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  • Uzani, trying to avoid copyright strike!
    15 minute "Unabridged" Version - vimeo.com/8208...
    (w/ Picard's awesome Gilgamesh speech and a lot more context)
    CBS doesn't like it if you upload more than ~8m of an episode. The "unabridged" abridged version is what I meant this video to be originally.
    Star Trek The Next Generation | Episode: Darmok (5x2)

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  • @Rikerish
    @Rikerish  ปีที่แล้ว +38

    15 minute "Unabridged" Version - vimeo.com/820879030
    (w/ Picard's awesome Gilgamesh speech and a lot more context)

    • @kurtfisher1379
      @kurtfisher1379 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Picard begins reciting the Epic of Gilgamesh at 10:28 min:sec. Thank you for posting this.

    • @handsomelarsandhisfabulousjars
      @handsomelarsandhisfabulousjars 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thanks, this is one of my favorite TNG episodes!

    • @DanielAppleton-lr9eq
      @DanielAppleton-lr9eq วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@handsomelarsandhisfabulousjars This was such a change from space plagues, planetary civil wars, Klingon infighting, etc.

  • @yourhandlehere1
    @yourhandlehere1 ปีที่แล้ว +627

    Shortly after this episode aired a friend was in her kitchen, I heard a loud noise, cussing and wailing. I went to see. She had dropped a large glass bowl of salad and it broke on the floor. I said... "Salaad...when the bowl fell". She had to quit cussing and laugh.

    • @austinseven4720
      @austinseven4720 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Going for TV and movie quotes is always good strategy in those situations! I broke some crockery while washing up when I was around 10. My mother heard the sound and was suitably unimpressed. At which point I opted for the Short Circuit approach - "Numerous fragments. Some large, some small!" Despite her best efforts, the anger went and the laughter came.

    • @perfectsplit5515
      @perfectsplit5515 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      And one time in Air Force ROTC class my classmate (a prior service Marine) started ranting on and on about some historical leader's quote that extremely offended him. The teacher tried to calm him down, saying, "Let's not take this so seriously. These were all considered great leaders in their time." He replied, "Well, I do take it seriously!" And he kept going on and on, extremely intense in his ranting.
      Then another cadet yelled out, "You can't handle the truth!"
      The whole class busted out laughing.

    • @MrFlintlock7
      @MrFlintlock7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      IcantSignIn is arms wide!

    • @mournblade1066
      @mournblade1066 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Epic.

    • @fastertrackcreative
      @fastertrackcreative ปีที่แล้ว +5

      My solution, don't have many glass things 😆. I'm too clumsy for glass bowls.

  • @odysseusrex5908
    @odysseusrex5908 ปีที่แล้ว +1009

    One of the best, possibly the best, episode of the whole series. One of the few that actually dealt with strange new worlds and new life and new civilizations.

    • @grnbrg
      @grnbrg ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I'll agree with "One of the best"... "The Inner Light" is my favourite, though. And "Cause and Effect" is in my top 5.

    • @dongilleo9743
      @dongilleo9743 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      This is one of my favorite episodes. I've had a lifelong interest in languages. I often thought the Enterprise crew had it a little too easy at times. They meet a new group of people, and because of a "universal translator" can instantly communicate with them in English, and automatically understand their entire culture.

    • @odysseusrex5908
      @odysseusrex5908 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@grnbrg Oh yes, The Inner Light is also wonderful, very high concept. The only problem is that they never referred to it again. That experience should have had a profound effect on Picard which should have affected his behaviors and attitudes. He should have at least occasionally referred to that experience as an example of how to handle whatever problem they were having now. That, of course, is not a criticism of the episode, just what they did after it.
      Cause and Effect is also good, but I have trouble suspending disbelief enough to accept that the crew would be able to have any memory at all of previous loops, much less be able to send messages through. I would have loved to have seen a follow up story on how the crew of the Bozeman dealt with what had happened to them and how they reintegrated into society. In general, Next Gen was not as good as TOS, but these three episodes are certainly as good as anything in TOS.

    • @johnsiorek1630
      @johnsiorek1630 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Tng on my TV. My eyes dark

    • @toga1022
      @toga1022 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you need to watch more than three episodes . . .

  • @Chuck-PK
    @Chuck-PK ปีที่แล้ว +363

    Picard literally became a part of their vocabulary.

    • @teebob21
      @teebob21 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Thanos, when his fingers snapped.

    • @Darkblue4269
      @Darkblue4269 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      ​​@@teebob21 Strange, when dust he became!

    • @teebob21
      @teebob21 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@Darkblue4269 Captain America, when he understood that reference.

    • @Darkblue4269
      @Darkblue4269 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@teebob21 Banner, his skin green with rage!

    • @curtisberard7831
      @curtisberard7831 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Logan, his claws out

  • @tonoornottono
    @tonoornottono ปีที่แล้ว +78

    “Picard and Dathan at El-Adrel.”
    this episode got so much across. even the short story of darmok and jalad is incredibly moving. it takes real creativity to write this sort of thing and i’m just always so impressed with the situations that star trek can allow for.

