• Welcome! The TrekBBS is the number one place to chat about Star Trek with like-minded fans.
    If you are not already a member then please register an account and join in the discussion!

WTF Moments

In "The Chase". Picard asks Worf to disable a Yriddian cargo ship and he blows it up. They look at each other and are confused as to what happened. It is implied that something important happened. A major plot point perhaps. But it is never mentioned again?????

That little scene has bothered me for years.
 
In "The Chase". Picard asks Worf to disable a Yriddian cargo ship and he blows it up. They look at each other and are confused as to what happened. It is implied that something important happened. A major plot point perhaps. But it is never mentioned again?????

That little scene has bothered me for years.

The final episode contains no explanation for the destruction of the Yirdian ship attacking Galen's shuttle following a single phaser blast from the Enterprise. However, the original teleplay contains a line by Data immediately following the ship's destruction that explains this ("The Yridian vessel was overloading its power generators. That, combined with the phaser blast, caused it to explode"). Yet, even the original teleplay does not explain exactly why the ship was overloading its power generators.

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/The_Chase_(episode)
 
Dr Beverly's shocking behaviour in The Host when she takes advantage of Riker. You could argue that Riker probably knew it would happen and that was why he volunteered to be the host in the first place but it was still questionable behaviour. I thought it was a very good episode though but the final scene ought to have been Dr Beverly nervously visiting Riker to try to explain what happened and Riker telling her it was OK and giving her a hug.

I never liked Beverly's behavior in this episode either. I can't believe she couldn't have waited until the next host body came.

Other WTF moments:
[1] Cause and Effect: The Enterprise exploding at the beginning. Definitely a WTF moment.

[2] Hide and Q: Wesley in his rainbow shirt changes into a large man in a rainbow shirt...actually that episode was filled with WTF moments...(the pig soldiers).
 
The biggest WTF moment for me was, even as a little boy, when Riker just killed his (and Pulaski's) clone in "Up The Long Ladder". :rommie:


Yeah, those two just shrug it off as no big deal. They use the excuse of "we have the right to control what happens to our bodies". On DS9 (forgot the ep title), killing one's own clone is considered murder.

Oh well, I guess it depends on the needs of the plot.
 
After slogging through 60 percent of the TNG episodes, every time the Enterprise takes multiple weapon hits from a 3rd-world power while Picard is in the middle of a bridge conference call, is a WTF moment. There's a 1,000 people on board. Act quicker.
 
Picard in In Theory:
"And I would be delighted to offer any advice I can on understanding women. When I have some I'll let you know."
He didn't have any trouble understanding Vash, Beverly or Darren....

This is easily explained. Picard is simply being a bit self-deprecating, as he often is.
 
The biggest WTF moment for me was, even as a little boy, when Riker just killed his (and Pulaski's) clone in "Up The Long Ladder". :rommie:


Yeah, those two just shrug it off as no big deal. They use the excuse of "we have the right to control what happens to our bodies". On DS9 (forgot the ep title), killing one's own clone is considered murder.

Oh well, I guess it depends on the needs of the plot.

A Man Alone.
 
Well, not to stir up any hornet's nests, but as the clones weren't fully developed yet it could be the difference between abortion and murder.
 
Not quite a WTF moment, but ... in Yesterday's Enterprise, Yar and Castillo are talking in Ten-Forward when Guinan gives Yar a weird look. Yar asks Guinan if anything's wrong, and Guinan clumsily passes it off by asking if they've ordered yet. Yar says she's in a hurry, so she places a lunch order of rations. A few minutes later, she and the other senior officers are summoned.

The camera pans from Yar's exit to Guinan, who is nowhere near close to getting her order. She's wiping tables instead. What bad service! I don't care if they're in a war, the customer comes first.
 
Same episode: Picard meets with Guinan in this huge room with plenty of space. Later, when he meets with all of his senior officers, they are packed liked sardines in the ready room.
 
In "Justice", the Edo are preparing to execute Wesley.

Picard chooses to save him.:wtf:

He probably didn't want to deal with the paperwork. Plus, Beverly would never let him hear the end of it...
Snaploud, this made me spit my milk on the keyboard :guffaw:


The whole second season is a huge WTF moment, but I'd single out "The Dauphin". Reasons?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0_70d-KVe4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zweQgrLjh_s


... to name but two.
 
Same episode: Picard meets with Guinan in this huge room with plenty of space. Later, when he meets with all of his senior officers, they are packed liked sardines in the ready room.

Huh, you're right. In that big room, I thought the graphic of the Enterprise within the graph of circles was pretty neat, too.
 
I had a WTF at the end of S7 "Liasons".
I know Picard is supposed to be diplomatic and all, but the way he just blew off his imprisonment as some kind of cultural difference, saying "in some societies, this would have been a crime" was too much.
 
"Masks", the entire episode.

Same here. I wasn't sure was I supposed to laugh, cry, or just stare at the screen in uncomfortable silence. As much as I love TNG, I have no idea what was up with that ep...
 
Not quite a WTF moment, but ... in Yesterday's Enterprise, Yar and Castillo are talking in Ten-Forward when Guinan gives Yar a weird look. Yar asks Guinan if anything's wrong, and Guinan clumsily passes it off by asking if they've ordered yet. Yar says she's in a hurry, so she places a lunch order of rations. A few minutes later, she and the other senior officers are summoned.

The camera pans from Yar's exit to Guinan, who is nowhere near close to getting her order. She's wiping tables instead. What bad service! I don't care if they're in a war, the customer comes first.

:lol:

I'm going to watch out for this next time I see that ep.
 
"Clues."

In order to satisfy an extremely xenophobic race, Picard orders everybody's (except Data's) memories of the xenophobes erased. Wow. Personal liberties, much? Did they forget to put a Guarantee in the Federation Constitution?
 
If you are not already a member then please register an account and join in the discussion!

Sign up / Register


Back
Top