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Troi: I'm sensing his confidence level, Captain. He truly believes he can... oh... Picard: What is it Deanna? Troi: Sir, his confidence level... it's... IT'S OVER 9000!
This is how I imagined the scene played out in the "Yesterday's Enterprise" parallel universe: Barclay: I could have it ready in two days. Picard: NOT GOOD ENOUGH, DAMMIT! NOT GOOD ENOUGH!
That shot of Riker at 0:38 is priceless; he doesn't have a clue what Barclay just said, but he isn't going to stop the show to find out. Great character moment: way out of his depth, but socially aware enough to not bring attention to his ignorance. Classic Riker.
I looked up "anti-attenuator" and was eventually forced to just look up "attenuation". Once I had the definition of that, everything he said made sense to me. To attenuate something means to reduce its force, effect or value. So an anti-attenuator would INCREASE its force, effect or value.
You would think the Federation would have immediately put this in place for all ships to increase their shield strength when they got in fights. But I guess they forgot to write any of it down, oh well, time to lose thousands of ships against the Dominion in a few years.
Actually, he gets to be 3 characters, maybe even 4. Original Barclay Uber Barclay Computer Barclay Theatre Barclay (which might have two separate character roles)
"I could have it ready for you in two days" "WHAT?" "Yes. Mr Data you're a supercomputer who doesn't need rest, go sort this out please and let me know when you're done, I'll be in Holodeck 3".
That's what makes Riker's exclamation believable. Data and Geordi are the two most capable engineers/programmers on the ship. Taking orders of magnitude off of their suggestions would be outrageous by federation standard.
Yes. To be honest, what he did might be particularly difficult or even mind-blowing, but his explanation does not sound more complicated than any from LaForge.
Barclay basically warped power from the deflector to the shields. Normally shields are created by overlapping fields. Barclay added additional fields using the main deflector. However, the deflector dish can’t form the additional fields in the right spot: energy dissipates too much in the time it takes to go from the deflector to the shield (hence why shields are emitted along a grid embedded into the hull). Barclay used the warp drive to quickly move the additional fields where they were needed. This way the energy didn’t have time to dissipate and the additional fields more closely aligned with the shield grid’s fields: more effectively adding to their strength by superposition.
One of the best things about Geordi is his humility. Like, how many commanding officers out there would handle a subordinate *interrupting their presentation* in order to *directly contradict them* and then end with *"if you could assist me"* in such a gracious way. "Sure, Reg." It's clear he's had his ego bruised a bit, but he still recognizes the right thing to do.
Geordi has previously seen that Barclay has some unusual abilities and wants to encourage him. If his idea doesn't work they won't lose more than a couple of days, and given the original estimate was three weeks that's not a huge cost compared to the potential benefit.
You do? You are not even a little irritated that he Is delaying the start of the actual content of the video, when we are already battling doubled up and now sometimes _trippled up_ ads playing before it will start? 😡
It always makes me think of the blooper from that scene, "Good lord, didn't anybody here build ships in bottles when they were boys?" .. where instead of saying I never played with toys, Worf says I never played with boys and the whole set erupts in laughter.
@@TheNoiseySpectator I believe it’s in the scene where he’s talking to Data about terrorism, ie “I don’t subscribe to the idea that violence…” I can’t remember the rest of the line
_"One by one."_ Problem is, this sort of snarkiness toward a superior officer-or _anybody_ for that matter-is unheard of on the Enterprise D. Very, very much out of place. (In S07 "The Gambit", Worf muttered the word "finally" under his breath and Acting Captain Data tore him a new one.)
I love how when after Riker asked Barclay to describe how he strengthened the Enterprise's shields after Barclay started explaining Riker's eyes were glazing over😀.
I love the look on Troy's face, she can sense his new intelligence and confidence. But LaForge was right...they should have shut the system down until it was ready to be repaired. Broccoli was able to stop the overload, but he should have anticipated that possibility.
