Watching DELETED Scenes from The Bonding

You were arguing about something happening in the holodeck, staying in the holodeck… when it really should have been mopped up so nobody slips in it.

They are fighting because Josh walked in on Alex with his Beverly body pillow

There is no way two guys who look like great value Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens would ever fight.

Nice to see the school and the teacher, but completely unnecessary to the story. It was nice to hear Troi talking about her father's death, but I feel like the "The last thing we did before she died was argue" bit is kind of done a lot in TV and movies. Maybe a little overdone. He doesn't need an extra reason to be upset that his mother died.

Seasons 4-7 Blu-rays included high quality film scans of deleted scenes. I edited several into extended episodes, adding foley effects, ship hum, fixing the framing and color timing. Some episodes really pop with the added scenes.

I will never be able to view this the same way things have changed my understanding of this episode.

6:22 Correct. All of that was cut from the final episode. You can get used to spotting what was cut because it's grainy and old, versus the cleaned-up DVD footage that they've used for bookending.

2:08 Now you've heard that actual sounds of the doors opening and closing. (The random guy is the teacher)

You're fighting about who gets to wear the T-shirt that you posted the photo of yourselves about first.

I find it fascinating that there is so much extra material, given how tight Ronald D Moore's scripts get later on in the franchise. Maybe he was too green to understand how it would play out on set vs how he thought It would on the page. It's also so crazy how early on he got the characters and immediately knew how to effectively use them. Shame about the Troi scene and the part about the terminal being fixed lines, they really would have added something (not that it necessarily needs it, it's a great episode).

The argument- did one of you finally confess their undying love for the other?

Wow, had no idea this existed. Thanks for sharing!

Interesting technique from Troi, no adults say 'mom' in Star Trek, only children. Adults say 'mother'. She said 'mom' him to him.

I really think you guys would enjoy the reading rainbow episode on youtube, going behind the seasons of filming season 1.

These days, a lot of series can get away with running a minute or two long, but boy, they really needed to cut it down for the network. It's a shame, because I think the series doesn't do enough to show Counselor Troi actually doing her job, and.. I regret that scene wasn't in there. The show-runners just defaulted a little too often to "need to cut out some scenes from an episode? Let's get rid of some Troi stuff." Even though the scenes that were included were a little more "important" to the episode itself, keeping the cut scene here would have been better for the Troi character in the long run.

Last night I lost my house to a tornado everyone was safe except my cats. But least I have my life.

To have included the kid and Troi would have meant cutting back on Worf I guess, or the non-essential Riker/Data stuff.. It was possible since Worf was a side thing and you could have told this story w/o the bonding thing, but it would have been a choice requiring even more material with the kid. Or, they just needed fewer commercials.

I love the worldbuilding around Troi's Betazoid powers. How other people react to her, that she acknowledges when she uses it. The backstory on her Father's death was a great detail.

Always appreciate your thoughts and analysis. As for what you were arguing about, I think l it was about what you should be arguing about for this bit. 😏

Maybe one of you is having 2nd thoughts. Upon further contemplation, one of you actually likes The Hunt for Red October after all.

Alex, love the shirt!

I've never seen this before. It's so nice to have new character scenes after all these years. Many thanks to Josh and Alex for making this fun as usual. Also, thanks to the patron who dug this up. 😃 🖖

I think that might be the best “counseling” I’ve ever seen Troi do—a great blend of using psychology and her empathic abilities. I’m sure she was annoyed that scene got cut.

Whether or not Riker would drink Fireball.

You guys "argued" because Alex chopped the beard down lol

Pineapple on pizza?

The argument is as follows : Josh supported Jake the Snake and Alex was on Macho Man's side

You're obviously fighting over the new background, I vote for a shot of Crusher's office with her sitting at her desk watching you watch an episode.

I've heard some people say, in their household you never go to bed angry. That way, if an emergency happens during the night, emotions aren't clouding your judgement, or worse, anger isn't the last way you feel about someone. The fact that it happens to Jeremy makes it SO much worse for him.

I think you both are arguing about who has the best pooping technique.

I was today years old when I found out about this.