Masks (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

"Masks"
Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
Episode no.Season 7
Episode 17
Directed byRobert Wiemer
Written byJoe Menosky
Featured musicDennis McCarthy
Production code269
Original air dateFebruary 21, 1994 (1994-02-21)
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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]

  1. ^ "Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: "Masks"". tor.com. 1 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Star Trek: The Next Generation - "Masks"". Star Trek Minutiae: Exploring the Details of Science Fiction. Retrieved 11 February 2018. A Mask -- a kind of cross between Venetian and Mayan.