    • @hubbsllc
      @hubbsllc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Interestingly, the TNG creatives spent about two years trying to get this episode made and the script underwent a LOT of pencilwhipping. It was such a good core idea that they just couldn't let go of it and I think they eventually got the teleplay about as right as it could be.

    • @martinlutherbling424
      @martinlutherbling424 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      "Tonoornottono... his eyes wide open !" Tonoornottono & MartinLutherbling on the ocean...their sails unfurled.

  • @themadmallard
    @themadmallard ปีที่แล้ว +332

    The way Paul Winfield said "Darmok and Jelad on the ocean," was always compelling to me, selling that he was experiencing the metaphor on a personal level of describing a beautiful friendship from adversity.

    • @dongilleo9743
      @dongilleo9743 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Him saying that line, the emotion in his voice, always makes me a little emotional.

    • @jackburton6330
      @jackburton6330 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I always thought it meant they escaped together victorious.

    • @DavidMann10k
      @DavidMann10k ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/WQ8_F6jYWv4/w-d-xo.html

    • @nneisler
      @nneisler ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Its almost metaphorical

    • @teebob21
      @teebob21 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jackburton6330 Darmok and Jelad, at Tanagra.

  • @thetruth45678
    @thetruth45678 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    Picard: "They speak in memes."
    Riker: "Memes?"
    Data: "Dank memes, to be precise."

    • @axelhopfinger533
      @axelhopfinger533 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Funnily enough, that's actually more appropriate than one would think. Their entire language practically consists of verbalized and codified memes of their myths and history.

    • @teebob21
      @teebob21 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Charlie Sthill Senor Chang, when he allowed it, his hat brim wide.

    • @drewesalahor4857
      @drewesalahor4857 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yoy speak in such eloquent ways

    • @BlastinRope
      @BlastinRope 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sukat! His eyes uncovered!

    • @julioverne579
      @julioverne579 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But how can we undank these memes,? - Tasha Yar. or Should we just fuck?

  • @guyver6622
    @guyver6622 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Nice thing about Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra is that when you say it to someone, and they understand the reference, it confirms the point of Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.

    • @DanielAppleton-lr9eq
      @DanielAppleton-lr9eq วันที่ผ่านมา

      Picard is, indirectly, part of the Epic of Gilgamesh.....

  • @joystickfigure6118
    @joystickfigure6118 ปีที่แล้ว +335

    An entire civilization that speaks only in memes.

    • @cylontoaster7660
      @cylontoaster7660 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Pepe, his palms raised up.

    • @ThermalGoguh
      @ThermalGoguh ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Soyjack, his mouth open

    • @hollyibbotson5290
      @hollyibbotson5290 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      And the walls fell

    • @samsmith2635
      @samsmith2635 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Eduard Khil, when he trololol'd
      th-cam.com/video/0q6yphdZhUA/w-d-xo.html

    • @EmArgh
      @EmArgh ปีที่แล้ว

      Kappa his face need punch

  • @esean1
    @esean1 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    The late Paul Winfield. What a great actor! Also well known for playing the ill-fated Captain Terrell in WRATH OF KHAN among many other things.

    • @Rikerish
      @Rikerish  ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Agreed, one of the best guest performances in all of trek.

    • @Ronald_Custard
      @Ronald_Custard ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He was also In Terminator as a cop interviewing reece

    • @tsukikrieger8467
      @tsukikrieger8467 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Excellent

    • @kingsman8475
      @kingsman8475 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      We was the cousin of William Marshall, aka Dr. Richard Daestrom from the " Ultimate Computer."

    • @markkringle9144
      @markkringle9144 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Also the trial judge in “Presumed innocent.”

  • @DP-hy4vh
    @DP-hy4vh ปีที่แล้ว +211

    No one will ever unhear those immortal words;
    Darmok and Jalad at Tenagra.

    • @Menaceblue3
      @Menaceblue3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Temba his arms wide!
      🤗

    • @JoshSweetvale
      @JoshSweetvale ปีที่แล้ว +14

      "Gilgamesh... and Enkidu. At Uruk." T_T

    • @Anolaana
      @Anolaana ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Picard and Dathon, at El-Adrel.

    • @TheRealTerranMarine
      @TheRealTerranMarine ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The beast at Tanagra!

    • @evm6177
      @evm6177 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wait, perfect strangers dropped on a unidentified planet and must fight the beast.. Sounds kinda like the exact plot for 'The Predators' right!?

  • @phL274
    @phL274 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Oh my God, there's a character in Skyrim named Temba Wide-Arms. She "takes" Bear-pelts from you, the beasts she wants you to cut down.

  • @theodorerosen8854
    @theodorerosen8854 ปีที่แล้ว +350

    One of the best TNG episodes. Simple but perfect story about a person willing to give his life to ensure communication between peoples.

    • @davwad2
      @davwad2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Definitely in my top ten!

    • @kevinh891
      @kevinh891 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree one of my favorites....

    • @spiritsplice
      @spiritsplice ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Very poorly executed with completely impossible concept.

    • @That_AMC_Guy
      @That_AMC_Guy ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@spiritsplice Agreed. Still, pretty good for a fan-written episode confined to a 47-minute TV show. Probably a lot more exciting than Data trying to absorb several thousand years of Tamarian folklore.

