Picard finally sounds like his old self. Power, authority and determination. He even pulls the old Picard maneuver with his shirt. Falling right back into the old routines. Finally at home.
Was going to say the same thing about Sir Patrick Steward. His voice was full old school Picard here as opposed to the rest of the series. Was a fantastic touch.
Same here... she was so disrespected in her 1st movie she deserved better at least 3 movies....but now I'm feeling alittle ashamed for enterprise e....it kinda feels like the beloved son returned.... Enterprise D was Marcia, while E was Jan Brady....
Who didn't shed a tear when this beautiful lady took to the stars again? 😢 I felt this coming when the season started with the painting and then the miniatures at the bar.
You did better than me. I assumed they were taking the Defiant or Ent-A, right up to the moment Geordi mentioned having a "surprise". Then had to pick my jaw up off the floor.
I got very emotional as she came out of the docking bay when I saw the episode. She’s perfect. It was perfect. It brought me back to the last time we saw Bones talk to Data all the way back in Episode 1 of TNG, “Now you treat her like a Lady. And she’ll always bring you home.” Nothing could be more true with this scene. She is indeed a Lady and man did she fly one last time to bring them all home.
Im too young to have seen that episode live but ive seen it (and most of the rest of the series) on reruns through my life. But the first time I watched Encounter At Farpoint it was so very obvious it was an emotional passing of the torch. The gravitas of that scene with Data never left me.
to my mind this season earned the last two episodes of pure nostalgia. Actually built up to it and didnt just shove in 'things you remember' randomly. And they managed to make the borg scary again which was a pleasant surprise. That scene when they work out the assimilation plan just as its happening.... oof.
This was a scene I was not prepared for. I had such an emotional reaction, on the verge of tears of joy! It was amazing, something I never thought I’d see on screen again and didn’t know I needed!
The stunning elegance of the Enterprise D with the most brilliant adaptation of "The Enterprise" from the motion picture...perfect, absolutely perfect!!!
Not gonna lie seeing the Enterprise D rebuilt and going into battle again had me tearing up. This season is what people were expecting from the show when it was first announced.
This was at the end of a very dark episode and it was perfect. This was the moment that you knew everything was going to be ok. No matter how outmatched, no matter how dire, this was the hope that would never be extinguished.
No matter how you slice or dice it, the moment the D appeared on screen, that was when the cast truly reunited. People forget that the Enterprise wasn't just a ship, she was just as much a member of the cast, just like the Enterprises before her and the ones after her. And it's good to see her strut her stuff once more.
It’s almost as if Kurtzman is a faker hack that only latched onto Star Trek for a quick cash grab and dash, with a complete disregard for the canon, or the fans. Just like his mentor, Jar Jar Abrams, did before him…
It wasn’t just Kurtzman. Stewart said no uniforms, no starships and no TNG reunion. After the dismal first two seasons of Picard, they brought in Matalas, a true Trekkie. Interesting note, Paramount leaped into one of the top ten streaming services during the Picard Season 3 run. Seems the word is out, the suits at Paramount love Terry Matalas.
@@diamondjim7560 Tbf, I can see why Patrick Stewart would want to explore a different side of Picard, it’s just that they didn’t have the writers or showrunners to make it good.
@@joelww2501 TNG was really an ensemble show. Picard (Stewart) might have been the captain and the main character, but like so many successful shows, storylines are built around many other characters. Kirk (Shatner) was the center of TOS, but some of the best shows of the original series were about Spock and McCoy. The first two seasons of Picard were all about Picard. The best episode of season one was the visit to the Rikers.
I'm not an emotional man, especially when it comes to TV, but you made me feel something ididn't think it was possible, and in this day and age in just that seen 👏🏿
Ever since Star Trek: Generations, I had hoped that somehow, someway the D would be able to fly again. As Season 3 went on and there were Easter eggs about her return ( such as Geordi's daughter alluding to something in Hanger 12), I was hoping we'll see her again. So glad to see her fly again.
