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Which episode had Picard quieting an argument by tapping on the table?

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This was in the conference room off the main bridge. Riker, Worf, Troi, and I thing Crusher were having an argument with Data sitting by quietly. After a bit Picard tapped his fingertip on the table and everyone else instantly shut up. Which episode was this?
 
Yeah, sorry, I had no idea how to get this answer without asking Those Who Know. ChatGPT is useless; regular search engines are a waste of time; other chatboards just snicker and point fingers. I figured you folk would not fall into the same category of stupidity.

But now that I'm here, maybe I'll stick around a while...

"If you were any other man I'd kill you where you stand!"
 
Yeah, sorry, I had no idea how to get this answer without asking Those Who Know. ChatGPT is useless; regular search engines are a waste of time; other chatboards just snicker and point fingers. I figured you folk would not fall into the same category of stupidity.

But now that I'm here, maybe I'll stick around a while...

"If you were any other man I'd kill you where you stand!"

Fair enough.

I think it’s Skin of Evil anyway.

The scene I *think* you are describing is after Tasha dies, back on board the Enterprise. There’s kind of an argument about it all and Picard raps the table to shut everyone up.
 
I was never a big TNG phan. The one thing that really bothered me was the way they could take any technological innovation, no matter how vast or earth-shatering, and turn it into a gimmick useable in exactly one episode. Ick.
 
If I look back at my very first thread on TrekBBS, I imagine it probably wouldn't be the greatest Star Trek insight of all time. Where one starts is not nearly as important as the direction in which one heads.

Totally fair. I was just asking. I made sure I answered the question too, but I do apologize to the OP if it sounded snarky. More like… surprised.
 
This was in the conference room off the main bridge. Riker, Worf, Troi, and I thing Crusher were having an argument with Data sitting by quietly. After a bit Picard tapped his fingertip on the table and everyone else instantly shut up. Which episode was this?
Kirk would have grabbed someone and slapped them into sense, like the action hero that he is!
 
Kirk would have grabbed someone and slapped them into sense, like the action hero that he is!

Two things:

1. Belated welcome a'board! 🥳 'tis a fun place, here!

2. What you bring up is part of the fun of the various Trek incarnations; each commander acts a little differently and, depending on which century (23rd vs 24th for example), there may be differences in leadership ideas. Kirk > Picard IMHO*, but both have their moments of rumination and, indeed, there's one scene (Season 2 or 3) where Wesley tells someone that Picard will listen, but once he states and order it must be obeyed. I think it was "A Matter of Honor" (season 2) It's basically TNG's long-winded version of "The Corbomite Maneuver" where Kirk reminds Bailey that the ship's not a democracy once he's given an order and, technically, Kirk wasn't asking for opinions in that particular scene either, hehe! :D

* Bonus: Sisko > all of them :biggrin:
 
each commander acts a little differently and, depending on which century (23rd vs 24th for example), there may be differences in leadership ideas. Kirk > Picard IMHO*

* Bonus: Sisko > all of them :biggrin:

Q: You hit me. Picard never hit me.
SISKO: I'm not Picard.
Q: Indeed not. You're much easier to provoke. How fortunate for me.

DS9 was the most self-aware.

It's probably a good thing we never saw Kirk + Q.
 
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