This is just one episode out of many like this so far in my first watch through of TNG.
How can a being with no emotions cause so many in me?
Troi should be the character in this series to cause the most emotional responses in how I feel about humanity and our emotional place.
Data so far has been the most emotion causing character, by far. Yet he has no emotions to share with me.
I was emotional with this particula scene below:
Lt. Commander Data: I have often wished to be human. I study people carefully, in order to more closely approximate human behavior.
Timothy: Why? We're stronger and smarter than humans. We can do more than they can.
Lt. Commander Data: But I cannot take pride in my abilities. I cannot take pleasure in my accomplishments.
Timothy: But... we never have to feel bad either.
Lt. Commander Data: I would gladly risk feeling bad at times, if it also meant that I could... taste my dessert.