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Damn it! Thanks to modern media, I can't think of Pooh and Piglet now without remembering the 2023 horror film "Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey" and the scene of Randy Marsh strangling Pooh (in a parody of the strangulation scene in "No Country for Old Men") in the "Band in China" episode of South Park.
This episode should have won a writing Emmy….they brilliantly illustrated the immense challenges of first contact with a truly alien culture, with every word in a common language between the viewer, the federation, and the aliens.
That’s what I torture my dad with, a lot! Picard and his jacket! I go all, “I’m Captain Picard in my super cool jacket,” and my dad goes all, “I can’t stand the jacket!” Cracks me up every time! Rotfl 😂
Winfield is the poster boy for underappreciated actors. He was awesome at what he did and he had an odd way of seeming to just roll with whatever role he got.
Not just that, though. Have ever thought about how many idioms you use in English? They aren't literal either. If you don't know what they mean and don't have enough context to deduce the meaning, they are impenetrable until you find out.
My favorite episode, one that exemplifies what Star Trek is all about. The final scenes, where Picard speaks in the Tamarian language and then takes his moment at the window, are among Patrick Stewart’s finest.
Darmok. Widely praised as among the best episodes of Star Trek ever created. An entire culture that communicates through metaphor, idioms, and memes; all of the culture-specific things that are notoriously difficult to translate.
It means "I bestow upon you and your general family/organization/team recognition of your glory, but beware for I am also very intense and you are also now a threat to me because of your increased political status. Well done... and tread carefully."
This is one of my favorite episodes of TNG. The language barrier derived from a culture that isn’t understood is such a great premise. A rewatch (knowing the metaphor description) makes more sense in what they were trying to say earlier in the episode. I love Star Trek Sunday’s. Thanks Jen. ✌️🥰👍💕
Paul Winfield was such an amazing actor. Even if his face and voice were immediately recognizable, he was a chameleon. He wore every role he played like a cloak and every part was believable.
In my early childhood back in the early ‘70s, he was in two movies I remember very well-Sounder and an adaptation of Huck Finn. He was nominated for Best Actor for Sounder. Amazing actor!
Interestingly, he rubbed some people the wrong way when guest starred on Babylon 5. Jerry Doyle said he didn't have his lines memorized and was causing them to fall behind schedule. That said, his performance as Dr. Franklin's father is one of my favorites from that show.
Oooooooh. DARMOK. One of the most Star Trek episodes to ever Star Trek. This is really an episode that puts the thinking cap on. I've heard it's sometimes referenced in communication and language classes.
I remember when this aired a lot of people were actually dismissive of the episode because there is no way that a language based on references could work. Then the memes started.
This is one of the best episodes EVER. I can’t help but shed tears for the captain so dedicated to opening communication that he would sacrifice his life. That shit hits hard.
This episode sneaks up on you. It’s in a lot of TNG fans’ TopTen lists, including mine. A friend of mine was hosting a book club night and asked if I’d like to join. The book was The Epic of Gilgamesh, and I immediately said, “Darmok and Jilad at Tanagra!” He laughed and said that episode was why he chose that title.
I was taking a Comp Lit class on ancient epics at the time this episode came out. Our professor was a huge ST:TNG fan (mentioning that the Borg were defeated by mortal weaknesses like Gilgamesh was). The first lecture after Darmok aired, she was unabashedly giddy about the episode.
A friend of mine once attended her English lit class with a Klingonese copy of Hamlet and the professor just stared at it and said ‘erm….this is not the respective source material for my course’ 😜🙉😂
My top-ten TNG list has more than 10 episodes on it and it's not numbered, and yes, "Darmok" is there. Because, of course it is! :D ("The Naked Now" is too, and I'm not embarrassed to say it! :P)
14:11 he basically told them that they fought the creature or beast on the planet and it attacked their captain. How he tried to save him but while he did his best to fight off the creature unfortunately there was nothing he could do and their captain died from his injuries Just thought I'd give context as to why the Tamarian first officer closed his eyes and looked down sadly in case anyone missed it.
Next Jen Sunday!!!!! Great reaction as always Jen! This is my favorite episode of ST:TNG. Paul Winfield does a great job as Capt. Dathon, when he breathes his last breath, it makes me tear up every time. He really steals the episode and Patrick Stewart....well when has he not delivered!!! The tension in this episode can really get to you. When I first saw it as a teenager, my reaction was similar to yours..... totally into it, enjoying it but trying to figure out what the heck was going on!!! Keep up the great reactions as always and many blessings to you and yours.
