Captain Picard demonstrates immorality.

S03E18

[@RAFMnBgaming]

"hey this shield shocks us if we jab it"
"KEEP JABBING IT, FOR SCIENCE!!"

[@skyler114]

@@INTPTT i have this on a shirt so i immediately thought of it too

[@Tigerman1138]

I think it is just fear.

[@RequiemPoete]

Like you've never kept tonguing a sore spot in your mouth if you ever burnt or cut the inside of your mouth.

[@Oceanic2409]

"JAB, JAB, JABITY JAB!"
Bart- The simpsons

[@wolfsokaya]

As they say,curiosity killed the cat.

[@Paul-A01]

"Worf, you turned off the shield? I wanted you to kill them!"

[@Erin-bc8ic]

TGGeko rofl

[@nathanhelix4622]

And Drax would reply, “Why would I want to rub my thumb across their throat?”

[@neophobicnyctophile8264]

I thought you were saying Dead Signal--Like I know where the HOLD button is on this thing!

[@BigKnecht]

Sisco be like: "let's dissect them alive for science and then sell their organs to the chinese."

[@darksim1930]

Listen! Worf has ONE JOB on this lousy ship! It's STUPID, but he's gonna do it! Okay?

[@traptinreality2668]

One of the best threats in history: "I know where you live and I know how to beat you."

[@Dowlphin]

Somewhat less effective against nomads. 😏

[@brianb8060]

A threat that sent me back 30 years, "I know where you live, and I'm gonna tell your parents.'

[@gpaolano]

@@brianb8060 Did you get that threat from other kids or adults?

[@spartanx169x]

It was not a threat, but a warning.

[@iBloodxHunter]

@@Dowlphin nomads tend to follow game routes.

[@Flaky1990]

Picard: *makes "kill it"-gesture to tell Worf to turn the barrier off*
Worf: *beams the two aliens into outer space*
Riker: "dude, wtf?"
Worf: "what? Didn't he just signal me to do that?"
Riker: "NO!"

[@FrancisR420]

If it was on today they would do that to undercut the "I communicated with him in a single look" line

[@naoiwatani8402]

@@FrancisR420
And that would not be Star Trek.

[@Jake007123]

@@naoiwatani8402 So basically, today's Star Trek.

[@nathangabrielriegler5553]

Lmao!!

[@iBloodxHunter]

That sign also means "cut it out"

[@koshi6505]

That gesture Picard uses could've ended this a very different way with Worf.

[@JasonRainwater]

+Brandon Pack Oh wow, good point XD lol

[@GUMMRUCHK]

True but I think Worf is smart enough to know Picard wouldn't kill them though lol

[@JasonRainwater]

GUMMRUCHK
Also good point lol

[@fringelife]

Worf creates a vacuum, starts to suffocate them.. Picard turns around quickly and says, "Worf what are you doin?" .. Worf replies, "did I read you wrong Captain?"

[@JasonRainwater]

fringelife
lol XD

[@TheStapleGunKid]

They were no match for the pink lemonade force field.

[@frankficcle7081]

Too much pink energy is dangerous!

[@cunningsmile4166]

Yes zordon

[@archer9338]

Mmm. Pink lemonade.

[@Skylinesandsunsets]

Imagine if they had used the Kool-Aid force field... OH YEAH!

[@adamroberts9243]

Kool Aid - Oh no!!!

[@encinoman903]

I'm not a trekker, but I always appreciate watching Sir Patrick Stewart act. He's definitely one of the g.o.a.t.

[@malikmohamed6051]

Somehow he forgot how to do it between Nemesis and Star Trek Picard😩

[@ravinraven6913]

you're definitely not, because its called Trekkie not Trekker, you can't be too old to be confused since most people who were born pre 1999 know what its called even if they hate the show.
And the use of acronym instead of just saying one of the greatest shows how young you(or your mind is)
not a bad thing I guess, at least you tried

[@encinoman903]

@@ravinraven6913 Honestly, I've been "corrected" on this term by Trek fans in the past and none of them seemed to come to any consensus on its proper use. It seems to me the "proper" term is subjective, relying entirely on the person I'm talking to. The only thing that remains constant is the elitist attitudes.
I appreciate your efforts in continuing the stereotype, but I just don't care what Trek nerds want to call themselves.

[@EggsTeaSea]

@@ravinraven6913 weirdo

[@gilbert8162]

​@@ravinraven6913 that whole explanation would cause me to use trekker just to annoy from the eye roll explanation that wasn't needed.

[@Jermicidal]

I misread this as “Picard Demonstrates Immortality”, then realized Patrick Stewart is pretty much always doing that

[@usnnp415]

yeah true

[@rubix4195]

If you watch Excalibur (film) he hasn't changed that much since the 80's...

[@baddabaddabaddaswing]

Me too

[@napoleonfeanor]

Patrick Steward is in good condition for his age but his age shows and that was mentioned by the makers of that dreadful "Picard" show, which must have taken place in another universe as TNG Picard would never be so whiny and be a pushover.

[@ColdCutz]

I thought the title said Immortality. Picard still doesn't disappoint.

[@KitsuneAdorable]

So did I. :P

[@tenhirankei]

I was expecting Q not those guys. Picard might have said something like "if you gain immortality, you also gain immorality."

