Commander Riker Awarded A Field Promotion to Captain

Star Trek The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 01 The Best of Both Worlds Part II

[@josephmassaro]

Admiral Hanson: Lt, a few years ago... Shelby: Excuse me, sir. I'm a commander. Admiral Hanson: Don't count on it.

[@LuckyPunkProd]

Good eye.

[@DoshonFarad1914]

Thought the same thing. LOL

[@suei]

No! Lt. Commander

[@josephmassaro]

@suei True, but lieutenant commanders are addressed as commander, not lieutenant. Hence, the joke.

[@wesmantooth5908]

“Either they survive, or WE do” Uhhh yeah, about that….

[@LGranthamsHeir]

If the enemy keeps repeating the line: "Resistance is futile!!" there's some truth to that 😉

[@cj.coughlin]

I knew they were all dead as soon as he said that...

[@skynetprime82]

Other than Admiral Ross he's the only other admiral that I liked and respected, the rest of them were all jerks and/or pricks

[@pawerutkowski4300]

Admiral Paris is also worth of respect, I supose.

[@skynetprime82]

@@pawerutkowski4300 my apologies your right, I forgot about him

[@deanbrander8460]

Fleet Admiral Shanthi is another good Admiral.

[@orvillemeadows3492]

That’s what worries me about Starfleet they need leaders with courage vision and integrity

[@LGranthamsHeir]

@@pawerutkowski4300 Ross, Paris, Forrest (Enterprise), and Vance (Discovery) are on my "good admirals" list

[@terryfolderson-is5qo]

that moment after Hanson signed off was really powerful...Riker really understood the cost it took for him to gain the rank of captain. Jean-Luc, his friend, was the price at the time he thought he paid and that was a really well written scene!

[@mjpt57]

I know that it's only fiction but in real world military situations an officer at that level would be pretty much asked to shit or get off the pot. But that would've meant the end of Frakes' gig on the show, of course.

[@ICannotStandLeftards]

Back when the writers of a show were very good.... Now, you just have morons writing.

[@1985slipstream]

end of generations movie. Didnt Riker say he wished he'd had a shot at the chair?

[@Redshirt434]

Hanson had a certain grim determination. In his heart, he would never want to hurt his friend, but his duty is to protect Earth and the Federation.

[@tek512]

It's what Picard would have wanted. Better he die and the Federation be saved than to live on as a slave, some small part of himself aware he'd condemned his own people to a fate worse than death.

[@connerschupp4543]

Even Riker has zoom meetings with his boss.

[@berndtherrenvolk1951]

Fortunately his boss isn’t Jeffrey Toobin.

[@canalesworks1247]

@@berndtherrenvolk1951 I was about to go there.

[@berndtherrenvolk1951]

@@canalesworks1247 Great minds think alike.

[@christopherkraft1327]

Such an emotional scene!!! Though everyone wanted to save Captain Picard, (they did) everyone remained professional & dignified!!! 🖖

[@LordTalax]

nuTrek would have someone screaming or freaking out.

[@georgehenderson7783]

1:53 Worf was having a hard time accepting the loss of Picard.

[@OliverTrist]

SPOILER ALERT!!!

[@DrewSavo]

I always love how the Admiral puts Shelby in her place when she casually uses the word ‘assistance’. Until that point he saw her as a go-getter who took the initiative too easily. Now: she’d accused his longtime friend of treason without batting an eye. No. Not happening.

[@blockmasterscott]

I know huh? I love that part!

[@billmurray7473]

That's what happens when you Push The Wrong Button.

[@TheBigExclusive]

I can't decide if the Admiral severally underestimated the Borg, or simply decided they had no choice but to fight. His wording and mannerisms are not specific. Shelby had a fair point about the Borg having all of Picard's knowledge. But the Admiral didn't really address that. He only reprimanded Shelby for her word choice (which was fair).

[@skynetprime82]

I never could stand Shelby so seeing her get verbally smacked down delighted me 💯

[@robertpolityka8464]

Shelby was serving as "devil's advocate". BUT she chose the "wrong man", the "wrong place" and "wrong time" to imply that Picard might become a traitor. It might be the first time The Admiral saw her make a mistake...

