Why was Gillian so mean to Bob?
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I wonder why someone with a doctorate in cetacean studies would be giving tours on the last day of the whales being there?
Of course, I also wonder why "Bob" didn't tell Gillian he was releasing them early to avoid the media circus (like then media would even be there/care) when he knew how protective/attatched to them she was.
As for the question at hand, it's because Gillian was the 80s empowered woman who stood up for herself and fought for her beliefs, even if it meant doing things that would get any other person fired.
She must've had one HELL of a contract with the Ceteacean Institute so she could get away with smacking and screaming at her boss.
I didn't see any attraction between the two characters, though.
Of course, I also wonder why "Bob" didn't tell Gillian he was releasing them early to avoid the media circus (like then media would even be there/care) when he knew how protective/attatched to them she was.
As for the question at hand, it's because Gillian was the 80s empowered woman who stood up for herself and fought for her beliefs, even if it meant doing things that would get any other person fired.
She must've had one HELL of a contract with the Ceteacean Institute so she could get away with smacking and screaming at her boss.
I didn't see any attraction between the two characters, though.
Oh, no didn't mean to say attraction between them, just attraction of Bob to Gillian - explaining the way he approached her / treated her. Like in their last scene where Gillian slaps Bob, you can see how he actually cared to break it to her as she walked in and his reaction after getting slapped. I think Bob had something in for Gillian. Pretty sad how Gillian tells Kirk how she has "nobody here".
My impression was that they normally had a very good working relationship, but that this incident was creating a rift. 'Bob' acted as if he respected her enough to allow a little slack during such a stressful period, although her final reaction would have exhausted that.
I never thought of that but you make a good point. Shouldn't that be what the high school intern is there for?
I've been on a few tours though where the expert gave the tour. It is nice to hear it from someone knowledgable. Perhaps they had their scientists give the occasional tour there amongst their other duties.
Good Will Riker
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No, because she quit her job right there and then, and took-off for the 23rd Century...
I never thought of anything peculiar about it, although in my academic roles I would occasionally volunteer for ``outreach'' programs trying to explain to the general public (or more often high school students) just what it was we did and why that ought to interest them. It's nice to keep your hand in communicating with the outside world, at least to a reasonable extent.
I wouldn't be surprised by it. I didn't think of her ``Here I go'' as being out of the ordinary either; for all the classes and class sizes I've taught I still get a bit of a clench in my stomach before starting a new class, and a tour group would essentially have a new class every tour. A spot of nervousness is pretty average.
^ I've had to make a few public presentations in my line of work
I was more uncomfortable in front of the group of disinterested students then I was a public agency. I had to try to relate to them and present the material in an interesting manner, rather than just report the facts.
I can understand her jitters now that I think about it more.
I was more uncomfortable in front of the group of disinterested students then I was a public agency. I had to try to relate to them and present the material in an interesting manner, rather than just report the facts.
I can understand her jitters now that I think about it more.
I've been on "backstage" tours of the Australian Musuem and the old Museum of Science & Technology, here in Sydney, and both times the tour was conducted by a rather big wheel of the organisation. They saw it as a fun opportunity to mix with the public. Sure, there are trained volunteer guides, but the scientists love the chance to meet people and show off a bit.
I always kind of felt bad for poor old Bob. I mean, first Gillian cuts him off at the knees about "compassion for someone not limited to [her] estimate of their intelligence," then when she smacks him in the face and runs off, she's never seen or heard from again....
Yeah but her specialty (or focus) seemed to be with these two paticular whales. This is the last day they're going to be in the institute? Shouldn't she be finisihing up her studies of them?
I think part of her character's motivations would explain why she seemingly didn't affect the timeline when she disappeared off the face of the Earth.
She was one of those obsessed, driven types who saw everything in how it related to the object of her obsession: in this case, the whales.
She was overwhelmed emotionally by the whales leaving, as well as the overall plight of the humpback whales, which explains much of her anger and impatience. Bob probably represented part of that management situation that was forcing the whales to go.
Poor Bob probably couldn't fart the right way for her during this period.
When the whales left, she stormed out of the institute, right for her car. In the original timeline, she probably drove in some kind of a rage, until she lost control and drove off the bridge, where no sign of her body would be found.
After she left with Kirk and company, she was probably taken for dead, and the rest of the timeline continued as original.
(I could even accept that Kirk had Scotty beam her pickup into the bay, so it could be found later, "solving the mystery of her disappearance."
But I digress...
She was one of those obsessed, driven types who saw everything in how it related to the object of her obsession: in this case, the whales.
She was overwhelmed emotionally by the whales leaving, as well as the overall plight of the humpback whales, which explains much of her anger and impatience. Bob probably represented part of that management situation that was forcing the whales to go.
Poor Bob probably couldn't fart the right way for her during this period.
When the whales left, she stormed out of the institute, right for her car. In the original timeline, she probably drove in some kind of a rage, until she lost control and drove off the bridge, where no sign of her body would be found.
After she left with Kirk and company, she was probably taken for dead, and the rest of the timeline continued as original.
(I could even accept that Kirk had Scotty beam her pickup into the bay, so it could be found later, "solving the mystery of her disappearance."
But I digress...
She suspected, due to her emotional attachment, that they'd be moved out back to sea without her presence - which is, in fact, what happened - so she'd deliberately made sure she was onsite that day. By volunteering for guide duty, she'd be on hand but as tour guide, not "on duty" as the biologist.
Makes perfect sense to me, and I had no problem with her acting at all. She was great, especially giving Kirk the brush-off at the end!
