends Riker to lead an away team and investigate whether the Romulans are involved. Riker, Worf and La Forge beam down to the surface. The mission is aborted after the surface unexpectedly fills with methane gas . The away team falls unconscious and transporter chief Hubbell tries to have them beamed up but informs Picard that there is too much interference to obtain a positive lock.

Riker awakens in sickbay to nurse Alyssa Ogawa . Doctor Beverly Crusher comes over, happy that Riker remembers her and asks him what else he remembers, calling him "captain." In the mirror, Riker sees himself aged.

Act One [ ]

Crusher gets some water to go through the explanation she clearly expected with Riker and tries to calm him. He explains the last thing he remembers was being on Alpha Onias III. She states that was sixteen years ago. She explains to him that he is recovering from Altarian encephalitis he picked up on that away mission all those years ago. This virus has caused a form of amnesia , destroying all his memories from the moment he became infected to the present. Riker tries to piece together what has happened in the sixteen years since that away mission. He is now captain of the Enterprise , a position he has held for the past nine years. Crusher suggests they try associational therapy to see if he can gain back those memories. Riker tells her he wants to get started, as nothing is more familiar to him than the interiors of the Enterprise . Crusher warns him that in many cases, the memory loss is permanent.

Riker, Enterprise bridge, Barash reality

Lots of changes on the Enterprise in 16 years

Crusher leads Riker to his quarters, but he changes the destination to the bridge, saying that will be most likely location to jog his memory. On the way, he notices a significant delay in the computer. Crusher explains that La Forge is running a diagnostic due to a malfunctioning processing attenuator. As he enters the bridge, he is surprised to see La Forge no longer needs his VISOR due to having cloned implants, Data is now his first officer with Worf in Data's old position, and his helm officer is a Ferengi ensign .

Captain Riker temporarily places the Enterprise on red alert when a Romulan warbird decloaks . He is quickly informed by Data that the warbird was expected and there is no cause for alarm. The Enterprise opens communications, and Admiral Picard appears on screen with Deanna Troi to say hello, and they beam over. It turns out that the admiral and a Romulan ambassador have arrived to sign a peace treaty between the Romulan Empire and the Federation . Captain Riker has been a key figure in these negotiations after having saved some Romulans in a prior encounter.

After the briefing, Troi goes with Riker to his quarters to talk more. He still does not remember anything. Suddenly, he hears a trombone in the next room. It is his son.

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Riker's son, whose name is Jean-Luc after the admiral, starts talking about school, however, it's clear he doesn't remember him. Troi asks to talk to Riker alone. She explains she didn't tell Riker since shocking him might produce a better effect. He asks who the mother is. Troi calls her Min, an "excellent captain's wife and ship's counselor," and says she died two years prior. After Troi leaves, Riker has a brief exchange with Jean-Luc on the trombone, and then tries to call up his service record, but the computer stalls again.

Later, Riker goes with Troi and Picard to the transporter room to meet the ambassador and give him a tour of the ship. However, it is revealed that the ambassador is none other than Tomalak . Riker is surprised as the last time the ambassador encountered the Enterprise at Nelvana III , he stated he would take the Enterprise 's hull back to Romulus as a trophy. Troi privately tells him that was a long time ago.

When they reach the bridge, Riker asks to speak to Troi and Picard privately to express concerns with trusting Tomalak given all the previous events. He is especially alarmed that they'll be taking Tomalak to Outpost 23 to sign the treaty, since it is the key to the Federation's defences in the Neutral Zone. Picard assures Riker that Outpost 23 no longer serves that purpose. Breaking the conversation, Crusher informs Riker that Jean-Luc is hurt in sickbay.

