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Dr. Soong, I presume.

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You know, if you're going to be sort of,

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quote unquote, typecast--which,
I don't think I exactly am--

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as a sci-fi actor, a
Star Trek actor, whatever,

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it couldn't have been better for me.

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I've gotten to play so
many different characters.

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It's what has
given me such a strong

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sense of family.

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Do people watch this who've
never seen Star Trek before?

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And who are you, sir?

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If you've never
seen it before,

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you need to
get on that.

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It's--there's quite a few of them.

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Matter of fact, I did 176
of The Next Generation,

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where the first
Soong appeared.

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That was
Dr. Noonian Soong,

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who created Data.

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This is your
lucky day, Data.

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You found your long-lost
father, and he's alive.

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[Brent] I played
Dr. Soong, actually,

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at three different
ages on that series.

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And you do not
believe she

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should know the truth?

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Truth?

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Truth is, in every
way that matters,

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she is Juliana Soong.

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[Brent] And then I played
his ancestor, Arik Soong,

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on Star Trek: Enterprise.

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I admire your people very much.

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We share a similar view of humanity.

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What view is that?

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That it could stand some improvement.

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And then I played Altan Soong

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on the first season of Picard.

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I really missed butterflies,

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so I made my own.

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And, of course, I played
Data and Lore and B-4,

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who were also part of
the Soong family, really,

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in that they were all

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Noonian Soong's
children.

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Do you believe
that we are,

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in some way, alike, sir?

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In many ways,
I'd like to believe.

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We postulated an earlier Soong,

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a Soong progenitor named Adam.

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We put him in place in order
to keep our universe cohesive,

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and also to work with Brent again.

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[Brent] Adam Soong is
different than the other Soongs

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because he lives in the 21st century.

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Picture a world free of genetic defects.

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If I had the power to nudge
us in the right direction,

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isn't that my responsibility?

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He is a scientist.

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He's basically into eugenics.

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He's a narcissist.

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He really operates,
primarily, for himself,

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even though he, at times, kids himself

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that he's doing it for higher reasons.

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All of his darkness is based
on his need to have a legacy

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and to be forever
remembered as someone great.

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[Adam] This genetic defect
means the smallest speck of dust

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will ruin my daughter's
respiratory system.

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UV light from the sun
turns her blood to poison.

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She's confined to a room. She has no life.

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He, I think, tries to be

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what he thinks a father is supposed to be,

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but underneath it all,

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I think, really, she's a project to him.

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And I think that's
where their relationship

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goes very, very wrong.

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Dad, what did you do?