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@Raymaster7482

2 жыл бұрын

One of my most favourit episodes of TNG

I love how the creative team behind this episode trusts the audience in this scene to understand what is going on without expository dialogue. We don't need to have it explained to us that her emotional outburst here exposed her witchhunt as a personal obsession, and that her credibility was shattered in an instant. The moment passes almost wordlessly afterwards, as everyone leaves the room, following the admiral until even her aides abandon her and she is left alone with her shame. Unspoken actions like this are brilliant drama, illustrating profound human truths without the need for words.

@mousermind

2 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@westmcgee9320

2 жыл бұрын

…and now you’ve ruined it! Geez. You couldn’t wait another 30 years?!

@breandanm3298

2 жыл бұрын

And then you had to go ruin it by explaining it to me. Damn you Zentakai! Damn you to Hell !!!!

@sidwills

2 жыл бұрын

So often these days the writers "dumb down" scenes like this by having a character state the (seemingly) obvious. Far better to trust the actors to do their jobs and the audience to understand

@boscovilante4068

2 жыл бұрын

I thought Admiral Henry overdosed on beans which then required an immediate evacuation of the entire room.

The visiting Admiral had no speaking lines, but his action of simply standing and then walking out as Satee revealed herself for what she was. That act spoke louder than any words could.

@michaeledmunds7266

2 жыл бұрын

"I've seen all I need to."

@Tigerkaya

2 жыл бұрын

“Damn I missed my golf holodeck for this?!”

@Padge112

2 жыл бұрын

And his silence spoke volumes.

@ttanza4004

2 жыл бұрын

By getting up and walking out, He was basically saying "alright, I've seen enough".

@lennierofthethirdfaneofchu7286

2 жыл бұрын

One of the best bits of acting you'll see from someone without any spoken lines.

She couldn't handle the truth.....and the truth was her father's quote. No wonder she lost it. Her father reached out from the grave to spank her, and she was pissed that Picard woke him.

@jacksonheathen2092

2 жыл бұрын

She was kind of a nut job.

@davidgraham2673

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacksonheathen2092 , Absolutely. She was the worst kind of nut job. A righteous one with a mission, and the wherewithal to pull it off. Scary combination, really.

@andyakers4329

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like a reason she was retired lol...total wack job

@thehelixgroup

2 жыл бұрын

This is a scene that is required for the modern day. We are currently living through a time where people will enact witch hunts in a perverted sense of progress thus tainting the very morals they hold dear. Unfortunately that first thought was censored and that link has chained us and damaged us all. The question that is on my mind is how do we course correct? How do we shape the future? I should also clarify, whatever your feelings might be each one of us can point to multiple issues in which people act in the exact same way as this woman does. It's a pervasive mentality that I would argue has infected all aspects of intellectual discussion particularly here on social media. I feel myself included we are all guilty of succumbing to "righteous" fear and I for one do not like how it is changing me and I endeavour to try to expand my mind further so I can get to the heart of the many issues that currently plague us.

@Stallion386

2 жыл бұрын

@@thehelixgroup A pity the modern Picard is now the night job.

She hurls his greatest trauma at him and he holds his ground. He *mentions* her father and she snaps like a twig. It's clear who has more integrity there.

@kishascape

4 ай бұрын

and who is a fascist there. (It's her)

She's as good at seeing levers and pressure points in people as he is, and nastier with it, but he's a lot better at taking fire under pressure, for sure. He hit her right in the daddy issues.

@jasonpye4649

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yea definitely lol...dug it right in the core issues

@Zoras88

2 жыл бұрын

The power to pressure others is a responsibility. To be used for the benefit of others in the name of peace and sanity. Though more often it is misused for personal gain as you could see with the Admiral and her witch hunts.

@jasonpye4649

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zoras88 yup

@Padge112

2 жыл бұрын

The age old issue with extremely left wing leaning females hahaha

@jasonpye4649

2 жыл бұрын

@@Padge112 maybe she's actually right-leaning, we don't really know in this episode. Oh yeah, by the way I like the cat in your profile picture.

Imagine how many good star fleet officers got their careers and lives ruined by her paranoia.

@Rhyza13

2 жыл бұрын

Much like a lot of movements today are doing to innocent people.

@jacksonheathen2092

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rhyza13 Very well said.

@rjframe4410

2 жыл бұрын

this happens in the US military ALOT

@YD-uq5fi

2 жыл бұрын

A lot, including bigger men than Picard.

@davidtherwhanger6795

2 жыл бұрын

Not paranoia. Envy. She knew she was not the person her... father?... grandfather?... whatever, was. But she idolized him. And an envious person will always try to tear down others to make themselves look higher by comparison.

Picard: "Your daddy says you've been a bad girl." FATALITY

@beingsshepherd

2 жыл бұрын

SUB-ZERO WINS

@MirekFe

2 жыл бұрын

😂👏👏👏👏

@GrimmLeoricShadow909

2 жыл бұрын

Bruh, it would kill me if his ghost said that to her 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣.

@SkrapMetal84

2 жыл бұрын

Toasty!

