Picard's announcement of Ensign Sito's death always chokes me up when I hear it. What a spectacular episode.

@veronicado1016

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. I actually thought about my best friend who passed away at young age which really made me soo sad. I miss her everyday. RIP Gwendolyn Denise Williams🙏🌹.

@mycroft16

Жыл бұрын

That one is always a hard watch. She just faces everything without flinching, chin up and you really grow to respect and care about her character. And then the announcement... it hurts.

@DMSProduktions

Жыл бұрын

Her 'death' was staged!

@OpinionFactChecker

Жыл бұрын

Starfleet fed her to the wolves, a glimpse into the organisations true nature!

@DMSProduktions

Жыл бұрын

@@OpinionFactChecker Ultimate PRAGMATISTS!

How is Nog not on here! Yes he gets promoted, but he was ensign for most of the time on DS9. And was one during the Siege of ar- 558. Where significantly helps them hold.

@mycroft16

Жыл бұрын

Let's not forget just his entire character arc going from the irresponsible prankster to actually caring, to actually becoming an ensign, and a damn fine one at that. It was fun to watch his growth.

@shanenway3684

Жыл бұрын

our 'Child just forgot about it I wouldn't worry about it

Huh, never thought about it before, but we've had some fantastic Ensigns across Trek. The Lower Decks crew, Kim, Paris (for a bit) and the GOAT: Nog.

@--Animal--

Жыл бұрын

Dang I totally forgot about Nog, now I feel horrible.

@john.premose

Жыл бұрын

Thank gol you didn't say Wesley

"Chief, I was just coming to see you. Can you believe it? They made me an Ensign." "I hadn't realized things were going so bad." "Scary, isn't it? If my classmates at the Academy could only see me now." -- Nog and Miles O'Brien, 2374 ("Favor the Bold")

@Nimmo1492

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely the most realistic piece of dialogue in the entire franchise.

I expected Sito Jaxa to be the number one spot because of her sacrifice but I'm not even disappointed. Well done ensign Rager

@DMSProduktions

Жыл бұрын

I don't think Sito, actually 'died'! She did so well, Sect 31 enlisted her! The SAME happened to Boimler's duplicate! 'Died' in the line of duty, & absorbed into Sect 31, with a new identity!

@jaygee6738

Жыл бұрын

That would be awesome if Sito actually entered section 31 and we see her in picard season 3. But I do think she is gone. That was one hell of an episode.

@DMSProduktions

Жыл бұрын

@@jaygee6738 It would!

@kerryedavis

Жыл бұрын

Ensign Rager? I think you mean Lt. Vanessa "Damn Fool" Damphousse of the Space Carrier USS Saratoga, from "Space: Above and Beyond."

@leothenomad5675

Жыл бұрын

@@kerryedavis Thats why she looked so familiar.

Ensign Suder! Played by the outstanding actor Brad Dourif. A heart rending story covering the darker side of our personalities, mental illness, ethics, and of redemption. For me, he deserves the No.1 spot.

@davidanderson_surrey_bc

Жыл бұрын

You've got MY vote.

@IMDARKFIRE007

Жыл бұрын

Good call....without him Janeway would have lived out her days bald from all the hair burning.

@kerryedavis

Жыл бұрын

Good point!

@scottmantooth8785

Жыл бұрын

*agreed*

@kerryedavis

Жыл бұрын

@@scottmantooth8785 Any relation to TV's Randolph Mantooth?

You missed Ensign Tait in Descent Parts 1& 2. If it wasn't for he and her solar blast to the Borg Juggernaught, Enterprise-D wold have been destroyed much sooner and everyone on the ground would be a goner.

@leewishnov8137

Жыл бұрын

It’s what I came to this list to add.

Ensign Rager!!! Took around 30 years, but got some love, that maneuver was wild especially when I first saw it

@mycroft16

Жыл бұрын

You know she was sitting there thinking "I've wanted to try this my whole life!" lol

@kerryedavis

Жыл бұрын

Ensign Rager? I think you mean Lt. Vanessa "Damn Fool" Damphousse of the Space Carrier USS Saratoga, from "Space: Above and Beyond."

@mycroft16

Жыл бұрын

@@kerryedavis It's been a hot damn minute since I thought about Space: Above and Beyond.

@kerryedavis

Жыл бұрын

@@mycroft16 I think yt has the episodes, at least the first.

@mycroft16

Жыл бұрын

@@kerryedavis Found the entire first season on yt. i went looking. Emergency binge. :D Man the vfx on this are janky as hell.