The rule of Star Fleet: Be smarter than the average cadet, but just as dumb as everyone else. Otherwise, they'll play foreboding music whenever you propose solutions to their problems.
If Barkley still had this level of IQ when he joined the Pathfinder Project, He would have waltzed into Admiral Paris’ office and would have said ‘I could have your son and Voyager back in the Alpha Quadrant in two days!’ Then would have walked out of the room. Very next episode, Voyager would have been back home and that series would have ended!! 🤣
And if Starfleet was corporate capitalist, Paris might have said: _"Two days" sounds an awful lot like "today." ... And who needs to eat or sleep within one day?_
Troi: Barclay _never_ acts like this. His behavior seems wildly erratic. Something feels very wrong here. Also Troi: I should keep this information to myself, just in case.
Love seeing some Deltarune fans in the Star Trek fandom! Wow, I just feel that's unlikely, but so cool to see how cultures crossover. I spose culture crossover is one of Star Trek's main themes!
@@SuperDuperJamer as well as actual crossovers. back in the day, webster had an episode where he went to the enterprise and hung out with worf. much more recently, there was a comic book crossover with the transformers. and that wasent even the first time that's happened. but it does make a lot of sense that there's crossover. mean think about it, the mission of the enterprise is to explore the "darkness," making friends with as many "monsters" as possible.
"One by one." Great acting! Only problem is, this sort of snarkiness toward a superior officer-or _anybody_ for that matter-is unheard of on the Enterprise D. (In S07 "The Gambit", Worf muttered "finally" under his breath and Acting Captain Data tore him a new one.) Yet nobody bats an eye here.
I am willing to bet that Jonathan Frakes was not told what Barclay was going to say and to have a normal human reaction to it. So he was given an opportunity to react to technobabble in a realistic way instead of having to pretend to understand.
I LOVE how Barkley actually had the BALLS to INTERRUPT Captain Picard! (He even did the "Picard Maneuver: when he stood up.) AND when he was finished, he just strode boldly out of the room! Like - "Meeting is over. Because I said so." A great scene chocked FULL of great reactions! Riker - "uh huh, I get that," Barkley - "No you DON'T, you faker!" Forlorn look from Troi. . . . ."Damn. I just lost my most profitable patient! PLUS he hasn't tried to sneak a peak at my cleavage even ONCE!"
@@freddie-fucknmercury891 Agreed. But I figured it made for an amusing joke. I supposed I COULD have said, "He hasn't stared at my ASS even once!" instead. But personally, Troi (along with Kes) tends to rank near the Bottom of my "Sci Fi eye-candy Babes" List. (With Princess Leia, 7 of 9, & Aeryn Sun, near the TOP.)
One of my only pet peeves about TNG is the character development amnesia used as plot armor. How is it that the CHENG of the flagship of the Federation doesn't know what "critical" means regarding a reactor? I mean, if you were gonna do a science heavy episode, at least go to a Nuke and ask a few questions 😂 Even I was just a lowly IC on the Nimitz and even I know that "critical" basically means the reactor is "turned on". No wonder the Enterprise has so many issues with her engines 😂😂😂 Fusion reactors are even easier, just turn them off, no need to worry about meltdown! But still love the show and all its characters nonetheless, loved growing up with this show.
Reg: if you could assist me in the morning, Commander Geordi: (condescending snort) sure, Reg I hated Geordi's attitude toward Reg in this episode! It was as if Geordi felt no one else was allowed to be brilliant except Geordi!
i liked this episode, but ngl in retrospect its pretty much a " why didn't anyone take any notes?! moment in every following episode " shields are down to 80%" hmmm... oh right, we can tripple the strength of them with a macro command. or like, "hmm screw warp travel, lets just tell voyager how to open a rift in space to get home " xD
Still love the Idea of an Anti-Emergency-Off.. Main Systems get damaged, all subsystems go into a critical state within a kinda too short time. Must be the same exploding consoles company. Yes Chernobyl did happen, in ONE of the reactors, but these are also supposed to be separated reactors. After the repair i would also leave them separated or at least with better local backups.
