I Am Always Careful

Star Trek The Next Generation s02e22 Shades Of Gray
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[@BlastoiseBaller]

"I am detecting no animal life forms within 50 kilometers" >birds chirping

[@Aleph-Noll]

must be some loud ass birds hahaha

[@sebastianlodge7549]

Maybe the plants on this planet make sound.

[@Commanderziff]

A kilometer in the future is a lot shorter. More like a tenth of an inch in our modern measurement system. Data is going for a VERY precise scan.

[@kjellringstrom6217]

Might have been the local governments spy drones, not birds. :p

[@markfox1545]

He specifies no animals, not no birds or animals. What's your point?

[@videojomo]

It's nice of O'Brien to dry their shoes and trouser cuffs off in transit. All part of their Platinum Club service!

[@robsnook4512]

That’s why he’s the chief

[@somastic69]

😁

[@MGower4465]

I hearken back to the first episode. Wesley falls into a stream on the holodeck. Later, he exits, and the holodeck water should have disappeared instantly as he exited, leaving him in rumpled, but dry clothes. Instead, he drips all over the deck and squishes away.

[@videojomo]

@@MGower4465 Holographic stains are murder on a carpet, goddammit Wesley.

[@maisiesummers42]

@@MGower4465 The holodeck can create basic real things in the same way as a replicator. It's easier than trying to track movement when someone, say, picks up a rock. When the holodeck is switched off, that stuff is recycled. That's my head-canon, at least.

[@andybrown4284]

Nothing says biosecurity like geordi happily wandering off through the ship carrying a blue alien slug with a pair of tweezers.

[@pandaphil]

It looked like he stuck it in a bottle or something on his way out.

[@kxmode]

It wasn't a slug. It was a thorn.

[@Stilgarsan]

Well, he obtained it without any protective gear, so why start using it now?

[@DrownedInExile]

Hey it worked for the crew of the Nostromo! Or not.

[@chunksloth]

It's ok, the alien organism doesn't have any weapons. It merely infects people.

[@thecursor1]

O'Brien looks like he's sick of everyone's shit today

[@dash4800]

he's had to repair 200 replicators that day already

[@Fawkes42]

Probably a bit annoyed that they kept him waiting like that. They could've at least said hello before they started chatting

[@securatyyy]

Energize... I'm gonna energized my foot up yo....

[@Briansgate]

But that was Lieutenant O'Brien, not 'chief' O'Brien.

[@stevengalloway8052]

😆 You guys are kooks! 👏

[@Jianju69]

Geordi: "I'll watch where I step..." (Proceeds to march straight into alien swamp-water in an area known to be ridden with an alien parasite...)

[@squidprince2456]

Clearly his visor detected pure water... Just kidding... yes that walking was savage

[@distomos8118]

They explore alien worlds in leisure suits.

[@judgedredd2039]

I surprised he didn't put on their version of a hazmat suit before going down.

[@duross101]

This confused me as well

[@DrownedInExile]

Somehow even the crew of the Nostromo had better quarantine procedures than the Enterprise.

[@barreloffun10]

The Nostromo's android was rather less friendly and trustworthy than Data.

[@danieldickson8591]

@@barreloffun10 Transporter biofilters.

[@ransom182]

I like how the transporter fixes wet clothing.

[@epicstyle1000]

water could contain virus and parasites so it makes sense to remove external water on the clothes

[@TheRealMirCat]

@@epicstyle1000 [Poison/Pathogen detected} Geordi: Where's my sample?

[@jblyon2]

@@TheRealMirCat Damn, you beat me to that line!

[@toomanyaccounts]

@@jblyon2 the sample prongs and their contents would be programmed to be exempt from the biofilter

[@Jake007123]

Considering transporters work on subatomic level, eliminating pathogens but not those who are in containers designed for it.

[@Kastagaar]

0:32 "Hell yeah, I'll energise. My day is MADE!" *stands in the transporter room whistling happily for the rest of his 8h shift.*

[@generalralph6291]

He had to keep it clean.

[@Kastagaar]

2:01 "What, again? Twice in one day? Aww yiss, I'm doin' this one with no hands!"

[@generalralph6291]

@@Kastagaar what’s even more pathetic is that the ships computer could manage the site-to-site transporter, as we learned when data took over the enterprise.

