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"Wine is for sharing." - Jen's wisdom nugget moment for the episode.
@@glenngalloway6191 And yet whenever I whine my friends want me to stop sharing!
You are right Jen. They nailed this episode. ð
Not animosity Jen but differences to work through real differences.
I'm not a good cook either but I would marry you. ð
Family gets overshadowed by the previous Borg episode, but is really one of the most important and best episodes of the series.
Totally agree.
I donât know, most folk I know insist on watching this along with best of both worlds.
I like that the show didn't gloss over Picard's trauma and actually devoted an episode to it.
Basically it's episode III of The best Of Both Worlds.... Pity BBC UK never realised that. They took 2 years to show if after BOBW II.......
@@noneya3635 I do consider it the third part of a trilogy. One of TNG's few attempts at a story arc.
I didnât appreciate this episode when it first aired but being a bit older, it never fails to make me cry.
Especially after âGenerationsâ
Especially when Jean-Luc breaks down after fighting with his brother. Patrick nails that scene.
My tboughts as wellâ@@paulhewes7333
Same.
But it was kind of cool, they werenât out saving the galaxy every single episode.
I liked that they spread those really intense ones out a bit.
And this episode did add a lot to Picardâs character.
Wiping my tears right now. Thank you for this reaction series, Jen.
For a show that was so fiercely proud of it's episodic nature, TNG tended to do extremely well whenever they attempted serialized continuity. "Family" is one of the best examples of that.
A sign of things to come, to be sure. :)
Haha, and they were only able to start doing it once Gene Roddenberry had been sidelined.
Increased seriality (without succumbing to it fully, of course) is one of the reasons I actually prefer Deep Space 9...
I love how Picard's brother kept provoking Picard and got them to fight for the sole purpose of getting it out of his system and get him to drop his guard to get all his feelings out so he could start healing.
What a great brother.
"One of the best TNG episodes. Extreme emotion is exceedingly hard to act, and Patrick Stewart crushes it. However, it wouldn't work so well without Jeremy Kemp's excellent performance. He is Robert Picard and you do not doubt him in any scene. In the goodbye hug between Jean-Luc and Robert, the change in Jeremy Kemp's facial expression says without words, 'I love my brother, even though I would never tell him. Other people may have different opinions, and I respect their right to be wrong."
I would equate what Picard went through as a form of "R" word. He was physically violated with the Borgs implants. His mind was violated with their collective consciousness, forced to reveal all of his secrets with Starfleet against his will. We're so used to seeing him as this stern, reserved, stoic, humorless man who keeps his emotions in check and well guarded and when he breaks down with his emotions flooding out of him as he recounts what he went through, its so devastating to us viewers. Stewart did an excellent job in this episode.
â@@Audulf-of-Frisia Yes
The Latin origin of the word means "to seize and take away.."
If that doesn't describe what happened to Picard, I don't know what does
Yes that word. I didn't use it because TH-cam censors usually take issue with that word and others
@@Audulf-of-Frisia
weird that google didnt delete your post.
if i use that word my posts usually get autodeleted.
so i started spelling it as "grape". yeah.......
@@TroyConvers5000
read above.
Robert knew that Jean-Luc had not only been violated but also had lost. Two things Robert knew that Jean-Luc hadn't run into in his life and certainly not on that level of loss and violation. Robert also knew that Jean-Luc was going to be mad and with reason. But because of his self discipline Robert knew Jean-Luc would have hard time dealing with it. Robert did what needed to be done. Get him half drunk and pick a fight. Robert allowed himself to be a punching bag to help his brother heal.
Because he'd be damned if someone was going to leave his annoying, arrogant, overachieving baby brother in a ruin and in agony on his watch.
Heck yeah!! ðâ@@3Rayfire
Very well typed.
At first, we think Robert is a bully, but he turns out to be a very loving brother. Robert knows exactly what his younger brother needs and is willing to be a punching bag to help.
Robert may not like Jean-Luc but obviously loves him dearly. And at the end of the episode, Robert shows his pride for his younger brother's accomplishments by allowing his own son to potentially pursue his brother's career.
I still say this is a splendid example of why nobody else understands the French. ðŊ ðĪ·ðžââïļ
Are there any French people around here who will talk about if this family dynamic makes sense to them?
@@TheNoiseySpectator How so? I myself am a Midwest USA person. This seems to me what any family member, regardless of heritage and such should do. 'We' call it 'Tough love'. It sucks when you have to do it.
