This was in the conference room off the main bridge. Riker, Worf, Troi, and I thing Crusher were having an argument with Data sitting by quietly. After a bit Picard tapped his fingertip on the table and everyone else instantly shut up. Which episode was this?
Which episode had Picard quieting an argument by tapping on the table?
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Skin of Evil.
You joined the forum just to ask this?
You joined the forum just to ask this?
Yeah, sorry, I had no idea how to get this answer without asking Those Who Know. ChatGPT is useless; regular search engines are a waste of time; other chatboards just snicker and point fingers. I figured you folk would not fall into the same category of stupidity.
But now that I'm here, maybe I'll stick around a while...
"If you were any other man I'd kill you where you stand!"
But now that I'm here, maybe I'll stick around a while...
"If you were any other man I'd kill you where you stand!"
Fair enough.
I think it’s Skin of Evil anyway.
The scene I *think* you are describing is after Tasha dies, back on board the Enterprise. There’s kind of an argument about it all and Picard raps the table to shut everyone up.
Sounds right. I'll try to find the episode online and look for that scene. Thanks for the help.
If I look back at my very first thread on TrekBBS, I imagine it probably wouldn't be the greatest Star Trek insight of all time. Where one starts is not nearly as important as the direction in which one heads.
i joined just to tell someone their cg model of the enterprise was amazing, and then forgot about it for a decade...
I was never a big TNG phan. The one thing that really bothered me was the way they could take any technological innovation, no matter how vast or earth-shatering, and turn it into a gimmick useable in exactly one episode. Ick.
That is not unique to The Next Generation.
Totally fair. I was just asking. I made sure I answered the question too, but I do apologize to the OP if it sounded snarky. More like… surprised.
Kirk would have grabbed someone and slapped them into sense, like the action hero that he is!
Two things:
1. Belated welcome a'board!
'tis a fun place, here!2. What you bring up is part of the fun of the various Trek incarnations; each commander acts a little differently and, depending on which century (23rd vs 24th for example), there may be differences in leadership ideas. Kirk > Picard IMHO*, but both have their moments of rumination and, indeed, there's one scene (Season 2 or 3) where Wesley tells someone that Picard will listen, but once he states and order it must be obeyed. I think it was "A Matter of Honor" (season 2) It's basically TNG's long-winded version of "The Corbomite Maneuver" where Kirk reminds Bailey that the ship's not a democracy once he's given an order and, technically, Kirk wasn't asking for opinions in that particular scene either, hehe!
* Bonus: Sisko > all of them
each commander acts a little differently and, depending on which century (23rd vs 24th for example), there may be differences in leadership ideas. Kirk > Picard IMHO*
* Bonus: Sisko > all of them
Q: You hit me. Picard never hit me.
SISKO: I'm not Picard.
Q: Indeed not. You're much easier to provoke. How fortunate for me.
DS9 was the most self-aware.
It's probably a good thing we never saw Kirk + Q.
Q of course never bothered Sisko again. Picard on the other hand…
Sisko The Chrome Dome turned out to be a religious fundamentalist who believed in a race of “Founders”. He was in charge of a vessel that never went anywhere. I’ve seen maybe three or four episodes. Unwatchable New Age dreck. Sisko was NOT an action hero. End of rant.Two things:
1. Belated welcome a'board!
2. What you bring up is part of the fun of the various Trek incarnations; each commander acts a little differently and, depending on which century (23rd vs 24th for example), there may be differences in leadership ideas. Kirk > Picard IMHO*, but both have their moments of rumination and, indeed, there's one scene (Season 2 or 3) where Wesley tells someone that Picard will listen, but once he states and order it must be obeyed. I think it was "A Matter of Honor" (season 2) It's basically TNG's long-winded version of "The Corbomite Maneuver" where Kirk reminds Bailey that the ship's not a democracy once he's given an order and, technically, Kirk wasn't asking for opinions in that particular scene either, hehe!
* Bonus: Sisko > all of them
That's... umm... wow.
Sisko intimidates Klingons and gives the best monologues. He's also the only broadcast era captain to get married (twice, but only once on screen). He was never meant to be an action hero. But he was captain of the Defiant, which was the only warship that's front and center of any series and the only ship with a cloaking device long term. All others were ships of exploration that nearly fall apart anytime someone throws a rock at the starboard phase inducers.
Kirk never wins a war or becomes a demigod.
If you were only watching season 1 of DS9, I'd agree half of them are trash. But since you mentioned the Founders, you had to have been watching S3 or later. But you're getting them mixed up with the wormhole aliens.
Getting married on what’s supposed to be an adventure series ? Please spare me. I could watch The Waltons for that.
If Star Trek is supposed to be an adventure series then why are episodes like Measure Of A Man or The Inner Light praised so highly?
It's almost as Star Trek was a social commentary on the human condition, explored within a scifi setting. Sure, adventure is one aspect of the human condition but hardly all!
