Picard Season 3’s Data Completes Star Trek’s Android Upgrade

With Star Trek: Picard season 3, Data finally achieved his dream of becoming as human-like as possible. When Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered, the lovable android Data (Brent Spiner) quickly became a fan favorite. His childlike wonder and desire to be human made him a fascinating character, and despite his positronic nature, many fans related to him. Created by Dr. Noonian Soong, Data was a highly sophisticated human-like android, and, though he could mimic human behavior, he was not capable of true emotion. While Star Trek: Generations gave him an emotion chip in an attempt to make him more human, it didn’t feel like a true evolution for Data’s character or for Soong’s androids.