Picard and Riker, Pizza Chef

[@ericsmearman3403]

"I'd recognize that head-tilt anywhere." Indeed. Isa Briones nailed it perfectly!

[@richarda29]

Yes, she did. I noticed the similarity right away, but didn't understand the purpose of it until Riker mentioned it. All those years of being married to an empath have changed him. He's gotten more perceptive, but unlike Troi, he needs physical phemenonal to perceive before drawing conclusions. So the timing was a bit contrived, but ok.

[@anicetune]

Funny though, considering it's the first and only time she's ever done it.

[@AzguardMike]

​@@anicetune thank you! I rewatched her scenes and was like "she has only ever done it this one time, wtf!?"

[@Starrywolf824]

She's done it a few times throughout the series but it was just more subtle than this one instance. There are clips of at least 2 other times she did it online.

[@nicksambides2628]

Jonathan Frakes NAILS this. Soooo good! This man needs to act more -- a lot more. He adds touches of vulnerability, sadness, loss, weariness, but most of all, a sublime warmth. Some people age, some age well, still others are like him -- they don't age. They improve.

[@dotdashdotdash]

He looks haggard

[@Qermaq]

@@dotdashdotdash That's Riker, then. He's out in the wild making pizza on a fire with a teenage daughter and a teenage Soong android. You'd look a little worn out.

[@markshaw7253]

I agree. The first season had its flaws. Jonathan Frakes was not one of them.

[@movie0007]

And as a First Officer of a starship, you are always improving. That's the great thing about Will Riker, no matter the situation, he's always ready to go at a moments notice.

[@joseph8672]

I wish I could love this comment.

[@tompinkerton8099]

This was, hands down, the best scene in the entire first season of Picard. It nailed the characters perfectly. And for all the praise Stewart and Spiner (rightfully) get for their acting talents, this showed that Frakes can hang with the best of them. He was absolutely masterful in this scene.

[@colbykuehler2892]

I'd recognize that head tilt anywhere.. And I teared up

[@USAIRFORCE621]

"The greatest captain ever, where'd you get that nonsense? From you. From me? I must've been drinking at the time". Best series ever since TNG!!

[@thegrimmretails3777]

Agreed. The haters need not apply.

[@ajc60803]

Hands down THE best scene in all of season one of Picard.

[@jaygee6738]

definitely.

[@glennhower9265]

No flashy effects, good acting, well-written characters, snappy dialogue, simple camera angles. These are the kinds of moments that made fans love TNG.

[@Qermaq]

Perhaps all of, period.

[@lillith3159]

I always knew Riker and Troi would be awesome parents. And Picard is THE grandpa

[@cindydott452]

I didn't mind the spoiler. I like knowing that.

[@jimhuffman9434]

In the First Splinter Timeline, Riker and Troi have a daughter named Natasha Miana Riker-Troi. Natasha Miana Riker-Troi later marries René Jacques Robert Francois Picard, who was the son of Picard and Crusher

[@edwineblin7544]

Riker and Picard have such an authentic friendship here.

[@teecee1567]

@Edwin Eblin Agreed, I was thinking the same thing. Discard the subject matter and it could just be Patrick and Jonathan chatting.

[@apburner1]

Authentic? Do you understand what acting is?

[@nicksambides2628]

@@apburner1 They are very much friends in life, though. Always have been. You can bet that this plugs right into what they are doing here.

[@tepeyac10]

Riker is such a badass. He knew what was going from the very beginning. Intuitive and perceptive.

[@RDSArcade]

There's a reason Jean-Luc always called Riker "Number One".

[@darthroden]

Thats what made him a good 1st officer and later a starship captain himself.

[@chrismc410]

@@RDSArcade it took him awhile but he can now call him "Jean-Luc" even off duty and even just before he took command of the Titan he always called him "Captain" or "sir". Rather like Spock and Kirk. Spock seldom, unless they were alone or the matter was so grave no other way to emphasize the point, called Kirk "Jim" rarer still "James" or extreme elation like the end of "Amok Time"

[@WardNightstone]

you spend your entire adult life romanticly envolved with an empathic therapist you pic up a few tricks

[@kurtsnyder4752]

@@darthroden Waited, turned down captaincies until he'd gotten to know as much about Captaining as Picard did.

