TNG Ro is upset with Riker (The Next Phase)

[@Tmccreight25Gaming]

To this day I still find it hilarious that Ro fires the disruptor through Riker’s head execution style 😂

[@LGranthamsHeir]

It's a payback after he banged her during the time she was still having amnesia/memory issues

[@Tmccreight25Gaming]

@@LGranthamsHeir he had amnesia too tho, and she was the one who came onto him! 🤣

[@royfokerpoker1802]

​@@Tmccreight25Gaming Huh? When did she come on to him?

[@Tmccreight25Gaming]

@@royfokerpoker1802 during season 5 episode 14 "Conundrum" the whole crew gets their memories wiped and ro comes onto riker in his quarters.

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

@@Tmccreight25Gaming "Conundrum" is soooo good. I love how "blank" Ro gets jealous of Troi lol The ending is perfect.

[@coldsnap5742]

The weird thing is, Jonathan Frakes really could play the trombone. So why did they have to dub in something that clearly wasn't what he was playing?

[@rightofcenter1977]

And it doesn't even look convincing.

[@gregquinn7817]

I saw an interview recently. He said he played some real easy pieces but he wasn't good enough to play anything harder. The college marching band he played for must have sucked...

[@gbpooky]

so they could time it to the rest of the music. pretty obvious

[@op_snooze]

Probably time. They could shoot a lot faster without having to cue up the band, get them warmed up. Practice the drop in 4 or 5 times. TNG had to be shot one episode every 2 weeks. It was a massive feat.

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

@@gregquinn7817 Maybe his trombone was rusty?

[@4everanarsenalfan]

imagine if the phaser still worked (but was invisible) and Riker just dropped dead

[@4everanarsenalfan]

no really?

[@ShrekWallBee]

+4everanarsenalfan yeah that could of happened lol

[@6thADMedic]

Would love to see Riker get domed, good episode.

[@FortoFight]

"Disruptor" not "phaser".

[@perfectionbox]

"oops"

[@KGillis]

Imagine if they had managed to phase in right as Ro pointed the disruptor at Riker's head. That's a court-martialin'

[@shinethief3785]

I love how they gave each member of the crew a non work related hobby

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Ro showed an interest in horticulture if you watch closely

[@feliperisseto9113]

It is a great way to give all of them humanity and keep them professional.

[@loboling9188]

Sadly, this is how Riker developed brain cancer...

[@geonerd]

Well, he was kind of a jerk anyway....

[@johnnybikesalot]

True but they have a pill for that now so it wasn't a big deal.

[@saadqureshi7127]

They have a cure for cancer because there is no greedy pharmaceutical companies in their reality. If only I was in their reality. This one is a pos.

[@RobeonMew]

@@geonerd Ro was the jerk

[@Cobalt985]

@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Stop being so America-centric. There are other countries too that don't have a shitty privatized health system. You really think you're the only ones capable of doing research?

[@seraphir8535]

"FIRE AT WILL!!" "RED ALERT!!!" XDDD

[@z8ph0d]

Ro Laren was my favorite officer from TNG. I wish Michelle Forbes had agreed to return for DS9.

[@ParisHoney1998]

z8ph0d Yeah and I wish Riker and Ro had gotten together

[@assgoblin-uh9zu]

The world would be a better place.

[@Shendue]

Or VOY

[@austinboylan5476]

z8ph0d But then we wouldn’t have Kira :)

[@makasete30]

Austin Boylan I honestly prefer Ro a lot more. In my opinion she was a better actress and I wanted to know more of her story.

[@asmrjunkie6613]

I loved this episode, it was one that was so full of huge logical problems the mind boggled at them, but regardless, one of my favourites none the less.

[@danielhaire6677]

If a funeral is to mourn the passing of someone from this life, a wake like this is to celebrate the life that they lived.

[@drmayeda1930]

This seems to be more of the style used in New Orleans or Ireland were the person's life is celebrated

[@christopherrosas2738]

This is New Orleans style.... If I recall correctly Geordi is from New Orleans so this would be fitting for him..... The music is typically more drab on the way to the burial, but takes on a more jovial tone leaving

[@PR--un4ub]

@@christopherrosas2738 Geordi is from Africa.

[@christopherrosas2738]

@@PR--un4ub I could be wrong, but I do recall him saying he had some time in New Orleans so thus type of funeral would be common place for him, but like I said, I could be wrong

[@PR--un4ub]

@@christopherrosas2738 In all fairness, the fact that Geordi was born in Africa was brought up fairly late in the series and only briefly during a "Blink and you'll miss it." moment.