The fact that, in all of its seven season run, there wasnât even one Emmy nomination for best actor for anyone in the cast is a crime.
I love Worf's parents so much! Sadly, the actress who played his mom, Georgia Brown, died less than 2 years later due to surgery complications. The actor who played his dad, Theodore Meir Bikel, lived until 2015. May they both RIP!
Theodore Bikel is best known as the Russian Captain in the 1966 film "The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming." IN that movie he spoke Russian for all the movie. He was an accomplished actor who could speak nine languages and sing in 21. He left Austria after the Anschluss (the German annexation of Austria) and moved to Palestine which later became Israel. After WW II he moved to London in the late 40s and the 1950s where his acting career took off. He moved to the US where his first American film in with 1951's The African Queen. His roles were primarily European heavies in movies, but his command of accents led to a wide variety of roles from the redneck Sheriff in the 1958 film The Defiant Ones (where he was nominated for an Oscar) to My fair Lady.
Damn, didn't know she died so soon after. The two times we get to see Worfs parents were so nice, I wished we got to see more of them.
"They could have glossed over it." That applies to a lot of things covered in this episode, and I'm so glad they made the choice not to.
I always find myself oddly moved by the little kiss on the cheek Picard gets from Troi. It feels like one of the first times it is openly acknowledged that they are all more than just colleagues. You know, family.
My brother and I also have a similar and contentious relationship. I understand completely. He used to always accuse me of being the priviledged one, the military vet while he felt unimportant. But I love him more than anything because our Mom and Dad are both gone now, and we both represent what our parents gave to the world. It's a deeply human thing. After I went through a special kind of hell in my life when I was far away from home, I went back home and stood on my old home soil. I swear it felt like something rose up from the ground and reset my spirit and healed me.
"The house, the hills, every tree, every bush...Seems untouched by the passage of time..." 'and just last week I almost turned it into an assimilated hellscape.'
Worf's Dad (Theodore Bikel) was a legend. He was the 1st Officer in "The Enemy Below" (the movie that Balance of Terror was based on). He was a genius killer that Columbo caught in By Bye Sky High IQ. He portrayed Tevye over 2,200 times in Fiddler on the Roof (holding the record for having played the role of Tevye that often).
And let us not overlook Bikel's fine performances in âThe African Queen,â âMy Fair Lady," âThe Defiant Ones," and "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming."
The picard scene breaking down, tears me up every time
Tears of tears? lol
everytime.
This is such a great episode. Picard breaking down after fighting with his brother is so powerful; and Patrick really hit that out of that park.
Guinan saying Worf is looking towards Earth is beautiful.
And then Robert telling his wife to let Renee stay out and "let him dream," is such a great note to end the episode on. This episode really explores the humanity of the characters, even Worf, in such rich and wonderful nuance.
I just watched Generations on Saturday, not even thinking Jen would be watching Family on Sunday... I cried. âĨ
A lot of ST:TNG fans see Best of Both Worlds 1&2 + Family as a trilogy and you can totally see why. Love your appreciation of the slower moments and (of course) the music. Keep being awesome!
And not being able to cook is fine! We can order out! ^_^
People who only saw the movie ST Generations and.never saw this episode will not truely understand the movie.
â@@christophersims7060the biggest reason I cry during this episode! And I just found out he played in Rascals... Now that hilarious episode will be tears.
Yep, one of my favourite episodes as well. It is so character driven and emotional, dealing with losing a father when young, wrongly fearing your parents might be ashamed of you, and the obvious PTSD that Picard is going through. A quiet masterpiece in the series.
This is such a sweet, heartfelt episode. Worf's parents are absolutely adorable. And Picard's breakdown at the end always reduces me to tears. One of the best episodes of this show.
One of the best episodes of the show for sure.
I'm with everyone else here; watching this with Jen made me cry because I could appreciate the weight of this episode again for the first time!!! Thank you Jen for sharing so much with us!!! ððð
This is a fantastic picard focused episode. The scene where he breaks down in front of his brother is really well done, and kind of catches you off guard a little bit. Showing him vulnerable is a little bit of a tear jerker ð
Yes very good episode. Robere knew what Picard went through and knew how to help. The hug goodbye tells you everything about how Robere felt with the look on his face. Beautifully done.
