Star Trek : TNG - Data Crosses Paths with Samuel Clemens

Star Trek : TNG - Data Crosses Paths with Samuel Clemens
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[@rootfish2671]

I like how Data sidesteps that guy.

[@andrewroberts7428]

yeah, that was cold as ice

[@williams-wr5lg]

need to put a football jersey on him and get him to play pro football with moves like that

[@PlayMoreGolf-RipOff]

Even Maradona couldn't dummy like that!

[@nepntzerZer]

I didnt i thought it was highly disrespectful. We must do as other people ask all the time.

[@PlayMoreGolf-RipOff]

@@nepntzerZer Data isn’t human therefore he can’t feel disrespected so can’t relate to disrespecting someone else … he’s a rude mother f@@ker

[@47imagine]

Twain: "Nonetheless, the deed is done.” (Data rushes Twain and strangles him to death) Data: "He'd already written his best works. No harm done."

[@Bob.Jenkins]

Hardly - it was his speeches, letters and continuous rapport with his audience that cemented his place in Literary History,

[@chefkoo]

Guinan so unfazed by the fantastical story Data laid out. She's been around the block

[@mastershredder2002]

Well, she was going to use force lightning on Q, so I don't think anything can faze her.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Her species is well tuned to temporal issues so things like time travel and alternate timelines wouldn't be unusual at all. Not to mention, they had a level of tech beyond 24th century Federation even at this time.

[@davidgriffiths7696]

“Eavesdropping is by no means a proper activity for a gentleman. Nonetheless, the deed is done.” This was a brilliant episode, full of crisp literary rhetoric, psychological intrigue and historical interest.

[@shack8110]

Mr. Data could walk over and snap that old geezer's neck in 1/2 a second. He could say something cool like, "eavesdrop this Elmer".

[@davidgriffiths7696]

@@shack8110 goodness me a sad loss to American literature, surely.

[@shack8110]

@@davidgriffiths7696 just a little joke, this was a decent episode

[@briansmaller7443]

Amazing how bad modern Trek is by comparison. Flashy cgi and lots of lens flare does not a story or character make. Nonetheless, the deed has been done - to our misfortune.

[@davidgriffiths7696]

@@briansmaller7443 lowest common denominator business plan and infiltration with wokist diversity brainwashing have all but throttled worthwhile films.

[@kimothy1701]

Jerry Hardin who plays Samuel, Mark Twain, Clemens went on to play the same character on and off for 15 years in a one man show called “Mark Twain: On Man and His World”. Two of the producers on TNG suggested this to him. Apparently opening night the theatre was about 2 thirds full. By the end of the week they were queuing round the block to get in.

[@Valaryant.]

Nice!

[@duckduckgoismuchbetter]

That's interesting. I had assumed for decades that TNG producers had hired a preexisting Samuel Clemens impersonator for the role. Are you saying that this was his first time playing the role of Samuel Clemens?

[@paulgodley3020]

Great to see on Wiki that he's still alive and going strong at 93! I loved his performance on TNG.

[@pitthepig]

Another fun fact: he is the father of Melora hardin, who plays Jan Levinson in The Office (US)!

[@scottrackley4457]

Of course I never met Sam, but Jerry conveys the idea I have of him in my head better than anyone.

[@thegrimmretails3777]

Guinan: I bet if I owned my own pub I could get some peace and quiet.

[@aerisgainsborough2141]

Captain Picard: "Hold my Starship..."

[@mikevanroy9356]

If you're going to discretely listen in on a conversation, maybe the cigar is a bad idea.

[@boscovilante4068]

He's a gentleman and isn't very good at eaves dropping. But he's a trier.

[@xavierpaquin]

Nonetheless, the deed is done

[@r0bw00d]

Wow, you really don't know why he did it, do you?

[@johnwade7430]

This 2-parter is an amazing piece of TNG!

[@ppipowerclass]

Data should have been in the NBA. He crossed that dude straight up.

[@ducknorris233]

I’m from the 24th century where you and I serve on a starship. You literally serve.

