Star Trek: The Next Generation
Summary
Two things best associated with Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) debuted in the same episode ofStar Trek : The Next Generation . For seven seasons ofTNG , Captain Picard led the USS Enterprise - D in its quest to explore the galaxy , andJean - Luc became one ofStar Trek’smost beloved captains . Picard keep his crowd phallus at a distance , rarely allowing anyone to get too close . With his rhetorical skills , Picard favor a more diplomatic approach to difference , rather than the more brash tactics of Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) .
ThroughoutStar Trek : The Next Generation , more information was filled in about Jean - Luc Picard ’s background and interests . Picard ’s dear of Shakespeare was established other inTNGseason 1 , as was hiscomplicated history with Dr. Beverly Crusher(Gates McFadden ) and her family . TNGseason 2 , episode 11 , " Contagion " introduced two more elements that became of import gain to Picard ’s character . In " Contagion , " the Enterprise answers a suffering call from its sister ship , the USS Yamato , only to see the death of the Yamato minutes afterward . Prior to its destruction , the Yamato had reported legion ship malfunctions , and the Enterprise soon start experiencing similar progeny .
In its seven - season running , Star Trek : The Next Generation produced some truly amazing episodes of sci - fi television but which ones sincerely endure out ?
Picard Orders “Tea, Earl Grey, Hot” For The First Time In Star Trek: TNG’s “Contagion”
By the time of Star Trek: Picard season 1, Jean-Luc has switched to “Tea, Earl Grey, Decaf.”
ThroughoutStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s " Contagion , " everyone on the USS Enterprise - D is on gamy alert not only because of the malfunctions across the ship , but also because the Yamato and the Enterprise both breach the Federation / Romulan Neutral Zone . As the hero sandwich - air force officer of a nearby Romulan ship grows increasingly suspicious , Picard and his gang work to unveil the causal agency of the malfunction . After witnessing the devastation of the Yamato , Ensign Wesley Crusher ( Wil Wheaton)struggles to face the death of that many people and he open up to Picard . As Picard offers Wes advice , he orders"Tea , Earl Grey , Hot"from the replicator .
Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge ( LeVar Burton ) eventually encounter a solvent to the ship ’s malfunction . efficaciously , he turns the intact ship off and back on again .
Due to the proceed glitches across the ship , the replicator bring home the bacon Captain Picard with a potted industrial plant rather than the Camellia sinensis he requested . Although the replicator did not provide PIcard ’s drink of choice this time,“Tea , Earl Grey , Hot"would become the captain ’s most common order . Over the course ofTNG , Picard requested the deglutition gobs of times , always ordering it in the same room . “Tea , Earl Grey , Hot"soon became one of the catchphrase associated with Picard , and has spawned many piece of music of tie - in product such as t - shirt and mugs .
Star Trek: TNG’s “Contagion” Establishes Picard’s Interest In Archeology
In Star Trek: Lower Decks, Picard funds the archeological adventures of Petra Aberdeen (Georgia King).
As the USS Enterprise - D investigates the destruction of the Yamato , they visit the satellite Iconia , the former home of a extremely advanced civilization . The Iconians were once believed to be a myth , but Picard had studied their culture when he was attending Starfleet Academy . In his conversation with the captain , Wesley Crusher involve Picard about the Iconians , andPicard reveals that archeology has been a spare-time activity of his"since my Academy days . “Later , Picard take to leave the outside team to Iconia himself , probably in part , because he want to see the remnants of the Iconian civilization firsthand .
On Iconia , Picard and his crew learn an ripe transportation applied science roll in the hay as an Iconian gateway . Only two gateway were known to exist , the one inTNG’s"Contagion " and one receive by the Jem’Hadar inStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 4 , episode 23 , " To the end . "
Jean - Luc ’s interest in archeology would become another recurring element throughoutTNG , and it helped the senior pilot on numerous occasion . Picard ’s lovemaking of archeology also run Jean - Luc to get caught up in several escapade outside of his common Starfleet missions . For instance , inTNGseason 3 , episode 19 , " Captain ’s Holiday , " Picard meets an archaeologist ( and profiteer ) namedVash ( Jennifer Hetrick ) . Despite her questionable ethics , Picard finds himself intrigued by Vash and her archaeologic adventures , and the two share a brief romanticism . Jean - Luc Picard ’s love life of archeology and Earl Grey afternoon tea have become iconic elements of the character , and they were both introduced in the same episode ofStar Trek : The Next propagation .
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