Watching this again, you truly feel for Sarek and the pain at the loss of his faculties, and the loss of his own sense of self-worth and his dignity. And also for Picard for not being able to absorb them and contain a lifetime of suppressed emotions. It's one of the most potent scenes in the entire series. The only other two comparable that I can think of are when Picard breaks down in front of his brother after his experience with the Borg, and after he was tortured by the Cardassians. Are there others? Please speak up!
@@GGGritzerMark Lenard should have gotten another EMMY for his acting in “Unification.” His acting ability: showing the emotional collapse he was going through, then forcing - willing himself! - back under control for the necessary 5 minutes to tell Captain Picard what he needed to know, and then slowly loosing control again.. that was unsurpassable acting.
This episode is especially moving when you bear in mind that Sarek's deteriotating state is intended to parallel Gene Roddenberry's declining health in his last years. It powerfully conveys what it's like to see someone you admire - someone who made so much possible - come apart at the seams as illness and old age finally take their toll
To see Picard like this scared me to death the first time I saw it. The raw emotional content in this scene has no words to describe. I cried too, when I first saw it. Young actors starting out, this is the supreme master of acting. Study it well. This piece should be required learning at all acting schools.
Patrick Stewart's back playing Picard in the new Trek series soon. Hopefully he'll have another opportunity to show high-caliber acting like what he delivered in this scene.
"... This weakness DISGUSTS me, I HATE it!" Beneath every Vulcan ... Sarek, Spock, Saavik, T'Pol, T'Pau, Tuvok ... perpetually lurks such borderline savagery. It took me a long time watching a lot of episodes across multiple series to realize that their philosophy of Logic wasn't about treating emotion as some childish weakness, but as an absolutely bloodthirsty internal monster that threatens everyone around you if not coldly controlled every second of every day.
And yet the Romulans live in a society that, while turbulent and hostile, is relatively stable. Stable enough to be a coherent state with a government and a foreign policy. Perhaps sheer logic was not the only answer.
@@hagamapama I assume the repression makes the emotions worse for vulcans. The romulans while more passionate and violent than humans are not as extreme as vulcans as they vent their emotions
@@Suninrags Yes, and to my point, they vent their emotions WITHOUT destroying their society. It's pretty fair evidene IMHO that Surak was responding to a problem with Vulcan culture, not with the Vulcan species, which is the same as Romulan. There was a cultural problem in Surak's day that both cultures solved differently. It would be interesting to see a pre-Surak Vulcanoid culture to explore why (and whether) Surak was necessary and what the Romulans did instead to resolve the same issue in their society. I suspect the Romulans may have modified themselves to suppress their telepathy in order to preserve their individuality, while the Vulcans renounced individuality in the name of discipline and thus preserved their telepathic powers. But that's only a hunch. We certainly don't see Romulans regularly demonstrating telepathic abilities like their cousins do.
@@hagamapama The case of the Romulans may have also been evolutionary. They’re still passionate and paranoid as Vulcans once were, but it seems intentionally avoiding the teachings of logic and meditation made them wanna find an alternative route to stability.
Imagine flipping through decades worth of intense anger, self loathing, misery, loneliness, grief, regret and hysteria within seconds, without being able to control any of it. Hats of to Sir Patrick, this was a downright horrifying scene.
Hysteria, Mr Charcot? 😂 Anyway. Well, it is what it is. Venting, like reliving trauma, is good if AND ONLY IF something changes in the objective circumstances and inner landscape. Because if it doesn’t, it is just psychological torture on a loop. Say, for example, someone was traumatised because all their fucking miserable life have been lied to, disrespected, and belittled. How does having a patronising counsellor with a lying god complex help? Methinks it does not. But, hey, I’m just an idiot who thinks about trust, truth, respect, dignity and all that shit. I have not had much of that in my life, you know, just to add insult to injury. How about everyone fuck off? There are points of no return in one’s life and no counselling skills can compensate for being chronically submitted to lack of basic humanity. Animals.
@jqbtube This person is talking about the world-building accomplished in this scene. We find out more about the inner life of Vulcans through a clever storytelling device. I don't think the inclusion of the world "really" necessitates belief in the literal existence of Vulcans.
You get some idea of the turbulence within the mind of someone with Autism spectrum disorder. The emotions come without reason and they hit like a truck . Eventually some like myself develop control over them that would rival a Vulcan, and in some cases they can be just as hellish as what Picard shows you. It makes you appreciate the self control that some of us took years to master and refine. And realize what’s under the surface if we let it go for just a second, it’s pretty hellish until you learn how to “ tune it out”
@@EternalFiresky There's an expanded universe (i.e., 'books') short novel called "The Tears of Eridanus", set in an alternate timeline where Surak was killed before developing and preaching his philosophy, and Vulcan ... or 'Minshara' as it is there known, since Vulcan is a human mythological term ... thereby never achieved any peace. When modern era humans, andorians and etc. encounter them, the Minsharans are staggeringly bloodthirsty and vicious, to the point of likely creeping out Klingons.
