The Loss S4 - Awkward Ending

[rob2004canada]

Hello Everyone,

I am giving the BD sets of TNG a rewatch and am going through Season 4. Coming to the end of "The Loss" (the ship gets pulled towards a cosmic string thingie and Troi loses her powers), I noticed a really awkward cut at the very end. Was this intentional or just a horrible cut? Riker goes to kiss Troi and she pulls away, making a comment about him insulting her earlier in the episode. As she starts to make the comment, the shot abruptly pulls away to a long (much longer than normal) shot of the Enterprise moving through space, first a long pass as the ship passes forward and then another long pass from behind.
It almost seems like a screw up and I was wondering why the long drawn out ending. Maybe someone else has an idea about this.

Cheers !!

 

[birdieee]

It's a cute comedic moment

 

[Mojochi]

Nope, staged/cut that way deliberately, ripped right from the pages of the working script.

 

[LeadHead]

I've always assumed that they has just spent the money on those two new shots of the Enterprise and wanted to show them off. They did use those A LOT for the rest of the series.