Glad to see Seven made the list, Relativity is one of my favorite episodes.

Harry Kim is the BESTESTEST ensign there is. Because of his speach in Endgame, they all went home together and visisted his parents.

@timmiller1954

3 ай бұрын

speech

"... and the Klingons are expedited to Grethor." I am so stealing that line.

Ro Laren deserved some love.

I miss Lind Park’s character, Hoshi Sato from “Star Trek: Enterprise”; she’s one of my top favorite characters and one of the most believable and relatable characters in the Star Trek franchise.

@DMSProduktions

Жыл бұрын

Very CUTE as well!

@garyhall2770

Жыл бұрын

Didn't she become Empress of the Terran Empire???

@DMSProduktions

Жыл бұрын

@@garyhall2770 She did! Empress Sato. An ancestor of Empress Georgiou!

@kerryedavis

Жыл бұрын

@@DMSProduktions Which means she was an ancestor of Philippa Georgiou also, of course. That is, if you go in for that "mirror universe" BS claptrap nonsense. And give a flying fart about "Discovery."

@DMSProduktions

Жыл бұрын

@@kerryedavis It's ALL a part of the Trek pantheon! MU is est fact within the ST universe!

Why Nog isn't on the list I don't know. That's a crime I tell you.

@johntrevy1

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, he should be up the top.

@derekscanlan4641

Жыл бұрын

it's a big omission. Nog/Aaron WTF!!

I love episodes like the one with Sato, wherein command crew recognize the contribution of people like Ensigns. Most of the time, when a main or major character does something heroic, a moment's consideration and thought reveals that there must be at least a few people doing their part. A good commander knows and acknowledges that, even if they deserve the "public face" credit for whatever, they can not accomplish their heroic acts without an equally heroic crew. For instance, the Pen Pals episode. The Command crew needed to discuss the incident at large and still had to run the ship on the whole. The incident will have repercussions, and they can't just drop their overall duties, so they delegate. The episode gives us a solid look at the behind the scenes efforts of the lower ranks. I haven't seen Lower Decks yet, but I'm glad to see a whole series based on the background heroes.

@PetersonZF

Жыл бұрын

Lower Decks is the best of new Trek, hands down.

It's not the first time Sarjenka encounter an droid. She would encounter T-1000 when she was in her pre-teen and tell it that JC was at the galleria.

@whitewolf3051

Жыл бұрын

Liquid metal killer cyborg is not the same as an android. A normal cyborg isn’t the same as an android either.

@tetravega567

Жыл бұрын

@@whitewolf3051 T-1000 isn't a cyborg, it has no biological components.

@AndrewD8Red

Жыл бұрын

@@whitewolf3051 Was the T-1000 a cyborg? I didn't think it had any organic components.

@acmenipponair

Жыл бұрын

Also I don't see the problem with Data talking with her. He is the MOST UNLIKELY person to have any bad intents talking with her. Don't forget, even when this mind virus made him and Tasha Yar improve their working relationship, he was most likely not much touched by it. I would be much more concerned if it would have been Commander Riker ;)

@acmenipponair

Жыл бұрын

Also by the way: She meet T-1000 AFTER she met Data ;)

Um hello what happened to Wesley Crusher and Ensign Lefler when they saved the Enterprise from the game? And what about nog? And what about Tilly?

Deep Space Nine: Ensign Nog (went from cadet to Lieutenant fast) The Next Generation: Ensign Gates (like Reyger, flew _Enterprise D_ to safety) The Original Series: Ensign Compton (straight outta nowhere and died for Kirk)

I'm amazed Riker didn't kick Rager out of the chair. "I'LL save us!"

@flaircraft

Жыл бұрын

Riker probably realized that it was such a simple maneuver that taking credit for it was beneath him... I mean there's no way to really make "I moved the throttle to full and rolled 90 degrees" look heroic on your debriefing report lol.

Ensign Kim Forever. He needs a promotion right away.

@woogha

Жыл бұрын

His pip won't arrive until Tuesday.

@chucka.3520

Жыл бұрын

@@woogha absolutely

@megatronjenkins2473

Жыл бұрын

@@woogha (Captain America meme)

@karlsmith2570

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, a promotion for Harry Kim is long overdue

@GabePuratekuta

Жыл бұрын

He was promoted like 5 years ago at STLV.

Feels like Tilly should have made the list in here somewhere. Although she's a main character. But then again, so was Wesley Crusher and Harry Kim and they both made the list, so....

