I'd put them like this.
S1
S7
S3
S4
S5
S6
S2
S1
S7
S3
S4
S5
S6
S2
P/C run amok...
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Let's see... I mostly agree with you, but not entirely...
S1. No question.
S3. When I looked at it, there weren't as many good episodes as I remembered, but it still has this feeling of P/Cness.
S5. Just because there's no "there's something I've been meaning to tell you" doesn't mean there isn't some good material here. We have "Cause and Effect," "The First Duty," and "The Perfect Mate," not to mention "Violations" just for background.
S4. "Remember Me," "Q-Pid," and "The Host".
S6. Not as bad as all that. We do have "Lessons" and "The Chase," and both of them include breakfast.
S2. Is there any P/C in "Shades of Grey"? I can't be bothered to find out.
You'll notice I left out season seven. I'm still ambivalent about its status. Although it has "Attached" and "All Good Things," arguably the two most P/C episodes in the whole series, they really do come out of nowhere. Thus, I'm somewhat inclined to put it after season three, which did give the sense of an ongoing relationship. I'm willing to be argued with, though.
S1. No question.
S3. When I looked at it, there weren't as many good episodes as I remembered, but it still has this feeling of P/Cness.
S5. Just because there's no "there's something I've been meaning to tell you" doesn't mean there isn't some good material here. We have "Cause and Effect," "The First Duty," and "The Perfect Mate," not to mention "Violations" just for background.
S4. "Remember Me," "Q-Pid," and "The Host".
S6. Not as bad as all that. We do have "Lessons" and "The Chase," and both of them include breakfast.
S2. Is there any P/C in "Shades of Grey"? I can't be bothered to find out.
You'll notice I left out season seven. I'm still ambivalent about its status. Although it has "Attached" and "All Good Things," arguably the two most P/C episodes in the whole series, they really do come out of nowhere. Thus, I'm somewhat inclined to put it after season three, which did give the sense of an ongoing relationship. I'm willing to be argued with, though.
S2 scores a P/C point everytime Picard gets pissed off with Pulaski.
I'm inclined to put S7 quite high just because of AGT. As we've discussed the whole P/C thing seems to die off once she gets back in S3, and I'm not sure that breakfasting is a suitable alternative to those long smouldering looks. But That Kiss in AGT really puts the whole thing back on IMO.
^ Eyes closed and sitting on his desk 
It's just got it all hasn't it?
It's just got it all hasn't it?
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I know, I know, she's just checking his pulse.
BTW, I watched episode yesterday, and I couldn't see much reason for her to be touching him in that manner. He was obviously alive, so checking for a pulse was just an excuse. I'd like to add that in facing certain death, she abandons Wesley to their quarters and chooses to sit at Picard's right hand instead. Significant.
I know, I know, she's just checking his pulse.
BTW, I watched episode yesterday, and I couldn't see much reason for her to be touching him in that manner. He was obviously alive, so checking for a pulse was just an excuse. I'd like to add that in facing certain death, she abandons Wesley to their quarters and chooses to sit at Picard's right hand instead. Significant.
I'm no P/C expert, but I'm persuaded!
That scene was in the episode, I think ...I watched it over breakfast just to check, and you're right, of course. I'm not sure why I didn't remember it, except that it's in a different setting than the script, and Beverly only says that she was "tempted" to give Wesley the sedative. I think it loses something by not happening at the very end of the road.
As for the alleged "pulse check," I agree that there's no actual justification for it, and that it's just there to give Gates McFadden an excuse to make eyes at Patrick Stewart. Which she does, I must say, superbly.
As for the alleged "pulse check," I agree that there's no actual justification for it, and that it's just there to give Gates McFadden an excuse to make eyes at Patrick Stewart. Which she does, I must say, superbly.
Tragic might be a bit strong, but in terms of TV show expectations, he, like Kirk, was predestined to never keep the girl.
That season does have some anti-P/C moments however, like his indifference to her being shot in "Timescape", or this episode ...
... where we learn of his long term attraction to Batanides, which some might say detracts from his long term attraction to Crusher.
I took it as a missed opportunity he had never entirely been able to forget ...
We'll come back to Timescape later but I don't think Tapestry affects P/C either. She pretty much threw herself at him based on the fact they were parting for different assignments and his 'more mature' outlook. I doubt young Picard treated her as anything other than a friend and probably only afterwards wondered why she occasionally kept 'looking' at him.
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