[@leifhietala8074]

At 1:26 Soji's characteristic head tilt tells Riker _volumes._ And as quickly as she had just read that dictionary, Riker reads those volumes even faster. He's not dim, is our boy Will.

[@WardNightstone]

you don't get to be 1t oficer of the flagship o the federation by being a scrub

[@gedias1]

Briones nailed that head tilt. The motion looked just like Spiner's.

[@raiderglace8641]

What would have been wild is if we had not known she was an android till she did the head tilt. Any fan that watched TNG would have been jumping and pointing at the screen

[@ScarabD]

"I'd recognize that head tilt anywhere." ...Oh don't mind me I'll just be over here crying...

[@wordman3624]

The real life Jonathan Frakes actually looks like he aged better than old Admiral Riker in All Good Things.

[@jgvillan01]

Remember, that version of Riker (other than just the prosthetics of the artificial aging of Frakes) had to live out his life with Troi being dead in a tragic way.

[@cindydott452]

I watched this clip and teared up a little. Riker and Picard becoming old and trusted friends is so touching. I have changed my mind and now will watch "Picard". I recognized the Data DNA as soon as she walked up.

[@johnedwards1685]

What a lovely piece. Two old shipmates on the beach. But the sea calls them both. No matter how beautiful the grass, how lovely the shade, they’ll have to leave.

[@PiazzaGurl]

Riker new the deal but as soon as the girl did the famous head tilt… all questions answered. Riker was always badass. He was hands down one of my favorite from all the Star Treks. He has the charisma and sex appeal of Kirk, the daringness of Geordi and Data, the bad ass demeanor and confidence of Capt. Sisqo and Picard, the ready for battle of Worf and the ability to want peace like Spock. He was the whole package. This is why his character was and still well received and loved.

[@Iansco1]

Des not hurt that Frakes is an amazing actor and a great person in general.

[@mgwilliams1000]

One of my favorite characters also. One of my favorite STTNG episodes was when he was a liaison officer on a Klingon Bird of Prey. A Matter of Honor was the title of the episode I believe.

[@lumberluc]

And he worked for it, tirelessly.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Nice seeing two old friends discussing life years later.

[@christophersummers1939]

yeahman. and since captain sisqo already seen all the thongs in alpha & beta quadrants, he acquired a tough little ship to comb the gamma. tuvok got the delta on lockdown, but _he ain't found shit!_

[@Leprechaunproduction]

There's something to be said to watching two old friends just relaxing and hanging out together. Yes, there can be conflict, drama, and problems to be solved, but the pleasure of seeing these two just talking and cooking pizza can't be overstated.

[@CeltycSparrow]

I love how even after all these years, Will and Deanna can STILL read Picard perfectly, even when he doesn't want to share what the trouble is. lol Its endearing.

[@StewBedazzle]

Isn't deanna psychic? Not much of an accomplishment lol

[@nervesconcord]

@@StewBedazzle I mean, I'd call being psychic a moderate accomplishment.

[@StewBedazzle]

@@nervesconcord she was born with it that requires her to accomplish nothing lol not even trying to hate on her

[@richardpearce4988]

Mixed feelings about 'Picard' the series, but this is charming

[@MedievalFolkDance]

For a man that spent several seasons attempting to reign in a teenage savant and handling the questions of a curious android, Picard seems to have forgotten what a can of worms looks like.

[@HaddaClu]

@@jaygee6738 No its a Cargo Bay of worms!

[@thegrimmretails3777]

Wesley was raised by the whole ship. Similarly, Data had the support of his crew.

[@MRJK87.]

Picard alone is good Picard with riker is great. Picard with his whole crew back together is unbeatable

[@stonebear]

"Now you're dealing with a _teenager_, more or less. That can be an extremely humbling experience." The man does know what he's talking about. :)

[@lganeshan86]

I've always loved their chemistry together! Including all the former crew members. They're all wonderful

[@tompinkerton8099]

This was the moment when the characters felt right to me. When it felt like the Picard and Riker we all know and love. And when it felt like Star Trek. A shame that didn't last.

[@jonathonwhitford946]

It lasts ;)

[@unkledak]

I agree. That scene made me hope we were seeing were the show was going. Instead we got mechanical space worms and weird cosmic flowers.