@chrismc410

Жыл бұрын

Also Picard: and it would improve your disposition to go to Risa. Take this: *gives her a Horga'hn*

She starts with leading and biased interrogation with no interrogative or probing value, but instead begging the question and disturbing ad hominems. She attacks him like a child, assuming his guilt, which should have been plainly obvious. So, in response, Picard states an irrelevant response, ignoring the petty questions and going for the throat of her argument. He does this while ALSO making it incredibly personal, at her only distinct emotional vulnerability, WITHOUT technically using an Ad Hominem argument. He simply cites precedent and ideas of another, more esteemed judge. This man plays poker.

@kennethqueen9629

2 жыл бұрын

And he wins

@jacksonheathen2092

2 жыл бұрын

She's like a cop trying to intimidate an innocent person into confessing to a crime they didn't commit. Typically interrogation tactics.

@misterspaceman9563

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacksonheathen2092 It's a tactic that works on the young and ignorant. Picard is neither. She really should have realized he was above such tactics.

@jacksonheathen2092

2 жыл бұрын

@@misterspaceman9563 Exactly.

@Damorann

2 жыл бұрын

@@misterspaceman9563 It actually works on a lot of people under pressure. When accused, we tend to fire back and justify ourselves, which people like Satie use to show that the person in question is guilty. It takes a long time to learn not to bite back but to do what Picard does. Luckily, we can all learn that skill.

I love the acting of the Admiral in this scene. He straight up says "I have had enough of this shitshow" and straight up leaves. Prosecution was full of shit.

@edinfific2576

2 жыл бұрын

Prosecution is often full of shit. They want to hold the accused to the highest standards of the law which they trample upon daily by abusing their powers to serve their own agendas.

@oddish4352

2 жыл бұрын

You could see how appalled he was when Satie spat "you dirty his name when you speak it"... he was saying to himself, what the hell kind of psycho have we let loose?!

@raptus9115

2 жыл бұрын

@@oddish4352 She basically dictated what Picard had apparently done, she revealed she had convicted him before the trial even took place, at that moment it was over.

@oddish4352

2 жыл бұрын

@@raptus9115 When I'm quoting the best lines in Trek, I actually include the admiral's "..." He never says a word. He doesn't have to. With his silent departure, everyone knows it's Game Over.

@GenGamesUniverse

7 ай бұрын

That was the thing, it was like when the Federation tried to make Kirk the scapegoat so they could keep the war between the klingons going, the Federation tried again here with her trying to paint everyone else in a sympathetic light, yet paint Picard as this "Borg sympathizer" when clearly he was kidnapped and assimilated against his will. And the sad part about it is, is that even when the first contact incident happened, Picard was told adamantly by Starfleet to stay away from Sector 001, but Picard ended up disobeying those orders.

This lady's a piece of work. In a few minutes, she paints Picard as incompetent and a Romulan AND BORG collaborator.

@lelonfurr1200

2 жыл бұрын

suprised sne didnt call gim a dem or repub

@davecrupel2817

2 жыл бұрын

Im.surprised she didn't try calling him a racist, sexist, homophobe, etc. etc. etc.

@abehambino

2 жыл бұрын

@@davecrupel2817 the way Hollywood is going, don’t be to surprised when they remake this episode with such.

@davecrupel2817

2 жыл бұрын

@@abehambino I won't be.

@michaelgreenwood3413

2 жыл бұрын

@@abehambino The Judge is literally how the GOP act when the Dems quote Republicans before they became shitholes.

"I've taken down bigger men than you, Picard." Lady, you've never gone up against Jean-Luc Picard!

@zagnorch1336

2 жыл бұрын

Not even having a lot of friends at Starfleet Command will help, as Admiral Pressman would discover three years later.

@adaeptzulander2928

2 жыл бұрын

But, .., there are no men bigger than Picard.

@paytahblazed6107

2 жыл бұрын

Lady, you've never gone up against The Jean-Luc Picard!*

@YoRocky89

2 жыл бұрын

@@adaeptzulander2928 Maybe Kirk, lol?

@eidespere

2 жыл бұрын

@@YoRocky89 she hasn't gone against or taken down Kirk though.

" A reputation is a thing that takes a lifetime to build...and only a single moment to destroy"

Those words were spoken 30 years ago as of 2021. And even now they resonate harder than ever before.

@teleportedbreadfor3days

9 ай бұрын

Star Trek’s general themes have never been so important as they are in these recent years, and when NuTrek stuff started coming out, they think it’s appropriate to do the opposite, almost as if they hated such morality and optimistic positivity. It may sound absurd, but some people out there actually openly despise morality.

@enikata7349

9 ай бұрын

@@teleportedbreadfor3days So true, one only has to look a the state of the world to see that

@Boss__CQC

8 ай бұрын

As Picard says, ‘Constant Vigilance’ is required to ward against such abuses. This is the price we all must pay for freedom

@teleportedbreadfor3days

8 ай бұрын

@@Boss__CQC He just said vigilance, as not everybody warrants being wary of. Sadly, some people do.

@Boss__CQC

8 ай бұрын

@@teleportedbreadfor3days Quite right, I just re watched it

"one wonders how you can sleep at night." Oh no! Your unnecessary attack on his conscience activated his trap card, Superior Wisdom and Intellect. It allows him to draw on the words of anyone's ancestors, and he just chose ~your father~.

@dac314

2 жыл бұрын

It's time to d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-dismiss this case!