@@twoeightythreez Yeah, a lot of folks don't realize that fusion is the opposite of fission, not only literally but also in the sense that it has the opposite failure mode: if something goes wrong, the reaction fizzles out rather than going runaway. It's a very elegant and safe way to generate power. If only we could make it work…
As a 20 year veteran in the software industry, Barclay comes across as any enthusiastic junior dev who has yet to experience the joys of actually having to live up to their own estimation commitment. 2 days would've been the MVP that only supported one module. 2 months for supporting multiple modules and you know it would've been buggy as hell. On go live the whole thing would've probably chained anyway because he screwed up the release.
Imagine how intimidated you'd be, though, if you met a new guy who made promises like that and actually delivered. I'd be wondering what the hell I'm going to do for a living from now on.
Barclay aside, the design of the array is terrible. There's no backup for the central computer? The fusion reactors don't have individual systems to run them if the central system fails? Fusion reactors that can explode, instead of failing safe? This thing was a disaster waiting to happen.
It would be an impressive feat to even design a Fusion power reactor that would be capable of even staying lit off without computer control, let alone exploding violently. It takes a lot of very smart people to even make a fusion BOMB. 😂 This episode was one of the sillier ones, i mean cmon the CHENG of the ENTERPRISE doesn't even know what "critical" means regarding a reaxtor.
I could have it ready in two days? That is a BOLD statement... Who do you think you are? Scotty? But... I would happily spend those two days exploring your solution if it will save us seven weeks. At that point, a day or two makes no difference. Make it so Mr. Barkley!
Agree which is what nu trek is missing aswell an everyman or woman no relatable characters in nutrek I cant relate to tilly shes fat and doesn't try hard enough, micheal is too fucking emotional and gets everything right, Two smart guys are gay iam straight cant relate there, dam STD WTF I guess that leaves Lorca wait bad guy Pike no too dont know new spock no not quinto tv character change too soon for me dam STD WTF
This is so rough. How do you say it without insulting the man? "We became suspicious of something else going on." "Well...what...I mean, why suspicious? What seemed off?" "*ahem* You were suddenly a competent officer." "...I hate Starfleet."
I think Barclay was attempting to describe the Retro Encabulator to Riker. I can understand Riker's confusion. The Retro Encabulator is an amazing piece of engineering, even if it is nearly impossible to explain to a layman.
"It just occurred to me that I could set up a frequency harmonic between the deflector and the shield grid using the warp field generator as a powerflow antiattenuator, and that, of course, naturally created an amplification of the inherent energy output." Simple.
Star Trek · The Next Generation · s04e19 · The Nth Degree
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Barclay: I could have it ready in two days
Riker: No you CAN'T don't even TRY!!
Barclay: What?!
Riker: I said SHUT UP! As in STOP TALKING!
Everyone: O.O
Picard: That's a bit harsh, don't you think, number one?...
Troi: I'm sensing his confidence level, Captain. He truly believes he can... oh...
Picard: What is it Deanna?
Troi: Sir, his confidence level... it's... IT'S OVER 9000!
This is how I imagined the scene played out in the "Yesterday's Enterprise" parallel universe:
Barclay: I could have it ready in two days.
Picard: NOT GOOD ENOUGH, DAMMIT! NOT GOOD ENOUGH!
Who was that???
Q, fizzing in: "I could have it ready in .000000000000000001 second. Or sooner if that's too long for you.
That shot of Riker at 0:38 is priceless; he doesn't have a clue what Barclay just said, but he isn't going to stop the show to find out. Great character moment: way out of his depth, but socially aware enough to not bring attention to his ignorance. Classic Riker.
Riker carried that shame until the Rascals episode, where he did the exact same thing to the Ferengi.
I looked up "anti-attenuator" and was eventually forced to just look up "attenuation". Once I had the definition of that, everything he said made sense to me. To attenuate something means to reduce its force, effect or value. So an anti-attenuator would INCREASE its force, effect or value.
