The amount of money they saved in special effects by having Picard as captain diplomatically negotiating his way out of action scenes
@empath694 жыл бұрын
Kind of a metaphor on the place of war in political relations - sparing because of the huge expense. "To win a hundred battles is not the acme of skill; to win one battle *without fighting* is the acme of skill." - Sun-Tzu
@Elandil54 жыл бұрын
@@empath69 “Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied.” - Alexander The Great
@michaelkokot87004 жыл бұрын
And the show was all the better for it. As opposed to nu-Trek where they spend more money and energy on parlor tricks and special effects than they do on clever writing
@bougarnoase3484 жыл бұрын
back when cg was expensive enough that you had to put effort into writing. A simpler time
@_stockfootage4 жыл бұрын
lool now it's the other way round. They invest in so much CGI but the story is still bad.
@markkittel444 жыл бұрын
Somewhere off in a corner office in the Federation, theres a lawyer beaming with pride at the nuclear option he snuck into the agreement that Picard found....
@MilesLougheed3 жыл бұрын
@Tejesh Patel with the logic involved, it's not unlikely that this bureaucrat was Vulcan, in which case he'd live long enough to see the nuclear option utilized.
@MilesLougheed3 жыл бұрын
@@BravoDox Technically correct. Although after watching Take Me Out to the Holosuite, you can't tell me they're incapable of being smug!
@wkcia3 жыл бұрын
@Tejesh Patel No, if he or she was, say, 30 (or even 40) when they wrote the term in 2255, they'd be about 140-50 in Picard's time. Old, for sure, but humans could expect to live to about 150 or so in 2300 - it's the equivalent of 70-80 today. Still old, but hardly decrepit.
@ryavix3 жыл бұрын
or she
@ryavix3 жыл бұрын
@@edmonton20084, i've got 3 older sisters that between them completely contradict each one of your points, twice over on the cooking bit.
@DVAcme3 жыл бұрын
"I choose the Klingons to arbitrate. Unfortunately, the Klingons arbitrate disputes through ritual combat, so I will have to beat the ever-loving shit out of you now."
@organizer712 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the good laugh :D
@chuchulainn92752 жыл бұрын
😂
@brentnewton70552 жыл бұрын
*Worf slaps his combadge on Picard's desk for the third time and makes a beeline to the transporter pad*
@rvaughan742 жыл бұрын
As much as I'd love to see the showdown I suspect they'd reply with "Denied. The arbitrator must be neutral not an ally of one side."
@TeeAiDee2 жыл бұрын
I read this in Patrick Stewart's voice, which made it ten times funnier.
@chavesa54 жыл бұрын
Anyone who calls this show "boring" has no sense of humor.
@Sacha_89764 жыл бұрын
chavesa5 people actually find the next generation to be boring?!?!
@chavesa54 жыл бұрын
Most people, actually. It was famous for it. When I was a kid in the 90s and Trek was in its prime I remember thinking it was super boring. I didn't learn to like Trek until I was well into my twenties.
@Sacha_89764 жыл бұрын
chavesa5 well nowadays I find it to be more entertaining than discovery 🤣
@chavesa54 жыл бұрын
@@Sacha_8976 I've had tax audits more entertaining than Discovery. That show sucks noodles.
@BrightOranje4 жыл бұрын
It's mostly millennials and generation Z. It's not that they don't have a sense of humor, its that growing up with mobile phone, apps, and TV today has programmed their minds to have the attention span of gnats.
@thought20077 жыл бұрын
Seeing Picard stroll over to the plaque and wipe the dust off never gets old.
@fencefirst27226 жыл бұрын
thought2007 yeah i watched it ten times straight
@Helbore4 жыл бұрын
What makes it even better is when you realise the Enterprise is self-cleaning. There is no dust! Picard is essentially going over, wiping the top of the plaque and thinking, "yeah, my ship is fucking awesome. There is no dirt that they can throw back."
@atkin2074 жыл бұрын
It's actually unscripted too. You can see the actor playing Riker is surprised when he starts to walk over to the plaque.
@Geiger3734 жыл бұрын
@@Helbore Watch a few episodes of Voyager.
@Helbore4 жыл бұрын
@@Geiger373 I've watched them all!
@JackgarPrime4 жыл бұрын
Riker's face during this entire scene is gold. You know he's thinking "And THAT is why I want to keep working under this captain!"
@Admiral8Q4 жыл бұрын
You're damn right!
@GaldirEonai4 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile Troi just can't believe what she's witnessing.
@waz2073 жыл бұрын
And Data will later ask Picard about this side of human behavior
@MrChiangching3 жыл бұрын
Yeh, he's thinking I don't have the balls to do what Picard does.
@JBearwa3 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@JediPhoenix19763 жыл бұрын
"You enjoyed that." "You're damned right!" If I didn't know any better, that wasn't Riker talking to Picard, that was Frakes talking to Stewart.
@chadbizeau59972 жыл бұрын
Probably a bit of column A and a bit of column B
@ceekaychow2 жыл бұрын
same difference
@pedrovargas2181 Жыл бұрын
Both
@michaelschweigart3517 Жыл бұрын
That's technically true, however,...
@patrickglover7506 Жыл бұрын
Oh probably.
@Artinthedark834 жыл бұрын
"it'll take 15 years and a research team of 100' but...". can we all give a moment of thanks to the engineers in life who are willing to do whatever it takes to get crap done
@chucksolutions4579 Жыл бұрын
HEAR HEAR!! But on that note, what was Picards response? “Mr.Laforge, mumble mumble mumble” No subtitles and I’ve listened three times and still can hear it!
@silversjohn7363 Жыл бұрын
@@chucksolutions4579 I think he said "Mr. Laforge, I believe we will postpone"
@GuukanKitsune Жыл бұрын
@@silversjohn7363 "I believe you overspoke." That is 'I just wanted a yes or no, I didn't want to hear you bitch about it.'
