In Episode "Old Trek: Next Generation" "offspring" (March 12, 1990), data on Android (Brent Spinner) decided he would like to be a father. Using his body with Android as a template, he builds a child with Android in a positron lab, naming the new being. At first, Lal (Leonard donut) is something flawless with sharp, metal features. The data find that Lal should be able to choose your own gender and appearance. Lal decided to be a young woman (Haley Todd). Most of the episode includes data, with its limited understanding of human interaction, teaching Lal everything he knows. When captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) calls into question the ethics of artificial life form, such as data creating another without permission, the data is easily defended. No one else in the company requires a reproduction permit, so why should he?

The "offspring" was the first episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" directed by the Athonian Freks. Freyks played the NextGen Commander Reeker, and he was looking forward to moving into action, feeling that he would be comfortable in the director's chair. /The movie spoke before For the process he had to go through to obtain permission and the extended "boot camp" that he was required to attend, to shade other executives and really get to know the craft. Freyks also joked that when he finally started directing, other actors Star Trek began to make similar demands, causing a small amount of headaches for the show's executive producer Rick Berman.

Freyks also revealed that he was happy that he had directly directed an episode from the data, as he always thought Spinner's character gave the best stories to the show. Recently, she also discovered freke, In an interview with 2022 with Startrek.comThat the "offspring" is specifically because he wrote the collaborator for the first time Trek, Rene Echevaria, a writer who would be an important figure in the Trek family.

Ehevaria will start his career only on Star Trek with "offspring". He will continue to have credits to write 79 additional episodes before becoming one of the central producers of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He also wrote 24 episodes of that series. After "Star Trek", Echevaria will write episodes for "Medium" and "Dark Angel" and co-created the shows "4400" and "Carnival Row". If you watched the sci-fi tv in the early 2000s, you probably saw something that was involved.

Freyky knew that ehevaria was someone to celebrate, so he was doubled when it comes to "offspring". He got a great data story, but also a great script. As he said:

"In addition to being an episode of data, it was the first episode of Rene Echevaria. As you know, he became one of our stable sides, as well as the producer ofDeep space nine. He was a member of that incredible writing staff that Ronald D. Moore, Ira Steven Behr, (Naren) Shankar, Brannon Braga and that group gathered. As the story was told, (the "offspring") was his specifications he delivered to Michael Piller, who was generous enough to read unwanted scripts from young writers. Michael was a wonderful, and a wonderful piano player. "

The names he cited were all the producers or writers of the NextGen head, and most of them are responsible for running the entire franchise in a positive direction. Freyks continued to praise Haley Todd's performance as Lal, and was grateful that he had passed his directorial camp, as the shooting crew took him all seriously. He also said that his fellow members of the cast were made no Consider the least seriously ... what he appreciated. It seems that Freyky wants a playful, loose atmosphere of the set.

After that, Freks directs 28 additional episodes At various performances "Star Trek" and two films. Good start to a good career.