TNG Picard handles Sarek's emotions (Sarek)

[@Theomite]

DIRECTOR: Okay, Patrick? For this scene I have an idea. STEWART: What's that? DIRECTOR: You know the acting stuff you learned at the Royal Shakespeare Company? STEWART: Yes. DIRECTOR: Use all of it. STEWART: All of it? DIRECTOR: All of it.

[@jacobp7037]

Stewart: even the gr- Director: yes, even the gentleman of verona

[@adamlewellen5081]

Enough sed... and the Oscar goes to....

[@freelanceryuu]

DUDE! Yes!!!

[@ireneparkin3360]

DIRECTOR:- Okay Patrick, what's up this time? PATRICK:- I'm quite concerned about this scene? DIRECTOR:- Paramount Studio's paid a lot of money to get you on this show, Are they wrong about this assumption? PATRICK:- *brief pause* No. DIRECTOR:- That's a good chap. PATRICK *under breath* I really need to speak to my manager after this. DIRECTOR:- What you say? PATRICK:- Nothing.

[@DragoMusivini]

Fire all the things.

[@normanby100]

The benefits of having a classicaly trained Shakespearian actor like Patrick Stewart are in evidence here.

[@stardude2006]

arse bandit Yes !

[@Discrimination_is_not_a_right]

The benefits of having a classically trained anything are in evidence here.

[@matthewsmith3078]

Shatner was too, but I have a feeling if this was Kirk it would be played quite differently

[@Mechaghostman2]

@@matthewsmith3078 "I AM CAPTAIN KIRK!"

[@arielklay23]

Absolutely, it is so easy to be caught up by the scene that you forget you are seeing amazing acting. Also, it is remarkable considering what it must be like for Picard. Although not a Vulcan, he is tremendously controlled when it comes to his emotions.

[@BrotherSergeantFlynn]

"I can't stop them" Riker, barging in: "No you CAN'T don't even TRY!"

[@Eusong]

I hate you for this comment but also it made me laugh.

[@gladiater56]

Jonathan Frakes: It didn't happen Jonathan Frakes: I made it up Jonathan Frakes: Never happened Jonathan Frakes: It wasn't real

[@yvettemarshallTWN]

Commander Riker: What the hell?!

[@Loneman1]

Glad I wasn't the only one that heard that during that moment! hahahaha

[@DarianCaplinger]

@@Eusong Hey, it's from the Episode "Future Imperfect," when Captain Riker tells Data not even try to explain away his issues, then turns to Picard, saying to "Shut up..., as in close your mouth and stop talking!" It's one of my favorite episodes. Having said that, I don't think Stewart gave a better acting performance than he did in this episode.

[@familiaaullon6313]

Everyone is talking about Patrick's performance (wich is amazin) but what I love more about this scene is that we learn theat Sarek's greatest regret was that, because of the Vulcan way, he could never showed to Amanda and Spock how much he loved them

[@HawkGTboy]

And later at the end of Unification Pt. 2, Picard gets to share that with Spock, so Spock finally gets to know.

[@benlowe1701]

People misunderstand Vulcans. They think they are emotionless. They aren't. They are extremely emotional. Moreso than humans. Full of passion, rage, lust and love. They consider this to be a weakness, and thus to *express* emotion is taboo. They strive to act only on logic, but that is what they aspire to - not what they experience. The founding principled of Surak - the Vulcan archphilopsher, were that emotions were to be controlled and repressed. Spock was deeply devoted to his friends. Sarek loved his children - and defied all Vulcan custom in falling love with a Human, an act so rare that it created what was believed to the very first Vulcan-Human hybrid. To count a Vulcan among your loved ones would be a double edged sword. Their devotion to you would be immeasurable. But the extent of it would be known only to them. Never mistake a Vulcans adherence to Logic for being the absence of emotion. Beneath the surface is emotion beyond what most humans can experience.

[@MrPatrickworthington]

@@benlowe1701 Yes, a weakness but even more so a danger. Strong emotions almost destroyed the Vulcan race. They had nuclear wars. They learned to suppress their emotions. If they didn't they might destroy themselves. In the throes of an emotional outburst, they are even worse than humans in suppressing them.

[@Steve3Thumbs]

The genius of this scene is that it showcases the emotional turmoil of the Vulcans. It was said so many times that the reason that Vulcans embraced logic was due to the rampant emotions and aggression they felt, even more so then humans. This scene illustrates the immense raw emotion’s that Vulcan hold at bay. It is powerful and leaves me in awe

[@Billmaster115]

Jaegar Ultima for Vulcans even the mildest emotions can overwhelm. They are extremely sensitive to emotion, Human emotion just doesn’t compare. Humans can be emotional as well as logical, Vulcans can’t, it’s one or the other. The architecture on Vulcan is reminiscent of Tibetan and Buddhist culture, it keeps them calm and composed.

