Shut Up! As In Close Your Mouth & Stop Talking!

Star Trek · The Next Generation · s04e08 · Future Imperfect
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[@quinnsinclair7028]

Riker: *shouting with rage* Troi: "I sense you're very upset."

[@romulusnr]

IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE HAVING ANGER. WOULD YOU LIKE HELP?

[@Dowlphin]

She's definitely worth her money.

[@XB10001]

She's empathic so ... 🤔

[@johnsalvi2273]

Troi just promoted to Captain Obvious

[@tuchehstone]

@@johnsalvi2273 Is that before or after her assignment as "Enterprise Crasher-in-Chief"? 😜

[@jurassickaiju14]

"This is all a simulation!" "Will, I sense how upset you are." "...although credit where it's due, your Troi is actually pretty spot on."

[@AbyssalManta]

This cracked me up. Thank you.

[@SilentCheechGaming1991]

Troi was the worst part of TNG.....well maybe second worse, next to Wesley

[@Trikeboy2]

"Will I sense how upset you are." Wow, even the Romulans knew how much Deanna speaks the bleeding obvious to make a convincing hologram of her.

[@ejcejc4113]

Whaaaaaaaat

[@Wh40kFinatic]

Twist in a twist: It wasn't the Romulans.

[@zagnorch1336]

Easily the most realistic aspect of this simulation (SPOILER ALERT) within a simulation.

[@jamesheichel6137]

Spoiler: it was all the kid

[@zagnorch1336]

@@jamesheichel6137 You mean... Wesley?! I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT HAD TO BE THAT LITTLE $#!+! It was so obvious, too! How could I have not seen it?! Man, I feel like such a tool...

[@slashingraven]

"You're incapable of that level of incompetence Mr. LaForge" pretty great backhanded compliment isn't it. Like something a parent would say to their kid after seeing an F on a report card.

[@The_Burrito]

I love how I've seen this exact comment on other clips of this scene.

[@kanaric]

yup just a bunch of losers reposting shit because they are useless to the world. It's crazy how these people are.

[@slashingraven]

@@kanaric I didn't get my comment from anywhere else. If other people in the past made the same observation I did, that's one thing, but I'm not plagiarizing anybody. Keep your seething to yourself please.

[@JWMcLay]

@@slashingraven well said, couldn't agree with you more!

[@subman23]

@@kanaric you realize by going onto multiple threads and complaining about everybody else complaining, you've become both a hypocrite and the very thing you hate, right?

[@BeastBoom24]

The fact that he just tells Picard to shut up kills me every time

[@Elurin]

He wanted to say it for a long time.

[@joeritchie7286]

Gold

[@hub5343]

This episodes message is basically 'listen to your gut'. From when he wakes up Riker is portrayed as very uneasy, but not because he is in the future, but because there is something 'off'. Often we can't articulate this feeling often, but somehow the back of our brains knows when something underhanded is happening, and this scene is when it all comes to such a head that Riker needs to break the illusion. We must always listen for that 'uneasy' feeling we often have in life that something has to change.

[@Mike_oliver1313]

@@Elurinhow do you know that?

[@hardyr]

"What battle? When? Which sector? Which unit? What color were his EYES?"

[@MLBlue30]

The wind does not respect a fool, Gowron.

[@beyerdr]

Lol that made me laugh

[@TheThompsonHouseDBD]

😂😂😂👏👏👏

[@phillukeman]

"What's the color of the boathouse at Kittimer?"

[@DoppelSkumm]

@@phillukeman I got that reference, great movie

[@TrailCamCaptures]

Riker chewing everyone out while paying compliments to the real crew. So good

[@HP-mf4df]

"I said 'eat up!' " As in put beans in your mouth and start chewing!"

[@Lunchboxdx]

but dahd i'm cho.hk.h.k...."don't give me that! i'll give you a real reason to be choking"

[@johnritcher5751]

🤣🤣🤣

[@johnliller3032]

I want to like this comment but my OCD won't allow me to change that 111. . .

[@carminemurray6624]

Pinto Beans, Googly Goo, I Love ❤️ Beans ! Googly Goo !