@FLJBeliever1776 Жыл бұрын
And often under conditions and timelines that border on the insane. Why there was an account of an Engineer who sacrificed his toothbrush to restore electrical stability in a runaway system and saved a US Navy Submarine in the Second World War. Interestingly enough, I believe a Black Mess Hand did the same on a US Coast Guard Cutter. He was actually knowledgeable about Engineering, but racial policies in the USCG consigned him to KP, but when the other Engineers failed, he succeeded at restarting his stranded ship's engines and his Captain would happen to sit on the USCG board deciding about Desegregation a few years later and recalled why he had a gifted Engineer as a Mess Hand and voted to end racial segregation in the United States Coast Guard.
@kyraevermoon5544 Жыл бұрын
Considering the fact that this adjustment was thought to be impossible, I'd say Geordi REALLY knocked it out of the park. He hope submitted that theory and process to star fleet so they could work on it themselves with more resources, becuase beaming through radiation sounds incredibly handy in many scenarios!
@Deckronomicon9 жыл бұрын
"You enjoyed that." "You're damn right."
@kuronyra17095 жыл бұрын
Prreeeettttty sur that was improvised by both actor.
@RaiderOfTheLost5 жыл бұрын
Thanks like I didn't watch the video you fucking idiot.
@bandora9485 жыл бұрын
Picard... The original Heisenberg. :P
@scikid215 жыл бұрын
Don’t piss Picard off or he might pull a stunt like this again and this time he’ll do it with the Enterprises full arsenal of weapons
@vendingdudes5 жыл бұрын
"You're damnED right!"
@williammoxon41048 жыл бұрын
6 months from now we can congratulate the Grezelas on their amazing 3rd party negotiating skills
@codename11765 жыл бұрын
William Moxon lol
@mb20015 жыл бұрын
For hibernating?
@roguishpaladin5 жыл бұрын
They probably woke up and were like, "Wait...what? Tretay? We JUST woke up!"
@tyrongkojy4 жыл бұрын
Not needed anymore. He got the three weeks.
@PlagueDoctorInc4 жыл бұрын
@@tyrongkojy That's the point.
@Tap-a-roo2 жыл бұрын
Best part of this is the Thrawn like “Thank you” without an ounce of gloating over your defeated enemy. Ultimately the goal is to keep the treaty, and Picard shows them respect even after winning.
@Justforvisit2 жыл бұрын
Honor and Dignity.
@MrSleepyweezul2 жыл бұрын
Thrawn vs Picard, what a battle that would be...
@wolfmantheimpaler2 жыл бұрын
@@MrSleepyweezul Thrawn vs the Federation alone would be interesting
@dorkandproudofit Жыл бұрын
@@wolfmantheimpaler The Federation has a definite technology advantage. But Thrawn wouldn't jump right to war against an opponent like that anyway. He'd probably play the long game, slowly upgrading his own tech to get up to par, while playing the Federation and its allies and enemies against each other. Then, BAM, he hits out of nowhere, and as Starfleet struggles to respond you have a list of epic captains like Picard, Riker, and Sisko being the only hope against Thrawn
@MyGamer125 Жыл бұрын
@@MrSleepyweezul Honestly, I'd prefer to see Thrawn work *with* the Federation. I can easily see him and Picard becoming good friends. Plus, the Romulans and the Cardassians wouldn't stand a chance.
@georgeorwell16184 жыл бұрын
Riker's admiration is so visible it's hilarious. Like a boy looking up to his dad in awe.
@demonknight79653 жыл бұрын
and after the director yelled cut Frakes gets up n imitates picard and the entire set dies laughing
@Jayteaseepiirturi3 жыл бұрын
One thing I have to say. Picard always looks like a runt next to Riker and Worf who both have really large frames. I can somehow imagine these guys looking at him and thinking "What, this guy?" upon meeting him the first time (I haven't watched s1e1 in a while so I don't remember). And then Picard shows - time and again - that no one fucks with Johnny. Having that said, Picard and Riker work together a little too well.
@Jayteaseepiirturi2 жыл бұрын
Not at all! :) Johnny refers to Picard. He used to be called Johnny back in the academy. See TNG s6e15, Tapestry. :)
@suzzannegabel1636 Жыл бұрын
That's what I always liked about Picard's and Riker's relationship. They were like a father and son who genuinely cared about and respected each other. They were a good balance of traits.
@Adenfall Жыл бұрын
@@Jayteaseepiirturi One comment that I love about Sir Patrick Stewart and Picard is that: "He looks like a small runt of a man, with a bald head, and no features to speak of, but he's a god in my eyes, and I would follow him everywhere."
@charlesajones7710 жыл бұрын
The Sheliak are one of the few species I really wish had gotten more air time than it got. The show really needed a non-humnoid race
@VampireYoshi9 жыл бұрын
They also would've introduced rules-lawyering into Star Trek, which could've created untold storyline possibilities about the nature of when to follow rules, and when not to.
@wesleymccurtain1669 жыл бұрын
strongly agree with you.
@wesleymccurtain1669 жыл бұрын
*****:)
@Trek0019 жыл бұрын
They did have non humanoids - called the Execs at Paramount
@wesleymccurtain1669 жыл бұрын
Trek001 ouch!!!!
@nikter7 жыл бұрын
Only Picard could say something as dull as "I declare this treaty in abeyance" and come across like Dirty Harry's "Make my day" lol
@doc-holliday-7 жыл бұрын
+PuertoRican88 a·bey·ance noun a state of temporary disuse or suspension. "matters were held in abeyance pending further inquiries" synonyms: in suspension, in a state of suspension, in a state of dormancy, in a state of uncertainty, in remission;
@stanknight57646 жыл бұрын
Dude. It's clearly ambulance. :D.
@Deadpool_646 жыл бұрын
Akrahm Joltevskoy How ironic coming from the guy who cannot use proper capitalization and punctuation.
@darthXreven6 жыл бұрын
Akrahm Joltevskoy: there's no need to be rude, the word isn't exactly a highly used one, at least for me TNG is the only place I've ever heard it. a simple "guy it's Abeyance" would have sufficed. we should really try to be a little more friendly, yeah?? we might all be strangers but we can still talk with a little respect right?? just saying.