[@CaptainPikeachu]

@@unkledak you watched all of Star Trek and genuinely thought mechanical space worms and weird cosmic flowers aren’t Star Trek? Did you really watch Star Trek at all? Weirder shit than that have happened all over Star Trek.

[@maximumhate666]

Shows you what it could have been. Jesus, all these opportunities to make something the fans would have adored. Fuck this woke era and all its biggots in it.

[@Brees1986]

This visit with Ryker and Deanna was the ONLY shining spot of the first season.

[@alfredvalrie5541]

This scene transported me back like none other to a typical Saturday afternoon TNG premiere.

[@ChildePC]

Kestra... Will be an awesome character

[@junbh2]

I hope we get to see her again

[@MrKevlar83]

Love these two together. Anyone else get behind belief fact or fiction vibes when Riker was working everything together... even the music sounded like beyond belief

[@XR171]

So, do you believe the story of the Soong type android? Because you should.

[@AdmiralKarelia]

I thought the same thing. When he said "Next: you're not the one that's on the run, it's her. But why?", all I could hear was Beyond Belief.

[@dhornjr1]

Frakes was hitting on all cylinders here.

[@Texicus_Reddicus]

do you mean "firing on all cylinders" ?

[@alonespirit9923]

@@Texicus_Reddicus Both hitting and firing have been used enough to make it in to dictionaries. I didn't look up an etymology for the phrase but will say, do remember the "hit and miss" one-cylinder stationary gasoline engines of the early 1900s, often used in agricultural applications; from there it is likely both words hitting and firing would end up being used in the expression.

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

I think the thing I love most...is that Riker's supposition of Picard's situation is completely believable. Every clue he mentions is pure speculation, and he knows it, but all of his inferences are completely reasonable. . If you're "worried" about cloaked ships...it can technically mean anyone BUT the Federation (as cloaks of varying types are available on the black market), but would most likely mean Klingons (whose cloaks aren't all that good), or...Romulans, whose cloaks are improbably effective. . If you're worried about Romulans, but your anxiety is that high, and you're trying that hard to "lay low", then you're not worried about their military, you're worried about their covert branch...the Tal'Shiar. . And Picard wouldn't be dragging some random girl on all this, and fixating on her well-being so much, if he was the one on the run from the Tal'Shiar. He's clearly protecting her, so that means she's the target, and begs the question...why? . She's absurdly skilled, and clearly a genius, but that doesn't necessarily mean "android". After all, Bashir and the other augments featured on DS9 could pretty well match Data in terms of cognitive abilities. But it already had Riker thinking, and then she did the head tilt...and that clinched it. . The only reason Riker isn't the greatest captain in Starfleet history, is because he put his family first when it mattered most. But in terms of what he's capable of, he's THE best. Bar none.

[@user-dn9xp3zm6g]

Hhhh.riker vs kirk?kirk win all aspects. Did riker could win Khan and nomad?

[@Phantom19913]

Troi actually pointed it out that soji had all the tell tale of signs of being in distress but she couldn’t read her mind.

[@johnupper5225]

Holy crap! If the whole series was this good I'd be hooked!

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

Unfortunately, this is really one of the high-points of season 1...but it's still actually not bad at all. Season 2 is better so far, however. . Personally, one of the things a lot of people bitched about is the "copy-paste starfleet ships" at one point in the show...I preferred it. Aside from the Amphibious Assault Ships and Aircraft Carriers...most ships in any navy look pretty damned similar...almost identical, in most cases. I still have issues with Star Trek ships in general, but overall it was nice to see a fleet that looks like a legit fleet, as opposed to a hodgepodge of random design contest runners-up.

[@SandsOfArrakis]

@@DoremiFasolatido1979 Not just that. Pretty sure designing and building a fleet of just 2 or 3 different types of ships would be a lot cheaper compared to building 50 different types of ships.

[@Bustermachine]

@@DoremiFasolatido1979 The US navy in particular is known for this due to the ludicrous number of Arleigh Burkes that have been built over the years. Small navies tend to have a bit more variety simply because they can't justify that sort of serial production so new hulls are usually a clean sheet design bought years apart. In Trek, it's a legacy of the old physical model days where the studio only had so many high detail scale models due to budget and only so much time to composite shots due to production schedules. So all throughout TNG you'd keep seeing Excelsiors show up despite being an ancient design by that point. XD

[@scarypineapple8608]

@@DoremiFasolatido1979 I prefer seeing the different styles of ships on screen. The different classes of ships looks so pretty. The scene from season 2 with the different starships was breathtaking. Maybe you should have the entire series be just all the species using just a d-7 battle cruiser so you’re happy and the rest of us don’t bitch.