[@slyguythreeonetwonine3172]

Well it was his favorite.😇

[@mistersinister2043]

He looks hungover.

[@bridgecross]

1:25 WOW!! They had Geordi use his enhanced vision! The writers only brought that up about once every.... 48 episodes.

[@Geminias]

Damn, O'Brien looks so young here. Also, so much for the transporter filtering out unknown/harmful organisms.

[@anonymousaccordionist3326]

O'Brien being the transporter chief would have the ability to control what is transported. He probably adjusted the safety settings of the filters. Also, if you are talking about Riker, it's because it had grafted itself to his dna, and therefor was inseparable and indistinguishable from him.

[@artygunnar]

Dont expect super consistency

[@acedude112]

And he's even a full Lieutenant!

[@saiconjr]

Ahem. Tuvix.

[@jonnekallu1627]

The box for "allow quest items" is ticked.

[@palehorse864]

I love the dust-buster phasers they had in these early seasons.

[@paulsarnik8506]

Why not🤷🏼‍♂️They go well with the salt shaker tricorder wands from ToS🤓😎🖖🏻

[@palehorse864]

@@paulsarnik8506 🖖

[@Liesmith424]

"I'll watch where I step."

[@chocolateteaspoon9547]

*beams down to jungle planet* "yeah its just over here"

[@econecoff1725]

Damned budgets giving small sets.

[@Leto2ndAtreides]

A simple problem solved by PPE.

[@gazorpazorp9798]

But mah freedoms!

[@thecubansniper1]

This is the case with 50% of the predicaments the crew find themselves in... Lol

[@mixtlillness9825]

@@gazorpazorp9798 I think you meant, Mah freedums!

[@jamesnicholson3658]

you mean PDE (protective Data Equipment

[@Bigbird6969]

Ha! Best comment

[@yodaeterno4641]

After all these years of watching TNG now I've noticed that having a light that turns on when the transporter is being used eliminates the need for them to add any effect on the characters' reflections that aren't visible because of the light.

[@allyourpie4323]

That's also soundproofing foam on all the walls :). Looks futuristic though.

[@robsnook4512]

Also, flip the image upside down, those are the transporters from the original Star Trek show

[@JamesBrown-gn9cp]

@@robsnook4512 I never noticed that! What an fun little callback

[@astrotrek3534]

@@JamesBrown-gn9cp Not a callback, they reused lots of sets back then. Stuff was expensive, so they got their moneys worth

[@fastertrackcreative]

O'Brien's role seems to be largely stand there silently and operate controls. You can see how he'd prefer a bit more action as Chief Engineer in DS9.

[@BogeyTheBear]

I figure a transporter technician has some fairly comprehensive and detailed sensor data coming through their terminals. I'm not saying they're watching the whole away mission unfold the same way we do (like a TV show), but it's pretty darned close.

[@JediRalts]

I dunno, after how much he was knocked around and tortured throughout DS9, he may be longing for the days when he was safely doing his 9-5 in a transporter room

[@Voltaic_Fire]

Except that one afternoon when the chief spent 20 years in an inescapable mind prison. I'd rather pick a fight with a Klingon (that isn't Worf.)

[@jeffnaslund]

The engineering department has people work in shifts in the transporter. No doubt, important missions require senior officers. Just like the U.S. Navy, if the Navy had a transporter

[@spectre111]

"Let's face it chief, if you were on a station where everything worked perfectly, you would be miserable." "Yeah, you're probably right, sir." *ZAP!* "But I'd be willing to give it a try!"

[@wjzav1971]

Ah yes, Standart Starfleet Operating Procedure: Visit a completely unknown planet full of wild life, certainly don't bother to wear any protective gear. Those jumpsuits will certainly do.

[@demonmonsterdave]

Decades before Prometheus, and Star Trek probably has plausible excuses like sensors that actually work.

[@Leightr]

That always bugged me to. I put on more safety gear to run a power tool then Starfleet requires to wander around an unknown alien planet.

[@MrFunkhauser]

love how he's like wearing loafers aswell while stepping through a swamp

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Didnt even put on boots

[@ironfist7789]

@@MrFunkhauser yeah, a swamp in an animal graveyard, probably worse than walking barefoot in a sewer

[@JimmyCerra]

OMG a wiggling root! The danger! The drama!