While I felt bad for Picard, I knew he was gonna be ok. It's the person who's emotions he was channelling you should feel more sorry for. Sarek was over 200 years old when this happened. 200 years of pain, regret, anger and sadness all bottled up only to be let out in his old age. I felt bad for Picard because it hurt him, I felt bad for Sarek because of why it hurt him.
I didn't understand this scene as a child, when it first aired. Now that I'm older, and have my own regrets and despair, it means so much more to me now. Phenomenal acting by Stewart
I am recently diagnosed as bipolar…I just came out of the worst manic episode of my life. This scene…it _approaches_ what I feel when I am in the weeds and I hope you never have to go through it.
Same. So I actually came here looking for this video because I remember laughing at it as a child. I thought it was funny. Watching it just now as a middle aged man, I couldn’t see through my tears. Not laughing this time. So haunting and moving.
For people that have a family member going through grief and you don't know what to say? Just say 2 simple things "I'm not going anywhere." and if they say "I can't control it.." "Don't even try.." and a hug is enough. Wise words Doctor Crusher.
@@ganados0 unfortunately you're wrong she did. if you watch the second season of Discovery especially the final episode you'll see that the discovery and all knowledge of her was deeply classified by Starfleet after the discovery was flinged 10,000 years into the future. that would include crew personnel and a false story about the start of the Klingon war. I would also imagine that over time those that knew the truth would eventually pass away and the truth was eventually forgotten and the cover stories were established as truth.
Imagine loving your only son to the point where it's tearing up that you can't tell him because your society and culture tells you can't. In fact even more than you just can't feel that way, it's wrong to feel that way.
@@nicholassmith7984 That was not the thing with the Vulcans though. Firstly, it was practiced by everyone, not only men. And secondly, the Vulcans locked away their feelings because of their power. Their raw feelings were so strong that made them act much more violently and impulsively to others. So for everyone's protection, their cultural evolution and survival, they based their lifestyle in logic. It is not the same as toxic masculinity that harms people.
@@audiomachine312 It is if you consider toxic masculinity as not always being about overt aggression. Sometimes it's about 'being a man' means never showing or emotions; being made to feel weak or 'unmanly' if you express them, instead bottling them up to the point where they lead to self-destructive behaviour or psychological issues. In that case, the comparison is pretty clear.
One thing people have to understand is, it's not Picard that is saying those things it's Sarek using Picard's body. The only genuine emotions Picard had in this scene were his believed inability to comprehend over more than a century's worth of suppressed emotions.
It's actually both bodies interchangeably speaking with fused intent...hence the meld. The Vulcan's regret and emotions combined with the Human's regret and past inactions.
@@dongadson1099 Sorry for the late response. Actually no. Everything Picard has said including telling Spock, Amanda and his current wife he loves them, is all of Sarek's suppressed feelings deep down. He only becomes Picard again when Picard was coming back from it.
One of the best scenes in TNG between Picard and Crusher while also giving an idea as to how deeply emotional Vulcans are while enforcing control over them.
Honestly sometimes when I am alone in my room my mind can feel just as overwhelmed as as picards does in this scene :( anyone else relate to that feeling.
I used to relate to that feeling. You have to give yourself a chance to let all emotions go. Cry, shout, despair so that you can feel better later. With or without company in the room.
God. THIS is how you make use of a Shakespearean actor, give them a monologue and set them loose. This scene and that "you ask me if I'm okay" scene from Brooklyn 99 are prime examples on kind of opposite ends of the spectrum
*Sarek through Picard:* There is nothing left but dry bones and :''( dead friends. Why do I feel Sarek was thinking of Kirk in that moment. Sure he may not admit it out loud, but after what Kirk went through to save Spock, he would have been eternally and internally grateful to the point where he'd consider Kirk his friend.
@@Talancir Ya. Not only that, but he acted like a drunken angry dad at Kirk over the loss of Spock. The only other time I seen him show emotion. He was pissed and thought Kirk was to blame. It was a good thing he was a diplomat, otherwise he would have broken Kirk in two. That said, when Kirk rescued Spock's body, he had a nice heart to heart with Kirk and even reminded Spock, despite it being illogical, that Kirk and the crew were his best friends.
This will always be one of my most favorite scenes from Next Generation. The power of it still moves me to this day. All the hidden emotions and unspoken thoughts of a great man. It's better than a confession: it is a profound vulnerability.
