Captain Picard - just one scene

[AntonyF]

We talk about favourite episodes a lot, but share just a scene - a moment - where Picard shone. It may have been in an episode with him barely in, but he made a mark.

Just one, then on to the next person....

I'll start:

Picard quoting Shakespeare in Hide and Q. The way he just hammers Q with words, and Q get pissed off and leaves, had an early impact on me. I probably had no idea who Shakespeare was a a nine year old and much less so Stewart's career. I think the gravity of it, and of course the clear enjoyment Stewart has from it, probably stood out to me - even if I didn't understand why at the time. And it got me as a teenager quoting Shakespeare. I suspect Stewart would have liked to know he was introducing the bard to new audiences.

 

[Tosk]

"You know, there are some words I've known since I was a schoolboy.

With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.

Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom...and warning. The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged."


No flashy theatrics. No yelling, no whispering. Just a man (looking down in thought for much of it) reciting words that he knew well but possibly has not always kept in mind. But he has them in mind today. They are important today. And tomorrow.


"I think after yesterday, people will not be so ready to trust her."

"Maybe. But she, or someone like her, will always be with us, waiting for the right climate in which to flourish, spreading fear in the name of righteousness. Vigilance, Mister Worf. That is the price we have to continually pay."

 

[JamesRye]

"Millennia ago, they abandoned their belief in the supernatural. Now you are asking me to sabotage that achievement, to send them back into the dark ages of superstition and ignorance and fear? No!"

There are many great quotes - it is a testament to the writing staff on TNG.

 

[Mojochi]

Picard in Starship Mine, throwing his subordinates in the line of fire, at Hutch's reception & then outright ditching them there, to go horseback riding in the cold mud & rain, because he can't stomach it anymore lol

So much of their personalities shown thru in that scene, Bev & Riker sicking Data on Hutch & marveling at it. Troi being thoroughly annoyed with Picard. Geordi just deciding to not give AF & enjoy the food, & checking out whatever gizmos they have around

But Picard takes the cake

 

[NigellaDeanna20]

"You know, there are some words I've known since I was a schoolboy.

With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.

Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom...and warning. The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged."


No flashy theatrics. No yelling, no whispering. Just a man (looking down in thought for much of it) reciting words that he knew well but possibly has not always kept in mind. But he has them in mind today. They are important today. And tomorrow.


"I think after yesterday, people will not be so ready to trust her."

"Maybe. But she, or someone like her, will always be with us, waiting for the right climate in which to flourish, spreading fear in the name of righteousness. Vigilance, Mister Worf. That is the price we have to continually pay."

Exactly this Tosk. Couldn't agree more.

 

[Paul Weaver]

Someone once told me that time is a predator that stalks us all our lives. I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey, and reminds us to cherish every moment, ...because they'll never come again. ...What we leave behind is not as important as how we lived. ...After all, Number One, we're only mortal

 

[AntonyF]

Someone once told me that time is a predator that stalks us all our lives. I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey, and reminds us to cherish every moment, ...because they'll never come again. ...What we leave behind is not as important as how we lived. ...After all, Number One, we're only mortal

This is why I don't like Picard unravelling this by giving him a kid and replacing him with a robot. This was such a powerful moment.

 

[flandry84]

“…and prepare quarters for Minister Yale,she will be joining us.”

 

[BillJ]

I'm partial to his "Worf's head looks like a fanny" moment from Family Guy.

 

[Paul Weaver]

I'm partial to his "Worf's head looks like a fanny" moment from Family Guy.

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The Data/Wesley swap was deliberate to wind up trekies.

 

[Ragitsu]

Picard and the vision of his mother.

 

[MarsWeeps]

This scene isn’t so much where the character of Picard shone, but Patrick Stewart himself. It’s when him and his brother got into the knock down fight in the muddy field and then when his brother asked what happened to him with the Borg, Picard broke down and got very emotional.

I felt that was a very powerful scene and showed what a great actor Stewart was. I felt the emotions of that scene.

 

[Farscape One]

"Sarek"... in his quarters after the mind meld. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Patrick Stewart seamlessly shifted through a wide range of emotions in such a short time. And none of it felt artifical. You were completely enthralled in the moment with him. He was simply flawless.

It's criminal that he never got an emmy nomination for TNG.

 

[Forbin]

Measure of a Man:
"Starfleet was established to seek out new life, well there it sits! Waiting."
Goose bumps, man.