This episode may be the finest hour of television ever made. It taught us that we exist for such a brief moment in time among the vastness of the Universe. I only hope that the memories and spirit of who we are can survive throughout the eons of time after we are long gone. We will never forget you, Mr. Spock, and thank you for helping make the Star Trek Universe a beacon of hope for all humanity.
This was one of the first episodes I've seen. It hit my soul with such tremendous force, I'm still reeling to this day. When Picard held that flute tight to his chest, it was then that the entire room went silent and my girlfriend gasped when she noticed my eyes swelling and tearing up. I made no effort of hiding it. I have reached out to all Star Trek fans I used to tease for liking this show and profusely apologized.
That makes up for a guy on the Internet (Kali for DOS of all things; I played Descent) who refused to talk with me after he learned I had a large cardboard cutout of Captain Picard in my room. Thirty years later and faded, the good captain still guards my living room. I don't care if people think my "decor" is tacky. I refuse to put my actions into an acceptable box to impress others. I like what I like. Deal with it. ;)
This was really a sad one. The entire planet dies before they had the ability to leave it, so they sent a probe so some stranger in another world could morne them by becoming a part of their culture. This is about as painful and heart wrenching as Miles growing old in a prison made up in his mind on DS9. They both need to live with the memories of that other life, and the loss of people they grew close to. :'(
There are great TV episodes, and then there is this. This is what Star Trek is truly about! The wonder of exploration and the amazing discoveries that accompany it. If you have never seen it, you owe it to yourself.
Seriously, could you imagine how hard it would be "returned" to your "real" life, after many years, and try to " pick up where u left off"? Like being 70 and returned to high school, and trying to remember everything, in detail
I have something close and this is probably going to sound a little stupid but hear me out I have had experiences of immense joy at conventions (yes i know how that’s super cringey but hear me out) I walked through those convention halls and hung out with probably the best people I have ever met But soon it was all over and i tearfully left my hotel and headed home I have to deal with the sting of all that joy being over I doubt this makes any sense to you but it is my story
I swear this music just grips the back of my throat and won’t let go. Simply stunning. What an episode too. Thank you to the original poster of this video, I hope the last 13 years have been kind to you.
I was watching this video and seeing Piccard (Kamin) to live, love, have children, grow old... ...just as my own children were playing upstairs. We usually run trough the moments, completely unaware that our lives are flowing and wonderful, terrible, significant things are happening to us all the time. If we could just watch a video of our own lives, perhaps we would understand their meanings, perhaps we could be more sensible and learn more from our experience. Life is precious.
the moral standards, the ethics and progressiveness of TNG strongly shaped what i am today! for me it represents a bigger goal worth striving for even unreachable far accordingly what i see in the world today... BUT if we stop dreaming we stop being humans!
Loved this song / episode so much that I used the music in place of the traditional "Here comes the Bride" at my wedding. The entire wedding party had precisely 4:10 seconds to walk the aisle.... the Maid of Honor had the hardest job in the world, as she had to gauge whether to walk slower or faster according to where the music was after all the rest of the party had done their march. Then.... precisely at the 4:11 mark, my wife-to-be stepped into the church just as the music became a celebration.... and she walked the Aisle like a princess accompanied by the finest piece of music I ever laid ears on. She's not a Star Trek fan.... but she is a classically trained musician (with a Master's Degree in piano)... and even she recognized the beauty of this amazing piece of music and how well it worked for a wedding march. Glad we were able to both agree on using it... the song really became all that much more special because of it. Married 10 years ago this month...
The music is truly amazing and this is a memory of the greatness of Star Trek. This is probably one of the greatest episodes since I have been watching Star Trek since the 1960's is the bonds and weaving of tapestry between all of the unforgettable characters.
fantastic and very moving episode thanks to get directorship and a great actor. Patrick Stewart is one of the very few things that makes me proud to be english
It was one of the best episodes. Really showed Patrick Stewart's skill. Such an amazing and convincing actor. He made TNG what it was. (And yea, I give credit to the rest of the bridge crew too, but c'mon! Jean-Luc was the man!)
No, I won't cry, I wont... Wow, this song is amazing. It very well written, and it makes me tear up every time I hear it. The clips were matched wonderfully to the music, great job. Thank you for posting this!
Every time I see the scene where Picard clasps the flute to his chest and grips it tightly, I cry. While this isn't my favorite episode (Data's Day) it's certainly one of the best the series ever saw. Thanks for this.