Gene Roddenberry hated this episode, but Michael Piller spearheaded that you can't leave off from The Best of Both Worlds and just have Picard be fine. There were arguments the show wasn't serialized but fortunately he won. Ron Moore (DS9 and Battlestar Galactica Reboot fame) wrote this gem of an episode.
RDM is one of the few in Star Trek who can write wonderful follow up episodes where prior actions have tangible consequences. I mean he co-wrote the script for First Contact, and that's considered the best of the four TNG films.
I'm glad DS9 became as serialized as it was, though being on a space station tends to lead to not being able to just warp away from your problems. It was nice that the status quo wasn't just brought back to normal because the credits rolled.
The fact that he left Voyager after only a few weeks because they wouldn't serialize what should also have been more serialized than DS9 lead him to do what he wanted in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica.
@@LightBluePhoenix it's a damned shame the suits at UPN lacked vision to go serialized, Voyager would've been WAY ahead of time and likely had viewers tuning in like a soap opera.
I think Gene in his old age got a little paranoid about Star Trek losing the aspirational optimism of humanityâs ability to overcome interpersonal conflict. He was more like this with TNG than he even was with TOS.
He was, I think, obviously overzealous in this case, but if you completely lose that ideal, Star Trek turns into any old regular drama (which weâve kind of seen happen with newer iterations). I canât really be mad at him.
@@ModernEphemera Yes, I appreciate Gene protecting that which made Star Trek special, but what really made it special all along was its humanity. Even in a world where interpersonal conflict was mostly resolved, Picard would be forced to reckon with not only his family, but the trauma of what he experienced at the hands of the Borg. This is definitely one of the best episodes of TNG, I would definitely put it in the top 5, because sometimes it takes a while for everything to be "all right"
@@cloudwatcher608 I agree! This episode is one of my favorites of TNG as well, if not very favorite. For precisely the reasons you mention.
And we can see from TOS that Gene himself was quite comfortable with a little inter-personal conflict in that era. In fact, Spock and McCoyâs sparring is probably more confrontational than most of what we see within the TNG crew.
But I think some fans (not you, necessarily) can be a little harsh on him with how he interacted with TNG. Thereâs this image of him trying to hold it back from telling more interesting stories. And in some ways he did. But I feel sympathy for him, he was old and sick and trying to protect his legacy as he was losing control over it.
And he wasnât wrong with the broad strokes of what he was saying. An aspirational portrayal of a team of kind, intelligent, and reasonable people who treat each other with respect is a big part of what makes Star Trek so special.
Good lord, that line by Picard after the fight kills me every time. "I should've been able to stop them. I tried. I tried soo haaard. But I wasn't strong enough! I wasn't good enough!" might be my second favorite Picard line after his rant about the borg in First Contact.
There is some limited truth to Robert's stance that Jean-Luc is arrogant. Trouble is, a touch of arrogance in a person of good character can easily cause him or her to have unrealistic expectations of himself or herself. There were other mental and emotional issues, but the one that was really eating him alive was "I couldn't stop them," along with "I should have been able to stop them."
Jean-Luc expected of himself the flat-out impossible. Stop the Borg from using your knowledge and experience after they've made you one of them? Nobody could do that. *Nobody.*
For that reason, Jean-Luc *really* needed to let go of that - and it took his Big Brother to rattle it loose. I think that Jean-Luc knew it, at least on the subconscious level - and that's why he went to see his brother. It's good that he realized that after their mud fight.
According to Vin Diesel, everything is about this episode ð
His brother knew him best of all and what it would take to make Picard open up thats why he pushed him so hard..
8:50 I loved that Terry Matalas and crew brought that into the final iteration of Worf:
_I am Worf, son of Mogh. House of Martok, _*_son of Sergey, House of Rozhenko._*_ Bane to the Duras family, slayer of Gowron. I have made some chamomile tea. Do you take sugar?_
13:53 "Does that make it _harder_ for him or was that _good_ for him?"
Yes.
I think Best of Both Worlds is basically a three-parter, with this being the last bit of it. Apparently, there was a bit of a struggle to get this one to happen, as the producers wanted the show to be much more episodic, so it could be run out of order in syndication. However, this episode was really needed. Nobody could be shown to be over that trauma immediately, and this episode helps show that Picard is definitely not over it, and we can know that he's dealing with a lot under the surface.
Agreed this is required watching with best of both worlds.
