Post #4094542

2026-07-23 21:52 UTC

For me it's the Starship Graveyard scene from Star Trek TNG's The Best of Both Worlds part 2 which would likely have been the cliffhanger if Michael Piller had gotten his way and been allowed to make a 3 parter, but still just an amazing way to go to commercial break. The Enterprise flying through the wreckage of 39 starships as the music builds and you wonder how they're ever going to defeat the Borg now. Also just great music by Ron Jones as usual: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZeraxUSrrU

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@ami_angelwings@urusai.social 2026-07-23 22:06

The other scene from that episode I think about a lot because I'm a Riker fangirl (& I'll upload it when I get home and can clip it) is the next commercial break when Riker initiates his plan against Locutus and pulls it off, and the camera zooms into his face as he smiles and the music builds to commercial break. No words, but it communicates everything about his arc through the 2 episodes with Shelby telling him he's hiding behind a great man in Picard, with Picard telling him he needs to work without a safety net, him wondering to Troi if there's something wrong with him that he doesn't want to leave the Enterprise for his own command and if he's lost his initiative, and Guinan telling him he has to be willing to take on Picard, not just the Borg. That smile is him proving himself.

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@press_rouch@mastodon.green 2026-07-23 22:44

@ami_angelwings@urusai.social How about the last minute of The Inner Light? Just Picard alone with the flute, gripping it to his chest like a lost child.

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