[@sFeral]

@@Billmaster115 That's a very narrow view.

[@sFeral]

@@Billmaster115 Narrow in a sense that one can really define anything. Existence itself is not logical yet they appear not to put it into question, and live extremely long in accordance.

[@Billmaster115]

TrokutX I don’t think you understand logic at all. Logic and existence are inseparable. This is both a metaphysical and epistemological claim. You cannot have existence without existence, and this truth also implies the existence of falsehood. If something is true, then it’s necessarily false to claim that it is not-true. Thus, truth and falsehood follow from the fact of existence - i.e. you can affirm or deny the existence of existence wherever existence exists.

[@sFeral]

@@Billmaster115 XD please don't think. Unless. you can think your way out of something stemming from nothing ?

[@ZenLoveX]

Him breaking down at the “I DO LOVE YOU!!!” Just gets me every time.

[@LGranthamsHeir]

Esp w/Beverly Crusher - arguably the love of Picard's life - sitting next to him and consoling him 😮‍💨

[@ironsandwich739]

Its because men love without conditions.

[@xxlCortez]

I have to give credit for Patrick Stewart for his acting. Not just this scene, but Picard as whole. Stewart is a rather goofy guy which is the polar opposite to the strict captain he played for 7 seasons.

[@edbadyt]

He is one of the best living Shakespearean actors. If he couldn't do TV, it would be a poor do

[@DelcoRanz93]

He wasn't so goofy early on in TNG's production, it wasn't until "Skin of Evil" that he finally loosened up.

[@xxlCortez]

Starfleet2360 After Denise Crosby left? XD

[@tenhirankei]

Well of course he was. As he told Riker he had been given a "ship full of children" and he wanted Riker to project the amiable attitude that he needed.

[@ReelMeurik]

It's a well known anecdote, that Patrick Stewart was a very strict and dull person on the set. Denise Crosby told him to "loosen up" and "have fun". To which Stewart blurted out, "We are NOT HERE TO HAVE FUN!" Sometime after that, he did in fact loosen up. I wouldn't say he's "goofy", but he's certainly become more at ease with himself since the early days of TNG.

[@charleslennonbaker]

When you learn of Sir Patrick's early life and the trauma of being a child, witnessing the constant physical abuse inflicted on his mother due to the PTSD his father experienced from WW2, not to mention the "distance" he felt from his father, and the hate and pain he felt about his father, one can not help but admire this scene.

[@evm6177]

Wow that's deep and a great reveal.

[@3chords490]

Has this been written about somewhere?

[@isabelleblanchet3694]

@@3chords490 There was a british TV show about it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZmweaWpnNennMU

[@andysmith8655]

I always liked how Beverly was there with Picard. Not just for medical support, but more for moral support. It said a lot about the characters, and Patrick Stewart and Gates Mcfadden had great chemistry together.

[@LGranthamsHeir]

Why the two of them never got together by the end of TNG always puzzled me. This scene certainly showed how Crusher cared for Picard's well-being beyond their friendship.

[@dhinton1]

the reason that they never did gets back to the complicated nature of their relationship. Picard was the commanding officer on the mission that led to the death of Beverly's husband, and Wesley's father, Jack Crusher. Picard himself was close friends with Jack. Along with being her commanding officer, he felt that it would disrespect Jack for him to be intimately involved with Beverly.

[@dhinton1]

but Captain Picard and Dr. Crusher always had a unique interaction. they almost always called one another by first name ... she basically being the only person in Starfleet to do so. she was about as willfully defiant as he allowed anyone on his senior staff to be, sometimes to her own detriment.

[@sharkdentures3247]

I always felt is was a profound act of trust on the Captain's part. He was always so proud & concerned with projecting a 'dignified' image to the world. For him to willingly be emotionally & metaphorically "naked" in front of someone (especially Beverly, someone whom he knew for so long) must have been hard! To risk humiliation like that is very courageous!

[@dhinton1]

@@sharkdentures3247 he knew it wasn't a risk .... that's why only Beverly was there. plus, Beverly was the most qualified MEDICAL person on the ship to monitor him.

[@Redshirt434]

A Human having to handle the full barrage of Vulcan emotions, unfettered....how Picard didn't completely lose his mind is astonishing.

[@quaternarytetrad4039]

I've always held that because the Vulcans embraced logic and did all they could not to be emotional meant that they were ill equipped to handle emotions in general, and were especially ill equipped to handle emotional traumas. Humans, however, or at least most humans, have lived with emotions all of their lives and thus are miles ahead of Vulcans in dealing with emotions, or at least some of us are.