I love that the Tamarian "word" for first contact is "Picard and Dathon at El-Adril" They didn't have a word for first contact with an alien race until Captain Picard came along
This episode always brings a tear to my eye, not just because of how thoughtful it is, but it also metaphorically shows how much we crave connection with others, and how some of us will do almost anything for it. This episode also shows how different Picard and Riker are when it comes to their command style and how they approach problems. Picard is ever the diplomat, whereas Riker is a bit more straightforward in his approach to the unknown. EXCELLENT episode and reaction 🥰!
When this first aired, my initial thought was, "Oh, they're remaking 'Arena' (the TOS episode with Kirk vs the Gorn)." Then it became clear there was something deeper going on, and I really became engaged with the episode. I was happy when I figured out the aliens communicated in metaphor just ahead of Picard. This episode took my appreciation of the series to a much higher level.
Lefler, the ensign in Engineering with Geordi, is played by Ashley Judd, who's mother and half-sister were in the country duo The Judds, while she herself would go on to be in many movies including 'A Time to Kill', 'Where the Heart Is', 'Double Jeopardy' and 'Kiss the Girls'.
I've always coveted that jacket. There are some halfway decent recreations but none of them look anywhere near as good. The best I've seen has shoulders made of a dark grey/black version of the same fuzzy material as the rest instead of whatever pleather material was on the original. I think the pleather would probably wear out and crack really quickly, so maybe the fuzzy shoulders are better.
Apparently that expedition jacket smelled terrible. It took them ages to make a Starfleet jacket design that looked cool but the actors actually liked wearing.
I was in my junior year of college when this came out. My prof was a huge Star Trek fan (so am I) and the next day after this aired we were assigned to do a minimum 250 word essay written only in metaphor. He didn't grade it tough, as long it was complete you got an "A". It was fun!
Do you still have your essay? I'd love to read it!!! I was just thinking while watching this it'd be fun to write a story all in metaphors like how these people talk, and you've already done it! :)
@xzonia1 I wish I did! I married my college girlfriend and when we got divorced the box that this was in got left behind when I moved out and rather than get it to me when she found it she just tossed everything in the recycling bin. It's a really fun experiment though.
R.I.P. Paul Winfield aka Captain Clark Terrell (Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan), aka Captain Dathon (Star Trek TNG: episode "Darmok". A great actor of many roles in Movies and TV, Passed away in March, 2004 from a heart attack.😥
this is one of those few st:tng episodes that left me teary-eyed ...REALLY teary-eyed! 😥 what a powerful lesson! really thankful you shared this one with us! 👍☺
This is one of my favorite episodes. I think it’s the one that most comes to mind as helping me in real life. Understanding someone’s history and experiences is often essential to understanding them.
One of my favourite episodes. Such an amazing example of trying to communicate with another species. Our assumptions can lead us in the wrong direction. Just listen and learn to feel the intentions.
this was truly one of the GOATs this is what science fiction in general and Star Trek in particular is supposed to me. Metaphors for life lessons and commentary on our own culture. lasers and space battles are just the wrapper
Your reaction to Picard's Captain's Jacket is priceless. Notice his trousers are different as well, more reminiscent of TOS costume pants. I think you'd look terrific in the Captain's Jacket and turtle neck. Great reaction to one of my favorite Next Gen episodes.
I've heard that some language professors at universities show this episode as part of their curriculum to demonstrate atypical language structures. The touching of the hand to the knife and forehead at the very end is surprisingly moving.
3:07 "A knife fight? That's not really his strength." It's only been briefly mentioned back in season 2, but yeah, Picard's pretty good at hand-to-hand combat with extra knives. Granted, the fight mentioned was one he _lost_ but still.
FUN FACT: In the DVD release version of this episode at 13:24 when Riker ordered Worf to fire phasers, they had the Enterprise fire phasers from the main torpedo launcher. They corrected this error when they released the Blu-Ray version of the series.
I've read some of the Gilgamesh story. Like Capt' Picard, we could each bring up some epic to share: Frodo with the Ring, Jason and the Golden Fleece, Lewis and Clark.
One of my top episodes of the series, possibly because my college major--indeed my main focus of study--was Communications; the study of how thought becomes language, is transmitted to the listener, and then is reinterpreted again into thought, almost inevitably with errors. The performance of the two Captains, particularly when Darmok's "word salad" becomes comprehensible, brings me to tears every time. of course, Picard learns enough to speak cogently to the Tamarians, and we have absorbed enough to follow his conversation. Thank you, Jen, you have made my day.