[@anonymousaccordionist3326]

The peak of special effects in 1989!

[@ransom182]

I mean I think it’s kinda creepy.

[@atigerclaw]

Someone's never played a Space Quest game. I'll see you in the next life, Roger Wilco.

[@BuriedFlame]

The Freudian symbolism!

[@xceptionl1]

Sounds like somebody's creepy uncle didn't find them attractive enough ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@josephmassaro]

This was a very crappy episode they had to use numerous flashbacks from prior episodes, because they had limited funds at the end of the season and it was considered a cost saver. It does have one bright point. A nice Data/Geordi bromance building scene.

[@amipadme3985]

I think there was also a writer’s strike that year...

[@allyourpie4323]

They were also very much considering cancelling the show. Fortunately they decided to rework it.

[@blondiewan3331]

@@amipadme3985, yep, the 1988 Writers Strike pushed delayed the entire 1988-‘89 season, for not just this show but tons of others. Every other season of TNG began running in September, but S2 began in November, about two months late. It also had only 22 episodes, when every other season had 26 (or 25, but with one being double-length). And the season premiere, “The Child”, was an unused script that had been written for Star Trek Phase II way back in the ‘70s (a revival with most of the TOS crew that had been planned, and then dropped when Paramount ultimately decided to do Star Trek - The Motion Picture instead). To get production back underway on TNG as quickly as possible, they brought “The Child” out of the archives and dusted it off and rewrote it to reassign the story to the new characters. Even with all that, they still resorted to a clip show for the end of the season. It saved money, but I think the important thing is that it saved time; I think even by the end of the season, they were still playing “catch-up” because of the late start.

[@toomanyaccounts]

the plan for the scene was to have the entire jungle come alive. that would have cost a bunch

[@josephmassaro]

@@toomanyaccounts That would explain Geordi's comments about being in danger. It definitely didn't feel at all dangerous.

[@Fizzlefuse]

Picard: "report!" Data: "Sir.I suggest giving my report here while mr O'brien just stands there." Picard: "Good idea. I guess he doesn't have any lines, but surely he will appriciate the screentime?" O'brien: "..." Picard: "As you were, mr O'brien" Sidenote; I always wondered what O'brien does on the enterprise when nobody's using the transporter... XD. Does he still stand there, waiting? does he read a book? XD

[@whiteknightcat]

He browses sites with single Japanese women seeking husbands. As we all know, this proved successful later on.

[@tjwparso]

as much as that made me laugh, I think it was Data that introduced them

[@whiteknightcat]

@@tjwparso Without re-watching the entire episode in which she was first introduced (Data's Day, S04E11) I'm not sure. The wedding was already set by then and Data, who had known Keiko for a long time, was to give her away, but IDK if it's mentioned how Miles and Keiko came to be together.

[@tjwparso]

@@whiteknightcat I think Miles asks Data to talk to her because Data was the one to introduce Miles to her, but yes I would have to rewatch before I was 100%

[@whiteknightcat]

@@tjwparso At least all the ST episodes are on Netflix now.

[@videos4mydad]

Lets face it - O'Brien was an elevator attendant.

[@michaeledmunds7266]

I'd totally rig the intercom in the transporter room to continuously play elevator music

[@tjwparso]

Maybe if elevator attendants also had to fix the thing every time it broke and essentially be the doorman/security checking everybody who comes in and out

[@CrniWuk]

Well in Star Trek they are so advanced that engineers are basicaly for them what janitors are for us.

[@Milamberinx]

"That's not supposed t'be wet, t'be sure. That's supposed t'be wet, t'be sure. That's not supposed t'infect everyone, t'be sure. That's supposed t'infect everyone, t'be sure."

[@ironfist7789]

or Heimdall with the bifrost :)

[@Daniel-rd6st]

Love how they always beam back from an unknown planet without putting everyone in quarantane or at least beam them into a secure room to give them a good full body cleansing and new clothes.

[@Orca19904]

The transporters feature a scanner that checks the makeup of the incoming passenger for any foreign bodies, such as viruses, fungi, or bacteria. If any such infectious agents are detected, they're automatically purged before the passenger rematerializes on the transporter pad.