When I was a kid, I could have sworn that the ending of Generations had the Enterprise-D somehow in one piece and taking off from Veridian III, like somehow they'd gotten a stardrive section down there and put the old girl back together and she was ready to go. Obviously younger me was wrong, but boy is it nice to see the dream come true all these years later.
Enterprise D's tragic destruction has been un-done. It's so great. It took out a Borg Cube and retired in the fleet museum. Coming back from the dead. Turns out the bird of prey didn't draw the enterprise in the long run. Not even riker's severe command incompetence could keep this Old Girl down.
THIS WAS EPIC!!! Thanks to Terry Matalas who was the sole showrunner this season. If Kurtzman hadn't left to do another show this never would have happened. Terry & his writing team are major Trekkies! See what can happen when you get writers who actually know Star Trek!!!! Go Big D!!!!
@@eoghanlacey6384 It was an improvement. I'll give it that. Still too loosie goosey with the way the characters act & talk to each other using today's speak. Effects are amazing! The changes to canon & characters takes me out of it at times. Just the way NuTrek is with the current Trek regime. They don't know deep Trek canon & it shows. I still watch it, but I cringe at times. To each their own who likes it.
@@OzBaxter Oh, I was talking about SNW. I absolutely loved PS3! I'm not a super nitpicker as you can pick apart even the best of Trek. Just give me a decent & coherent story & I'm happy. I got that with PS3 & to me even more with how Terry interwove the story from beginning to end. Most plot points were made throughout that meant something & paid off later in the same episode or later ones. SNW has belittling of superior officers for no reason & just what they have them say at times is not what the originals actors would act or how they present themselves. I'll shut up now. lol
It was about damned time someone at the studio did something right. Of course it wasn't that ass clown Kurtzman. Terry Matalis deserves all the credit.
you know i had to chuckle warf says "weapons are limited" and you see the d just going hog wild with weapons on full lock and load tear a super cube apart in the next episode lol
The horns, trumpets…with the Enterprise leaving spacedock; I’ve never felt so much emotion seeing a Cgi ship. It’s not just a cgi ship, it was my childhood reborn and flying again. I’m 39, and every time i watch this scene i feel 10 again. Set emotions to fragile, make it so.
remembers me at the original enterprise which went out for her last ride with kirk before getting destroyed at genesis - even though the d is a luxurious yacht compared to the original one aswell as a true menace
I love how LaForge says some BS about the ship still giving him trouble (to explain why he saved its introduction for the finale) but then, within seconds and with no prep, it warps into battle (carrying a crew of 7, even though it was designed for a crew of 1,000 plus 4,000 passengers) and single-handedly destroys a Borg Cube.
@@Groza_Dallocort : He said drones were loading torpedoes (a throw away line to explain why the ship was carrying weapons). That’s all. Yet why a museum would have a stockpile of active photon torpedoes is also a mystery.
@@Groza_Dallocort : Well, yeah . . . you HAVE to say that because we see it on screen. But it doesn't make any sense at all whatsoever. Starfleet keeps active, functional, extremely dangerous weapons at a museum IN ADDITION to at its armories? It would be like the US military keeping nuclear weapons at the Intrepid Sea & Air Museum. It's ludircrous.
It was never about what the ship could do. They could always build a more advanced ship... But the crew, their, dare I say, "assimilation" into their roles and chemistry with each other... That's the heart and soul that made the Enterprise 1701-D a force to be reckoned with.
Picard finally sounds like his old self. Power, authority and determination. He even pulls the old Picard maneuver with his shirt. Falling right back into the old routines. Finally at home.
Was going to say the same thing about Sir Patrick Steward. His voice was full old school Picard here as opposed to the rest of the series. Was a fantastic touch.
Agreed - having his crew behind him on their own ship probably gave him the confidence. This really was an amazing scene
Yes, that was definitely the appearance of the Picard that we knew.
Just need him to tell Westley to shut the hell up.
@@OldSkoolRozer I think having someone who isn't a total tool of a director or produce also helped.