@MIGBMWLOVER

9 ай бұрын

did you just Yugi- ohed the whole scene?

@Kdssow

9 ай бұрын

I summon Pot of Greed to draw three additional cards from my deck!

That moment when Adm. Henry decides he has better things he could be doing. "Hell, they hooked me up with HBO Max a bag of potato chips 'n salsa back in that suite... I'm out of here."

What sticks out to me is that Picard had to TELL her that her dad came up with that passage, and that she didn’t recognize it after the first few words. Imagine your dad coming up with a historical quote, and you can’t be bothered to recognize it when it’s quoted out-of-the-blue.

@literallyanangrymoose7717

2 жыл бұрын

I suspect she was in shock at hearing it

@brandonfrancey5592

2 жыл бұрын

Picard was telling US who said it. She knew exactly what it was but wasn't expecting it. She spent the whole time attacking Picard. So expertly dismissing every defense he responded with as she was so accustom to doing. Picard: "I've documented every incident in my reports." Satie: "Yes, and we're looking in to those reports, very carefully." Then Picard quoted Judge Satie, her own father. Her first instinct would be to dismiss or discredit the quote, but that was her father. He was one of the good guys. She couldn't do that. But Picard was one of the bad guys, or so she has already decided. He can't be on the same side as her father. And when she finally realized Picard took away her only avenue or response, she didn't know what to do and freaked out because she wasn't in total control anymore.

@SBaby

7 ай бұрын

I think she knew. That was more plot exposition for the audience. Kind of like how Picard probably would've know what took place on that Stardate, but asked for it to be elaborated on, because the show knew there might be audience members who missed it.

Apart from the usual class acting from Patrick Stewart, nailing his adversary to the desk, the superb Jean Simmonds also showed her extaordinary repertoire by her response, demonstrating the power of a woman on a vengeance mission being cut to the quick by her adversary. She acted the part with magnificent style. A very startling and suspenseful scene unusual in a Scifi Story. Wonderful and unexpected.

@pistontube

2 жыл бұрын

It isn't often that the acting, writing and casting are so wonderfully equal in their superb quality. This scene couldn't have been more perfect. Goosebumps every single time.

@fuferito

11 ай бұрын

Top tier talent. She worked with Kirk Douglas and Stanley Kubrick in _Spartacus._

@thegameknight8916

9 ай бұрын

Something to think on? _Look at the facial expressions of everyone in the room._

The scary thing about this moment is…it completely relies on the integrity of the rest of the attendees to not just realize, but act on the new revelation that occurred before them. If the majority decided to turn a blind eye, you’d have the subversion of and corruption of justice. It’s that slippery of a slope. More people need to see this episode, especially those in law enforcement here in the states.

@lamueldagon7618

2 жыл бұрын

In the UK too

@bassandtrebleclef

2 жыл бұрын

And not just in law enforcement. Political leaders- all of them- need to understand that without trust, there's little left.

@JohnnyAngel8

2 жыл бұрын

Like Orange Menace's Cabinet members.

@bigtony4930

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyAngel8 TDS spotted

@GenericSpace

Жыл бұрын

@@bigtony4930 ...but of course. How else do you expect them to "meet new people". Certainly not based on their own merits as a person. Far easier to condemn someone important - someone famous, and then ride them and even whip that image until they've milked it for all it's worth. It's not like they could brag about voting for someone like, "Let's go Brandon!" or "Corn-Pop" etc. as they would surely be laughed at until they fell down in tears at the realization of being a great !@#$ up.

Q watching from his fifth-dimensional living room: "Oh, well played, Jean-Luc."

@stevenshewfelt888

2 жыл бұрын

sometimes i think Q was setting up jean Luc picard in all of his adventures in every way possible...

@Zomboy123456789

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenshewfelt888 The god is playing with his dolls again...

@thegameknight8916

6 ай бұрын

Also Q: ...Well, to be fair, she _did_ have it coming.

This might be one of my favorite episodes. "vigilance is the price we must continue to pay" Timeless and prophetic words of wisdom.

@beingsshepherd

2 жыл бұрын

With the greatest respect: _"Vigilance Mr. Worf. That is the price we have to continually pay."_

@homer1075

2 жыл бұрын

@@beingsshepherd you're correct. Thank you!

@Dowlphin

2 жыл бұрын

That is a very vague statement, though, so easy to bend to wicked wills.

After S3E4 of Picard its becomes so painfully clear that he never stops standing trial for what was done to him by the Borg.

Picard wasn't looking distraught because of what she was saying, he was distraught because he was left with no choice but to destroy her, and brutally he did. All her grand standing, all her threats and intimidation, yet he only needed to utter a single quote to bring her down.

@girlgarde

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he didn't want to destroy Satie out of respect for her and her father but he had no choice, she had to be stopped.

@jayt9608

2 жыл бұрын

He made multiple appeals to her to cease. However, I believe she handed him his weapon earlier when she quoted her father's words to her. In that instant she showed her weakness and destroyed herself.

@Xardion55

2 жыл бұрын

And this is why you do not press the 'He was once Borg' button...

@Kromaatikse

2 жыл бұрын

@@Xardion55 WE ARE BORG. LOWER YOUR SHIELDS AND SURRENDER YOUR SHIPS. WE WILL ADD YOUR TECHNOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVENESS TO OUR OWN. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.