[@melodymarchand1]

@@quaternarytetrad4039 @TrekkieAlex I think it was his plot armor.

[@Reg_The_Galah]

@@melodymarchand1I mean probably but it’s nice to think human can handle feels better

[@melodymarchand1]

INdeed. I'm happy to be brought back to this clip and comment. Thank you, @@Reg_The_Galah

[@andreachilton6037]

This is a great set up for Sir Patrick later becoming Prof Xavier

[@morbius109]

Two centuries of raw, savage emotion bottled up...it was brutal, volcanic, primal. The raging ferocity of what they wall up behind logic is terrifying. His lament for the lack of feeling, his sorrow at the loss of all he wanted to share with Amanda, it is heartbreaking. But even amidst the raving harshness, you see the love and affection Sarek has for Spock, his mother, and for Perrin. I remember this scene bringing me to tears. Mark Lenard and Patrick Stewart, together, showcase the inner pain that even the most implacable Vulcan conceals. An amazing scene, and unquestionably one of the most powerful in all of Star Trek.

[@FrauIndian]

NO under most cirumstances lifelong suppression of Vulcns emotions would not be pshcholoically damageing for a Vulcan. But Sarek has a neuological mind disease, Bendii syndrome-so rare there is no cure and hardly any diagnosis.

[@jesuszamora6949]

@@FrauIndian True, but still. It's a fair analogy to senility, and as someone seeing my grandmother deteriorate, it really hits me.

[@morbius109]

@@FrauIndian True, but even still, Picard struggling with Sarek’s emotions is an example of what every Vulcan holds back. When it is let loose, it’s as if a dam has burst. The Bendii’s Syndrome forced it all to the surface, and Sarek had to struggle with it daily in his final few years.

[@merdufer]

"I can't stop them. I can't." "Don't even try." Such a brilliant ending to the scene.

[@Akira625]

Can't help but feel bad for both Sarek and Picard. Underneath the Vulcan discipline is a tortured soul who wished he could be allowed to feel. Poor Picard struggles to keep his sanity through this unrelenting tsunami of emotions.

[@tubian323]

Yes it's occurred to me that suppressing your emotions for a lifetime would probably be psychologically damaging, maybe even for a Vulcan.

[@matthewJ142]

I love how Picard cant do more than feel sympathy for Sarek that even he a well tempered man can do nothing but feel even sadder for what Sarek has gone through his adult life. The part that gets me is the love for his family. Father figures get a lot of flack for not being too emotional because they need to keep them in check to do what is necessary for their family.

[@robjackson5245]

@@matthewJ142 Fear of showing vulnerability.

[@FrauIndian]

@@tubian323 NO under most cirumstances lifelong suppression of Vulcns emotions would not be pshcholoically damageing for a Vulcan. But Sarek has a neuological mind disease, Bendii syndrome-so rare there is no cure and hardly any diagnosis.

[@FrauIndian]

NO under most cirumstances lifelong suppression of Vulcns emotions would not be pshcholoically damageing for a Vulcan. But Sarek has a neuological mind disease, Bendii syndrome-so rare there is no cure and hardly any diagnosis.

[@nazgren100]

This is quite possibly Patrick Stewarts best moment in TNG. The Inner Light is better as whole episode, but this is the best scene IMHO. Whenever Patrick is called upon to deliver emotionally charged performances he really does deliver, just like when he breaks down with his brother. The writing was superb in this scene as well. Many people only think of Sareks emotions, mannerisms and personality going into Picard, but some of Picard also goes into Sarek. When you look for it you can easily see how suddenly Sarek no longer carries himself like a Vulcan, but like JLP, which is admittedly, already quite Vulcan like anyway. He also repeatedly refers to Riker as Number One. A Vulcan would never refer to someone by there nickname, even Spok called Kirk Jim, whenever it wasn't Captain. For me that minor detail makes a huge difference.

[@austinboylan5476]

nazgren100 But how many lights are there?

[@luvmenow33]

I always really loved his speech during the drumhead... Nothing super emotional like hear or inner light but great non the less.

[@wibblewobble1934]

@@austinboylan5476 THERE....ARE......FOUR......LIGHTS!!!

[@dhinton1]

I would say this performance is one of his best .... as the previous two comments alluded to, he has some other outstanding ones: when he broke down on his brother's vineyard; when he was being grilled about his time captured by the Borg; his parting words to Gul Lamec after relieving Capt Maxwell of duty; him refusing to be broken while tortured by the Cardassians; him grilling Wesley Crusher after the Red Squad incident at Starfleet Academy; him grilling Commander Riker about what happened to the Pegasus .... he has a pretty hefty list.

