tin man star trek generation tin man 20th episode season american science fiction television series star trek generation episode overall originally released april broadcast syndication written uncredited work white based bailey short story subsequent novel short story novel episode named tin books set 24th century series follows adventures crew federation starship enterprise episode joins crew investigate ship detected near star crew investigates threaten enterprise creature boards commander data star explode sends data enterprise ships system leave star goes script chosen crew believed production quickly purchasing production episode began week later guest starred male seen appeared captain character mentioned encounter later franchise design based element 8th dimension chair creation special effect reverse motion tin man received nielsen ratings percent critical reception mixed listed best episodes franchise reviewers called plot plot enterprise brings aboard takes distant star system previously knew mental patient history mental instability strong capabilities unique skills contact situations alien life particular mission abilities needed try giant spaceship nicknamed tin man away star route finds impossible filter thoughts enterprise crew meeting commander data finding calls absence mind finds relief developing friendship data artificial emotions read arrive enterprise attacked waiting turns attack tin man sends warning tin man energy wave destroys seriously damages enterprise communication reveals calls creature old crew lost radiation accident combination remorse loneliness lack purpose wishes die requests aboard creature captain cautious action second arrives lets transport data help protect ship initially overwhelmed eventually comes identify ship imminent informs data stay believing truly belongs leaves star orbit moments start sends enterprise spinning star system separate directions caught solar blast enterprise regains control find data aboard bridge reports happened aboard data discusses events data comes realize like enterprise belongs production tin man based short story originally published amazing science fiction stories later expanded novel short story nominated story episode references tin books bailey inspired pitch generation combined dislike minutes second season episode snare uncredited writer white spoke crew series second season told wanted bottle episodes bailey short story redeveloped script following suggestion script received script editor fortunate time crew looking script immediately production order free time work scripts needed work handed executive producer thought didn need work passed fellow executive producer held week writers chased production crew updates script purchased white informed production week later appearance star trek male species seen screen appeared captain uss hood mentioned pilot generation encounter commander commanding officer deleted scene mentioned served previously character mentioned later series star trek deep space episode faith non canon books tin man directed disappointed result felt created better episode creation required work different departments series design external appearance inspired thermal pods science fiction film adventures 8th dimension special effect chair formed creature bridge created visual effects supervisor created wax chair melted played backwards reverse motion effects shot interior sound recording sound editor stomach furthermore musical score episode star trek debut end fourth season onwards begin alternate work episodes reception home media release broadcast tin man aired broadcast syndication week commencing april received nielsen ratings reflecting percentage households watching episode timeslot placed highest viewed syndicated week saw decrease percent watched previous run episode captain holiday seen viewers following episode hollow pursuits received nielsen rating percent critical reception final frontier review star trek described tin man good episode described annoying quickly wasn unusual script suggested complete trek generation described tin man good episode said threat animosity felt contrived praised characterization seen scenes idea reviewed episode gave seven criticised dimensional lamented lack tin man praised calling simply stellar credited performance strong science fiction elements tin man creating strong episode criticized actions simply advance plot zack_handlen reviewed tin man giving rating suggested better ultimately handlen praised generally found performance putting suggested deliberately handlen suggested personality ending predictable convenient wrote episode den geek calling predictable episode best said main issue highly predictable ending criticized scenes data said massively worse episode ranked best plus episodes star trek franchise home media release tin man released vhs cassette august united_states canada episode later included star trek generation season dvd box set released united_states september blu ray release united_states april
Tin Man (Star Trek: The Next Generation)