4:00 - 4:57 Big Picard/Crusher moment here. This was a moving scene to see that Picard is enduring this ordeal while comforted by the most important woman in his life. I never understand why the show runners never put them together as a couple after this moment.
Patrick Stewart is such a masterful actor he is one of a handful of people that can move me to tears with his performances. This particular episode is so moving and heartbreaking 💔😭
While Patrick Stewart’s performance is worthy of a television Emmy, Mark Lenard gave a flawless performance as well. To portray an old man dying of a disease that slowly saps your abilities of self control and then be able to portray oneself as a wise experienced diplomat with complete self control also deserves an Emmy. IMHO….
I don’t care what anyone says, Mr Stewart should of gotten a golden globe or Oscar for this scene. (even though Oscar’s are for movies) Even though it’s fiction-you can feel his frustration and pain with all the emotion he’s putting out. I think if I had the opportunity to ask Mr Stewart a question in a panel-I’d ask, “how did you harness all that emotion, happiness, pain, sadness, anger, hate in one scene? Did you take your mind somewhere to get there? Did you think about a time in your life before Star Trek and theatre that triggered you in zone and forget that you were acting? That is probably one of my favorite performances that you’ve done, sir. Even better than “Logan.”
Andrew Robinson (Garak) and Mark Alaimo (Dukat) pulled off scenes of a similar emotional range and complexity on DS9, sometimes they outshone Patrick Stewart. Same could also be said for Rene Auberjonois (Odo), Salome Jens (Female Changeling), Armin Shimerman (Quark) and possibly Aron Eisenberg (Nog).
@@skatemetrix ds9 is the pinnacle of emotional writing and execution. The character development is wonderful, my personal favorite episode is in the pale moonlight. Sisko’s moral dilemma with garak acting of his own accord, is just...so...human.
The crazy thing is Sarek mind melded with Kirk during the events of Star Trek 3 and so had held the emotional toll of Spocks death on Kirk. I think that's really why when Spock amd Picard mind melded in a later season Spock was taken aback by the emotion of Sarek. In addition to the lifetime of his father's emotional experiences he also felt Kirk's anguish which I think hit him harder.
If Sir Patrick didn't get an Emmy for this performance alone, he should have at least received a retroactive one...since there are no television categories in the Oscar's....
This episode of TNG of Star trek helped me and my mom. My grandpa or granddad has dementia and I see this in his emotions and I praise the acting on this show. Long live and prosper.
People always quite rightly comment on how brilliant Stewart is in this, but if you've ever lived through a loved one dealing with dementia then this is particularly harrowing. I loved his Macbeth, but I really hope he gets to bring this to King Lear one day.
What a scene! And to show a man in such a position, with such strength, a commanding presence be so emotional, letting his and Sarek's heart out, it's a good thing to show. If Captain Picard can cry then you can, it's never weak to cry, this is a man who's been through so much in both TNG and flash backs in ST Picard and still endures weeping.
That's some amazing acting. Even though Picard suggested the whole thing himself, it makes me feel sorry for him and wishing he took part in those diplomatic talks himself.
First Officer's Log, stardate 43920.7. Ambassador Sarek has successfully concluded the negotiations with the Legarans. The USS Merrimac has arrived and will transport the ambassador and his party back to Vulcan. - Will T. Riker, just complementing 🖖
patrick is one of the best actors they could of ever hired for star trek, its an utter shame he was not chosen for the doctor, imagine him acting as a deeply emotional doctor, one who genuinely faces the horrors of the time war, this raw level of acting is so hard to find
what i absolutely love is the pay off we get in Reunification at the end when Spock mind melds with Picard and sees all of these emotions his father had and learning now after his father's passing, how much he loved him and how much it hurt him that because of their people's ways he was barred from showing such love
Once I was watching Star Trek at work. I left it playing on the tv on accident. My boss came in the next day to this scene playing scaring the shit out of him.
This is what it feels like to suffer from BPD. millions of emotions cycling every min, up and down everyday. all day. non stop a never ending battle till you break, but you cant break. Its a loss of control on a fundamental level This scene sums it up perfectly and anguish what its like to suffer from BPD
Riker and Sarek’s walk down the hallway ….Sarek mimicing Captain Picard’s voice and speech inflection….”dont worry, Number One.”…Frakes’ acting here was superb, giving the appearance of a junior officer who was in a position of having to deal with the highest ranked diplomat in the Federation on such a weird personal scale. Bravo bravo bravo. ❤❤❤
I am watching this episode in the middle of the night trying hard to keep it together but I have tears streaming heavily down my face. Beautiful performance. At some point I couldn’t even tell if I was crying for picard or for sarek all I know is that understood the angst and I couldn’t stop the tears.
Picard in this reminds me of some of the rantings of my paranoid schizophrenic mother, in the middle of one of her episodes. Although she didn't jump to different emotions, mostly just stayed on terror.