[@tarn1135]

Tbh I always took this scene as admiral Hansen knew he and a large portion of the fleet were doomed and this was essentially a goodbye while finally forcing Riker to be a captain.

[@ryanjohnston4249]

I can't fault the Admiral here, though Picard was such an outstanding officer. You'd have to proceed as though he was gone to protect the Federation. If you can, you try to get him back, but one man's life versus countless trillions isn't even a question. Picard himself would've said so, I think.

[@ABCDyeahyeahyeah]

He actually said that as Locutus later in the episode when they brought him onboard. “Incorrect strategy, Number One.”

[@greencello599]

While a valiant effort was made at Wolf 359, what Admiral Hanson should've done was completely scrap the original tactics the moment he learned Jean-Luc Picard had been assimilated by the Borg. What was proven to be the more effective approach was improvisation in later encounters with the Borg. Tactics Locutus wouldn't have been able to exploit. The Battle of Wolf 359 should've been a bigger wake up call to the Federation that peace can't be maintained by itself. One thing that should've taken place was the reinstatement of the MACOs. Starfleet marines trained to fight. I know that MACO units weren't introduced until ENTERPRISE, but still. Imagine what sort of things could've happened in TNG and DS9 if the marines were there when trouble arose. An interesting thought.

[@AzguardMike]

thats what Shelby was saying but Hansen told her Picard wouldnt be helping them. She tried but was told to shut up. Later when she reminds Riker, he actually listened to her.

[@jeremydale4548]

Honestly, While Gene's vision is a nice dream, One of it's flaws is that It ISN'T REALISTIC I mean, ANYONE who thinks that everyone in the galaxy would be interested in peace are just lying to themselves. You should always, ALWAYS assume that every person you meet out there is hostile until proven otherwise. Airing on the side of caution. The Federation was shown what happens when you DON'T do that, MULTIPLE TIMES, and they Never, EVER seem to learn their lesson. I highly, HIGHLY doubt that anyone woulda minded if Starfleet had a fleet of warships purely for defense. Also, Another thing to note is that Violence might actually be better. I'm looking at you Battle of the Binary Stars and the Federation flat out ignoring what worked for the Klingons in the past. Honestly if I was Micheal I woulda been frustrated too. If it worked before, There was absolutely NOTHING wrong with trying it again.

[@therealrobinc]

​@@jeremydale4548I'm sure you're familiar with the Dark Forest Hypothesis by Liu Cixin. If not look up his book The Dark Forest.

[@Ash_Rein]

The Introduction of the board was literally the beginning of the end for Star Trek. Because from that point on, it was no longer about exploration and being the best of humanity. it started being about warfare. Essen So that people like you could come on KZbin and talk about things like how peace is impossible without warriors and blah blah blah. And generally it repulses me because 30 years later, look at Star Trek. It’s completely lost its way, and become nothing but explosions and cursing and stupidity. Pretty much no trekking of any kind in a series with Trek in its name.

[@Ash_Rein]

@@jeremydale4548 why would a post needs society think about peace? It’s not like all their needs are being met. It’s not like they have technology where food and material pretty much Popson from thin air. And even 100 years earlier it’s not like they had technology to essentially meet the needs of everyone around them. It’s not like pretty much every spacefaring society had that ability. Let’s get one thing straight here. Klingons and Romulans and Borg were created as a dramatic foil for the main characters. Because ultimately they needed some obstacle to overcome. That’s the whole point of the heroes journey. And even that was done as a ratings booster to get people interested enough to keep watching so that the real message could be conveyed. And unfortunately, it worked. A lot of uneducated people started watching and didn’t learn any lesson. And then those uneducated people had uneducated kids who don’t actually get the whole point of Star Trek. It’s stupid to think that any society, capable of faster than like travel would immediately be hostel. Especially because our galaxy has 100 billion stars. literally pretty much infinite resources and enough for everybody. It bothers me that people come on KZbin, and other platforms, thinking that war is the only way. When even on this planet, at any given moment, 99% of the world is essentially getting along without war. Even during World War II, only about one .4% of the world was actually at war.

[@spikeep6141]

What’s interesting, is that when The Image of The Admiral on the monitor speaks TO someone in the briefing room, it turns to look AT them when he speaks - which means that it must be a three dimensional image (with depth), and be in some sense Holographic (not flat) - I never noticed that, before….

