Troi, Riker, and Data Advise Picard that he must ask for Lt. Yar back

Star Trek The Next Generation Season 1 Episode 04 Code of Honor

[@Eternal_Tech]

Counselor Troi actually provided some useful psychoanalysis here, which made her more useful than in some later season episodes.

[@mikek0135]

I agree. I wish they used her like this in more episodes.

[@dhinton1]

@@mikek0135 so did the actress herself.

[@Living-For-Today]

I've always considered this episode as one that we all can learn a valuable lesson from. That lesson being: Common courtesy but authoritical.

[@ricebrown1]

"Is the whole ship deaf?" Got 'em.

[@robeson1070]

Geordi be like "this @$$#013."

[@dhinton1]

from an obscure language known as French 🤦🏾‍♂🤦🏾‍♂ Deanna's smirk gave her laugh away ... she didn't even need her Betazoid abilities to KNOW what her captain would say about that. and kudos to Will for saving Data from what HE was gonna say next 😂😂😂

[@Hammer20166]

you can see it on everyone's face that they knew that Picard was going to get upset if Data continued that sentence

[@JoeDCollins]

That line was so beautiful there is no way that it was scripted

[@LeahLuciB]

It comforts me to know that the french are obscure in the future.

[@Ben82077]

Wesley: Sir? LaForge: Sir? Picard: Is whole ship deaf? (The one deaf officer who can read lips, raises his hand.)

[@josephmassaro]

This may very well be the Spock's Brain of TNG.

[@ThreePointOneFou]

This is the first-season episode that just about everybody associated with TNG is most embarrassed about, and justifiably so. The racism is so blatant that it's amazing Gene Roddenberry and Paramount allowed it to be made, even in 1987.

[@paulhunter6742]

Yes. I agree cause had no brain to appreciate this drivel.

[@jws1948ja]

I remember this one. Very satisfying

[@KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain]

Picard before beaming down: Wesley you are now a member of the crew. Picard: Lutan we offer you an exchange of a younger, uh even better looking crew person in Tasha’s place.

[@marchess286]

Kirk: I'll be beaming down. Getting my double-fist punch ready.

[@dhinton1]

Commander .... Commander!? That's quite formal. So is this request, sir ......... Will should have known he wasn't gonna like what came next 😂😂 I can count the number of times Deanna addressed him as Commander in the ENTIRE TNG era. or SIR, for that matter ....

[@aaronanglea]

Picard show him the federation policy of mess around and find out

[@troyjollimore4100]

“Is the whole ship DEAF?” LOL! 😂

[@davidboda1640]

he gonna score with the dr tonite

[@rayzermaniac5218]

Imagine telling someone called "Jean-Luc Picard" that French was an obscure language.

[@bobx6565]

Wesley’s sweater.

[@victorsalisbury3554]

King 🤴🏽 👑 🦁 🤴🏽 👑 🦁 🤴🏽 👑 🦁

[@kevinborgan8544]

Tied with Angel One as the worst episodes in the TNG series.

[@pw10a2sal]

1:27 Following happend in Datas Positronic Brain as a Equation: "0 = Captain is angry, why ? I will ask him for clarification." and "1 = I am third in command, I will follow the advise of the second in command. And remain in the chain of command as Starfleet layed out in the Guide of behavior for inferior Ranks." Because Data has to strive to better himself he chose (1) . Good Choice. LMAO

[@cphtfluke7565]

"That is from an obscure language known as French." Mr. Data, are you familiar with the phrase 'foot in mouth?'

[@collinsdarkwa281]

Picard wants Yar Back

[@ultramaximusreviews]

This is a great episode I don't care what anyone says

[@buster5661]

I'm glad you think so because it's actually terrible

[@dhinton1]

The early episodes had LOTS of flaws ...... but also got A LOT right.

[@kevinhoward9593]

they dont speak French in the 24th century? Hes talking about its an "obscure language" then again I guess with Universal Translators foreign languages are obsolete.

[@IndomitableT]

All other languages are foreign from one country’s point of view if across the boarder another language is spoken. English is therefore a foreign language to many countries.🇫🇷

[@allencampbell8322]

Give me Kirk!!

[@MrAmazingJeff]

Data: It comes from an obscure language in Europe called French. Also Data: *doesn’t realise his Captain is descended from people from that obscure region* Captain Picard: *swears in that obscure language* Data: The universal translator must be malfunctioning Captain for I did not understand a word you just said.

[@victorsalisbury3554]

That's aspect war 500 miles 663

[@dhinton1]

No ........ why don't you sit at ops, next to Lt. LaForge? Sir!? Sir!? like are you for real, Captain? 😂😂😂

[@buster5661]

And this begins the hate

[@ShannonFreng]

Now that I watch an early episode, like this one, I realize how much the series matured. These early ones (this, in particular) are almost laughable.

[@gluecksdrache2054]

I have no idea where this impression stems from. The script is great, the atmosphere in the crew can be felt even years after it was broadcasted.

[@ShannonFreng]

@@gluecksdrache2054 You are too easily impressed. This episode was always panned as a joke. Even the incidental music is parochial and sophomoric.

[@dhinton1]

You hafta remember that there had not been a Star Trek episode series on TV in DECADES before TNG. and even this was NO lock to stick.