[@epiendless1128]

In fact, in this very episode Riker's infection was first detected by the transporter biofilter.

[@AAvfx]

I recently viewed this episode again, and man! THEY GOT ME! what a jump scare 😂

[@jolly7041]

Lol...that quick dramatic music scared me at 3:08.😐

[@platinumraven118]

Writer: No animal life in 50 kilometers Sound Guy: So ALL the bugs and birds?

[@fuckel98]

Theres one thing that has carried through every iteration of star trek that grinds my gears; the writers use the phrase "I tend to agree" incorrectly all the time. When put it in, it's not the proper context, the character should be saying "I'm inclined to agree." Saying you tend to agree means only that you have a pattern of agreeing or have reason to regularly agree with an individual or a certain concept. When a person makes a point and you feel it's reasonable and logical, you say you're inclined to agree, because you're addressing that particular situation. You only use I tend to agree in the context of adding veracity to a person's claims, as a means to bolster their point in the eyes of another. Yes some people dont see a point in the distinction but it genuinely matters, and it makes otherwise really intelligent characters sound like they failed english class.

[@DKHD176]

Let's find the dangerous organism and then bring that dangerous organism onto the ship.

[@fastertrackcreative]

With tweezers. No containment whatsoever. It could drop organic fragments that get into the air supply.

[@3Rayfire]

@@fastertrackcreative He was placing it into a petri dish as he left the transporter room.

[@pelgrim8640]

Back when O'Brian didn't have to worry about the screenwriters writing cruel stories for him.

[@tron3entertainment]

That flowing water could have been caustic, and they casually walk right in it. AH, SCI-FI.

[@plukerpluck]

Even if it wasn't... who just strolls into water like that?! It's clearly completely unecessary at that point in time.

[@larsgutsein3910]

Robin, hand me the anti-mudwater repellent shoes. We are going on an away mission.

[@Cd5ssmffan]

"I am detecting no animal life within 50 kilometers" and yet birds are singing and something is croaking in the background

[@Qaianna]

'That is correct. However, there are numerous ambient sound generators set to mimic Earth wetlands.'

[@Andrei-oj1jz]

No, basically Data was concerned about a Grizzly Bear ambushing them, that's what he meant. He wasn't concerned about parrots and stuff.

[@Qaianna]

@@Andrei-oj1jz That'd be too careless. What gives humans more infections, bear attacks or mosquito bites? I'll give him credit for scanning down to that level and figure that the SFX guys said 'It's a swamp, we're playing swamp sounds; it's like in space we play the space sounds.'

[@michaeledmunds7266]

Maybe they're more than 50 km away, but REALLY loud

[@Cd5ssmffan]

@@Qaianna where is this in the video?

[@EvanG529]

Wait a second, this episode had a whole THREE MINUTES of real plot?

[@julianmhall]

Define 'real'.

[@EvanG529]

@@julianmhall Not just replaying episodes past

[@Smeginator]

“The vines seek out animal life forms” First televised visit to Tuchanka

[@godminnette2]

Me: Hey, I just finished my rewatch of TNG, what episode was this scene in? *Checks description*" Ah. That would explain it. The one most skipped.

[@chandlerurenda5869]

I love how Jordy didn't even flinch, what a boss.

[@xamurai00]

As Data and Geordi leave, O brien walks slowly back to the corner wall and mumbles incoherently to himself awaiting the next time he is called upon to slide his fingers up the console.

[@onan-sonofjudahbrotherofer8466]

Plot hole. No space suit? No protective biohazard suit? No quarantine/containment protocols on the ship?

[@AlfaPro1337]

It literally tore the fabric.

[@gregsmall5939]

Not even a bug jar.

[@onan-sonofjudahbrotherofer8466]

@@gregsmall5939 🤣 literally just tweezers

[@meowmeow9326]

@@gregsmall5939 he put it in "the bug jar" on his way out of the transporter room

[@meowmeow9326]

they know the data of a planet before ever transporting down. they know the composition of the atmosphere. a biohazard suit, or future equivalent, however, would have been preferred in a situation such as this, id think, though

[@TrevorLentz]

"Because I know where exactly where Commander Riker was when it happened". Proceeds to beam exactly where the incident occurred.

[@TwwIX]

Now i know where Ridley Scott got some of his ideas for Prometheus. "I'll show them! I'll make my Away Teams even dumber!"