@mycroft16

Жыл бұрын

Her nearly blind optimism saved Discovery so many times. Pulling off Captain Killy, her friendship with Po. She's brilliant, often surprising everyone around her with her ideas.

The crew that helped Beverly crusher fend off the Borg ship in "Descent", one of them was an ensign, yeah?

Ensign Suder's redemption was pretty good, but considering he was a serial killer I can understand why he didn't make the list :P

@mycroft16

Жыл бұрын

I love that the survival of Voyager came down to basically him, and virtually no one trusted him. He was a really cool character.

I've always loved Ensign Rager's slammin the Big D through those closing doors.

@kerryedavis

Жыл бұрын

Ensign Rager? I think you mean Lt. Vanessa "Damn Fool" Damphousse of the Space Carrier USS Saratoga, from "Space: Above and Beyond."

FYI: There was plan to bring back Dito Java in DS), but the writers never found the possibility to do so. What remains are some aid bits of Information, which became part of the game "Star Trek: Starship Creator" in which Site is exchanged during s time of peaceful diplomacy and returns to Starfleet serving on Bord the USS Norway.

Captain E. Littlechild -I'm impressed, with your research, and admiration of those with lower ranks. And, I enjoy your documentaries.

How about Wesley in the episode about the Game? A big one!

@red2001ss

Жыл бұрын

He was a Cadet in that episode, not an Ensign.

@cathytalbert6548

Жыл бұрын

@@red2001ss yes you’re right. I forgot that little detail! 😏 But the girl he met in that episode - can’t remember her name, but wasn’t she an ensign?

@red2001ss

Жыл бұрын

@@cathytalbert6548 Lefler, but she didn't do near as much as Wesley did for the crew that day.

Harry 2's tactical roll is the stuff of legends.

Thanks for giving Travis Mayweather some love!

I always thought they should have made Ensign Reaga a more prominent character. She was in several episodes and she's at the helm! Kinda an important position.

Looking sharp, Captain Littlechild.

11:48 Delta Flyer looks awfully familiar there eh Nick Tuvok "We are not building a "hot rod" Mr. Paris." Tom "Oh, come on. I had one of these when I was in the Academy!"

It seems unfair to put main character ensigns on this list, since they're much more likely to get a moment to shine than, say, Ensign Ricky.

wow! What an unexpectedly cool list!!!

Now I want a Captain Rager cameo in Picard season 3.

What about Kelvin Chekhov saving the Enterprise in Into Darkness?

TNG: Relics was one of my absolute favorites. I mean, a rare visual concept of a Dyson Sphere and Scotty? 😍 Ensign Rager had to of been trusted enough by Picard that he didn't ask Riker or Data to take over, as we see happen to many ensigns. That trust says an incredible amount.

I think I want to give a nod to ensign Lark Sage who saved the USS Sally Ride a few times with her piloting. Non canon for sure, but that RPG adventure is real good (Shield of Tomorrow/Clear Skies)

Nog and Suder need mentioning. But this list IS also quite good as-is... So maybe a Top 20 list?

Captain Kirk: Pavel, talk to me. Name! Rank! Ensign Checkov: Checkov, Pavel. Rank: Admiral!

Enjoyed the show it was hilarious 😂!

This should just be 10 different stories about Harry.... 🤣

TINYKID!!!!!! Support.

Just for that one scene, ensign Rager should have her own story.

@kerryedavis

Жыл бұрын

Ensign Rager? I think you mean Lt. Vanessa "Damn Fool" Damphousse of the Space Carrier USS Saratoga, from "Space: Above and Beyond."

Crewmen are lower decks. Ensigns or midshipmen in the rest of the world are junior officers usually called snotties and are not really lower decks.

My vote for the most striking looking ensign is Lt. Jae. What a looker....

True story… the actress who played Ensign Lang was my favorite babysitter when I was a kid. 🥰

Yes. They proposed bringing back Sito on Ds9 as a ex POW who had been brutalised for years by tge Cardassians but had been liberated or rescued. They never got round to it but it could have worked. Considering Worf was on DS 9 and Erzu Dax was a counsellor who could have treated her. It's unlikely the character will ever appear again although it's possible she c an appear in the novels or comic books which aren't canon anyway.

@mycroft16

Жыл бұрын

That would have been a hard episode to watch. The trauma and PTSD from that... not to mention the absolute mind games the Cardassians play with their prisoners. Hell, she could even have been sent back so twisted she tries to cause destruction, etc, before being helped to find herself again.

