PATRON TAKES - TNG S6E18
TAKES WILL BE READ 5/14
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Ah yes, the TNG Christmas episode
An awesome action affair : "A"
There are some funny outtakes of Data ad libbing during his small talk at the party.
Let’s not forget about all of the funny moments in the earlier parts of the episode. “How long can two people talk about nothing” 😂
Love this episode Picard the action hero
Picard's hand to hand struggle with Kelsey has always been the highlight of this episode. Marie Masters, who played Kelsey makes an impression, but remains rather elusive in her acting career.
I think they should have made Picard more action-hero-like: sweaty, in a tank top, climbing stuff, yelling.
Thank you for heads up. Spoiler removed.
The obvious comparison is die hard but in die hard what makes it good is that John mcclane is just some guy we see improvising and barely survive. Here, Picard is completely in charge and on top of these bozo setting one move ahead after another and we are just watching it unfold
Hence why it's more under siege.
It’s just missing Picard saying Yippee-Ki-Yay……
Love the Data small-talk. The baryon sweep is terrifying! I'd make fun of Picard pretending to be a bald barber, but their real barber is also bald so it checks out.
I love the Data small talk! - A -
"Hey! You got some Star Trek on my Die Hard!" "Hey!! YOU got some Die Hard on MY Star Trek!" "Fellas! Fellas! They're both so good...~!" A-Tier action episode. I just wish the bald talkative dude wasn't friggin' murdered. Felt like overkill. Yippy-kay-live-long-and-prosper, motherfuckers...
"You guys make him look too much like a nerd. I wanna be tough god damn it."
This was definitely better than that piss poor punch to the Ferengi nose on Risa.
Such a guilty pleasure episode. Between data’s small talk (look at the bloopers of this scene when you can), Worf shamelessly getting out of the event (sorry Geordi), Mr. Mott name drop, and that damn Saddle… it’s perfectly reasonable to have one if you’re a rider.
John McClane, John Rambo and now John (Jean) Luc Picard, the toughest one man platoon in the Starfleet ( the training in Chain of Command deffo paying off) . They gave us 'Die Hard', then 'Under Siege' ( 'Die Hard on a US Battleship'). This could just be topped by 'Die Hard on a spaceship'. I actually like this one. Even more throwback vibes... To TNG S1E15 with the Binaries. The whole crew has to abandon the Enterprise so the plot could unfold
Die Hard on a Starship. That is all.
And I'm here for it. Yippee-kai-yay!
I think this episode is okay, but it's also one that I frequently jumble up portions of with other episodes from TNG and Voyager in my head when trying to remember what episode a given scene is from and so it's obviously not *that* good. I like the parts on the planet a lot more than the action hero stuff on the ship.
"Trek Hard 2: Trek Harder." Plus, Worf's shit-eating grin after getting out of the boring reception ahead of Geordi is pure *gold*
I don't really have anything for this that hasn't already been said by bothers in probably a better way.
I quite like this one, not perfect, but good fun and some nice moments.
A very ordinary premise with very good execution.
Patrick Steward is John McClane in DIE HARD: Where No Man Has Died Harder Before! P.S. check out the deleted scenes for this episode you'll get a kick out of
Die Hard on the ship MacGyver on the planet
Hutch straight up gets murdered without a line of dialogue to acknowledge it. He's seems like a nice guy, probably a good boss, if annoying. Hutch deserves better!
Action hero Picard. Why? Because Patrick Stewart wanted more fight scenes. Even though that was supposed to be Frakes' job. Eh, just a stupid fun episode. The highlight was Data.
This is "skip" for me every rewatch. Like the Federation doesn't have better intelligence and oversight of their FLAGSHIP!? The Mott joke is the bright spot in the episode though which I think you will both find hilarious.
The odd thing about the joke is, I guess it's that Picard is bald? But so is Mott? (I have actually known plenty of bald Barber's in my day).
Answers the question, could the ship have stowaway critters? Hard no.