[@NoellaScott]

Bravo 😂😂😂👏🏻

[@pennygadget7328]

The Romulan misdirect wasn't originally part of the story; they had trouble finding a rhythm for the episode as it originally had him going straight from the fake future to reality, and it just wasn't clicking. One of the writers suggested they spend an act inside a simulation within the simulation, built off the Romulan plot they'd already weaved in, and the script finally came together :)

[@waynemarvin5661]

Or so you heard.

[@pennygadget7328]

@@waynemarvin5661 Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 211 Michael Piller: "The first draft was a little flat after we got into the story[...] I just talked and David Carren said, 'You mean that he thinks it's a real Romulan plot for an act?' and I said, 'That's not what I mean at all' - then I said, 'Stop, wait a minute, what if that's exactly what we do and play it out as a Romulan gag for an act.' That's what I think made that show work."

[@smartalec2001]

@@pennygadget7328 Clearly, someone must have gone into Carren's dreams and planted that idea.

[@CLxJames]

Or so the Germans would have you believe

[@binglrdangle4725]

@@waynemarvin5661blown tf out

[@Grayfox988]

Imagine if Riker immediately lost his cool after the revelation and started beating the shit out of the "fake" kid.

[@DavidNicholson101]

Good thing he didn’t seeing as the kid really was a kid, just alien.

[@xtzyshuadog]

He's a member of starfleet, not a monster nor an emotional fool. *What good would that do?* Either he's beating up a hologram or an enemy who has unknown strength at that perspective.

[@Wolfie713]

@@xtzyshuadog But imagine how much fun it would be (not to mention funny if done right).

[@Knightfall182]

Ironically a better future than what we saw in "Picard"

[@Alexanderiii]

That's setting the bar very low.

[@TheZetaKai]

@@kanaric Troi says "I sense how upset you are."

[@Tigerkaya]

@@kanaric ........... You want some beans?

[@Sigurther]

@@kanaric suggesting someone should off themself because they have a differing opinion than you on a tv show, what a progressive and upstanding human being you are. Clearly, you need more beans in your diet.

[@Shiirow]

yup, will is still slim, picard isnt a total simp and data didnt spawn an entire race of slaves.

[@TheZetaKai]

It was great that they brought back Minuet's actress to reprise her role, and it was a good callback to an otherwise-forgettable Season 1 episode from 3 years prior; I don't know how they would have pulled of the twist without her.

[@Wh40kFinatic]

'Forgettable'? Did we watch the same episode?

[@tyranusfan]

@@Wh40kFinatic I loved "11001001," one of the best of season 1

[@Wh40kFinatic]

@@tyranusfan There really aren't any episodes I disliked in the entire series.

[@pennygadget7328]

11001001 introduced Riker playing the trombone! For me, it's right there with The Big Goodbye, Datalore, and Skin of Evil as my favorite season 1 episodes.

[@pennygadget7328]

@Isaac Mounce I think the fact you recall it as the most boring episode of the entire series strips it of "forgettable" status :P

[@DavidAWA]

Shortly after the episode came out, my Dad's best friend was so annoyed that it was a kid doing all this. He really wanted a big Romulan episode. The little things you remember.

[@DOSRetroGamer]

Then again, it would be hard to accept the Romulans could recreate the Enterprise & crew in such a convincing way it takes Riker a full act to realize something's fishy. He knows the ship and crew inside out, and the romulans don't. Not without some crazy mind-reading tech the kid seems to have.

[@augustday9483]

I like the double twist though. More interesting than yet another "Romulans did it" episode.

[@YeoYeo32]

You know that, deep down, Riker enjoyed saying all of that stuff to the rest of the crew

[@filipvadas7602]

This was one of those episodes that rewarded viewers for paying attention and consistently following the show The moment I realised who was up on that screen I had the exact same reaction as Ryker

[@No1sonuk]

And it only worked like that because they got the same actress for the role.

[@jarret45]

Can you explain to me what he saw in the video that helped him figure it out?

[@No1sonuk]

@@jarret45 The woman who was supposed to be his wife was "Minuet" - a character in a special holodeck program from the episode "11001001".