[@dbg5744]

I missed Ro, she was supposed to be on DS9 in the place of Kira but the actress wanted to do other things or something like that.

[@jamierose9095]

@Big Potato Michelle Forbes didn't want to be typecast.

[@Shendue]

@Big Potato She asked for more money both times, I've read.

[@austinboylan5476]

Jamie Rose Compared to Nana Visitor who was struggling in the acting world when DS9 came along. She was elated to be a leading regular in a tv show, let alone one as beloved as Star Trek. No doubt helped her performance.

[@ExVeritateLibertas]

@@jamierose9095 well like Michael Dorn said, if "being typecast" means starring in 2 hit TV series and making 4 feature films, he's very happy to be typecast.

[@otomicans6580]

@Leo Peridot You think so? I thought most DS9 actors were pretty good compared to TNG's more wooden cast. The only potential downside would be if you thought DS9 hammed everything up too much.

[@leomartin5965]

Its a trip..it was said that she got offered a chance to be a regular cast member. She fitted in nicely. And Its not too many episodes where the plot and sub-plot(which the next generation was good for having two plots in one show)where the GUEST star had the show completely centered around them like ENSIGN RO. . HER strikingly beautiful yet very. Pensive look is one of a kind.

[@ABCDyeahyeahyeah]

She rivals Q, O’Brien and Guinan as best recurring guest star. I think she really replaced a lot of what was lost when Tasha left the show except with more sarcasm.

[@Elderrion]

It's clear they had ideas for her and I'm willing to bet a lot of those ideas got transferred to Kira in DS9

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

As someone from an Irish family. Our funerals and wakes are similar to this, though there is usually more of a focus on drinking and fighting.

[@alcohol-freebeer3642]

As there should be, it's a funeral goddammit. Have you even really lived if there isn't a drunken punch up over your casket as some long held family secret is finally revealed?

[@dubsessed9790]

"So fill to me, the parting glass..."

[@bernie.05]

my aunt grew up in Derry and she tells a joke about that. what is the difference between an Irish wedding and an Irish funeral? the funeral has one less drunk

[@shaftoe195]

Admiral Helena Cain: Field Executions The Beginning

[@internetjuror4438]

She has broad authority in this matter...

[@williamcostigan91]

"Phasering him was a difficult decision but I dare say it was a fair one."

[@iksarguards]

I liked Ro, she was spicy. Too bad she decided not to carry on through with her career in Trek.

[@arielfetters5662]

From ensign on the Enterprise to Admiral and captain of the Battlestar Pegasus.

[@Kibogu]

I liked this episode, but it pissed me off that you never did learn what he was going to say about her.

[@crivket1233]

I like it being left to us , to fill that in. 😅🤣😜

[@joelww2501]

@@crivket1233 Riker certainly filled her in...

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

"She was super smart, but she was a handful ... and DAMN she was hot ..."

[@kingpin6989]

I'd allow Ro to have me.

[@spartandud3]

If my funeral isn't this lit then don't invite me.

[@chrispeplinski7306]

Ro looked rather cool with the head band,

[@tbn22]

Ro was a babe!

[@123RADIOactive]

Still kinda is😍

[@davidkay7389]

The Wall still works no matter what galaxy, timeline, or alternate reality

[@noahhastings6145]

@@123RADIOactive Kinda? She's still a total babe!

[@britishfilmguy]

Even when she featured on star trek DS9 looked a babe in that.

[@davewolf6256]

@@britishfilmguy She was never in DS9. I think you're thinking of Kira Nerys. (Racist!)

[@ShrekWallBee]

1:34 I LOL So Much When She Shot Riker In The Head

[@energicko]

What wasn't easy: was Will Riker knowing he smashed Ro Laren in the episode "Conundrum." The writers had her fire the disruptor to symbolize he forgets about it to move on with Deanna Troi.

[@knighriderredux]

Ro: Give me your sidearm Commander, FRAKING NOW

[@O1OO1O1]

Can you imagine a scene like this in grim-dark Star Trek: Picard?

[@normanred9212]

Those fan fiction shows are so bad

[@daverage4729]

Love Geordies reaction. :)

[@kuribo1]

The girl at the 36 -37 second mark is such a cutie!!!

[@han_pritcher]

That's Christi Haydon.

[@Spacegoat92]

She's a little sweetie isn't she!

[@aaronb7631]

@@han_pritcher Kinda looks like Dana Delaney!

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@Spacegoat92 She has THEEEE 1991 look. Lots of girls had that look 1990-93

[@DavidSmith-bt5zn]

I never liked it when they turned Ro into a traitor. I always liked her character.