The Vulcans were a violent bloodthirsty race before Surak taught them to use Logic to control their instincts. But the penalty for such control is a lifetime of emotional sensations that were never released.
On top of experiencing Sarek’s trauma, he had to deal with nearly dying from being stabbed, feeling guilt in his best friend jack crusher’s death, becoming borg & being used to kill thousands, getting tortured by a cardassian, losing his brother & nephew…the man’s been thru a lot!
If you look at this performance and the performance of Jean Simmons in the Thornbirds after her husbands death... You will see to brilliant actors whose performances truly expressed the tragedy of unspoken love
What is so remarkable about Stewart's acting is that you can actually hear Mark Lenard coming through. A truly phenomenal performance.
You can see Mark Lenard nailing some of Picard's mannerisms too. These actors gave us so much passion and put so much love into their work..
Crazy thing is Leonard Nimoy did a similar performance in Naked Time.
@@phil9947 “Don’t worry, Number One.” In Picard’s voice and inflection. One of my fav lines in all of trek. ❤❤❤❤
Watching this again, you truly feel for Sarek and the pain at the loss of his faculties, and the loss of his own sense of self-worth and his dignity. And also for Picard for not being able to absorb them and contain a lifetime of suppressed emotions. It's one of the most potent scenes in the entire series. The only other two comparable that I can think of are when Picard breaks down in front of his brother after his experience with the Borg, and after he was tortured by the Cardassians. Are there others? Please speak up!
Patrick Stewart should’ve gotten an Emmy award for this performance.
Mark should have too. He was always so definitive as Sarek & a Vulcan, seeing him veer off in this is outstanding.
I literally cried
@@GGGritzerMark Lenard should have gotten another EMMY for his acting in “Unification.” His acting ability: showing the emotional collapse he was going through, then forcing - willing himself! - back under control for the necessary 5 minutes to tell Captain Picard what he needed to know, and then slowly loosing control again.. that was unsurpassable acting.
@@williampaz2092, completely agree! His emotional turmoil as he talks with Picard is so immersing.
Single guy Broadway play starring Picard! Focus on the episodes. Worshipers.
This episode is especially moving when you bear in mind that Sarek's deteriotating state is intended to parallel Gene Roddenberry's declining health in his last years. It powerfully conveys what it's like to see someone you admire - someone who made so much possible - come apart at the seams as illness and old age finally take their toll
Amazing performance by Patrick Stewart, so much effort put into this scene. My favorite episode from TNG
W Sears wonderful
Captain Picard was very brave to help Ambassador Sarek by agreeing to the mind meld.
To see Picard like this scared me to death the first time I saw it. The raw emotional content in this scene has no words to describe. I cried too, when I first saw it. Young actors starting out, this is the supreme master of acting. Study it well. This piece should be required learning at all acting schools.
If only
I literally just showed this to my class as an example of classical acting. It literally is a masterclass!
You just don't get this kind of acting on television anymore.
Yes you do.
It's the quality of the angles and the emotionality of it that has changed.
Patrick Stewart's back playing Picard in the new Trek series soon. Hopefully he'll have another opportunity to show high-caliber acting like what he delivered in this scene.
That’s some Oscar-level stuff right there.
You're not watching the right shows.
First thing that comes to mind is Lennie James in Walking Dead. Say what you will about the show itself, but the guy is an incredible actor.
"... This weakness DISGUSTS me, I HATE it!"
Beneath every Vulcan ... Sarek, Spock, Saavik, T'Pol, T'Pau, Tuvok ... perpetually lurks such borderline savagery. It took me a long time watching a lot of episodes across multiple series to realize that their philosophy of Logic wasn't about treating emotion as some childish weakness, but as an absolutely bloodthirsty internal monster that threatens everyone around you if not coldly controlled every second of every day.
And yet the Romulans live in a society that, while turbulent and hostile, is relatively stable. Stable enough to be a coherent state with a government and a foreign policy. Perhaps sheer logic was not the only answer.
@@hagamapama I assume the repression makes the emotions worse for vulcans. The romulans while more passionate and violent than humans are not as extreme as vulcans as they vent their emotions
@@Suninrags Yes, and to my point, they vent their emotions WITHOUT destroying their society. It's pretty fair evidene IMHO that Surak was responding to a problem with Vulcan culture, not with the Vulcan species, which is the same as Romulan.
There was a cultural problem in Surak's day that both cultures solved differently. It would be interesting to see a pre-Surak Vulcanoid culture to explore why (and whether) Surak was necessary and what the Romulans did instead to resolve the same issue in their society.