[@christophergolas9930]

and a lot faster. Starfleet learned a lot form their encounters with the Borg.

[@johnwestcott5612]

Great scene. Two starfleet legends.

[@darksteelyurius]

Riker, the man who sees more than anyone gives him credit for.

[@matthewbarnard9067]

That's why Picard said he was the best. Riker was the best officer. He just needed to move on from the Enterprise when he was ready.

[@derricklafrance9440]

There are so many rich stories about Star Trek characters (TNG alone) that the franchise could go on forever.

[@THEvagabond29]

TNG was my high school years, my mum and I watched it religiously after my dad died. I felt like Wesley Crusher and my mum was the captain of our lives.

[@McShaggswell]

The story about the Burnt tomato. Fact or fiction? It's fact. A similar event occurred in the state of New Jersey approximately 20 years ago.

[@jameshollestelle3396]

could this have.. really happened?

[@jaykdos9521]

We gotcha.

[@ThaUnprofessional]

Lol! I miss that show

[@leechrec]

This episode was great. Dont care what other people say, I enjoyed Picard season 1. Started kinda slow but picked up and ended good. Made me cry a number of times. Coming from a fan of TNG.

[@robertpolityka8464]

Riker has been around Picard for so long...he knows what's happening, and doesn't need a telepath to tell him

[@urbypilot2136]

The balls of William Riker to call out Jean Luc Picard's arrogance. Goes to show the growth of relationship these two have.

[@benjaminbierley2074]

To be fair Riker's first day Picard flat out tells him one of his jobs as the first officer to make sure he (Picard) doesn't make an ass out of himself, he more or less knew he was arrogant and strict and wanted someone to check him since he was commanding a ship with a mix of officers and civilians where a purely strict attitude needed to be curbed if only slightly.

[@JESK-lx4js]

He chose Riker to be his first officer specifically because he knew Riker would call him out if it was needed, and would always put the needs of the ship and crew ahead of his own career.

[@snyggmikael]

Riker quick on his feet like we remember him

[@fgdj2000]

This episode gave me such a craving for Pizza

[@Troubleshooter125]

Old Home Week for the Enterprise-D, and what a treat to see Picard and Riker, being who they are and relating to each other in such a genuine way. Just. Plain. EXCELLENT!

[@jean-lucpicard3012]

To this day the finest officer I've ever served with

[@moniquebaldea9299]

This just shows how well, just like in TNG, they loved Data and knew him so well. Not only did they know how unique mannerisms, but they were once again willing to put their lives on the line to help his daughter because of that love. That’s true friendship right there. It shows how all of them mourned his death incredibly.

[@procta2343]

This was the best scene out of the full season , if Will and Troi hadn't have been in it, the season would have been a flop in my eyes.

[@mdxque8393]

Ricker making pizza was the highlight of Picard.

[@jmlaw8888]

Its a testament to the likes of John De Lancie and Frakes that no matter what hack writers and showrunners are piloting this wreck, get one of those two acting with Stewart and suddenly some of the magic starts to come back.

[@Walrus1701D]

I like this Riker so much better than the one on the show. Parenthood made him mellower and wiser.

[@therabbits69]

Riker was always wise and pretty mellow lmao.

[@PlayNiceFolks]

@@therabbits69 exactly!

[@PlayNiceFolks]

@@therabbits69 in the show, he literally took a child's doll of Captain Picard and did an impression of the Captain in front of..the Captain. #CaptainPicardDay

[@tm502010]

We need more Will! This scene is awesome!

[@U2QuoZepplin]

This scene has almost everything I love about new Star Trek aĺl rolled in to one. All that's missing is a star ship or two.

[@tokusaturider2559]

My guess is, after Nemesis, he must have missed that head-tilt so much.

[@lumberluc]

This is why Riker is such an awesome father who will do anything to keep his family alive, even when he lost so much.

[@PyrokineticFire1]

except he couldn't find secret synths to cultivate a cure for a silicone based virus. Bashir's dad broke the law to augment his son, just to save him from feeling inadequate. augments were banned... a determined parent can find a way.

