I forget why, but Picard and Riker are away, Data is in command with Worf as his first officer. Data wants to be analytical and consider all options, Worf wants to fire all phasers and die in glorious battle. Data comes to a decision and gives orders, and Worf says "Finally!"
Data asks to see him in the ready room, and then dresses him down for talking back to him in front of the crew. They hash out what they expect the role of second in command is supposed to be, and with the military shit out of the way, Data then acknowledges that this dressing down may have damaged their friendship, and Worf replies that no, he was out of line so it was his fault, that he acknowledges that he was out of line and if we can overlook this incident he'd like to continue being friends.
Stated problems, voiced objections, addrressed objections, no personal slights, no raised voices, actual accountability expected and accepted...manliest conversation ever filmed.
THERE ARE 4 LIGHTS!!!
The byline for everyone around but not in the Trump administration right now.
I'm Indigenous Canadian and my dad was born in the wilderness in a very traditional lifestyle in northern Ontario. His first and only language was Ojibway/Cree, he understood English but seldom spoke it as he preferred his our language only.
As a teen in the 90s I loved watched TNG and I watched it as often as I could whenever I could. I never stuck to a schedule and we only had the most basic satellite TV package we could afford at the time. I was so engrossed and loved the show so much that my dad at one point asked me .... 'It's amazing that people are up there now that are doing all those things'
I had to explain to him that it was all just as show that was fake and that none of it was real.
To me ... this is my favourite TNG moment .. that the show was so convincing and well performed that it made my dad believe that it was real.
To be fair, my dad was probably the most intelligent person I've ever known and an excellent teacher. In his prime, he often just walked into the wilderness with nothing but a knife in the fall and came back midwinter with a stack of furs to trade and make money and then head back out again with very little to survive on. He just wasn't that aware of what the outside world was all about.
The court scene in Drumhead where Picard refutes accusations of being a traitor by essentially quoting an IWW mantra and core tenant of Anarchism.
Bonus follow-up discussion with Worf after the trial.
Additional bonus, the IWW still operates to this day, and will gladly help train and support anyone to unionize their workplace, blue collar or white collar.
I came to put this scene in. But this comment informed me. I know of the IWW, but had never made the connection. Top notch comment, this.
Shut up, Wesley!
The one where they have to prove Data is sentient or else he'll get dismantled by Starfleet. Seems kind of apropos now with governments deciding, on a whim, who gets rights and also how hard we're trying to make AGI happen.
Measure of a Man IIRC, fantastic episode.
This is so good.
1990s TNG had a good heart.
When the Enterprise blew up at the end of the opening sequence in the time loop episode, it was so shocking to me seeing it when it was first aired. I had no idea at all what could possibly happen after the commercial break.
The when I had deja vu when the show came back on, I was so confused until it blew up again. That sequence of destruction and restart became my favourite scene.
Cause and Effect? Outstanding episode.
The ending of Inner Light where Picard is playing the flute into the void
Someone else said my favorite one so ill go with another that i like a lot.
The scene with picard and wesley and picard gives him the speech about telling the truth.
The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it's scientific truth or historical truth or personal truth! It is the guiding principle on which Starfleet is based. And if you can't find it within yourself to stand up and tell the truth about what happened, you don't deserve to wear that uniform!
Bonus: My favorite silly moment was when time was stopped/very slowed and picard draws a smiley face in a warp core breach
Probably when Tasha asks Data if he's fully functional.
"THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!"
At this moment the scene that comes to mind is Data asking Worf to take care of Spot.
I will FEED HIM.
You must tell him he is a good cat, and a pretty cat.
so many classics listed already, some others...
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the one where a civillisation downloads their lives into picard. whole ep you're wondering wtf is with picard this is slow as he lives some dudes life, then the reveal is amazing it's so full of positivity and warmth - appropriately titled "the inner light". hats off for capturing positivity so well onscreen (for some reason an elusive skill)
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when picard defends data's rights as a sentient being
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Picard breaking down in the mud with his brother about his assimilation.
There's a scene in S2E12 where Picard reveals that Fermat's Last Theorem still hasn't been proved. It was proved a few years after the episode came out. I thought that was funny... Also in S2E3 a holodeck hologram becomes sentient. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xzi7qBk6ll8&pp=ygUMdG5nIG1vcmlhcnR5 That one is pretty good.
Right now I'm not sure this is my favorite because it's late and I am not thinking clearly, but I've watched Data in command countless times, so it's certainly one of my favorites
When Picard updates the 21th century scientist on what changed after the warp drive, in First Contact. That was the scene that convinced me to start watching star trek, thanks to a YouTube video about post-scarcity economy
From the series, some scenes from Measure of a Man would be an easy choice, but I actually probably prefer when Troi helps, again, the woman from the past find her family tree on the computer, don't remember the episode name
Data/Sherlok sceses when the highly intelligent villain becomes sentient are also cool
The scene where all of those underdeveloped people come on board the Enterprise with their animals and one woman is shouting throughout the whole deck. Patrick Stewart lost it at this point, turns away from the camera and starts to laugh uncontrollably. But they kept the camera rolling and the scene turned out great!
Edit: It's S02E18 "Up the Long Ladder"
Is that the one they start a fire in the area they're in and then get shown the replicator? If so that general one always stuck though been many years now, but don't recall the laughing offhand. I'll have to watch for Stewart laughing, I love those kinds of reactions.
“It never…happened!”
The one where a Stone Age type of civilization is visited and members accidentally reveal themselves to the inhabitants. Then they think Pircard is a god and a cult/religion begins to form. I think it is called “The Picard”
Who Watches The Watchers
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra !!
Darmok and Jalad, on the ocean.
The moment where Picard says, "we have no law to fit your crime."
Picard on the first duty.
Shut up! As in close your mouth and stop talking!
The scene with Picard and the Romulan. The whole thing including the tea scene at the start with Beverly.
Picard in the Observation Lounge with Nuria, the Mintakan.
I find it incredibly moving
