PICARD: And, you know, there's still a part of me that cannot accept that Q would give me a second chance or that he would demonstrate so much compassion. And if it was Q, I owe him a debt of gratitude.
PICARD: There are many parts of my youth that I'm not proud of. There were loose threads, untidy parts of me that I would like to remove. But when I pulled on one of those threads it unraveled the tapestry of my life.
Riker (looks at Picard and smiles): I was just trying to imagine a hell-bent for leather young officer insulting a Nausicaan twice his size. I wish I'd had a chance to know that Jean-Luc Picard.
PICARD: Oh, well, to tell the truth, that wasn't the first run-in I'd had with a couple of surly Nausicaans.
PICARD: Oh, yes. During my sophomore year, I was assigned to training on Morikin Seven. Well, there was a Nausicaan outpost on one of the outlying asteroids, and one day..
Congratulations, all. We tend to get through the TNG episodes, especially Q episodes, really quickly. This one seemed to go by slower. Am I right, BlueStuff?
MOVIE - Insurrection_________________________53 days, 16 hours, 4 minutes VOY - Bride of Chaotica_______________________42 days, 1 hour, 1 minute DS9 - Trials and Tribble-ations_________________36 days, 9 hours, 3 minutes VOY - Dark Frontier__________________________33 days, 14 hours, 31 minutes ENT - The Forge/Awakenings/Kir'Shara___________32 days, 19 hours, 35 minutes VOY - Message in a Bottle_____________________30 days, 12 hours, 53 minutes VOY - Scorpion______________________________27 days, 2 hours, 12 minutes MOVIE - Nemesis____________________________26 days, 14 hours, 23 minutes MOVIE - Star Trek XI_________________________26 days, 9 hours, 57 minutes MOVIE - The Voyage Home____________________25 days, 4 hours, 36 minutes DS9 - The Search_______________________24 days, 18 hours, 38 minutes VOY - Caretaker__________________________24 days, 11 hours, 21 minutes TOS - The Menagerie_________________________23 days, 21 hours, 20 minutes DS9 - The Homecoming/The Circle/The Siege______23 days, 18 hours, 38 minutes ENT - In a Mirror, Darkly_______________________23 days, 13 hours, 40 minutes MOVIE - First Contact_________________________22 days, 0 hours, 41 minutes MOVIE - The Motion Picture____________________21 days, 2 hours, 20 minutes ENT - Borderland/Cold Station 12/The Augments___20 days, 4 hours, 27 minutes ENT - Breaking the Ice_____________________19 days, 22 hours, 8 minutes TNG - Measure of a Man______________________18 days, 13 hours, 18 minutes MOVIE - The Wrath of Khan___________________18 days, 4 hours, 20 minutes DS9 - Improbable Cause/The Die is Cast_________18 days, 3 hours, 30 minutes DS9 - The Visitor____________________________17 days, 9 hours, 7 minutes DS9 - Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang_____________17 days, 9 hours, 1 minute DS9 - The Way of the Warrior__________________16 days, 23 hours, 36 minutes TNG - Peak Performance______________________16 days, 22 hours, 49 minutes TOS - Bread and Circuses_____________________16 days, 21 hours, 45 minutes VOY - The Voyager Conspiracy_________________15 days, 5 hours, 4 minutes MOVIE - The Final Frontier____________________15 days, 3 hours, 35 minutes VOY - Counterpoint__________________________15 days, 1 hour, 36 minutes DS9 - In Purgatory's Shadow/By Inferno's Light__14 days, 23 hours, 54 minutes TOS - Requiem for Methuselah_________________14 days, 22 hours, 8 minutes VOY - Future's End__________________________14 days, 12 hours, 19 minutes VOY - Body and Soul_________________________14 days, 10 hours, 23 minutes DS9 - Emissary__________________________14 days, 9 hours, 3 minutes TOS - Spock's Brain_________________________14 days, 8 hours, 47 minutes TOS - The Man Trap_________________________13 days, 22 hours, 6 minutes MOVIE - The Undiscovered Country_____________13 days, 3 hours, 58 minutes MOVIE - The Search for Spock_________________12 