[@philippdf]

The same thing often happens when they change perspectives at the main viewer on the bridge. When they look at it from the side, the characters look at each other directly and are three-dimensional

[@tek512]

One of very few times an admiral was being completely reasonable.

[@oldworldobserver]

great clip!

[@Spacegoat92]

And that was Hansons fatal mistake. He let his personal feelings for Picard cloud his judgement and instead of taking Shelby's warning seriously and coming up with new strategies and attack patterns, he ignored her and lost the entire fleet.

[@Angyali]

Shelby's big mouth and Hanson's ignorance catapulted one-another.

[@Spiz103]

Ultimately I'm not sure there is time to meaningfully design a new strategy in the time available before the Borg reach Earth. The fleet eventually engages the borg at almost the last moment, only a handful of light years from Earth. Hansen's only play is to throw pretty much everything he can scrape up at the Borg and he knows it. Picard's tactical insights are ones engineered into the very design of Federation Starships. With months, maybe they could do something, maybe weeks given the magical powers of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers, but he has days. Naval strategy is built strategy.

[@smartalec2001]

@@Spiz103 Yeah. Riker had something to exploit - an already prepared plan that he knew Locutus would know about, that he used in order to conceal another, different plan.

[@fuzzzone]

I think you're misinterpreting the admiral's comment. He isn't saying that the Borg don't have access to Picard's knowledge, he's saying that Picard is not willingly providing assistance to them. He objected to Shelby's word choice, he wasn't denying reality.

[@geonerd]

@@fuzzzone But that objection is completely pointless, particularly if the fleet subsequently made no effort to modify their tactics. He could have made his point about Picard while acknowledging Shelby's observation.

[@Stellar_Hearth1701]

Though 40 Starships is a big number, the starships that were in the battle were old, outgunned, understaffed, and out manned. And most of them weren’t combat ships, and definitely not ready for fighting the borg. The most worthy most likely was the USS Yamaguchi Ambassador class. Past that these ships were probably weaker than a California class.

[@patrickwilkinson7351]

Don't forget the USS Bellerophon, the Nebula class starship that engaged the Borg Cuba alongside the Yamaguchi. And reportedly, Hanson's flagship was supposed to be a Galaxy class like the Enterprise-D. It was referenced as a Galaxy class in the production notes, and the his last recording was taken on the battle bridge set.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Worst yet, they likely were not battle ready based upon the shakeup we saw even much later with Captain Jellico. If the flagship crew was soft and unprepared for the rigors of battle, I can't help but think what status they were like in less prestigious crews aboard less capable ships. Essentially on par with Ferengi's I'd argue.

[@GenGamesUniverse]

A lot were pre-Galaxy class ships like Constitution, Reliant, Excelsior class etc.

[@Stellar_Hearth1701]

@@GenGamesUniverse Well we know there was at most one Consitution class, but when it comes to the Miranda / Reliant type and the Excelisior class they were at that period the backbone of the fleet (the later still being the backbone). But from how cobbled together and rushed the fleet was in this engagement it was most likely a mix of TMP era and very early TNG ships. Because what’s better for defending the Interests of the United Federation than an aging fleet. (No wonder why the Romulans were a threat)

[@jonathanmyers2867]

Elizabeth Dennehy is so beautiful and gorgeous in a uniform! I hope that she will be a guest star on the final season of Star Trek Picard on Paramount+.

[@lamueldagon7618]

She was albeit too briefly

[@anthonyreed3682]

@@lamueldagon7618 Yep "boom"

[@LordTalax]

Eh she's alright. Puff hairstyle doesn't do much for her.

[@ValiantWrestling]

How can you have watched tng and can still stomach watching garbage like Discard? There is no hope for humanity...

[@9and7]

I know. The greatest shame in TV is cutting out the final season. Insanity. @@ValiantWrestling

[@alisondale979]

Starfleet mobilised 40 starships quickly, yet the standard Trek plot device is that the Enterprise is always the only and closest ship available to navigate the writer's plot 😂

[@wesmantooth5908]

😂 Just watched Wrath of Khan the other day. Had to send out a ship full of cadets because “no other ships in this sector” 😂

[@LGranthamsHeir]

@@wesmantooth5908 The same scenario was repeated in DS9's "Valiant" with sadly a very devastating results 😒

[@JESK-rh1tw]

@@wesmantooth5908The exact quote is “only ship in the Quadrant” The caretaker must have been very busy that day!!!

