Star Trek: The Next Generation - 5x11 - Hero Worship

    The Enterprise finds a ship that has sustained a lot of damage, and one survivor, a young boy.  After he's rescued, he latches on to Data, and tries to emulate him as a way of dealing with the death of his family.
    Another episode of people acting creepy in their relationships with Data.  At least this one isn't as awkward, and it's easier to excuse it, since the kid doesn't really know what he's doing, and he grows out of it by the end.
    They've already put Data into a parenting role, but this one doesn't have the same sensibilities.  Here, Data never seems to care for the boy, at least no more than he cares for any human.
    The plot with the Enterprise investigating what happened to the other ship is really pretty sloppy.  They go into some kind of rift, despite that it seems to have caused the destruction of this other ship.  They ask a lot of questions, but they don't wait for the answers before acting on them.  And there doesn't seem to be a ticking clock of any sort.  It's just a little more reckless than I expect of them.
    This episode was directed by Patrick Stewart.  He also directed the episode In Theory, which dealt with a similar theme.