Data's session with Dr. Sigmund Freud PART1

[@shadywalker2159]

This is epic! "Clearly indicating an unconcious desire to posses your own mother." -Data says, "But I dont have a mother." "Do not interupt! The knife, in its violent connotation, suggests a certain feeling of sexual inadequacy." -Data says, "But I have no sexual desire." "Agh, impotence on top of everything! It is all becoming clear to me now. There might be a paper in this." Data is the best

[@aaronTNGDS9]

Don't forget--- "Classic transference. The animosity towards me is 'zhee' animosity you feel towards your father....you are a polymorphously-perverse individual!"

[@kilroy987]

I very much like that the narrative allowed Data to recognize he wasn't being helped.

[@fryfry377]

At several points it looked like Data was about to say, "Excuse me, but I believe this is bullshit."

[@GeneralPedrowsky]

Data should have gone in a session with Carl Jung... I think they would understand each other quite well.

[@freesaxon6835]

General Pedrowsky so true Freud was a nutter himself

[@KneelB4Bacon]

I read that during the writing session for this episode, they actually considered Carl Jung, but felt Freud would have more name recognition.

[@SMotaal]

Yes, especially when Carl Jung would actually be trying to understand, not transpose onto others reverse transpositions of their desire to understand their own lack of understanding.

[@femalesupremacistoverlord6800]

@@SMotaal LMAO

[@lilacbookshelf1909]

The actor playing Freud is Bernard Kates. Great job! I love the weird glee he brings to this character.

[@ElectricityTaster]

How could Freud not ask what kind of cake he dreamed of? There could be so much unconscious information hidden just in the type of cake, let alone the topping.

[@PsilentMusicUK]

@@jimmm-vy6yh This is not a sentence I ever expected nor desired to read.

[@skanthavelu]

@@PsilentMusicUK Agreed. That's disgusting.

[@samuelrs5138]

@@PsilentMusicUK never-nor ever-or

[@coloradoing9172]

Especially if it's cellular peptide cake with mint frosting.

[@Juffo-Wup]

@@coloradoing9172 Delicious!

[@daniels7907]

Well, by this point in the series Data had already reached the conclusion that the Enterprise's *actual* psychologist, Troi, was completely and utterly incompetent at her job. Therefore, even a holodeck version of a centuries-dead expert in the field who would nonetheless have not been qualified to work with androids seemed like a better choice. Although, ironically enough, it would eventually be revealed that Data *did* have a mother!

[@floppydisksareop]

Yeah, he could've gone to Troi and said 'counselor, i juat had a dream where I chopped you up, because a random workman told so, and as you were a cake I did it...'

[@daniels7907]

Most therapists would appreciate the candor. Especially since it was more "Alice in Wonderland" and less "Saw".

[@andymac4883]

A centuries-dead expert who, I'm led to believe, has been more or less discredited in almost everything he proposed.

[@samuelrs5138]

Perhaps he didn't want to obtain psychoanalysis from the same person the dream was about?

[@xena8_8]

Or, perhaps, it was because it was a brilliant thing to write into the story :) Also Freud is an expert on dreams, Troi isn’t. It’s much more entertaining to see Freud revoked in the holodeck than a lame session at Troi’s isn’t it

[@Shadowkey392]

...that's a pretty good Freud.

[@Meowface.]

“How BIG was the knife?” Heh.. ehh I see where this is headed

[@kaiderhai86]

The fact that Freuds programm knows what Data is and is able (to a degree) to analyse his artificial mind and his "dreams" is very interesting. The real one lived like 100 years ago, didnt he? Damn, Star Trek raised so much questions and stuff to think about back then! I really miss that.

[@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment]

The best part is that Freud's interpretations make sense...UNTIL he brings up the "mother" thing.

[@Spazticspaz]

Well since he was made a scientist man creator father. He totally does have a "mother" issure.

[@Thatslifebro_]

Yes, but thats Freud. Always with the mother issues.

[@samuelrs5138]

@@Thatslifebro_ It's always been impossible for me to take Freud seriously precisely because of the amount of time he spends talking about what he sees as widespread mother-son incestuous desires. I think Freud had mother issues more severe than anyone he ever counseled.

