| "The Quality of Life" | |
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| Star Trek: The Next Generation episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 9 |
| Directed by | Jonathan Frakes |
| Written by | Naren Shankar |
| Story by | L.J. Scott |
| Featured music | Dennis McCarthy |
| Production code | 235 |
| Original air date | November 16, 1992 |
| Guest appearances | |
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"The Quality of Life" is the 135th episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. It is the ninth episode of the sixth season.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode Data discovers that a group of robots are likely intelligent lifeforms.
This episode introduces the Exocomp robots.[1]