@@SuperPuzzler Most people would just call that an amplifier
Poor guy always looks dumb because the writers always have him asking questions about how things work so that they can explain the audience.
You would think the Federation would have immediately put this in place for all ships to increase their shield strength when they got in fights. But I guess they forgot to write any of it down, oh well, time to lose thousands of ships against the Dominion in a few years.
I love this episode as Dwight Schultz gets to essentially be a different character and show his acting skills.
One of my favorite episodes tbh
yeah he played Barclay perfectly
Actually, he gets to be 3 characters, maybe even 4.
Original Barclay
Uber Barclay
Computer Barclay
Theatre Barclay (which might have two separate character roles)
Now if they could get Hannibal Smith, BA Baracas, and Templeton Peck to do cameos and bust him out of the federation stronghold
You forgot Mr. Brokkoli ..
"I could have it ready for you in two days"
"WHAT?"
"Yes. Mr Data you're a supercomputer who doesn't need rest, go sort this out please and let me know when you're done, I'll be in Holodeck 3".
That's what makes Riker's exclamation believable. Data and Geordi are the two most capable engineers/programmers on the ship. Taking orders of magnitude off of their suggestions would be outrageous by federation standard.
Barclay: "I could have it ready for you in two days".
Riker: " WHAT?!"
Geordi: "You must be mad! Howling mad!"
Methinks LaForge is getting tired of Barclay's jibber-jabber.
Make it so....
I love it when an array comes together.
@@dashcroft1892 In 2372, a crack starship crew...
Methinks Geordi is embarrassed that he is shown up by a supposedly lesser person.
One of those times technobabble was useful for the narrative. Riker expressed how most viewers feel when we get too much.
Sweet
Yes. To be honest, what he did might be particularly difficult or even mind-blowing, but his explanation does not sound more complicated than any from LaForge.
Deanna was ready to risk it all 😆 🤣 😂
Riker the sounding board
The best part is that a feedback loop actually makes sense
Riker ain't got no frigging clue what Barclay is saying 😁
Barclay basically warped power from the deflector to the shields. Normally shields are created by overlapping fields. Barclay added additional fields using the main deflector. However, the deflector dish can’t form the additional fields in the right spot: energy dissipates too much in the time it takes to go from the deflector to the shield (hence why shields are emitted along a grid embedded into the hull). Barclay used the warp drive to quickly move the additional fields where they were needed. This way the energy didn’t have time to dissipate and the additional fields more closely aligned with the shield grid’s fields: more effectively adding to their strength by superposition.
@@JimmyCerra, what?
@@JimmyCerra yes..... I see that.
Riker devolved into his caveman persona in that moment
@@JimmyCerra Allow me to answer that with "NERRRRD!!!"
Good thing Troi was at that meeting with her many valuable insights and sound advice as always.
She was too busy thinking she should have some broccoli
It was important at least someone noticed that Barkley was behaving strangely....
@@paristo That look. "I sense.... confidence."
Troi was wondering if Ten Forward has any Chocolate Ice Cream.
@@andrewparnell5566 Perfect moment for "Who are you and what have you done with Lt. Barclay?".
One of the best things about Geordi is his humility. Like, how many commanding officers out there would handle a subordinate *interrupting their presentation* in order to *directly contradict them* and then end with *"if you could assist me"* in such a gracious way. "Sure, Reg." It's clear he's had his ego bruised a bit, but he still recognizes the right thing to do.
Geordi has previously seen that Barclay has some unusual abilities and wants to encourage him. If his idea doesn't work they won't lose more than a couple of days, and given the original estimate was three weeks that's not a huge cost compared to the potential benefit.
I have to admit, I love the addition of "good lord, didn't anybody here subscribe? ....Thank you"
And I love the ending bit
You do?
You are not even a little irritated that he Is delaying the start of the actual content of the video, when we are already battling doubled up and now sometimes _trippled up_ ads playing before it will start? 😡
It always makes me think of the blooper from that scene, "Good lord, didn't anybody here build ships in bottles when they were boys?" .. where instead of saying I never played with toys, Worf says I never played with boys and the whole set erupts in laughter.