Act Three [ ]

Jean-Luc was playing parrises squares and broke his arm. Riker initially scolds him, but Crusher asks if he was hurting himself like this when he was his son's age. Riker starts taking to a fatherly role and tells Jean-Luc that he is the most important to him, and explains that his father wasn't there for him. He commits to building new memories with Jean-Luc, mentioning his Curtis Creek program . Back in his quarters, he calls up family records. However, he recognizes his wife in the video as really Minuet , a holodeck character who appeared to Riker three years prior . Thus, he immediately realizes all is not as it seems, and becomes angry. La Forge calls him to the bridge.

On the bridge, Riker interrogates La Forge on why he shut down the warp engines. La Forge responds he has discovered that the antimatter containment fields are fluctuating and he will have the warp core back online. Riker then questions him on the constant computer delay and La Forge responds he is running a level 1 diagnostic . But this has taken thirty hours, and Riker observes the task would never take La Forge more than four. He tells La Forge he is incapable of that level of incompetence. Next, he asks Worf where he received one of his scars, but Worf is unable to answer or provide any details at all. Riker then confronts his first officer, who cannot complete computations as fast as Data ordinarily would. In fact, Riker catches Data saying "can't" instead of "cannot," immediately calling him out for using a contraction when the real Data would not. When Picard arrives on the bridge and interrupts Riker, he shouts at the Admiral to "shut up". He then loudly asks if anyone else has anything to say, or if instead they should end the charade of what he has been experiencing.

Tomalak walks away from the others and agrees. The Enterprise and all its people disappear as holograms. He appears now to be in a Romulan holodeck.

Act Four [ ]

It seems that this has all been a holodeck fantasy put on by the Romulans for their own purposes in getting information from Riker. Tomalak asks how he figured it out, and he explains the time lag is due to the neural scanners. Riker informs him that Minuet is really a holodeck character. Tomalak is surprised, since, in Riker's mind, she is quite real. Riker is skeptical of the situation, asking why can't the neural scanners figure out the location of Outpost 23. Tomalak says they are calibrated for Romulan minds. Riker is unconvinced, given the incredible detail of the entire program, but Tomalak ends the conversation and orders that Riker be taken away.

He takes Riker to a cell while explaining that he and his "colleagues" beamed down a kilometer away from the location of the Romulan base. La Forge and Worf were allowed to beam back to the Enterprise , which has left the area. In the cell, he sees the child whose image was used for Riker's son. He has apparently been abused in some way. Tomalak leaves him to "give careful thought" to his situation. The child identifies himself as Ethan, the son of researchers on Miridian VI which is close to the Neutral Zone. Riker is surprised that the Enterprise didn't know about this research station, but promises to help him escape.

Suddenly, Tomalak comes in with a guard to question Riker again. Riker doesn't answer, but Ethan charges at the guard. Riker subdues them both and fires their disruptor at a few other Romulans on the way to Ethan's secret hiding place which Ethan had found earlier.

Act Five [ ]

The chasing Romulans use their scanners to find them, but leave. Ethan says he heard them earlier say that the rock masks the scanners. Ethan takes Riker even further into the hiding place and shows him he has mapped the area and knows how many guards there are in different areas. Ethan suggests going to the shuttlebay and stealing a ship, but Riker says the best plan is to reach the communications array and send a message to the Enterprise. Ethan immediately says the array is protected by voice print identification and the only person who has access is Ambassador Tomalak. Riker catches this, explaining that Tomalak is a Romulan Captain and was only an ambassador in the simulation, something he never told Ethan. The Romulans break in and demand Riker's weapon, but Riker has realised it is the boy who is behind everything and demands it be brought to an end, refusing to play along in his fantasies any more. The Romulan base disappears, leaving Riker with Ethan in a large cave -like structure.