[@tonoornottono]

she was maquis she wasn’t a traitor to humanity just to the institution of starfleet

[@xposetruth5681]

She wasn’t a traitor. It showed the depth of the way she was pulled by her heart in many directions but in the end, went where she truly felt she NEEDED to be.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@xposetruth5681 She betrayed Picard. At the least, Ro turned out to be a liar.

[@vguyver2]

Ensign Ro can act a bit... Psychotic.

[@spockboy]

The sexiest most interesting female character to EVER be on TNG,

[@altoid1804]

Commander Shelby was interesting as well. But yeah, Ro was the whole package...

[@mcmlxxxviimcmxcvi8641]

@@altoid1804 Shelby was arrogant...

[@altoid1804]

@@mcmlxxxviimcmxcvi8641 yes, Shelby was arrogant and ruffled feathers. I said it made her a more interesting female character, not that she was more agreeable. What other female characters on TNG made as much of an impression as Shelby did when she arrived? She came aboard the Enterprise with a mission and not only proved herself capable, but even made Riker reflect on his own career stagnation as a First Officer. Shelby made "The Best of Both Worlds" better by introducing a level of interpersonal tension not really seen before in TNG's writing. That complexity made for a great two hours of TV.

[@RavenZahadoom]

So you all are just going to overlook Vash? For shame!!!!

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@RavenZahadoom The girl Data met who backed him up no matter what.

[@betotrono]

Maybe once you get phased back in maybe explain to the Bajoran why humans would have such a jovial funeral ceremony.

[@crivket1233]

Ro was too classy for DS9! 1701 D is where she belonged. 💖🖖

[@alexanderjones9572]

Ro " WHAT is going on here?!" Geordi " It's our memorial service!" Ro " But what's the music? I don't like it, do you?" Geordi " It's jazz. Commander Riker loves it. But actually no, I don't particularly like it." Ro " So we're dead, and our memorial service is all about what HE wants?!" Geordi " Uhh, looks that way, Ro..." 'sigh'

[@JanetStarChild]

@Zoe Kin Yeah, good thing they never actually said that. It's neither funny nor true to the characters.

[@HariSeldon913]

The memorial was arranged by Data, not Riker.

[@furrykef]

Memorial services are really for the living and not for the dead anyhow. (In fact, I think TNG actually makes that point, either in this episode or a different one.)

[@lawrencekramer7331]

Target practice on Riker for her XO on Pegasus.

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

She really enjoyed that

[@shawnfoxfirth9684]

easily the Hottest chick in Star Trek ya ya I know Beverley Crusher Seven of Nine Troi Whatever . . .Oh with Much Respect to B'Elanna Torres . . .Fuck now that I think about it B'Elanna and Laren are Tied for Tops . . .

[@-M0LE]

Great episode

[@sh0tl0l]

we're dead shoot everywhere rofl

[@solarisone1082]

They're doing it to be detected.

[@trueknowledgeispower]

I would literally explode out laughing if Ensign Ro busted out singing 'Groove Is In Th Heart' by De-lite.

[@LordTalax]

Ro was the hottest woman on the ship. Though I preferred her original long hair style

[@christopherrosas2738]

Not to sure about that, but to each their own..... She was up there though.....

[@Digikidthevoiceofreason]

Short hair on women is sexier.

[@UnknownMaster21]

@@Digikidthevoiceofreason Really depends on the mood and taste... and perhaps... experience?

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@Digikidthevoiceofreason Just barely to the shoulders and cut square like she doesn't care.

[@christopherwilliams5912]

Michelle Forbes is so damn hot!

[@Truthhurtz4u]

She looks like the johnny depp's ver. of willy wonka lol

[@skippertheeyechild6621]

Commander...why are you launching Vipers?!?!?

[@VulcanOnWheels]

Ro Laren's given name was actually Laren, since Bajorans put their family name first. So, the title should have been "TNG *Laren* is upset..."

[@furrykef]

Riker is William T. Riker's surname, so using "Ro" is consistent with using "Riker".

[@VulcanOnWheels]

@@furrykef I stand corrected.

[@venyredun5221]

Shit i always hoped riker and ro would end up in kind of a romantic relationship... They were always attracted to each other as that one episode showed i just hoped that they would go somewhere with it... That if a reset button was pushed they would end up together within a day.

[@RobinPM86]

Oh they had a fling, in the episode where all their memories (including Data's!) were erased. Of course, when Troy and Ro talked with Riker later on, it was a little uncomfortable for him.

[@venyredun5221]

@@RobinPM86 yeah i saw that... It was instinctual attraction between them when they were reseted to factor settings hahaha.