As a career foreign language teacher, now retired, this episode has always been inspirational and representative of the year I spent living abroad in Spain during my University training.
*This episode is LEGENDARY amongst professors and researchers in the field of linguistics, many of whom have praised it for depicting not only how difficult to translate lost languages to which we have now references to but also how different cultures think and how those differences can lead to misunderstanding even when we DO have comprehensive language basis. I can’t help each time I see this episode but to link it back to a scene in the episode **_The Ensigns of Command_** from season 3 when Picard and Troi discussed understanding an unknown language: Troi showed Picard a clear cup of coffee to Picard, said a word in Betazoid and asked him to tell her what she said and they together went through a plethora of words like “Coffee, drink, hot, glass, clear, etc” This episodes I feel like expended on that brief exchange from that episode and really spelled out those difficulties with the metaphor aspect.* *On the other hand (just to be fair and accurate in depiction), this episode is also notorious amongst some Sci-Fi fans who loath it because because it is not “actiony” enough, some say; which is their way of saying that it is “too intellectual”. And while I can see how the “Starwarzian sci-fi fans” who look forward to “Pew-Pew-Pew” and “Whomm-Whomm, Bzioom-Khrrrsh” type of action might be disappointed, to me: This “intellectual” Sci-Fi stuff is not only what I’ve always looked for in Sci-Fi, but it is also PEAK STAR TREK as envisioned by Gene Roddenberry. The exploration of the human psyche over “…the exploration of stars and nebulae”!* ( 😉🤫 )
i find most people who dislike this episode do so because they don't buy the premise of an advanced species only able to communicate by metaphor not that it is not "actiony" enough
@@flerbus To which I respond with a picture of Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn, and Andre the Giant standing next to one another looking down at the viewer from a cliff top.
I've been waiting for this episode ever since you started TNG. It's one of my two favorite, probably just behind "Inner Light". I'm glad you liked it too.
Ensign Lefler (who was shunting overloads with LaForge at around the 8:00 mark) was played by famous actress Ashley Judd (in her first role). Her mother was Naomi Judd and her half-sister is Wynonna Judd (from the country band, The Judds). 9:30 - Dathon, his ass kicked.
This is my absolute favorite episode in all of Star Trek. The importance of communication and connection and really giving each other the effort is something that we could all do more. And as an aside, we communicate very well similarly sometimes. If you’ve ever had a conversation with memes, same thing.
Really love the use of Picard's jacket as his means of being an individual after the Borg in Best of Both Worlds. Such a small thing that allowed him to hold onto his individuality and stand out as an individual instead of being part of the whole like drones in the Collective are.
🔔 JEN @ 0:09 I was wondering why Stewart was wearing a jacket INSIDE the Enterprise. Did Worf set the ship's thermostat to "Klingon Homeworld Cold" to cool his hotblooded nature? Did Troi set it to cold to help fight off hot flashes that her mother Lwaxana had been experiencing when she was last aboard and it got frozen at that setting? And if 'yes' to either of these questions, why was only Picard seemingly affected? Then the answer comes out: The script called for Picard to be suddenly whisked away to an outdoor nature setting in which he would be in daytime and NIGHTTIME scenes. Stewart would be uncomfortably cold in those evidently, so just by pure coincidence he was VERY conveniently in a JACKET at the moment of kidnapping!
The way people on the internet, or just nerds in fandom, communicate in references and memes. I love that Picard tells Dathon the oldest story of humanity that we know. The Beast of El-Adrel is also one of my favorite monsters from the series.
I think you'll enjoy this season. It has a lot of great episodes and surprises. There's one episode that if you don't cry, you're a Vulcan. Congratulations on your promotion, Lieutenant Jen.
Jason, channel love. Produce forever more, arms wide. 👍👍 The Darkmop ep was an excellent one! Despite the errors, language barriers and misunderstandings. 💜 The actor who played the alien captain was Paul Winfield, you've seen him in Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan, he beamed down with Chekov to the sand planet that Khan was trapped on and subsequently got a gross alien bug thing inserted into his ear (for mind control purposes). He also had small parts in Terminator 2, Cliffhanger, Mars Attacks! As well as many other movie roles. He passed in 2004. R.I.P.
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To quote Jen…’Facts!’ 😃
Seriously she’s so fun to watch tv and movies with I’m surprised she doesn’t have twice of her current number subscribers. Her reactions are fully authentic and genuine she has great sense of humor and she picks up on things most reactors completely miss.
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8:01 Did you recognize who played Lefler? That's Ashley Judd.