@sixdfx5 жыл бұрын
he actually says "amber lamps"
@Justforvisit2 жыл бұрын
That little background detail when Picard says "On Screen", have you noticed how Riker's face goes all cheerd up while Troi's face looks horrified? It's pure comedy gold.
@Rocket1377 Жыл бұрын
That's because Troi is an empath and knows how angry the Sheliak have become. Riker is just impressed with Picard's tactics.
@Justforvisit Жыл бұрын
@@Rocket1377 Well, then it's pure comedy gold AND great writing
@Ginea259 ай бұрын
After they cave, she's smiling her a$$ off, too. 😁
@samuelzuleger51343 жыл бұрын
As a kid, I found this amusing. As an adult who has had to dig through reams of legal documents, I love this. Hell, I even got to pull a nearly identical maneuver twice. It truly is an amazing feeling to beat someone with their own damn rules.
@keamu85802 жыл бұрын
My favorite was the guy who received a credit contract\application from his bank, scanned it, modified it, signed it, and returned it to the bank, who also signed it. He later called upon them to honor the terms he added, which they refused. He took them to court and the Judge found for the customer, saying that if the reverse had happened, the bank would have held the customer to the contract he erroneously signed.
@DavidKnowles0 Жыл бұрын
@@keamu8580 what did he add?
@keamu8580 Жыл бұрын
@@DavidKnowles0 It gave him unlimited credit, 0.0% interest, and exemption from any and all fees for any reason. It held up in court, the court ruled he only had to pay the balance on the credit card, not the fees or interest they were suing him for. He countersued for $500,000 for breach of contract, but he and the bank eventually came to a settlement "as gentlemen."
@dangeary2134 Жыл бұрын
Did you become a lawyer?
@samuelzuleger5134 Жыл бұрын
@@dangeary2134 No. Not a lawyer, but rather a regulatory analyst. All I did was read all the dumb rules, regulations, legal codes, fine print etc. that you would normally hire out to a paralegal or something. I didn't mind it though, and it has actually paid off big. I got to wipe the floor with both my boss and HR once when they started f*cking with my contract and I returned the favor a year later when a client tried to pull out of a seven figure contract after we had given them most of the deliverables with a month left on contract. There is truly power in fine print my friend. You just need to know where to find it. Mwahahahaha!
@hat30110 жыл бұрын
I see now why the writers had Data occupied with the people on the planet; otherwise, Data could just read the entire treaty in about 2 seconds.
@LordTalax9 жыл бұрын
And the fact that the rest of the crew would have died from that radiation down there?
@B0NES909 жыл бұрын
HighPraetar You're acting as if the radiation was a necessary part of the script. In effect you're agreeing with him; the writers wanted Data to be the only one on the planet, so the radiation aspect of the plot was added as a necessity for the story that they wanted to tell.
@richardcrooks67135 жыл бұрын
But does Data has the creative reasoning needed to come up with this way of getting the Sheliak to agree? He is a machine after all so he'll just read it.
@ryanracicot55655 жыл бұрын
@@richardcrooks6713 searching for time is an analytical assessment. When he would get to the 3rd party part one would assume he would cross check that with every species he knows. For example, a species with low warp capabilities only and a great distance away could have worked as well.
@richardcrooks67135 жыл бұрын
Ryan Racicot, good point, assuming Data is programmed to know to perform that sort of cross reference when he reaches that part of the treaty. As he's a 24th century computer, he might well be!
@anb740810 ай бұрын
Riker: “you enjoyed that!” Picard: “you’re DAMN right!” The fact that he stood around checking for dust accumulation while making them wait even further was priceless! 😂😂😂
@3Rayfire7 ай бұрын
Especially when we know the ship cleans itself.
@anb74085 ай бұрын
Yup! 😂
@DeltaFoxtrotWhiskey34 жыл бұрын
The best part of that episode was Data’s line: “That was the stun setting. This is not.”
@jpanderson25692 жыл бұрын
That "Thank You" by Picard at the end is so damn satisfying. As others have said what really makes this scene is Riker's reactions. There's nothing like a good #2 (or Number One in his case) to tie everything together, both in storytelling terms, but also leadership terms. In real life in a situation like this, while everyone is fixated on the Captain, they would also be stealing glances at the second in command to take in his/her reaction. Riker's little smiles and head movements would signal to the rest of the crew that "no, Picard isn't gonna get us into an intergalactic war he's got something up his sleeve. I don't know what it is, but we'll know soon enough and it's gonna be damned good."
@waylander1408 жыл бұрын
Picard: "Say my name." Sheliak: "Picard of the Enterprise." Picard: "YOU'RE GOD DAMN RIGHT."
@wellesradio6 жыл бұрын
Waylander No, pay attention next time. He said, “You’re FUCKING right, I did!” I hate when people change what was actually said.
@chemp2316 жыл бұрын
Mr. W "i love data" warf
@OmegaMouse5 жыл бұрын
@@wellesradio WTF you talking about? He has the quote correct.
@OmegaMouse5 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWq1h4ZumM-BhJI
@SVSky5 жыл бұрын
"You're goddamned right"
@MRJK87.9 жыл бұрын
I swear when ever Riker smiles, I start smiling, sometimes even laughing, it's all in the timing
@roguishpaladin5 жыл бұрын
One of the things which really makes the show is the chemistry of the crew after the first season. They could pull off ad-libs like that because they know themselves, their characters, and each other. Another good example of that in modern television is It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
@LordTalax5 жыл бұрын
You're all in love.
@mikem92465 жыл бұрын
@@LordTalax Hell yeah.
@normanroscher75455 жыл бұрын
You may laugh even harder after you saw him smiling in THIS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/raquomp3lt1gnqs ;-)
@Spazticspaz5 жыл бұрын
Riker's that lovable smartass you love to have on your side when ish goes down.
@leslieshafer63434 жыл бұрын
Citing sections of a treaty has probably only rarely been this cool.
@Rockhound6165 Жыл бұрын
I never caught this before but Deanna's "for the love of God" look on her face when Worf says fighting would be preferable was hilarious. She even rolls her eyes.