I suspect the Romulans may have modified themselves to suppress their telepathy in order to preserve their individuality, while the Vulcans renounced individuality in the name of discipline and thus preserved their telepathic powers. But that's only a hunch. We certainly don't see Romulans regularly demonstrating telepathic abilities like their cousins do.
I’m pretty sure that’s less their savagery and more their instability. In Sarek’s case, it’s from his Vulcan version of dementia.
@@hagamapama The case of the Romulans may have also been evolutionary. They’re still passionate and paranoid as Vulcans once were, but it seems intentionally avoiding the teachings of logic and meditation made them wanna find an alternative route to stability.
Imagine flipping through decades worth of intense anger, self loathing, misery, loneliness, grief, regret and hysteria within seconds, without being able to control any of it. Hats of to Sir Patrick, this was a downright horrifying scene.
I do that now and then.
Same here, now that I'm 50 this really punches you in the gut, wow, this is a true actor and performance
Hysteria, Mr Charcot? 😂
Anyway.
Well, it is what it is. Venting, like reliving trauma, is good if AND ONLY IF something changes in the objective circumstances and inner landscape. Because if it doesn’t, it is just psychological torture on a loop. Say, for example, someone was traumatised because all their fucking miserable life have been lied to, disrespected, and belittled. How does having a patronising counsellor with a lying god complex help? Methinks it does not. But, hey, I’m just an idiot who thinks about trust, truth, respect, dignity and all that shit. I have not had much of that in my life, you know, just to add insult to injury.
How about everyone fuck off? There are points of no return in one’s life and no counselling skills can compensate for being chronically submitted to lack of basic humanity. Animals.
@@VintVarnershoot. I had forgotten all about this. I'm 50 as well 😂
Riker: Is Captain Picard alright?
Picard: NOOOOOO!!!!
I need some hot Earl Grey, NOW!!
when he addimited sareks true fellings about spok and ammamda had me in tears 😢😢
Was he thinking about Sybok and Michéal as well?
Gives you an idea of how turbulent a Vulcan's emotions really are.
@jqbtube This person is talking about the world-building accomplished in this scene. We find out more about the inner life of Vulcans through a clever storytelling device. I don't think the inclusion of the world "really" necessitates belief in the literal existence of Vulcans.
You get some idea of the turbulence within the mind of someone with Autism spectrum disorder. The emotions come without reason and they hit like a truck . Eventually some like myself develop control over them that would rival a Vulcan, and in some cases they can be just as hellish as what Picard shows you. It makes you appreciate the self control that some of us took years to master and refine. And realize what’s under the surface if we let it go for just a second, it’s pretty hellish until you learn how to “ tune it out”
Imagine what their wars were like before they became peace bearing
@@matthewcaughey8898 indeed. As well as I understand what Autistic emotions are like as I am myself Autistic Aspergers.
@@EternalFiresky There's an expanded universe (i.e., 'books') short novel called "The Tears of Eridanus", set in an alternate timeline where Surak was killed before developing and preaching his philosophy, and Vulcan ... or 'Minshara' as it is there known, since Vulcan is a human mythological term ... thereby never achieved any peace. When modern era humans, andorians and etc. encounter them, the Minsharans are staggeringly bloodthirsty and vicious, to the point of likely creeping out Klingons.
I almost broke down crying seeing Picard in that state
Amit Divecha I did
2019 here...and I did too.
The other most emotional Picard scene is the episode after his ordeal with the Borg: th-cam.com/video/LuzoxcErOc8/w-d-xo.html
While I felt bad for Picard, I knew he was gonna be ok. It's the person who's emotions he was channelling you should feel more sorry for. Sarek was over 200 years old when this happened. 200 years of pain, regret, anger and sadness all bottled up only to be let out in his old age. I felt bad for Picard because it hurt him, I felt bad for Sarek because of why it hurt him.
@@Shanethefilmmaker It was the Vulcan equivalent of Alzheimer's, all the more painful to a people obsessed with dignity and self-control.
I didn't understand this scene as a child, when it first aired. Now that I'm older, and have my own regrets and despair, it means so much more to me now. Phenomenal acting by Stewart
I am recently diagnosed as bipolar…I just came out of the worst manic episode of my life. This scene…it _approaches_ what I feel when I am in the weeds and I hope you never have to go through it.
Same. So I actually came here looking for this video because I remember laughing at it as a child. I thought it was funny. Watching it just now as a middle aged man, I couldn’t see through my tears. Not laughing this time. So haunting and moving.
@@andrew5184yeah I'm 50 now, it hits so much differently than back then, but how could it not? Most of us mature as we age.
For people that have a family member going through grief and you don't know what to say?
Just say 2 simple things "I'm not going anywhere." and if they say "I can't control it.." "Don't even try.." and a hug is enough.
Wise words Doctor Crusher.