[@zephyrprime]

Well the borg are headed towards earth and there really are a lot of starships around Earth and the federation founding planets since they are all so close to one another.

[@Crisis-Comics]

​@@JESK-rh1twEither that, or they redefined the meaning of "Quadrant" when they discovered other systems just like they did with the Warp settings.

[@TheBigExclusive]

I can't decide if the Admiral severally underestimated the Borg, or simply decided they had no choice but to fight. His wording and mannerisms are not specific. Shelby had a fair point about the Borg having all of Picard's knowledge. But the Admiral didn't really address that. He only reprimanded Shelby for her word choice (which was fair).

[@GenGamesUniverse]

He simply did not listen to Shelby when Shelby said that Picard was compromised.

[@jdotoz]

A little of both, I think.

[@InAMinMaths]

Good characterisation here. Shelby was never afraid to deliver bad news like this ‘You’re in my way’ to Riker etc and in the first part Hanson says ‘I’ve learnt to trust her judgement’ but he doesn’t here. It also foreshadows what happens. Really excellent writing.

[@bigpoppa1234]

never got why it had to be a "field commission", he was basically ready to get promoted anyway.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

There's formal processes for promotions vs a field commission can be granted by a ranking commissioned officer under unique circumstances.

[@MarklovesAngels]

This two-parter felt like a movie. I enjoyed it better than all but one of TNG movies.

[@kidzoki]

Sobering moment.

[@hydewhyte4364]

This scene really made me laugh out loud .... It was only minutes of TV time earlier that Shelby was droning on about Riker passing up promotions and to get out of her way .... then *BAM* he's Cap't.

[@DG_Teg]

Watched this last night.

[@nashshaffer6235]

2:06 was when Commander Shelby knew she Effed up

[@geonerd]

No. She did exactly the right thing. The admiral was an arrogant fool not to listen.

[@adrian993]

Nope. Not that. She treated him like a first year cadet in her way of her glorious career, insulted him, basically called him a coward who likes to play it safe, never expecting that she'd need him for ANYTHING. And now that he's Captain, and the XO position is vacant, and she needs him, she's like..."Shit. Perhaps I should have been less of a byatch, since I CLEARLY didn't expect this to bite me in the ass. And so soon."

[@jamesthomas1213]

Anybody remember the brutal wait over the summer for this episode?

[@BWBDCan]

Just noticed that he already had 4 pips on before the promotion.

[@LordTalax]

Only 3

[@NealX_Gaming]

2:04 Shelby learning the meaning of the phrase "don't shit where you eat" in the worst way possible (or best way possible?)

[@zcorpalpha2462]

Late Actor Brian Dennehy daughter was in this episode 🥃🔥 Note 📝: She is in the thumbnail image

[@KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain]

Riker: one question admiral how many voluptuous yeomen do I get??? I want to be Kirklike in my command.

[@LordTalax]

Back when it was quite possible that Picard would die and Sir Pat would leave the show.

[@mrparkerdan]

The Office failed to remember that lesson 😢

[@jaydiltz]

A taste of command, before becoming Captain of the Titan!

[@kenp7814]

Yet no Klingon ships were at Wolf 359

[@charleskinsey2077]

Gowron took too long. Operation Return being a prime example.

[@kaidenshepard8446]

@@charleskinsey2077 I don't think Gowron was the Klingon leader at this time was he? was it K'empec?

[@charleskinsey2077]

@@kaidenshepard8446 same year maybe maybe not too close without actual stardates

[@charleskinsey2077]

@@kaidenshepard8446 ether way the Klingons took too long.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

@@kaidenshepard8446 Yes, the death of K'mpec was not until after BOBW.

[@alexanderjones9572]

When did Shelby say ‘voluntary’ assistance?

[@triandfit1]

He called her Lieutenant, not commander...I never noticed that before.

[@KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain]

Come a long way from army Sergeant on night court to admiral on Star Trek TNG.

[@robertpolityka8464]

Well, I always thought of him as the chief surgeon on the Galactica..doing heart surgery, while the Battlestar is on fire.