The "Engage" for which we waited 30+ years.
We've waited 29 years to see the Enterprise-D back in action and we were not disappointed.
Well… not by the enterprise d, at least
Literally had a tear in my eye. Wish sessions 1 and 2 had been this good😢...
Yeah they really screwed the pooch with those seasons
Season 3 is the best,but season 1 isn't as bad as people think, season 2 definitely is.
@@justin3415 S2 could have been great if it was just Q & Picard on a road trip of sorts through time and space.
@@asecretone agreed
I liked Picard's scenes with Q in season 2. The rest of it was meh.
The 1701-D is still a Beauty 🥰
I always held the Enterprise E superior, until today. I never understood how much I missed the Enterprise D until this moment.
I'm so happy that they brought back enterprise 1701-D 😊
Same here... she was so disrespected in her 1st movie she deserved better at least 3 movies....but now I'm feeling alittle ashamed for enterprise e....it kinda feels like the beloved son returned.... Enterprise D was Marcia, while E was Jan Brady....
@@robertonline6543Yeah, but that wasn’t Worf’s fault.
@@diamondjim7560😂😂😂 I see what you did there 😏
@@brentgambrell 😉
Good send off for the Enterprise D.
Escape from a Retirement home never looked so cowabunga!
This will be remembered as the best streaming scene in history. Nothing can beat the emotions Enterprise D unlocked after a 20 year absence.
I'd say its between this and Luke's appearance in The Mandalorian.
not gonna lie they got a tear outta me
Man, I love that triumphant, deep reprise of the TNG theme
“Don’t let them do anything that takes you off the bridge of that ship.” - some unknown ship captain or something
Capt. Kirk to Capt. Picard
😂
@@davidmitchell5339 Yes, whooosh…
Once you’re there, you can make a difference
Actually, it’s “because while you’re there, you can make a difference”
The musical score was everything!!! 👏 🙌
My goosebumps had great-grandchildren by the time Sir Patrick said “Engage!”
All the feels.
That and the Timbre of his "Make it so" as well. He sounded as he did when he was 20 years younger.
Finally, someone put into words what I was feeling!
@@michaelbenjmitchell1 I've heard rumors those phrases - where Stewart's voice was strong and clear, not wavering - are dubbed from TNG.
Sad it's over, well done Next Generation crew well done!
That sound... Majestic!
It's interesting how much younger he looked and sounded when he said ENGAGE.
Who didn't shed a tear when this beautiful lady took to the stars again? 😢 I felt this coming when the season started with the painting and then the miniatures at the bar.
You did better than me. I assumed they were taking the Defiant or Ent-A, right up to the moment Geordi mentioned having a "surprise". Then had to pick my jaw up off the floor.
I got very emotional as she came out of the docking bay when I saw the episode. She’s perfect. It was perfect. It brought me back to the last time we saw Bones talk to Data all the way back in Episode 1 of TNG, “Now you treat her like a Lady. And she’ll always bring you home.” Nothing could be more true with this scene. She is indeed a Lady and man did she fly one last time to bring them all home.
Im too young to have seen that episode live but ive seen it (and most of the rest of the series) on reruns through my life. But the first time I watched Encounter At Farpoint it was so very obvious it was an emotional passing of the torch. The gravitas of that scene with Data never left me.
to my mind this season earned the last two episodes of pure nostalgia. Actually built up to it and didnt just shove in 'things you remember' randomly.
And they managed to make the borg scary again which was a pleasant surprise. That scene when they work out the assimilation plan just as its happening.... oof.
Well said! This was perfection!!! I was screaming, go go go!!! As she slowly turned to warp!!! Goosebumps!!!!!!
This scene must give us hope a great crew great leader
I remember that episode. Brought me to tears then, does now remembering it.
The goosebumps watching this for the first time. One of the greatest scenes in Star Trek history!!!
Still does for me even after 10+X watching this...
This brought me back to my parents was alive and we all used to watch this. Just definitely was a tearjerker
This was truly a sight to behold, seeing the D going back into action.