That choked me up
My dad recently passed away with dementia. You bet I was crying watching this. Especially when he was talking about his wife and Spock.
I definitely understand. I lost my mom to dementia around the same time.
Hey Patrick.....you know those skill you got being a Shakespearean actor??
Yeah.
We want you to use all of them.
All of them?
All of them.
And then some
While he was linked up with sarek he learned of Michael Burnham and that was his reaction
“NNOOOOOOO!”
She didn't exist in this reality.
Muhahahahahahahaha!
@@ganados0 unfortunately you're wrong she did.
if you watch the second season of Discovery especially the final episode you'll see that the discovery and all knowledge of her was deeply classified by Starfleet after the discovery was flinged 10,000 years into the future. that would include crew personnel and a false story about the start of the Klingon war. I would also imagine that over time those that knew the truth would eventually pass away and the truth was eventually forgotten and the cover stories were established as truth.
1:16 was his exact moment of realization
Imagine loving your only son to the point where it's tearing up that you can't tell him because your society and culture tells you can't. In fact even more than you just can't feel that way, it's wrong to feel that way.
Almost an analogy for toxic masculinity, there.
@@nicholassmith7984 That was not the thing with the Vulcans though.
Firstly, it was practiced by everyone, not only men. And secondly, the Vulcans locked away their feelings because of their power. Their raw feelings were so strong that made them act much more violently and impulsively to others. So for everyone's protection, their cultural evolution and survival, they based their lifestyle in logic.
It is not the same as toxic masculinity that harms people.
@@audiomachine312 Hence "almost."
@@nicholassmith7984 Not even close
@@audiomachine312 It is if you consider toxic masculinity as not always being about overt aggression. Sometimes it's about 'being a man' means never showing or emotions; being made to feel weak or 'unmanly' if you express them, instead bottling them up to the point where they lead to self-destructive behaviour or psychological issues. In that case, the comparison is pretty clear.
Sarek: Don't worry, number one.
"Noooooooo...", Picard said Calmly.
One thing people have to understand is, it's not Picard that is saying those things it's Sarek using Picard's body. The only genuine emotions Picard had in this scene were his believed inability to comprehend over more than a century's worth of suppressed emotions.
It's actually both bodies interchangeably speaking with fused intent...hence the meld. The Vulcan's regret and emotions combined with the Human's regret and past inactions.
@@dongadson1099 Sorry for the late response. Actually no. Everything Picard has said including telling Spock, Amanda and his current wife he loves them, is all of Sarek's suppressed feelings deep down. He only becomes Picard again when Picard was coming back from it.
One of the best scenes in TNG between Picard and Crusher while also giving an idea as to how deeply emotional Vulcans are while enforcing control over them.
Honestly sometimes when I am alone in my room my mind can feel just as overwhelmed as as picards does in this scene :( anyone else relate to that feeling.
I used to relate to that feeling.
You have to give yourself a chance to let all emotions go. Cry, shout, despair so that you can feel better later.
With or without company in the room.
every man does
One of the greatest pieces of acting in television history. It's pure Shakespeare, performed by an absolute master. Just extraordinary.
This caliber of acting is beyond comprehension. I'm speechless in the vision of this. It is sublime.
God. THIS is how you make use of a Shakespearean actor, give them a monologue and set them loose. This scene and that "you ask me if I'm okay" scene from Brooklyn 99 are prime examples on kind of opposite ends of the spectrum
This scene along with his performance in Chain of Command Pt II….how the hell was Sir Patrick never nominated for an Emmy???!!!!
No cellphones: just a captain being destroyed by a lifetime of someone else’s repressed emotions and living in the moment.
the fuck do cellphones have to do with anything here 😭😭😭
I just watched Logan and Xavier's demeanor reminded me of this scene
*Sarek through Picard:* There is nothing left but dry bones and :''( dead friends.
Why do I feel Sarek was thinking of Kirk in that moment. Sure he may not admit it out loud, but after what Kirk went through to save Spock, he would have been eternally and internally grateful to the point where he'd consider Kirk his friend.
Oh yeah, he did meld with Kirk in The Search for Spock.
@@Talancir Ya. Not only that, but he acted like a drunken angry dad at Kirk over the loss of Spock. The only other time I seen him show emotion. He was pissed and thought Kirk was to blame. It was a good thing he was a diplomat, otherwise he would have broken Kirk in two. That said, when Kirk rescued Spock's body, he had a nice heart to heart with Kirk and even reminded Spock, despite it being illogical, that Kirk and the crew were his best friends.
What absolutely amazing acting!
Patrick Stewart did a great portrayal of sarek emotions
This will always be one of my most favorite scenes from Next Generation. The power of it still moves me to this day. All the hidden emotions and unspoken thoughts of a great man. It's better than a confession: it is a profound vulnerability.