[@lumberluc]

@@PyrokineticFire1 With little time. His boy had travel issues.

[@sailingmaster]

Tasha Yar said it best at her own memorial service, "Will Riker, you are the _best_."

[@ilttpvvm]

Captain Riker calls dealing with a teenager “an extremely humbling experience.” My daughter is 12, and I have already been humbled beyond belief…

[@jimhuffman9434]

"There's a very big difference between being captain of a giant starship with over a thousand people you don't know onboard, and personally looking after a single teenager you do know, more or less" -Will to Jean Luc

[@PlayNiceFolks]

Feels is human. So much love.

[@BIGBIRDDAYZ]

I love the friendships theses characters have for each other and in real life best tv 📺 and films ever so glad I’m a Trekkie for life ever since I was a kid an saw Star Trek I love it and still love Star Trek in my 40’s

[@matthewbarnard9067]

I wish we got a series with Riker as a captain. I loved Janeway and Sisko, but Riker was always the badass.

[@joemasters2270]

Riker totally looks like my dad now. XD

[@iamnotanuggetblackhart5103]

So he's Daddy Riker to you now!

[@jerryhenson3916]

Mine, too, haha!

[@rafsolo]

Honestly, Riker is a genius detective and leader. I haven't seen Picard yet either, but I also thought Romulans, android, and Data. I was just missing that one piece. Also, the actress playing Soji is so good as an android! I legit thought android when watching her for those few moments

[@antoniomorgan731]

As Riker was speculating and the music in the background was playing all I could think of when he was finished was FACT OR FICTION?!!!!

[@anguswhite8233]

Loved that scene!:)

[@richardoakley8800]

Its the 24th century..they have transporter..warp drive..phasers..yet with all this technology... There having wood fired pizza... There is still hope in the universe

[@BigT5]

Will saw the head tilt and He knew

[@markshaw7253]

One of my favorite scenes. Awfully small pizza for that many people, though.

[@therabbits69]

I think he was making like 2 or 3 from what i saw. Probably a few different types.

[@markshaw7253]

@@therabbits69 I hope so. They looked pretty tasty.

[@billyboblillybob344]

In that oven with that thin a crust, each pie would take about 2 minutes to cook...no worries...

[@markshaw7253]

@@billyboblillybob344 thanks, I feel much better now.

[@serge747b]

Do android dream of sufficient pizza?

[@c.r.chandler5905]

This scene shows how the relationship between Picard and Riker transcends shipmates. They began as Captain to First Officer to now they are more than friends, they are brothers.

[@junbh2]

To me they seem more like a father and son, once they are both old enough that their relationship is more equal adults. But in any case, I agree that they are 100% family now.

[@posindustries]

Picard S1 was something I always described as being only half a good show. Not "half the episodes were good, half were bad," it vacillated between the two from scene to scene. But this? This right here? Oh, this was very, very good.

[@Pokemc0831]

Your speech patern reminds me of Doctor Who, specifically the 10th Doctor. I read your comment in David Tennant's voice and it fit perfectly

[@MadoBruh]

I just want that oven!

[@thegrimmretails3777]

You can build one if you have the space.

[@MadoBruh]

@@thegrimmretails3777 problem is money too

[@szahmad2416]

1:58 - so I see we went straight from the diplomatic Earl Grey to the Welcome Home Scottie beverage.

[@jamesbuchanan4414]

God, this scene was perfect.

[@tamuren1397]

The soil has regenerative powers... which is why we came here of course. RIP Riker's son

[@chiefdancingostriche]

jonathan has now been typecast with pizza for the rest of his life.

[@Jayteaseepiirturi]

I loved that scene from the first moment I saw it. Riker picks Picard's story apart as if he had written it. Well, it was nicer than saying "Johnny, don't give me that crap."

[@markdurl8341]

riker may have gotten somewhat old and fat, but mentally, he was as sharp as ever.

[@Rockhound6165]

Am I the only one wondering where Kestra got her blonde hair? Both mom and dad have brown hair, Lwaxana had brown hair as did Ian. Riker's father, when we saw him, was grey so that's up in the air as is his mother.

[@cmdaes]

Or her aunt Kestra who died young. And then Troi had a father too. Two grandparents and an aunt possibly light-haired.