    • @teebob21
      @teebob21 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And, as it turned out, theirs was a civilization that communicated entirely with memes and references.

  • @mikehigbee2320
    @mikehigbee2320 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Finally, some aliens who behave in a strange alien way, not just like humans with head ridges.

    • @henrimatisse7481
      @henrimatisse7481 ปีที่แล้ว

      I disagree, Klingons are totally a warrior civilisation, even their women. You have to admit they are fascinating. The only for profit people are great too. That obsession with ears. Even the Betazeds and the nudity thing. Interesting that most aliens take one thing about humans and take as a model but there was the episode about the planters of the civilizations. All those people came from one idea

    • @mikehigbee2320
      @mikehigbee2320 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@henrimatisse7481 I hear you. Nevertheless, they are all pretty relatable and easy to understand. I thought this episode was a different level of alien, or at least something I hadn't seen before.

    • @Trepidity
      @Trepidity 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      they did have head ridges though. I love this episode. its my favorite. I agree though, often the aliens are all the same-ish.

    • @razvansfirlogea3134
      @razvansfirlogea3134 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@henrimatisse7481 A warrior civilisation becoming space faring was always very funny to me. How would you even get to have nerds and scientists developing warp when all your civilisation cares about is fighting and killing xD

  • @SodiumWage
    @SodiumWage ปีที่แล้ว +41

    This was always my all-time favorite Star Trek episode from any series. I love language and the issue presented here of two species trying to communicate with each other is handled masterfully. I also love that there isn't a "villain" in the episode, just two sides separated by a challenging language difficulty. In my opinion this episode epitomizes what Star Trek was all about: peaceful exploration of ideas.

    • @nicholassmith7984
      @nicholassmith7984 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's probably one of the most quinesentially 'Star Trek' episodes of The Next Generation.

    •  ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a bad idea, badly executed, and makes no sense.

    • @JK-Visions
      @JK-Visions ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Always remined me of enemy mine the movie with 2 crashed enemy starships.

    • @TFZ.
      @TFZ. ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JK-Visions YEAH!!

  • @HellOnWheel
    @HellOnWheel ปีที่แล้ว +42

    My father and I shared a lot of inside jokes related to Star Trek. Picard's Shakespearean delivery of "Metaphor!" was one of them.

    • @FuzzyElf
      @FuzzyElf ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Metta-foah!

  • @jospenner9503
    @jospenner9503 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    The final scene of Picard holding the dagger and remembering what his friend did for him and feeling regret and gratitude all at the same time, is why this is the greatest show in history.

    • @graphkid
      @graphkid ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hope if they ever make another Star Trek they bring back this species to open a full connection to the federation

    • @Trepidity
      @Trepidity 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@graphkid that would be pretty awesome.

    • @evm6177
      @evm6177 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wait, perfect strangers dropped on a unidentified planet and must fight the beast.. Sounds kinda like the exact plot for 'The Predators' right!?

    • @EpochDarkleaf
      @EpochDarkleaf 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@graphkid i think they had a member join the Federation in Lower Decks

    • @hubbsllc
      @hubbsllc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Easy to choke up at least a little at that scene. Picard entered the bridge ready and able to speak Tamarian well enough to communicate to the alien crew in a way that was meaningful in context and it was acted in a way that showed he understood Dathon's sacrifice.

  • @danielclawson2099
    @danielclawson2099 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I never liked this episode as a youth: its impossible to communicate by metaphor (very abstract) without knowing words (concrete/atomic) and sentences (modular) first.
    Now, as an adult, trying to teach my children vital concepts that have no direct definition.... I appreciate it more.

    • @neilkurzman4907
      @neilkurzman4907 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We don’t realize how often we use metaphors and phrases, instead of actually saying what we mean. Which is difficult for someone learning the language because it’s not in the dictionary. If you translate it directly it doesn’t mean anything. “That’s cool”
      It’s not a warning about the temperature of an object.

    • @danielclawson2099
      @danielclawson2099 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@neilkurzman4907 This

    • @agaeus
      @agaeus ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You hit the nail on the head ;)

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just think about the amount of memes that have almost become common speech.

    • @neilkurzman4907
      @neilkurzman4907 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HappyBeezerStudios
      Not just memes, pop-culture.
      Move like Jagger
      Go postal.
      Idioms
      Take a hike
      Take a short, walk off a long pier
      I’ve got to take off.

  • @FraDonaghyMusic
    @FraDonaghyMusic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    This episode perfectly sums up Gen X and Gen Z trying to communicate.

  • @bryanstephens6838
    @bryanstephens6838 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Paul Winfield was a Gem . This episode made you think about it long after you watched it. It really defined Picard's character in the series,and outlined the difficulties of first contact.

  • @HeathenSWolf
    @HeathenSWolf ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I didn't understand nothing when I saw this episode way back when. Since then I've grown and now see that it's an amazing idea and an episode.