@seanbrown453

Жыл бұрын

@@mycroft16 Yes. That said ir would fit in with ST DS 9 s themes which presented darker,grittiers stories were being good or bad us defined by shades of gray. Just look atvepisodes such as Duet,Far Beyobd the Stars and In the Pale Moonlight. Those episodes could not have been done on the Next Generation.

Жыл бұрын

It could be an interesting Lower Decks episode: the OG Lower Deckers (now of course the command crew of a larger ship, plus the bartender) recruit the Cerritos ensigns to rescue Jaxa from a Cardassian black site after receiving intel that she is still alive.

Ellie wears a Starfleet uniform VERY well😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Are we not counting Ensign Lon Suder because technically he was no longer an Ensign at the time? But he spent a year learning to repress violence, disgusted at himself for the murder he had committed. Then had to gun down an engine room full of Kazon in order to help Paris take back the ship before being shot in the back. Deserves some love.

Did I misunderstand the insinuation about Pen Pals that the author thinks Data was bucking for an appearance on To Catch a Predator? What he did was against Prime Directive regulations but I don't think it was inappropriate beyond that one point.

@derekscanlan4641

Жыл бұрын

yeah, perhaps TNG lives in a more enlightened time where it's ok to have a conversation with a child and not be automatically suspected of something nefarious?

@tristanxxxx

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I don't see why that had to be labelled as "creepy". There was nothing creepy about it, unless you didn't actually watch the episode and then make some pretty creepy assumptions about Data's character.

I liked Sito, it hit hard when they revealed she didn't survive her mission. She would've made a great recurring character.

You had me at hello

What about Ensign Lefler (played by Ashley Judd) in "The Game"? She and Wesley saved the ship.

@kerryedavis

Жыл бұрын

That would be a good one, except Ashley Judd kinda went bonkers later.

I think #1 was an extreme push, but am glad Sito got some good kudos in this list.

Sito Jaxa is the first - usually only - ensign I think of. How she is number two here and not number one baffles me.

Mirror Universe (Prime Ensign) Sato is my favorite ensign.

I wish they hadn't cheaped out on the writing royalties, tying TNG to Voyager with Locarno would have been a great move instead of using the same actor and basically same back story with Paris. Better redemption arc.

@doctorroboto5018

Жыл бұрын

Also, Ensign Taitt from Descent pt 2 deserved a mention.

The reason Starfleet keeps Harry as ensign is because they have seen futures where he's a heroic starship captain and don't want their future officer corps to all feel inadequate by comparison. :p

Go Ensigns!

DAMN STRAIGHT ENSIGN RAGER WAS NUMBER 1; her nimble fingers and quick wit saved the old Enterprise-D in the knick of time.

@kerryedavis

Жыл бұрын

Ensign Rager? I think you mean Lt. Vanessa "Damn Fool" Damphousse of the Space Carrier USS Saratoga, from "Space: Above and Beyond."

I actually loved Ensign Ro. She was just so cute! I did copy her hairband style for… longer than is sane

It's nice to see that no one from House Duras wasn't unpunished for their dishonor.

Oh my!! Unisex showers!. Are cadets really being mistreated?! 😯😂😀🤘

Honestly ensign Kim was downright exploited after risking life and limb for seven years he never got promoted even after Voyager picked up some rogue Starfleet officers from another ship trapped in the Delta quadrant. I mean how many times did he literally die for the ship that at least deserves a pip. Chakotay didn't think Kim could cut Starfleet but he proved him wrong.

Ellie, my young friend! You are functioning at Warp 10!:)

Elemental or instrumental?

6:08 Annika Hanson was the name of Jeri Ryan's character from Star Trek Voyager, and an unofficial name for Star Trek Picard, so far as I know

How many times have Ensigns saved the day? Every day. They just don't get the credit.

All the ensigns as a whole performed admirably in their tasks, mainly to die horrible, grisly deaths, from getting shrunk down to little crushable talcum powder blocks, to being run through with telephone pole sized spears, the steadfastly marched forward to their deaths, so that the stars of the show could heroically carry on. Thus the legend of the red shirt was born!!😀👍

Harry's biggest fail: Saying "no" when 7of9 wanted to copulate.

Pardon the Seinfeld reference, but yes, Dalen Quaice's (I mean Sid Fields') Senegalese housekeeper gets the top spot on this list.

The original Harry never died! All matter on the ship was duplicated in a way that they were both the original material that was split and duplicated. So they both were the original Harry.

love the list but missing ensign Roe laren

Crusher and Leffler...The Game!