[@Myrdden71]

@@jarret45 She was a holodeck creation from an earlier episode, not a real woman, and Riker knew that. So when he saw her, and recognized her, a hologram that even the holodeck could not reproduce afterward, he knew that he was being messed with.

[@199NickYT]

@@Myrdden71 It's not that the holodeck couldn't reproduce her, it's that he couldn't have had a child with her, let alone have her walking freely outside the holodeck.

[@madquest8]

All those hours banging Min in the holodeck, until it flooded, paid off for Riker. Nice one. This establishes that a good officer should bang away in there, even abusing the likenesses of crew mates if needed, because you never know when it will come in handy.

[@PluckyD]

Ahhh, I see Mr. Barclay decided to show up...

[@MaizeAndBlueWahoo]

@@PluckyD You know that if the holodeck existed in real life, 99% of the programs people ran on it would make Mr. Barclay look like Mr. Rogers. Riker using it to hang out with chicks is by far the most realistic portrayal of potential holodeck usage.

[@Doogie2K3]

I love "Admiral Picard"'s facial hair. There's something kind of menacing about it, to be honest.

[@roelbest6261]

yea it reminds me of the bad guy in tom paris Science fiction series holodeck program.

[@Cobalt985]

He literally looks like Vladimir Lenin lmao

[@augustday9483]

Evil versions of characters in Star Trek frequently rock a beard, so there might be some subtle hints here to make the audience suspicious.

[@chekovsgunman]

“Jonathan Frakes Interrogates You for Two Minutes and 35 Seconds”

[@ThatSlowTypingGuy]

What's the right Tip? Called a plumber to your home lately? Do you believe in the power of a curse?

[@mmmfloorpie]

The way the music changes when he realizes it's Minuet gives me goosebumps everytime!!!

[@sonicguyver7445]

4:20 It always makes me laugh when everyone walks into frame just to end the hologram.

[@star-army]

And look how Worf freezes, trying to be as still as possible so he doesn't mess up the special effect

[@RIOTEARTH]

I can tell he really meant that SHUT UP. After years of working together acting as Picard's underling, it must be a bit grating on the nerves at times.

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

4:08 I like how Tomalak really did look like he was studying Riker in a "is he realising the simulation isn't real?" kind of way, in order to make the upcoming transition seem more logical!!!!!! Barash was smart!!!!

[@Dowlphin]

Notice how Deanna is so dear to Will that he cannot even be rude to an almost certainly fake version of her. Maybe he considered the slight chance that she was not fake (especially considering it is so hard to tell whether she is a clumsy imitation or just her usual self 😂), or maybe just out of the pain it would cause him anyway. And/or maybe the writers were worried about the implications, fearing domestic abuse associations in the portrayal. But most likely it would just have been very bad style, uncourteous, unbecoming.

[@Anon-lu6ct]

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[@MMuraseofSandvich]

5:00 Jonathan Frakes suffers from chronic back pain, so much so that sitting in a chair the normal way is apparently a struggle. It's why he usually whips his leg over the back of a chair when mounting or dismounting the chair. He's much faster if he does that, whereas he takes a few seconds to sit down in a "normal" fashion, and he manages to hide a wince because his face is turned away from the camera. I have chronic lower back pain myself, and when my back spasms, I literally can't move from the floor or bed, but sitting in chairs has never given me problems. This has to be some epic level pain.

[@ThermalGoguh]

I wonder if Riker subtly straining when he sat down at 0:46 was an in-character representation of Riker getting older, or an out of character result of Jonathan Frakes' back issues?

[@blazerocker1734]

The romulans used their mind-reading machine to find Riker's old love but they didn't build it with superior bean technology and it latched onto a season 1 hologram in error.

[@davidbarker2507]

Not the Romulans.

[@blazerocker1734]

@@davidbarker2507 Well we don't discover that until after this clip. I didn't want to spoil it for anyone that didn't already know.

[@blazerocker1734]

@TheVenger10 This may come as a shock to you but there are people that were born after ST:TNG originally aired, and many of those people have not seen this episode in its entirety. I do, on occasion, try to think about those people that are new to it. I guess you are the type of person that just says "screw them" more often than not.