days, 20 hours, 31 minutes TOS - Journey to Babel_______________________12 days, 12 hours, 32 minutes MOVIE - Generations________________________12 days, 10 hours, 50 minutes TNG - Tapestry__________________________12 days, 7 hours, 5 minutes DS9 - The Maquis___________________________12 days, 2 hours, 31 minutes TOS - The Naked Time____________________12 days, 2 hours, 27 minutes TOS - Where No Man Has Gone Before__________11 days, 19 hours, 57 minutes TOS - The City on the Edge of Forever__________11 days, 11 hours, 9 minutes TNG - Lower Decks_________________________10 days, 18 hours, 19 minutes TNG - Chain of Command____________________10 days, 6 hours, 18 minutes DS9 - Favor The Bold/The Sacrifice of Angels_____10 days, 1 hour, 21 minutes TOS - Balance of Terror______________________ 9 days, 8 hours, 18 minutes TOS - Return to Tomorrow_________________8 days, 16 hours, 11 minutes TNG - The Enemy___________________________8 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes ENT - Silent Enemy______________________8 days, 5 hours, 59 minutes TNG - Yesterday's Enterprise__________________8 days, 5 hours, 22 minutes TOS - The Trouble with Tribbles________________8 days, 1 hour, 59 minutes DS9 - Whispers____________________________8 days, 1 hour, 23 minutes TNG - The First Duty________________________7 days, 21 hours, 13 minutes DS9 - Second Skin_______________________7 days, 16 hours, 43 minutes TOS - That Which Survives_______________6 days, 20 hours, 19 minutes TNG - Unification__________________________6 days, 14 hours, 49 minutes TNG - Sins of the Father_____________________6 days, 7 hours, 45 minutes TOS - The Doomsday Machine________________6 days, 1 hour, 27 minutes TNG - Where No One Has Gone Before________5 days, 22 hours, 38 minutes TAS - The Counter-Clock Incident______________5 days, 22 hours, 27 minutes TOS - Space Seed__________________________5 days, 16 hours, 58 minutes ENT - Shuttlepod One_______________________5 days, 13 hours, 6 minutes DS9 - Far Beyond the Stars__________________5 days, 3 hours, 15 minutes TNG - Contagion___________________________5 days, 2 hours, 34 minutes TOS - Amok Time__________________________4 days, 23 hours, 17 minutes TNG - The Best of Both Worlds________________4 days, 15 hours, 34 minutes TOS - Tomorrow is Yesterday_________________4 days, 13 hours, 8 minutes TNG - Parallels____________________________4 days, 10 hours, 35 minutes TNG - All Good Things..._____________________4 days, 10 hours, 0 minutes ENT - Twilight____________________________4 days, 2 hours, 58 minutes DS9 - In the Pale Moonlight__________________4 days, 2 hours, 49 minutes TNG - Remember Me_______________________4 days, 0 hours, 2 minutes TOS - The Changeling____________________3 days, 16 hours, 45 minutes TAS - Yesteryear__________________________3 days, 9 hours, 24 minutes TNG - Deja Q_____________________________3 days, 5 hours, 50 minutes TOS - The Tholian Web_____________________3 days, 5 hours, 20 minutes TNG - Face of the Enemy____________________3 days, 3 hours, 35 minutes TOS - Mirror, Mirror________________________3 days, 1 hours, 13 minutes TOS - The Corbomite Maneuver______________2 days, 12 hours, 14 minutes TNG - Sarek_____________________________2 days, 4 hours, 12 minutes TOS - The Squire of Gothos________________2 days, 4 hours, 3 minutes TNG - The Defector_______________________2 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes TNG - The High Ground__________________0 days, 20 hours, 55 minutes TNG - Cause and Effect____________________0 days, 17 hours, 51 minutes TNG - Data's Day_________________________0 days, 11 hours, 48 minutes VOY - Basics_____________________________0 days, 6 hours, 15 minutes TNG - Q Who?___________________________0 days, 2 hours, 57 minutes
So this one was the slowest of the Q episodes. And of TNG episodes overall, only "The Measure of a Man" and "Peak Performance" took longer.
