Killer Picard

[Captrek]

Every one of the TNG films culminates in Picard killing the bad guy. I’m curious, how many times does he do this in the series? Baran is the only one I can think of, not counting himself.

 

[Tosk]

What are the criteria for judging? Does a ship-based battle where "bad guys" die count? How much of a "I won't kill you but I won't save you either" situation is allowed? Do accidental kills count?

 

[Alexander Corrino]

Or stuff like he does in "Starship Mine" where he kills the terrorists by blowing up their ship through removing some thingy from the container with that volatile material that they stole?

 

[Captrek]

What are the criteria for judging? Does a ship-based battle where "bad guys" die count? How much of a "I won't kill you but I won't save you either" situation is allowed? Do accidental kills count?

“I won’t kill you but I won’t save you” scenarios are usually BS. Like Batman “not saving” someone whose fall he had intentionally precipitated, he flat out kills Ra’s in BB while claiming that it’s just “not saving.” More to the point, Pic and crew don’t just “not save” Ru’afo in INS. So I’ll judge them on a case by case basis.

As for ship-based battles, sure, the Battle of Maxia would count if we saw it depicted.

As for accidental kills, again that would kind a case-by-case thing. If it’s a contrived accident where the writers are trying to give us the satisfaction of killing the bad guy while giving JLP some deniability, it’s still about killing the bad guy as entertainment.

Or stuff like he does in "Starship Mine" where he kills the terrorists by blowing up their ship through removing some thingy from the container with that volatile material that they stole?

Starship Mine definitely counts, it slipped my mind.