@@andreasvogler1875 I almost missed Her, and I LOVE Ashley Judd!🥰
"Pooh?" said Piglet.
"Yes, Piglet?" said Pooh.
"Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra," said Piglet.
"Shaka, when the walls fell," said Pooh.
Nice.
Oh bother.@@markharris1125
Damn it! Thanks to modern media, I can't think of Pooh and Piglet now without remembering the 2023 horror film "Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey" and the scene of Randy Marsh strangling Pooh (in a parody of the strangulation scene in "No Country for Old Men") in the "Band in China" episode of South Park.
@@tvdroid22 Tiddly-pom.
Eyore, his tail missing
This episode should have won a writing Emmy….they brilliantly illustrated the immense challenges of first contact with a truly alien culture, with every word in a common language between the viewer, the federation, and the aliens.
Picard, his jacket wide, my wallet open. 🤠😹
🤣 Right?!
Picards jacket, his style on point 😅
That’s what I torture my dad with, a lot! Picard and his jacket! I go all, “I’m Captain Picard in my super cool jacket,” and my dad goes all, “I can’t stand the jacket!” Cracks me up every time! Rotfl 😂
Picard, his back hurt, his clothes changed.
😂😂 jacket, wallet wide open 😂 I noticed how hyped she was about Picard's jacket 😂
Even buried under prosthetic make up, Paul Winfield projects so much warmth and lovability.
Wow, didn't make the connection.
Dathon, at Regula, his mind broken.
Winfield is the poster boy for underappreciated actors. He was awesome at what he did and he had an odd way of seeming to just roll with whatever role he got.
You should watch him in the film Sounder.
Dude was in Wrath of Kahn, too.
I love how this kinda predicts meme culture and how SO many memes we communicate with today stem from TNG!
Picard, his face palmed.
Interesting take, and accurate at that.
man staring at butterfly, his face perplexed
Q could get that response from Picard, for sure. Related metaphor: Picard and Q at Bre'el IV.
Data and Lore, in the hallway.
Not just that, though. Have ever thought about how many idioms you use in English? They aren't literal either. If you don't know what they mean and don't have enough context to deduce the meaning, they are impenetrable until you find out.
My favorite episode, one that exemplifies what Star Trek is all about. The final scenes, where Picard speaks in the Tamarian language and then takes his moment at the window, are among Patrick Stewart’s finest.
Paul Winfield also played Captain Terrell in Wrath of Khan
And both movie and TV episode were based on "The Epic of Gilgamesh".
Terrell and Kirk at Genesis. When the walls fell.
Terrell at Genesis, his phaser turned.
Terminator too.
@@Panzer4F2 Terminator, his return foretold.
I love how the second time you watch this you understand what they are saying.
Sokath, his eyes uncovered.
It's Called Learning!
Darmok. Widely praised as among the best episodes of Star Trek ever created.
An entire culture that communicates through metaphor, idioms, and memes; all of the culture-specific things that are notoriously difficult to translate.
“Gowron. His eyes wide.” Could mean anything….
It means "I bestow upon you and your general family/organization/team recognition of your glory, but beware for I am also very intense and you are also now a threat to me because of your increased political status. Well done... and tread carefully."
Accurate 😅
It could mean he's happy or enraged, nothing in between.
Clearly means someone is going to die slowly, possibly Duras
Glory to you and your post👀
Tamarians communicate by referencing memes.
Karen and the waiter at the restaurant.
The manager, his face red.
Pikachu his mouth agape!
Bad luck Brian, when the walls fell
>Communicating with words. "Drake, his palm raised."
>Communicating through memes. " Drake, his finger extended."
@@VonSnootingham I prefer the Geordi version of that format.
Karen, her face red, her veins popped.
@@stevematthews7686Brian crushed, when the walls fell.
This is one of my favorite episodes of TNG. The language barrier derived from a culture that isn’t understood is such a great premise. A rewatch (knowing the metaphor description) makes more sense in what they were trying to say earlier in the episode.
I love Star Trek Sunday’s. Thanks Jen. ✌️🥰👍💕
Paul Winfield was such an amazing actor. Even if his face and voice were immediately recognizable, he was a chameleon. He wore every role he played like a cloak and every part was believable.
Paul Winfield performed an Amazing portrayal of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In my early childhood back in the early ‘70s, he was in two movies I remember very well-Sounder and an adaptation of Huck Finn. He was nominated for Best Actor for Sounder. Amazing actor!