[@kev3d]

Pathogens, smathogens. I want to take my helmet off!

[@coker10]

Another buddy moment! I love these two.

[@HellOnWheel]

The title of the video is how Data should have said it. But this is one of those cases where he actually used a contraction, "I'm always careful."

[@derworfnet]

The first fifteen minutes or so of this Episode are actually okay. And then the Clip show starts...

[@julianmhall]

IIRC this was made during a strike so it was cobbled together from old footage.

[@leftblank131]

OK, we SERIOUSLY need to have a chat about bio-containment protocol............

[@Tiger74147]

How bout that performance from Colm Meaney though!

[@lemondubs]

O’Brien…the only person in Starfleet who had a rank and was never an officer anymore..

[@kerryedavis]

When was he anything but Mister, or Chief, not an officer?

[@oriolesfan61]

The entire crew graduated from Starfleet Academy and were commissioned as Ensigns. So O'Brien didn't go to the Academy?

[@kerryedavis]

@@oriolesfan61 No, you need to watch more DS9. Not to mention that Mr Mott the barber was not an ensign, etc etc.

[@oriolesfan61]

@@kerryedavis the barber didn't need to be a SFA graduate. Evidently O'Brien wasn't. But he should have been

[@kerryedavis]

@@oriolesfan61 naw most people in the Navy don't go to Annapolis etc.

[@delcox8165]

Did the writers back then not know nor think the audience cared what "symbiotic" meant because they thought "parasitic" didn't sound sci-fi enough?

[@alanstringer.]

They just walked straight into that water. Good thing the transporter cleaned their clothes and shoes on the way back up.

[@potaterjim]

"Because I know where Riker was" This is a fun little detail about sci fi, the way they predict future technology, but it's all still based on existing technology. The crew could imagine tiny, wireless long distance communicators, IE cellphones and bluetooth speakers, but they couldn't imagine remote video feeds, personal cameras, or even just drone footage. Was there ever a TNG episode where they had some kind of remote video camera that Geordi could have used to direct Data? I know there's more than a few instances it would have been handy

[@tjwparso]

It is fun seeing what shows predict compared to what we would now imagine years later.

[@potaterjim]

@@tjwparso absolutely The Michael Crichton books are a lot of fun for the same reason. In Jurassic Park, he actually predicted touch screens, only in a very strange manner: instead of sensitive screen linings, they had lasers around the edge of the screen that would detect where you touched

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

There was a single episode where Geordi's visor is hooked into the Enterprise so people can see what he sees. And its like the shittiest technology and doesnt work right and they are like "Whelp, cant be helped. Guess we will never transmit video even though we can literally transmit matter through buildings in the form of energy

[@sarahberkner]

It's weird how there aren't security cameras in Star Trek, my theory is that the Federation made them illegal for privacy sake. I was thinking of the episode skeetsmcgrew3282 mentioned, however every time they open a channel and use video to speak to someone that's what we'd consider a remote video feed. And I've thought it's odd that Deanna would be able to sense what someone's feeling (well, sometimes) through a screen.

[@kev3d]

@@sarahberkner No kidding. "We have an intruder onboard!" "Where?" "Somewhere between decks 4 through 7."

[@JnEricsonx]

Hmm, I guess in this case, saying Riker's isn't a contraction. Which makes sense.

[@SGManiac1255]

in this case, it is not. the sentence was referring to Commander Riker's incident and there for the "`s" was possessive, not a contraction of "Riker is"

[@ironfist7789]

He can't say 2 o'clock either. Also, Is O'Brien a contraction?

[@koriko88]

Data: "Why risk both of us?" Also Data: "Mr. O'Brien, please vaporize both of us in this death machine simultaneously!"

[@toomanyaccounts]

transporters move you. you are still conscious while being transported.

[@MrBawdry]

Colm Meaney looks so young. I feel so old!

[@kev3d]

"Here's your sample, Capta....whoops! Slippery little devil. Sorry Cap."

[@tioalra6746]

"there are no lifeforms in 50 km radius" bird tweeting

[@surewinner]

Geordi: "Because I know exactly where commander Ryker was when it happened..." (Can't he just tell Data?)

[@terminat1]

Try Riker.