I'd've swapped Rager and Sito, but it was a close thing.

I don't believe it's canon, but the 'original' Harry Kim sorta survives. The game 'Star Trek Online' shows how his body is picked up by the Kobali...a species that requires alien corpses to reproduce. They somehow 'infect' these corpses with a virus that slowly transforms them into new Kobali and then resurrects them (not necessarily in that order). The new Kobali at first has fairly strong memories and personality traits of their old life, but quickly these fade and they become truly new entities...with a weird background and origin. So...that happened to the original Harry.

Ensign Sato should by No.1

14:20 What does INCREADIBLE mean?

wish these had the episodes listed in the comments

@megatronjenkins2473

Жыл бұрын

Or in the description. Might as well wish for a neon pony while you're at it.

@mysickfix

Жыл бұрын

@@megatronjenkins2473 yea, if wishes were horses....... :)

Yu, is a badass.... LOL

Ensign now Captain Kim, in Star Trek Online, meets his old doppleganger self when your character meets him in the Delta Quadrant. Your character has little input on his feelings, but Kim feels all sorts of things....having thought that version (the OG version) was lost forever. I forget the whole story, but Ensign Kim does get a second chance at life. Just not the life he expected.

Ensign Chekov somewhat helped cured Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Scott from an disease in the episode “The Deadly Years”. Later in the episode, after finding the cure, Kirk saved the day, but it would not be possible without Chekov’s fear on the planet surface (an increase of adrenaline which was the cure). Watch the episode if you don’t believe me.

After Voyager Harry makes quite a career in Star Trek canon and non canon

ellie- you sound like you're enjoying this one... I feel a certain identification happening... are you the ensign of TrekCulture? heheh

She didn't even destroy the ...antenna dish on the roof ( ha ha) Lando Calrissian got "more than a scratch" on the Falcon in ROTJ after promising Han "I won't get a scratch on her".....

IT should be noted that with Ensign Lang, that is from Season 3 Ep 24, so she has at least 3 years of Starfleet experience, its not like she was fresh out of the Academy

In Star Trek Online Harry Kim reappears as a captain. Eternal Ensign no more.

In the alternative future seen at the start of the series finale, "Endgame", Kim has been promoted to the rank of Captain aboard the USS Rhode Island.

Harry Kim is the de facto best ensign!

Missed opportunity to plug Star Trek Online by bringing up "the original Harry Kim" being revived by the Kobali. Also, "Lower Decks! Lower Decks! Lower Decks!" should've been first.

Ensign Rager? I think you mean Lt. Vanessa "Damn Fool" Damphousse of the Space Carrier USS Saratoga, from "Space: Above and Beyond."

How dare you assume data would have done anything inappropriate with a child, especially after he literally didnt even know what to do with tasha when she threw herself at him 1 season earlier

@derekscanlan4641

Жыл бұрын

it's the age we live in - if you speak to a child who's not family, you must be some kind of predator

@kerryedavis

Жыл бұрын

@@derekscanlan4641 Often, not even if it's a family member.

Harry Kim, number 4? Should be 1

The ensign who upstaged the arrogant lieutenant by successfully triggering a solar flare when the Enterprise was hiding from the Borg in a stars corona :)

One thing that annoys me about Star Trek is that it makes ensigns out to be the equivalent of lower enlisted in the real life military when irl ensigns are officers and carry much responsibility and respect.

I like how Lang crumples with a phaser hit.

@davidanderson_surrey_bc

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I noticed that too. Sort of an Ed Grimley moment. "I've been phasered, don't you know? Feels sort of tingly, I must say."

I like how the Enterprise series brought how dodgy the Klingons actually are. Worf though was raised by humans. Vulcans weren't much better!

I guess the reasons they don't do stuff like the L-manouevre often has several reasons: a. you can get dizzy when you see your ship moving up or down but don't feel it. That effect is the major reason VR can get quite problematic, when you don't move yourself around with what you see. So they avoid this stuff and stay in the plain field. Interestingly in the Captain Future Anime they showed how frightening it can look to an untrained person when you do such movements or even fly in spirals b. also the initial dampers are most likely best when the ship is not moving in abrupt movements away from the enforced gravity field direction. Yes, you might not feel much when the ship is doing a looping while also doing spiral movements - but the dampers have to work hard = can fail more easily - and you don't want your crew to abruptly hit the ceiling just because one of your dampers failed.

@garyhall2770

Жыл бұрын

You would think that a military organization that works in space would train for all that but what do I know.

Young minds, fresh ideas, as Kirk once said... :P