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Apr 2022
1h 21m

Moriarty on a Starship

ANDREW HEATON
About this episode
James Moriarty is the best villain in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Or is he a villain at all? In "Elementary, My Dear Data" and "Ship in a Bottle" the holographic character gains sentience--and wants freedom. 

Josh Jennings and Andrew Young rejoin the show to discuss the character. 

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