[@ZoolGatekeeper]

Picard has many good speeches so it's hard to pick a favourite: This one? Drumhead.. or perhaps the one in Measure of Man? But this one here is a true gem. It's better to watch the whole (Sarek) episode and let the end scenes move you to tears...

[@blackhatnell6995]

Patrick Stewart's classical training really showed here. He is a really amazing actor!

[@solomonreal1977]

Mr. Worf, escort BlackHatNell to the brig

[@Noshua300]

Belay that order

[@amiefortman7220]

This has got to be one of the finest pieces of acting I have ever seen. Bravo, Patrick Stewart--bravo a hundred times. :)

[@tenhirankei]

It takes a mind-meld with a Vulcan ambassador to bring out Picard's humanity. As Spock would say "Fascinating."

[@stardude2006]

Amie Fortman He is a Master of dramatic performance Shakespearean training helps 👽💚

[@Locktwiste72]

@@stardude2006 Master? More like Grand-Master.

[@lukabizarri8058]

Agreed!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@roc7880]

I never got how awesome theater is until the day I saw Patrick Stewart in London live.

[@LostMercenary99]

The curse that all Vulcan's have to bear. Everytime I see this scene I can't help but picture the Vulcan's as a walking tragedy.

[@girlgarde]

Same here. Sarek wanted so badly to express emotions towards his son Spock and his wives and be affectionate to them but felt like he couldn't.

[@dhinton1]

I would say it's more of a different experience than the one we are accustomed to. I'm sure that other species would be quite perplexed by the antics of humanity .... and I wouldn't blame them cuz I'm equally perplexed. lol

[@jondoglegs7124]

This is patronising. Vulcans dont care for sympathy

[@kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151]

Why the apostrophe? You don’t need it in this case.

[@mosspally6995]

@@kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151 it’s misplaced but doesn’t affect the sentiment of the comment.

[@heebiejeepie]

If this is what was heaving and surging within Sarek, a full-blooded Vulcan, it makes me regard his half-human son Spock with new eyes. Kirk said it all very simply in his famous eulogy for Spock : "Of all the souls I've met in my travels, his was the most . . . human."

[@heebiejeepie]

And we should keep their secret for them at all costs, though other races might see the connection clearly, and envy it. They carry a deep burden humans can understand and respect, and they reached out to us at our lowest ebb. They were our first friends and allies in the dark, and we will never forget that.

[@hagamapama]

They also reached out to us in a low point in THEIR history, when their culture was corrupt and on the cusp of falling into decadence again -- and improbably (from their perspective) it was a representative our much less-developed race that helped them through it, and also ended a war with Andoria that Vulcan pride was too great to end themselves..

[@heebiejeepie]

The hunter-gatherer/intellect dichotomy continues. We can either hold that conflict within ourselves, or split it up between races. A well-known mechanism of friendship is that each brings something to the association that completes the package and makes it greater than the sum of the parts. For me, that's my core fascination with the Vulcan/Human experience.

[@hagamapama]

So we teach them to let loose a little, and they teach us to rise above our base natures, and both races are a little stronger as a result.

[@heebiejeepie]

Absolutely !

[@GunnerM60]

This scene is just a small chunk of Patrick Stewart's best acting in all of TNG! He conveyed every single emotion perfectly! Anger, frustration, disgust, desire, love, anguish, sadness, vulnerability, etc. Absolutely impeccable performance! If this scene isn't shown in acting/theatre classes around the world, by God it should be!

[@mulletboater]

agreed. If there is one thing that.... might .... be an issue. He is a more convincing Sarek than the actual Sarek

[@JnEricsonx]

How heartbreaking must it have been for Sarek, to love and be proud of his son, and yet not be able to show it.

[@girlgarde]

At least in the afterlife, the two of them can openly show their emotions towards each other and Amanda.....

[@Elly3981]

I'm sure that Spock and Amanda knew that Sarek loved them.

[@3Rayfire]

What really is incredible is that he's carrying the weight of Sarek's life, but also Mark Lenard's role that he had portrayed for over 25 years at this point. Saying everything that Lenard's Sarek never got to say. Remarkable really.

[@PointlessSideQuestLP]

I'd forgotten how intense this scene is. The Vulcans REALLY need to find some sort of happy medium between "rage-fueled barbarian" and their current "pure logic" ideal, because the implications here of just how much their total denial of emotions costs them are heartbreaking.