We really dont feel the gravity of Picard's action while being a part of the Borg Collective until the first episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
I disagree. _We_ do not ever experience the gravity of Picard's actions as Locust, at any time. ð
(Spoiler Alert)
Hopefully he, Anika Hansen, and "select others" formed a Support group where they could talk with others who understood what kind of horrors they had experienced.
@@TheNoiseySpectator
(more spoiler alert)
Voyager dropped the ball by not having Seven interact more with Chakotay.
He was the one member of the crew who directly experienced a Borg-tech hive mind but still retained his individuality ("Unity").
But like most things Voyager, I can't recall them ever paying off or even mentioning that experience in later episodes.
This episode is essentially "Best of Both Worlds" part 3 .
Not a moment wasted .
Maybe the alternate title could've been, "The Best of Our World".
such a great episode. Everyone always sings Best of Both Worlds praises (and rightly so of course) but arguably this is effectively part 3 of that story and one of Patric Stewarts best performances ever (where Picard breaks down in the mud with Robert is just oustandingly REAL).
also worth noting that as a kid I didnt really 'get' this episode and it just felt a bit anticlimactic after all the borg and battles etc.... now as a middle aged man myself it hits really differently and is arguably the better episode! :)
@@locutus9956 Cool user pic! ðð
âFamilyâ is a great episode ð. It was the first episode to not have any scenes on the bridge and Picardâs breakdown gets me every time. One of Patrick Stewartâs best performances.
Picard breaking down is as devestating as seeing superman die.
i was 12 when this season aired and i remember being really struck that a show like star trek could/would even *do* an episode like this, and now many years later it might be my favorite episode of the whole series, kinda encapsulating that star trek (especially TNG) is more about the characters and their relationships than anything else.
I absolutely LOVE this episode. Another award worthy performance by Patrick Stewart. They would never have the courage to make such a personal, introspective story in the current Trek era. In my opinion, this is why the older Paramount Star Trek Series (TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise) are so beloved and endure over time and the new Bad Robot produced series are easily forgotten.
This episode makes me tear up so much. The Rozhenko family storyline especially. And of course Jean-Luc and Robert.
Love that episode. That part with Jean-Luc and Robert always brings a tear to my eye.
"Wine is for sharing." You have clearly never met my wife! LOL
This is one of my favorite episodes of the series. The importance of family in refuge and healing depicted always brings a tear. Thanks again Jen for choosing this series to react to and sharing that with us.
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Random fact, this is the only episode where no scenes take place on the bridge.
Picard knew the ONLY person who would not be afraid of getting into trouble for standing up, fighting him would be a blood family member., namely his brother. Because of what the Borg did to him, physically besides mentally besides death and destruction that was caused, he needed to be able to FIGHT someone. Only his brother could be that person.
Even his therapist, who was still a subordinate, someone who looked up to him could help. He needed someone who didn't give a damn that he was Jean-Luc Picard, Captain of the Federation Starship Enterprise to break through.
Personally, this is one of my favorite episodes, even though it doesnât showcase everybody, but it does a great job of showing the family that is the Enterprise crew.
Hi Jen. I hope you are well.
I've only recently found your channel. I've watched your Star Wars videos and loved them. I'm now working through Star Trek Next Generation. I love you singing along with the theme tune each episode. You said, during this episode that you were not married because you couldn't cook?? You are a beautiful lady and you will make someone so happy one day.
Think yourself lucky that I'm not thirty years younger and not in USA.
Keep coming with these brilliant reactions, they are so natural and entertaining.
He's not looking to the Klingon Empire. He is looking to you.
That weird black chair Worf was sitting on in his quarters is also in Joey's apartment in Friends
Really? Wow a bit of Trek trivia I never knew before, thanks
I didn't like this episode when I first saw it as a teenager. I âĨ'd the Season Premiere so much that the family drama felt boring in comparison. Rewatching as an adult I see how important this episode was from a character perspective (Esp for Picard, knowing he craves his big brother's protection again, that really resonated with me and how important family is). This is something you really didn't see in TOS much except in the movies, and I appreciate it so much now, which is one of the reasons I âĪ TNG so much ðĨ°
Side note: TNG is one of the few TV shows my dad and I enjoyed together since he didn't really like anything else I watched ð
Paraphrase backstory for the episode; Writers: "We have a great story fleshing out the characters and dealing with Picard's aftermath of the Borg" Producers: "Single eps only!! Besides, it's not in SPAAACE!" Writers: "Please dad just this once!" Producers: "Just this once and never again by the way we hated it!"