[@Dinofly4]

2:12 I like how Geordie doesn't even bother responding to Data's fossil comment

[@LazyMe420]

It's always sunny in the Alpha Quadrant.

[@Ogrematic]

I always thought it was weird they never transported to a planet wearing space suits, or even scba. "Is there even air? You don't know!" - Guy *Breathes* "Seems fine to me..." Deck Sgt. Chen Oh, wait...

[@tjwparso]

with the tech they have they could transport the air up to test it first, if they don't have other tech to test it, plus with all the tech they have they've become way too confident, they're exploring the unknown but they don't think there's much they can't deal with

[@Ogrematic]

@@tjwparso I would be worried about microbes and bacteria and stuff.

[@tjwparso]

@@Ogrematic apparently the federation never lived through c0vid, would you have been so worried a couple years ago if you had the tech to travel the galaxy like them?

[@Ogrematic]

@@tjwparso Well, yeah, cuz I've seen Prometheus and Covenant. And my favorite book is The Stand. So, yeah, afraid of micro-organisms.

[@tjwparso]

@@Ogrematic Can't argue with you, just saying in the TNG universe they clearly don't have the same stories/experiences and have become way more confident when it comes to alien life... plus the fact that they are all descendants of the the same progenitors MAY have lowered the chances of them finding something lethal on alien planets, if the races weren't genetically related they likely would have had far more likelihood of plagues every time they met another species... imagine the Vulcans coming in for the handshake and catching a cold, the federation would be a far less integrated civilisation, wouldn't be Star Trek if all the different species were avoiding each other incase they caught a cough

[@securatyyy]

Always such a fan of the respect Picard shows Data. Love their interactions.

[@kev3d]

I love how they just walk around with some potentially lethal bug with absolutely no protection at all. They didn't even put it in a jar.

[@koshi6505]

You know, it's off putting how close they hold the phaser to their faces when they need to recalibrate them.

[@jolly7041]

Boy that dramatic music scared me at 3:09..lol.

[@Drebin416]

No one stands between Geordi and his wet socks.

[@Paul-A01]

Once again, we find our heros on the slightly fogy forest of sound stage 3

[@enprisezzz]

I love the piano version!

[@3Rayfire]

Basically the best part of "Shades of Gray".

[@Reggie1408]

Basically the only halfway decent part

[@kerryedavis]

@@Reggie1408 One of the few parts that wasn't a clip from a previous episode.

[@Thefreakyfreek]

0:55 no animal life forms within 50km so the birds that I hear must be enormously fuking loud

[@knightartorias1825]

Data doesn't know what "symbiosis" means if he thinks it's symbiotic to hunt and kill other animals. Lol.

[@gaz9556]

Where is the health and safety officer on the enterprise? Where's all the risk assessments, ways of working etc? I can't imagine health and safety disappears in the future. Data would definitely report every near miss.

[@tjwparso]

I just imagined the file that Toby has in the Office US (for all of Dwight's complaints), some super relaxed officer has a massive file with all of Data's complaints that he doesn't actually send to the federation. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKnFm4GtnMmcms0

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

They have a person who's sole job is to listen to the top officers in the universe complain about their personal issues, a person who is technically a high ranking officer herself, but its nobody's job to stop these glorified cowboys from killing themselves

[@Luipaard005]

man I don't remember this episode at all

[@hellsunicorn]

It's called "Shades Of Grey", the last episode of Season 2 and also the last episode to feature Dr. Pulaski. A lot of the episode makes use of flashbacks, purportedly due to budgetary constraints at the end of the season. It's generally considered one of the worst episodes of the show, though this particular scene was a bright spot.

[@CaptPanOfSteel]

@@hellsunicorn I literally skipped this episode the moment I realized it was a flashback episode.

[@hellsunicorn]

@@CaptPanOfSteel It was a failed attempt at trying to pay homage to the "City On The Edge Of Forever" episode from the original series on a shoe-string budget. I'm generally not a big fan of the 2nd season of the show primarily due to Dr. Pulaski not being a really likeable character, especially when compared to Dr. Crusher. In my opinion, the best thing to come out of episode 2 was the introduction of Whoopi Goldberg's Guinan character, and the best episodes from the series being the ones that gave her the most air time and the least amount to Pulaski (i.e. "The Measure Of A Man" and "Q Who").