4:00 - 4:57 Big Picard/Crusher moment here. This was a moving scene to see that Picard is enduring this ordeal while comforted by the most important woman in his life. I never understand why the show runners never put them together as a couple after this moment.
@Cyrus McWind They definitely got a happier ending in the books.
Exactly. I do hope they'll reunite at some point in 'Picard' and they may take their relationship to the next level then.
In the final episode of TNG, it shows the future. Picard and Crusher had been married -- and separated.
@@LGranthamsHeir yip the book a death in winter
Because they didn't need to be. Like Chakotay and Janeway, there can be intimacy and closeness even deeper than romance, without needing it.
Patrick Stewart is such a masterful actor he is one of a handful of people that can move me to tears with his performances. This particular episode is so moving and heartbreaking 💔😭
While Patrick Stewart’s performance is worthy of a television Emmy, Mark Lenard gave a flawless performance as well. To portray an old man dying of a disease that slowly saps your abilities of self control and then be able to portray oneself as a wise experienced diplomat with complete self control also deserves an Emmy. IMHO….
Patrick Steward. A man. A legend. Jean Luc Picard, the most British Frenchman known.
I don’t care what anyone says, Mr Stewart should of gotten a golden globe or Oscar for this scene. (even though Oscar’s are for movies) Even though it’s fiction-you can feel his frustration and pain with all the emotion he’s putting out.
I think if I had the opportunity to ask Mr Stewart a question in a panel-I’d ask, “how did you harness all that emotion, happiness, pain, sadness, anger, hate in one scene? Did you take your mind somewhere to get there? Did you think about a time in your life before Star Trek and theatre that triggered you in zone and forget that you were acting? That is probably one of my favorite performances that you’ve done, sir. Even better than “Logan.”
one of the best acting performances I've seen on television
Sir Pat did this in a single take. What an absolute legend.
Mark Lenard is the most dignified performer I've ever seen.
No one other cast member on the show, maybe even the franchise, could have done what Patrick Stewart did here.
I'm pretty sure Brent could. Good acting plus outstand mimicry could put him on level.
Andrew Robinson (Garak) and Mark Alaimo (Dukat) pulled off scenes of a similar emotional range and complexity on DS9, sometimes they outshone Patrick Stewart. Same could also be said for Rene Auberjonois (Odo), Salome Jens (Female Changeling), Armin Shimerman (Quark) and possibly Aron Eisenberg (Nog).
@@skatemetrix ds9 is the pinnacle of emotional writing and execution. The character development is wonderful, my personal favorite episode is in the pale moonlight. Sisko’s moral dilemma with garak acting of his own accord, is just...so...human.
Of course it is Picard who he melds with, Picard is an extremely disciplined mind who is educated in almost every field imaginable.
Bravo, what a heartfelt and masterful performance by Patrick Stewart.
The crazy thing is Sarek mind melded with Kirk during the events of Star Trek 3 and so had held the emotional toll of Spocks death on Kirk. I think that's really why when Spock amd Picard mind melded in a later season Spock was taken aback by the emotion of Sarek. In addition to the lifetime of his father's emotional experiences he also felt Kirk's anguish which I think hit him harder.
If Sir Patrick didn't get an Emmy for this performance alone, he should have at least received a retroactive one...since there are no television categories in the Oscar's....
Both actors deserved an Emmy for this episode...................
This episode of TNG of Star trek helped me and my mom. My grandpa or granddad has dementia and I see this in his emotions and I praise the acting on this show. Long live and prosper.
Let's give some credit for the music in this scene. It was perfect, added to the scene perfectly.
Great actor. Love Patrick Stewart!
Can you imagine this scene now that his wife and planet died.
Fuck the Kelvin timeline
People always quite rightly comment on how brilliant Stewart is in this, but if you've ever lived through a loved one dealing with dementia then this is particularly harrowing. I loved his Macbeth, but I really hope he gets to bring this to King Lear one day.
How I took for granted in my youth such gripping and exceptional acting by Patrick Stewart.
An incredible performance. Disturbing in its brilliance.
all that is like trying to hold niagra falls in a bucket. the sheer torrent of emotions. so when a vulcan falls in love, you know it's deep.
Picard, a man who's moments of weakness and vulnerability can be counted on just 1 hand, and not every finger is needed.
What a scene! And to show a man in such a position, with such strength, a commanding presence be so emotional, letting his and Sarek's heart out, it's a good thing to show. If Captain Picard can cry then you can, it's never weak to cry, this is a man who's been through so much in both TNG and flash backs in ST Picard and still endures weeping.
One of my favorite TNG episodes.
This is some of the best emotional acting I've ever seen on any show, ever.
Superb acting!