Stewart gets all the credit for his performance, but I think Worf and his parents deserve a lot, too. Subtle and beautiful, their story in this one is equal parts heartwarming and important.
This was one of the most genuine reactions I have ever seen ðŊ
The most underrated episode of tng! Love it!!
Worf's foster parents are awesome.
Serguei is like we see a bit of Scotty in a way.
The Maple clock beside the door, I had the same at my grand parents house.
By striking his iwn brother, Picard reaffirmed his humanity.
The scene of the both of them singing AuprÃĻs de ma Blonde with mud on the floor and Robert's wife arriving on top of it is priceless.
Along with both of them immediately reverting to twelve and six year olds, "No, we weren't fighting." "Absolutely not." trying not to get in trouble.
@@3Rayfire They started stumbling over their words like that because they got caught red-handed. However, Big Brother had fixed Jean-Luc, at least as much as he could be fixed (no one forgets an experience like that).
@@Tiffinki Yeah, unlike everyone else in his life Robert had zero reverence for Jean-Luc, he actually resented his accomplishments and fame and the ego they brought. But because of that, he still saw him as a human. Flesh and blood and feelings. He was just as vulnerable as everyone else. And that's alright. It's supposed to hurt. It may not heal, and if it does it may not heal right. But you have to keep on living anyway. Because you can't hide from it anywhere. Not in a vineyard, not at the bottom of the ocean. So why not face it in the stars? Where he belongs.
you are watching the best era of Star Trek, when Star Trek grew up! The themes explored in the series now and upcoming are the best of all
Another great, if not very late for me, Sunday with Jen and TNG (and singing to the intro - one of my favorite parts!).
Commercial break!
Jen has 'Commercial break' merch now and other stuff. ð
The way they dressed up Worf's mom makes me wonder if someone saw that and thought they want that look when making Spirited Away (Next Gen ended in 1990's and spirited away was in 2001).
In final scene when Rene is sitting under a tree and watching the stars we can clearly see the constellation of Orion. It is visible in the northern hemisphere during Autumn and Winter which clearly suggest that the episode takes place in late 2366 or early 2367. It is also worth mentioning that one of the stars in Orion's belt is Mintaka known from the episode "Who watches the watchers".
Worf's parents are so wholesome.
Some great moments in this episode. Picard's breakdown and Worf's relationship with his parents are some of my favorite moments in the whole show
My favorite TNG episode, and in the top 3 of all star trek episodes ever on my list, and one of the best uses of Troi in the series, Troi has no people on Earth despite being half human so she spends her time looking after the people who have emotional baggage tied to the planet, she basically tells Picard in the beginning that he's running away, but later displays empathy for Beverly about the recording her dead husband made for Wesley, they never figured out how to use her in the show and more of this could have helped a lot. The Worf plot is actually rather cute and we get some good Guinan bar tender wisdom thrown in there too. Great follow up to Best of both Worlds.
This is one of the best episodes of the series. It's great to see the people's families.
"Some day, I'll be heading for my starship." ...........
As usual, I find your insight into the meaning of these episodes quite different & spot on, thanks.
This is honestly one of my favourite episodes in the series, possibly my favourite over all. It's so real and shows the effect of everything, the people instead of just characters. It's wonderful
It's so much fun having your reaction and perspective watching this series, makes my Sundays something to look forward to. I hope you intend to also watch the Star trek 'Voyager" series in the future.
The boy actor who played Rene makes another special appearance as a different character in a later season just keep that in the back of your mind
I thought so!
"I want to see him now! NOW NOW NOW NOWâ
@@CsykKrit I never realised it was the same kid, but I should have! That accent is so distinct.
OMG, 30 years of watching (or however long since aired), never realized, and now that it's said, I don't know how I didn't! And now that hilarious episode will make me cry like this one.
@@MoogieSRO IN the 24th Century all Frenchmen have English Accents!
This episode really hits you in the feels. A good roll in the mud, however can fix a lot of issues. I look forward to Sunday's and your reactions Jen, thanks
darn you Star Trek... making me all teary-eyed again.
Holy Cryp, you're already watching _Family._ This is the episode I look foreword to the most in reactions. In a big way, its "Best of both worlds" part 3.
These sorts of episodes are what made us truly fall in love with these characters and with this show. And a nice, low-stress episode is exactly what we needed after the conclusion of the previous episode! And I have to say that "Family" is the perfect name for this episode.