[@Rockhound6165]

@@cmdaes I mentioned Troi's father. Ian. I don't count the immaculate conception Ian. But he had dark hair too.

[@cmdaes]

@@Rockhound6165 I don't recall Ian Troi. But then it counts him out. Unless Betazoids are prone to hair dyes... 😊

[@junbh2]

A ton of brown haired people are blond as children. Plus blond is recessive so it's very common for dark haired people to pass on genes for blond hair.

[@permanum4u]

@junbh2 The possibilities after seeing their families is slim though.

[@syphe101]

He called him Captain, ITS ADMIRAL, *******! 🤣😂

[@darrenhenderson2744]

I love this💯😎

[@ac5788]

Beautiful evolution of Riker's character, fully actualised. Moreso than Picard even.

[@Archangelgamer1997]

I like this scene. It really demonstrates Riker’s intelligence

[@Brian6587]

Will did indeed learn from the best. What a Captain he probably was with his own command on the Titan. I honestly see a lot of Kirk in Riker.

[@TheStarTrekApologist]

1:40 Second greatest captain ever.

[@monkeyman767]

Everyone gives out about this show, but everyone also forgets that even TNG was a pile of ass in the first season, even nearly being cancelled for it, but it was the few shining moments that made it was it was. This is one of those moments, it feels like Trek, and shows what this series could be. It falls flat at times, but if there's more scenes like this in Season 2 then I'll be very happy

[@00FFFF]

yep, I rewatch TNG every now and then for 20 years now but nearly always skip 1 season - everything from the weird mini skirts to Deanna's empty look was so bad. All characters looked empty compared to later seasons. Best worst part was the fact most female crew members were in the 'typewritter' position and gosh, the horrible bar chairs... For me S1 of Picard was okay until the ending kinda botched it (exl. Data scenes), and the new teasers do look promising

[@monkeyman767]

@@00FFFF Agreed, the whole "other dimension with robo-beings" kinda came from left field and was ....ehhhh not great, but I feel the rest of the series had a lot of potential, it seems they've listened to some complaints from what I've seen of season 2 anyway.

[@Lia-uf1ir]

Everyone also seems to forget that TNG got lots of what today we'd call hate comments too, only in magazines instead of social media! The same arguments were used back then, that it wasn't really Star Trek and that people watching it weren't real fans. Guess some things don't change... Want proof? Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnOTaaBjmZabnsU

[@monkeyman767]

@@Lia-uf1ir Yup, totally agreed, it's what frustrates me so much about the whole thing. Just let people enjoy stuff, the fact that the series is 50+ years and still has new fans everyday is incredible!

[@Lia-uf1ir]

@@00FFFF looking forward to s2. I always go into a show/season/film with optimism. Trailers can be misleading, often intentionally, and so I will hold my judgement until I‘ve seen the film. As Professor Gegen in Star Trek Voyager used to say: eyes open! 😊

[@grayj7441]

Ahhh. Memories

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Riker has a nice retirement - Federation Service Paid off for him very well. :-)

[@Ideo7Z]

Helps that his wife is ultra wealthy

[@matthewcaughey8898]

Some of us don’t retire from Starfleet. Not if you like me were blown to hell at wolf 359 then reassembled to fight in the dominion war

[@Shadowkey392]

He’s not actually retired, he’s in the reserves.

[@perturabo420]

Federation service doesn't pay.

[@muffinmanrocks]

@@Ideo7Z I mean when your titles are: Daughter of the Fifth House, Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx, Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed … kind of has a nice ring to it.

[@jonathonwhitford946]

Im hoping too see thaddeus in the new timeline.

[@thetinkerist]

yeah, I like this scene a lot.

[@turbopokey]

As a parent, Riker farrrrr outranks Picard in this.

[@cindydott452]

Not really. Picard raised a family and had grandchildren in "The Inner Light". The episode that always makes me cry.