[@KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain]

@@robertpolityka8464 I didn’t see bsg

[@bmaze35640]

Data came a long way from Night Court too

[@ValiantWrestling]

​@@robertpolityka8464Dr. Salik.

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

​@robertpolityka8464 Dr. Salik made Dr. McCoy look calm.

[@bildo1977]

“What does God need with a starship?”

[@bingeMAFIA]

Shelby got hers.

[@shanelochlannblack9625]

Fastest demotion in Starfleet history. Shelby points out Picard might be compromised. The admiral addresses her as "lieutenant" even though she's a lieutenant commander.

[@mrparkerdan]

Um, what about Chief O’Brien? 😂

[@greencello599]

@mrparkerdan Chief O'Brien is a non-commisioned officer. His pips are silver, meaning he enlisted rather than go through the academy. It wasn't really established that he was an enlisted man until they focused more episodes on him and eventually made him a full character on DS9. Him being a non-com gives him a different perspective than commissioned officers.

[@mrparkerdan]

@@greencello599 he used to be a transporter operator on the enterprise D, he had 2 solid silver pips making him a full lieutenant. Then on DS9, he got busted down to 1 black pip, but somehow he considered that a “promotion” 🤔

[@TheWPhilosopher]

​@@mrparkerdan lieutenant of one starship or Chief of an entire space station and working with the Sisko....

[@mrparkerdan]

@@TheWPhilosopher he may be “chief”, but he now has to take orders from lowly ensigns.

[@onisahman]

One thing I wish they could have done in part 2, was to at least show Shelby go through some form of character development. In part 1, we know that she has plenty of ambition and motivation to succeed in life yet would have been nice to see her become humbler in part 2. Like maybe after seeing the carnage of Wolf 359, she ends up going to Ten Forward to drown her sorrows, while Guinan ends up helping her to make peace, not just with herself, but also with Riker.

[@GenGamesUniverse]

Still, it was nice to see her be an Admiral and commanding the Odyssey class USS Enterprise F in Picard even though she dies halfway through S3!

[@canalesworks1247]

Oh God spare us any more Guinan scenes.

[@bensisko4651]

Love TNG but, what happened to that Captian's rank afterwards? I never heard words/terms like "temporary" or "in the interim" or "until Jean gets back"...... just saying🤔

[@InAMinMaths]

Field promoted means temporary for the situation.

[@bensisko4651]

@@InAMinMaths ok, its just that it sure stuck with Kirk.. just saying....

[@bobbywhite1645]

After Picard was rescued from the Borg and was no longer acting as Locutus, Captain Riker rightfully refused to relinquish the command of the Enterprise that was granted to him by the Admiral and accept a demotion back to commander. His determination was now strengthened by his tactical genius during his battle with Locutus and the borg cube along with his acceptance of the new rank and belief in himself he got from counselling sessions and many words of encouragement from the wise and ancient alien known as Guinan. As there could not be 2 Captains of the Enterprise he knew a fight to the death was inevitable, so he trained with Warf in the holodeck while Picard recovered from his assimilation. Eventually he defeated Picard in honorable combat with a Bat'leth. He held his command after this promotion and is still Captain to this day.

[@canalesworks1247]

or...they promote Picard to Commodore, let him recover and then give him a battle fleet so he can go kick ass on more Borge. Meanwhole, Riker should be Captain.

[@finnishline]

In part 2 Riker puts it in our heads that a collision course is an option against the Borg cube. Instead of wasting 40 starships firing useless phasers why not just crash 3 ships into the cube at max velocity? Could even be unmanned ones. This is why it never pays to do it in science fiction, because everything else doesn't make sense. Same with the scene in Last Jedi.

[@GenGamesUniverse]

You wouldn't ever be able to, simply put the borg cubes would immediately use their tractor beams to stop the suicide attempt.

[@TheWPhilosopher]

​@@GenGamesUniverse depends on how you do it. The first run may be not expected as it's a suicide run essentially and not expected. Then you attempt again and if caught you allow it to be brought nearer than remote detonate and then send on six more at maximum speed on all six surfaces how many tractor beams do they have

[@Reflect_the_Son]

Shelby's character ended up in a book series called Star Trek Excalibur. She ends up as the XO of that ship. They should have made that into a show rather than the crap shows they did make after DS9.