I'm not playing as much. I'll just say that, for me, a lot of fun has been lost in these line-by-lines by people who rarely post, yet complain that they are left out of quickly moving threads. As a result I post only once, rarely more, to get my name in the game; and only if I get to choose, do I try to make it a marathon. I know I may be stirring up a hornets nest, but it is how I feel.
I haven't seen people complaining in a while. There was a spate of it a few months ago, but I think it's been a lot less, recently. I agree, they all seem to be taking longer to finish.
For these, I LOVE to get on a roll and go. My work schedule is bizarre, so when I'm posting there's not much of a presence in the thread. Also, I'm more likely to chime in on episodes that I could recite without aid. We've done a lot of the ones that I can do that, making it less easier for me to pop in for a sec. I've been thinking that it might be time to revisit the films, it's been literally years since we did them and some of you posting weren't even involved yet when we did them.
I remember that person, but not their name, I could go back through the old threads and check their username but I wouldn't want to waste my time on them. Vanyel you shouldn't let negative people ruin your fun. If you do, the terrorists win.
The Participants in this thread are as follows: 1. LeadHead 2. Athena28 3. ISS Enterprise 4. BlueStuff 5. Gore-ac 6. Vanyel 7. Circus Peanut 8. leandar 9. Alienesse 10. Ziz 11. MickJo1701 12. KirkPicard The participants are listed in order of who posted first in the thread, and the winner will be chosen via Random Number Generator, meaning no "weight" is assigned to anyone. Okay, Random.org, can ya give me a winner? And the winner is: Circus Peanut! So, Circus Peanut, the next move is yours. So please select the next episode you would like to be our next Line-by-Line challenge. For the record, a Single episode or any episode or episodes connected by the words "To Be Continued" are eligible. Big arcs like the DS9 Occupation arc or the Xindi arc must be done as separate threads. Here's the list of episodes we have already done. The Original Series Where No Man Has Gone Before The Man Trap The Menagerie Journey to Babel The City on the Edge of Forever The Doomsday Machine Requiem for Methuselah The Trouble with Tribbles Spock's Brain Space Seed Mirror, Mirror The Tholian Web Bread and Circuses Amok Time The Corbomite Maneuver Balance of Terror Tomorrow is Yesterday The Squire of Gothos The Changeling Return to Tomorrow That Which Survives The Naked Time The Animated Series The Counter-Clock Incident Yesteryear The Next Generation Measure of a Man Yesterday's Enterprise Peak Performance The First Duty The Best of Both Worlds Sins of the Father All Good Things... Contagion Sarek Face of the Enemy Cause and Effect Chain of Command Q Who? Lower Decks Deja Q The Enemy Remember Me Data's Day The Defector Parallels Unification Where No One Has Gone Before The High Ground Tapestry Deep Space Nine The Visitor Trials and Tribble-ations The Way of the Warrior Improbable Cause/The Die is Cast Favor The Bold/The Sacrifice of Angels Far Beyond the Stars The Homecoming/The Circle/The Siege The Maquis Whispers In the Pale Moonlight Emissary Second Skin Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang The Search In Purgatory's Shadow/By Infernos Light Voyager Bride of Chaotica Dark Frontier Scorpion Counterpoint Future's End Basics Message in a Bottle The Voyager Conspiracy Body and Soul Caretaker Enterprise Silent Enemy Shuttlepod One Borderland/Cold Station 12/The Augments In a Mirror, Darkly The Forge/Awakenings/Kir'Shara Twilight Breaking the Ice