    • @ColinRichardson
      @ColinRichardson ปีที่แล้ว +29

      His eyes uncovered

    • @MG-xy2sd
      @MG-xy2sd ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ColinRichardson 😂

    • @ImranChaudhry
      @ImranChaudhry ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That is a great thing about Star Trek - you can see new things in old episodes over time.

  • @iyziejane
    @iyziejane ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Imagine teaching Tamarian students physics so that they can be warp engineers. "Good morning class. Newton, with the moon, and the apple. Einstein, with the universe, and the math. Test on Monday."

  • @cush6827
    @cush6827 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I liked the very last scene of Picard's final salute with the dagger at the window of his ready room.

  • @rickbase833
    @rickbase833 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    Well I gotta say that the dialog of this episode was far richer than the episode where Geordi is kidnapped by the Pakleds......but at least he made the Pakled ship strong.

    • @YnseSchaap
      @YnseSchaap ปีที่แล้ว +7

      🤣

    • @GrumpyMcfart
      @GrumpyMcfart ปีที่แล้ว +19

      He is smart!

    • @allenharper2928
      @allenharper2928 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      He made it go. Pakleds like things that make them go.

    • @YnseSchaap
      @YnseSchaap ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@allenharper2928 And big helmets

    • @mtoinma
      @mtoinma ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@allenharper2928 we look for things to make us go!

  • @michaelsublet3283
    @michaelsublet3283 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Talking in Metaphors only works if you Both have the same point of reference.

    • @magicmulder
      @magicmulder ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A lot of English expressions are metaphors. “Don’t rain on my parade.” Theoretically it even works without you knowing what a parade is if you learned what it means.

    • @breadtoast1036
      @breadtoast1036 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      thats the whole point of the episode no was able to understand them even tho they used a universal translator, that was until picard understood it was metaphors and very quickly try to get background on some of the metaphors in order to communicate. we could translate their language into english but not translate the metaphor into a working language, i bet after this starfleet put into works on upgrading translator for such unique circumstances

    • @martinlutherbling424
      @martinlutherbling424 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@breadtoast1036the "metaphor app"

  • @YesterdaysMoose
    @YesterdaysMoose ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Consider this episode from the "beast's" prospective:
    *Two aliens invade its home and begin attacking it for no reason.*

    • @FuzzyElf
      @FuzzyElf ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It was just inviting them to tea and badminton!

    • @superfrogsgaming
      @superfrogsgaming 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Tbh i thought the "beast" was just a hologram from the alien ship energy field

    • @superfrogsgaming
      @superfrogsgaming 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      nope youre right its a non sentient energy creature native to el adrel 4

    • @asamushroomcloud
      @asamushroomcloud 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      England and America, almost everywhere

  • @joeschmo622
    @joeschmo622 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Gilgamesh and Enkidu, at Uruk.

  • @jasonsullivan4579
    @jasonsullivan4579 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This episode also introduced Picard's Captain jacket. It also followed my favorite episodes of Redemption I and II about the Klingon civil war between Duras sisters/Romulans and the new Chancellor Gowron.

    • @aikrichter5403
      @aikrichter5403 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      i always wanted a jacket like that since i saw it the first time,ages ago. best looking piece of uniform in the whole franchise

    • @mrsjr78
      @mrsjr78 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I always remember the jacket from this episode. I wish they utilized it more in later episodes

    • @JanRichter1977
      @JanRichter1977 ปีที่แล้ว

      i wanna by one! here is a picture of fry saying stop talking take my Mony!

  • @MeNoOther
    @MeNoOther ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This episode is essentially the movie Enemy Mine.
    Stargate used this plot in the episode where Daniel Jackson met an Unas

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios ปีที่แล้ว

      A classic setup. Two enemies/rivals working together against a common enemy.

  • @ExplodingPiggy
    @ExplodingPiggy ปีที่แล้ว +38

    This is the same reason why Google is terrible at translating Japanese into English

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios ปีที่แล้ว +1

      After some time you learn to understand the distinct ways it deals with metaphors and double meaning.

    • @ExplodingPiggy
      @ExplodingPiggy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HappyBeezerStudios ....or you could just get the joke

    • @infernothegreat1041
      @infernothegreat1041 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shaka when the wall fell

    • @nervchemnitz
      @nervchemnitz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Shaka, when speaking Japanese fell.

    • @freesk8
      @freesk8 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@nervchemnitz Yamamoto, when his Betty crashed.

  • @mikeforester3963
    @mikeforester3963 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    A brilliant approach to the point that words alone don't make a language.

  • @grayden4138
    @grayden4138 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This episode produced one of the greatest memes of all time: The T-shirt design of Picard playing a guitar and 'Darmok and Jelad at Tenagra' is the "concert". Classic.

  • @thetruth45678
    @thetruth45678 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Picard is teleported away. Two seconds later...
    Riker: "Block their transport!"
    Worf: "But... it moves at the speed of light, sir. He was gone before your mind could comprehend it."
    Riker: "... I knew that."

  • @sandozdelysid
    @sandozdelysid ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The universal translator has limits

    • @axelhopfinger533
      @axelhopfinger533 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The very fact that an universal translator can even function with a completely unknown species without first receiving extensive training and data collection , since it lacks all initial points of reference, is the most unrealistic thing about it.