[@hagamapama]

I think that's why Vulcans generally get along with humans. We've achieved a balance that they've struggled all their existence to master. They have to bury their emotions under pure logic while well-adjusted humans can be freely in touch with both emotion and rationality at the same time. In a way, humans are goals for the Vulcans.

[@mackielunkey2205]

Can we just praise the cinematography and editing for a sec?

[@Teardehawkee]

"I'm so old......There is nothing left but the dry bones.....and dead friends".........Oh as I get older.....I feel these feelings. .....Such great acting.

[@PCCphoenix]

0:19--The connection is made! 0:35--Sarek is beginning to sound as dignified and as diplomatic as Picard 1:13--Picard is bearing the brunt of Sarek's hidden emotions Mark Lenard and Patrick Stewart do such a great job in these parts! Hats off to both of them.

[@quoniam426]

Oh when Sarek comes on the bridge and later in the corridor, there isn't simply the "Number One", yes, he speaks with Picard's inflections all along.

[@kuribayashi84]

Picard, experienced Starfleet Officer and Diplomat and as rational, intelligent, logical and reasonable as a Human can possibly get... seeing him completely overwhelmed by two centuries of Sareks' bottled-up emotions is truly heartbreaking.

[@alexsolomon7991]

you think that's heartbreaking...think about Sarek...the one last mission..knowing he'll have to return to bedlam.

[@synthesisgames]

One of the best pieces of acting I have ever seen. Sir Patrick Stewart has a few of these scenes throughout the series where he can truly show his talent. He should have won an Emmy for this scene alone. I literally get chills and misty eyed every time I watch this episode. It is truly amazing to watch Stewart take the audience through an array of emotions in such a short amount of time and via mostly uncut takes. Tears run down his face as talks about his love for his son, a love that he never was able to convey in his life. It's like poetry, it rhymes.Brilliant!! It's so dense, there's so many things going the screen at the same time.

[@AidanMclaren]

It's gonna be great!

[@synthesisgames]

It's stylistically designed to be that way.

[@brendalg4]

with many actors they would just have to say that the Captain had to be sedated the emotions were too strong. They would never be able to pull it off convincingly. Yes he should have won an Emmy for this scene alone.

[@nolanmartin4813]

It took 12 years to make!

[@TiptronicSS]

Exactly what I was going to write. I knew someone else would think and write the same. All that masterpiece performance put into straight uncut scenes, its just an unreachable level of acting deserving of a worthy award. I think I watched it over a 100 times already, trying to grasp how someone would capable of delevering this unbelievable performance.

[@morzee94]

The writers really took advantage of every bit of Patrick Stewart's amazing shakespearian acting skills here. The fact that Picard shows emotion so rarely coupled with a performance like that makes this a really moving scene.

[@LorenHelgeson]

Between this and Spock's reaction to his eventual mindmeld with Picard, learning how Sarek truly felt about his son, I've determined it would suck to be a Vulcan. To have to give up all emotions out of fear - or whatever - of returning to the darker primitive days when their race almost let their emotions destroy them.

[@000distructzero]

Watching the decades of Sarek's suppressed emotions uncontrollably pouring out of Picard.... One of many times from TNG episodes I remember staring at the screen, jaw hanging open, completely zoned out as my dinner plate in front of me got cold.

[@TheKrensada]

He didn't win an Emmy for this or any other performance on this show. Just so you know. And i honestly believe this to be a crime. This scene made me cry the first time I saw it. Picard looked like he was genuinely feeling it.

[@redemption2]

3. The number of cuts made to put this scene together. For lesser actors they would have cut portions of scenes, changed camera angles, and even put false tears in so that the world would be fooled. But no, the crew knew what Sir Patrick Stewart was capable of. Slow, panning closeups, gliding around the set as he beget this emotional roller coaster. The first scene cut puts him in slightly brighter light, highlighting all of the goodness in Sarek's heart as opposed to the darkness from before. The camera doesn't look away even for a second, and the tears run down his cheeks a minute into the shot. He sold that scene in a way only Patrick Stewart could. Bravo. Ten out of bloody ten to EVERYONE involved.

[@Goldenbane]

Meanwhile in the meeting room, Ambassador Sarek is happily swaggering around. Legaran Ambassador: "Ambassador Sarek??" Sarek: "Oh, don't mind me, I just feel great!!!!!"

[@tex148th]

A reminder of how great an actor Sir Patrick Stewart is.

[@thoughtfinder]

This is what's missing in Star Trek today. This is the finest piece of acting I have ever seen. Truly marvelous.

[@Hellsing92X]

This is how I act when I lose at video games.

[@azraelknightquest5754]

Someone in this KZbin comment has some severe freaking honesty.