Riker and Barash prepare to beam up

" To me, you'll always be Jean-Luc. Two to transport. "

At the same time, the Enterprise finds his signal and successfully contacts him. After confirming with Picard that La Forge and Worf were beamed up to the Enterprise an hour before and are alright, Riker turns to the boy. He reveals that he was stranded here by his mother intentionally to save his life from invaders that killed his people, and was given technology up to the level of a sophisticated holodeck. She promised that she would return at a later time, but as Riker notes, it's clear that she wasn't able to keep it. He has lured Riker into this because of his desperate loneliness. Riker sympathizes and offers to take him back to the Enterprise, telling him he doesn't need to be alone anymore. The boy then shows his true identity as an insectoid child named " Barash ". Just before the two transport up to the ship, Riker says, " To me you will always be Jean-Luc. "

Log entries [ ]

  • Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), 2367

Memorable quotes [ ]

" So, what did you wish for, Will? " " Music lessons. "

" Number One? Happy birthday. "

" Dr. Crusher? He's awake. " " Beverly. " " Will, you remember me. That's good. What else do you remember, captain? "

" What's the problem? " " I had to shut down the warp engines, captain. " " Why? " " Antimatter containment fields are fluctuating. It's nothing to worry about, though. " " We're on the edge of the Neutral Zone, at impulse power and you're not concerned? " " I'll have the engines back online in no time. " " Like you tracked down that faulty processing accelerator… " " I'm running a level 1 diagnostic! " " For thirty hours? That would never take you more than four. You're incapable of that level of incompetence, Mr. La Forge! "

" WORF! Where did you get that scar? " " In combat. " " What battle? When? Which sector? Which unit?! "

" Mr. Data, if we left immediately, when would we arrive at Outpost 23? " " At warp 1: three days, four hours – " " What about at warp 7? At warp 8? AT WARP 9?! " (Data is unable to answer) " What's the matter, Data? What happened to those millions of calculations per second? " " Pardon me, sir. I am experiencing sub-space interference which limits my abilities, I can't operate as quickly as I… " (interrupting) " …What did you say? " " I said I cannot operate as… " (interrupting) " No, that's not what you said. You said I CAN'T. You used a contraction didn't you? " " Sir, I can explain if you would just give me a moment " " No, you CAN'T, don't even try! "

" Captain, perhaps it would be best if we discussed this… " " SHUT UP. " " …I beg your pardon? " " I said SHUT UP! As in close your mouth and stop talking! " " Will, I sense how upset you are. You're angry and impatient. " " Deanna, back off. " ( pause ) " Well, would anyone else like to speak up? Or shall we end this charade? "

" My name is Barash. " " To me, you'll always be Jean-Luc. "

Background information [ ]

Production history [ ].

  • Final draft script: 13 September 1990 [1]
  • Premiere airdate: 12 November 1990
  • First UK airdate: 25 May 1994

Story and script [ ]

Roddenberry during Future Imperfect

Gene Roddenberry visits the set during production

  • Brannon Braga recalled, " We've had some amazing pitches, but the most notable we ever heard was in 'Future Imperfect,' where the team came in and said we have a story where Riker wakes up from an accident fifteen years in the future… Riker has a son, is the captain of the Enterprise and has no idea what happened. Mike Piller said, 'Stop, we'll buy it.' " ( Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages , p. 211)
  • The only major change to J. Larry Carroll and David Bennett Carren 's pitch was the addition of the Romulan fantasy within a fantasy. Michael Piller commented, " The first draft was a little flat after we got into the story, just like " Remember Me ". You had a situation where you are into it and something strange is happening and yet it can't just turn out to be a dream at the end of the show because it's not satisfying. What you do is you get to the third act and you need to do something that moves the action forward. This is one of the best examples of the notion that you shouldn't censor yourself. I just talked and David Carren said, 'You mean that he thinks it's a real Romulan plot for an act?' and I said, 'That's not what I mean at all' – then I said, 'Stop, wait a minute, what if that's exactly what we do and play it out as a Romulan gag for an act.' That's what I think made that show work. " ( Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages , p. 211)
  • The turbolift scene with Riker and Barash was added because the episode was running short. Carroll and Carren met with Rick Berman and Michael Piller to create a new scene the night before it was filmed. ( Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion  (2nd ed., p. 148))
  • This episode's title is a play on words. In grammar, an imperfect tense is one where the verb describes an unfinished action (is doing) ; the future imperfect therefore takes the form will be doing . In the episode, the false reality (set in the "future") created by the alien for Riker was inaccurate (or "imperfect") in ways that allowed him to find out what was going on.