[@DeetotheDubs]

@@hellsunicorn I couldn't stand Pulaski. Such an unlikable character. Also, I agree those two episodes were top-notch.

[@blondiewan3331]

@@hellsunicorn, I’m not sure how this episode is paying homage to “The City on the Edge of Forever”; do the stories have anything to do with each other? This episode was indeed made to save money, though (unlike “The City on the Edge of Forever”, which was the most expensive regular episode of the original series), but I think even more importantly, it saved time. Having a “clip show” episode, where so much of the episode was just recycled footage from throughout the series up to this point, meant they needed only three days of shooting for this one. The second season, like so much other TV from the ‘88-‘89 season, had gotten off to a late start because of the 1988 Writers Strike, and I’m thinking they were sort of playing “catch up” throughout the whole season. The strike affected Season 2 in numerous ways - it started about two months late (every other season of ST:TNG began in September, but S2 began in November); it had fewer episodes (22, when every other season had 26, or the equivalent of 26, i.e., having 25 but one of them being feature-length); it began with a recycled story (the season premiere “The Child” was originally written for the never-produced Star Trek Phase II project in the 1970s, before Paramount decided to bring back the TOS crew on the big screen instead, and the makers of TNG brought “The Child” out of the archives and rewrote it just enough to reassign the story roles from the TOS characters to the TNG ones, letting them start production more quickly); and so on. This clip show episode, “Shades of Gray”, was the last episode of the season, but I think the delayed start meant the whole season was just sort of pushed back and the initial delay sort of had a ripple effect throughout the season, and I’m guessing the production staff at the time appreciated the time savings the episode represented (though I think they wound up regretting the end result). Granted, I didn’t work on the show, but that’s my guess / understanding (i.e., that we got an episode like this because of the delay caused by the Writers Strike).

[@21526001270528]

"... Because i know where he was." Literally 20 ft from teleport position.

[@jurajbeger9299]

I remember watching this for the first time and I jump scared when Data grabs that branch...

[@robbyddurham1624]

pulling apart atoms and putting them back together after transmitting makes an audible sound wave that I'm having trouble figuring out why?

[@scottwilliams846]

Looks to me like one of Grandpa's fishing lures.

[@vamp4997]

They did drip water of their shoes and pants after beamed back on board. :)

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I remember this episode. Riker is struck by a thorn making him gravely ill as Dr. Pulaski fights to save his life, Riker experiences flashbacks of his life and his previous adventures aboard the Enterprise.

[@jimhuffman9434]

Data actually said *"I'm* always careful"

[@snbforever]

Why not use disposable red shirts for the away team?🤔🤷‍♂️

[@tjwparso]

Can't remember who made the video but a while back I saw a guy break down the population onboard and the only reason more red shirts die is because there are more red shirts, again can't remember the details, but I think the red shirts were actually less likely to die percentage wise

[@homiedclown]

Real world answer. Why pay money to hire, costume and film those extras, when you can give the lines and the scene to actors that are already contracted to be in the show.

[@andysahs1599]

In this century of Starfleet Command and Operations divisions switched colors the red shirts now became gold shirts while science and medical division kept blue .

[@tjwparso]

@@andysahs1599 I don't think we're not talking literal TNG red shirts, just 'red shirts' has become a term for the background extras that die easy, disposable characters

[@georgehenderson7783]

"I'm always careful" If he was, he wouldn't have walked into the water getting his shoes and pants soaked.

[@Qusin111]

I Am Always Careful, I never do anything that will harm a android

[@HallyVee]

50km? Nice scanner!

[@Scyllax]

Fossilization can occur in decades in mineral springs.

[@Amcor09]

"'cause I know exactly where Cdr Riker was when it happened" (Beams exactly to the spot where it happened). 'yep...here'

[@JD-wn3cc]

Data "it would be better if I went along". As his colleague proves this point right by ignorantly drawing a weapon right across the front of him.

[@weirdlanguageguy]

Isnt the odd squad character in charge of the tubes names o'Brien as well?

[@esausjudeannephew6317]

What's the 24th century and they don't have pressure suits? Even in the 1970s cartoons they at least had some kind of a force field around them. Dopes.

