The Minutes That Change History

[@AnEnemySpy456]

She went from dying a pointless death to a sludge monster to dying while escaping being a Romulan officer's consort and her daughter becoming an enemy of the Federation. Her life sucks no matter which timeline she's in.

[@dsraverstar]

No, her life changed the outcome of the timeline because she gave the C the tactics that they needed.

[@ConvictedFelonKwame]

SHOOTER!

[@metrnatuy2468]

‘An empty death’ - Guinan is talking about suicide :(

[@thegreenbaron6439]

I bet she regrets quitting after season 1

[@purplefood1]

@@metrnatuy2468 no she's talking about the stupid death to the sludge monster

[@paulzy5192]

I love how Picard instantly knew that Guinan had spoken to her.

[@JimmyCerra]

Picard's temper was so short in this timeline. It really showed how much the war with the Klingons affected him and really how dire the Federation's situation had become.

[@MarginalSC]

No Captain Picard Day wears on a man.

[@thomasmcginnis3783]

Very well put.

[@jeepinbanditrider]

One of the greatest actors in our time.

[@aliciaborth3016]

@@jeepinbanditrider a long way from "unknown Shakespearean actor"

[@JaredLS10]

It was very early season 1 short.

[@TiptronicSS]

Seeing all these epic scenes one after the other, you can't appreciate TNG enough for how timeless and legendary it is.

[@guysalzmann9302]

Agree. But TOS more timeless...

[@DiggitySlice]

Timeless. If only modern Trek, or even any modern media knew to be timeless. Everything produced to day is timely, and hateful.

[@neilallender8150]

💚👾💚

[@kbanghart]

​@@DiggitySlicehateful? You're weird

[@MirrorMonolith]

@@kbanghartNo he is not weird, he makes a very valid point. Modern Trek is vicious in its targeting and demoralizing of certain groups, races, genders. It’s vile and hateful propaganda.

[@Sage2000]

Additionally they took a piss at the original Tashas meaningless death. Awesome.

[@savethedeveloper]

yeah, the Tasha character was really abused by the writers, a fallout of the chaos of season 1

[@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire]

@@savethedeveloper and Crosby got booted for appearing in a porn magazine out of spite

[@gorgeous6737]

@@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire in today's environment Ms Crosby would have a ticket tape parade, millions in endorsement and hailed as a role model for young girls

[@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire]

@@gorgeous6737 no she wouldn't she'd have appeared in a few celebrity gossip magazines then interest would have been lost

[@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire]

@@gorgeous6737 don't exaggerate

[@laizalott]

I'm sitting here crying, watching a clip of an episode I've seen maybe hundreds of times from thirty years ago. This was such a good episode. Maybe the best episode.

[@Archie2c]

Christopher Mcdonald doesn't get enough Credit Loved him here and Paramedics and who can forget Shooter Mcgavin.

[@MichaelRobertHart]

I’m probably projecting at 3:45, but Picards haggard look of sending another officer to their death, I sense just the tiniest flicker of hope that this one may mean something and undo all the destruction he’s witnesses in this timeline. I know this is what the plot is showing, but Stewart adds just so so much to it.

[@norman9792]

'Yesterday's Enterprise' - one of the very best.

[@jr7392]

Sela shows up later and Guinan gives Picard hell about Yar, "You sent her back!" Uh no, Guinan, you kinda did that yourself. ..

[@Exodianecross1978]

Well, Guinan didn't suggest that Tasha goes back in time, only that the Enterprise-C returns!

[@uttermanbo]

Yeah she was very hypocritical in that regard. She also acted rather coldly when she instructed Riker on how she would let Picard go in the upcoming encounter with the Borg. Although she did warn Picard to flee before their first meeting a year earlier. I feel like they wanted us to view Guinan as a sage advisor.

[@smartalec2001]

@@uttermanbo it was cold, but she did tell Riker exactly what this was about: "It's the only way to beat him. The only way to SAVE him."