[@RAFMnBgaming]

>Checks Patrick Stewart
Yep, no change there.

[@SuntopKinseeker]

That is *Sir* Patrick Stewart. He is Knighted after all.

[@Armitage112a]

Same here. On both counts.

[@tf2whackyengineer]

"We shall have to study it sometime."
"How about an immediate practical lesson?"

[@solomonreal1977]

Mr. Worf, eacort tf2whackyengineer to the brig

[@anonomuse9094]

@@solomonreal1977 eacort.

[@timcuatt1640]

"We shall have to study it sometime" is the sort of response you give when you don't want to sign the petition when walking across campus

[@ConkerTheCat]

@@timcuatt1640 It also implied they would kidnap and imprison other species AGAIN to study it. Picard had to nip that in the bud real fast,

[@menacelurkingyet8345]

Aliens: This method of learning sucks big time.

[@riccampbell]

All of the Trek series had their strengths and weaknesses, but for my money TNG did the best job of demonstrating these little moral lessons. Certainly Patrick Stewart brought a gravitas to every such moment - the man could read a phone book and command your attention.

[@16m49x3]

A shame he now probably cheer as the government imprison it's entire people

[@icurnvs776]

@@16m49x3 *citation needed

[@MultiCommissar]

It's a shame that he hasn't learned a thing from the characters he portrayed over the years.

[@roberts.1050]

The Orville is taking up the mantle.

[@gpaolano]

I'm not being sarcastic, but I was thinking about the moral lesson. Picard saw a behavior in some others he didn't like, so he put them in prison until they agreed to change their behavior. It only took a few minutes, but what if they didn't agreed that quickly? What if it took a few days? Or a year? 20 years? 50? Isn't this the system that we have now?

[@tccandler]

Let those 58 seconds be a lesson to you!

[@marcokite]

58 seconds of listening to smug tedious self satisfied Picard is enough for anyone

[@wizardemrys]

@@marcokite sounds like you got trapped on his bridge

[@ScornedOne1080]

@@marcokite When Picard goes pissed grandfather mode, you fuckin listen. XD

[@erictaylor5462]

It's a good thing Worf didn't misinterpret the "cut throat" as "kill them". THAT would have been embarrassing.
In battle every time Picard said, "Fire at Will" I wanted to see Worf say, "Yes sir." pull out a phaser and shoot Riker.

[@FukkitBukkit]

The fact that you said Riker and not Wheaton saddens me.

[@williambarnes5023]

That only works if Wesley is out of costume.

[@DennisKovacich]

FukkitBukkit, Wheaton’s name is Wil, not Will.

[@CsykKrit]

@@DennisKovacich Hwil*

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

You're the first person to think of that

[@otakurocklee]

"We did not injure you in any way." They nearly destroyed the enterprise with doppleganger Picard.

[@1300l]

Well they DID gave free alle for every one before that ;)

[@otakurocklee]

But ales were already free!

[@LordProteus]

They also electrocuted and stunned their captives, including Picard.

[@Frankie2012channel]

But it was a very entertaining Picard Doppelganger, was he not? ;) LOL

[@quinnsinclair7028]

But there was singing so that makes it alright.

[@Acesahn]

*Picard gestures to Worf*
*Worf beams them into space*
*Everyone turns to Worf*
"What?"

[@Dowlphin]

Worf: _Next time be more clear. ... Sir._
Picard: _Oh, I think I will, Mr. Worf! ... Hmm... maybe. ... Depends._

[@gabrielsierra865]

"I beamed them as energy, they are still alive, somewhere"

[@got2kittys]

@@gabrielsierra865 That might work, with all destinations set to '000' null coordinates.

[@Biden_is_demented]

-"Mr. Worf, let´s teach them a lesson in immorality. Make them eat Ga´gh. And wash it down with prune juice."
-"Captain, i was able to locate some Ga´gh leftovers, but prune juice is out of stock. And if you will excuse me, i need to take the turbolift to the nearest toilet."

[@jessewahwah]

Get some new material you asshole.

[@bluehydro88]

Picard is such a legend. The Next Generation's writing team was brilliant 👏

[@dimsumboy22]

Shame they didn’t come back for Picard shit.

[@GuyUWishUWere]

Picard: Now that you have experienced captivity, maybe now you will think twice before inflicting it on others.
Wierd-ass-alien: My god is that what we've been doing to people?
Freaky-ass-alien: I didn't know that felt so horrible!
Wierd-ass-alien: Yet strangely the idea of forcing this feeling on to others... appeals to me.
Freaky-ass-alien: Curious. We should study this.
Picard: Ah shit.

[@ryanmarx4883]

And thus the dark eldar were created, now just wait for 25,000 years and watch the fireworks

[@pumpkinlife103]

And was in this time safewords were created and thus lost to time.....

[@plasticflower]

You call them wierd ass, but if you look in the beginning of the video, they actually have very nice asses!

[@undrhil]

Mirror Universe divergence....

[@Astavyastataa]

Ryan Marx Isha save us…

[@vguyver2]

*Picard Gestures at Worf with neck slice*
Worf: Finally!
*pulls out Klingon knife*
Worf: YEEEAAAARGGGHH
*vaults over the command section past the Captain's chair and prepares to slit their throats*
Picard: My god! Stop Mr.Worf!
*Worf stops as the aliens were about to shriek*
Worf: What?! Why Captain?
Picard: I meant that gesture to cut the power, not their throats.
Worf: I apologize Captain. I thought humans used the 'clap on' 'clap off' gesture.
Data: My DATA suggests that is a more appropriate gesture captain.

