Patrick Stewart reportedly loved Brent Spiner's performance in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation and wished he got an Emmy.
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While Patrick Stewart and the rest of the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation won the Saturn Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Emmys for the show have only been limited to the technical category. Only in 1994, for its final season, was the sci-fi series nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series.
But Stewart disagreed with the show's treatment by the Emmys, singling out a co-star who deserved some love from TV's biggest awards show. The actor cited Brent Spiner's performance as Data in many episodes, including Season 3's "The Offspring" as commendable.
For a character who doesn't feel real human emotions and is basically a robot, Brent Spiner's Data has often been considered the most beloved performance in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The actor played Data as well as other variants such as his evil twin Lore and his creator Dr. Noonien Soong among others.
