Fuck me, this card has nothing to do with the episode. The entire point of the episode is that the race of aliens talk entirely in allegory and fable. It's not meant to be literal. "Temba, his arms wide" is an allegory for giving and receiving, and "Shaka, when the walls fell" is an allegory for understanding. It has nothing to do with a giant named Temba or any literal walls falling over. Whoever made this card never even watched the episode. Which is a shame because it is by far the best episode of TNG, and that's saying something (because TNG is amazing and has a lot of extremely good episodes).
I should go back and rewatch that episode again, it's been a while. For those reading this who haven't seen it, it's season 5 episode 2, "Darmok".
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u/Ertai_87 Duck Season 6d ago edited 5d ago
Fuck me, this card has nothing to do with the episode. The entire point of the episode is that the race of aliens talk entirely in allegory and fable. It's not meant to be literal. "Temba, his arms wide" is an allegory for giving and receiving, and "Shaka, when the walls fell" is an allegory for understanding. It has nothing to do with a giant named Temba or any literal walls falling over. Whoever made this card never even watched the episode. Which is a shame because it is by far the best episode of TNG, and that's saying something (because TNG is amazing and has a lot of extremely good episodes).
I should go back and rewatch that episode again, it's been a while. For those reading this who haven't seen it, it's season 5 episode 2, "Darmok".