Cast and characters [ ]

  • Guest star Andreas Katsulas was not comfortable with his recurring role as Tomalak in this episode. " I felt much more comfortable when he was an incredible giant on the screen, just a face. Suddenly when I had to account for everything else, I didn't feel support and nothing was supporting what I was doing. I was happy not to recur unless it would have gone back to a screen character. " ( Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages , p. 211) Katsulas would subsequently appear as Tomalak one final time in " All Good Things... ", once again seen only on a viewscreen.
  • This episode marks the first appearance of Alyssa Ogawa , albeit only in the illusory future.
  • Wil Wheaton ( Wesley Crusher ) does not appear in this episode.

Production [ ]

  • Michael Westmore recalled that the aging make-up in this episode was intentionally more subtle than in previous installments. " Each member of the TNG cast was supposed to have aged sixteen years. The producers decided that rather than having each actor sit in a makeup chair for two or three hours, it would be a better idea to suggest their age by changing the hairstyles, and maybe doing a little rubber stretching around the eyes. I thought it was a sensible approach, because most of the actors were in their thirties, and even aging them sixteen years would only put them somewhere in their forties. Most people don't look dramatically different at that age, and it would have been a waste of time and energy using prosthetics to achieve that effect. " ( Star Trek: The Next Generation 365 , p. 180)
  • The song Riker plays on his trombone is Misty by Errol Garner.
  • The sets for the Romulan base in Barash's illusion were redresses of the Borg interiors from " The Best of Both Worlds, Part II ". ( Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion  (2nd ed., p. 148))
  • In the episode's trailer, Riker's line " Shall we end this charade? " has him using the British pronunciation "shuh-RAHD", whereas in the finished episode, the line is dubbed with the more familiar American pronunciation, "shuh-REYD".
  • Several items from this episode were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay, including a component from the Romulan holodeck. [2]

Continuity [ ]

  • Riker comments on the unlikelihood of a Ferengi ensign, though Nog became an ensign just seven years later in DS9 : " Favor the Bold ".
  • A female Klingon appears as a Starfleet officer on board this version of the Enterprise . About four years after this episode airs, a female half-Klingon by the name of B'Elanna Torres works as a chief engineer of USS Voyager , a Starfleet vessel.
  • Geordi La Forge 's eyes have been replaced with cloned organs, so he doesn't need his VISOR anymore. In Star Trek: First Contact , his visor is replaced with technological implants and in Star Trek: Insurrection , the regenerative effects of the planet Ba'ku's rings temporarily regenerated his retinas.
  • The events of this episode state that Riker becomes a captain seven years after the away mission on Alpha Onias III. However, Riker takes command of his own ship, USS Titan , twelve years after the events of this episode.
  • The simulation supposedly takes place sixteen years into Riker's future. This would be 2383 , four years after the events seen in Star Trek Nemesis . Admiral Picard states that the peace talks with the Romulans originated in an event four years prior, the same time period as Nemesis . And Riker's ship was in charge of the task force handling discussions with the Romulans.
  • Picard is an admiral in the simulated 2383, working on relations with the Romulans. Canonically, Picard is promoted to admiral between 2379 and 2381 , in order to take charge of the Romulan rescue armada. ( Star Trek Nemesis , PIC : " Remembrance ", " Absolute Candor "; LD : " The Stars At Night ") (Non-canonical material, including the press kit for Picard and the novel The Last Best Hope indicate Picard was promoted in 2381 .)
  • Troi appears in a standard uniform in this episode. She begins wearing a standard uniform with TNG : " Chain Of Command, Part I ".
  • The Starfleet communicator features horizontal bars, rather than an oval, around the Starfleet insignia, in a design similar to the design seen in Star Trek Generations , and also used in " Parallels ". The bars are used to replace the rank insignia from the collar of the uniform. Officers have silver arrowheads with gold bars (for full pips), silver bars (for hollow pips), and black bars (used to fill out the design to have four bars). The admiral's communicator uses inverted colors, with a gold arrowhead, with a silver star, and silver bars. Given that the admiral has four bars and a diamond in the center, he is a full admiral.
  • Although apart from the rank insignia, the uniforms seen in Barash's simulated future resemble those in use in 2367 , Admiral Picard's uniform bears a slight resemblance to those actually in use in the 2380s .
  • The relationship between Riker and his son is strikingly similar to that of Benjamin Sisko and his son, Jake , at the beginning of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , only three years later. Most notably, both fathers lost their wives a few years prior and fishing is an important hobby.
  • Riker references the claim Tomalak made in " The Defector " that he would display the broken hull of the Enterprise in the Romulan capitol. He also recalls Picard's comment from the same episode, " You've always said it's a chess game with the Romulans, " where, indeed, Picard had previously stated, " It's always a chess game with them, isn't it? "