[@JamesC1981]

pretty funny

[@restorer19]

"Oh? Serve whom?" 'I serve Starfleet. You serve... drinks.'

[@davidking6750]

"eves dropping is by no means a proper activity for a gentleman , nonetheless , the deed is done" ... hahha that's such a hilarious admission of guilt

[@lightyagami1752]

Eavesdropping

[@oldfrend]

19th century version of 'i don't care i do what i want =P'

[@StrangeChickandPuppo]

in my mind data retorts, "which leads one to conclude you are no such person."

[@apocalypseblues3897]

i love he just instantly launches into it as soon as he recognizes he’s caught

[@shaynenelson6373]

When I saw this as a kid, I wondered "how the hell did Data not notice him standing there?!" I still feel the same. I gotta rewatch the series, it just makes me happy.

[@scottrackley4457]

Plot. Any other time Data would hear anyone breathing in a 20 meter radius

[@dand3953]

Data's sense of smell is also extensively enhanced, he should have smelled Twain that second time (especially during that era of American hygene) at least minimally before the damning discussion arose. Also, Data would have known Guianan's species language and easily communicated that way to wholly prevent this kind of conundrum. To Twain, he would have presumed it as some African dialect. But then, the drama would have been totally altered.@@scottrackley4457

[@jasonsumma1530]

These two episodes makes things interesting for the TNG crew. Now, if they did the season 2 Picard series a bit like this episode it would have went better because that Guinan would have remembered the crew especially Picard from this episode.

[@saquist]

Star Trek Picard has little in common with creative writing

[@ghostrider-be9ek]

@@saquist how true .... and how sad

[@Sage2000]

Indeed. I don’t understand what happened to season 2 writers

[@alexistaylor969]

It is just called 'Picard', as it has nothing to do with Star Trek, it isn't canon. The fanbase decides what is canon and the fanbase has spoken, 'Picard', 'Discovery', and 'Lower Decks' are the antithesis of Star Trek and do nothing but shit on the lore and slap the fanbase in the face. #WithoutRespectWeReject

[@Cdr2002]

@@alexistaylor969 you don’t speak for everyone, jackass

[@HowDidIGet3700Subs]

I remember this Clements character really peeving me off throughout this whole episode with his noseyness not leaving anyone alone!!!!!

[@MpaYn]

Data is like "To hell with the police"!

[@johncisney15]

"Fuck the police, comin straight from the underground" -Mister Data, 1893

[@aerisgainsborough2141]

@@johncisney15 oh that's gold!!!

[@AF-nc2fc]

I love how Whoopi Goldberg acts like Oda Mae Brown at the bank in "Ghost" in this scene.

[@tonybonavera2011]

I thought the exact same thing. In fact I thought it was really out of character for Guinan to behave like that.

[@vandit6354]

True! Ghost was released in 1990, this episode was aired 1992 (probably shot in '91)

[@PaleGhost69]

To this day, "I am henry the 8th" is the song I use to annoy people.

[@rebusd]

@@PaleGhost69 two thumbs up

[@mastrtonberry2]

This exactly

[@saiyanbob666]

this whole episodic story-line brings me back to my childhood

[@atomicagegamer3693]

I love when Samuel Clemens says "STAR ship..." with peaked interest.

[@sulufest]

I always loved “what registry would that be?” 😂

[@christopherdean1326]

*piqued

[@atomicagegamer3693]

@@christopherdean1326 Yup; you are correct.

[@atomicagegamer3693]

@@sulufest YES! That's excellent writing. Those little details add so much to the moment.

[@Bob.Jenkins]

'Eavesdropping' has saved my life on at least two occasions. I profoundly recommend it as a 'Hobby'.

[@paullavoie5542]

"I was dropping no eaves, sir," Samuel Clemens.

[@thekittenfreakify]

They wrote Twain as one of his characters. Kind of interesting.

[@75216garrison]

Loved how guinan was like your from the future okay and what else

[@mikefanelli1]

One of my favorite episodea.

[@krishurlburt7375]

I don't think those police were gonna be able to stop data anyway

[@ericgraham2781]

Yeah, I don't see billy clubs and revolvers doing much.