    • @philwright4826
      @philwright4826 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@axelhopfinger533 True, at least ST:Enterprise tackled this subject a bit better with them needing Hoshi

  • @mytube650
    @mytube650 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The moment when the Enterprise tries to beam Picard away just after he grasps how their language works is so frustrating.

  • @au1317
    @au1317 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I've always loved thinking about how much inflection and emotion in your voice impact the way this language would be if it were real

    • @daydreamer8662
      @daydreamer8662 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mandarin does that to a small degree

    • @mechanomics2649
      @mechanomics2649 ปีที่แล้ว

      The conlang hymnos, of the Ar Tonelico games, sees emotion as a direct core of its language; regardless of dialect. One dialect in particular, The New Testament of Pastalie, fits this to a T with its "emotion banks". A word contains emotion banks (.) throughout it where upon you can use a base word to write a whole sentence. For example, the word "sing" is h.m.m.r.
      We use emotion vowels to communicate how we feels about singing. hEm.m.r. means "I am happy to sing." hEmEm.r. means "I am very happy to sing." hOm.m.r. means "I sing in anger.".
      There is a lot more complexity to it but it's an example.
      Whole songs, that you can find on TH-cam, called hymns can be sung using this language as well as the other dialects.

  • @MegaFragmagnet
    @MegaFragmagnet ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Darmok is my favorite episode of STNG ever. Its such a good story and so meaningful.

    • @oldestgamer
      @oldestgamer ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And the Ressikan Flute epi, both really taking STN to new worlds

  • @kwokwinghong6370
    @kwokwinghong6370 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Picard and Dathon at El-Adrel!

  • @YnseSchaap
    @YnseSchaap ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Great episode it always reminds me of the movie Enemy Mine. Not sure which one was first though

    • @magicmulder
      @magicmulder ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Enemy Mine was 1985. Years before TNG.

    • @YnseSchaap
      @YnseSchaap ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@magicmulder Thank you

  • @markuhler2664
    @markuhler2664 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Such a good episode. The inventive language used, the explanation on why the universal translator is a miracle, but mostly Paul Winfield's captain willing, even wanting, to give his life to establish friendship between people.

  • @sidhayes6168
    @sidhayes6168 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The more times you watch the episode, the better it gets !

  • @philippebarillecavalier9275
    @philippebarillecavalier9275 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    First time I watched it, it was rather cringe (feeling the exasperation of Picard!). Now that I see it again, it's marvellous!

    • @Robert_Manners
      @Robert_Manners ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It is one of the best episode of the series in my view. I agree with you about the need to watch it more than once to fully understand and appreciate it 🎉

    • @robertmatch6550
      @robertmatch6550 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I remember enjoying it when it aired.

  • @2ManyGoats
    @2ManyGoats ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thanks for this. A friend recently told me he has not seen anything before Enterprise. This right here will be a perfect introduction to the best of TNG!

    • @Write-Stuff
      @Write-Stuff ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh man, what a poor way to be introduced to Star Trek. I believe one should at the very least start with TNG.

  • @Serviervorschlag-
    @Serviervorschlag- ปีที่แล้ว +84

    It is a very touching episode but they also could come on board and teach the crew their way to speak without causing someone's death.

    • @Rikerish
      @Rikerish  ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Very true. But I guess -Romulans- Tamarians are into drama.

    • @DeetotheDubs
      @DeetotheDubs ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I was under the impression it was both for the drama and under the idea that the necessity to cooperate would speed up Picard's understanding.

    • @axelhopfinger533
      @axelhopfinger533 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And how exactlywould they do that without being unable to declare no hostile intent and provoking a defensive reaction?

    • @ps36081
      @ps36081 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's what the California Class did after.
      Second Contact

    • @tenofprime
      @tenofprime ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@ps36081 exactly, the first contact attempts before had been unsuccessful because the universal translator is useless. In all likelihood this captain was chosen because he is skilled at communicating with other races, when the normal approach failed he resorted to a more drastic approach. It cost him his life but he succeeded.

  • @BlueGoblin1
    @BlueGoblin1 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Part of why i liked enterprise was the fact that Hoshi had to actually figure out new languages rather than using the universal plot device.

    • @j.w.calinger9816
      @j.w.calinger9816 ปีที่แล้ว

      There's been an element of that in "Strange New Worlds", with Cadet Uhura figuring things out for Captain Pike.

    • @immortalfrieza
      @immortalfrieza ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I liked in Enterprise that everybody acted like real people instead of being overly dramatic, being pompous and stuck up, or both.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@immortalfrieza Plus they genuinely had to work hard to prevent stepping on everyones feet. And yet Porthos peed on the holy tree.
      Was it the best series? Good question. But it surely wasn't bad. I felt the whole Xindi conflict was stretched out longer than necessary, but we got new enemies. And Season 4 had some really good plots.

  • @Ailsworth
    @Ailsworth ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This episode makes me weep

  • @iamfritz
    @iamfritz ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Not only one of the best overall Star Trek episodes, some of the all time best science fiction stories of all time.

    • @spiritsplice
      @spiritsplice ปีที่แล้ว

      Love all these fake comments from fake accounts.