[@eme.261]

😂

[@2bituser569]

He deserves an Emmy for that performance.

[@mendocenter55]

This is still one of the greatest pieces of acting ever filmed for TV.

[@robertatwood7736]

When I saw this episode for the first time, I thought Oscars should be given out for this episode.The acting by both Mark Leonard and Patrick Stewart was fantastic. Thanks, Patrick and God Bless and, rest in peace Mark.

[@Locktwiste72]

Patrick Stewart's acting here should be required study for every up-and-coming acting student, every acting school worth anything. No performer should be allowed his or her official acting license until they can come close to this. I say close because no-one but Patrick Stewart himself could pull this off. Perfection itself. Imagine the depth of the reservoir he had to fill his bucket to draw this from the well of his talent and experience. Damn. Watching this the very first time scared the living daylights out of me. Actually have me nightmares. No monstrous makeup, no special f/x, no weird colors, no strange voices, but you could see, hear, and feel the clashing duality of two powerful souls within one man.

[@chrisjennings5680]

Picard should have won an Emmy for this performance. It's unbelievable and utterly compelling!

[@YD-uq5fi]

This was just a few weeks before Picard was abducted by the Borg and turned into Locutus. Had this episode been after BOTB, Picard's regrets might have equalled Sarek's and even Sarek would not be able to remain calm, since they BOTH have too much anguish and nowhere to offload it.

[@techsilver7761]

That is spot on acting. Brilliant

[@Chevroldsmobuiac]

Outstanding performance by Stewart... my favorite episode.

[@secretmission7607]

Amazing scene. Stewart's acting is incredible here. Also worthy of mention is the music, which captures and intensifies the emotional charge so well.

[@heffoandjuff5903]

Patrick Stewart, one of THE most capable actors of all time. Mr. Stewart, you have my most profound admiration and respect. God Speed to you Sir!

[@Jalkr]

You talk as if he died. 😑

[@YashaWhiteTiger]

This is one of my most favorite "Star Trek: The Next Generation" moments! Sir Patrick Stewart sure can pull that off just perfect!!

[@rosePetrichor]

Nobody can do these scenes like Patrick Stewart. His passion to take everything about Star Trek seriously, even at its lowest points, makes those high points that much greater. Scenes like this one, and 'there are four lights', and his breakdown over trauma from becoming Borg, stick with you, they really do.

[@WorgenGrrl]

When he mentioned Spock, it killed me. Spock deep down had been wanting his father's love and approval all his life. And here, Sarek through Picard lets out the truth...he dearly loved Amanda and Spock so much.

[@OpenMawProductions]

Yeah, people, sedation wouldn't work. The whole point was that Picard had to be conscious to act as a conduit for Sarek's emotional blowback. Otherwise the mind meld wouldn't do any good. The emotions would just feedback to Sarek.

[@henkman00]

William Shatner could really ham it up when he wanted too! Patrick Stewart: ''hold my earl grey''

[@porpus99]

This is why Patrick Stewart made a fantastic Captain Picard! His years of experience as a Shakespearean Actor translated so well for this show giving a level of emotion that allowed the audience to truly care for the character and feel what he was going threw in our own way

[@ttkjv16112011]

This is why classically trained Shakespearean actors are so awesone! Patrick Stewart at his best!

[@TheMikester307]

This i s one of the best scenes on the show. Loved it thirty years ago! "Dry bones and dead friends." I can identify now!

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

I was always kind of disappointed at the lack of the presence that Vulcans had in the Next Generation canon, but this scene almost makes up for it. No other scene illustrates the degree to which Vulcans feel things, except for one small scene in an episode of Voyager where Tuvok shares his violent tendencies with a dealer in a black market for violent thoughts in a society of telepaths. And I don't count that one. >_>

[@NealX]

+SaltpeterTaffy Actually there's another episode of Voyager that's a pretty good look into Vulcan emotions, the one with flashbacks to a young emotional Tuvok, but I forget the name of the episode. But I thought the young Tuvok learning to control his emotions was some good stuff.

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

IIRC, I didn't care much for that episode. >.> And neither episode even comes anywhere as close to depicting the scope of Vulcan emotions as this one. Even if it hadn't been explicitly said, you could simply intuit that Vulcans had an extremely violent past from this scene.

[@frostmagemarii]

Nothing good came from voyager; they prove time and time again, they don't understand the core races of their franchise during it's run.

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

Voyager wasn't about the core races at all, it was completely about a bunch of races unique to that show.

[@frostmagemarii]

SaltpeterTaffy You're right, it wasn't about the core races; but that doesn't mean that they should forget how the core races should be portrayed. Voyager got nothing right, not in new races or in old races.