[@darrelstickler]

Coujd we get season/episode numbers in description? These vids are motivation to go rewatch an episode.

[@badboy-gn8fu]

a simple google search can give you that answer it anit hard bro.... it anit hard

[@ryanm7263]

Season 5 Episode 26 & Seasons 6 Episode 1: "Times Arrow."

[@tonynelligan1930]

watch them all like anyone wishing to see this 😁

[@raiisleep]

​@@badboy-gn8fuYeah, but you could also be kind to a stranger on the Internet instead of a stuck up asshole

[@Timien]

@@badboy-gn8fu The time it took you to write that condescending statement you could have been nice and just stated the episode. But I guess the "nice" part is not within your personality.

[@DirtyBottomsPottery]

I like how she gently boops his nose.

[@newdefsys]

I love how Data has zero concern for nuance or discretion

[@Palmerrip]

Okay. Going to go rewatch this.

[@Critter145]

Samuel Clemens is one of the best characters in the whole show.

[@HowDidIGet3700Subs]

He’s annoying actually

[@Scipio488]

@@HowDidIGet3700Subs Never stopped Riker.

[@lzbhcvm6747]

so guinan lived and witnessed how humans evolved from all that to a galactic power

[@billyboblillybob344]

WEREWOLF.... Worf rolls his eyes...love that scene

[@stratfordbaby]

We never do find out even in Picard, about how Guinan gets to Earth from her world after the Borg invasion.

[@neilkurzman4907]

How do you know it was after. She could’ve left before it happened. Listen to her comment. She assumed her father had sent for her to return.

[@Thy_Boss]

It's not important, so why would you

[@garrettvannorden7723]

datas sidestep must've broken that guys ankles

[@StarWarsMoments]

I had missed the various references to the allurians (sp?)across the different shows. I remember the guy on deep space nine being referred to by Odo as a allaurian or listener, then Dr Soren referring to it as the nickname of his race. It's clearly an important word as Guinan says outright that she's not done "listening"

[@alexanderhua3652]

Mr. Deta is a "Bad Ass" Lt. Commander. He is one of my favorite.

[@shack8110]

Mr. Data could walk over and snap that old geezer's neck in 1/2 a second. He could say something cool like, "eavesdrop this Elmer".

[@Lasershadow]

"Data" is his name.

[@ultramaximusreviews]

A classic Star Trek scene

[@RobertEskuri]

What ARE you? She can sense he's not human even though nobody else can.

[@samdustinchris]

Data with that juke 😂

[@mnjs1812]

Shame on you, Mr. Clemens. Shame!

[@DavidTa2]

Data out here breaking ankles in the 1800's 😂😂😂

[@Aeroldoth3]

Damn it all Samwise Clemens, have you been eavesdropping?!? I haven't been dropping no eaves, sir, but the deed, as they say... is done.

[@robertb8673]

Mark Twain got an idea for a new book. Something about a ship traveling the Stars, i guess.

[@r0bw00d]

Astronauts on some sort of star trek, one would imagine.

[@robertb8673]

I buy that for a Dollar. 😅

[@Renville80]

Gee, I wish people would stop blocking closed captions for the deaf on these videos.

[@charliesthill4790]

it may make sense to drive story forward, but it does not make any sense that data would not understand One of the most basic laws of time travel. "Don't talk about things that haven't happened yet" .

[@JohnDrose-mr1fi]

you either love or hate this episode. I think its strange in a good way. very odd.

[@AndyCutright]

It never ceases to amaze me how little use of his almost limitless sensor array. Oooh someone else approaching! Data is surprised! Dude, set some alerts.

[@Thy_Boss]

The show tended to treat itself as a TV drama instead of a collection of trivia

[@dennisbyttynen6943]

I think Samuel Clemens was the best character on the show

[@HowDidIGet3700Subs]

I found him so annoying when I first watched this episode decades ago

[@VoIPPortland]

The Clemens actor made this otherwise cartoonish P1,P2 episode into a very enjoyable one.

[@robertheinrichvonseyfenste267]

Whoopy, in the days she was still normal..