[@kbanghart]

​@@uttermanbothat's what she was

[@vsync]

2:45 it's a shame this Tasha never got a chance to talk to Worf, who would have understood instantly

[@andyb1653]

In my personal head-canon, Worf is the captain of the Bird of Prey that shot up the Enterprise-C and killed Captain Garret.

[@monkeyman767]

Man, Tasha never gets a break, here you think she's at least going out on her own terms, but then you find out she was captured by Romulans, forced to have a child, and then said child eventually got her killed when she tried to escape. Don't get me wrong I love the Sela reveal and glad the actress got a much better role in the end but the actual character of Tasha never gets a break

[@KnowTrentTimoy]

Tasha's karma is quite weighty and life changing. Anyone with that kind of "bad luck" has a deep seated reservoir of heavy duty issues that need to be expiated.

[@thetruth45678]

She died as she lived. Running from the grape gangs.

[@kurtisseid8361]

Even in Star Trek Online, her big redemption was being sent to prison for life.

[@caterinadc5567]

In an interesting sort of way though it all makes Tasha even more of a hero. She has the humble angle of not getting to LOOK LIKE or be known as a hero, in her manner(s) of death. But she was always courageously pursuing goodness while she died: whether doing her duty on an away mission, leaping into battle to help a doomed ship make a slightly better impression on a would-be ally to prevent a war (though psych & she didn't die that time), or heroically and with vulnerability of heart trying to rescue her little girl from vile circumstances. She may not have "gotten a break" but she made a beautiful way through the world. Seemingly regardless of timeline her conduct was admirable and in so many different ways.

[@moralityisnotsubjective5]

Tell me about it.

[@rstuart5418]

Denise Crosby did a fantastic job

[@dumaskhan]

The lighting in this sequence adds to the heavy atmosphere of the content.

[@pepesworld2995]

i noticed the sounds are all different too. they did well recreating everything differently so it all felt 'wrong' or just slightly off. hearing the comms radio all the time. stuff that makes ya feel almost like its a different show or something. the balance of everything is different

[@emissaryofcharybdis105]

"Do you know how?" "No. But I do know it was a really stupid death."

[@jeepinbanditrider]

She's not wrong.

[@johnschwalb]

It was a death the was brought on by the actress leaving to grow her career. Soooo yea it was senseless.

[@TheMelbournelad]

@@johnschwalb wasn’t so much to grow her career was just feed up with how her character was been writen by first season team. Apparently it was a hot mess. Which you get a sense of in first two seasons of TNG. I mean those pink parasites things where meant to be the Borg.

[@troyjollimore4100]

@@johnschwalb Starring on the cover of 'PlayBoy' that year may also have had a little to do with it... Good issue, though! ;)

[@Hunpecked]

"Death in the line of duty isn't meaningless." -- The Star Trek Red Shirt motto.

[@superjj1850]

“Earth females are too fragile”-worf at the beginning of the episode

[@szahmad2416]

One of the best episodes…and there are many to choose from.

[@KeltoiMagus]

I loved this episode for giving Tasha Yar a meaningful death and adding her mark on Federation history.

[@matthewjones2095]

Problem is she didn't she got captured by the romulins and become a sex slave

[@Exodianecross1978]

@@matthewjones2095 More like a wife against her will, she tried to escape but her daughter didn't want to leave her home and father, so she screamed and Tasha was executed!

[@scottbirch968]

@@Exodianecross1978Is that in a book?

[@Exodianecross1978]

@@scottbirch968 No, in TNG, in the second part of the "klingon civil war"-episode.

[@kbanghart]

​@@Exodianecross1978she still at least got to make this choice.

[@danieljackson7971]

one of the best acted scenes in the history of TNG

[@jamesgrant3343]

a LOT of wide-eyed, smell-the-fart acting. I’m amazed Whoopie managed to deliver such crappular dialog without throwing in the towel. Even Sir Patrick couldn’t rescue these scenes. But… the episode as a whole (was it a 2 parter?) was awesome and I loved it.