@smartalec2001

2 жыл бұрын

@@Xardion55 He's Locutus alright. 'The One Who Speaks'.

Sabin Genestra: Perhaps we should call a recess, until tomorrow. Captain Picard: That wont be necessary. Mr. Worf, please escort the admiral and her staff to the transporter room. Mr. Worf: With pleasure, sir.

@FutureDeep

2 жыл бұрын

Picard: Beam her back and forth until something goes wrong.

@ethenallen1388

2 жыл бұрын

I think he was trying to find a way of distancing himself from someone who had just become a very bad career move.

@kellyweingart3692

2 жыл бұрын

“Mr. Worf, please escort the admiral and her staff to the airlock” Worf: “With pleasure, sir” 😂

@newdefsys

2 жыл бұрын

@@kellyweingart3692 Hold on, this aint BSG. Lol

@HariSeldon913

2 жыл бұрын

@@FutureDeep No need. There were no ships or habitable worlds within transporter range.

In the world today this is closer to home than the writers could've imagined

@Italian69Boi

2 жыл бұрын

👏🏽👍🏼👏🏽👍🏼

@Phatnaru0002

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly. As the woke sweep through and ban speech and expression. Back in the days that this show was written, it was the Left that stood for freedom and liberty. Sad how things flipped. You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

@KayossSZ

2 жыл бұрын

@@Phatnaru0002 The Right are the original cancel culture warriors and still retain that title. Look up the "Satanic Panic". Then look at what they're trying to do today in rewriting our history, saying things like "slavery wasn't that bad" and such.

@alcoholandfun243

2 жыл бұрын

@@KayossSZ No one thinks slavery wasn't that bad. But I honestly think you don't understand what slavery was actually like in the past and how it was dismantled.

@Phatnaru0002

2 жыл бұрын

@@KayossSZ Wrong. You are right that the Right were the original cancel culture warriors. That's long since changed. Any semblance of cancelling right-wingers have been ostracized by the Right (for the time-being anyway). Meanwhile the Left is producing, AND ELEVATING TO THE MAINSTREAM, SJWs and hypersensitive identity politics. These days, the Right barely do anything to affect laws and policy at all, let alone cancel. Meanwhile, the "Progressives" are trying to cancel something new everyday, and often succeeding.

Picard knew he was going to have to confront Satie in this scene and when she started to pummel him with technical violations of Starfleet rules and regulations, he knew he was in for it. But when Worf came to his defense and she and her Betazed stabbed Worf for something Picard knows the truth for. Picard knew he had to pick up the proverbial bat'leth that Worf dropped for him and take her to task when she in a moment arrogance and boasting attacked him for his experiences with the Borg. And all it took was to throw her father's own words back at her and he was absolutely right doing so. The meltdown was perfect to see the whole thing was sham she kept going for no reason other than to weld immense political and judicial powers she didn't deserve to have.

@kellyberry

2 жыл бұрын

Did she Fight at Wolf 359? Because if she Didn't how can she really understand what Picard felt during that battle? I bet Day and Night those Faces of People and Starships that were lost would haunt him alot I believe it will always remind him. So Is the Borg Queen a Startrek Female Version of Hitler? does the Battle at Wolf 359 remind anybody of any real Wars fought in reality?

@ethenallen1388

2 жыл бұрын

I think that Picard always knew how to take her down: let her build up the tension and then recite that quote from her father. Her own obsession did the rest.

@danieldickson8591

Жыл бұрын

@@ethenallen1388 But I believe he didn't want to do it. When he put his hand to his forehead, it was him reluctantly coming to terms with destroying a brilliant woman with a stellar career and reputation. But if Picard was to stop this travesty, she didn't leave him any other choice.

@bigdrew565

Жыл бұрын

​@@danieldickson8591 when you watch All good things and they do the time shift to 2363 and you realize that she signed his orders for him to take command of the Enterprise, this scene hits different. It's not just that he was taking someone down that he held in high regard, but was responsible for putting him in his position. Not sure if it was a retcon or not. But damn, the writers played the long con.

Stupendous scene. I hope Simon Tarsis was allowed to keep his position in Starfleet.

@spartacus778

2 жыл бұрын

I think it was in one of the DS9 novels that Tarsis became a highly respected chief medical officer on a ship somewhere. Good for him!

@jeffnarrow3059

2 жыл бұрын

In the novels of Star Trek: Destiny, where the entire Federation and allies fight the Borg, Tarsis is chief medical officer of Ezri Dax's ship, the Avintine.

@spartacus778

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffnarrow3059 Thank you for the info! I read quite a few Trek books a long time ago and could not remember which one Tarsis was in.

@jeffnarrow3059

2 жыл бұрын

@@spartacus778 You're welcome. I have a huge collection of Star Trek books, and I read them every day.

@spartacus778

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffnarrow3059 a man of culture. I love to see it. keep it real, sir

2:15 Action speaks louder than words. When the Admiral stood up and walked out of the room, he basically implied "That's it. I have enough of this bullshit."

@Teachermook

3 ай бұрын

Well said. His leaving showed that he had enough of this stupidity. But something went unseen I think. Her aid said "we will call a recess. UNTIL TOMORROW." He wasn't totally convinced.