[@SteveJones313]

You're a genius.

[@Supahdave1000]

Well done, good sir.
Well done.

[@davecrupel2817]

lmao

[@Goldenbane]

That was pretty good but you forgot to add the "aliens slap Worf away with ease" line. LOL, poor Worf was always getting owned.

[@rgawer2]

gotta love the worf.

[@thadofalltrades]

TNG explored philosophical and moral conundrums in a way none of the other series remotely duplicated. By far the most intellectually written series.

[@skyeangelofdeath7363]

Yesss the intellectual brilliance on display here is monumental...

[@micahconnor8954]

i feel like DS9 had a lot of morality moments

[@thadofalltrades]

@@micahconnor8954 it did, they all do, but it handled them in a different way. TNG was philosophical. DS9 was far more socially driven. I recently just rewatched it and was blown away by how relevant the issues it dealt with were to right now.

[@LordVader1094]

Of all the clips of TNG to comment that, you chose THIS one? Lol

[@thadofalltrades]

@@LordVader1094 i might've been responding to someone else and made a new comment instead. Can't remember now.

[@BladerBoi24]

You know, I see a lot of media today involving how there are badass leaders in all these cartoons, anime, things like that, but they are all sort of overblown when I see this, a good leader in media doesnt need to be an over-the-top badass or a powerful person, they just need to be sufficiently decisive and critical in thought

[@Dowlphin]

"Can you be a leader - and not try to prove you're in charge?" - Tao Te Ching, Ron Hogan version

[@Jake007123]

Real leaders get shit done and don't gloat or yell at people. Leaders must find the best outcome for the people under their command, not for them. Most of so-called leaders represented in the media are just badasses at best, man-children at worst, missing the point entirely that a leader isn't a leader because he is cool, he is cool because he is a good leader.

[@WesbirdlyO]

Picard: With a single look, I was able to communicate to my crew that I wanted to hold you here.
Alien: But...you looked at us and vocalized at the Klingon to......
Picard: A. SINGLE. LOOK!

[@jaykay6222]

Yeah, I thought that marred the gravitas of his speech a bit, but on the other hand, all he said was "now, Mr. Worf" with no prior words on WHAT he wanted to happen, but understanding the context Worf knew exactly what Picard was telling him to do.
But yes, again, that wasn't "a single look" given that he issued a command, even if the command was vague.
So, ultimately, I say we all win.

[@inspectorbutters166]

He probably gave the look to Worf when he approached bis chair

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

In fairness, this clip starts after Picard goes around letting his Worf and company know what he wants them to do.

[@robbert9611]

Ah! You thought I was vocalizing
....... acting.

[@DennisKovacich]

Jay Kay, he said, “With a single look, I informed my crew that I wanted you held here.” The vocal command told Worf when to do it, but it was the look that communicated his intent.

[@walterk9916]

“Imprisonment is a injury regardless of how you justify it” man the power in these words

[@BruceCarbonLakeriver]

If you deal much with philosophy and understand certain principles of the thinking mind you might become powerfull as well, at least in that regards you mentioned :)

[@mrhappyface4181]

Now go look at a zoo, or a prison.

[@JohnSmith-yc6uv]

But...if you call it a "lockdown", and say it's for your health..well...

[@spaceonisorceress4406]

@@JohnSmith-yc6uv We have lived through an era where you could literally be a hero by staying at home and watching Netflix for a while, and you consider this tantamount to imprisonment.
What a world.

[@JohnSmith-yc6uv]

@@spaceonisorceress4406
That word..."hero"...i no think it means what you think it means...

[@tzvikrasner6073]

The most interesting thing for me is the look on Worf's face. He actually got uncomfortable with the display. I don't know if that was just Michael Dorn's personal reaction and they left it in, or if he was actually directed to do that, but it's a masterful piece of visual storytelling that was mirrored rather well when Sisko used the Cobalt Silenide torpedoes in DS9.

[@AAvfx]

I love this episode. When years later I saw 'The Cube' (1997) I thought... "Waita' minute..."

[@alexdavis7090]

Aliens get abducted by him. He is... the most interesting man in the Alpha Quadrant.
"I don't always drink tea... but when I do..."

[@Splinter48708]

"…Tea, Earl Grey, hot."

[@Luinta]

Q: you hit me?! Picard never hit me!
"I'm not Picard"
Yeah that checks out.

[@Bartonovich52]

Sisko is just another Angry Black Man... so typical of the 1990s New Jack Swing era. Picard said more while saying little.

[@mjbull5156]

If you don't want to be bothered by Q, don't be interesting. Also, have the Prophets on your side

[@levesteM]

Fun fact: Jonathan Goldsmith(The most interesting man in the world) played a red shirt in the original Star Trek series... and survived.

[@whiskeyfur]

"now get off my ship.." I love it. :)

[@clarky23]

Picard has a talent into turning the simplest of statements into a FU!!!

[@djkade6595]

One of my favorite moments in the series. :) Picard's leadership skills range from "Persuasive Diplomat" to "Absolute Boss". There are no lower settings.

