A young woman hires a cynical lawyer to prove that her uncle was not killed by his invention - a sophisticated robot.A young woman hires a cynical lawyer to prove that her uncle was not killed by his invention - a sophisticated robot.A young woman hires a cynical lawyer to prove that her uncle was not killed by his invention - a sophisticated robot.
Howard Da Silva
- Thurman Cutler
- (as Howard da Silva)
John Caper Jr.
- Adam Link
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Vic Perrin
- Control Voice
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Robert C. Dennis
- Otto Binder
- Leslie Stevens(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode is based on a short story by Eando Binder, which both predated and influenced Isaac Asimov. The publisher of his collection of short stories used the same title, despite Asimov's wishes.
- GoofsWhen Adam is hit by the police wagon on the cross street, a white car in the background moves backwards, indicating that the scene was shot with Adam standing up in front of the car so that it looks like he is falling when played backwards.
- Quotes
[prologue]
Control Voice: God looked upon His world and called it good, but Man was not content. He looked for ways to make it better and built machines to do the work - but in vain we build the world unless the builder also grows.
- ConnectionsFeatured in For the Love of Spock (2016)
Featured review
Worthy Episode
This is a nice episode. The problem is too much familiarity. The idea of proving an artificial intelligence is sentient is one of those staples of science fiction. Perhaps Asimov did it first, but the arguments are always the same. There is no question of the power of these things (in this case a really cheap looking robot) is at issue. It has to do with the protections we have from these man-made creatures. Could they have acted violently, given these safeguards? Everything is in how nuanced the trial works, how aggressive the negative forces are, and what the motivations of the bad guys are. Commander Data went through a couple of these on Next Generation an ultimately it seems to be an overzealous soldier type who sees an android or robot as one who does the wishes of others. I've always wondered if we would be so callous if such beings existed, at least in such an advanced state as this. Of course, emotions are frequently an issue to be debated as they seem to be at the separation point. Anyway, the trial is a lot of fun and the episode is quite satisfying.
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- Hitchcoc
- Jan 17, 2015
Details
- Runtime51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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