Interestingly, he rubbed some people the wrong way when guest starred on Babylon 5. Jerry Doyle said he didn't have his lines memorized and was causing them to fall behind schedule. That said, his performance as Dr. Franklin's father is one of my favorites from that show.
One of the first television appearances for Ashley Judd (who played Ensign Robin Lefler, Geordi’s assistant).
And Wesley's hookup.
@@thebibosez7949 NO SPOILERS!
@@kevinL5425 Riker's chick has a butthead.
Too bad she became a nutjob.
I was just about to comment this! Thanks!
I love when Picard manages to communicate that their captain is dead... and they sort of sag in their grief. Aww!
Consider he was likely the Tamarian Picard.
Yeah,that scene touched my heart-MIGHTILY.
Paul Winfield is so great in this episode. Definitely one of the best guests stars in TNG. Also surprise Ashley Judd at 7:37 .
Top 5 episode all time imo. Also the Picard Jacket is ELITE!
RIP to their captain who sacrificed his life to establish communication
his jacket looks like a transitional form from the TNG movie jackets introduced in WoK
Oooooooh. DARMOK. One of the most Star Trek episodes to ever Star Trek. This is really an episode that puts the thinking cap on. I've heard it's sometimes referenced in communication and language classes.
You might be surprised how often “Shaka, when the walls fell” will enter into your thoughts and speech now. 🖖🏻
Minas Tirith, the gates broken
@@ianburns1167 The Riders, a charge unrivaled.
@@jmpopov It's a brilliant replacement for "sh!t" if you're in polite company.
This is absolutely one of my favorite episodes of TNG.
" Imagine if Picard spooned him " Ok Jen, that one slayed me! 🤣🤣🤣
I remember when this aired a lot of people were actually dismissive of the episode because there is no way that a language based on references could work.
Then the memes started.
This 😂
Great insight!
Rich Evans, superimposed, sits on couch.
What's the meme for take the kids to the dentist and pick up milk on the way home.
@@chetstevensq not sure but I bet it would look like something from the Far Side. Cow dentist?
Fry, his money offered
Jen and Jalad at UA-cam, our thumbs raised!👍
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Very similar to how half the internet communicates in memes.
"Padme, in the last panel"
"The two women, angry....the cat at dinner"
This is one of the best episodes EVER. I can’t help but shed tears for the captain so dedicated to opening communication that he would sacrifice his life. That shit hits hard.
I’ve loved that jacket since 1992.
This episode sneaks up on you. It’s in a lot of TNG fans’ TopTen lists, including mine. A friend of mine was hosting a book club night and asked if I’d like to join. The book was The Epic of Gilgamesh, and I immediately said, “Darmok and Jilad at Tanagra!” He laughed and said that episode was why he chose that title.
I was taking a Comp Lit class on ancient epics at the time this episode came out.
Our professor was a huge ST:TNG fan (mentioning that the Borg were defeated by mortal weaknesses like Gilgamesh was).
The first lecture after Darmok aired, she was unabashedly giddy about the episode.
A friend of mine once attended her English lit class with a Klingonese copy of Hamlet and the professor just stared at it and said ‘erm….this is not the respective source material for my course’ 😜🙉😂
@@daerdevvyl4314 Nah, they'd prefer Titus Andronicus.
My top-ten TNG list has more than 10 episodes on it and it's not numbered, and yes, "Darmok" is there. Because, of course it is! :D ("The Naked Now" is too, and I'm not embarrassed to say it! :P)
@@neptunusrex5195 But it's better in the original Klingon! :)
Jen watching TNG, her mind open. 🖖
14:11 he basically told them that they fought the creature or beast on the planet and it attacked their captain. How he tried to save him but while he did his best to fight off the creature unfortunately there was nothing he could do and their captain died from his injuries
Just thought I'd give context as to why the Tamarian first officer closed his eyes and looked down sadly in case anyone missed it.
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Great reaction as always Jen!
This is my favorite episode of ST:TNG.
Paul Winfield does a great job as Capt. Dathon, when he breathes his last breath, it makes me tear up every time. He really steals the episode and Patrick Stewart....well when has he not delivered!!!
The tension in this episode can really get to you.
When I first saw it as a teenager, my reaction was similar to yours..... totally into it, enjoying it but trying to figure out what the heck was going on!!!
Keep up the great reactions as always and many blessings to you and yours.
Thank you bradley! This is such a great episode, I loved it 🖖
I love that the Tamarian "word" for first contact is "Picard and Dathon at El-Adril"
They didn't have a word for first contact with an alien race until Captain Picard came along
Rapunki, when he joined the Seven
I feel like it's more like: a successful encounter with new people but with a very high cost
@@DaveWraptastic And sacrifice. It's dense. That's the advantage of Tamarian as a language.