[@iamme453]

Did she ever find out what he was going to say? On another tangent, how could they run through walls but they didn't fall through the floors?

[@nathanarnold8752]

The guy with the 'Cosby' sweater.

[@hannosolo]

The cantina band learned a new song.

[@christorrence1114]

Always wanted those two to end up together.

[@Wizardof]

Did that transporter woman do the Cardassian Computer voice for DS9??????????

[@chuckselvage3157]

Ensign Ro is delicious.😍

[@Apple_Teck]

Savage.

[@vineethalex2618]

And what was it doing with toy gun?

[@mikecalano982]

Geordie says let's get started but they only show you Ro with the disruptor so what's Jordy doing in the other part of the scene is what I want to know

[@ericmcconnaughey2782]

Probably just swiping his hands through the furniture all over the place. Same result.

[@mikecalano982]

@@ericmcconnaughey2782 . LOL!!!!

[@xposetruth5681]

Copping a feel on Worf.

[@uncletaylorify]

I loved the two of them lol. Riker the straight arrow Starfleet officer Ro the maverick rebel of Starfleet. Opposites butting heads.

[@Ragitsu]

Does anyone else here prefer Ro over Kira Nerys? Only me? Damn...

[@Shendue]

But of course. Ro was a great character. Too bad the actress decided otherwise.

[@jakep1979]

I can't remember but did Riker tap that?!

[@salozmen29]

Riker loved the ridges on her face rubbing on his taint meat.

[@BigTylt]

salozmen, that's just....I...have no words.

[@spork24601]

Yes, but only when she had amnesia.

[@jakep1979]

spork24601 sounds like some kind of rape to me.

[@BigTylt]

jakep1979 They both had amnesia. The whole crew had amnesia.

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

It just occurred to me - To gets to wear a headband, but on Voyager, Hennessy wasn't allowed to wear a very similar one. Very minor, but I do like a detail here and there.

[@salsanchez4177]

Glad Riker wasnt working that Ten Forward scene with Alec Baldwin

[@neonhomer]

Michelle Forbes with that hairstyle would make a good Jane Lane....

[@ricosauve5]

Walk through walls but not the floors

[@every116]

They didn't even try to make Riker's trombone movements match the music they played over it, so obvious that it's fake and he's not playing it.

[@MateDrinker33]

Every116: Still not a gaffe on the same magnitude as the "clapless applause in the Nakatomi reception" scene that happens within the first 25 or so minutes of the original "Die Hard". :D

[@LocksAndChains]

The actor does actually play though. I can't remember which episodes...

[@jninx]

They did not have sufficient sound rig to capture the live music so had to dub it in after production by which time the band was no longer available.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

What makes Michelle Forbes a superb actress? She portrays Ro as extremely self-confident ... until she overhears someone talking about her when she's 'not there'. "What, who, me? What? What about me? What? WHAT!"

[@socalbeeguy8041]

Was looking for Hammerhead in the bar, didn't see him.

[@MasterofSpiders]

@ 1:24 Could they have at least TRIED to disguise the overdubbing?

[@Cjnw]

No they can't don't even try

[@xposetruth5681]

@@Cjnw I DIDNT KILL THAT MAN!

[@killerpeech]

Why at 0.16 did he step around roe?

[@TheWPhilosopher]

I was gonna state limitations of effects Vs the real life actors but then later iirc in the wake scene people do walk through them. So nada

[@-M0LE]

Always fancied Ro

[@78beast]

Enter hottie. Who's that at 0:30?

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Miss 1991

[@EmisoraRadioPatio]

Lol Picard's awkward at parties.

[@creatip123]

The star trek writers must have really like the bajorans. They're played by attractive (and hot) women, and Indon't recall watching a single bad blood bajoran....

[@davidbroughall3782]

Why always a celebration? What's wrong with actual grief and sadness?

[@killerpeech]

If roe was suppose to pass through matter, how come riker dodges her when stepping out of the turbolift. Guess they were to lazy to animate that

[@jamiespicer8645]

Lol

[@icwiz]

Data drew inspiration from the famous Ghanese pallbearers of the early 21st century.

[@brucerudd69]

Pretty cool that Cliff Huxtable’s sweaters still play in the 23rd century.

[@dannywhite648]

Season 5 episode 24

[@tokajileo5928]

if they walk through walls how can they stand on the floor? they are out of phase. this really annoys me. not scientific.

[@thelastprussian6491]

So they can walk throug walls cause this cloaking-whatever. But they do not fall through the floor because the plot do not think that far?