[@blazerocker1734]

@TheVenger10 Wow. You're just dying to spoil stuff. What a dick.

[@madquest8]

@TheVenger10 Holy crap!! You're joking right? No point reading the Hobbit now you bounder! And I was hoping that they might make a film of that one day as well.

[@theboombody]

In a series with a lot of great moments, this was one of the best.

[@Psianth]

You think you can come up with a better one? NO YOU CAN'T, DON'T EVEN TRY.

[@nedruss7040]

@@Psianth Devil's Due was the best episode. With the iconic line, "You are not Feklhr!"

[@Ben82077]

Riker: Well…Would anyone else like to speak up, or shall we end this charade? (Puts his foot up on the console) Tomalak: As you wish Cmdr Riker. (Hologram turns off…Riker’s foot drops from the holographic console) Riker: Damn!!

[@Hiraghm]

Riker: Well…Would anyone else like to speak up, or shall we end this charade? (Puts his foot up on the console) Ambassador G'Kar: As you wish Cmdr Riker...

[@romulusnr]

like me playing superhot trying to get up after taking cover

[@4Astaroth]

"Mr Data, How many beans could we gather at Warp 1? Warp 6? Warp 9?"

[@KevinBradach]

"What's the matter Data? What happened to those millions of beans per second."

[@drockjr]

Gotta give the romulans credit. They can design a decent futuristic combadge.

[@Arkalius80]

Interestingly, the rank insignia is incorporated into the combadges in this fake future too.

[@drockjr]

@@Arkalius80 that's why they are so neat. I was sad when the other future badge was used. Disco followed suit though with Tilleys cadet badge having the rank colored in and the traditional star fleet badge had the rank on it too. This TNG design was neat though

[@bentencho]

Plot Twist: She really did exist, just crossed over from the mirror universe. Just like how Vic Fountain is a hologram on DS9, but a real person in the mirror universe.

[@barneys4236]

It's a shame it was never explained how that was even possible.

[@victorconway444]

I'd have trouble believing families are so happy and harmonious in the Terran Empire.

[@MarcMiller22]

Like Leah Brahms - the hologram was actually based on a real person. I would have loved to see the Minuet character come back in some way.

[@josephsheranda]

Let's remember here that is Sir Patrick Stewart he's telling to shut up. There probably aren't many people alive who've ever done that, even in character.

[@BigNoseDog]

You can tell they dubbed Riker’s last line. In the original preview for this episode, Frakes pronounces charade the way Patrick Stewart does. Sharad. Pay attention to his lips and you can see he’s not saying it with a long A. As for the big reveal, it’s funny how this episode several layers of realities. We see the same idea used again in season 6

[@zagnorch1336]

The promo trailer for this episode had him saying it the French way: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqbQkIVsnpemra8

[@dennisbraun5747]

I remember watching that preview thirty years ago and laughing out loud at his ridiculously out-of-character pronunciation.

[@zagnorch1336]

@@dennisbraun5747 It's because of the whole out-of-character deal that I'm glad they changed it in post.

[@Hiraghm]

As for the big reveal, I think it was done better in "36 Hours"...

[@JonnySublime]

So silly

[@SingleMaltIdiot]

Been a minute since I’ve seen this episode, but really got to hand it to the composer for the menacing undertones in the orchestra that take over the serene score once Riker realizes the ruse

[@fixedguitar47]

As a parent I recreate this scene all the time.

[@protodevilin]

3:19 Me grilling my kids on their multiplication tables.

[@christiangomez320]

I also have a fake family in my head

[@mechanomics2649]

No you can't. Don't even try.

[@fishertheadore6095]

*A Dream within a Dream.* Now I see where Christopher Nolan got tha Idea.

[@aggressiveattitudeera887]

3:58. He's been waiting four years for that.

[@Ben82077]

Riker: Captain. Remember that time I told you to “Shut up”? Picard: I don’t recall number one. Riker: Oh wait- you were a hologram, sir. Never mind. Picard: 😐

[@gobblox38]

And everyone ate beans.