[@ValiantWrestling]

You mean Voyager? I completely agree.

[@EvilTheOne]

As a member of the 'reality' military, field promotions are permanent. So why didn't Riker retain his rank after the battle at Wolf 359?! Yes the ship he was to command "Melbourne' was destroyed, and Starfleet didn't know if they were going to get Picard back from the Borg. When the fleet was getting rebuilt, Riker's rank should've made him the clear choice to command any ship in the fleet, as he saved Earth. I guess we have to face it, the writers and producers didn't want to promote anyone in the seven years of TNG...one big stagnant family.

[@glenmassey3746]

In a comic and side stories, Riker took a demotion to stay on the Enterprise and in part watch Picard. Starfleet wasn't sure of Picard loyalties, so Riker made a deal to continue as his first officer and give Starfleet an out that would allow Captain Picard to stay on the Enterprise. It is still seen in Star Trek First Contact that the Admirals still wary of Picard. Was in a KZbin video

[@oldtwinsna8347]

He was likely offered some kind of command to retain his rank, but it may not have been to his liking. Perhaps not even a ship, it may have been a space or ground station command. It was already established in the episode, and earlier, that Riker was no longer interested in fast tracking upwards. So he would just have declined the opportunity easily without feeling any regret.

[@EvilTheOne]

As a retired military member who has seen promotions that usually are achieved every 3 - 4 years, that's the problem with a series like Star Trek. Riker would've been promoted twice during the series, and Picard would've been promoted at the least by the end of the series; pending an upward position was available. As they are in a universe, where positions are plentiful, and pay doesn't exist, so that's not an issue, only Picard's checkered past could affect his promotion. Promoting the characters in a series, is possibly letting go of certain cast members. Such as Sulu flying off in the Excelsior at the end of 'The Undiscovered Country', and Chekov serving on the Reliant in 'The Wrath of Khan'. Just look at all the personnel who didn't get promoted on Voyager, despite all of the death on that ship.@@oldtwinsna8347

[@patrickwilkinson7351]

@@EvilTheOne To be fair, in Voyager's case, after the initial trip to the Delta Quadrant, there wasn't much in the way of death for the senior staff, and that's who we watched 95% of the time. We do see some minor recurring characters over the years, but we don't know how many of them were still at the rank they held before being stranded, and who got a field promotion to replace someone who got killed. We know that Voyager's engineering section got hit bad becuase they lost the chief, but how many others did they lose? You would think if any of the chief's senior assistants survived, they'd be the first in line to replace the chief instead of Torres.

[@EvilTheOne]

@@patrickwilkinson7351 Fully understand and agree with your comments. As my 39+ years history of being in the 'real world' military, promoting Ensign Harry Kim to lieutenant is a given. All officers have a certain rank they can attain by completing schooling and requisites. Attaining rank over O-4/O-5 becomes a little more problematic, as there needs to be a promotion slot available. Star Trek seems to keep their personnel from being promoted just because they don't wish for the characters to move on to other vessels. As it'll be hard to justify having that many commanders on one vessel. Although IF the casting is done well, it can infuse energetic story lines into the series. Such as when Seven of Nine replaced Kes.

[@shanekilpatrick3378]

Nobody wants to be promoted that way, over the body of a dear friend, but the ship, the crew and the service must come first. Every ship needs a skipper

[@athansky25]

The Captain is dead ! Long Live the Captain.

[@chrismc410]

They should have let Riker hold the rank of Captain after Wolf 359 even after returning command to Picard. After all the CO and XO holding the rank of Captain is neither unusual or unprecedented. Kirk and Spock past The Voyage Home both held the rank of Captain. In real life, an Aircraft Carrier has at least three O-6s: the CO, XO, CAG usually the DCAG and probably Chief Engineer

[@robboyte1101]

Kirk was still an Admiral in TVH; he was demoted to Captain by the end. It's in the later films that both he and Spock were both Captains.

[@heisdeadjim]

​@@robboyte1101and Scott.

[@alessandromone9313]

That is true, but only one is in command at a time

[@bones10145]

Scott was Captain in Engineering as well.