    • @iamfritz
      @iamfritz ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@spiritsplice Well mine is a Fritz comment from a Fritz account.

    • @rocjones6543
      @rocjones6543 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "His eyes uncovered "😊

  • @hotohori69
    @hotohori69 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    The whole concept of speaking in metaphor was so different. In high school when this episode came out, my friend and I tried doing it at lunch. Its way more difficult than it looks. Making sure the other person understands is hard cause if you use concepts or imagery the other person is not familiar with you end up like Picard and Paul Winfield. We talked it out and agreed there needed to be a baseline set of references of this to work. So as a joke we only used Star Wars original trilogy films as our references... Made for interesting conversations for -- Example: Luke, On Dagobah, in the cave. Geoff: Vader his breath heavy, his hand cutoff.

    • @leftcoaster67
      @leftcoaster67 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Only problem you need to learn a language bits a time. How do you know what the reference points are? It's an interesting episode. But simple orders would take so long. User Manual 3.33.a! To stop a ship.

    • @pvanukoff
      @pvanukoff ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Interesting concept for a story, but there's no way a civilization would communicate this way. They are referencing stories, which weren't in metaphors. I mean, meme culture is a thing obviously, but we always have the base language to primarily communicate with.

    • @Justforvisit
      @Justforvisit ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@pvanukoff " but there's no way a civilization would communicate this way"
      Not YET. Who might know what strange encounters we are about to make in the far future?

    • @roberte.6892
      @roberte.6892 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sounds like I know where the cool kids ate their lunch at your school 😊

    • @kirasuicide2997
      @kirasuicide2997 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Leia and Chewy on Bespin! *escapes* ^^

  • @infernothegreat1041
    @infernothegreat1041 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I kept wanting to say TIMON AND PUMBAA!

  • @Tanto83
    @Tanto83 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I always found it interesting that a society could create a warp capable civilization using only metafors.

    • @teebob21
      @teebob21 ปีที่แล้ว

      The goggles; they do nothing!!

    • @dacsus
      @dacsus ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's why this episode doesn't really make sense. Because for engineering you need a concrete vocabulary, and precise expression - the same in science.

    • @teebob21
      @teebob21 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dacsus Dascus, the memes his ally. Dascus merely adopting the language of memes. Tamaria, born in it; molded by it. Tamaria, their studies strong.

    • @dacsus
      @dacsus ปีที่แล้ว

      @@teebob21 and now try to explain quantum mechanic with metaphors only. Or something not so complicated - Newton laws or Pythagorean theorem.

    • @teebob21
      @teebob21 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dacsus Quantum mechanics is already so complicated and inexplicable that it's already described either in metaphors, allegories, or nearly impenetrable calculus and field theory equations. Thank you for proving my point for me that incredibly complex topics and ideas can be communicated using imprecise language.

  • @antoniusblantranderozari5325
    @antoniusblantranderozari5325 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I hope a beautiful story like this one will inspire Terry & Co to write their own and make a memorable one.
    This episode worth to be revisited even after 20 plus years.

  • @originaldarkwater
    @originaldarkwater ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've come to realize in recent years that what these people are doing is communicating in memes, just in spoken word rather than images. If I were to say "Cringing Drake: Picard seasons 1&2, Happy Drake: Picard season 3" any internet denizen would instantly know exactly what I meant, while it would be very mysterious to my mother.

    • @goatwarrior3570
      @goatwarrior3570 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now try to explain that meme to your mother without the use of any images and using only metaphors. You'll soon learn why this language is nonsense.

  • @seanbarron2890
    @seanbarron2890 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Rewatching this I can see Dathon's second in command is just like Riker. What on first viewing seems like agression towards the Enterprise was in fact anger at his captain when he told him what he was going to do, beam down to the planet and put himself in danger. Riker never liked Picard going on away team missions and always felt the captain should stay safe to command the ship.

  • @graphkid
    @graphkid ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This just shows that we all can make a connection it just takes time and an open mind best episode

  • @anthonyrussell0912
    @anthonyrussell0912 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favourites. Amazing episode

  • @sfk1066
    @sfk1066 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This episode had such an "Enemy Mines" vibe too.

  • @wil9000
    @wil9000 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love this episode, but you can't have a metaphorical language if you don't have a non metaphorical language first. How would you teach children the stories behind the metaphors, otherwise?

  • @argonwheatbelly637
    @argonwheatbelly637 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First time I saw this, I thought the universal translator had a stroke. Still love it.

  • @chuckselvage3157
    @chuckselvage3157 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Excellent episode to explore strange new worlds definitely described this.

  • @stevekitt52
    @stevekitt52 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have used these lines when I get cold called by sales teams. Great fun 😁😁😁

  • @nonyabiz9487
    @nonyabiz9487 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This episode and the one where the big green lizard dude throws the foam boulder at Kirk are the two greatest Star Trek of all time! No other comes close to its epic greatness... SHAKA when the walls fell indeed.

  • @pjd4268
    @pjd4268 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I think this is my favorite episode.

    • @mytube650
      @mytube650 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s a top five without a doubt. Up there with Inner Light and Tapestry.