Reception [ ]

  • Director Les Landau observed, " It was an opportunity for Jonathan to take charge of an episode and it just shows the dynamic quality of Riker to have to deal with not only having aged fifteen years, but to discover that you have a son and have been married and [are] captain of the Enterprise . Can you imagine waking up one day and finding out that you've skipped fifteen years on your CD? There were lots of tricks and false leads, and yet there was something universal about the theme of this alien at the end which was the embodiment of this little boy. The final moment where Riker sees this alien being in the caverns of this other world and says I will take you with me and you will always be a part of me, goes back to the basics of what Star Trek is all about. It's that caring for the Human condition, love for the universal being. It sounds very esoteric and snobbish to talk this way, but that's when Star Trek is at its best. " ( Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages , p. 211)
  • A mission report for this episode by John Sayers was published in The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine  issue 15 , pp. 50-53.

Video and DVD releases [ ]

  • Original UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video ): Volume 41, 9 March 1992
  • UK re-release (three-episode tapes, Paramount Home Entertainment ): Volume 4.3, 4 June 2001
  • As part of the TNG Season 4 DVD collection
  • As part of the TNG Season 4 Blu-ray collection

Links and references [ ]

Starring [ ].

  • Patrick Stewart as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard / Jean-Luc Picard (hologram)
  • Jonathan Frakes as Cmdr. William Riker

Also starring [ ]

  • LeVar Burton as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge / Geordi La Forge (hologram)
  • Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Worf / Worf (hologram)
  • Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher / Beverly Crusher (hologram)
  • Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi / Deanna Troi (hologram)
  • Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data / Data (hologram)

Guest stars [ ]

  • Andreas Katsulas as Tomalak (hologram)
  • Chris Demetral as Jean-Luc / Ethan
  • Carolyn McCormick as Min Riker

Co-stars [ ]

  • Patti Yasutake as Alyssa Ogawa (hologram)
  • Todd Merrill as Gleason
  • April Grace as Transporter Chief Hubbell
  • George O'Hanlon, Jr. as Transporter Chief

Uncredited co-stars [ ]

  • Arratia as Alfonse Pacelli (hologram)
  • Rachen Assapiomonwait as Nelson
  • Majel Barrett as USS Enterprise -D computer voice
  • Bowman as sciences division officer
  • Michael Braveheart as Martinez
  • Debbie David as Russell
  • Gilbert Combs as Romulan officer
  • Nyra Crenshaw as operations division officer
  • Robert Daniels as illusory Romulan officer
  • Michele Gerren as science division officer
  • Tim McCormack as Bennett
  • Michael Moorehead as civilian
  • Keith Rayve as civilian
  • Joycelyn Robinson as Gates (hologram)
  • Richard Sarstedt as command division officer
  • Dana Tjulander as Barash
  • Natalie Wood as Bailey (hologram)
  • Command division officer
  • Female Klingon crewman
  • Female science division officer
  • Ferengi ensign
  • Science division officer
  • Six Romulan officers
  • Ten Forward waiter
  • Ten Forward waitress
  • Two civilian women

