| "Masks" | |
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| Star Trek: The Next Generation episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 7 Episode 17 |
| Directed by | Robert Wiemer |
| Written by | Joe Menosky |
| Featured music | Dennis McCarthy |
| Production code | 269 |
| Original air date | February 21, 1994 |
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"Masks" is the seventeenth episode of the seventh season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 169th episode overall.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, an alien archive, like an alien Library of Alexandria,[1] initially appearing as a rogue comet because of accumulated matter, transforms the Enterprise as well as adapting Lieutenant Commander Data for a re-enactment of its culture's mythology, including the creation of two masks which are stylistically "a kind of cross between Venetian and Mayan."[2]
A Mask -- a kind of cross between Venetian and Mayan.