[@Bob-mn7ob]

Back when Guinan was a reasonably decent alien.

[@takerdust]

i like how Guinan portrayed here is at least over a century old here, and talk about vortexes and time travel is nothing new to her.

[@acmenipponair]

An alien race that is from the Delta Quadrant and most likely travelled the stars for millenia will teach such stuff even their school kids. And before you ask, why the Borg were able to overcome them: they fought, that was also the reason Guinan was in the Delta Quadrant in the 23rd century, but lost.

[@wtfa2910]

A lot of ghost it there

[@victorsalisbury3554]

Data bonds deeds

[@Rich_Xnda]

Woopie before she lost her marbles.

[@askjeevescosby2928]

I really wish the new shows focused on the weird adventures not the space battles and ship time.

[@Shiirow]

that would require talented writers and imagination. you dont need either to recycle bad teen drama plots and mindless violence.

[@YD-uq5fi]

It is impossible that Data, who was even facing the right direction, would not have noticed Twain eavesdropping there.

[@hithere8753]

Mufasa! Oohhhh

[@jeskerjames3260]

The way Guinan blended into Earth society for so many centuries, makes me wonder if in real life there are aliens blending into Earth society today. I mean given the number of planets in the Milky Way galaxy alone, the math is in favor of life beyond Earth and if so, some of them could have the ability to blend into our society and study us without us ever knowing.

[@Kafka_on_the_plane]

yes, we do blend in quite easily!

[@idiotflower]

Funny you should mention this. You expect me to believe you really don't remember who you are? We both know the truth is stranger than fiction.

[@acmenipponair]

Why wouldn't there. It would be the best way to explore earth without interrupting our society.

[@Someone--Else]

While I'm sure there is intelligent like out there in the universe, I'm also sure that any life forms intelligent enough to travel the stars, is also smart enough to want nothing to do with us, at least not directly.

[@jeskerjames3260]

@@Someone--Else I mean compared to an ant we are way more advanced and yet there are scientists studying them. Same could be true of aliens studying us. Hell maybe they have a version of National Geographic where they have shows about observing us.

[@bridgecross]

The only plot hole I can find in this episode: Data would have realized that Guinan wouldn't know who he is. He would have realized it immediately.

[@ghostrider-be9ek]

2:05 - he originally thought guinan was there from the future as well - only later did he realize she was from the past

[@JasonBoyce]

Seems weird that 1. Guinan wouldn’t have remembered Data from the past, as she did Picard and 2. She’s an El-Aurian so she shouldn’t be surprised to hear about spacefaring alternate species from the future

[@toomanyaccounts]

@@JasonBoyce 2 she did realize he was not human hence the comment as to her father sending him. 1 due to time travel mechanics she may have decided to keep it secret so as to not jeopordize what has occured

[@jmackmcneill]

@@ghostrider-be9ek Yes, he would have realised instantly, the first time Guinan denied knowing him, not three sentences later. If nothing else, he would have recognised the need not to blow his and her cover by talking openly about starships in public.

[@Norrie_Rugger]

To be honest Guinan would also have been smart enough to recognise that Data is not human. The people just assume that he is weird looking, knowing no better, she would have copped it quicker too

[@ItsYaBoyYogi]

did they forget to paint Data’s hand? (as he walks into the room)

[@x13years]

Where you bartend aboard a starship.

[@strangelee4400]

I only just got it...Mark Twain. Mark Two. Samuel Clemens Mk 2.

[@ncwordman]

Nah. "Mark Twain" is terminology used on steam boats on the Mississippi. They would have to measure the depth of the water, to make sure they didn't run aground. And they would call out the depths. Twain is the number two. And they would "mark" the depths of the water. Mark twain would be the measure of two fathoms. He took it as a pen name when he worked for newspapers in Nevada, after having worked on steam boats himself.

[@strangelee4400]

@@ncwordman Ahhh that makes sense. Thank you.

[@eyesofpicasso]

fuckin twain, man!

[@Xerock]

They really did Samuel Clemens dirty when they came out with part 2.