[@republikadugave420]

So hot ...

[@wawoodsman7170]

If a few individuals still don't understand the party styled memorials. Rykers character is from New Orleans where it's very common to send off the departed with a party and not sadness and weeping.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Riker is from Alaska.

[@robertpolityka8464]

I'm surprised she only shot Riker once

[@gabrielranarivelo9088]

Ensign Ro is the most beautiful woman in StarTrek.

[@Mirr0rsEdge]

Incorrect! It’s Dr. Pulaski.

[@johnnybikesalot]

I liked this episode a lot but it fails the logic test, HARD. What are Ro and Geordi breathing? If they are breathing the ship's air, then everyone should be able to hear them speak. Just one of a million reasons why this episode makes no sense. But it's still good :D

[@perfectionbox]

So... how are they breathing air and not falling through the floor?

[@Greg_Rock]

Ro is dead. 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

[@alexanderjones9572]

Riker the ultimate narcissist. He organises a memorial do for Geordi and Ro, who don't even like jazz, but he likes it so there's a jazz band playing!

[@bpe-music]

Alexander Jones I believe the funeral was actually organised by Data, there is also a scene with him and Worf where they discuss what kind of ceremony it should be.

[@shenglong9818]

Actually it was organized by Data...so...you're completely wrong.

[@Shendue]

Yeah, except he has nothing to do with that, it was Data's idea. Hence, you and all the trigger-happy thumb uppers are completely off.

[@KeepersDan]

***** Read the books. She's commander of Deep Space Nine. :)

[@Ryan_Winter]

Daniel Orrett Which books in particular? The popular Star Trek characters are all bound to end up in a leadership position, regardless if it matches their personality or not. Aren't they? I really enjoyed Garak and he ended up being part of new Cardasia's government after the Dominion War. Well and then I liked Quark and he will always remain the bar keeper he was when we were introduced to him. Well Julian Bashir will never be a commanding officer, but I am afraid I am one of just a few fans he has got. I guess Ro was very high in my list of my favorite female trek characters. Perhaps only second to Jadzia Dax.

[@KeepersDan]

Rylan Joran Later into the typhon pact arc, the best arc in trek books by far is the Destiny Timeline, which is basically the three Destiny books, then a singular destiny, then the typhon pact books, and then on to the newest books "the fall". But to be honest I think everybody should at least just read the three original Destiny books, they are some of the best sci fi stories I have ever read, couldn't reccomend them more :)

[@KeepersDan]

Daniel Orrett Also, my fave trek character, female or otherwise is Ezri Dax (as much as I love Jadzia) but that is probably biased based on how much of a badass she is as captain of the USS Aventine in the destiny novels :)

[@Ryan_Winter]

Daniel Orrett That sounds cool, even though I do feel tempted to think that it is the same again with Ezri. I don't see that character in a leadership position. That's not a negative thing at all, though. I do have difficulty seeing Ro as commander of DS9. She is too much of a "tomboy" and a rebel. And Ezri, well I can see her as a councelor, but not as sitting in the captain's chair. She is not Jadzia and even with her I am under the impression that she already had many interests and wasn't that much concerned with taking command. She was a scientist, an adventurer, someone who needed variety. She certainly had been a competend leader, but that's not the point. Not everybody wants to fill that role on a daily basis and not everybody is able to do it for years and years to come. And second, all these stories assume that Star Trek heroes inevitably have to become "captains", if they are meant to be portrayed as "successfull" and that's just not true. I see that it does fit Neris Kira, who was portrayed from the start as a soldier. Someone who can deal with casualties and the terrible aspects of leading. I can see her sending young women and men into nearly certain death, if she has no choice left, but I don't see Ezri doing that. Especially not doing it over and over again. Though I reckon I always liked ST characters the most who didn't really aspire to become "captain".

[@KeepersDan]

Rylan Joran Yeah your absolutley right, and that is adressed in the books, without spoiling anything a serious of fairly horrific events kind of lead Ezri to sort of lose faith in social science and counselling and stuff, and she gets forced into a couple of command situations due to circumstance, eventually she becomes far more confident and sure of herself and feels that she would rather be protecting people as a captain and stuff, this leads her to switch over to the command decision which Bashir completley disaproves of feeling that she has betrayed science and stuff - which leads to him leaving her.

[@grizstockman8002]

Ro has such white white skin....

[@Xylarxcode]

Technically speaking, you could have titled this 'Ro shoots Riker in the head' and it would be correct. Not at all what the clip is about, but still technically right.

[@unropednope4644]

It never took much to get Ro upset. Chick was a walking period.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Better than walking cold fish.