Stunt double [ ]

  • Unknown stunt performer as stunt double for Andreas Katsulas

Stand-ins [ ]

  • Nora Leonhardt – stand-in for Marina Sirtis
  • Tim McCormack – stand-in for Brent Spiner
  • Lorine Mendell – stand-in for Gates McFadden
  • Richard Sarstedt – stand-in for Jonathan Frakes
  • Dennis Tracy – stand-in for Patrick Stewart
  • James Washington – stand-in for Michael Dorn

References [ ]

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Other references [ ]

  • Service Record – Captain William T. Riker (remastered) : Alpha Onias expedition ; Axanar ; Beta Quadrant ; Brettner ; Deneva Special Congress on Interstellar Affairs ; Enterprise -D, USS ; Excalbian Campaign ; Gamma Hydra sector ; Grankite Order of Tactics ; Karagite Order of Heroism ; Praetor Campaign ; Preantares Ribbon of Commendation ; Sargon Region ; Starbase 384 ; Starfleet Academy ; Starfleet Citation for Conspicuous Gallantry ; Starfleet Medal of Honor ; Titan , USS ; Zavolta Planetary Geosciences Survey Expedition

Deleted references [ ]

External links [ ].

  • " Future Imperfect " at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
  • " Future Imperfect " at Wikipedia
  • "Future Imperfect" at StarTrek.com
  • " "Future Imperfect" " at MissionLogPodcast.com , a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast
  • "Future Imperfect" script  at Star Trek Minutiae
  • 3 Starfleet uniform (2350s-2370s)

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"Star Trek" was canceled in 1969 and then, 18 years later, the sequel series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" premiered. Reviving canceled shows is standard practice these days, when streaming services have all but replaced network TV and cable. However, the "Star Trek" renaissance was only possible thanks to a feature of that old model of TV: syndication, where a series would be sold for broadcast to multiple different channels.

In a 2007 oral history of "The Next Generation" by Entertainment Weekly, Robert H. Justman (a producer on what's now called "Star Trek: The Original Series") said that syndication reruns of "TOS" were why the suits were interested in a new "Star Trek" series. "[The reruns] just gathered up a whole slew of people who had never seen the show," Justman recalled.

That new "Trek" show ultimately became "The Next Generation." However, it was first conceived of in the late 1970s as "Star Trek: Phase II." That show would've been a more direct sequel to the original, with most of the original cast returning. It failed to get off the ground — because of "Star Wars." Trekkies and "Star Wars" fanboys have an infamous rivalry over which series is America's premier space-set series. However, this time, Paramount was taking its "Trek" cues from the Galaxy Far, Far Away.

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It was only after "Star Trek" proved to be a viable film franchise that a new TV show was produced, which morphed from "Phase II" to "The Next Generation." The title shift reflects the premise being redone; the new series was literally a new generation of characters, with a new starship Enterprise, who followed in the originals' footsteps. "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry accepted the offer to lead "TNG" because Paramount made it clear the series was happening with or without him. However, it was only under later writers, such as Ronald D. Moore, that the series came out of the shadow of "Phase II" and found its footing — footing firm enough to hold for seven seasons total.

Moore, who has since co-created the alternate history space race series  "For All Mankind," acknowledged this "Star Trek" trivia in that series. In this timeline, "Phase II" went ahead, "The Wrath of Khan" was the first "Star Trek" movie instead of the second, and "The Next Generation" became the third and final "Star Trek" series. A world without "Deep Space Nine"? Not sure I could bear that.