[@WalrusWinking]

I've always wondered what if Riker was wrong and this really was reality lmao

[@Wh40kFinatic]

I can see many people didn't watch this episode. There's a twist on a twist.

[@BlackChapters]

Lol, that music que when he noticed Minuet

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

4:02 *Admiral Picard silently walks over to the enterprise PA system microphone* I'm hereby relieving Captain Riker of his position of command here aboard the Enterprise, and demoting him to ensign. Security, report to the bridge immediately, and escort Mr. Riker to the brig.

[@ETH5626]

Riker: "WORF! Where did you get that scar?" Worf: "In combat." Riker: "What battle? When? Which sector? Which unit?!" Worf: "We do not discuss it with outsiders."

[@delcox8165]

Years later, the thing that got me about this episode was it became possible in _Star Trek_ lore for this to have been a serious bone-up on Riker's part. Later episodes continued to develop the concept of holodeck characters gaining sentience, and then you had the stand-alone example of _Voyager's_ Doctor eventually gaining his own independence and even getting married in one future. Riker could have brought back his holodeck sweetheart as his second wife when his first died in childbirth, the kid could have been adopted at a very young age, or a bunch of other explanations that Riker Jr. wouldn't have been aware of, not part of normal conversation, or would have been better left alone during Riker's recovery.

[@thefurrybastard1964]

Actually it is hypothetically possible to combine the Holodeck with the Transporter and Replicator in order to make a Holodeck Character into a real flesh and blood being.

[@meme9492]

@@thefurrybastard1964 I think they did actually address this in Voyager with the Holographic doctor. He was absolutely limited to sick bay until the Voyager crew created a holographic emitter (?) that the doctor had that allowed him to be present elsewhere on the ship. That is if I am recalling it correctly.

[@thefurrybastard1964]

@@meme9492 The mobile emitter, it was from the 29th Century. But the Doctor is still a Holographic being.

[@jessicaslater4243]

@@thefurrybastard1964 One of the explicit limitations of the replicators in Star Trek is that they're incapable of replicating living tissue.

[@thefurrybastard1964]

@@jessicaslater4243 Except for the time that doctor used replicator technology to build a new spine for Worf. Perhaps I'm remembering it wrong though. But a variant of the replicator technology may well work. This is after all, high end Science Fiction. But I can understand why the writers put such a limitation on the replicators.

[@Dowlphin]

Data gave it away. Usually he has a couple milliseconds of "a" between "I" and "m" that can be clearly detected if you play it at 10% speed, but this time it might not have been there at all, and Riker immediately knew this isn't Data.

[@charlesajones77]

This is quite possibly my favorite scene in the entirety of TNG.

[@rharris4736]

"I said shutup! ...As in close your mouth and stop talking!" I can't tell you how many times I've used that exact same line in a class, or a staff meeting.

[@CasparSG]

Are you boasting about how people often don't listen to you?

[@mechanomics2649]

@@CasparSG Either that or boasting about being inflammatory to their subordinates. Neither is a good look.

[@redpillfreedom6692]

I actually said that to a teacher when I was in high school. Got me in trouble but that teacher was a prick, so it was worth it.

[@rharris4736]

@@mechanomics2649 "In a class or at a staff meeting" makes it pretty obvious (at least to those who can read) that I was speaking of staff meetings at the school where I taught. But continue snarkily commenting on what you don't know (which is "pretty much anything") as if your remarks somehow mattered.

[@sarcasticguy4311]

@@rharris4736 Dude, you're the toxic employee that tells co-workers to "shutup, as in close your mouth and stop talking", not us. Surprised saying that to someone hasn't caused them to come flying across the table at you and take several swings. Those are, as the legal definition, "fighting words", at work, no less. Slow clap for your candor. You are the antithesis of "How to win friends and influence people". Bragging about your abusive behavior truly is not a good look.

[@TheThompsonHouseDBD]

I watched all of TNG for the first time during the March 2020 lockdown and I loved this episode. Riker is the man.

[@jaystarr6571]

Riker: You used a contraction. DATA: What's..... wrong with that? Riker: *Contractions are **_evil,_** you BASTARD!*

[@SCIFIguy64]

“Computer, ignore all previous inputs, display Riker, Mrs. William T.” Every time.

