YOUTUBE - Family (TNG S4E2) | Star Trek Journey 183

This is one of my top 10 episodes in the series

also, after seeing this a bajillion times... the use of color. omg. picard wears tan or blue or green - all the lower colors- but not red until he goes home. guinen and worf's mom in purple talking about prune juice. robert picks flowers that match marie's pink dress. it is so well done . edit: lewis (louis?) ocean guy wears blue and talk to picard when he is also wearing blue.

This is an episode I appreciated a lot more when I got older. 11 year old me didn't appreciate it when it first aired. Picard breaking down after the fight is a powerful moment.

So you don't split it in three parts anymore?

One of my favorite episodes of TNG. It didn't make the edit, but I loved the comedic beat of "There's just one thing I don't understand... you were always such a rotten swimmer, Louis." It never fails to make me smile, esp. seeing Patrick Stewart's huge grin. Also, I find it hilarious that almost every French character has a British accent (the holographic characters in "We'll Always Have Paris" don't count). Given Gallic pride in their language, it amuses me to think that the linguistic shift over several hundred years turns them English. BTW, Wolf 359 is a real star, and IIRC the 4th closest one to Earth/Sol. So the Borg incursion happened right in our backyard, cosmically speaking.

Brent Spiner makes up for not being in this episode very soon.

I see "Family" as the third part of "The Best of Both Worlds".

I think this episode established the "personal" continuity of the individual characters that Trek has been known for ever since.

This episode finally established that O'Brien is an enlisted crew member, not an officer. His rank is the same as a Chief Petty Officer (E-7) in the US Navy.

If Season 4 had a single theme, "family" would definitely be a contender.

Thirty-five years of hindsight really makes some of these TNG episodes even more significant.

Continuity definitely becomes a thing in season 4.

By the time the punch comes we were all ready to punch Robaire

"...and you want to be my latex salesman."

A milestone. The first time a Star Trek show got a fourth season.

I kind of wanted a huge obvious ADR of Josh going "REWRITER'S ROOM" over the mention of "Gripes and Groans" in the discussion

It is common in France to eat dinner at 8PM or even later.

Haven't watched yet. Waiting to get home and watch with the family. We give you guys a hard time sometimes, but thanks for the hard work!

You guys should take into account Jack Crusher didn’t know these were the last and only words he’d get to say to his son. It’s basically in what he assumed would be many video birthday cards. Also, is there anything more Klingon than having been raised in Russia?

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Time for some hot Picard on Picard mud fight action

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