The most telling part of that scene was when the kiss-ass syncophantic assistant (tall lady) walked out of the room along with everyone else at the end of the clip. Even kiss-ass assistants have a limit and you know you're in trouble when they turn on you.

@CaptainRon956

2 жыл бұрын

Who is she? She’s gorgeous

Many applauses to Admiral Boss, who destroyed Satie without even uttering a word

"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably". One of the best comebacks in TV history!

@Joshua-ew6ks

2 жыл бұрын

Words that are much needed today. "With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably". Even today, (Oct 2021) there are people behind powerful companies, and those in high places in government that want to shape the minds and hearts of the people. THEY have control of all the cultural institutions--they control the megaphones. THEY want you to only think what they want. And if you don't agree, THEY will silent you, limit the reach of your voice, or assign evil labels to you (which probably belongs to them). THEY will decided what is true and what is not for you. THEY will not let the people decide; instead they remove the conversation, because THEY are afraid of letting the people decided from their selves. THEY hide behind cloaks of goodness, but THEIR perceived motives are just a trojan horse. THEY don't want you to have freedom of thought. THEY want you to convert to THEIR way of thinking only. And THEY will outcast you, and turn the people agaist you if you don't comply. And many people will cheer for it. Because those people allowed themselves to be deceived. They don't know that one day, THEY will come for them too, because those people are not progressing towards the next chapter in THEIR corrective thinking program. It just a matter of time. Though, I have it on good authority that "THEY" will soon be expose, and "THEY" will go away. And when that happens, the people need to wise up, so a new "THEY" will never emerge again.

@gamewarrior2216

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joshua-ew6ks But they will emerge again. Watch the next clip.

@ericpetersen230

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joshua-ew6ks how very Q-anon of you

@Joshua-ew6ks

2 жыл бұрын

@@ericpetersen230 I don't get the reference.

@karlsmith2570

2 жыл бұрын

And it definitely is an accurate description of the Biden administration

The great Jean Simmons as Admiral Satee. One of the grand ladies of old-school Hollywood, showing she can still bring the honey and the hemlock.

@reelsoffortuneslotsplay4267

2 жыл бұрын

One of the best.. I noticed similarities between her work on The Thornbirds and Patrick Stewarts work in Sarek where they both conveyed the sorrow of unspoken feelings and missed opportunities

Admiral Thomas Henry's face was like, "I can't believe I had to give up front-row seats at the UFP Parrises Squares Championship game for this nonsense."

2:58 "Perhaps we should call a recess until tomorrow?" 3:02 *No, I think we're done here*

I HAVE TO BELIEVE that this was a MUST WATCH in the BetterCallSaul writers room when they wrote Chicanery... both scenes are brilliant :) 🖖

@Italian69Boi

2 жыл бұрын

omg that episode WAS THE BEST! when Chuck goes on that rant about Jimmy then looks over at the judges and they are all giving him a dirty look 🤣 and the battery in the pocket! LOVED IT. Loved the Exit signs buzzing close up at the end LOL Can't wait for final season.

@zagnorch1336

2 жыл бұрын

I especially enjoyed the awkward pregnant pause from the time the admiral exited the chamber door in disgust to the moment Satie states that she has nothing more to say. It ran for the perfect amount of time, making the viewer realize that this nonsense is over with... ...until the next time... and the next... and the next... and so on ad infinitum. You know, vigilance being the price we must eternally pay and such.

@BinarySecond

2 жыл бұрын

PICARD DEFECATED IN A SUNROOF

@freddie-fucknmercury891

2 жыл бұрын

@@BinarySecond well, maybe they had it coming

@sirwumpyflump6159

2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy: Can you reach into your breast pocket and tell me what's there? Chuck: ...it's a bean.

At first, it was reasonable of Starfleet to turn her loose on this case. When it comes to espionage and subterfuge, catching spies and criminals is difficult work and they don't always leave enough evidence behind for you to get them with it. So sometimes the "shake the trees and see what falls out" approach is necessary. As long as she remained within the confines of people's rights, a little pressure is fine. But Picard saw her slowly getting careless in the insinuations she was making and knew that although insinuations might be kosher, Starfleet wouldn't tolerate her throwing full accusations around with no evidence. All he had to do was press her buttons in such a way as to provoke an accusation she had no evidence for, and Starfleet would immediately see that the investigation had run its course and she had nothing. So he made an argument against her methods that he knew she couldn't directly contradict since it was in her father's words, and she'd never directly contradict her father. So if she couldn't bear to call her father's words irrelevant, she would have to attack Picard himself for speaking them. And she was already so close to accusing him of something that she would probably blunder over the line. As soon as she used the word "traitorous" in reference to Picard without any evidence, let alone solid evidence, of treason... Admiral Henry knew her methods would yield no further fruit and that if she was allowed to continue she could only embarrass Starfleet.

This was a brilliant episode. Picard knew that quoting her father against her would provoke her based on the conversation they had in his ready room. He outmaneuvered her and showed her for what she was -- a woman with deep emotional damage who was acting out instead of addressing her pain. Great writing.

It's quite fascinating how the score can make the scene. From despair, to hope, and back to despair in just a few moments

@jackcawley4242

2 жыл бұрын

The ST theme coming in under Picard's speech is perfect.

