L. Q. 'Sonny' Clemonds' reintegration and dependence arc: a personal/internal struggle—managing withdrawal, dignity, and the desire for small human comforts—played out against the crew's boundary-setting (medical and social) and Data's procedural curio...
L. Q. 'Sonny' Clemonds' reintegration and dependence arc: a personal/internal struggle—managing withdrawal, dignity, and the desire for small human comforts—played out against the crew's boundary-setting (medical and social) and Data's procedural curiosity.
Events in This Arc
Dr. Beverly Crusher brings the first of three 21st‑century cryonics patients back to consciousness while Picard, Data and Worf observe. Data's recovered disk supplies the identification and medical context: Clare …
In Sickbay Sonny asks Doctor Beverly Crusher for "a little something" to kick his day into gear and to help him sleep. Beverly refuses flatly on medical and ethical grounds, …
In Sonny's quarters Wesley confronts the dissonant fact that Sonny died over three hundred years ago. Instead of melodrama, Sonny shrugs the metaphysical weight off with music, humor, and a …
Ralph Offenhouse erupts in panic when Picard announces the three revived 21st‑century guests will be transferred off the Enterprise, revealing Ralph’s identity is rooted in money and material control. Picard …
In a quiet moment in the Observation Lounge Picard formalizes the plan to deliver the revived 21st‑century refugees to the USS Charleston and gently reframes their fears—declaring material want obsolete …