@kevaninthe41359 жыл бұрын
"Captain they are hailing us." (Walks over to the plaque) This damn dust is just unacceptable.
@TomahawkMark8 жыл бұрын
+Life in the 413 A boss if ever I saw one.
@kevaninthe41357 жыл бұрын
Total boss. "You enjoyed that." "You damned right." We all enjoyed that.
@icwiz6 жыл бұрын
What makes it better is that you realize that there is no dust :P (ship cleans itself n shit)
@kevaninthe41355 жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@ImpendingJoker5 жыл бұрын
What makes the scene better is that Patrick Stewart adlibbed the plaque part. He was just supposed to stroll over to it look at then walk back but he added the flourish of the checking for dust during the take and they loved it so they kept it in.
@aciarduce7 жыл бұрын
The best and ultimate part of this scene, is the fact that Patrick Fucking Stewart was just supposed to give a pause and then answer the hail. INSTEAD, he chose to add to the scene by walking over to the plaque, making them wait on him for a change. You can even see that this was unexpected at 1:37. Jonathan Frakes raises his head in surprise at Stewart walking towards the wall. You can see that Frakes was amused at him checking the dust, and Dorn was both playing along and in character perfectly. This is just another showing of theatrical artistry in work.
@niallkinsella26875 жыл бұрын
To be fair, they probably added the cut of worf saying "sir?" after the impromptu dust wiping. The camera change was too perfect for it to be unscripted, even if Stewart's acting was unscripted. Stewart added so much the series. I don't think it would be nearly as good without him.
@DarthAbyss3165 жыл бұрын
Agreed! They both did a fantastic job with this scene to be honest.
@LordTalax5 жыл бұрын
Fans seem to think every other thing is ad-libbed when it's not.
@Eggs_is_eggs3 жыл бұрын
Why would the camera follow him in such a precise and well framed way if this was completely ad libbed?
@kaicreech73363 жыл бұрын
@@Eggs_is_eggs It's a pretty simple tracking shot.
@Tigerman11384 жыл бұрын
Picard’s admission of enjoyment at his bad-ass “space hang-up” makes it all the more awesome.
@suzzannegabel1636 Жыл бұрын
Watching Picard walk down the bridge ramp trying to keep the smirk off his face is priceless.
@alucard19319 жыл бұрын
I love how Picard signals to Worf like "Cut this bitch off!"...especially since the Sheliak did the same thing earlier in the episose.
@depolarization2 жыл бұрын
The Sheliak hung up on them twice - once on hailing frequency from orbit and again by being unceremoniously teleported back to the bridge of the Enterprise from an in-face meeting. The buildup really pays off here!
@night1hal17 жыл бұрын
The first time I saw this I lost it when he started walking toward the plaque.
@wildside3165 жыл бұрын
night hal 1 I don't know what it is exactly or where it's from, but there's a short clip(practically a meme by now), of a bunch of young black men hootin' and hollerin' like somebody's about to be ripped a new one. After reading your post, that's what came to mind, picturing that clip playing as Piccard paced😀.
@peatbogg36884 жыл бұрын
Until it became obvious he was walking to the plaque, I was really hoping he was going to the replicator for a cup of tea.
@Scyllax4 жыл бұрын
night hal 1 1,2,3,4, make them sweat outside the door,. 5,6,7,8, it always pays to make them wait.
@jesusalfredofernandezcruz18334 жыл бұрын
A plaque with a few dust. In an spaceship. In Piccard's mine: i need mr. Crusher Cleanup this inmediatly.
@thebighurt24954 жыл бұрын
The best part: Pattick Stewart ad-libbed that bit.
@lordbaethan4 жыл бұрын
This is the point where Picard started to become human and the viewers began to really care abou him. He showed humor, great strategy, and just saying 'you're damned right' shows he really was enjoying himself and not just a monochrome figurehead.
@JonSmith-oy4bi9 ай бұрын
The amount of joy I get of seeing Picard win at any sort of diplomacy or negotiation is just crazy
@doubtingthomas61469 жыл бұрын
Picard epitomises "speak softly and carry a big stick".
@doubtingthomas61468 жыл бұрын
That sounds a little more Elim Garak than Jean Luc Picard :)
@inusberard58486 жыл бұрын
Doubting Thomas More like speak softly and have the kahonas the size of grapefruits."
@chrismc4105 жыл бұрын
@@inusberard5848 and make sure they're made of solid neutronium
@chrismc4105 жыл бұрын
@@doubtingthomas6146 Garak would have talked his way on their ship, snuck a bomb in their engine room, get caught, feign defeat and their captain and most of their officers suddenly drop dead which would have been the goal all along. More like The Prince, written by Machiavelli
@HariSeldon9134 жыл бұрын
You'll have to ask Vash about his big stick.
@lazyperfectionist17 жыл бұрын
So let's look at this from the Sheliaks' perspective: Option one: Ignore the terms of the treaty and give Picard three weeks as per his request. Option two: Abide the terms of the treaty and give Picard _six months_ as per his request. Option three: Abide the terms of the treaty, nullify the treaty, and lose our claim on the planet altogether.
@inusberard58486 жыл бұрын
lazyperfectionist1 Tup pretty much. And it would actually be longer than six months. Six months until the Grizellas wake up. Then there's travel and arbitration time tacked on.
@SimuLord5 жыл бұрын
And we don't know how long the Grizellas stay awake. By the time they're contacted, agree to be arbitrators, set up the hearing, find the relevant Federation and Sheliak parties, and get into the courtroom, the Grizellas might just be like "Oh, would you look at the time, I'm awful tired, could you get the light on your way out, we'll be awake again in ten of your Federation months, ta ta!"
@PouchMaster5 жыл бұрын
Picard had to learn contract law, and that became far more effective than violence!
@bathrat5 жыл бұрын
You dont know if the consequences of nullifying the treaty were an acceptable alternative to the Sheliak.
@DanStaal5 жыл бұрын
@@bathrat They seemed to react pretty fast when threatened with it. I'd say they didn't think it acceptable.