That's some amazing acting. Even though Picard suggested the whole thing himself, it makes me feel sorry for him and wishing he took part in those diplomatic talks himself.
First Officer's Log, stardate 43920.7. Ambassador Sarek has successfully concluded the negotiations with the Legarans. The USS Merrimac has arrived and will transport the ambassador and his party back to Vulcan.
- Will T. Riker, just complementing 🖖
patrick is one of the best actors they could of ever hired for star trek, its an utter shame he was not chosen for the doctor, imagine him acting as a deeply emotional doctor, one who genuinely faces the horrors of the time war, this raw level of acting is so hard to find
Although John Hurt did an excellent job as The War Doctor, I think that Patrick Stewart could also have done an excellent job too.
Watched this video and the room suddenly became dusty.
what i absolutely love is the pay off we get in Reunification at the end when Spock mind melds with Picard and sees all of these emotions his father had and learning now after his father's passing, how much he loved him and how much it hurt him that because of their people's ways he was barred from showing such love
Even though I prefer Captain Kirk, Patrick Stewart is definitely an amazing actor.
Still I'm quite curious to see how Shatner would have done this scene. Mostly out of curiosity rather than canon.
Once I was watching Star Trek at work. I left it playing on the tv on accident. My boss came in the next day to this scene playing scaring the shit out of him.
Okay... Yes. This is a great performance. But when they Smash cut to Picard screaming "NOOOOO--" I burst out laughing.
This is what it feels like to suffer from BPD. millions of emotions cycling every min, up and down everyday. all day. non stop
a never ending battle till you break, but you cant break. Its a loss of control on a fundamental level
This scene sums it up perfectly and anguish what its like to suffer from BPD
Phenomenal, a masterpiece by anyone's standard. Shakespeare himself would be riveted.
Riker and Sarek’s walk down the hallway ….Sarek mimicing Captain Picard’s voice and speech inflection….”dont worry, Number One.”…Frakes’ acting here was superb, giving the appearance of a junior officer who was in a position of having to deal with the highest ranked diplomat in the Federation on such a weird personal scale. Bravo bravo bravo. ❤❤❤
One of the most legendary pieces of acting ever
This scene is masterpiece.
And having the melded Sarek call Riker "Number One" is a touch I missed when I first saw this!
Sarek even sound like Picard after the mindmeld.
Anyone else notice there are only 3 cuts, so all 3 shot at once.. that's the most impressive part on top of the legendary acting
It's like seeing your dad cry
I am watching this episode in the middle of the night trying hard to keep it together but I have tears streaming heavily down my face. Beautiful performance. At some point I couldn’t even tell if I was crying for picard or for sarek all I know is that understood the angst and I couldn’t stop the tears.
Remember that Picard stood by Spock during the vulcan/romulan negotiations as well.
Probably the finest scene in the entire canon, series or movie. The death of Spock comes close, but this is so personal and powerful.
“This weakness disgusts me, I hate it!”
And here we see the inner anguish all Vulcans must endure
Patrick drawing on his father..... the apple never falls far from the tree....
Sheer brilliance❤
My God this performance was brilliant
Utterly outstanding acting!
Life lived according to strict logic bears with it a high price.
This scene shows Patrick Stewart to be one of the finest actors I've ever seen
Picard in this reminds me of some of the rantings of my paranoid schizophrenic mother, in the middle of one of her episodes. Although she didn't jump to different emotions, mostly just stayed on terror.
DAMN... This scene is just incredible
Absolutely masterful.
The Vulcans were a violent bloodthirsty race before Surak taught them to use Logic to control their instincts. But the penalty for such control is a lifetime of emotional sensations that were never released.
I wonder what a Vulcan desires after all those years of cold calculated logic?
A cold beer maybe.
On top of experiencing Sarek’s trauma, he had to deal with nearly dying from being stabbed, feeling guilt in his best friend jack crusher’s death, becoming borg & being used to kill thousands, getting tortured by a cardassian, losing his brother & nephew…the man’s been thru a lot!
living 4-5 decades on a dying planet where he learned to play the flute and the only person alive to retain memory of that civilization.
If you look at this performance and the performance of Jean Simmons in the Thornbirds after her husbands death... You will see to brilliant actors whose performances truly expressed the tragedy of unspoken love
Amazing powerfull scene. 👍👍👍
Just WOW, Patrick Stewart’s finest moment on screen. The man just oozes class, quality, talent, and Charisma. TNG were lucky to have him,.
DRY BONES
Yeah Discovery can’t come anywhere close to this level. Pure upper tier status!!!
Whenever I think starring in a scifi TV-show is not about acting at all, I remind myself of this scene.. Regrets, yes.
I probably relate to this one scene better than any other in any series I've ever watched...
The whole episode I waited to see the meeting with the guest species, but they only showed Picard instead