@darienwhite6223

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackcawley4242 Would you happen to know where I could find that track?

@danieldickson8591

Жыл бұрын

@@jackcawley4242 It wasn't exactly the show's theme, but it was meant to sound strong and noble, like Picard and his words. With that music the whole mood of the scene shifts.

@thegameknight8916

9 ай бұрын

More like: Despair, hope, madness and back to despair.

@hdbrot

8 ай бұрын

And finally to a little tune about beans.

She reminds me of Glenn Close’s character in Damages. An entire life devoted to a mere job, with absolutely nothing to show for it.

The genius part is how this episode resulted from the production team running out of budget to do a typical action packed episode with lots of expensive special effects

The most tragic thing about Satie is that she wasn't an evil villainess out to destroy the Federation or plotted to turn it into a brutal dictatorship, she was trying to PROTECT the Federation and democracy. Alas, she got overzealous and unjustly persecuted Simon Tarses just because his grandfather was Romulan. Granted, the Romulans are master spies but the idea that there was some sort of multi-generational conspiracy and spy ring and that Simon Tarses was working for the Romulans was stupid. With that twisted logic, we should automatically suspect all Vulcans of being in league with the Romulans but then again, Satie and her aides likely believe that to be the case.

@elyastoohey6621

2 жыл бұрын

The problem is one of fear. And obsession. She had it stunned into her an obsessive love of “the federation” as something stagnant. What was to love was “her federation” Obsession brings with it a sense of ownership. If you’re obsessed with a video game. You see it as yours. The game is meant for you. Satie had nothing but the federation, by her own admission. Her obsession was arguably to a sheree of a surrogate Munchhausen by proxy.manufacturing problems that didn’t exist. Giving herself the validation of a crusade, and validating her own obsession and fears someone was out to tear it down from the inside. To accuse Picard, the man who saved earth at least twice (first season with those brain bugs that were infecting the senior command. And then the Borg) is lunacy. But she sees someone at odds with her obsession. In fact by not validating her obsession, he marks himself as an enemy. That’s how obsessive people work. You either validate them, or you’re an enemy. The genius of Picard, is that he recognises her father was a great man. And his greatness is what spawned this woman’s obsession. And he used that greatness to expose her obsession. Note, her father’s words were as a judge.not as a father. A judge makes law for all. Yet she would claim exclusive rights to his words. That possessiveness on display. As much as I hate Satie, great character for someone who’s studied post graduate psychology. Also the reason why I hate her. I have had to work (mostly with women) like her. They make terrible people. You just hope nobody ever gets them pregnant. Otherwise that poor child..

@smartalec2001

7 ай бұрын

Even from her rant, it sounds as if this isn't just about punishing Picard for going against her. She really is genuinely suspicious of him, and thinks he's a likely traitor, a collaborator with the Romulans.

Here's my interpretation of this: Admiral Satie's paranoia and baseless accusations were probably nothing more than an attempt to uphold her father's legacy. The way she idolized him and mentioned their family dinners undoubtedly proves that she wanted to make him proud of her. Picard probably knew this, and that was why he quoted her father: He was subtly telling her that she was, in fact, dishonoring his legacy, and wanted to give her one last chance to realize it and stop. Instead, she blew her top, exposing herself. Upon hearing her outburst, Admiral Henry realized the truth of these investigations and left, annoyed that his time had been waisted. Upon seeing this, Satie probably realized that Picard was right, which was why she stayed in the room: She reflected on the realization that by ruining her credibility possibly irreparably, she would have to spend the rest of her life knowing that she'd let her father down forever.

LOVED the ship centered philosophical episodes. This is the TNG i love

The admiral has seen enough lol

@taopilot2669

2 жыл бұрын

"Screw this, I'll be in ten forward."

There is a big piece in this and other episodes that show one of the great things about TNG that are missing from so many shows today to add 'excitement'. Picard dealt with a whole bunch of corrupt officers in Starfleet, but when he exposed them they were taken down by Starfleet. Today every show has to have everyone but the immediate heroes being corrupt to make them seem more courageous. But this was about an institution that works in spite of having corrupt people. And people wonder why everybody sees corruption in every government decision that is disagreed with. It's become our culture

She is so good in this role. Wow.

2:18 Admiral Satie: "I brought down bigger men then you, Picard!" Admiral Henry (by walking out) and Captain Picard (to himself): "Yeah, but not the Captain of the flagship!"

When Admiral Seti is left alone in the room, you can hear all those Sith holocrons hissing at her in the silence...

This is happening today in so many places, a prosecutor wants convictions more than justice.

So glad to have seen the great Jean Simmons on this episode.

@GustavPapillon

2 жыл бұрын

I thought I recognized her voice. She played the older Sophie in "Howl's Moving Castle".

@user-vn7sj5ig8w

2 жыл бұрын

@@GustavPapillon 👍

She only “exposes” herself. Lovely writing, acting and overall production. Star Trek: Next Generation.. one of the few brilliant sequels in television history. Subbed.

@jlambe19

17 күн бұрын

Borrowed heavily from captain Queeg's trial in the "Caine Mutiny"

"The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we are all damaged" I use to think that this was such a great quote, but now I return to see this episode and this speech and I just feel bittersweet about it, I loved this scene and how correct it felt what Picard said but I guess now that I've grown up I realize that people just use that to mean whatever the hell they want since "the freedom of a man" is an incredibly vague term.