This is one of my favorites. This peek into what made Jean-Luc Picard, Jean-Luc Picard is amazing.
Like it! They still don't like each other in the end, but the respect is there. Picard brothers with hard heads.ð
Great episode ðĨģ
4:35 So there's a really interesting story to the costumes. That should be a film-era Starfleet uniform jacket, as seen in Wrath of Khan with the rank insignia on the white shoulder strip. William Ware Theiss was the costume designer for TOS and TNG while the costume design for the first 6 films and the prologue section of Generations (particularly the iconic red or "monster maroon" uniforms) were either directly designed by Robert Fletcher or reused his designs. Roddenberry wasn't a huge fan of how Wrath of Khan turned out, he felt that Starfleet became too militarized, and that included the costume design. So the TNG era uniforms represented a back to basics kind of thing, and Theiss' approach to "but what about the film uniforms" was, "pretend like they never happened."
By mid season 1, Theiss had to step down as costume designer due to health problems; he won an Emmy for The Big Goodbye. By season 3, new costume designer Robert Blackman was brought aboard, and Rick Berman tasked him with making a better version of Theiss' costumes. While they looked futuristic and heavily called back to the original series, the spandex costumes had elastic loops inside that put a lot of uncomfortable pressure on the back (especially for Jonathan Frakes who suffers from chronic back pain). The costumes were also made from heavy spandex, so they did not breathe at all, and smelled almost as bad as the cat feces in the hallways. After a lot of iterations that probably were hard to spot on camera, Blackman's modifications resulted in a 2-piece collared uniform that became _the_ TNG uniform for the rest of the series.
When Yesterday's Enterprise entered production, Blackman faced a difficult problem for the Enterprise-C crew costumes. He couldn't use the Theiss design, as it was too similar to his design for the D crew. He couldn't just whip up a bunch of uniforms for the C crew, there was no budget for that. He couldn't just have the C crew wear the "monster maroon" Fletcher costumes, the contrast would be too jarring (and showrunner Gene Roddenberry didn't like them anyway). So he decided to settle on a compromise to make the C uniforms appear transitional between the Enterprise-A and the Enterprise-D: Eliminate the inner turtleneck shirt and the belt. So that became what Jack Crusher wore in Family, with the old Starfleet emblem replaced by the commbadge.
The belt returned in Tapestry along with an inner T-shirt, to make the uniforms in Picard's youth appear to be yet another transitional period, which I think was a cool touch.
What an excellent episode
What drew me to watching these Jen reactions is her grasp of the show and her commentary on the musicâĶso few even mention the music
7:50 -- RE: Picard Post Borg; A: You're right. Just like a few moments ago, apparently Jean-Luc needed a proverbial push to start using his sense of humor as an investigative tool. After a while, I begin to think of all Star Trek as a kind of detective story.
This was a great follow-up episode to the Borg 2-parter. Really dove into how Picard was handling his after-life after the Borg.
Excellent episode and excellent reaction.... love my Next Jen Sundays!
I love this episode and after the events of "Best Of Both Worlds", it was nice to slow down a little and learn more about our Starfleet "family".....had to say it ð.
Everybody does such a good job of acting but Patrick Stewart always delivers.... he's freakin' amazing.
As always, keep up the great reactions and many blessings to you and yours.
I love this Chanel because it lets me âwatchâ these old episodes I grew up with without having to pay for CBS all access.
The episode is called "Family" for a reason. we get to meet some key characters' families, the main one being Picard's, of course. It's much needed episode after the 3rd season's Finale and the 4th one beginning. I agree with every word you said about it, and I am glad you've enjoyed it, as much as I had. ð
This is definitly one of those episodes that grows when you get older. As a youth i was nerding out about the technobabble and sci-fi stuff and thought of this episode like "meh". With more life experience, i.e. losing loved ones, getting through hard times etc., i really appreciate the melancholy and the positive note how it ended, and the thoughtfullnes of the writers making this. In retrospect, this is one of the strongest episodes of all of Star Trek. And of course, our lovely and smart Jen getting all of the notions goes without saying!
his brother new Picard was holding the pain in, his consent needling was his way to get Picard to unleash it out in the open to deal with it
So glad you enjoyed this one. It is a favorite of mine. Your reactions are always such a joy. âĪ
Love how Wil Wheaton is credited as Ensign Wesley Crusher in his 4th season appearances.