[@ShannonFreng]

@@dhinton1 'No lock to stick'? What does that portend to mean? Your other statement is irrelevant to the argument. I was considering the show in itself, not making any comparison of it to the original series. You seem as witless as the first guy who replied to me, so perhaps you two would be more fit conversationalists, for each other. KZbin is awash with you types, unfortunately.

[@pw10a2sal]

"From an obscure language known as French", no wonder the French are always either angry or in love with their Fiancé, while beeing married. Vive la France !

[@batgurrl]

I love the endless times that Data had to be to told to shut up. Especially in seasons 1 and 2. Very often it was a simple Data rambling and Captain Picard just saying a simple Data, to get him to shut up. I watched from the beginning yet again a few months ago, i was reminded about how mediocre season one was. There were so many things wrong with this episode they ere too numerous to mention. 😮😮😂

[@muaddib7356]

Is there ANY good reason why you are still uploading these clips ONLY in 480p in 2024??? Your competitor, tjwparso, at least makes sure they are in 720p and now in 1080p. So, I prefer to watch something much, much clearer.

[@robeson1070]

"That, Mr. Data, is what, in the obscure language, we call a 'faux pas' ". Epic Data-'splain. lol Horrible episode.

[@maxpower2511]

Seems like this whole plot was stolen from Marvel

[@blammers]

Dear lord this episode is all kinds of problematic.

[@MinecraftMartin]

How so? (Not challenging you, I'm just curious about others' thoughts) I watched the full episode about a week ago as I begin to watch all 7 seasons start to finish. Was definitely tangy.

[@ComplexMotivations]

@@MinecraftMartin Why even ask? Anything they say will be based on some horrible hate filled belief and a level of self justification you don't even want to try. You will never change their mind, it's all filled with hate.

[@MinecraftMartin]

@@ComplexMotivations Change whose mind? Are you talking about @blammers? Or a character on the show? Me? I'm honestly not sure who you're referring to. And the reason I ask is for the sake of discussion. Nobody here has shown hate. I'm detecting a little hate in your message, but I could be misreading.

[@toddregnier4966]

@@MinecraftMartin A common trope in popular media from the 19th and 20th centuries was "white explorer encounters tribe of primitive black people." The alien civilization in this episode is distinctly meant to look African. They even go so far as to have them kidnap a white woman who needs to be rescued. The cast, crew, and fans at the time hated the episode and saw it as racist.

[@Locutus]

​@@MinecraftMartinI thought this was a progressive episode at the time when I saw it in the 90s, as it showed a strong Black cast. However, I think the problem is that it depicts the Black cast as tribal and primitive savages with the story line. I believe it depicts what Europeans thought of Black people from the 19th Century in how they talked and behaved, and how they captured a beautiful white woman. I don't think this was intentional, but in their quest to write this story, it turned out bad. If it had been a White cast instead of Black, the episode probably would have still been a bad episode and one people wished hadn't been made, but it probably wouldn't have received the same backlash as this did. When you're writing something like TV, it's easy for a good idea or storyline to look really good on paper, but once you put it into action, it can often turn out bad. One of the things we have to remember that times were different back in the 80s. The people writing and producing this grew up in an era where racial stereotypes and racial inequality were the norm in the USA. Gene Roddenberry was born in the 1920s and although he was a utopiaist, he wouldn't have been immune to racial stereotypes despite how progressive he was for his day.

[@MasterYoist]

The characters I really wanted them to get rid of at the beginning of the first weason were, Troi, Yar, Dr. Crusher, and Wesley. I really could not stand any of them. I voyager, I had hoped they would have gotten rid of Kes at the start as well.

[@LokasennaCole]

Sooooooo you hate women and children. Got it.

[@nycsguy]

Oh my goodness, this was a reminder of how dreadful the first season and a half of TNG was, before they hit their stride.

[@james3282]

From the worst episode of TNG.

[@Gene-gi8vh]

Patty said he would like to punch our President in the face. Get out you fucking limey.

[@sirturd4966]

So lame

[@safiremorningstar]

I can see from the outset that none of the actors are liking the script at all they're very stiff they're playing it like a third grade kids playing at being I don't know kings and queens the same thing they're not happy with the way the script is written they're not happy saying the lines that they're saying and this is showing in the acting it's very stiff there is no flow to it. Somebody named blamers in the comments has said that this episode is all kinds of problematic and it's true, the racism shows in so many ways that it is not even worth mentioning it's a stereotype of what white people have thought African tribe people were like and it's also shows in the fact that nobody who was doing this episode really wanted to be there, although one has to ask the question the African-Americans who are playing these characters they don't seem to have a problem with playing them even though they are a stereotype even though it is a racist episode and in so many ways they don't have a problem because they're actually playing the characters smoothly and without any kind of almost robotic simply reading the line sort of look to it. Why are they the African-American actors in this episode, making this episode in the first place I mean they could have said it was racist they could have had the NAACP need a protest or something but they didn't and they play the characters smoothly unlike the bridge crew of the Enterprise, so my question has always been why.

[@sureshmukhi2316]

Considered one of TNG's worst episodes but this scene is ok

[@paulhunter6742]

This episode in my opinion was most stereotypical and blantly racist even the language spoken was faked not related any known Culture in Africa