@williammorahan4907

4 ай бұрын

“Someone’s got to take it to far, and ruin it for everyone else”.

Satie started a fight with Jean-luc Picard... and he finished it. That outburst was the emotional equivalent of a warp core breach. I just wish we could have seen what happened when Satie got called to the admiral's quarters to explain herself, and got subsequently put back out to pasture for good. If he rekt her that hard without talking, imagine what happened when he actually opened his mouth...

That interrogator came so close to dying painfully when he brought up Worfs father! Lol

Look at Worf's face at 1:59. He was like, "Seriously?"

2:37 I'm thinking the telepath got more out of that rant then he would have liked.

She: I've brought down bigger men than you! Picard: let me introduce my buddy, Q!

A very important point they should have given some time to was the fact that she believed that what she was doing was right and noble. She would not have invited the Admiral of Star Fleet Security to observe her inquiries otherwise, and it was why Picard was able to bring her down in the end.

@literallyanangrymoose7717

2 жыл бұрын

Self-righteous people always believe that they're doing what's right.

@boiledelephant

2 жыл бұрын

This is the genius of the episode. She's a villain in function, but in her own mind she's heroic and righteous. That's such an important thing to understand about people.

@LordZontar

2 жыл бұрын

@@boiledelephant No one ever sees themselves as the bad guy.

@2097Pyros

2 жыл бұрын

@@literallyanangrymoose7717 It's better than those who spout the same bull, but only for their own enrichment. At least the self-righteous are a) genuine, and b) easy to predict, thus easy to defeat. The self-serving (under the guise of self-righteousness) will adapt to their surroundings, be anything they need to be to get ahead, and won't stick to one tactic.

Speech, thought, freedom; these things have all been denied people recently, and in the name of safety and protection of the people. There is no one in power who have stood against the affront, and many who have ushered it in. There could very well be a moment in time where this very clip will be deemed dangerous and extremist, for its potential to cause doubt in the people's trust in the government.

@Flamewarden_Honoushugoshin

2 жыл бұрын

Define "recently", the red scare has been around for decades, the oppression of political enemies that challenge the hegemony has been going on since nations had sovereign identity. As for denial of speech, thought and freedom, many cases these days of so called denial of these things are from anger at others using their own speech, thought and freedom to criticize. If anything the only ones that actual are oppressed under the modern hegemony in those areas are those that challenge the profits of corporations.

@Phatnaru0002

2 жыл бұрын

This is why it shocks me that SJWs think that Star Trek supports their "progressive" ideology. It doesn't. The Federation may use Communistic economy, but that's never fleshed out. The TRUE lessons in this series were about Libertarianism. Freedom. Autonomy. Being allowed to make mistakes at grow at your own pace. Hell, that was the whole point of the Prime Directive.

@Hedning1390

2 жыл бұрын

@@Flamewarden_Honoushugoshin Listen to how some republicans are talking about academic subjects like "critical race theory". They are actively trying to forbid it. It is as close as you can get to state censorship, just without literal book burnings.

@OldieWan

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hedning1390 Why am I not shocked someone like you would be taking up for the banner of CRT? You have all the hallmarks of a typical shoeonhead simp. CRT is more about pushing racism than teaching history of racism. Only a true bigot and racist POS would want to teach that to children. Yes CRT should be actively forbidden from being taught in schools. Just like religion is forbidden from being taught in public schools. To you people, it is a form of religion to you.

@OldieWan

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hedning1390 I would take a guess that you also support giving 3 year old children hormone therapy, or allowing children to make adult choices. That is not treading on freedom. That is protecting the innocent until they are old enough to make their own choices. You people have it so fucking twisted. All because you are trapped within that left vs right mindset. Some of you may never come out of that. You will be forever trapped in that little prison for the rest of your lives.

Still one of my favorite episodes! And Picard's speech is so relevant today.

@LordTyph

2 жыл бұрын

Sad but true.

The admiral just nopes out of there :D

🃏That look on Riker’s face when he realizes his Captain is laying down a Royal Flush word by word. ♦️ ♦️ ♦️ ♦️ ♦️ @1:12

"I brought down bigger men than you, Picard!" sums up this whole thing, really. It was never about justice or seeking the truth, she decided he's guilty and she'll stop at nothing to try to make it so.

I love how Picard slowly casts his gaze upward. He lit the fuse and just watches the fireworks.

2:31 It was at this moment she knew...

@momokochama1844

2 жыл бұрын

well, the admiral leaving the room might have been a giveaway :)

@LordTyph

2 жыл бұрын

...she ****ed up.

I love how the Admiral just gets up and leaves the room

Admiral Hansen was rolling around in his space grave when she said Picard aided the Borg!

The music score from 0:59 /1:23 is so beautiful and fitting to the scene. Expressing the hopeful nature of man.

She got played so hard lmao

@3Rayfire

2 жыл бұрын

No....she played herself.

I wish Congress had members with Jean-Luc Picard’s substantial integrity.

The locked camara with a slow zoom out on her is so perfect. She gets smaller and more alone as poeple simply walk out, bewildered at her idiocy.