  • @A.rtificial-I.nclusion
    @A.rtificial-I.nclusion หลายเดือนก่อน

    God I love rewatching bits of my childhood like this show, God I love them. :)

  • @freelancenerd4804
    @freelancenerd4804 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of the greatest episodes of Star Trek ever.

  • @XavierKatzone
    @XavierKatzone ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Back in those classic TV alien environs of Southern California, eh?

  • @SSJ3Mewtwo
    @SSJ3Mewtwo 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I was sent here by Seth Myers.
    And it reminded me so much of just why TNG was so very awesome.

  • @Machuell_DuLac
    @Machuell_DuLac ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Basically, "My face when..." the episode.

  • @tymcat
    @tymcat 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for posting this summary!
    This episode marks the split between Star Trek and Star Wars.
    It is truly “Roddenberian,” at a very high level. I hope to see continuations of this message in my lifetime.
    Star Trek was a means of conveying Subrosa messages of integrity and wisdom and slipping them under the door of censorship and commerce.
    It started in the Cold War era - now we face even greater threats and the ST franchise has succumbed to commerce.
    Perhaps humanity needs one more war to ascend (or descend?) to common understanding.
    Rather Prime Directive than - "May the Force be with you".
    btw - I love SW too - as an escape, a world in its own, a perfect-picture fairy tale of... idk... as a good night story with knights, princesses, war lords, a mystical force, impossible light sabres, banthas, star castles, wise ...um... dwarfs. A cinematic marvel - much more than ST - fantastic imagery, epic music, iconic figures & creatures, even language gimmicks, which can be transposed into almost all languages: Yoda-speak 😂😘

  • @funnyusername8635
    @funnyusername8635 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Probably my favorite one off from any science fiction series. Reminds me of something you would have heard on the X Minus One radio show.

  • @zulerodoeht329
    @zulerodoeht329 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This episode and "The Inner Light" are by far the 2 best episodes of the entire run.

    • @halfsourlizard9319
      @halfsourlizard9319 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      100% ... some really beautiful story-telling that gets us to care about the characters and what they're experiencing.

    • @daydreamer8662
      @daydreamer8662 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would add "There are FOUR lights" (I don't remember the name of the two-parter)

    • @zulerodoeht329
      @zulerodoeht329 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@daydreamer8662 Chain of Command is the name of the 2 parter. Yes, I agree another excellent 2 episodes.

    • @halfsourlizard9319
      @halfsourlizard9319 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@daydreamer8662 Oh, that too! David Warner FTW! (Oh, crap: Just realised that he died last year.)

    • @daydreamer8662
      @daydreamer8662 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@halfsourlizard9319 I remember watching him when the first Tron came out. He was so wickedly evil, almost a Bond villain.

  • @lightyagami1752
    @lightyagami1752 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Picard at the start: "Vader, by the sea, his jug overflowing."
    Picard in the middle: "Raptor, its talon poised on chin."
    Picard by the end: "DeVito, his face relieved."

  • @HupfderFloh
    @HupfderFloh ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gilgamesh, a king, at Uruk.

  • @dianewilliams1125
    @dianewilliams1125 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A little "forbidden planet" a little "Enemy mine"! I love the mind of Roddenberry ❤❤❤

  • @Technichian462
    @Technichian462 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was one of the best episodes. This was what defined Star Trek for me. This is what was missing in ST: Picard, New Frontiers, and Discovery. Even ST:Enterprise was missing this.
    I think when Gene Roddenberry died, the heart of Star Trek did as well. The best thing to do now for Star Trek would be to turn all the paper backs into episodes. Screw original works, as long as the stories are good. I.e. “the Galactic Whirlpool” or (sorry, forgot the title) the one with the Doomsday machine, and a Ferengi Borg. And three Borg Cubes. Now that would be a great episode.

  • @Justforvisit
    @Justforvisit ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of the best if not THE best single episode in all of TNG. Heck, in all of Star Trek.

  • @NobleReliance
    @NobleReliance ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My high school speech teacher used this episode as a way to explain language barriers. Brilliant shit.

  • @cppursel
    @cppursel ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Something I have always liked about this episode is that the Children of Tama, despite the uniqueness of their language, seem to actually have a marginally higher level of technological development than the Federation. As a fictitious alien race, I find the Tamarians impressive in more general terms; like the Klingons, it seems they have not abandoned the trappings of a heroic age, one with myths, legends, and bladed melee weapons, but unlike the Klingons, they have a more agreeable temperament and, so far as anyone knows, do not wage wars of aggression. It's too bad that we haven't seen more Tamarians in canonical Star Trek.

  • @moscowjade
    @moscowjade ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I went to see Darmok and Jilad at Tanagra live back in '92. Hooked up with a Denuvian girl, got high on Ketricel White. Good times man.

  • @mencken8
    @mencken8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Rather than a “cliff’s notes” version, the viewer should do themselves the favor of watching the whole episode, particularly since it’s one of the very best in STNG.

    • @teebob21
      @teebob21 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zoomers with short attention spans gonna zoom.