[@kbanghart]

​@@jamesgrant3343You probably don't understand dialogue

[@kurthewitt6624]

It's such a shame. That producers just trample over trek. It's a "Property" they say. Onlybifvyou define itvas such. Trek is a REALITY. A vision ofcwhat An be. These new shows trundle against the Souls of all of us. This tiny clip. Nearly brought me to tears. Than. And now. The new shows. Bring Nothing from within me..

[@kbanghart]

Wtf

[@lisasimmons5362]

TNG at its best

[@MP-in4or]

One of the best moments in the history of this show. She did such a great job and so powerful!

[@fryfry377]

There's something that's been nagging at me about El Aurians, and that's the ESP that only Guinan seems to have. I can remember seeing two other of her species- Soran in Generations, and one other on an early DS9 ep- and neither seemed to display this power, only saying they're of a race of "listeners" to distinguish themselves. It doesn't really bother me that much, but it makes me wonder if Guinan is a special kind among her people. Even Q seems to set her apart from other humanoids, as seen in "Q Who".

[@TheWildManEnkidu]

I think Guinan is probably special to a degree, like you say. Maybe the power manifests itself in different ways, depending on the person. In Generations, we do see Soren able to manipulate Picard because of his recent loss of Robert and René. Soran latches directly onto Picard's feelings and cuts him deeply, by saying 'time is a fire in which we all burn', or something to that effect. It might have just been a lucky choice of words, but he seemed to know that would get what he wanted. And when he goes to leave the bar, Guinan feels a sort of shiver down her spine, like she can feel someone was there that she knew. Like a shadow. He was also able to stay alive on that Klingon ship through some clever manipulation. Soran was something of a black hole of a person, drawing people in and places, and destroying them. His loss meant he sucked people in and ruined them to get what he wanted. He used people, whereas Guinan listened and helped people. I guess maybe for the sake of plot, and depending on the character, it's just used in differently. Guinan has placed herself in an environment where she can always listen. Soran actively went to places out of the way, just to consume them.

[@Tesserex]

I think Guinan acquired her abilities from her time in the Nexus, not just from her species. Soran probably would have had the same abilities but he doesn't live long enough for us to see.

[@Nizzet]

Also remember that the El Aurians live for centuries,. Guinan herself is at least 500 years old and possibly far older than that. it would make perfect sense for a being that old to have a unbelievably well honed sense of intuition that would probably appear supernatural.

[@fryfry377]

@@Nizzet I thought that, too. But given how Q reacts to her, I still think it might be more than that. I need to read more non-canon novels. :D

[@TheGoldenGear99]

Let’s just chalk it up to shes probably the oldest since she was on earth when mark twain was alive and probably was there at lot longer since she knew a lot more about the earth than she was letting on

[@TheDenix8]

Oh man how I love this show :') This scene is so good it brings tears to my eyes

[@akheteru6525]

You really know how to curate a highlights playlist! I watched all of this during TNG's original run and I frequently get the urge to re-watch the show on Netflix but there were lots of filler episodes and I don't really remember which episodes were the great ones. But after watching these scenes on your channel, I go back and cherry-pick those episodes. Yesterday's Enterprise was one of my favorites, and Denise Crosby did an excellent job on this episode.

[@jeepinbanditrider]

This was one of those submitted episodes and it turned out to be one of TNGs best.

[@zeroplacestv]

This episode was so pivotable to the future of TNG. One of the best plot twists in the series was seeing Sela reveal herself. They wasted the character by not having her appear after Reunification Part 2.

[@kbanghart]

Or the character just didn't fit

[@stevenmanchester2104]

One very subtle difference in the Starfleet uniforms of this reality. The neckline has no gap at the front.

[@kenp7814]

Have you noticed the conflict in the tone between Picard and Riker in this episode?