Imagine if Patrick Stewart played Walter White. That’d be gold
@swishfish88582 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite jokes in the whole show is in this episode. Geordi is testing the transporter and thinks he finally has a breakthrough, and then doesn't. Picard walks in right as the test fails, says nothing, and IMMEDIATELY flips around and walks out, like "oookay I'll come back later". I laughed my ass off seeing that for the first time.
@Ragitsu10 ай бұрын
Awesome Fish.
@tannerblack44989 жыл бұрын
and that ladies and gentlemen is how to kick ass without lifting a finger. way to go Picard
@inusberard56869 жыл бұрын
Like I said in my own comment, Picard essentially said politely, "Either give me my three weeks, or take this treaty, cramp it up whatever orifice your people use as an ass and wait six months. Either way I get what I want."
@tannerblack44989 жыл бұрын
Exactly :)
@njintau9 жыл бұрын
Amen! Anyone can throw a punch but to pwn someone with your words...that is the sign of a true baus! :D
@Solidfact429 жыл бұрын
Tanner Black Well, it could be said that he figuratively lifted a finger...the middle one.
@froogalstoodent65916 жыл бұрын
Oh, he lifted a finger...the one it took to check the dust on the Enterprise plaque! :D
@ghosttwo26 жыл бұрын
This episode taught me the word "Abeyance"
@B34RD5 жыл бұрын
"It will take 15 years and a team of 100 researchers." "You have 3 weeks."
@JyujinPlus2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite scenes that makes Star Trek stand out from other sci fi. You don’t need an epic blaster fight or ships lobbing fire at one abother to make the resolution to a conflict satisfying and interesting. Just really confident negotiations
@charlotteb6898 Жыл бұрын
Everything went into negotiations to teach peaceful solutions then. Then people started attacking the federation.
@allanbard6048 Жыл бұрын
DS9 was famous for ship-to-ship battles, I couldn't believe how many we got.
@Coolman13355Ай бұрын
You say that, and it's certainly true. Though Babylon 5 certainly ended the Shadow War with a philosophical debate and victory. True that final encounter involves not one but two planet killers, multiple nukes, and whole fleets of warships.
@linkeffect827 жыл бұрын
That's the kind of recorded conversation federation admirals would listen to at casual parties for a good laugh. Great scene!
@inusberard58486 жыл бұрын
linkeffect82 And show in diplomacy classes. "And that class is how to be LIKE A BOSS!"
@7thsealord8885 жыл бұрын
Required viewing in the Academy, under the heading 'How To Deal With The Shelliac".
@peterkershaw115 жыл бұрын
Kirk: master of women and hammy acting Sisko: master of war and multitasking Janeway: master of survival and first contact Picard: master of diplomacy and loophole exploitation
@1.21Jigawatts4 жыл бұрын
Archer: master of water polo and PTSD.
@EarlJohn614 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't *Janeway* be "Mistress of survival and first contact" ???
@TheRealTerranMarine4 жыл бұрын
@@EarlJohn61 and coffee
@theevilascotcompany92554 жыл бұрын
Technically Kirk's first skill and Picard's second skill are the same thing.
@EarlJohn614 жыл бұрын
@@TheRealTerranMarine then Picard needs to add "Tea; Earl Grey" to his list!
@rainbowsnail41714 жыл бұрын
Riker silently smiling wider and wider is amazing.
@godislove1028874 жыл бұрын
That stunned look on Deanna's face as Picard makes the freakin Sheliak wait on HIM for once is priceless. The chair beside her is reserved for a man among men! :P
@tanall59597 жыл бұрын
0:44 That look on Riker's face just screams 'This is gonna be good.'
@LorenHelgeson7 жыл бұрын
Tanall "You enjoyed that." "You're damned right."
@Howyaduing7 жыл бұрын
Loren Helgeson "Say My Name!"
@briangillespey25837 жыл бұрын
More like Who's your Daddy
@Deodoto6 жыл бұрын
Tanall ‘
@karlsmith25703 жыл бұрын
And how Captain Picard made the Sheliak wait before having Worf open the channel to get their response Brutal
@jakep19799 жыл бұрын
I need Picard by my side when I ask for a raise at work.
@inusberard56868 жыл бұрын
+jakep1979 We ALL need Picard at our side for any negotiation. Man...imagine him on a union!
@TomasWille8 жыл бұрын
+Inus Berard I won't be suprised if he is also a hell of a lawyer. If i kill a guy, i want him to be my lawyer lol!
@inusberard56868 жыл бұрын
Panta Gorian "My client is guilty of being innocent." Picard would confuse the judge and jury long enough to make them doubt themselves. Hung jury or not guilty verdict coming up methinks.
@TomasWille8 жыл бұрын
Inus Berard He will even make the judge himself believe that the prisontime will be given to himself. (the judge)
@inusberard56868 жыл бұрын
Panta Gorian "Will the plaintiff please rise." lol
@danielmccurdy8624 жыл бұрын
And somewhere, in the back of Picard's consciousness, the essence of Sarek smiled.
@paulhunter6742 Жыл бұрын
I believe this episode happened long before Picard's mind meld with Spock's father. But, I could be wrong.
@matthewmuir8884 Жыл бұрын
This episode was long before that one.
@tygrkhat40872 ай бұрын
Word of this got back to the rest of the Federation; well, Sarek may not have smiled, but he would have raised an eyebrow out of respect for Picard using logic to win the day.
@tayzonday3 жыл бұрын
Star Trek had iPads before there were iPads.
@danieljames18683 жыл бұрын
Very likely, star trek *inspired* iPads. A fair few pieces of modern tech exist because someone with know-how watched star trek and thought "well that looks neat and also probably marketable"
@vine012 жыл бұрын
long before apple thought of them, microsoft had handheld pads with big screens.
@shrimpbisque2 жыл бұрын
@@danieljames1868 Very true. The CEO of Motorola in the late 60s and early 70s came up with the idea of a manual-switchboard-free wireless phone network after seeing the communicators used on the original series. Star Trek is literally the reason cell phones exist.