[@TheTerminalRaptor]

Me confused: "How do I have no memory of this scene?" Looks at episode title, s02e22 Shades Of Gray. Me no longer confused: "Oooh"

[@julianmhall]

It could be worse.. Voyager 'The 37s'.

[@RenoxB3sr]

Das sind Zauberhosen. Die sind nach dem Beamen wieder trocken.

[@kyleeames8229]

I just watched the episode as a refresher, having not watched next-gen in years. I think I prefer “Captain, I do not believe you have the authority to promote me to the rank of admiral.”

[@puncherdavis9727]

Yeah also you did not pick up the frogs as well. Guy said birds below but we got ribits going on. Must be sonic measuring devices to insure maximum scan power.. Also the phrase I would tend to agree as data says it goes beyond a normal logical no emotional process of elimination. An android would tend to calculate and assign a type of possibility to it. So he may say I find that to be a higher possibility. Kind of interesting how the phrase was used.

[@LuminousLead]

2:19 Geordi just ignoring Data's rude interruption.

[@TheBobcat1978]

Always felt that there shoudl ahve been far more to the plot in regards to the vines. It was only a few secodns of seeing the viens move when they removed a thorn. I know it was because of cost issues, but there shoudl have been more about these vines, and the planet in a novel or something

[@yade5979]

Last time i checked, insects and bugs were animals as well.

[@johnharrison6745]

You know, KLINGONS have the good sense to wear ARMOR..... 😉

[@CrixFinne]

Are you sure you aren't reading any life signs in that jungle full of animal noises?

[@PressA2Die]

Where did they beam to, Catachan?

[@blackheartwolf]

What episode was this I never saw it

[@tjwparso]

s02e22, details are in the descriptions of my videos

[@blackheartwolf]

@@tjwparso thanks

[@DbBujo]

Is... Data a type of emotional vampire? Like from what we do in the shadows

[@MultiYogibear]

I like how Data is okay with his logic being incorrect

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Hes literally his superior officer, in fact technically Data can order around like 95% of the people on that ship

[@Koler2k]

Video uploaded just 10 days ago? Wow.

[@draconiclady0610]

No animal lifeforms within fifty kilometers? Those are some loud ass birds and bugs

[@Makeyourselfbig]

It's amazing how people were constantly beamed into dangerous environments without any protective equipment at all. They are handling a toxic plant without any protective gloves. Walking in alien water up to their knees without a protective suit. Why is La Forge even there at all? He's the chief engineer. Do they not have botanical specialist for this work. Why are they not wearing a body or head cam uplink? The Enterprise is supposed to have a crew of over 1,000 yet all the work is done by the 6 most important people on the ship. Picard, Ryker, Data, Crusher (and from time to time her insufferable son Wesley), Worf, and Troi. Apparently the rest of the crew are cannon fodder or the equivalent of non-player characters in a video game.

[@itsDavoBro]

Ah I see you’re new here, welcome to Star Trek.

[@Makeyourselfbig]

@@itsDavoBro Not at all. I've been watching Star Trek since I was a lad in the 60's. Back then I was young so it didn't matter plus it was a low budget show. But you would have thought once they had a bigger budget they might have made it a bit more realistic with regard to how they portray away missions and the number of people who actually do anything other than walk up and down the corridors on the ship.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Technically they have a compliment of over 1000, not a crew of over 1000. Almost the entire saucer section is comprised of civilians that... I guess just think its cool to travel through space? But never leave the ship? Idk, but they never really talk about exactly how many officers are stationed that I can remember. Still ridiculous that they never take a single low-ranking officer with them

[@Makeyourselfbig]

@@skeetsmcgrew3282 Unless it's some cannon fodder security drone. If I was a civilian the last ships I would want to be on are Federation Star ships. They are just not safe. Continually being destroyed. Entire families wiped out. Stick to proper civilian transport. You'll live longer.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

@@Makeyourselfbig I've actually been watching through TNG and noticed that whenever they are at red alert they never once show scared kids or even civilians in general. Even the show realized at one point that humanizing the entire small town worth of people aboard would make the reckless decisions of Picard and Riker seem unacceptable. Theres a weird cluster of mysterious objects over there? Take us in ensign, better get within 10 feet of them

[@michaelwilson-xw4hz]

Would it kill Geordi to not bring a sample container?