[@marcfoster715]

Picard in the alternative timeline really looks more like Captain Jellico.

[@mattb6369]

Picard and Riker's relationship doesn't have balance in this timeline without the honor of Worf, the love of Troi, and the innocence of the ship's children.

[@jd.3493]

This was the send off Tasha deserved and got

[@Vespyr_]

She didn't deserve a send off at all, this was their chance at bringing her back in.

[@ivannedelchev7904]

Also known as that time Tasha Screwed the whole timeline (and the universe ).

[@scarygary5678]

I really wish Tarantino was still going to make a Star Trek movie based off of this episode. I hope it still gets made with a different director. He said if they did make it he would give notes and help.

[@Vespyr_]

He was planning on doing that? That'd have been sick.

[@ivuldivul]

3:04 The lighting in this scene genuinely match Tasha's sense of purpose!

[@RaynmanPlays]

If only she knew that what was waiting on the other side wasn't death, maybe she wouldn't have requested that transfer.

[@quietone610]

Well, for her character personally, it didn't go well, but Isharra was a nice paycheck when they got around to Romulan intrigue.

[@aggressiveattitudeera887]

But her death here would give purpose.....purpose for the existence of Commander Sela. I don't think Guinan was supposed to do that.

[@Justicar2503]

Maybe, thats also a change in history.

[@0why]

Poor Tasha man, she grew up on the only federation planet that had roaming rape gangs, died a meaningless death, then when she finally got a break, she went off to die and ended up in a prison camp where she was raped by the prison leader, and then her rape-baby commander Sela turned her in to her father, and got her executed for trying to escape. She really should have just been a painter or something.

[@TheGoldenGear99]

And to data if it wasn’t for her sleeping with him the judge would’ve made him get dismantled

[@pbdye1607]

Her being at Tactical on the Enterprise-C probably allowed them to make a better showing against the Romulans and helped prevent the Federation-Klingon War, that's worth how annoying Sela's been over the arc of the story and apocrypha.

[@kompissanu1983]

@@0why thank you, that’s why I hate that she went to the past.

[@mcewenhandcraft]

Loved Tasha in TNG. She was a true Soldier. She was a great character!

[@dkajj]

"Thank you, captain" didn't seem enough. I wanted to see a salute.

[@stratfordbaby]

3:14 Tearjerker moment for sure.

[@DanSmith-zn2sc]

A much better performance by Ms. Crosby than in her first episodes of TNG

[@desiv1170]

Picard: Lieutenant, permission granted.. Tasha: Ha! I suspected we were losing the war, and you just confirmed it!

[@ileria3]

The sad part is, Picard should have said Lt, give them hell when she walked out.

[@erikblaas5826]

It always puzzels me in the Startrek movies and series with anything about time traveling, there is always someone arguing that "something is not right" and they have to "set things back to where it belongs"... If they life in that specific timeline, to me they would not know better and would refuse to change things in the first place. If you change something to the past, you could end up "not existing" ..... ( like what happend at some part in the movies of Back to the Future )..

[@lodevijk]

She had bigger balls than anyone pictured in the new Picard series.

[@davidbroughall3782]

This was peak Star Trek. No matter how hard they tried to restore the timeline, they still subtly altered it.

[@Dowlphin]

0:55 That looks more like Data's log. 😄 1:18 You are not supposed to be *there in the past*, Tasha. But you are supposed to be in the altered timeline and presumably end with it. You belong there. But the loss of Captain Garrett might be a relevant factor. Even though in Trek time logic, whatever they decide will lead to the right outcome anyway. Picard was probably moved by her willingness to sacrifice her life to save very many. She should totally change her uniform, though, otherwise they are really causing trouble. Ah, hell, there were over a 100 survivors, and they would have told a story. ... That seems to not be part of the main timeline official record, AFAIK. What a weird mess.

[@demarcusfaulkner7411]

Great episode

[@chrisunpluggedable]

Casual Friday for Shooter with the no belt look.