  • @icebeam23860
    @icebeam23860 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved this episode so much. Thanks for the upload. I wish they made another episode with them in it.

  • @kevinthomas2622
    @kevinthomas2622 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "Sukat...his eyes uncovered"
    Love that line❤

  • @charlesbowers8112
    @charlesbowers8112 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Missed the best part, when Picard offers the knife and it's honorably refused.

  • @dereklarner6298
    @dereklarner6298 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I always wondered if the federation ever managed to unravel the language enough that formal relations could be established.

    • @eyo8766
      @eyo8766 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kayshon. When he became a puppet

    • @ryanspencer6778
      @ryanspencer6778 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kayshon is a Tamarian on Lower Decks that serves in security on the ship. He speaks in a way that the universal translator understands, mostly. That's less than 20 years after this episode.

  • @kurtfisher1379
    @kurtfisher1379 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Missing from these excellent clips is the scene in which Picard, realizing that the alien culture speaks in metaphors, begins reciting to the other captain "The Epic of Gilgamesh". Gilgamesh is a Mesopotamian poem from 3500 years ago that is the foundation for many Western themes, including the biblical flood, Hercules, and the Homeric adventures. Being unschooled in literature, I had no idea what the Epic was when this episode first aired; I tracked the Epic down; and it remains a favoured reading 20 years later. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh?wprov=sfla1

    • @argonwheatbelly637
      @argonwheatbelly637 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I loved that part, especially Picard reading Homer in Greek art the end. It IS better in the original, having read it in both English and Homeric Greek.

    • @martijnspruit
      @martijnspruit ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@argonwheatbelly637 Just wait until you've read Hamlet in the original Klingon.

    • @Rikerish
      @Rikerish  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Check out the description for a longer version. It has Picard's retelling of Gilgamesh and a lot more context!

    • @martinlutherbling424
      @martinlutherbling424 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂😂 ha ha ha ha... Gill-Ghee-Mesh... ha ha.

  • @Sund4nc3
    @Sund4nc3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It takes serious acting skill and concentration to say these stupid lines without bursting in laughter

  • @Spankypenguin1
    @Spankypenguin1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There is a nod to this episode in Skyrim. The lumber mill owner in Ivarstead is called Temba Wide -Arm.

  • @petercampbell8694
    @petercampbell8694 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Brilliant episode, how two individual cultures with different languages and concepts of communications manages to overcome adversity! - Just superb! 👏👏...”His eyes are uncovered” 😊

  • @charliebirkner8729
    @charliebirkner8729 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I always wanted so much more of this. Bah. The feels in 8 minutes.

  • @witchywoman165
    @witchywoman165 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I always remember this episode , its iconic and probably the most memorable.

  • @TheMetahedron
    @TheMetahedron ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Temba, his arms wide"

    • @spitsmuis4772
      @spitsmuis4772 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Temba... at rest" Too bad this was cut out :(

  • @Anth230
    @Anth230 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The only episode where Picard wore the Captains Jacket with Leather Shoulder patches. The next time we see the Jacket, the patches are the same material (suede) like the rest of the Jacket...

    • @teebob21
      @teebob21 ปีที่แล้ว

      Costumes, on a CBS budget.

  • @Zeriel00
    @Zeriel00 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cant have good writting like this anymore. Now we can only have violence, insults, and the strong woman bosses telling Picard to check his priviledge.

    • @goatwarrior3570
      @goatwarrior3570 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did Picard ever apologize for his whiteness?

    • @Zeriel00
      @Zeriel00 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@goatwarrior3570 They literally had him dressed as a plantation owner in one episode of Picard. What I will never understand is how men keep participating in the destruction of their own legacy just for another paycheck.

    • @goatwarrior3570
      @goatwarrior3570 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Zeriel00 Kinky

  • @FlamingLily
    @FlamingLily 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A beautiful episode, and a fantastic abridged version that truly does it justice. It's a shame that Picard's telling of the Epic wasn't in here though

  • @JK-Visions
    @JK-Visions ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved this episode! Because i am not a native english speaker it took me a few rewatches at the time to understand what was happening;)
    Thanks for your great video:)

  • @acsch8124
    @acsch8124 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To be able to speak the Tamalarian language,one must first learn it's cultures and story ❤ fascinating !

  • @jimmyzhao2673
    @jimmyzhao2673 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Brandon at Talladega, the crowd chanting.

    • @freesk8
      @freesk8 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Brandon, on the jet stairs, stumbling!

    • @martinlutherbling424
      @martinlutherbling424 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Brandon on the jet stairs... his feet confused.

  • @LarryJohnson-in1xi
    @LarryJohnson-in1xi ปีที่แล้ว +2

    GREAT ACTOR PAUL WINFIELD AS THE TAMARIAN. TIMBER HIS ARMS OPEN WIDE

  • @KyrosX27
    @KyrosX27 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Creed, with arms wide open.

  • @chefdean7257
    @chefdean7257 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Darmok, at El Adril, abridged. 🤓

  • @Rekuzan
    @Rekuzan ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This episode is second only to the one with the Pakleds "We look for things....things that make us go!"

    • @Darkblue4269
      @Darkblue4269 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were far from home.