[@cunningsmile4166]

Make it so

[@DennisKovacich]

DJ Kade, my other favorite is how he dealt with the Sheliak.

[@manuell3505]

They seem to have a better beam-system that doesn't demand target position and stuff...

[@Dalton_Boardman2000]

Patrick Stewart as Picard is almost to badass. They must've filmed with special indestructible cameras as to not explode from the sheer awesomeness of his line delivery.

[@adammullarkey4996]

Question: Why is it that Starfleet officers have to call to their ship when they want to be transported back, but every other species in the galaxy has a magical, innate knowledge of when their away teams want to be transported?

[@cyrusol]

In Discovery's 31st/32nd century Starfleet officers usually have personal transport devices that allow them to be transported whenever they want, wherever they want. Why they still choose to _walk_ on starships is beyond me but other races may simply have a more advanced tech in those respects.

[@Kishandreth]

First off, starfleet can transport anyone they're tracking. They have done it.
There are reasons they don't.
1)The person on the ground has better knowledge of what's going on. Would be quite silly to transport someone after they ran off a cliff only to have them appear with a parachute that falls limply to the ground.
2)Allows the Federation to hold individuals accountable. Starfleet assisting officers on skipping out on their bar tab would be a bad look. If the person requests a transport they can be punished and forced to pay, while Starfleet only needs to apologize for the inconvenience and blame the person.
3)Ships lock onto comms quicker and better then an individual. Once comms are established the ship knows where the person is.
4)it's just rude to transport someone without warning. Too many possible embarrassing scenarios could happen.
5)there are means of discreetly asking for transport. They could establish one person on the away team as the emergency button, if that person hits their comms the team is immediately transported. They could have the comms open and a codeword for transport. The mission could require immediate extraction if another person is within 20 meters.
For all we know the other races use an implant chip so they can semi telepathically communicate for extraction. This could be as simple as a person thinking of the word "alarm"

[@NACLGames]

I think it's really as simple as them having an implant or some other signaling device that doesn't require an overt action. Starfleet uses communicators and verbal command for a variety of reasons which explains why they're different.
The communicator is at once a communications device, a universal translator, a tracking device and an insignia. If you want to go further, it's also an easily accessible source of monofilament when disassembled, which can be used to help repair other equipment in survival situations. Similarly it can be easily removed to interface with a power source to transmit a stronger distress signal, or used as a tracker to scan and lock on to other objects or people. Starfleet clearly sees a lot of uses for an easily accessible, removable universal device like the communicator.
As for verbal command, it seems to be a fairly universal method of control and interfacing favored by the Federation in general. With a multitude of species that make up the Federation (B-canon include many non-humanoid lifeforms, even Horta who are basically living rocks), not all of which is depicted on screen for budget and practicality reasons, voice communication is quite easily applicable to all such species. Other civilizations are more homogenous, so a more discrete solution that works for one species is fine (implants, strap-on touch based interfaces, etc). Voice command doesn't require physical access, and species that do not use voice communication can have custom solutions developed for them to allow them to communicate verbally to other species (that much is still necessary anyway to live among other beings), which would also make them in turn compatible with voice command based controls. And clearly the Federation has developed a highly advanced natural language interface compared to other civilizations, even Klingons or Romulans (in other words, their computers can understand and interpret non-standard commands, and anticipate intent from users) in order to facilitate voice control as much as possible.
That propensity for verbal command then creates both a cultural and operational focus on the use of voice confirmation for everything, including instructions to each other instead of just to equipment and to computers.

[@futuza]

It's a privacy violation for Starfleet to do it without explicit permission, the other groups don't believe in the right to privacy and thus have no such limitations.

[@josephperez2004]

@@cyrusol I imagine the walking may be just for general health and enjoyment.

[@jakep1979]

Picard was too nice to them, should have kept them in holding cell and have Worf sings Klingon opera for a whole day, they would have ended up killing each other from the sheer madness.

[@Misterunnamed]

+jakep1979
He's Picard, not Janeway.

[@jakep1979]

Misterunnamed and neither was Sisko.

[@backbaconnbeer]

jake1979: or make them listen to William Shatner's 1st album or watch the video of Leonard Nimoy's Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins

[@RAFMnBgaming]

+backbaconnbeer Hey, the Ballard of Bilbo Baggins is high culture!

[@jamierose9095]

Opera should be loud, boisterous and gratuitously overacted. All things that Klingons excel at.

[@germanvisitor2]

"And now that you had a taste of captivity I will give you a taste of freedom. Get out off my ship. Mister Worf, please accompany our... guests to the nearest air lock."

[@FekLeyrTarg]

In "Sinnlos im Weltraum", Picard actually has the two guys beamed into space.
In "Sinnlos im Weltraum", Picard lässt die beiden ins Weltall beamen. :D

[@germanvisitor2]

Das hab ich mir nie angesehen. ^^;

[@FekLeyrTarg]

germanvisitor2
Klar, das mit den Synchros ist immer so eine Sache, aber Sinnlos im Weltraum ist die Kultsynchro schlechthin. Ich persönlich finde sie sehr lustig und kann sie nur empfehlen.
(Einige Fans gingen sogar so weit, dass sie ein Arcadespiel und drei Point & Click Adventures basierend auf dieser Synchro entwickelten)

[@germanvisitor2]

FekLeyrTarg's Videos
Vor Urzeiten hab ich mal eine einzige Folge gesehen. Ich glaube, die fand ich *zu* vulgär für meinen Geschmack, aber vielleicht irre ich mich auch. ;-)

[@xxlCortez]

I think that's what the Terran Empire's Picard would did.