[@ifrit05]

I feel like Guinan was breaking the forth wall about how Tasha was written off the show.

[@BintyMcFrazzles]

Great episode.

[@tracynation2820]

Excellent. 💙 T.E.N.

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

Gonna miss having you as a protagonist, Denise.

[@mr.adventure0142]

That was the biggest mistake of Guinan. She tell Yar about her life & death, and after the conversation she going to Picard and ask him to tranfer to the Enterprise-C. The second big mistake was when he granted Yar to going back to the past. If Picard had been a bit wiser, he would have had to deny her request and thus the whole escalation with Yar's daughter Sela in the other timeline would never have taken place.

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

"A death without purpose." If you think about it, that's a not-so-subtle jab at the writing and production team of season 1, led by Maurice Hurley, which was one of the reasons why Denise Crosby left the show in the first place.

[@williedunkley4026]

Is that shooter McGavin????

[@jasonmichael3676]

Picard suddenly granting her request surprised her.

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

0:39 Not really!!!! Armus probably would've ended up killing Worf if he'd been the security chief, trying to get to Troi!!!!

[@charliewaters5289]

3:30 "Sh*t. That was just supposed to go in my record. He actually said yes. F*ck. F*ck. F*ck."

[@naturalbodiesofwater5009]

Denise Crosby was so good in this.

[@Chiknlitl]

Take your station Lieutenant! Let's eat these pieces of $#!+ for breakfast! Bridge crew stares awkwardly...

[@joshuairwin2016]

The profound deeper meaning of this scene is that Tasha died for best friend that this version of her never knew she had.... She died for Worf.

[@Nicolas_Cage_Bees]

I can't believe Shooter McGavin went from being a pro golfer to a Starfleet officer.

[@MirrorMonolith]

Superb characters with chemistry bursting from the screen, outstanding writing and brilliant sci-fi ideas. It’s clips like this one that really make clear how trash the writing is in current Trek.

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

Wow, they really trust Guinan.

[@jamesgrant3343]

Dead… Do you know how? No, but I do know it was a low budget death.

[@TommygunNG]

If they were concerned about sending higher tech back, Yar should have left her phaser and comm badge on the D.

[@dmale79]

Does anyone know the last episode before time travel? Isn't every episode since then an alternate timeline? Like TOS had a bunch of time travel episodes and a movie. The movie was major. So much technology was left behind and just given away.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

Was this the first time Whoopi Goldberg and Denise Crosby met? Because it seems like these two would probably get along pretty well with each other.

[@robertpolityka8464]

Captain Shooter McGavin of The Enterprise-C

[@artman2oo3]

But then later she became a cannibal... and eventually got eaten by zombies when she encountered a badass woman named Carol.

[@patrickschulz2193]

It will never not bother me how they butchered those uniforms by taking away the collared undershirt.

[@kevinshea7547]

It's fan theory time. I think that somehow the Borg created the rift in a effort to weaken the Federation and Klingon empire. They would have learned the history of this part of the galaxy from the colonies they assimilated at the end of the first season, and the encounter that was caused by Q. Because of their assimilation of El Aurians, the Borg can perceive alterations to history, similar to what Guinan did.

[@Spacegoat92]

Why is the captains log entry just numbers??

[@TheBlueWaveReportDemcastUSA]

oooh Tasha learned how to putt

[@ThaSouthMU]

Really wish there was somewhat more exposition on this timeline, and specifically as to why the federations situation had become so dire fighting the Klingons… a powerful foe, yet tactically and technologically inferior to the Federation.

[@smartalec2001]

Romulan help! Had to be.

[@songofstorms9789]

I wish she got a better character arc and continued in the series to this point

[@Exodianecross1978]

Unfortunately that didn't happen, and I believe for two reasons! Gene Roddenberry didn't want an ensemble show, it was supposed to be like TOS, around Kirk, Spock, McCoy! The other reason was that strong female characters were unusual back in the 80's, only in B-movies they flourished, therefore there wasn't much for Tasha to do, and Denise decided to quit!