@DaveWraptastic that's literally what first contact means.
@@MagicBrownie420 no it doesn't, could have had a cup of tea together and been instant friends. 🙄
One of the greatest ST:TNG stories. Also the first appearance of Ensign Leffler/Ashley Judd
This episode always brings a tear to my eye, not just because of how thoughtful it is, but it also metaphorically shows how much we crave connection with others, and how some of us will do almost anything for it. This episode also shows how different Picard and Riker are when it comes to their command style and how they approach problems. Picard is ever the diplomat, whereas Riker is a bit more straightforward in his approach to the unknown. EXCELLENT episode and reaction 🥰!
This is such an all-time banger of an episode. Really smart, well-written Sci Fi, with wonderful performances from Patrick Stewart and Paul WInfield.
Darmok and Picard. When they spooned by the fire :)
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Dathon, his name misunderstood.
(Darmok is a mythic figure being used as a point of reference in the episode. The Tamarian captain is called Dathon)
@@timmooney7528 Shaka, when the walls fell... His name was Captain Dathon. Darmok is the character in the metaphorical story of Darmok and Jelod.
I love this episode so much. In 45 minutes (give or take) you learn a new language. 🖖
When this first aired, my initial thought was, "Oh, they're remaking 'Arena' (the TOS episode with Kirk vs the Gorn)." Then it became clear there was something deeper going on, and I really became engaged with the episode. I was happy when I figured out the aliens communicated in metaphor just ahead of Picard.
This episode took my appreciation of the series to a much higher level.
Jen and Darmok on UA-cam, the crowds watching 🖖
Lefler, the ensign in Engineering with Geordi, is played by Ashley Judd, who's mother and half-sister were in the country duo The Judds, while she herself would go on to be in many movies including 'A Time to Kill', 'Where the Heart Is', 'Double Jeopardy' and 'Kiss the Girls'.
Darmok our eyes wet
That jacket just appears in this episode, and no special attention was ever given to it. I bought one as soon as I could find it.
Jen, her eyes wide at Picard’s jacket.
I've always coveted that jacket. There are some halfway decent recreations but none of them look anywhere near as good. The best I've seen has shoulders made of a dark grey/black version of the same fuzzy material as the rest instead of whatever pleather material was on the original. I think the pleather would probably wear out and crack really quickly, so maybe the fuzzy shoulders are better.
Jen, her eyes wide, her purse empty.
Lol!
Apparently that expedition jacket smelled terrible. It took them ages to make a Starfleet jacket design that looked cool but the actors actually liked wearing.
Fun fact: Dathon (alien captain) was played by Paul Winfield, the same actor who played Capt.Terrell of the Reliant in STII: Wrath of Khan.
Such a famous episode. Love whipping out a good "Shaka, when the walls fell" when I see someone fail at something lol
I was in my junior year of college when this came out. My prof was a huge Star Trek fan (so am I) and the next day after this aired we were assigned to do a minimum 250 word essay written only in metaphor. He didn't grade it tough, as long it was complete you got an "A". It was fun!
Do you still have your essay? I'd love to read it!!! I was just thinking while watching this it'd be fun to write a story all in metaphors like how these people talk, and you've already done it! :)
@xzonia1 I wish I did! I married my college girlfriend and when we got divorced the box that this was in got left behind when I moved out and rather than get it to me when she found it she just tossed everything in the recycling bin.
It's a really fun experiment though.
@@seannovack3834 It was a long shot after so many years, but I thought I'd ask. Sorry she tossed it, though! Thanks for replying! :)
R.I.P. Paul Winfield aka Captain Clark Terrell (Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan), aka Captain Dathon (Star Trek TNG: episode "Darmok".
A great actor of many roles in Movies and TV, Passed away in March, 2004 from a heart attack.😥
That scene where Picard tells the tale of Gilgamesh gets me every time.
this is one of those few st:tng episodes that left me teary-eyed ...REALLY teary-eyed! 😥 what a powerful lesson! really thankful you shared this one with us! 👍☺
Inner Light and Half A Life also tug on the heart strings.
This is one of my favorite episodes. I think it’s the one that most comes to mind as helping me in real life. Understanding someone’s history and experiences is often essential to understanding them.
This was one of my fav episodes.
This episode and Inner Light are the best episodes that make you reflect afterward.