[@scpWyatt]

Star fleet Command: “Did Captain Picard hold emissaries from another species against their will??”
Jonathan Frakes: “Nope, it never happened.”

[@Dowlphin]

"Well, not as far as I can remember any time except right now."

[@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681]

Emissaries? No.
Enemies? Pirates? Kidnappers? Yes.

[@benrosen3004]

"NOW, Mr. Worf!"
With a mere glance, we could communicate..

[@TechnoMageB5]

"Now get off my ship!"
So softly said, yet with such power and conviction!

[@BruceCarbonLakeriver]

...and a subtle disgust :) - like: ahh men get that dirt away from here xD

[@albertbatfinder5240]

@@BruceCarbonLakeriver exactly. The emotion that came to mind with that superb delivery was somewhere between “beneath contempt” and “not worth my time”

[@BruceCarbonLakeriver]

@@albertbatfinder5240 I agree! It is actually a pretty nice tension which got shown by that given situation :D

[@Scorpio-mq9dk]

Y’all ever start watching an entire series just to understand one scene from one episode on the third season cause I sure do

[@aaronmarks9366]

That's amazing

[@spugintrntl]

I saw one episode of the X Files when I was a kid and it haunted me. I didn't know what it was about and assumed I must have been missing some bigger context, and the wonder was tantalizing. Years later after I graduated from college and had my own apartment I found the series on Netflix and watched it from the beginning, with the express purpose of figuring out what was going on in that one episode I saw when I was younger. After weeks of working my way through the series I finally reached the episode that I remembered. I watched it with rapt attention, and when it was over... I still had no goddamn idea what was going on.

[@QG6588]

@@spugintrntl what episode?

[@spugintrntl]

@@QG6588 I'm pretty sure it was in the first season. Something about a guy named "Zeke" or something else with a Z. He either dies or disappears at the end after Mulder and Scully find him somewhere twitching and surrounded by green light. That's about all I remember at this point.

[@SiveenO]

That's how I got back into Star Trek again tbf

[@RED-sl2le]

I thought that when he made the throat slit gesture he literally ordered their execution.

[@benarmstrong6904]

Hahaha that would have been hilarious

[@cipher88101]

0:45 "Because I've decided to perform an experiment of my own.....red alert! Barrel rolls for 10 minutes!"

[@SeedlingNL]

*Enterprise proceeds to do 10 minutes of aileron roll*
Picard: *facepalm*

[@hudsonball4702]

Say what you will about Picard and his seemingly passive ways; he can be downright scary sometimes.

[@DarkLordDiablos]

That's what makes him so scary. He can turn in the blink if an eye.

[@Bartonovich52]

That is why Picard will always be the best captain.
Kirk. Too impulsive and swashbuckling. Sisko. Too angry and aggressive. Kirk would cheat his way out of death in a hilarious manner. Sisko would fight his way out aggressively. Picard is a chess player and master orator. He outsmarted Tomelac without firing a single shot, while de escalating the situation.

[@TaranTheGiant]

"The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men... have too many rules."
"Good men don't need rules, and today is not the day to find out why *I* have so *many* "
Mme. Kovarian and The 11th Doctor.
Or Aliens _severely_ underestimating Jean-Luc Picard...

[@natanoj16]

@@Bartonovich52 this actually makes me want to see ST as that is what I love about the 10th doctor (even if he is also more silly)
The ability to be calculating and cold when needed

[@themocaw]

The last time Picard did something impulsive he ended up with a knife through his chest. But instead of learning passivity, he learned restraint.

[@fuflang]

LMAO that split second post-negotiation Picard maneuver at the end of this clip XD

[@EmisoraRadioPatio]

“Imprisonment is an injury regardless of how you justify it.” Golden words.

[@tayzk5929]

Except it's dumb, people will agree with this and say it's so smart meanwhile they'll immediately contradict it like many commenters here have done already.
It's a joke.

[@EmisoraRadioPatio]

@@tayzk5929 Centuries of common law disagree with you. What Picard is describing is called false imprisonment, an offense is punishable by steep monetary damages and (ironically) incarceration.

[@tayzk5929]

@@EmisoraRadioPatio "common law" doesn't determine objective reality.

[@EmisoraRadioPatio]

@@tayzk5929 It's literally our reality lmao

[@auger0073]

I always loved when Picard got mad. He didn’t scream, didn’t hit people, just planned.

[@NixonsHead]

When he verbally destroyed Wesley is probably my favorite scene in all of TV.
I hated Wesley because they tried to make him a "boy wonder" type character who was smarter than the entire crew and always solved their issues, but then realized that wouldn't have been good for the series, like at all.
Hated him even more when he was a jerk to Geordi for no reason.
Wish he had a worse end than he had.

[@gzer0x]

“Imprisonment is an injury regardless of how you justify it.”

[@oznerriznick2474]

I agree..also harassment by the govt..jus' sayin'

[@Tintelinus]

Star Trek really was ahead of its time eh?