[@songofstorms9789]

@@Exodianecross1978 also Tashas actor has said she didn't like that her character wasn't getting much arc, so she asked to get out

[@Exodianecross1978]

@@songofstorms9789 Exactly my point!

[@DarkGob]

0:55 why is picard's captain's log a russian numbers station

[@jasonshoraka1098]

If Lieutenant Tasha Yar knew she's going to die on the other ship to transferred to then why would she do it???? I have been watching Star Trek Next generation series for ever since the 1990s in I never saw that one except for once! For this part is brought to my mind when I saw this small clip why would Lieutenant Tasha Yar go there when she knows she she knows she's going to die there because of the timeline she already knows she's going to die there that I don't understand! If anybody wants to let me know or comment feel free to open your comments!!!

[@misterlau5246]

So when did exactly Guinan got the ship's bar?

[@hajime5486]

Shooter McGavin!

[@randomrazr]

wonder if the enterprise d would have lasted longer during the fight witht he klingons

[@edithisaok580]

It would have, given that Picard's ship technology was more advanced.

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

0:55 Picard typed his log entries in binary????? The binars would be proud!!!!

[@InAMinMaths]

It’s not binary...

[@Wayoutthere]

I'm so glad seeing this we now have Picard and STD!!!!!111

[@misterlau5246]

Empty death? Well. Death is death. Wasn't it a bad idea to mess with the timeline? But this episode showed us how a waste was Tasha 's death but because here she is really into her character, and she is pretty good! It's a pity the only relevant thing about Tasha was her robosex with Data and that she just died like the typical unfortunate crewmember from Kirk' s landing parties. At least they didn't kill my lovely Beverly.

[@313mjd]

Error? Is this part of the edit? Before Tasha walks in Picard seems to be looking at laptop then after Tasha approaches him it's I-Pad equivalent and laptop is no longer on his desk...

[@MichaelRobertHart]

He is multitasking in a lot of scenes. A nice detail as normal timeline he is often very focused and engaged on the task at hand, making eye contact etc. Here he is always buried in screens or fidgeting.

[@southernberean8166]

Normally does your was “expelled“ from Star Trek because of a “taboo relationship“ that she had in the 80s and even the Trekkies didn’t like it so they had her killed off to save their show I remember when that happened sad that even people that look forward to the future still didn’t like those kind of “relationship“

[@axjohn]

Those two would make some beautiful babies!

[@trebleking1641]

Worst decision in history was Denise Crosby leaving TNG. Over thirty years of bit parts, minor roles some of which she hardly had any dialogue. Crazy...

[@tracylf5409]

3:25 actual start

[@Jason.W.]

Ironically, she's got a Klingon spirit.

[@greggweber9967]

What will they do when they find her uniform and badge?

[@tyro244]

Am I the first to notice that Picard's log was mainly numbers?

[@WeirdErnie]

Damn. I know there were great episodes after season 3, but it really seems liked the writing peaked with 3.

[@pauls3604]

So…raised on the only planet left in the federation that can’t get its shut together (rape gangs, violent crime, etc). And she has an empty pointless death at the hands of a tar monster. Or alternatively captured, raped and empregnated by a Romulan Admiral. And while trying to escape that hell, her own rape baby is responsible for her capture and execution. Tasha Yar had some really bad karma.

[@arielfetters5662]

And then she died a pointless death anyways, betrayed by her own daughter.

[@jasonscott5791]

Probably should've changed her uniform.

[@SacGhostbusters]

You need someone who can shoot better than you, Shooter McGavin.

[@JohnDoe-Alien]

why does Yar have a mustache

[@ReefMimic]

SHOOITER!!!

[@guysalzmann9302]

Denise Crosby’s greatest acting moment...

[@davidjones1619]

TNG should of developed Tasha as a character and killed off Troi instead!