[@amoral_minority]

I don't think it made any sense at all

[@desiduds]

Data was clearly a-noid lol

[@MichaelBrookham]

I kind of felt something with this: Rod Loomis played in an earlier episode of TNG (I forget which one), but he also played Sigmund Freud on Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure in 1989. I think Rod Loomis would have been an excellent Sigmund Freud in this episode.

[@argheimrobb]

25cm length...oh myyyyy...

[@CenterTransformation]

This one takes the cake.

[@OlaftheGreat]

If you change the E in "Freud" to an A you get "Fraud"

[@LS9646]

You can the sepperate Fraud Into Frau-d which ,If we Take the German Word Frau and the most Common meaning of "the d" makes Woman-/Miss-Dick which also reflects many of Freuds theories.

[@hackman669]

@@LS9646 So is that Data's problem? Not enough time in the day for all of the shop's women? Joking

[@noahlipsky6547]

I was hoping Matthew McConaghy was going to interrupt this scene, asking "Tootsky?"

[@jimhuffman9434]

I wonder why Data's not going to Troi for counseling...

[@jolynedrover1768]

I had to check to see who played Freud because he sounds so much like Major Hochstetter. I just wanted to hear him say "WHO IS ZIS MAN!"

[@Amar7605]

DO NOT INTERRUPT!

[@Shin-uc7gh]

Data's eye roll is what gets me 😂

[@Gwyntendo]

Of all of the psychs data could have chosen he chose the WORST ONE, gets me every time 😂

[@TheThreatenedSwan]

"Is this what humans referred to as pilpul?"

[@MoonshineSazerac]

"Well, Data, we've done some excellent work here. And I would have to say, your problem is quite clear. ♬All you need is a dinkle, What you envy's a shwang, A thing through which you can tinkle, Or play with, or simply... Let hang♬"

[@davidker8820]

burtonrules123 It’s a reference to Friends, where Joey plays Freud in a cheesy, low-budget musical, and the one song we hear has similar lyrics.

[@butcherboy2008]

Elmer Fudd used to study psychoanalysis in Vienna while listening to Another Brick In The Wall. He would get into Fwoid while getting into Fwoid.

[@qwert4871]

Episode?

[@uzesamaX]

which episode or movie was this from?

[@julian9898]

Imagine playing Sigmund Freud in Star Trek TNG lol

[@marshmallowbudgie]

like flaming globes!

[@speedsurfer123]

yep

[@Tiberian1986]

Haha, Freuds english even sounds like a german who speaks english ;D

[@charonchiron1]

what a surprise. Freud was from Vienna. Austria. Guess what language they speak in Austria.

[@Tiberian1986]

charonchiron1 I am german ofc I know that. That was the reason why I wrote the word "even". It´s just interesting, that they even implement this way of pronunciation.

[@RH-ro3sg]

Of course it isn't too hard for an English actor to emulate a "german" accent to convince an English audience he's a German character speaking English. However, convincing _a German audience_ that the character is actually German, even when speaking English, would require significantly more skill, I think.

[@kingleonidasiofsparta7966]

@@RH-ro3sg hm.. if i understand what you meant and didn't interpret it wrong.. well, i'm from austria and to me it sounds like most people i know trying to speak english. I've read some comments that said he had a russian, scottish or even african accent and i'm sure they come from people who don't speak german. To me it sounds like about all of my teachers, classmates, friends and family soeaking english, they all have this shitty accent because they aren't good. So, i think it would be hard for an english actor to fake this accent but to the german audience he sounds like a german.

[@omegasupreme1970]

why does Freud sound like Col Hostetler ... Im half expecting him to yell "who is this man"

[@GibsonVienna]

Have Freud a scottish Accent?

[@HarPlayer]

Data said " when i woke up" hmmm or turned him self. On

[@Amar7605]

Thumbs up if you think that Sigmund Freud would have made a better recurring character than Vic Fontaine.

[@flyingneedle]

Where's Deleuze and Guattari when you need them?

[@michaelgorz2337]

im watching the episode of star trek tng that haves the freud, i swear that im not a nerd

[@SyzygyNoon]

Dad issues. He was right.

[@seanjenkins2701]

he looks like sidorovich

[@HarPlayer]

That was total B.S. !!! I know that

[@stpat7614]

The real Freud wasn't much more helpful.

[@fatsamurai9492]

i dont why he is a better counslier than a betazoid