This was a scene I was not prepared for. I had such an emotional reaction, on the verge of tears of joy! It was amazing, something I never thought I’d see on screen again and didn’t know I needed!
Yeah same here! This hit the feels just right. And still does every time i rewatch it!
Hope, family and friends. That’s what we’ve been missing in Star Trek.
I got extremely choked up when that score crescendos as the enterprise D pulls out of the dock. Huge smile and tears.
The stunning elegance of the Enterprise D with the most brilliant adaptation of "The Enterprise" from the motion picture...perfect, absolutely perfect!!!
Not gonna lie seeing the Enterprise D rebuilt and going into battle again had me tearing up. This season is what people were expecting from the show when it was first announced.
This was at the end of a very dark episode and it was perfect. This was the moment that you knew everything was going to be ok. No matter how outmatched, no matter how dire, this was the hope that would never be extinguished.
Perfectly said! The Enterprise-D was back and she took what was going on personally!
Enterprise-D flying back into battle one last time! Such a good feeling watching this the first time!
No matter how you slice or dice it, the moment the D appeared on screen, that was when the cast truly reunited. People forget that the Enterprise wasn't just a ship, she was just as much a member of the cast, just like the Enterprises before her and the ones after her. And it's good to see her strut her stuff once more.
This is all Paramount needed to do for Picard season 1. They just have chemistry man, still after all these years.
This scene is so overwhelmingly popular that I'm amazed it's not a meme yet.
Still the best looking Enterprise ever designed.
God damn you, Kurtzman. We could have had three seasons of this!
It’s almost as if Kurtzman is a faker hack that only latched onto Star Trek for a quick cash grab and dash, with a complete disregard for the canon, or the fans.
Just like his mentor, Jar Jar Abrams, did before him…
It wasn’t just Kurtzman. Stewart said no uniforms, no starships and no TNG reunion. After the dismal first two seasons of Picard, they brought in Matalas, a true Trekkie. Interesting note, Paramount leaped into one of the top ten streaming services during the Picard Season 3 run. Seems the word is out, the suits at Paramount love Terry Matalas.
Seasons 2 and 3 were filmed back to back.
@@diamondjim7560 Tbf, I can see why Patrick Stewart would want to explore a different side of Picard, it’s just that they didn’t have the writers or showrunners to make it good.
@@joelww2501 TNG was really an ensemble show. Picard (Stewart) might have been the captain and the main character, but like so many successful shows, storylines are built around many other characters. Kirk (Shatner) was the center of TOS, but some of the best shows of the original series were about Spock and McCoy. The first two seasons of Picard were all about Picard. The best episode of season one was the visit to the Rikers.
The music made the scene so special! Also the Picard tug with the hand and of course ENGAGE! 🖖🏾
I jumped up yelling YES BABY!!! lol this moment got me beyond hyped!
I feel you on that one, my first time watching this scene I just kept saying there she is, there's the baby girl 😊 ❤️
I dare say that I will never tire of this scene. Epic!
Loved it so much, I just bought the S3 soundtrack.
I'm not an emotional man, especially when it comes to TV, but you made me feel something ididn't think it was possible, and in this day and age in just that seen 👏🏿
The scene everybody wanted.
No thanks to Kurtzman and the other ass-wipes ruining Trek until Terry Matalis came along.
Yep!! 😅
And it didn't disappoint! 😊
Ever since Star Trek: Generations, I had hoped that somehow, someway the D would be able to fly again. As Season 3 went on and there were Easter eggs about her return ( such as Geordi's daughter alluding to something in Hanger 12), I was hoping we'll see her again. So glad to see her fly again.
When I was a kid, I could have sworn that the ending of Generations had the Enterprise-D somehow in one piece and taking off from Veridian III, like somehow they'd gotten a stardrive section down there and put the old girl back together and she was ready to go. Obviously younger me was wrong, but boy is it nice to see the dream come true all these years later.