That's because Picard gives him a field commission to full ensign towards the end of season 3.
@@img00, he was an Acting Ensign from early in season 1 but only received his rank in the credits in season 4. He also was a field commissioned Full Ensign from Menage A Troi on yet they waited till season 4 to give him the screen credit!
@@GGGritzer probably because they didn't have budget or see it as a priority until the season changeover when title sequence updates were reviewed anyway.
@@img00, usually is down to budget, sadly. The excellent TNG Poster Mag kept up good & listed him as Acting Ensign from the ep he was given the role & Crusher had Cmdr in brackets after her name! Great mag at the time as it kept right up to what was happening in TNG, despite poor BBC not showing it like our TV station was in the 90s.
This episode hits hard. That is why it still relevant to this day, I am 100% PTSD rated, strained relation with older brother. But I know, he will be there for me. Even though in my 30's we where fighting like where when ten/teenagers. in a ditch! Then us both stretching the truth to my mom. I do not know where my home is. But I know, my brother will always be there.
A lot of heart in this episode, so glad they followed up TBOBW by stepping back from the action and looking at much needed healing.
When i was young ( and stupid) i always felt this episode was a letdown after BoBW II. Now since i'm old (and still stupid, lol), i tend to think this episode is just as impactful (if not even more).
The Borg are not just some overly powerful aliens, they are true horror. They don't just kill you, they forcefully take your personality, rip away your individuality, mutilate your body and destroy everything that makes you a person and then use you to do the same to others. I sincerely hope that something similar won't happen to us in the future (the Internet could be a first step towards it. (same as the saying of the Frog that gets slowly boiled without noticing it, until its too late)).
Btw, i love Worf as a character. Seeing him with his human parents was really sweet.
One of the very best episodes in my opinion. Important too, as it is referenced again heavily in the future.
It would be damn hard to know the commands came through you to kill off most of the galaxy class in Starfleet and the thousands of people on them, not to mention the attempt to assimilate all of Earth. They could have just passed by this episode and put a few moments in future episodes but they hit the nail on the head doing this right after the Borg incident.
This was such a great change of pace from Best Of Both Worlds. It hits very close to home for me as Jean Luc & Robertâs dynamic is eerily similar to mine & my brotherâs. Although we needed multiple (figurative) mud fights over the years to reset and move forward ðð
There often are things you can only tell your brother - knowing what you say will actually be understood.
I will never not tear up when Picard lets the pain out. Incredible acting. Understated and true to the character
One of the best Star Trek episodes ever.
One of the best episodes of the series. So glad we can watch it with Jen!ðâĨïļ
So freaking good! The emotion and depth makes me tear up every time! Crushing and amazing!
This episode makes grown men cry.
Three more weeks until s4e7 Reunion. There's an episode im dying to see Jen's reaction to
This episode always wrecks me ð
Family is always messy but itâs so vital to who we are as humans (or Klingons)
Picard's greater curse is he remembers everything he did as Locutus, as if someone else was moving his "Strings", and he feels terrible about it.
Family ist eine meiner absoluten Star Trek Lieblingsepisoden Þberhaupt.
Worfs menschliche Zieheltern, Wesley s Nachricht von seinem Vater und Picard und der ewige Twist mit seinem Bruder so groÃartig! ðĨšâšïļ
Oh freu dich schonmal auf die dritte Staffel von Picard die ersten beiden sind so naja aber die dritte ist dann die Kirsche auf der Torte.
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Dito ð Wenn du Star Trek magst, schau mal bei "Trek am Dienstag" rein. ððĨģ
Before watching this episode, I didn't think Star Trek had it in itself to do a serious character episode like this. But I'm glad to be proven wrong, because this was a great episode.
Not being a good cook is fairly easily remedied. You can do what you set your mind to, Jen. Bon AppÃĐtit!
7:12 "You always reach for the _future_ and your _brother_ for the _past."_
"There should be room for both, in this life."
Indeed, I would argue that both are _necessary._
First, as the old saying goes, those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Look at all the bloodiest chapters in history and recognize that we _must_ learn why they happened so they won't happen _again._
But, second, a good acquaintance with history brings one face to face with instance after instance of disasters we couldn't handle properly because we didn't have the proper _understanding_ of them; an understanding we have _now_ because of scientific _investigation._
And how many problems do we have _now_ because of problems we don't _understand?_