The introduction of Shaw might be my favorite scene so far. The piano music, elegant atmosphere, gently dipping and swirling his green steak in sauce, drinking wine, all suggesting he's an 'upper class' kinda guy... then the uncomfortable closeup of his mouth devouring it. He remains polite and unfriendly at the same time, with comments conveying "thank you for your terrific gift, I don't like it at all", and "I really love you, now go sleep in bunk beds", and somehow being classy, firm, superficially nice, and seriously dismissive all in one scene. "I've already started cause your reputation precedes you". "I have orders from actual officers, so request... denied". And that out-of-the-blue HAH! when Riker tries his obviously made-up reason. Such good writing and acting. So much better than S1's "This is no longer your home, once great man desperate to matter!"