They're in the best tradition of Star Trek and the ones i would use to showcase what Trek is ultimately about if someone had never heard or seen it.
"Inner Light" is my weakness. I can't watch that one without losing it.
One of my favourite episodes. Such an amazing example of trying to communicate with another species. Our assumptions can lead us in the wrong direction. Just listen and learn to feel the intentions.
One of my all time favourite episodes
Thank you! I loved this ep too! 🖖
What makes this such a great episode is how it shows that communication between species is really not as easy as they always make it out.
One of the most thoughtfull And insightful episodes in All of star trek History.....Jen" Oh I like that jacket'
this was truly one of the GOATs
this is what science fiction in general and Star Trek in particular is supposed to me.
Metaphors for life lessons and commentary on our own culture.
lasers and space battles are just the wrapper
Your reaction to Picard's Captain's Jacket is priceless. Notice his trousers are different as well, more reminiscent of TOS costume pants. I think you'd look terrific in the Captain's Jacket and turtle neck. Great reaction to one of my favorite Next Gen episodes.
07:09 "Oh what is it, like a bear?" ...now wouldn't be something, a random bear in the middle of space 😂🤗
Worf: That is a Klingon Targ.
Westley: Like a teddy bear?
Star Trek and Jen. We watch on Sundays.
Sundays at youtube. Our arms open.
Picard and Dathon at El-Adrel.
"When we met humans”
spooning
Ashley Judd as Leffler in a yellow uniform
This episodes stays with me for the rest of my life.
This episode fills my English major heart with joy. I remember reading Gilgamesh in college and thinking, "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra."
I've heard that some language professors at universities show this episode as part of their curriculum to demonstrate atypical language structures. The touching of the hand to the knife and forehead at the very end is surprisingly moving.
One of the most beloved episodes ever for TNG fans.
Nice reaction, Lt. Jen.
Jen’s ‘commercial break’ matching the mood at every point 💓
3:07 "A knife fight? That's not really his strength." It's only been briefly mentioned back in season 2, but yeah, Picard's pretty good at hand-to-hand combat with extra knives. Granted, the fight mentioned was one he _lost_ but still.
We know from Tapestries that he's pretty good at tanking them too.
@@VonSnootingham we _will_ know that... We don't yet.
I hope whoever was involved in writing this episode, won many awards.
One of my late dads favorite episodes, I very much enjoyed watching this with you, made it more special. Thanks.
Jen, at Sunday. Star Trek Sunday. Her audience happy.
this is one of my favorite episodes. its such an awesome starfleet moment when picard just walks in and starts communicating.
30 years ago when we first saw that jacket, we all had the same reaction. Subscribed! ❤
I'm so glad i wasn't in the middle drinking anything when the Spoon comment occurred, It would've been shot out my nose lol..
One of my absolute favorite episodes. Thanks for taking us along on this journey.
My professor show us this episode for us to study for examples for Non Linear Communication, and Pros And Cons Of Communicating Solely By Analogy.
FUN FACT: In the DVD release version of this episode at 13:24 when Riker ordered Worf to fire phasers, they had the Enterprise fire phasers from the main torpedo launcher. They corrected this error when they released the Blu-Ray version of the series.
Hah when the Tamarian Captain was defeated and it cut out, the sad "Commercial break".
I've read some of the Gilgamesh story. Like Capt' Picard, we could each bring up some epic to share: Frodo with the Ring, Jason and the Golden Fleece, Lewis and Clark.
One of my top episodes of the series, possibly because my college major--indeed my main focus of study--was Communications; the study of how thought becomes language, is transmitted to the listener, and then is reinterpreted again into thought, almost inevitably with errors. The performance of the two Captains, particularly when Darmok's "word salad" becomes comprehensible, brings me to tears every time. of course, Picard learns enough to speak cogently to the Tamarians, and we have absorbed enough to follow his conversation. Thank you, Jen, you have made my day.
As a career foreign language teacher, now retired, this episode has always been inspirational and representative of the year I spent living abroad in Spain during my University training.