@booqueefious22302 жыл бұрын
You don't have to be some kind of genius to see that a glorified calculator could become small enough to easily operate with 2 hands
@ArnoldJChon2 жыл бұрын
I like how they still treat them like hard copies, passing them around like stacks of paper
@ImmortalfireTheMod9 жыл бұрын
This is why Picard is awesome.
@curtisberard26328 жыл бұрын
Calling Picard a hell of a diplomat is like saying the Pacfic is a little damp. Picard is what a diplomat wishes they could be.
@shiningshadow49267 жыл бұрын
In one of the more boring alternate futures (All Good Things), he becomes one of their greatest ambassadors. Fortunately, Kirk sets him straight in his very last speech that their true calling is forever Making A Difference on the Enterprise.
@vysearcadia5227 жыл бұрын
Just know that ambassadors and diplomats that created the treaty's "Pursuant 2, Paragraph 1290 and furthermore Pursuant 2, subsection D-3", Picard would not have been able to bend the Sheliak to his will.
@nathanielwilliams38916 жыл бұрын
I think you're confused about what "pursuant to" means...
@alphanerd72212 жыл бұрын
@@curtisberard2632 Picard isn't a good diplomat. The other captains are better except for the Discovery lot.
@stoneddom10 жыл бұрын
That dust was unacceptable.. those Sheliak can wait.
@stormsigma6 жыл бұрын
Right??
@RagicaltheUnhallowedKnight5 жыл бұрын
Ship's been slacking off it seems as it is "self-cleaning" after all. Damned lazy Galaxy class!
@thecursor15 жыл бұрын
Picard runs a tight ship, you know someone got chewed out for that.
@JimBob-ky8sm4 жыл бұрын
@@RagicaltheUnhallowedKnight Must have been made in China....
@Panthorius4 жыл бұрын
dominic labriola - should of pulled his dust buster out from his chair and cleaned abit before recontacting the sheliak lol
@GrandSupremeDaddyo3 жыл бұрын
Geordi marched in ready to give the speech of his life about how Starfleet always expects miracles from its engineers and Picard shot him straight down.
@sebastianrodriguez8936 жыл бұрын
2:22 LAFORGE: Captain, we can do it. We can modify the transporters. PICARD: Excellent. LAFORGE: It'll take fifteen years, and a research team of a hundred. lol
@haweater15554 жыл бұрын
Surprisingly sarcastic comment to give to your captain.
@ianmoseley99103 жыл бұрын
So that will be 2 months with a team of 10,000?
@themocaw3 жыл бұрын
To be fair, Picard told him he doesn't want to hear "No" for an answer again and find a way. LaForge did that.
@parkerkip65992 жыл бұрын
People don't get it. Lafarge doesn't want to disappoint Picard.
@tb44952 жыл бұрын
Picard was fantastic! But I feel LaForge stole the show at the moment.
@inusberard56869 жыл бұрын
I love how Picard slams the Sheliak with their own treaty. Basically he's saying, "Either give me my three weeks or you can take this treaty, cram if up whatever orifice your people use for an ass, and wait six months."
@empath694 жыл бұрын
...or break the treaty in toto and lose any claim to the planet at all (along with a myriad OTHER problems that arise from the loss of the treaty)
@TheNoiseySpectator3 жыл бұрын
I find it unlike ly the Sheliak would agree to that paragraph as written; Surely they would want both sides to _agree on_ the arbitrating party instead of letting one side or the other just choose who.
@GuukanKitsune3 жыл бұрын
@@TheNoiseySpectator This is the kind of shit that happens when you don't READ what you're signing.
@curtisberard78313 жыл бұрын
@@GuukanKitsune Kind of like an adage ny friend tries to live by. "Never agree to something unlesd you know EXACTLY what you're agreeing to."
@clrobertson133 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@scsi_joe3 жыл бұрын
This is the Picard we want in the Picard series!
@markconrad96194 жыл бұрын
Me after Picard hung up on the Sheliak: Muahahahaha (evil laugh)
@inusberard568610 жыл бұрын
Wesley:"He asks the impossible!" Geordi:"Well, that's the short definition of captain."
@sudburylawyer7 жыл бұрын
The lawyer in me loves this scene.
@DavidOfWhitehills7 жыл бұрын
I hope you're charging him quintuple his own hourly rate.
@BigNoseDog7 жыл бұрын
sudburylawyer, the episode was written by a former lawyer.
@GrijzePilion6 жыл бұрын
But have you seen Boston Legal?
@darthXreven6 жыл бұрын
GrijzePilion: Boston Legal was the shiznit! i don't usually go for law shows but that one was really good, great cast, great writing well done show,
@dooplon50836 жыл бұрын
dispatcher7007 Why?
@menzicosce Жыл бұрын
As a child this was confusing, as adult in the legal field it’s so satisfying
@singletona0826 ай бұрын
Using The Book to beat someone over the head.
@TrueBackLash2 жыл бұрын
That M. Bison throat slit to cut off the screen was ruthless. It’s like Picard was saying “Get these clowns of my screen Mr. Worf.”
@normanroscher75455 жыл бұрын
If 2:26 was a century earlier: "It will take 15 years and a research team of 100..." "Mr Scott, do what you can!" "Aye, Sir! I'll have that bloody thing running in an hour."
@Wells3064 жыл бұрын
Nah, Scotty would always multiply by a factor of 4. So he'll spec 60 years and still look like a miracle worker.
@willjenkins41954 жыл бұрын
Wells306 damn right he would he says so himself when he is on TNG. If you tell people how long it will really take no one will call you a miracle worker
@estudiordl4 жыл бұрын
@@Wells306 I loved when scotty ask jordi the actual repair time in the episode he is rescued 😁
@talltomtube4 жыл бұрын
@@---nu4ed Mr. La Forge, I believe we will postpone.
@atrociousconsequences44324 жыл бұрын
Thought "bloody" was more English than Scottish, so didn't use that term often.
@AndrewTGreen7 жыл бұрын
I love the look as he walks down... 'I have these idiots and they don't even know it..."
@3Rayfire7 жыл бұрын
yeah that smirk said, "I'm about to whip their ass."