@@jsb331 I remember that scene, and the blooper from it.
But I cannot remember when Picard said "subscribe?". 🤷♂️
@@TheNoiseySpectator I believe it’s in the scene where he’s talking to Data about terrorism, ie “I don’t subscribe to the idea that violence…” I can’t remember the rest of the line
I LOL’ed when Riker is like “uh huh... I see that.”
I want to hear this Barkley talk about potential yield increases of bean harvesting.
As long as he doesn’t talk to me about my cars extended warranty
You actually need to grow the beans in the Croatian caves. Best bean soil, and that should compensate for the need of sunlight.
Analysis has concluded commander! It's a resounding 'LOTS'
😐 k
@@beno22iscool maybe it's the best soil, I wouldn't know, but don't they need light to grow? How is it going to get light in caves in Croatia?
"Geordie, if you'd like to assist me?"
"Are you kidding?!? I'm right behind you. I want to see this myself..."
2:00 Every programmer when hearing what the marketing guy sold to the client
Hahaha! Underrated comment.
No you can't, don't even try!
That end: "Reg never has black coffee at home..."
Surely, you can't be serious.
“I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley” 😂
@@kellyweingart3692 A meeting in the Ready Room? What is it?
@@Briansgate It's a space off the main bridge that functions as the Captain's office, but that's not important right now.
"I guess it's not my week to stop sniffing glue!"
Barkley should have stayed as this confident iteration. What a boon he would have been to the Enterprise.
He would have been the Michael Burnham before Michael Burnham
And how boring he would have been to us.
Well he was a boon to Voyager!
Would have been an older version of Wesley Crusher…
A supergenius on the ship solving everything would unbalance the whole show and ruin conflict.
Gotta love the cut to puzzled Troi, insightful as always.
So funny the way he looks at Le Forge "instead of ..... one by one"!
I caught that too.
Shots fired for sure but le forge Took it like a champ
_"One by one."_ Problem is, this sort of snarkiness toward a superior officer-or _anybody_ for that matter-is unheard of on the Enterprise D. Very, very much out of place. (In S07 "The Gambit", Worf muttered the word "finally" under his breath and Acting Captain Data tore him a new one.)
Ready in 2 days: Said every programmer ever.
As a programmer I find th // TODO: write rest of comment
Yep, ready in two days, then all that is left is debugging, alpha testing, beta testing, and continual debugging.
@@ireallyreallyhategoogle Yeah but Broccoli has super big brain now. He doesn't need to.
@@jebclang9403 They don't know he has big brain, they think him talking out of ass.
@@ireallyreallyhategoogle Well isn't that always the case 😂 Stay strong-uh
I love how when after Riker asked Barclay to describe how he strengthened the Enterprise's shields after Barclay started explaining Riker's eyes were glazing over😀.
Riker is fucking hilarious. "Uh huh. I see that."
0:41 - That strut complete with head bob.
He's finally building up all the Chad energy he's been denied his entire life.
Troi realized she should have ate her broccoli sprouts in this scene
that sounds nasty! Veggies I mean.
I love the look on Troy's face, she can sense his new intelligence and confidence. But LaForge was right...they should have shut the system down until it was ready to be repaired. Broccoli was able to stop the overload, but he should have anticipated that possibility.
tbf, up til that point the computer had always been faster than him.
It's Barclay, not Barkley.
Jfc...🙄🙄🙄
You're on the internet and still can't be bothered looking ip how to spell his surname correctly.
Which bridge do you live under? 😁
There, I "fixed" it, troll. 😆😆😆
When Barclay left the Observation Lounge, I'm surprised nobody just stopped and said "are we not going to talk about what just happened here?"
Riker: "Whaaatt!!!"
Picard: "You OK Number One?"
Riker: "Sorry, Sir; Just a hairball."