Data learning small talk is amazing.
Action movie star Captain Jean-Luc Picard single-handedly outwits a gang of thieves. Meanwhile, the rest of crew struggle to deal with two guys. Good job Data is there to keep them entertained.
Die Hard in a Jeffries Tube
I read that as “Die Hard in a Jiffy Lube”, which tbh works too lol since the Enterprise is getting a tune up!
“Do you really think you have a chance against us, Captain Cowboy?” Bet everyone musters up a response. And Data is priceless!! 👏😆
While on 10 forward, Picard gets to learn firsthand what it’s like to be: Caught between a rock and a hard place
A really fun episode, my only quibble is the way Data seems to suddenly revert to the season 1/2 version of the character, but even that leads up to a funny punchline with the blowhard admiral.
Picard goes full John McClane and I'm here for it.
Just a fun episode. Die Hard on the Enterprise is lovely action cheese and i'm 100% fully onboard for the ride.
I believe this is the episode where I finally realized that the "Forward" part of Ten Forward was because it was in the very front of the ship. Primo real estate for your bar, Guinan!
Deck 10, Forward.
But is this episode… a Christmas episode? Die Hard on a starship!
Great, fun episode. Definitely isn’t perfect.
Ah yes, Die Hard in space. With Picard as the murderous psychopath we all knew he'd become after his time with the Borg, a lifetime settling on Catan, and attending a Cardassian Dinner party.
It's a fun episode, even if it doesn't really feel like Picard tried very hard to not kill all the terrorists 🧐
Fun, from Data’s small talk to Picard as an action hero which I believe is partly done to keep Patrick Stewart happy.
I don't care what anyone says, Starship Mine is a Christmas episode, and I'm dying hard on that hill.
It looks like Picard uses a Vulcan neck pinch to knock out the guy with the torch. Wonder if he picked that up when mind melding with Sarek.
You’re right, it’s weird how they had a human do that. They don’t normally do. I recognize that guy; He’s the guy from “Spaceballs”. He played the guy combing the desert with an actual comb and says “We ain’t found shit!”.
Fun episode. The B story was just as entertaining as the A story, just in a different way.
Poor Hutch, he gets murdered and nobody cares. He only wanted everyone to have a good time at the party but the cool kids weren't having it.
He's not just a diplomatic Starfleet Captain, when the time calls he's a badass.
Pour one out for the homie Hutch.
This had a bit of everything, but the end result was less than the sum of its parts. Trying to cram too much in?
I like "Die Hard in Star Trek" in concept, but he needed a way better villan to play off of. Someone on the level of Gul Madred or Sela. If I were to rewrite the script. I'd find some way to make the small talk guy secretly the villan to tie those stories together better.
This is a fun Picard centric episode that plays like Die Hard or Mission Impossible. Although Picard is the star, Data's "Short Talk" program and his mannerisms at the reception are comedy gold for a being that can't feel emotion. Have a look at this: No spoilers -- just an extended version of the take that made it to air with a few seconds extra where Frakes busts up laughing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kntMdtzG5a8
Ah the Star Trek version of Die Hard. I used to love this episode but the older I get, the less I care for it. The terrorist leader is annoying and needlessly reckless. Picard is not an action hero.
This episode came out a year after the Steven Seagal film, "Under Seige" from which it borrows everything but a Baywatch actress. Also, is it just me or is it way too easy to comandeer the Federation's flagship?
Yeah everyone keeps saying Die Hard (which Under Siege obviously "borrowed" a lot from). But this feels more like Under Siege to me.
I remember this episode for the really bad ADR at the end of the episode. Yippee-ki-engyage! 🖖
Yippee-ki-yay!
Really fun episode. I need to get one of those zapper machines for my house, since it kills all lifeforms. Better than Raid.
Die Hard on the enterprise ? Sign me up! Though the episode is a tiny bit of a mess switching genres, it’s kinda great !
Totally agree.