Enterprise D's tragic destruction has been un-done. It's so great. It took out a Borg Cube and retired in the fleet museum. Coming back from the dead. Turns out the bird of prey didn't draw the enterprise in the long run. Not even riker's severe command incompetence could keep this Old Girl down.
Mmmm, the old warp effect. So damn good, so damn missed. Beautiful.
Just amazing to see the Enterprise D again after all these years, so many great TNG memories come flooding back 😍😊
Engage! - He said it perfectly
Scene of the entire Picard franchise this right here! I’ve lost count how many times I’ve watched this scene
The diamond flash would have been a nice touch
Something many Star Wars fans were cheated out of -- the triumphant return of an old friend.
This was simply beautiful from the O.G crew to the big old girl
Picard tucked his jacket when he sat down.
I sure could go for another 3 or 4 seasons of these guys.
This epic crew of expertise have been in my living room so many times, they're family. Good to see you all again!
beautiful ship
THIS WAS EPIC!!! Thanks to Terry Matalas who was the sole showrunner this season. If Kurtzman hadn't left to do another show this never would have happened. Terry & his writing team are major Trekkies! See what can happen when you get writers who actually know Star Trek!!!! Go Big D!!!!
I was acc akiva golds man who left and he went to do strange new worlds and that turned out quite well
@@eoghanlacey6384 It was an improvement. I'll give it that. Still too loosie goosey with the way the characters act & talk to each other using today's speak. Effects are amazing! The changes to canon & characters takes me out of it at times. Just the way NuTrek is with the current Trek regime. They don't know deep Trek canon & it shows. I still watch it, but I cringe at times. To each their own who likes it.
@@NoMoneyG _"They don't know deep Trek canon"_
Not sure this season could have been any more 'deep-cut' with TNG. To what do you refer?
@@OzBaxter Oh, I was talking about SNW. I absolutely loved PS3! I'm not a super nitpicker as you can pick apart even the best of Trek. Just give me a decent & coherent story & I'm happy. I got that with PS3 & to me even more with how Terry interwove the story from beginning to end. Most plot points were made throughout that meant something & paid off later in the same episode or later ones. SNW has belittling of superior officers for no reason & just what they have them say at times is not what the originals actors would act or how they present themselves. I'll shut up now. lol
@@NoMoneyG Oh, totally misunderstood. We are on the same page and in agreement. : )
This is the most magical moment in cinema I have encountered in my life
Amazing.
All heores and all legends from the 80's and 90's are unbeatable.
Such a gorgeous ship
You mean EPIC ship. 😄
How about gorgeous and epic 😅
For “old” shields, the ship took everything the cube could dish out with power to spare. And Worf wanted the Enterprise-E instead??
Such a fat, gorgeous ship.
The absolute best
The best sounds about warp jumps, this and the voyager ❤
At least they brought the old crew together and made something worth watching.
It was about damned time someone at the studio did something right. Of course it wasn't that ass clown Kurtzman. Terry Matalis deserves all the credit.
It sent chills through me to see all back together
I do like the nod to the Jerry Goldsmith music from TMP.
Sound,Visual,MUSIC just Epic.Crew and of course Picard
Awesome seeing them reassembled after all these years! The best bridge crew of all Star Treks!
Best. Episode. Ever. ~ Comic book guy
Man, all i can say is.... FREAKING BEAUTY!
It’s like “To All Good Things” but Real Now
Everything about this scene is perfect. I'll die on that hill.
I cried at this part.
We all did!
After all these years she still got more than several 800, 000 billion billion horsepower
I was crying Trekkie tears.
This scene was so awesome and they even snuck the NX-01 Refit in the back 😊
Give me a goosebumps to see the old ship of Star Trek The Next Generation and theme too.
Even though DS9 is my favorite Trek series watching this gave me goosebumps. Finally someone writing for Star Trek that understands Star Trek
you know i had to chuckle warf says "weapons are limited" and you see the d just going hog wild with weapons on full lock and load tear a super cube apart in the next episode lol
He just misses the quantums on the E, lol.