The rule of Star Fleet: Be smarter than the average cadet, but just as dumb as everyone else. Otherwise, they'll play foreboding music whenever you propose solutions to their problems.
Starfleet is one word.
@@ValiantWrestling Pedantry is also one word.
I can have these beans ready in 2 days.
Riker: WHAT?!
If Barkley still had this level of IQ when he joined the Pathfinder Project, He would have waltzed into Admiral Paris’ office and would have said ‘I could have your son and Voyager back in the Alpha Quadrant in two days!’ Then would have walked out of the room. Very next episode, Voyager would have been back home and that series would have ended!! 🤣
It's more amazing he did all that without enhancements to his brain.
Still a better ending than Endgame!
🤔Wouldn’t that have deprived us of years of episodes of… oh. Oh, I see. 😳😹
And if Starfleet was corporate capitalist, Paris might have said: _"Two days" sounds an awful lot like "today." ... And who needs to eat or sleep within one day?_
I've heard plenty of confident "two days" programming estimates, the Argus Array is doomed. 🤣
That doesn't even leave time for staring at the screen procrastinating
I Love these scenes! Even when I was a kiddo. The way that Riker was lost, in both scenes, just kills me. Excellent spacing of scenes.
Troi's got that confused "Wait am I attracted to Barclay?" look in her eye.
You can tell Barclay's upgraded in this episode because he casually does the most dominant gesture: the" Picard" manuever (shirt tug)
Troi: Barclay _never_ acts like this. His behavior seems wildly erratic. Something feels very wrong here.
Also Troi: I should keep this information to myself, just in case.
*Argus Array:* "I hab problems"
*Barclay NEO:* "Now's my chance to be a BIG SHOT."
First thing, fix the Argus Array's ability to speak English.
Love seeing some Deltarune fans in the Star Trek fandom! Wow, I just feel that's unlikely, but so cool to see how cultures crossover. I spose culture crossover is one of Star Trek's main themes!
@@SuperDuperJamer as well as actual crossovers. back in the day, webster had an episode where he went to the enterprise and hung out with worf. much more recently, there was a comic book crossover with the transformers. and that wasent even the first time that's happened.
but it does make a lot of sense that there's crossover. mean think about it, the mission of the enterprise is to explore the "darkness," making friends with as many "monsters" as possible.
"Aha, I see that," Riker said, totally not seeing that.
2:13 Troi:. "Damn! I want a piece of that confident man!"
It's a bad sign when you're smarter than Data. "It would take 7 weeks" - "Nope, two days."
2:07 Troi realizing she's gonna be counselling this schmuck for the next 20 years..
"One by one." Great acting! Only problem is, this sort of snarkiness toward a superior officer-or _anybody_ for that matter-is unheard of on the Enterprise D. (In S07 "The Gambit", Worf muttered "finally" under his breath and Acting Captain Data tore him a new one.) Yet nobody bats an eye here.
So he used the Main Deflector to boost the shields, using the warp coils to magnify the effect. Yeah, simple.
Warp power to the shields. They said that too, I'm sure of it.
I am willing to bet that Jonathan Frakes was not told what Barclay was going to say and to have a normal human reaction to it. So he was given an opportunity to react to technobabble in a realistic way instead of having to pretend to understand.
Riker - speaking: "Oh I see"
Riker - internally: "I'm sick of this nerd stuff why can't we play football."
The Federation's enemies were stunned to learn they could now increase their shield strength by 300%.
"I feel... I feel that Barclay is a lot more attractive than he used to be for some reason."
I LOVE how Barkley actually had the BALLS to INTERRUPT Captain Picard! (He even did the "Picard Maneuver: when he stood up.)
AND when he was finished, he just strode boldly out of the room! Like - "Meeting is over. Because I said so."
A great scene chocked FULL of great reactions!
Riker - "uh huh, I get that,"
Barkley - "No you DON'T, you faker!"
Forlorn look from Troi. . . . ."Damn. I just lost my most profitable patient! PLUS he hasn't tried to sneak a peak at my cleavage even ONCE!"