[@greggweber9967]

What color of star? White Star or something else?

[@mariuszmiroslaw2290]

Shouldn't she be younger? Younger than she was...130 later? 🤔

[@yegfreethinker]

Her species the El Aurians can live upwards of a millennium or more

[@MuscleCecil]

how the hell does he know the name of the registry of the enterprise d?

[@BezoRazo]

Like, did Paramount execs actually kidnap Samuel Clemens _Bill & Ted_ style and bring him to the 20th century to shoot this episode? My brain can't quite accept that that isn't really him.

[@Doonkough]

. eses dropping ! Sheeeeish ! J. Paul Getty did IT all the time . to keep his Businesses a~float . quite a few other .

[@OMDF01]

Guinan depicted as a 19th Century American socialite was laughable lol! 🤣

[@nazarethpriest4724]

Could MICHAEL MYERS mask have been modeled after DATA as opposed to WILLIAM SHATNER?

[@666mengel]

In the middle of the 21st century, Guinan looked younger than in the 19th century? Go figure!!

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Whoopi Goldberg

[@gallifreyantauri]

Come on folks! Guinan is obviously a Time Lady. (hee hee hee)

[@simonhopkins3867]

Good episodes. But very lazy writing.

[@Ragitsu]

Elucidate?

[@markmed9091]

Everything, including the time travel , alien beings etc… is more believable than a black woman being celebrated and being famous in the 19th century.

[@gu9838]

hate to say it but your right.

[@taekwondotime]

You have to accomplish something of significance to be famous. They didn't hand out "diversity points" in the 19th century.

[@wymple09]

You would be wrong There were a plethora of black females in literature who would have fit right in conversing with Samuel Clemens.

[@answerman9933]

Even back then, California was a bit more liberal than the rest.

[@nfrl-hs2ly]

Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Maria W. Stewart, Henrietta Purvis, Harriet Forten Purvis, Sarah Remond, and Mary Ann Shadd Cary would like a word with you. And that was the result of a 5 Second Google search and only the first answer.

[@cranbers]

Its too bad woopie had to go so far left woke on the view.. she was a great actor especially on star trek tng... with that said this scene was amazing. I love how guinan knew this was someone who recognized her and it wasn't normal, he looked weird. Data explained himself and she didn't act surprised just ah ok.

[@joanneaugust6611]

I find that guy so annoying with his constantly high-pitched voice - I wonder what the actor was thinking: "Let's create a character which every viewer wants to see killed immediately"?

[@shack8110]

Mr. Data could walk over and snap that old geezer's neck in 1/2 a second. He could say something cool like, "eavesdrop this Elmer". He probably thought, this is how they talk in Southern Missouri, but we ain't got no accents down heya.

[@rascallyrabbit717]

Says more about you

[@joanneaugust6611]

@@rascallyrabbit717 Are you alright, mate? Is my character now being judged when I make a statement about a fictional character? Or do you have a high-pitched voice and feel personally offended?

[@christopherdean1326]

@@joanneaugust6611 I think he was suggesting, and if so, I can only agree with him, that you are very much in the minority. I personally hope that the actual Sam Clemens was half as nice a man as Jerry Hardin made him appear.

[@badboy-gn8fu]

well the majority didn't agree w/you bc after his role in this episode the actor who played clemens went on to play the role elsewhere for the next decade and he was very popular

[@cordongrouch9323]

Pure bunk. The primary implication of time travel is being in two places at once, which is an obvious impossibility.

[@ryanalving3785]

Says you

[@cordongrouch9323]

@@ryanalving3785... Says the Principle of Least Action, the Laws of Entropy (Thermodynamics and Motion/Inertia/Friction), and the Law of Lepton Conservation. Also Common Sense.

[@ryanalving3785]

@@cordongrouch9323 All truth is ultimately self evident

[@djsUltra]

I feel pretty similar about time travel but why watch star trek if you're not able to suspend disbelief?

[@shmorpiem6323]

My kind sir, it is TV. So, therefore it must be true.

[@keaton718]

Is this the worst Mark Twain in the history of TV and cinema?