I hate to admit it; this scene gave me chills! 😊
Yes, I also watched it when it originally aired. It was great to see my extended family in action again.
Just gonna say it, best moment in star trek, ever.
I love Enterprise-D.
The horns, trumpets…with the Enterprise leaving spacedock; I’ve never felt so much emotion seeing a Cgi ship.
It’s not just a cgi ship, it was my childhood reborn and flying again. I’m 39, and every time i watch this scene i feel 10 again. Set emotions to fragile, make it so.
Yes took me back to the 90's ,and all the after school Star Trek.
That isn’t just any CGI ship. That’s the enterprise ❤️
remembers me at the original enterprise which went out for her last ride with kirk before getting destroyed at genesis - even though the d is a luxurious yacht compared to the original one aswell as a true menace
guess you really don't need hundreds of people to make a federation starship go "vroom vroom".
Seeing the old Enterprise D up and running again makes me smile so much and reminds me of my childhood.
ENTERPRISE D!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE OG ENTERPRISE D!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yep and if you noticed geordi took up his old position from season 1 through 3 of Star Trek TNG.
And from her grave, she rises when we need her the most.
The crew, the ship, the music! Perfection!
She is gorgeous!!
Only thing missing from this otherwise perfect scene is the diamond flash warp with a loud deep bass noise. They only partially did the sound effect.
I nerded out about this pretty much until the next episode came out. Best scene in the season.
Worth the wait and the meticulous direction of Terry Matalas and Jonathan Frakes. 🛸😎
EPIC!!!!!
I love how despite their current ranks and experience, they all assume their original roles and responsibilities like they never left 🤗
I love how LaForge says some BS about the ship still giving him trouble (to explain why he saved its introduction for the finale) but then, within seconds and with no prep, it warps into battle (carrying a crew of 7, even though it was designed for a crew of 1,000 plus 4,000 passengers) and single-handedly destroys a Borg Cube.
I think Laforge mentioned something about drones or automation covering some areas of the ship
@@Groza_Dallocort : He said drones were loading torpedoes (a throw away line to explain why the ship was carrying weapons). That’s all. Yet why a museum would have a stockpile of active photon torpedoes is also a mystery.
@@ThomasFerrugia It's Starfleet I would say that the old spacedock is still armed as well
@@Groza_Dallocort : Well, yeah . . . you HAVE to say that because we see it on screen. But it doesn't make any sense at all whatsoever. Starfleet keeps active, functional, extremely dangerous weapons at a museum IN ADDITION to at its armories? It would be like the US military keeping nuclear weapons at the Intrepid Sea & Air Museum. It's ludircrous.
@@ThomasFerrugia well give it 300 years and our own space infrastructure then we talk
Who didn't crap themselves when this happened lol
and the part where 7 of 9 had to come up with a prase
I didn't. Something else came in my pants.
Never trust a fart at our age.
@@JedEkert 😂
Someone said that season 3 of Picard was actually season 8 of TNG and I never knew I needed to hear that until it was said.
And with that scene, I was 15 again, watching TNG with my dad...
When Patrick Stewart and William Shatner go they must be honoured with an emoji Enterprise by the emoji Gods
It was never about what the ship could do. They could always build a more advanced ship...
But the crew, their, dare I say, "assimilation" into their roles and chemistry with each other... That's the heart and soul that made the Enterprise 1701-D a force to be reckoned with.
Thank you, Terry!
Amazing show!! 👏 I enjoyed to see the crew back together! I can't wait for more episodes!
The single greatest moment in Star Trek franchise history.
Jeeeeze even after months this scene brings tears of joy 😊 and a big smile.
I cried like a baby when I watched this for the first time. And then the subsequent 20-odd times after 😂😂😂😂
The nostalgia is strong with this one. 💯💯💯💯
it's real good to see the enterprise-d back in action after 30 years with her old crew**
This what the fans wanted. They certainly delivered.
This is cool enough to get me to watch the show.
It's months, I've seen this multiple times, and I still get chills.
"She's ready." You're goddamn right she js.