@maddslothii25324 жыл бұрын
Troi: "I don't follow you sir" then she walks in the opposite direction.
@darthhodges2 жыл бұрын
Growing up I think this scene was my first lesson in "malicious compliance".
@realekedolphin7 жыл бұрын
"You enjoyed that." "You're damned right!"
@TheNoonish7 жыл бұрын
Moments like THAT cause people to fall in love with Star Trek. It's humor based entirely on the situation and the build up, and it's completely in character. It's hilarious in the context in which it's delivered, and it's even better when it's delivered by Sir Patrick Stewart.
@tenhirankei7 жыл бұрын
"Now, Commander we shall investigate the question as to whether the Sheliak can sweat."
@Travigameis8 жыл бұрын
"At which time, we can get this matter settled" (troll smile)
@JonSmith-oy4bi9 ай бұрын
One of my favorite episodes from this season. Picard is just wild for that, but takes his victory as respectful as possible.
@xxxCrackerJack501xxx2 жыл бұрын
The Sheliak plot with Picard in this episode is literally like half an hour of dialogue and reading through old treaties but regardless is tense, engaging, and the payoff is 100 times more satisfying than the constant nihilistic action of Picard or Star Trek Discovery, I really hope Picard season 2 brings back episodes (and writing quality) like this
@jakubjedlicka3671 Жыл бұрын
It didnt tho
@xxxCrackerJack501xxx Жыл бұрын
@@jakubjedlicka3671 yep, I was a fool for having a flicker of hope when I saw John de Lancie on board but Season 2 was worse than I possibly could have expected. On the bright side at least Orville Season 3 is awesome
@punchypizzainpizza6616 Жыл бұрын
Picard is just P Stew making a shitty therapy session about his childhood abuse. Deal with that in actual therapy, not self aggrandizing tv that ruins an established character
@xxxCrackerJack501xxx Жыл бұрын
@@punchypizzainpizza6616 that's exactly what it was, Stewart never gave a shit about Star Trek he's just living out a dying fantasy to be a leading man again at the expense of (arguably) his greatest character's legacy
@compmanio36 Жыл бұрын
@@xxxCrackerJack501xxx Yeah unfortunately the more you read up on Patrick Stewart, it's clear that what saved TNG was the writers and the producers telling him "No, you can't play the part the way you want, you have to play the character as written." Imagine how TNG would have gone if Stewart had played Picard the way he did in the movies or in the Picard series. It would have flopped, hard. And Trek would have died off, right then and there.
@JonesNate5 жыл бұрын
I loved this scene from the first time I watched it! It starts out very good when Picard names the arbitration race, then gets even better from there. Riker and Troi's reactions are priceless. Riker is barely containing his laughter. And the way Troi looks like she's panicking when Picard wipes the dust from the plaque?-Priceless!
@vguyver28 жыл бұрын
It's comical how fast the Sheliak haul ass on their ship just after Picard merely threatened to end the treaty. They spent the majority of the episode wasting time and practically flaunting it in his face.
@curtisberard26328 жыл бұрын
Technically he wasn't ENDING the treaty per se, he was actually more suspending it. That's essentially what "in abayance(sp?)" means.
@vguyver28 жыл бұрын
curtis Berard abeyance, it's fittingly old French word. Still, a suspension could lead to a permanent end to a treaty. His annoying counterparts clearly did not want to risk that. I wonder how the other captains would have handled this.
@curtisberard26328 жыл бұрын
Kirk probably would've gone in guns blazing. But Kirk's diplomacy was always at the end of a phaser.
@vguyver28 жыл бұрын
curtis Berard Sisko probably end up doing what Picard did but much more blunt and way faster. He would not be patient, which would be best in this situation. Archer... umm... heh He'd probably give up and ask T'Pol Janeway, god help us. Sulu, not sure what he'd do.
@SamaritanPrime6 жыл бұрын
+ V Guyver If we're talking Prime Sulu, I dunno. Probably pull out a rapier and ask to beam aboard to settle this man-to-man. If we're talking Kelvin timeline Sulu, he'd pull off one heck of a bluff. This IS the guy who managed to get Khan to surrender to Kirk.
@adamking66458 ай бұрын
Everything about this scene just works, especially Picard forcing the Sheliak to realize they're beaten and it's best for them to cut their losses.
@butchmaidment Жыл бұрын
This is brilliant and one reason why Picard is one of the top handful of TV characters ever created.
True this one of Picard's greatest moment... yet my favorite is when that Admiral is order Data to hand over his daughter and Picards tells him no and says, 'Order a man to handover his child to the state not while I'm his captain'.
@MarcoScetta5 жыл бұрын
One of the best for sure. I also like when he asks the Klingons for a cloaked ship.
@tommypetraglia46884 жыл бұрын
1:10 "... Absurd. We carry the membership. We can 'brook' no delay..." [ BROOK | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary brook meaning: 1 . a small stream: 2. to not allow or accept something, especially a difference of opinion or intention. As a verb, brook is a rather stuffy word for "put up with." The lord of the manor might say, "I will brook no trespassing on my land." ] Did y'all catch that?
@TheNoiseySpectator3 жыл бұрын
Yes, nice catch, Tommy. 👍
@wolfmantheimpaler2 жыл бұрын
The way he walks over to the plaque, you just know Picard was hoping the Sheliak were capable of sweating so he could make them sweat it out for those seconds, ultimate power move
@VampireYoshi9 жыл бұрын
"Captain, when the treaty was first negotiated, the Federation sent 372 legal experts. What do we have?" ...Your boss, Counselor. Watch and be amazed.
@inusberard56869 жыл бұрын
What do we have....we have Jean-Luc Freakin' Picard!
@inusberard56868 жыл бұрын
+Jamie Stewart Truly the kahonas the size of grapefruits.
@christopherg23477 жыл бұрын
To be fair, that section was only in there because of one of those 372 legal experts. So they did their job, quite well actually.
@hithere87536 жыл бұрын
What an optimistic message for the future where they depict lawyers as being actually useful.
@christopherg23476 жыл бұрын
+Adam G: Lawyers are usefull, as long as there is another party to use them against. I do not see how the future or interspecies relations would be different.