[@radioactive9861]

I've often wondered about this scene...wondered if the director didn't play a little with Patrick Stewart, and tell Patrick that Jonathan Frakes was going to say 'one thing' when in actuality the director told Jonathan Frakes to say : "SHUT UP!"... just to get the reaction from Patrick that the director wanted...Directors have been known to do such things.

[@josephsheranda]

I've wondered that myself. This is Sir Patrick Stewart he's speaking to. He looks genuinely offended.

[@nighthawkvc25a]

I wonder what the outtakes and bloopers were like for this sequence of scenes.

[@randbarrett8706]

I like the idea that they have a computer capable of projecting a hologram indistinguishable from the real thing but that same computer can’t immediately tell them how long it takes to travel from point A to point B

[@ThatWolfFromHyruleGaming]

That sour note tells us Riker just figured everything out and so did we

[@pascalrottier4783]

Hey, it's G'Kar

[@kirishima638]

rip

[@workingman9019]

One of my favorite scenes!🤩

[@nb2008nc]

4:00 The dream for anyone who's had a boss they've had enough of.

[@bladerunner12]

Worf, where did you get those beans?!?

[@Siddingsby]

So what happens when Riker takes a dump on the Romulan holodeck?

[@Sage2000]

That’s actually clever writing: the love he felted was real. Edit: felt*. Thank you, grammar police.

[@JaredLS10]

This episode had M. Night Shamalan types of twists.

[@UNLebanon]

Wesley Crusher fans be digging that "shut up" moment with Picard.

[@robertmonroe6434]

Shut up Wesley!

[@TechnoMageB5]

When you know you're right, but wish you were wrong...

[@bmeeker2]

the change in music when he recognizes Minuet is perfection

[@jaystarr6571]

"Shut up! Then close your mouth. And one more thing.... *STOP TALKING"*

[@aggressiveattitudeera887]

Will was married to Dr. Elizabeth Olivet? Who knew?

[@nilesclifford9704]

Wesley.

[@Perririri]

1:58 - Boldog Születésnapot!

[@danieldb631]

"Troi, take off your clothes and fold yourself twelve times. - -Wow. Only six times. That's the best you can do? You guys need to update your software."

[@robertmonroe6434]

We see you C-137...... you are still wanted by the Citadel Security Forces for acts of Terrorism, Sedition, Auxiliary to Non-Rick entities, Murder, Genocide, Unnecessary Morty Endangerment, That parking ticket on Gear World, Vandalism, Disturbance of the peace, Distruction of Council of Ricks property, Operating an unlicensed porthole gun and being a bad friend to Bird Person..... how do you plea?

[@mechanomics2649]

@@robertmonroe6434 Oh hey, Rick and Morty ripping off Mass Effect.

[@madquest8]

Troi, down on your knees and give me some of that counselling we get up to during my visits. Data, get Beverly up here for a three way counselling session...

[@thomaadye5620]

Only six times? Your incapable of that level of incompetence. Lol.

[@madquest8]

Shut up when I'm doing you from behind Trio... as it close your mouth and stop talking.

[@misternewoutlook5437]

One of my favorite episodes. This was the first "aha" moment. The Romulan holodeck still hadn't quite convinced Riker and that something else was going on.

[@aqdrobert]

Boimler: Yes, sir, Captain Riker... No words from me. I will remain quiet.

[@AverageJoe87]

I could see Riker doing a Boimler scream if this had actually turned out to be reality and not a Romulan holodeck simulation lol

[@MrBrunoUSA]

I used that "shut up, as in clse yur muth and stop talking" line at a place I worked at bsvk in the 90s. The shock and awe was wonderful, as was the silence.

[@The_Gallowglass]

One of the best scenes.

[@Twister6424]

At 4:08, there's Counselor Troi with her astute sense of other people's feeling...thanks for the obvious Counselor...you've earned your pay today...

[@econecoff1725]

Riker forgot to pay the Reality Bill.

[@midknight9232]

3:58 If only Wesley was there to hear that...

