#tng: 4x20

[evviejo]

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - S4E20 Qpid

[startrekuniverse]

TNG || SNW

Picard and Pike talking about their Number One. ;-)

[bashfoal]

i love that worf knows to protest about being, specifically, a merry man.

[the-mad-hatter-tea-party]

Underrated moment: She just sits in his chair and drinks from his tea cup like it's hers.

Territorial much..? 🤣

[all-the-trek]

Star Trek: The Next Generation S4E20 "Q-Pid" (2367)

Worf: I will NOT play along with any stupid Q games.

Also Worf: Launches into battle immediately.

[sapphicsandscience]

CRUSHER: “Well, if he's Little John, that makes you...”

[karihighman]

LOVED THIS FRIENDSHIP (& Shenae & Cassie are still friends IRL so that’s cool) – also mid 2000′s hair goals 

[coolspock]

I need a Q and Vash adventures spinoff right FUCKING now

[spocks-evil-godmother]

morning tea

Vash: Beverly, omg, Jean-Luc has told me so much about you

Crusher: haha that is so weird because he hasn't told me anything about you

Vash: that IS weird we should slit his throat when he goes down for a nap

Crusher: darling, I couldn't agree more

[pouncequick]

So annoyed we didn’t get to see McFadden sword fighting in this scene, though.

[alieninitiation-blog]

choose your fighter

rikes pros: large stick fends off the enemy cons: conspicuous height

geords pros: timeless fashion sense cons: can’t play the mandolin

whiff pros: the only one with basic self-preservation cons: not a merry man

bevs pros: miraculous healing powers cons: sympathetic towards every opponent

bok troi pros: +1701 willpower upon eating chocolate cons: none. she is perfect.

dates pros: head like a dome cons: knows too much

[doctorbeverlycrusher]

TNG Guide: Picard/Crusher Edition

Someone did a guide like this for Elliot and Olivia from Law and Order and I’ve been thinking about these two lately so here we are.

This guide is obviously coloured by my personal opinion and some of the things are really subtle, but there’s also way less to get through here than something like SVU.

Of course, there are still many good episodes of TNG that don’t revolve around Picard and Crusher, but for the purposes of this guide, I tried to stick to the important ones or ones with some good interactions. Also, feel free to suggest things I may be missing.

SEASON 1

1x01/02 - Encounter at Farpoint

1x03 - The Naked Now

1x05 - The Last Outpost

1x07 - Lonely Among Us (This is on here for one scene really)

1x09 - The Battle (This one doesn’t really have moments between them as much but it’s got some good Picard backstory)

1x12 - The Big Goodbye

1x19 - Coming of Age (Again, mostly here for one scene where Beverly is being interviewed)

1x21 - The Arsenal of Freedom

1x24 - We’ll Always Have Paris

Due to a conflict between Gates McFadden and a writer on the show, Beverly doesn’t appear in season 2. It is said she took the position to head Starfleet Medical on Earth. However, due to a huge fan campaign led by Patrick Stewart himself, Gates came back in season 3 and stayed for the rest of the series.

I’d suggest watching 2x17 - Samaritan Snare as it gives some really good Picard backstory, but for P/C purposes, that’s the only one that’s necessary.

Season 3

3x01 - Evolution

3x05 - The Bonding (No moments here exactly, but the themes present are super important to their relationship)

3x12 - The High Ground

3x18 - Allegiance

3x23 - Sarek (This is here for the mind meld scene, which I think speaks to their relationship, but is also one of the best scenes in the entirety of Star Trek)

3x26 - The Best of Both Worlds Part I (This is mostly here for a specific brief scene, but the events of this episode really affect Picard so it’s important)

Season 4

4x01 - The Best of Both Worlds Part II (Here for continuity purposes)

4x02 - Family (No specific scenes but the storylines here are very much important)

4x05 - Remember Me

4x09 - Final Mission

4x20 - Qpid

4x21 - The Drumhead (This is here specifically because of the trial scene where Jonathan Frakes made some really interesting directorial choices)

4x23 - The Host

Season 5

5x12 - Violations (Massive warning for what is essentially mind rape in this episode)

5x18 - Cause and Effect

5x19 - The First Duty

5x21 - The Perfect Mate

5x25 - The Inner Light

Season 6

6x10/11 - Chain of Command, Part II & II (Massive warning for psychological and physical torture)

6x15 - Tapestry (Mostly here for Picard backstory purposes)

6x19 - Lessons

6x20 - The Chase (This is specifically here for the last scene where again Jonathan Frakes makes some interesting directorial decisions)

6x22 - Suspicions

6x25 - Timescape (This is here for a specific interaction between Deanna and Picard)

6x26 - Descent Part I

Season 7

7x01 - Descent Part II

7x08 - Attached (If you are only going to watch one episode about these two, this is the one to watch)

7x14 - Sub Rosa (This episode is atrociously bad but there’s still some good PC content here)

7x22 - Bloodlines

7x25/26 - All Good Things…

[racingliners]

Star Trek Comfort Episodes Megalist

Alrighty! So this idea has been in my head for a good few months now. I watch Star Trek a bunch anyway, but I found that when I would be feeling unwell or a little bit down I found myself re-watching the same few episodes over and over, so I decided to make it into a list! 

I've been working on it for a good few weeks, and it's about as finished as I can get it, as I don't know all the Treks equally. So I'm posting it as is, and if anyone who knows some of the shows better, I'm more than happy to take suggestions to add to it!

(Edit 08/11/21: Now includes episodes from Lower Decks)

TOS:

2x15 The Trouble With Tribbles

TNG:

4x11 Data’s Day

4x20 Qpid

5x05 Disaster

6x04 Relics

7x15 Lower Decks

DS9:

3x22 Explorers

4x07 Little Green Men

5x06 Trials and Tribble-ations

6x10 The Magnificent Ferengi

6x14 One Little Ship

7x04 Take Me Out to the Holosuite

7x15 Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang

VOY:

4x14 Message In a Bottle

5x12 Bride of Chaotica!

5x24 Relativity

6x10 Pathfinder

6x11 Fair Haven

6x12 Blink of an Eye

7x18 Q2

ENT:

1x07 Breaking the Ice 

1x18 Acquisition

2x02 Carbon Creek

2x09 Singularity 

2x05 A Night In Sickbay 

2x12 The Catwalk

4x07, 08 & 09 The Forge, Awakening, Kir’Shara

DIS:

1x07 Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad

2x01 Brother

3x07 Unification III

3x13 That Hope Is You (Part 2)

LDS:

1x01 Second Contact

2x03 We’ll Always Have Tom Paris

2x09 wej Duj

Movies:

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Star Trek Beyond

[littlestoneinspace]

Quick (30-40) min character sketches from Star Trek TNG 4x20 "Qpid"

[peri-helion]

the juxtaposition of star trek episodes is so funny. like you'll go from a serious episode directly into a light-hearted one or vice versa. i think my favorite example of this is in tng where episode 4x20 is like, ah man, ah jeez, q is back on the enterprise! he's causing havoc as usual--this time he's making the crew go outside and LARP robin hood! what zany shenanigans will follow? and then you go directly into 4x21 which discusses mccarthyism and the dangers of bias and paranoia in the courtroom and the exploitation of the justice system

[pouncequick]

Me: Oh good! Mr. PQ: What?

Me: They’re using an axe for the beheadings. I love when they add a little historical accuracy.