Stardate 46271.5: While Geordi is testing whether Data can be used as a backup to the ship's computer, Alexander coaxes his father and Deanna into taking part in a holodeck Western program. Worf, playing the sheriff, apprehends the murderer Eli Hollander with the help of "Durango" Troi. Soon some glitches become obvious when Data's "Ode to Spot" shows up in one of Beverly's (usually far more serious) plays. Things become worse when the holodeck safety protocols go offline and the Hollander gang shows up, whose members look like Data and have Data's abilities. They kidnap Alexander to free Eli in exchange. Worf and Troi have to finish the program in order to save Alexander. The situation is finally resolved through a progressive memory purge that restores both Data's mind and the Enterprise computer.

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