#picard and dathon

[purplespacekitty]

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra

Gilgamesh and Enkidu at Uruk

Picard and Dathon at El-Adrel

[astralbondpro]

Star Trek: The Next Generation // S05E02: Darmok

[pacificsaury]

Darmok (5.02) is my favourite tng episode to show people who haven't seen star trek

[geekysteven]

[starleska]

just watched the Darmok episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation and i can feel my heart ripping in two. the joy of gradual shared understanding. the language based on an evolving mythos of events which can reflect any and every future event. Picard and Dathon becoming part of that mythos because of Dathon's sacrifice and Picard forging a new path for their species' relations. ohhhh God it's so good 💔💔💔

[defconprime]

Temba, His Arms Wide

[doctorslippery]

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[filmjunky-99]

s t a r t r e k t h e n e x t g e n e r a t i o n created by gene roddenberry [darmok, s5ep2]

'Sokath. His eyes uncovered!' - dathon

[newtsoftheworldunite]

Surely it was more of a Dathon and Picard at El-Adrel moment?

I referred to something as a "real Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra moment" in conversation with someone who has never seen TNG, and let me tell you, that was a real Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra moment

[sbnkalny]

Shokath, his eyes uncovered? Kira, at Bashi, Picard And Dathon at El-Adrel!

[purplespacekitty]

Picard and Dathon at El-Adrel

I usually just do a few pictures from multiple episodes for these posts but the unhinged commentary between my friend @petracourtjester and I throughout this one was too good to not share. Plus, it’s “Darmok”.

For some context, this is her 1st time watching Star Trek and my 3rd time (I think?) watching "Darmok" specifically. First time I watched it I was too young to really understand what was happening.

Previous Many Days In the Life of a Trekkie posts: part 1, part 2

[incorrectdarmok]

[ID by @sage-was-stolen:

Images are from the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Darmok".

First image: A closeup of Picard as he speaks to a wounded Dathon, in an attempt to comfort him. Captions are added that read: "And... they were roommates."

Second image: A closeup of Dathon responding and smiling while laid down. Captions are added that read: "(Laughing) They were roommates!"

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[trek-tracks]

32 years of Tamarian memes :)

Happy 30 years of Darmok day! (September 30, 1991)

Considering all this blog does is make Star Trek in-jokes with highly-specific, niche references, I feel very connected to this episode.

Tumblr, its arms wide.

[comfyaestheticlibraryboy]

Blorbo and Glup Shitto at Goncharov

[geekysteven]

[Image description Tweet from dwight_tokem "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra (Warner Bros. 1951)" Attached image is a 4-panel comic strip of Looney Toons stills. In the first panel, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are arguing. A sign between them says "Jalad season." The second panel is the same except the sign says "Darmok season." In the third panel, Bugs and Daffy are both looking at a picture of Elmer Fudd labeled "beast season," and in the fourth panel they turn together toward their common enemy.]

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[aroacephotographer]

Star Trek Nerding Out Time

I've been watching a lot of Star Trek recently. And it's been a full force ADHD mega marathon of my favorite franchise right now. A lot of this for the first full time.

I grew up with TNG as a kid, seeing random episodes here and there. But I never followed the storyline.

Lower Decks is one of the best shows right now. And I LOVE the fifth/final season going on. If I had any complaints, it would be that they should have 7 seasons like the 90s shows. But I digress.

I have to nerd out about this connection I just made.

Seeing Lower Decks earlier this year introduced me to Kayshon, a Tamarian who joins the Cerritos in season 2. But it's not the first time a Tamarian has been in the franchise. Kayshon is a continuation of the first episode the Tamarians were in.

Star Trek: TNG S5:E2 "Darmok" shows Picard trying to find a way to speak to the Tamarian race. This is something that's been tried before, but the other two or three captains failed. Picard found a way to communicate with them; which btw is a very poetic episode. The Tamarians joined Starfleet after that.

The star dates for this episode are 45047.2-45048.8. Because I wanted to know the dates.

Paul Winfield

So here's the behind the scenes thing that makes me so interested in this episode: The actor who played Captain Dathon was Paul Winfield.

Winfield is one of those actors that's been in quite a few movies and some childhood TV shows that I enjoyed. HERE'S his IMDB page so you can peruse it for yourself.

But some notable cartoon shows he's been a part of are: Batman The Animated Series, Gargoyles, Spider-Man The Animated Series, and Batman Beyond.

He also starred in The Wrath of Khan!

Huckleberry Finn was a huge deal to read when I was a kid. And I'm pretty sure I was shown the film adaptation from 1974. I'm from the South, so my parents wanted me to read or at least watch it. But I vaguely remember seeing Winfield's rendition of Jim from that movie. I bring this up because (and I cannot prove this speculation) I believe this was one of those roles that made people pay more attention to him as an actor.

Thinking back on this was wild. Anyway, back to in-universe stuff...

Kayshon, His Eyes Open

By the time of Lower Decks comes around, we see Kayshon join Starfleet.

If you haven't seen the TNG episode before the LD episode like I did, the whole concept feels random. But (and spoilers I guess) Tamarians speak in metaphor. Which causes quite a bit of understandable confusion.

When I first saw Kayshon in LD what he said seemed really random. But Commander Jack Ransom points out in a blink-and-you-miss-it moment that the Tamarians speak in metaphor. Over the course of several episodes (I'd have to track down the precise episode again) the Commander starts speaking in metaphor around Kayshon. To which he responds happily.

The attention to detail between TNG and LD is phenomenal. I want to rewatch LD in general, but now I have yet another reference to look out for.

Seeing the TNG episode had me make the connection after seeing the Tamarians for the first time. And it felt like a Canon Event.