Jen and her viewers, their collective hearts warmed by Trek 🥰😎🙏
I really enjoyed seeing your reaction to this, Jen, you seemed to love it just as much as I do. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, Jen. 😊
*This episode is LEGENDARY amongst professors and researchers in the field of linguistics, many of whom have praised it for depicting not only how difficult to translate lost languages to which we have now references to but also how different cultures think and how those differences can lead to misunderstanding even when we DO have comprehensive language basis. I can’t help each time I see this episode but to link it back to a scene in the episode **_The Ensigns of Command_** from season 3 when Picard and Troi discussed understanding an unknown language: Troi showed Picard a clear cup of coffee to Picard, said a word in Betazoid and asked him to tell her what she said and they together went through a plethora of words like “Coffee, drink, hot, glass, clear, etc” This episodes I feel like expended on that brief exchange from that episode and really spelled out those difficulties with the metaphor aspect.*
*On the other hand (just to be fair and accurate in depiction), this episode is also notorious amongst some Sci-Fi fans who loath it because because it is not “actiony” enough, some say; which is their way of saying that it is “too intellectual”. And while I can see how the “Starwarzian sci-fi fans” who look forward to “Pew-Pew-Pew” and “Whomm-Whomm, Bzioom-Khrrrsh” type of action might be disappointed, to me: This “intellectual” Sci-Fi stuff is not only what I’ve always looked for in Sci-Fi, but it is also PEAK STAR TREK as envisioned by Gene Roddenberry. The exploration of the human psyche over “…the exploration of stars and nebulae”!* ( 😉🤫 )
i find most people who dislike this episode do so because they don't buy the premise of an advanced species only able to communicate by metaphor
not that it is not "actiony" enough
Bold much?
@@flerbus To which I respond with a picture of Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn, and Andre the Giant standing next to one another looking down at the viewer from a cliff top.
@@3Rayfire not sure what this means
@@flerbus "You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means."
In Engineering, working with Geordie, Lefler is a young Ashley Judd. One of her early acting roles, She will reappear. 🙂
I've been waiting for this episode ever since you started TNG. It's one of my two favorite, probably just behind "Inner Light". I'm glad you liked it too.
We are seeing this type of communication now with our own culture - literally memes. Brian, his luck Bad. Dancing with coffins in Kenya. Etc
"Picard, his face palmed.' Just another example, not directed at you. "Boromir, not just walking in"
Ensign Lefler (who was shunting overloads with LaForge at around the 8:00 mark) was played by famous actress Ashley Judd (in her first role). Her mother was Naomi Judd and her half-sister is Wynonna Judd (from the country band, The Judds).
9:30 - Dathon, his ass kicked.
This is my absolute favorite episode in all of Star Trek. The importance of communication and connection and really giving each other the effort is something that we could all do more. And as an aside, we communicate very well similarly sometimes. If you’ve ever had a conversation with memes, same thing.
Really love the use of Picard's jacket as his means of being an individual after the Borg in Best of Both Worlds. Such a small thing that allowed him to hold onto his individuality and stand out as an individual instead of being part of the whole like drones in the Collective are.
That was one of the best episodes I have ever seen! Whoa. Thanks Jen! ❤
🔔 JEN @ 0:09 I was wondering why Stewart was wearing a jacket INSIDE the Enterprise.
Did Worf set the ship's thermostat to "Klingon Homeworld Cold" to cool his hotblooded nature?
Did Troi set it to cold to help fight off hot flashes that her mother Lwaxana had been experiencing when she was last aboard and it got frozen at that setting?
And if 'yes' to either of these questions, why was only Picard seemingly affected?
Then the answer comes out:
The script called for Picard to be suddenly whisked away to an outdoor nature setting in which he would be in daytime and NIGHTTIME scenes. Stewart would be uncomfortably cold in those evidently, so just by pure coincidence he was VERY conveniently in a JACKET at the moment of kidnapping!
Picard, when the suade smelled
The way people on the internet, or just nerds in fandom, communicate in references and memes. I love that Picard tells Dathon the oldest story of humanity that we know. The Beast of El-Adrel is also one of my favorite monsters from the series.
Redlettermedia now owns the beast of Tanagra mask from this episode.
Murray .... her hair shiny!
Looks like we both got a promotion for the new series :)
I think you'll enjoy this season. It has a lot of great episodes and surprises. There's one episode that if you don't cry, you're a Vulcan. Congratulations on your promotion, Lieutenant Jen.
Or an Android without an emotion chip. :)
Jason, channel love. Produce forever more, arms wide. 👍👍
The Darkmop ep was an excellent one! Despite the errors, language barriers and misunderstandings. 💜
The actor who played the alien captain was Paul Winfield, you've seen him in Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan, he beamed down with Chekov to the sand planet that Khan was trapped on and subsequently got a gross alien bug thing inserted into his ear (for mind control purposes).
He also had small parts in Terminator 2, Cliffhanger, Mars Attacks! As well as many other movie roles. He passed in 2004. R.I.P.
These Star Trek reactions are always great stuff, Jen!!