[@Steve-hd6qk]

What Picard is going through reminds me a lot of what my father is going through as he has Alzheimer's or Dementia, they are both connected in many ways. I can't imagine what it must be like living in the present but not being fully aware of it as he mentions the past a fair bit... it's a shame that mind melding is something of science fiction and not non-fiction. Edit: my father passed away January 28th, 2018

[@FrauIndian]

I am sorry your father has dementia. It is a shame also for a Vulcan to lose control of a lifetime of suppressing emotions.Sarek has Bendii syndrome and is not getting better.

[@theiran]

I watched my grandmother go through the slow loss of memory from Dementia. It was heartbreaking to see this vibrant, passionate, full of life woman slowly decline. She passed June 5th, 2019, two months shy of her 89th birthday...

[@Steve-hd6qk]

@@FrauIndian So sorry to hear that 🙁

[@Steve-hd6qk]

@@theiran I'm very sorry to hear about her passing 🙁 it is very difficult to watch, a reason why we need to be around them more than ever, to remind them ❤️

[@samdhoss]

And having Beverly there, probably the closest thing to a confidant just enveloping a broken Picard -Wow. The feels!! Superb actors, spot on mood music. What a scene..!

[@MRJK87.]

Picard, a man who's moments of weakness can be counted with just one hand.

[@dougbaker4427]

What a thing to do to suffer for another man to take on his pain to give him peace that is a true friend.

[@milesmouse72]

this whole sequence is one of the best ones he ever did in any show he was in...long live the captain!

[@w4rg3rm]

One of the best performances! Well done Mr. Stewart. *applause*

[@arielklay23]

*THIS* is why he is *Sir* Patrick Stewart, because he is a consumate actor.

[@philswaim392]

To watch this and then see the episode where spock melds with picard and the face spock immediately makes upon melding. You know he got to feel his fathers love for him and all of these moments we just saw rushed into him

[@matthewcaughey8898]

For Spock it had to feel like vindication for what he did for all those years and he got to feel a piece of his father after so many years. That had to be beyond bittersweet

[@robertwilliams2520]

So much better than anything today. Lightyears beyond......

[@msarzo]

Powerful performance by Patrick Stewart here. Wow.

[@AgileMJOLNIR]

Dear Patrick Stewart - You are one bad ass actor!

[@grantkruger3689]

Patrick Stewart: "How much drama do you need?" Director: "YES."

[@edwardlozano8807]

A lesson to future actors on how REAL acting should be done!

[@Rudisbashar]

One off the greatest actors.....Patrick Steward!

[@kaeaja]

I firmly believe this is one of Patrick Steward's best examples of his natural talent as an actor, I have not seen very many male performers show such raw emotion in such a believable way, this is not to say I've never seen any other male actor hit this level of amazing, just saying it is not at all common. Well done Patrick Steward, well done :3

[@trebleking1641]

A quite simply breathtaking performance from one of the world's greatest actors right on top of his game.

[@AndrewChapman]

One of my favourite TNG episodes.

[@jimjenkins2319]

One of Patrick Stewart's best performances.

[@ZephyrBW]

Having seen this scene many times it always surprises me to see spocks father having the regrets of not being able to show his 1st wife the realest love he had for her & how proud he really was of Spock 🖖 even though they left on bad terms. Sarek Is a way better father than John Winchester I can tell ya that.

[@shaunusmaximus7248]

Patrick Stewart, Daniel Day Lewis and Gary Oldman are my favourite actors. Patrick should've won an Emmy for this scene alone

[@noeldown1952]

Patrick Stewart - "How much King Lear do you want in this scene?" Director - "Yes!"

[@stevepising]

What a scene. Patrick Stewarts finest display of acting in TNG.

[@collinzaffke9461]

epic scene. wonderful acting by Stewart

[@davecrupel2817]

Emotions are like Water, Jean Luc. You need to let the river flow when it comes. If you try to damn it up, you'll only build it up to a flood. And then you will be in for it.

[@wa.a.s.nfa.2786]

The powerful anguish and despair of old age and emotions that are long since needed to be said out loud is epic in this scene. Love for a wife and son, yet unable to express them in normal Vulcan circumstances. Yet it took a illness that nobody ever expected to a lot of emotions to pour forth. Bravo Mark Leonard and Patrick Stewart for the Epic acting and human expression in this episode.

[@AndrewSearaCanada]

That's one of the reasons why Patrick Stewart is my favorite actor.

[@brettthomas7038]

Beverly becomes Jean Luc's imzadi in this moment.

[@chance2smoke]

Watching that tear develop in that close zoom shot, you can almost make out the next seasons contract being signed.