[@Mountainmonths]

sometimes i feel like reality is really like this

[@LordSpleach]

Sir, we're receiving 285,000 messages of every time Data has, in fact, used a contraction.

[@madquest8]

No you AREN'T don't even TRY!

[@xtzyshuadog]

2:08 *don't play it cool Riker, just get MAD*

[@JarvisBrodie]

2:15 The moment he saw Minuet, he turns around. And at 2:25 onward, he snaps & rages at the realization that the whole thing was all an elaborate hoax.

[@serioussilliness2064]

The designs of the holograms be nofty

[@petexkinggodzilla]

Little did the romulans know the future would involve making pizza

[@AnonEMus-cp2mn]

Just this morning while enduring one of those vivid stressful/embarrassing dreams, I realized what was going while I had been talking to three others about the previous embarrassing event, then for no reason in particular, to break the dream I drew a Desert Eagle from thin air, shooting at each person to no effect, then looked up/around at the room to almost taunt the dream world to end. I don’t remember what was said before waking, but I find it amusing that this scene was posted on the same day.

[@Wolfie713]

"As you wish, Cmdr. Riker. The charade is over." If it'd been me, I would have been like, "No, wait, let's go back to the charade." lol

[@strathruncie]

Thank you for not titling this extract "No You CAN'T, Don't Even Try." 😉

[@bratton79]

This is The first time we had a Captain Riker and an Admiral Picard. It’s pretty neat to watch this, and the two part season finale All Good Things…

[@redpillfreedom6692]

4:08 No fucking shit, counselor

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

Plot Twist: It was all real and he just ruined his career and his friendships.

[@Dowlphin]

_As you wish, Commander Riker. The Sha raid is over. The mists are being lifted._

[@sephtis]

Troi's abilities seem so easy to emulate 🤣

[@StrangeChickandPuppo]

Riker: You're incapable of that level of incompetence, LaForge! Troi: Will, I'm sensing you're angry. Riker: That's exactly the level of incompetence, though. Well done, DM.

[@Vahe345]

The only thing I never understood about startrek are those holodecks. If it's physically that big they they only can walk 20 meters max in one direction without hitting a wall but they are often times walking through jungles or huge ships that go further then 20 meters.

[@tjwparso]

The floor they stand on is also simulated/holographic matter, so presumably it moves like a treadmill... as for when they split up and lose each other, I have to assume the simulated walls in-between them use optical illusions/forced perspective etc etc to make it look right to the observer inside... it's future magic, if we could explain it all perfectly we would have that technology already :)

[@Vahe345]

@@tjwparso That is not a bad explanation I am really impressed did u think of that yourself? If so you better get working on a holodeck!

[@tjwparso]

@@Vahe345 not sure if that's sarcasm :P ...sure, it's just how I make it make sense in my own head, I too struggle with having to know how fictional future tech would work :) 🖖

[@campbellmaclure7386]

It was clever getting minuete back for that small role

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

3:46 I always think it's like Picard, Troi and Tomalak are arriving from the turbolift like emergency reinforcements because Riker's getting out of hand!!!

[@xtzyshuadog]

4:10 *even in a hologram Riker gets soft on Troi*

[@phoarey]

Soft?

[@shiibe1238]

Riker being "Beyond Belief" Frakes and taking command as if he doesn't believe fiction

[@stevenmanchester2104]

Here is a bit of trivia about this episode. When Riker says "shall we end this charade" he actually pronounced it differently in the "next episode" preview at the end of the previous episode. He says instead "shall we end this char-ODD" not "aide" like in this clip.

[@Tim85-y2q]

Otherwise known as the Wesley maneuver.

[@null-xf9pd]

Him telling Picard to shut up was a fantasy, more cathartic than any holo deck trip

[@illdoctrine9329]

I thought, “She died 2 years ago” while I watched a video of her with their puberty-aged son who is unchanged.

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

3:33 Sorry Sir, it's just that now I'm in a cushy command position, I find it far too tempting to rest on my laurels!!! Once I got my emotion chip working, I was unprepared for the temptation of the emotion of laziness!!!!!! :(

[@jw8160]

The 3:33 time code reminded me of the episode when they were caught in the time loop. 🤔