I've seen her knockers, they're not that impressive.
@@freddie-fucknmercury891 Agreed. But I figured it made for an amusing joke.
I supposed I COULD have said, "He hasn't stared at my ASS even once!" instead.
But personally, Troi (along with Kes) tends to rank near the Bottom of my "Sci Fi eye-candy Babes" List.
(With Princess Leia, 7 of 9, & Aeryn Sun, near the TOP.)
@@freddie-fucknmercury891
I wouldn't kick her out of my bed then or even now.
@@sharkdentures3247 Sex jokes don't really fit in tng, perhaps ds9
Plus he waited for everyone to turn their chairs to face him only to immediately walk around them and have them spin to face him again
One of my only pet peeves about TNG is the character development amnesia used as plot armor. How is it that the CHENG of the flagship of the Federation doesn't know what "critical" means regarding a reactor?
I mean, if you were gonna do a science heavy episode, at least go to a Nuke and ask a few questions 😂
Even I was just a lowly IC on the Nimitz and even I know that "critical" basically means the reactor is "turned on".
No wonder the Enterprise has so many issues with her engines 😂😂😂
Fusion reactors are even easier, just turn them off, no need to worry about meltdown!
But still love the show and all its characters nonetheless, loved growing up with this show.
Riker: Yeah, sure, anti-attenuator, gotcha, of course...
Reg: if you could assist me in the morning, Commander
Geordi: (condescending snort) sure, Reg
I hated Geordi's attitude toward Reg in this episode! It was as if Geordi felt no one else was allowed to be brilliant except Geordi!
To be fair, I'd be intimidated too, if my least-reliable colleague suddenly became hyper-competent.
That "what" still echos to this day in the galaxy.
Senior software engineers hate being out classed by the new guy
The "one by one" comment Barkley makes at Geordie is so damn snarky.
Diana Troi: OMG! A real man...😍
So nobody thought to ask "and how do you propose to accomplish this?"
The camera panning to Troi is hilarious in that she seems to be seriously considering the power of B(arclay)DE.
i liked this episode, but ngl in retrospect its pretty much a " why didn't anyone take any notes?! moment in every following episode " shields are down to 80%" hmmm... oh right, we can tripple the strength of them with a macro command. or like, "hmm screw warp travel, lets just tell voyager how to open a rift in space to get home " xD
Still love the Idea of an Anti-Emergency-Off..
Main Systems get damaged, all subsystems go into a critical state within a kinda too short time.
Must be the same exploding consoles company. Yes Chernobyl did happen, in ONE of the reactors, but these are also supposed to be separated reactors.
After the repair i would also leave them separated or at least with better local backups.
Especially regarding a fusion reactor
All they had to do was remove the fuel tank, it would've shutdown pretty quickly and without issue
@@twoeightythreez Yeah, a lot of folks don't realize that fusion is the opposite of fission, not only literally but also in the sense that it has the opposite failure mode: if something goes wrong, the reaction fizzles out rather than going runaway.
It's a very elegant and safe way to generate power. If only we could make it work…
2:07
Deana; "he's so haawwwwttt!!!"
Troi is giving him the look and reaction he only used to get from her in a holodeck.
Good ol Lieutenant Broccoli.
Counselor Troi gave him that look like she sensed some moistness lol
That’s the same look that Ferengi had on his face when Riker was explaining the Enterprise’s computer systems to him.
Deanna wants that broccoli
Commander Riker remembered that one for when the captain was turned into a kiddo and the Ferengi took over the Enterprise.
Do know that at his last job, he was known as "Howling Mad" Murdock? Would you trust a guy given that name?
It's a good kind of crazy, as his previous boss said.
I really liked this episode because Barclay became confident in himself afterwards.
As a 20 year veteran in the software industry, Barclay comes across as any enthusiastic junior dev who has yet to experience the joys of actually having to live up to their own estimation commitment. 2 days would've been the MVP that only supported one module. 2 months for supporting multiple modules and you know it would've been buggy as hell. On go live the whole thing would've probably chained anyway because he screwed up the release.