[@lewisalexander7075]

Picard just being a badass. Pretty typical day.

[@JasonL77]

But don’t forget Sisko. Q shows up on DS9 and he gets punched by Sisko. Then Q never shows up to DS9 again.

[@Krahazik]

@@JasonL77 They were all badasses, just in deferrent ways or flavors. Picard could throw a mean punch too when nessisary.

[@Jake007123]

@@JasonL77 Q won the second Sisko hit him. Q was always talking about how barbaric humans were underneath their civic behaviour, and Sisko proved it to him. To be fair, Q punched him first... but still, Sisko should have known better.

[@josepablobonillajimenez6297]

@@Jake007123 Also people act like Q fears Sisko or something like that, he's an omnipotent being, he could've turned his flesh into steel if he wanted to, just because they didnt invited the Q actor for anymore episodes doesnt mean that "Sisko is such a badass thar Q fears him and never appears again" not that I dislike him in any way though

[@snbforever]

"Now get orf my ship".
LOVE the dismissive tone of voice!😁

[@quantumphaser]

Shatner would have beamed them into space.

[@marcokite]

Picard is so lame and so smug

[@trier4952]

Picard is a BADASS

[@ThangTran-jv7mm]

Its very difficult to think that a civilization could exist without any notions of morality as its a vital component to the bedrock of how the civilization would conduct itself.

[@GeorgeMonet]

It isn't that they have no morality. Rather they are psychopaths who don't believe that they should have to treat other species the same way they treat their own species.

[@zemorph42]

Thang Tran Notice how they claim that their own species could not abide captivity? They had never considered the possibility that other species could be the same or even similar until Picard rubbed their faces in it; an indication of a distinct lack of empathy for anything different from themselves.

[@MrJpc1234]

Well the thing is in terms of species with civilisation we currently only have a single data point to judge what is possible for a civilisation

[@allanrichardson1468]

GeorgeMonet Like some humans!

[@savenetneutralityanti-repu7029]

@@GeorgeMonet I think an interesting experiment would be to allow psychopaths to have their own separatist civilization. Then return in 50 years to see if it has become a dystopia or has completely destroyed itself. What if only one psychopath was left alive and he's like: "The rest of the psychos killed each other. It was a disaster."

[@agooddaytorespawn57]

I love how Riker's little glance between the aliens and Picard basically says "got em by the balls there, captain"

[@BlazingOwnager]

When Picard made that throat-slitting motion to cut the field, he is extremely fortunate that Worf didn't read that as "vaporize them." lol

[@tek512]

"I don't always become a participant in alien abduction - but when I do, the aliens are the ones being abducted."

[@tprime2702]

Pecking order!

[@Dowlphin]

Chuck Norris borrowed this line from Picard.

[@GeorgeMonet]

Actually Picard was condoning a lesser evil in order to prevent a greater evil. This was thus a moral act.

[@LordPyro25]

GeorgeMonet I think what the title means is that he’s teaching these aliens what immorality is.
Still, you put it very well. What Picard did to them was nowhere near as bad as what they did.

[@KougaJ7]

I think that Geralt would disagree that that, GeorgeMonet.

[@Dowlphin]

Ooohohoho, very thin ice there.

[@3dbadboy1]

If you're gonna play with kitty, you're gonna get the claws hehe.

[@jonathanblair5920]

kind of like he was spanking children, lol

[@aperson22222]

“Now Mr Worf.”
Worf: 🎵 “HIIS energetic fist should be ready to resist . . . “ 🎶

[@AndrewTaylorNintyuk]

I love the slightly disgusted "Now, Get off my ship" Picard throws in at the end.

[@cmbaz1140]

interesting fact :
these guys were the first design for ferengi,of course in different clothing

[@pw70]

DS9 Dominion

[@MarginalSC]

Could pass for suitless Breen given the head structure.

[@AlanSmitheeman]

Riker looks so smug.

[@Dowlphin]

_Don't look so smug. Our imprisonment was merely a setback._

[@Jake007123]

So, Riker just looks like Riker.

[@Mtv-get-off-thee-air]

I love how it keeps cutting to Johnathan frakes smiling

[@GFCOLCQuote]

The way he says "...and we know how to imprison you- *bear that in mind-* " was absolutely terrifying.

[@elovejapan7818]

Quote *”bear,” not “bare”

[@GFCOLCQuote]

@@elovejapan7818 This post came from a year ago, and you spell checked it.
...Well I fixed it.

[@slinkerdeer]

@@GFCOLCQuote not terrifying to me. Just him giving the aliens a good reason to never again try their tricks with Humans, even if Picard's imprisonment on them was with their guard down. Realistically if they have the ability yo kidnap and replace crewmembers like that they could easily fuck with Starfleet further but scaring them into thinking we have a better ability to imprison and stop them is beneficial, in other words bluffing

[@jacechretin4597]

Picard never ceases to show how much he's a cunning poetic bad ass strategist

[@hellfish2309]

“There’s something else you can learn: I can be an asshole too”

[@ClericOfPholtus]

Reality bending aliens:
Picard: Fuck you, I'm the boss.

[@Berserker_wraith]

Damn... He certainly has the "cruelty of a good man" trait in the bag, hands down.

That isn't a thing.

[@Berserker_wraith]

@ then someone hasn't heard of the phrase "the road to hell is often paved with good intentions." Point is, he basically given them a taste of their own medicine.

