The Self-aware Hologram

The Self-aware Hologram is the third episode of the second season of Star Trek: The New Adventures. It aired on the 10th of January, 2020.

Description
Things start going wrong when a character from Lt. Cmdr. Jeffers's holoprogram becomes self-aware.

Teaser
The USS Valentine is rendezvousing with the USS Virginia and Lieutenant commander Paul Schmidt is called into engineering, where Gregory Jeffers' assistant, Ensign Stanton says that Jeffers is with the Virginia which Schmidt thought she meant the starship, later he arrives and sees a model of a submarine. Jeffers says that it is one of his many models of past ships, or in this case, a submarine. He also invites Schmidt to a holoprogram that is a parody of the Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Doyle, Jeffers calls it the Abraham Wentz program. (more to come)

Background information

 * This marks the first appearance of Edwin Annis, the self-aware hologram.
 * The episode, like most TNA episodes is based off TNG, in this case, "Elementary, Dear Data".

Starring

 * Nicholas Herbert as Captain Jeffery Johnson
 * William D. Alexander as Commander Adam Williams

Also starring

 * Matt Bomer as Lt. Cmdr. Harrison Newman
 * Simon Cowell as Lt. Cmdr. Gregory Jeffers
 * Paula Hughes as Counselor Nelan Decker
 * David McPaul as Richard Green

And
 * Russell Crowe as Lt. Cmdr. Paul Schmidt

Special guest star

 * Alexa Mulhall as Doctor Maria Allman

Guest stars

 * Richard Vanderbeken as Edwin Annis
 * W.S. Fischer as Inspector Cabadajova

Co-stars

 * Howard Iglesias as Ruffian
 * Philip Seaberg as Pie Vendor
 * Jill McClurken as Woman
 * Laura Tacneau as Ensign Stanton

Uncredited co-stars

 * Mark Wilson as bystander (reused footage from "Elementary, Dear Data")
 * Ann Scotters as widow
 * Barry Berg as McCormack
 * Jeff Poltart as command division officer
 * Thomas J.M. Morgan as Durland
 * Derek McNichols as police officer
 * Unknown performers as
 * Boy
 * bystanders (reused footage from "Elementary, Dear Data")
 * Dead man
 * Patrick Wills
 * Operations officer