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  8. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" 11001001 (TV Episode 1988)

    Minuet : Will was saying how much he enjoys this assignment. It's a credit to you. For a ship and crew to function well, it always starts with the captain. You set the tone. ... Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season 1/ 1ª Temporada) a list of 25 titles created 8 months ago My Favorite Star Trek: The Next Generation Episodes ...

  9. 11001001 (episode)

    Minuet gets nervous when Picard wants to leave the holodeck. Picard and Riker, unknowing of what has been going on this entire time, are still in the holodeck, amazed at how intuitive the program is. ... A mission report by Will Murray for this episode was published in The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 5, p. 23-25 ...

  10. Carolyn McCormick

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  11. Future Imperfect

    "Future Imperfect" is the 82nd episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. It is the eighth episode of the fourth season.. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D.In this episode, during an away mission, Riker falls unconscious and awakens to discover that sixteen ...

  12. Star Trek: Every Hologram That Gained Sentience (& Their Fate)

    Star Trek: The Next Generation began exploring the concept of sentient holograms beginning in the season 1 episode "11001001" with the character of Minuet. Minuet was created by Commander William Riker to be part of his jazz program set in a bar on Bourbon Street, New Orleans in 1958. From her conception, however, it was clear that she was no ordinary hologram.

  13. Min Riker

    Minuet "Min" Riker was the wife of William T. Riker, mother of Jean-Luc Riker and ship's counselor of the USS Enterprise-D in a holographic simulation of the future created in 2367 by the alien Barash. In this simulation, she had died in a shuttle accident in 2381. Min Riker's existence made Will Riker realize that Barash's first simulation set on a future Enterprise-D was unreal; Barash had ...

  14. Recap / Star Trek: The Next Generation S1E14 "11001001"

    Two humans are needed to operate the system to reboot the Bynar planet, yet they only kidnap one, Riker, and Picard only ends up on board by accident. Distracted by the Sexy: Minuet is made to distract Riker, and later Picard, from realizing the Bynars' plans. The Dividual: Bynars are like this by nature. Dull Surprise:

  15. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" Future Imperfect (TV Episode 1990

    Future Imperfect: Directed by Les Landau. With Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn. Riker awakens sixteen years after an away mission where he contracted a disease which destroyed his memory back to the point of infection - or so he's told.

  16. Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season 1, Episode 15)

    Minuet GD Gene Dwynarski Cmdr. Orfil Quinteros Information Released 1988 ... Star Trek: The Next Generation 11001001 Sci-Fi Feb 1, 1988 43 min Paramount+ Available on Paramount+, Prime Video, iTunes S1 E15: While the crew takes some ...

  17. Star Trek: The Next Generation (Series)

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  18. Future Imperfect (episode)

    After an away mission to Alpha Onias III interrupts Commander Riker's birthday party, the first officer suddenly awakens in sick-bay sixteen years in the future where he is the captain of the Enterprise and about to negotiate a peace treaty with the Romulan Star Empire. "Captain's log, stardate 44286.5. The Enterprise is conducting a security survey of the Onias sector near the Neutral Zone ...

  19. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" 11001001 (TV Episode 1988)

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    Watch Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1 Episode 15: 11001001 - Full show on Paramount Plus. 11001001. Help. S1 E1545MTV-PG. The Enterprise is hijacked by an alien species who need the ship's computer to regenerate the one damaged on their own planet. Watch Full Episodes.

  21. List of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes

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  24. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" 11001001 (TV Episode 1988)

    ST:TNG:16 - "11001001" (Stardate: 41365.9) - this is the 16th episode produced but the 15th one aired on TV. "11001001" is one of my more favorite episodes of season 1 (and of the whole series) - it really gets to the heart of Star Trek and introduces a species that is quite different from humans - that of the Bynars who always travel in pairs since they need two to decipher their binary code ...