Lesser known lines/moments that have stayed with you

[tim0122]

What are some lesser known lines/moments from Trek that have stayed with you? We're not talking about any big, memorable "Needs of the many" moments or bits of dialogue. This is about smaller stuff that gets glossed over most of the time.

Mine comes from DS9's pilot Emissary. It's when the Worm Hole Aliens are speaking with Sisko and keep bringing him back to the moment of his wife's death. They keep saying, "You exist here." It really hit me during my recent rewatch of the episode, my first in many years. It took me a while to pick up on its meaning. But when it did, it was like an emotional semi hit me. Being older and filled with much more regret than my last watch made the line so relatable, and I've thought about it a lot the last few days.

 

[Greg Cox]

There's a quiet moment in the third movie that sometimes gets overlooked amidst the bigger, more dramatic beats like the Enterprise blowing up or David being killed.

It's when McCoy shares a private moment with Spock's unconscious, katra-less form, and quietly admits how much he's missed Spock and that "I don't think I can bear to lose you again."

(Or words to that effect.)

Always loved that scene.

 

[Attentive Senpai]

Every time the topic of sabotage comes up, I turn into Valeris and feel compelled to quote, "Hence the word, 'sabotage.'"

 

[The Wormhole]

Odo: How did you get in here?
Koloth: I am Koloth.
Odo: That doesn't answer my question.
Koloth: Yes, it does.

Picard: Yes, Data, I know it's fog. Why is there fog on the bridge?
Riker: We don't know, sir. It just sort of rolled in.

 

[fireproof78]

What are some lesser known lines/moments from Trek that have stayed with you? We're not talking about any big, memorable "Needs of the many" moments or bits of dialogue. This is about smaller stuff that gets glossed over most of the time.

Mine comes from DS9's pilot Emissary. It's when the Worm Hole Aliens are speaking with Sisko and keep bringing him back to the moment of his wife's death. They keep saying, "You exist here." It really hit me during my recent rewatch of the episode, my first in many years. It took me a while to pick up on its meaning. But when it did, it was like an emotional semi hit me. Being older and filled with much more regret than my last watch made the line so relatable, and I've thought about it a lot the last few days.

That's a great scene. I use it when working with clients to understand trauma.

Mine is Kirk and Prime Spock in 2009 when Kirk asks about knowing his dad in Spock's time. Kirk has a look of pain when Spock says yes, as he realizes what he had really lost.

 

[tim0122]

That's a great scene. I use it when working with clients to understand trauma.

Mine is Kirk and Prime Spock in 2009 when Kirk asks about knowing his dad in Spock's time. Kirk has a look of pain when Spock says yes, as he realizes what he had really lost.

Possibly my favorite moment in Trek 09 is, I think, from that same scene where Spock gives the backstory of how he's there, and he describes seeing Vulcan destroyed. Nimoy delivers it with such subtle emotional heartbreak. Spock is breaking down and holding it all in at once. One Nimoy's best moments as actor and totally heartwrenching whenever I see it.

 

[Farscape One]

DS9, "EXPLORERS", at the end.

When the fireworks are going off and Jake and Sisko watch, and he puts his arm around Jake and they just watch, topping off a wonderful father and son adventure. Watching that always takes me back to when I was a kid and my grandfather would take me to watch the 4th of July fireworks. He knew of a great spot that no one but us seemed to know, and we had the best view you can imagine. After he passed away, I would go there (if I had that night off from work) and watch as if he was still with me. Later, that spot was gone because the area got developed. I can't even get that moment back by going there anymore... but that scene always takes me back there.

Besides that being an otherwise already wonderful episode, I will always treasure it because it helps keep that memory fully alive.

 

[Finn]

Picard: Yes, Data, I know it's fog. Why is there fog on the bridge?
Riker: We don't know, sir. It just sort of rolled in.

Data's sci-babble about the nature of fog without saying it's fog makes it perfect.

 

[Henoch]

"This is damn peculiar" would have been a much better reply...

 

[Oddish]

They probably just did it to avoid paying the actor the higher rate... but the scene where Admiral Henry responded to Adm. Satie's meltdown by simply walking out of the courtroom is still pretty awesome.

 

[Paul755]

I always liked that they played “the minstrel boy” from TNG’s “The Wounded” when O’Brien leaves DS9 in the series finale. A very fine callback.

 

[Uncle Sock]

One moment that has stayed with me is the ending of The Drumhead.

WORF: Am I bothering you, Captain?
PICARD: No. Please, Mister Worf. Come in.
WORF: It is over. Admiral Henry has called an end to any more hearings on this matter.
PICARD: That's good.
WORF: Admiral Satie has left the Enterprise.
PICARD: We think we've come so far. The torture of heretics, the burning of witches, it's all ancient history. Then, before you can blink an eye, it suddenly threatens to start all over again.
WORF: I believed her. I helped her. I did not see what she was.
PICARD: Mister Worf, villains who wear twirl their moustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are wellcamouflaged.
WORF: I think after yesterday, people will not be as ready to trust her.
PICARD: 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.

 

[Oddish]

Shadows and Symbols - The Emissary's Triumphant Return

To understand why I like this one, remember how Vedek Bareil arrived on the station, at the end of Season 1, as Ben the skeptic watched from a distance: mobbed by crowds, shaking hands, giving a random kid pickie-uppies. And when Ben returns to the station after finding the Orb of the Emissary, he does the exact same thing. The rich symbolism of this moment shows that Ben has not just accepted his place as Emissary ("Accession" did that), but fully embraced it, found joy in it. He is home in more ways than one.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

Call to Arms

Quark comes up behind Rom, who is busy modifying the station's systems ahead of the Dominion attack. They debate why Rom hasn't left and why he is helping the Federation. They both claim they are looking out for each other.

Quark says, "Well, like I said, you're an idiot."

And then he kisses him on the head.

 

[Oddish]

This one is why, whatever you night say about Voyager's resident bar rodent, he's always going to be all right by me...

Neelix has set up a luxurious but rather staid Talaxian resort program on the holodeck, which is suited to his tastes... but Tom and Harry have their own ideas. Add in some bright clothes, flowery drinks, swimsuit-clad volleyballers, and a cruise ship band, and the program is completely different from what Neelix envisioned, as we can see on his face. But after a moment, he gets over his surprise and quickly calls for more drinks and some hors d'oerves, and joins the dancing. Because Voyager is Neelix's home, and its crew are his family, and their happiness is his. If this is how they like the Paxau Resort... well, that's good enough for him.