Objectivity has left the courtroom.

Reminds me of our current environment with how people get tribal about their ideologies or stances.

@williammorahan4907

Жыл бұрын

The only thing that would make this more relevant to today is if we saw 2 dogmatic extremists on opposite sides go at each other - and Picard exposing them the same way he exposed Satie.

Being under the control of the Borg, hardly like he had a choice. Totally insane line of questioning or badgering of the witness. Sati would have been ruled out of order in front of a real judge.

2:08 that look on the admiral's face is *priceless*

When you basically admit that you're running a witch hunt

One of my favorite parts of this episode is seeing Worf slowly realize who the lady really is and what she's after. To see the true enemy reveal her paranoia and devilish agenda to destroy all who didn't fit her values.

@danieldickson8591

Жыл бұрын

Particularly galling to him in that he enthusiastically helped her in her "investigation." But when it suited her purpose to impugn his competence and honor, she didn't hesitate.

Great to always see Star Trek bring acting giants from a bygone era into their episodes. RIP Jean Simmons

That Admiral was definitely having a major Captain Queeg moment

@boiledelephant

2 жыл бұрын

Oh shit it's him!

The buildup to the drama here is perfect and the acting as well! I love how the admiral just gets up and leaves. He doesn't say a word, but in that moment everyone knows this "trial" is over...

An incredible actress! She really portrayed this character so well, from the fake "friendly granny" facade at the beginning to her ripping off her mask and showing the vile snake underneath.

*"I'VE BROUGHT DOWN BIGGER BEANS THAN YOU, PICARD!"*

This is a truly great episode. One of if not the best.

In my sadistic imaginary version, Picard stays in the chair after everyone leaves and just stares at her, grinning.

As soon as she started to lean into Picard's history - and distress - with the Borg, she was doomed. She had crossed a line. Picard wasn't going to let her get away with it. He fought fire with fire, and she got burned.

2:37 "Well, that ends this gig."

1:48 she's just interrupted Picard but he sits there, just staring at her, letting her go into her emotional tirade. Picard recalls the famous words from Napoleon no doubt: "never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake". Brilliant tactic by the captain - one must wonder whether he knew she would explode like that or only suspected. Either way, Picard absolutely knew EXACTLY what he was doing 👍

This was one of the best scenes of drama in the whole series. Well written.

These star trek eps will always be relevant

I’m not a lawyer but I think I can see what she was trying to do she wanted to gotten Picard into a emotional outbursts but it backfired and Picard gotten her into a emotional outburst and it was all over then

I love your channel. For someone who knows every episode, it gives me all the chewy nougat without all the fluff.

She gave a wonderful performance here, great acting.

This was by far one of the best episodes of any Star Trek series

An episode that perfectly encapsulates the times in which we live today.

@williammorahan4907

Жыл бұрын

And in 5 years…we’ll have Saties fighting Saties.

That warning from Picard rings true more than ever.

This scene puts me in the mind of the courtroom scene in The Caine Mutiny. Captain Queeg (Humphrey Bogart) managed to keep up a strong front until the relentless needling by Lt Greenwald (Jose Ferrer) finally breaks him down and exposes him for the paranoid neurotic he was. An absolutely excellent movie that.

It does not do to turn a court room into a witch hunt, filled with lies, suspicion, and hate. The Admiral leaving mid-speech said volumes. Clearly, everyone knows what kind of woman she is. Captain played that stressful situation very smoothly.

I don't think Satie is evil or corrupt per se. She's old enough to have witnessed the bad times and knows people when she was a child who told her of the bad times. She just in a position where she's seen How lapse security affected the federation. It's like retired cops and soldiers still think in matters of defense, they cant relax, they stay in the game until they die.

@Fatherofheroesandheroines

2 жыл бұрын

Sorta true. We don't necessarily stay in the game. We just keep our eyes open.

@Eternal_Tech

2 жыл бұрын

What is ironic is that she is attempting to recreate the bad times. Many of those who deny justice to others may have noble intentions, but they are become so blinded by their philosophy, they are unable to perceive that their actions are morally wrong.

@michaelgreenwood3413

2 жыл бұрын

@@Eternal_Tech Which is basically the problem with the modern GOP in the US.

@3Rayfire

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, Satie just couldn't let go. She was so convinced there was more there. Finding a Klingon that was conspiring with Romulans wasn't enough, being told that the accident was just a fabrication flaw wouldn't satisfy her, even destroying a young man's credibility and career weren't enough. She was so convinced there was a massive conspiracy and that she couldn't rest until she had found it, that she ignored that she had already found out everything. She let her belief override what the evidence stated. Her belief in her own righteousness and the righteousness of her cause blinded her to any other possibility, no matter who she had to crush. She wasn't there to bring down big men, she was there to execute a Starfleet Officer's first duty...to find the truth.

@michaelgreenwood3413

2 жыл бұрын

@@3Rayfire To use a quote from Wolf, a character in Secret World Legends: "If you look for evil long enough, eventually you'll find it. Even when it wasn't there in the first place."

Brilliant scene. Love your videos!

Eventually even Worf who had been on her side for a lot of this realized that this whole situation was nothing more than a Witch Hunt last straw for him was when she went after Picard a man he has great respect for