[@dhinton1]

Riker almost did ..... Picard almost resigned his commission while the Enterprise was undergoing repairs. and he certainly got grilled by an inquiry board.

[@alexanderjones9572]

Never understood why Riker went back to ‘commander’. Ok it’d be unusual for a ship to have two captains, but the Enterprise A had THREE captains in STVI. Kirk, Spock ( the first officer) and Scott ( the chief engineer who by then held the rank of ‘captain’).

[@jdotoz]

A US aircraft carrier will commonly have at least three officers of the captain rank in the ship's company (the CO, the XO, and the Reactor Officer). Also on board will be captains assigned to the embarked air forces and possibly to the staff of an admiral on board. Starfleet hierarchy is much too shallow to work in real life.

[@MagicAl5F4781]

A counter-example is when Starfleet temporarily reduced Admiral Kirk and Captain Decker to Captain and Commander just so Kirk would be Captain and the only Captain.

[@THall-vi8cp]

In The Voyage Home, Kirk was still an admiral.

[@jdotoz]

@@THall-vi8cp Not at the end. He had multiple criminal charges to face from the events of "The Search for Spock." In the end he was reduced back to Captain and made a commanding officer again - more or less a token punishment for charges that were mostly dismissed, but couldn't be completely ignored.

[@THall-vi8cp]

@jdotoz He was a captain on the bridge of 1701-A for all of about 7 seconds at the very end when the ship left space dock but ok, sure. He was totally a captain with two other captains during the film.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

Riker wanted a promotion but not under these circumstances.

[@Buckl]

Wolf 359 was an episode of the Twilight Zone I think/

[@jtstrick1000]

He refers to Shelby as "Lieutenant." She's a Lt. Commander and would be referred to as "Commander."

[@Cthusiest_jeff]

Another comment said that was to reprimand her, which is fair. I can see that, but you're correct. She's still should be referred to as Commander.

[@quasar8898]

After Riker's Promotion to Captain, I'm guessing that Shelby spent most of her time naked, on all fours, in his ready room.....

[@cj.coughlin]

Or maybe it was HER ready room arr arr arrrrrrrr

[@HokageSama13]

0:46 “Lt, a few years ago, I watched a freshman cadet…..” So Picard was a freshmen a few years ago and now he’s captain of the Enterprise? Damn, that is fast

[@jdotoz]

The years don't always feel so long when you have so many.

[@NoBody-qs7op]

You can see the look on Shelby’s face when rider gets promoted like she somehow expected to leapfrog over riker into being Captain of the enterprise. The GALL.

[@adrian993]

I didn't get that impression at all. To me, it was more like, "Shit. I treated him like a first year cadet, even though he outranked me, because I thought I would never need him for anything....and now that the XO position is vacant...SHIT."

[@AzguardMike]

i took it more as "FINALLY he accepted a captain promotion!" then the sickening "of course it was on the flag ship!"

[@ValiantWrestling]

Riker, not Rider... How do you misspell his name...

[@Absaalookemensch]

Riker saved Earth, but didn't get Field Grade Office of the Quarter because he didn't do any additional duties. If only he was on the booster club or the Christmas Card committee, he would have won.

[@russell5078084]

I miss Trek when it was still Trek.

[@libertyforever836]

Strange…. in the town I live in women have trouble just driving a car….😂

[@mrparkerdan]

How does winning an academy marathon mean that Picard isn’t vulnerable to Borg exploitation? I don’t understand the Admiral’s logic. 🤔

[@tonyt9850]

The admiral is saying that Picard is not assisting the borg, as in not actively helping an enemy of the federation. He considers Picard to be dead and the borg extracting info from him against his will.

[@mrparkerdan]

@@tonyt9850 this could apply to any Starfleet officer, even if he didn’t win a marathon

[@ptertaintv]

Shelby's dad is the sherif who harassed a mentally scared down and out soldier who came to town. That soldier was John Rambo.

[@ericjohnson3967]

Shelby could say anything to him she wanted. He's a dead man.

[@teemum.9023]

And then they lost

[@lordwinton]

Janeway stopped the. Picard made good borg and ended the evil return

[@johnathan8174]

🌈 "Promosm"

[@COCK-erel]

wolf 359 twists the heart of any star trek fan at mere mention 😢