@bbenjoe9 жыл бұрын
Jean-Luc "The" Picard.
@motoman2WH35 жыл бұрын
...I see what you did there... You Mintakan, you....
@SvalPlays2 жыл бұрын
This is why I like Picard. He got his. He won. And he was gracious in victory. "Thank you" and a polite bow.
@singletona0826 ай бұрын
He had made hs point. No need to be rude.
@bagpipejack89792 жыл бұрын
I allways admired the way the tng crew works as a team and solves challenges together
@D2jspOFFICIAL8 жыл бұрын
I like how Ryker is laughing all the time ^^
@thewewguy8t887 жыл бұрын
i feel like he is always laughing. and honestly i am not sure if he is laughing in character or out of character.
@Xenoforge785 жыл бұрын
+thewewguy8t88 Probably both. Lol.
@dphorgan5 жыл бұрын
Who's Ryker?
@ims0deranged10 жыл бұрын
1:31 , that moment when your ex tries to call you.
@BFree-ge6ms6 жыл бұрын
ims0deranged hahahaha! Yeah!
@TheMarcMan6 жыл бұрын
legendary comment
@szahmad24164 жыл бұрын
Time to check that dust...
@Aramanth11 ай бұрын
...or "How Picard found a loophole in the contract." 2:26 Favorite LaForge moment! 🛠💛 Thanks for posting!
@jamesdouglas69773 жыл бұрын
I like the part where Picard checks that the ships plaque had been recently dusted by some junior enlisted member of the crew. Then decides it’s time to answer the hail.
@brucebrunger93265 жыл бұрын
Riker: “You enjoyed that...” “Picard: “You’re damned right!” I laugh with glee each time I see that scene😆🤣 (Picard you badass-you!)
@larzkruber822 Жыл бұрын
I am the one who knocks!
@Spystreak7 жыл бұрын
This is what puts Picard leagues above Captain Kirk IMO; such snarky behavior expertly masked by discipline and nobility.
@RIDDICK09115 жыл бұрын
The actor is an Englishman. The character is French. That's what one'd expect from him. _ Kirk is still the most enjoyable Captain of Trek.
@huskyfaninmass10425 жыл бұрын
Kirk would have banged all the babes on Risa. He's tops in my book.
@motoman2WH35 жыл бұрын
Well... different, but in a very good way. Kirk may have been a right proper Captain for the era of the late '60s -- um, I mean, 1312.4. (Space Western, and all that.) Picard gave us a look at what humanity could become, having advanced another 3/4 century.
@darrylandrewdoorbal91195 жыл бұрын
Well put
@EarlJohn614 жыл бұрын
*Kirk* was a "frontier" captain... Searching for new civilizations on the edge of known space. His mission was always on the edge of the Federation's influence or further out. *Picard* was a "diplomatic" captain... Filling in the holes the frontier captains (both past & present) had missed. His mission had the full weight of the Federation available at reasonable reaction rates.
@michaelcreek38133 жыл бұрын
I love how LaForge goes all the way up to the bridge just so he can be a smartass right to Captain Picard's face.
@wanderinghistorian4 жыл бұрын
Remember when Star Trek was good? The Sheliak remember.
@bigevil10019 жыл бұрын
This was when audiences realized Picard had changed for the better after season 2
@savagetv64608 жыл бұрын
This is full proof why lawful neutral is the best alignment in fiction
@teemum.90238 жыл бұрын
I LOVE chaotic good
@savagetv64608 жыл бұрын
Teemu M. simplistic and easy to find a way out. It is literally the most over done alignment is fiction
@teemum.90238 жыл бұрын
Dex Starr Because that´s how being happy should be, although I don´t see anything simplistic and easy about ferries, annoying, mean beasts yet still good, as in we can trust the unpredictable.
@thesilverrook35027 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure that the crew of the Enterprise qualifies as Lawful Good, not Neutral. The crew of DS9 qualified as Lawful Neutral (Sisko for example). I love Star Trek. My absolute favorite series. I'd say Chaotic Good is the most entertaining. Definitely not overdone! We don't get enough of it!
@DarthObscurity6 жыл бұрын
+The Silver Rook Captain Picard leaves an entire species to die because of the prime directive. Lawful Neutral.
@jamealjordon13763 жыл бұрын
Seeing Picard slowly walk off towards the plaque is completely unexpected. You're use to seeing him answer the hail and this time, its played differently.
@Nox_the_alien6 ай бұрын
Picard earned the respect of nearly everyone he ever came in contact with
@BigLovinB5 жыл бұрын
"This is hopeless. Fighting would be preferable." My favorite Worf lines ever.
@deepatel12310 жыл бұрын
LOL at Riker's reaction to Worf's comment at 0:03
@lahnhedberg34034 жыл бұрын
I love that powerplay, making them have to call you and then taking your time letting them know that you the one in control.
@solucaoatende9 ай бұрын
Man, this series is a legend! Even far for perfection the writers was a lot of good moments and true inspiration. And the charm of Stewart and Frakes was gold! Good times...
@2006unsw8 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite scenes in all of Star Trek, let alone TNG.
@ashkrikorian57535 жыл бұрын
between this and the one where they have the cloaked klingon ships as backup against the romulans... fantastic strategic scenes
@keamu85802 жыл бұрын
Picard has the highest unarmed attack power of any Starfleet captain. Sisko hits harder. But he has to pull the trigger to do it.
@davidcook5705 Жыл бұрын
You can tell that Ryker really enjoys watching Picard in action.
@eriolhiiragizawa7294 жыл бұрын
Picard just owned the Sheliak like annoying telemarketers. Sheliak: *ring ring* Picard: *dusts the Enterprise plaque* "Hmm, when was the last time this was cleaned..." Sheliak: *ring ring* Picard: . . . Sheliak: *ring ring ring* Picard: "Yes, thank you. Don't call again." Sheliak: *gets the fekk outta there*
@Trek0018 жыл бұрын
Has anybody noticed Worf nodding his head in approval with a slight smile at 0:58...?