[@Spikeelsucko]

@ I dunno if he made it up or not, but the idea of legitimately righteous justice being applied with cruelty (harshness, potentially causing suffering beyond what the law required) is absolutely a thing- not as much recently (much more common to 'tribal justice' or being a lawman on the U.S. frontier where the only way to be effective is going to extremes) but ST gets into the weeds with things like figuring out how to explain a concept like morality to beings who don't know it and thus a definitively good man like Picard is forced to use cruelty as a tool even if just for a few moments. Also its a TV show but still.

@@Berserker_wraith You really need some remedial english lessons.

@@Spikeelsucko It's primitivism. It never works.

[@girlgarde]

Seeing those aliens freak out at being imprisoned was funny after what they put Picard and his crew through, serves them right! That's why you don't mess with Starfleet! They're trained to handle any number of situations involving beings like them and even think on the spot......

[@skyr8449]

+ryan macdonald It would of been funny if they took the look as to attack them :3

[@olddog476]

Only if the writers are good enough.

[@michaelgarofalo6231]

Frost Unatco and the Imperium from Warhammer butchers both wars and trek in its sleep

[@Jake007123]

@@michaelgarofalo6231 W40K is supposed to be overpowering to the extreme for all races in its universe, of course they win by definition. I like SW, ST and W40K, but W40K beats them in a war and power, SW beats them in fun shenaningans, ST beats them in morality. To each its own.

[@michaelgarofalo6231]

@@Jake007123 eh not sure I’d agree that ST beats them morally, it’s easy to be righteous and good when you live in a galaxy that’s as kind and easy as trek’s

[@mysteryneophyte]

I think this is the best show there’s ever been, I grew up watching this show, and I still remember a ton of the episodes, and when I watched them for the first time as they were brand new, That’s how good the show was I think

[@pietroaretino6390]

"imprisonment is an injury regardless of how you justify it" looking at you USA!

[@forkittens]

and then sunglasses lowered from the ceiling onto Picard.

[@omacron5]

Picard is a Total Badass. Which in my opinion makes him an Awesome Captain for the Enterprise.

[@mikesmyth8330]

"Imprisonment IS an injury!"
(numerous other episodes): "THROW THEM IN THE BRIG!"

[@kphisch]

IMPRISONMENT IS AN INJURY REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU JUSTIFY IT!

[@khaledreza9833]

Anyone notice the aliens butts?

[@PixieStorm]

I paused just to get a good long look.

[@MaestroTJS]

Looks like we found the gay guys.

[@joshuastarkloff9602]

They squat

[@MrFiddleedee]

t h i c c

[@rock3tcatU233]

T H I C C

[@grizzdotcom]

“Imprisonment is an injury regardless of how you justify it.”
Psychiatrists really need to be taught this lesson.

[@Admwings]

How so?

[@grizzdotcom]

@@Admwings It doesn't seem to be something they understand, judging by my experiences with them.
A required few days/weeks inpatient care before they get licensed might help them understand, except that they'd know when they were getting out, which isn't a comfort involuntary patients have.

[@Admwings]

Juliet Capulet Is it your experience that psychiatrists imprison patients?

[@grizzdotcom]

@@Admwings Yes.

[@ninjafaceify]

@@Admwings I mean it's common knowledge that they do. If they at any time feel like it they can have you fucking lokcked away in a padded room drugged into a fucking coma for as long as they see fit, it's fucking terrifying and horrifically unjust.

[@larryswiston2140]

Be me
Misread immorality as immortality
"This is gonna be good."

[@GuitarSlayer136]

I fucking love watching them continue to poke the shield

[@blackenblood21]

To be fair it wasn't just "with a single look" but also a subtle "Now, Mr. Worf.", so it looks like those "primitive vocal communications" are still a bit necessary.

[@Dowlphin]

After they teleported way, Picard actually laughed and made this remark, adding "LOL, noobs".

[@jeffk7287]

Someone needs to add the Thug Life meme to Picard at the end.

[@TrustsLiars]

Jeff K I thought that too!

[@napalmkitty6686]

Jeff K complete with WHERE THE HOOD AT!?

[@totty2524]

This would ruin this scene. Why add a trendy meme that will soon be forgotten to a timeless scene?

[@Zuurkool1]

Make it so

[@YavuzSelim01]

Picard is the original badass. You should add a Picard at every Thug Life meme instead.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

I can think of at least 10 other episodes where a bridge forcefield would have been handy!

[@camazotzbat5970]

"Imprisonment is an injury, regardless of how you justify it"
Yet, it's worth noting that the Enterprise has, does and will imprison others, and has the facilities to do so as amply demonstrated, but would not wantonly imprison a group from another race for the sake of self-gratification or even knowledge, despite themselves being explorers and scientists. So, regardless of the statement, the Enterprise does justify imprisonment with due purpose, and simply recognizes that it is an injury to another being to be imprisoned.

[@DissectingThoughts]

Sure. Recognizing that something is injurious and making an informed decision to do it anyway, and simply not unintentionally injuring people because you don't consider it as such are two different things. Picard knew they were just ignorant, hence him letting them off with a lesson and a warning instead of doing something more drastic. Picard is practical. His point wasn't that you shouldn't ever injure people, just that you should at least know that's what you're doing and understand the consequences of your actions.

