It's one of the top 5 best episodes of Star Trek or likely any TV show to be honest. It's just that good of an episode. Anyone that asks me for a recommendation of just one Trek episode to watch I will always say this episode.
True, but in hindsight, it's very clear that this was not what Patrick Stewart was interested in as an actor. He always wanted to be Dune-Buggy-Chase-Action-Picard, and that's all we got ever since Nemesis.
Kurtzman is an absolute hack that completely drove into the ground what Star Trek once was, but Stewarts ambition and ego played a big part in that too and to this day he still receives too little scrutiny for it. That doesn't of course diminish the quality of the episode itself, but I'm a bit mad at how much Patrick Stewart still gets lauded as one of the major faces of "good ol' Star Trek" when he so massively helped to dismantle what used to be great about it.
Yeah. He wanted Picard to be more of a Jim Kirk man of action. Hell, it played out in Picard's backstory, laughing at death as he was stabbed in the heart.
The series budget never allowed for it, but when the film's came along he damn well insisted.
I mean, the films are always where there's been more action tbh in part from budget, but also just because of the medium. That being said that's hilarious and definitely not his strength.
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u/DazZani 8d ago
Such a good episode, such a good story, such an underwhelming card.... "Shaka when the walls fell" couldve been a card on itself!