[@turbopokey]

Cindy Dott - Did he though? His experience in that had two components; societal, family and other information from an alien probe and the dreamscape of his own mind. He was experiencing nothing more than a highly vivid dream whose very emotional impacting outcome was completely predetermined by an alien system. He wasn’t choosing any life path inside there as he would have ended up at the same point no matter what he did. All of his small, personal choices trying to exert his personality and will towards the situation were, at best, like a movie-goer wiggling around in their seat and having the snacks they desired while the movie ground on to its inevitable end. I myself have had emotional experiences after a particularly good movie so such a response from him at the end of the episode is to be expected. I’ve wondered what would’ve happened to that races dream if the encountered ship was from a species with a different mindset like Klingon or Romulan. Obviously the race depicted would’ve altered to match the species, but would they have shaken away that dream plot in disgust, or would it be altered to fit with the encountered species? In that case would it be representative of the lost race anymore? An entire people’s legacy being lost due to an incompatibility with a dream host is saddening, I suppose. 🤷‍♂️ who knows how many civilizations (read “average humans”) rose in their life and then died in obscurity with no real mark left on the universe(world). Such a fate awaits us all…

[@cindydott452]

@@turbopokey Yes he did.

[@turbopokey]

Cindy Dott -well, then I’m going to be in disagreement. 😐 Have an adaquate day.

[@turbopokey]

No, I'm sorry, changed my mind. How can you not understand that what happened to him was not reality, the bearing it had on him was no more than that of a holodeck experience. Even if he wasn't sure about things at the beginning and ended up accepting everything, he would have known afterward it was all just a dream and as a person in the 24th century who was completely used to holodeck novels he would have dismissed it just as easily, albeit with the knowledge that it was the last posterity of a dead race. The best he could to do for them was write a book telling their story.

[@jason60chev]

Scene was probably filmed in Jon Frake's own back yard!

[@chrispeplinski7306]

Wills pizza looked delicious

[@graveeking]

This is one scene that had all the perfect elements; but in the wrong order. Reiker is confident - as soon as she was gone he should have announced he knew she was a spawn of data in some form or another; and then elaborated the rest of it quickly. Because really, in the galaxy he shouldn't know much about, he guessed that these particular enemy's were the choice? Of course Perhaps he just chose to dramatically lead up to his full revelation to tease Picard; but to me it felt like Netflix just trying to extend the scene to extend view time. Vetrans of the series knew Reikar realized the signs way sooner, and new viewers probably guessed the moment he started leading into it. In summary: Reikar in character could have easily listed the obvious signs efficiently and quickly. I'm glad they chose to slow it down to add his family life pizza chef, but the tempo needed adjustment.

[@crazyal8565]

Those little bits of next generation theme sprinkled in here,, priceless

[@BlackBarney]

Can we get a spinoff series around Riker's daughter?

[@stewartmcminn7773]

Star trek: wild girl in the woods and her vegan friends

[@bobbob465]

So much this. She's barely there, but the performance is excellent. There's brains there, and the obvious wildness that has no doubt been cultivated by Riker for years.

[@junbh2]

@@stewartmcminn7773 She's clearly not vegan. She hunts and gives the animal she killed to her dad to add to their dinner

[@stewartmcminn7773]

@@bobbob465 it was a joke..

[@bobbob465]

@@stewartmcminn7773 Maybe so, but I think a Star Trek show that almost completely eschews Starfleet while maintaining its universe could be a great idea, and a civilian character like this raised with indirect Starfleet training via parents could be a really fun watch.

[@marcziegenhain8420]

"We served together aboard the USS Enterprise." No, aboard two Enterprises.

[@darrell190967]

taken from my favourite episode of season 1, Nepenthe

[@AndyCutright]

I get the plot necessity of visiting Riker, but as he lays out clearly in this scene, Picard is endangering Riker, Troi, and their daughter. Where are the bad guys gonna look first? Wherever he has friends.

[@matteobonvicino]

Wonderful

[@rafsolo]

Picard looks so small next to Riker now

[@anicetune]

Riker was the only shining light in an otherwise dead Season 1 - and the less said about Season 2, the better.

[@thoughtcriminal5655]

It's scenes like this that underline how absolutely amazing Picard could have been if they'd taken it in the right direction. TNG had that cosy warmth, mysteries, morality and a genuine sense of family. It appealed to the intellect.

[@jeric_synergy8581]

Damn, Frakes got GOOD. Respect.

[@Mekratrig]

They are so good togethar. I think evan bettar than ST:NG days because now there is no sobserviance, Ryker can tell Picard exactly what he thinks.

[@diamend85]

how great it would be if ignorance of danger would be all needed to keep it away from our loved ones