[@themaverick6269]

That is true, however in acknowledging it as an injury he does not state that he is unjustified.
There is such a thing as justified injury and it is usually in response to unprovoked injury upon one's self. In this case Picard was justified specifically because he was responding to an injury done to himself and his crew. In fact he would have been justified in being harsher than he was but he is a better man then most and as such could see the extreme levels of discomfort these beings were exibiting. As such he let them off easy, understanding that they may be even more averse to it than humans and Klingons.

[@themaverick6269]

Wait, I think I may have just reiterated your point back to you...

[@marcokite]

typical Picard double standard and a touch of smugness

[@xJacobxHM]

Maybe they should teach this kind of stuff in our schools.

[@necrofear98]

I agree.

[@necrofear98]

But perhaps it should primarily be taught and practiced at home.

[@xJacobxHM]

necrofear98 I prefer private schools. When you get into a State run public school...you get the Nazi Youth.

[@necrofear98]

you make a valid point.

[@MidnightSt]

+rtyerh trjrje mandatory weekly screenings of ST: TNG and DS9? Me likes :-D

[@rad4life1]

Turn about is fair play! Picard is bad ass!

[@rad4life1]

RikkyCZ Indeed!

[@FrancisR420]

I love how the they demonstrate the shield by just poking at it over and over

[@CostlyFiddle]

Its a good thing Worf wasn't in his Kilngon feels that day or he may have misinterpreted Picard's "kill it" gesture as "kill them".

[@PaladinDusty]

That's right. Keeping poking the force-field like a couple of goldfish.

[@Kreppklebeband]

"Worf, beam die Schweine ins All..."

[@Hanno_Lamp]

Genau der Kommentar, den ich gebracht haben würde, wenn ich ihn nicht vorgefunden hätte, Junge! :D

[@JukesMcGee]

I thought the whole time this title said Immortality

[@Eskolol]

When Pickard did the cutthroat gesture I went instantly from "WHAA? Pickard takes no prisoners" to "Oh..." :D

[@galdruslock6371]

1:13 worf takes command as transporting them into space...

[@knoodelhed]

"We didn't do nothing..."

[@JoakimKanon]

Picard: With a single look, I...
Gul Madres: How many looks?

[@alexanderchippel]

"Imprisonment is an injury, no matter how you justify it."
Louder for those in the back please!

[@jaygon8656]

Another valuable lesson from Saint Picard...

[@mrnoahlott]

Just one look... that's all it took.

[@The482075]

"Now Mister Worf".

[@Krahazik]

They didn't show the look to Riker which got the ball rolling for setitng up the forcefield trap. The vocla command was to activate the forcefield. He could have used another visual signal but voicing that part of the trap is always fun.

[@jaredlucev2705]

"Oh you don't want to be imprisoned? Very well, Mr Worf please escort them to the nearest air lock." - Malcolm Renalds.

[@hakamadam8258]

This is called refutation by analogy.

[@Dowlphin]

Which people who already exhibit resolute hypocrisy are immune to.

[@CharlesUrban]

Of course the folks who insist on trapping people can't take what they dish out.

[@shawnr888]

"We now know of your race, and know how to imprison you, bare that in mind..."
That's a fantastic threat, delivered in the most gentlemanly way!

[@LevCallahan]

Picard: "I want to see how _you_ react to being imprisoned."
Riker: 0:49 "Are you careful with your personal records? Have you ever visited a Chinatown section in a major city? Have you noticed how many successful restaurants are theme-based these days?"

[@MsCreepyChan]

So, is fixing ones tunic the 24th century version of dropping the mic?

[@wlthomas67]

It actually started as wardrobe difficulties for Patrick Stewart the uniform did not fit exactly right and he got in the habit of adjusting it. Now you know the rest of the story...good day.

[@Hadra568]

Only if it's Picard

[@Sorestlor]

Just like the riker maneuver.

[@shiroskunkwolfe]

Thank you for that Paul harvey reference; i hadn't realized how much I miss hearing him in the afternoon until I listened to "Policeman" and "Fireman" right after reading your comment. Also, "If I Were the Devil" may be one of his most prophetic, eerie bits ever.

[@gameinsane4718]

It’s like adjusting a jacket or coat but it’s unzipped or has a large V dip (like on a suit) and even among some furs.
I don’t know what that motion is even called but it acts very similarly to a mic drop that you can wear

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

0:06 This is Star Trek. This is a common theme, so they do kind of have a right.

[@abnnuy9999]

Star Trek nerds when they saw this title after watching the video: That's not immorality, that's Captain Picard demonstrating his awesomeness

[@tybehny5722]

"Imprisonment is an injury, regardless of how you justify it." -An Intelligent Man

[@eXtremeDR]

Why would I want to put my finger on his throat?

[@ethancroft2560]

"Imprisonment is an injury regardless of how you justify it."
*Imprisons them

[@ArticBlueFox96]

His confinement of them was short-term, instructive, and with the intent of rehabilitation or at least to deter. I agree imprisonment is an injury regardless of how you justify it, but what Picard did was not true imprisonment, and by Picard's own admission what he did was an example in immorality, it was wrong.

[@toreadum8ass]

Sometimes it is necessary to inflict injury against another in the interest of self-defense.