We'll need a Braga gimmick to get the full story there.

I got really confused by the juxtaposition of "Chipotle" and "sink his teeth into."

"…something tasteful, but not showy. And keep our complexions in mind — I'm a late-autumn, early-winter sort of shade. And not too boxy around the shoulders — I like a slimmer silhouette to complement the sleekness of my bald dome. But whatever you come up with will be fine, I'm sure."

It sounds right up my alley, then. I've always hated whales — especially the one that injured my leg real bad.

That's true, but TOS was a totally unknown quantity when it came out, so it's not surprising they didn't get (or even go for) an A-lister as the captain. But TNG was the new centerpiece of what by then was a giant entertainment franchise. You'd think they'd have the money and brand recognition to get a bigger name.

It would have been super cool to bring back O'Brien — he was in way more episodes than Barclay, for instance, and even he got a (pretty great) scene.

It's still kind of dumbfounding that Patrick Steward ended up on Star Trek at all, right? How did a mostly-unknown, bald, English RSC player end up as the lead on something as quintessentially American as Star Trek?

Picard's quotation of Moby-Dick

These are all good points, but I still dug it. Yeah, FC-Picard is inconsistent with TV-Picard at certain points, but then Season 1 Picard is inconsistent with the TV-Picard we usually picture — beyond the point that could be explained by gradual character development. And the Picard the movie gave us was interesting…

Stop talking about Lord of the Rings, nerds. We're trying to discuss Star Trek.

And learning that it's not whether you win or lose, it's that everybody has fun!

Agreed. They started out as amusingly weird little interludes, but then tipped over into genuinely disturbing territory.

That was in the controversial first draft of Chain of Command part 2.

@Chico and @Billy, let's just assume that this was a scene but that it got cut, and that Berman refuses to include it as a deleted scene in any DVD release because he's a dick.

But so was DS9! And wasn't 1996 a little bit before everybody realized the Voyager was kind of shit?

He was probably confusing Star Trek with the American revolution. Pretty common error.

Yes! Ranking things!

Just pointing out that "an ass with a purpose" is a great phrase that's applicable to a surprising number of situations.

I'll break it down for you:

The three characters don't really map that neatly, assuming I understand this aspect of Freudian psychology (which is by no means a given):