[@3chords490]

Incredible ...and no explosions , flashing lights or CGI to be seen. Pure genius theatre.

[@TiptronicSS]

All that masterpiece performance put into really close up, straight uncut scenes, its just an unreachable level of acting deserving of a worthy award. I think I watched it over a 100 times already, trying to grasp how someone would be capable of delevering this unbelievable performance. Patrick Steward created his own shakespearean masterpiece in a different universe, which for me is just proof he is just a different legendary league on his own, well beyond the shakespear theather benchmark.

[@jgrj52]

Centuries of unexpressed and repressed emotions coming out all at once

[@danielhicks4826]

That's what I was like that night I had shrooms.......was a weakness on my part I wouldn't advise it but yeah that's what happens lol.

[@OliverG12345]

Patric: What emotions do you want me to use in this scene? Director: Yes.

[@HanginWithSnakes]

Two veteran actors, right here! Incredible...

[@sharkyfish3492]

Patrick should have gotten a award for this scene. Some of his best work, ever

[@RFSJ]

This is one of the most amazing scenes in all of television.

[@MrSparra19]

great acting right there by patrick stewart

[@Techn9cian123]

This turned 30 years old last week. I had never watched a single episode of any Trek series until a month ago. It’s so brilliant.

[@SuperSpatman]

It's scenes like this that remind you why a dramatic actor was a much better choice than the original swashbuckling vision that Roddenberry had for Picard.

[@arthurlivingston4169]

One of the best TNG episodes!!!

[@VampireYoshi]

The one true great opportunity to finally show why Troi has had bridge officer status from the start ... and it's Beverly who's shown counseling/being there for Picard when he faces the hell of the inner violence that constant Surakian logic and discipline keeps under iron control. Of all the times the writers dropped the ball, this might've been the worst, since the performance by Patrick Stewart is truly epic. Seriously, this is PRECISELY what Deanna's job is supposed to be: keeping the crew in general sane when they face psychologically shattering situations, and the Captain occupying the absolute summit of importance if ever a question of what order to see to them.

[@mitchellbaran7917]

Especially since she's an empath... but maybe that would have messed with things had she been present. At the same time, this seems more like a scene both she and Beverly should have been present for - one for the emotional side and one for the medical side.

[@Mark-yn4vl]

+VampireYoshi Good analysis. I agree with a lot of your points. However I tend to agree with +Mitchell Baran a little too. First, Sarek's out of control behavior was already projecting onto the crew of even ordinary humans. Troi being in the room with the full brunt of Sarek's raw emotions might have been too much for her to handle and she may have ended up in bad of shape as Picard. Picard and Crusher also have a very close, special relationship that goes back a long time even before his command of the Enterprise. He can confide in Beverly things he probably wouldn't even tell Deanna. He may have asked her to be there not only as a medical doctor, but also to help be someone comforting and close he could recognize while struggling with Sarek's problems as well.

[@chemmerling]

Didn't Picard and Crusher have a relationship as well during TNG? Could be another reason. Picard in the arms of Crusher seems more logical than in Troi's...

[@mitchellbaran7917]

Christopher Hemmerling In this instance though, it would make more sense for *both* to be there - one in case of medical complications and one for emotional ones. And I don't think Picard and Crusher had an established relationship at that particular point - close friends maybe, but nothing solidly romantic yet.

[@pokemaul2k4]

I'm not sure what Troi would have accomplished even if she had been there. She probably would just be wincing and yelping through the whole thing because of the intense, strong emotions that Picard is going through. Regrets, despair, anguish. Troi would have been a distraction to the process of working through them. Picard had no control over the plethora of emotions flowing out of him. Sarek had to have a vessel to dump them all into and to process them all. Picard had a disciplined mind that can work through those emotions. Humans have a lifetime of mastering their emotions. Vulcans couldn't even begin to process any of that.

[@Crowbars2]

When I first watched this I was like "Damn, it's so awful that they had to put Picard through that... Wait a minute. This is a TV show!" He's so damn good I forgot I was watching a TV show. I felt the same way when Picard met the Cardassian dude that tortured him.

[@ttkjv16112011]

This probably one of Patrick Stewart's best performances on TNG.

[@RJStockton]

Fun fact: from 1:35 on, that's actually just an extended outtake from when they left the camera on and Patrick Stewart wandered in after lunch. That's how he usually is.

[@PhillipLemmon]

The Vulcans are BOTH jedi and sith walking.

[@paulfaulkner5786]

Stewart -and Lenard, for that matter- should have won Emmy's for this episode. And to think a couple episodes later Picard was assimilated!!