Dude could’ve said a week then taken it easy.
Imagine how intimidated you'd be, though, if you met a new guy who made promises like that and actually delivered.
I'd be wondering what the hell I'm going to do for a living from now on.
Barclay: *spouts genius technobabble at Riker*
Riker: "Aha. I see that."
Me: "Aha... I also see that."
Well, Miss Troi? I can tell you sense something amiss. Care to share with the rest of the class? No? Okay, then.
This is one of my favorite TNG episodes.
2:10 script change:
"Mr. Barclay, I have something that is 'out of whack' and I need you come to my quarters, immediately".
This is the first time Data comes up with a completely over the top estimation.
Deanna: That m**********r's NOT real!!!
I’ve watched so much Star Trek over the years, that I actually understood what Barclay said 😂
Diana Troy... "A background character is becoming a main character.. that's not normal.."
A man can do anything he puts his mind to, provided he has enough beans.
Barclay aside, the design of the array is terrible. There's no backup for the central computer? The fusion reactors don't have individual systems to run them if the central system fails? Fusion reactors that can explode, instead of failing safe? This thing was a disaster waiting to happen.
It would be an impressive feat to even design a Fusion power reactor that would be capable of even staying lit off without computer control, let alone exploding violently.
It takes a lot of very smart people to even make a fusion BOMB. 😂
This episode was one of the sillier ones, i mean cmon the CHENG of the ENTERPRISE doesn't even know what "critical" means regarding a reaxtor.
'I see that..' lol, Riker was totally lost.
2:07
Troi: I sense your disbelief, Will.
dang it! i didn't change clips fast enough and I had to hear the "bean" song! Now it is stuck I my head...........again!
Reg over here inventing space calculus
I could have it ready in two days?
That is a BOLD statement... Who do you think you are? Scotty?
But... I would happily spend those two days exploring your solution if it will save us seven weeks. At that point, a day or two makes no difference. Make it so Mr. Barkley!
"Failure to do so would represent an incalculable scientific loss of beans"
Even in the 24th century there are still guys who act snarky when they don't get something. Riker really is the "everyman" of this series.
Agree which is what nu trek is missing aswell an everyman or woman no relatable characters in nutrek
I cant relate to tilly shes fat and doesn't try hard enough, micheal is too fucking emotional and gets everything right,
Two smart guys are gay iam straight cant relate there, dam STD WTF I guess that leaves Lorca wait bad guy Pike no too dont know new spock no not quinto tv character change too soon for me dam STD WTF
This is so rough. How do you say it without insulting the man?
"We became suspicious of something else going on."
"Well...what...I mean, why suspicious? What seemed off?"
"*ahem* You were suddenly a competent officer."
"...I hate Starfleet."
I think Barclay was attempting to describe the Retro Encabulator to Riker. I can understand Riker's confusion. The Retro Encabulator is an amazing piece of engineering, even if it is nearly impossible to explain to a layman.
That moment when Troi kept her mouth shut.... And the viewers rejoiced.
Great episode.
"It just occurred to me that I could set up a frequency harmonic between the deflector and the shield grid using the warp field generator as a powerflow antiattenuator, and that, of course, naturally created an amplification of the inherent energy output."
Simple.
Uh-huh, I see that...
Stop lying, Riker.
🤔 For a moment there, when Barclay walked into the room, I thought Picard was being sarcastic. With his beans, of course... 😆
Artificial human: Seven weeks.
Augmented human: It came to me in the shower.
The silly part of this episode is that they all get spooked because Barklay is really smart and confident.
Jordi was vert worried about his job at that point ha.
The arrogance of Barkley to get up and do the Picard Maneuver as we walks up to Geordi.
Still one of my favorite episodes.
0:25 He sounds like Kosinski with his fake technobabble.
Star Trek has always been big on the "treknobabble".
The only reason for Troi to be in that conference room was to give that meaningful glance at the end.