PATRON TAKES - Star Trek TNG Season 3 Episode 19
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Comments (55)
it's not that great but at least it makes me chuckle a few times.
I was as excited as I was bored. Not once did I buy into Picards assistance and comradery lending itself out, but in the end he deceives Vash, and the 27th centurians.
It looks like Next Gen finally gets its equivalent of Harry Mudd in Vash. Fun episode, good but not great.
Bare chested Picard take two!!
Well... It's about time Picard push the beds together. Don't worry, this'll prep you for the MANY scenes in GOT where you realize you are watching Corn with your friend & coworker. 😳🖖
The episode that ended Patrick Stewart's first marriage! His wife Sheila Falconer and their kids were still living in England and Stewart would spend half the year in the UK and half in Los Angeles. He started having an affair with Vash actress Jennifer Hetrick after they met filming this episode. When Sheila visited him in California, she suspected that he was seeing somebody and he admitted it. They got divorced and Patrick reportedly got engaged to Jennifer, though they never ended up marrying.
It's my personal belief that this episode, with certain ones soon after it, led to TV GUIDE proclaiming Stewart as "The Sexiest Man on T.V." in 1992. Suddenly, he was seen as the Indiana Jones of Sci-Fi. I was in college at the time, where many girls I knew, including my girlfriend, thought he was "sexy".
His voice! Like Sean Connery's voice. Instantly recognizable. (And to some, quite irresistible.)
By no means exceptional, but tremendous fun. Great chemistry between Picard and Vash. Angrily slamming a heavy book shut is so Picard.
Another treat the captain like a kid act from Riker and Troi who at this point I'd be reminding that career advancement in starfleet requires that they transfer around to other ships more frequently.
(Star-Trek-Eye-Borg) This is my FAVORITE episode!!!! No, not really. It isn't bad though.
i always enjoyed this episode. it’s nice to see picard with his hair down. it definitely has tomb raider vibes before tomb raider existed with jennifer hetrick.
Never heard of Indiana Jones?
Picard is pretty shrewd and knows fun loving Riker very well, so I don’t understand why he’d take a vacation on a planet recommended by Riker, and, wouldn’t be suspicious of Riker’s souvenir request. I don’t object to “fun” episodes, but this one’s not a favorite.
#1 thing I remember from this episode (which enjoyed) is Picard's pronouncing of "privacy"
Fair episode with a ton of great individual scenes.
Interesting that the transporter has a protocol for violently exploding something. And pretty funny that Riker never brings up to Picard why he needed to urgently blow something up at the end of his vacation.
Riker assumes that the target is the horga’hn, and that Picard is being swarmed by women.
This is also a Star Trek episode. But this time with banging.
Those shorts Picard wore while lounging wound up selling for quite a bit of money. Even Vash’s dress went for like $2,000 from Christie’s, a big auction house. And that was back in 2006 dollars.
This episode is the fufillment of Stewart's take to young Ronald D. Moore that "The Captain doesn't get enough fighting or f#%king."
Prediction: you both will like, but not love the episode. It is well done. Fun fact Michael Dorn is in the first Risa scene without the makeup on.
That would be news to me. Where did you read that?
I’ve always liked this one. I don’t know what you guys will think of it though.
I remember this one when it first aired. I was maybe 11. Thought the Vorgons were a neat looking alien and that's about it. Nice that the Federation has Space Hawaii--errr, that is, Risa to be a designated vacation planet. Vash never did much for me, though.
The behind the scenes chemistry between Patrick Stewart and Jennifer Hetrick was apparently greater than their on screen chemistry, as they were together for 2 years after filming this.
The plot here ends up being pretty stupid, but it doesn't seem to matter. It's like they had this good character story for Picard and then had to increase the stakes at the end for some reason. Just make everyone a treasure hunter.
One of those episodes I always skip. The beginning is fun but the actual plot to the episode is incredibly boring to me.
Riker’s whole plot this episode is to get Picard laid. Echoing his role in “Peak Performance”, Riker uses guile and cunning to beat the odds in an old junker.
Troi also knows what the statue means. Says nothing :)
Fun episode, I remember this being popular with fans at the time it was first shown, inspired a fair bit of fan fiction in the early online days.
Rikers little ploy with the horga'hn is a classic.
I'm not sure this is a "good" episode but I always thought it was fun~
Riker and the crew so into getting their Captain to take a vacation. Love the scene with Riker talking about Risa.
The Star Trek manifestation of the nineties porn obsession. Do you think a 'pleasure planet' like Risa would be in writers' minds today?
I think so there’s the whole tinder hookup culture who would be cool with Horgons. I mean, no reason wanted to hook up with me, but I’ve heard people do it..
I predict you are going to love the first quarter of this episode. The crew gleefully conspiring against Picard is great. The episode points out its own biggest flaw, the Vorgons know where the thing is now, they can just time travel back a few minutes earlier and get it.
It’s a fixed point like Doctor who they can’t change it. That’s why I always thought “they didn’t go back again.”
Legend has it that Patrick Stewart asked the writers for either more "sex and shooting," or literally "fighting and fucking" and they wrote this ep for him.
Picard’s packin’ in this episode; both his suitcase and his space speedo. “Make it so, number 1”.
If I remember correctly, Patrick Stewart and Jennifer Hetrick started dating after this episode.
They did, saw them together in London when I went to one of his Christmas Carol one-man shows.
Indiana Jones meets Love Boat! This is a fun caper that doesn't take itself too seriously and doesn't stand up to too much scrutiny, but it doesn't have to because it's FUN. I am very interested to see if you guys like this one.
I think you will enjoy this episode. Picard gets to be a combination of Indiana Jones and Dixon Hill, and punches a Ferengi. What's not to like? (Other than him being so gullible about the Vorgon)
Honestly, I don't remember much about this episode. I saw it once, a long time ago, and nothing about it really stuck with me. So I can't predict how you'll feel about it, but from the way other people are talking about it, it's going to be a change of pace, but not an unpleasant one. I hope the streak of liked episodes continues.
I love “you’re blocking the suns”, and that filthy old leather-bound book was character building.
How do you generally feel about time travel within Star Trek storylines, how it was (sort of) used in this episode, and how much time travel you expect to see in the rest of Star Trek.
Be careful where you show off your Hor-gahn! This episode is the result of a request from Patrick Stewart him self for there to be more “screwing and shooting” in the series, specifically for Picard. Love the Indiana Jones/ Maltese Falcon feel of this episode. Yes, as with all time travel stories it raises questions, but it goes to show that when it’s a well-written, well-acted episode, it is easy to overlook sticking points. Welcome to the writing staff Ira Steven Behr!
I think the "screwing and shooting" was the altered version. He may have said "fighting and f-cking."
Came here for Jamaharon
Well, that answers it. Captain Picard fucks...
Whenever a pleasure planet like Risa is mentioned, you know something is going to go horribly wrong. Do Starfleet officers EVER get a restful shore leave?
If it were restful, it wouldn't be much of a story, would it? But yes, we've seen it before, but at least this time Wesley hasn't been sentenced to death.
Back to back Picard episodes! Of course this is fantastic. Picard gets to take a vacation. Picards idea of fun is a bit different, he isn't much one for sitting idle to relax, he likes a mystery an adventure and he gets it here plus a romance meeting Vash. Rikers little trick on Picard is hilarious. Overall its nice to see Picard have a great time. I like this one very much.
Love the brief on this “just get the captain laid”