R.I.P. to all those Star Trek actors and directors who died LEONARD NIMOY 1931-2015 GENE RODDENBERRY 1921-1991 JAMES DOOHAN 1920-2005 DEFOREST KELLEY 1920-1999 MAJEL BARRETT 1932-2008 RICARDO MONTALBAN 1920-2009 GRACE LEE WHITNEY 1930-2015 MARK LENARD 1924-1996 ROGER C. CARMEL 1932-1986
here's some more: OLAF POOLEY 1914-2015 PERSIS KHAMBATTA 1948-1998 YVONNE CRAIG 1937-2015 MERRITT BUTRICK 1959-1989 BARRY ATWATER 1918-1978 BART LA RUE 1932-1990 LEE BERGERE 1918-2007 TORIN THATCHER 1905-1989
+Alon Alkalai ROBERT WISE (1914-2005) BIBI BESCH (1942-1996) WILLIAM WINDOM (1923-2012) JEFFREY HUNTER (1926-1969) JOHN HOYT (1905-1991) JOHN COLICOS (1928-2005) WILLIAM CAMPBELL (1923-2011) MICHAEL ANSARA (1922-2013) WINRICH KOLBE (1940-2012) MICHAEL PILLER (1948-2005) And composers: ALEXANDER COURAGE (1919-2008) FRED STEINER (1923-2011) JERRY GOLDSMITH (1929-2004) LEONARD ROSENMAN (1924-2008) JAMES HORNER (1953-2015)
Darmok and this episode.... absolute tear-jerkers. Loved that there were no "bad guys": here, even the "slimy" politician turns out to be a good guy; and I kept waiting for Picard's/Kamin's friend to pull some doublecross. Never happened, and am glad for it. In "Darmok," we're seeing a remake of TOS Kirk vs. Gorn episode ("Arena"), updated for more evolved times. Instead of a deathmatch of opposing Captains as one would expect, we have an alien Captain willing to sacrifice all in order to make first contact. Communication & understanding throughout, not homemade gunpowder & a last-second awakening.
Kirk is Kirk. That in itself is great, it fits his Crew and the mold of legendary characters; Arthur and His Knights come to mind. Picard and Crew are, in contrast, more of the modern vision of heroes- frail, humanisitic, and, most important, affected and changed by their experiences. From Farpoint to the Borg to "Darmok" to HERE... Picard is always growing as a cpatain and as a man- as did TNG grow as a series. TOS is an epic poem or legend; TNG is a symphony or opera- masterpieces both
I'm glad you mentioned "Darmok" in this context: it presents the most direct comparison of the two series. In "Arena" during the era of the Cold War and TV Westerns, we have Kirk deciding at the last second, after a deathmatch, to spare the Gorn captain out of a higher (and according to the Metrons, still evolving) sense of morality & what's possible. In "Darmok," Picard begins from a position of rejecting conflict and attempting to communicate. And as it turns out, the alien captain was doing the same, and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in the attempt.
By far, my favorite episode of the series. I'm in tears again watching just these few minutes, minus the original sounds, more than a decade since last watching this episode. I don't wish to know anyone that watched this episode and didn't weep several times during those 40 minutes. A heart that hard is nothing I want around me.
Yes, this episode and the sequal in season 6 were among the best in that entire series, and yes, I teared up as well. I guess it got to me how those people from that planet long gone did not want to be totally forgotten and were able to make that happen in some small way, and the music was awesome! If anyone wants this song, send me a private note w/ your email and I'll hand over a copy. Anyway, a very powerful show, and no, there's nothing even close to this on TV anymore, or movies as well.
Agreed. I love TOS, it is my favorite, but TNG was the gem of it all, the best polished and the best developed. True, it took a downturn when Rick Berman took command of the franchise, but it still is perhaps one of the best embodiments of the Star Trek spirit.
Absolutely, positively, the BEST episode of ST: TNG ever. Thank you for uploading this. Also, it is one of the prettiest pieces of music I've ever heard.
I feel same like you about this wonderfull story.The title of this epizode actualy says it all.After watching one feels like inner light burns much stronger.The melody is in my best vids collection :) Thx
the fact that star trek tng has good episode is nice but what adds to it are the songs, opening theme, inner light, and the intro to a matters perspective
The Inner Light exists within all of us . . . . This is Everyone's story - that it why it touches our hearts the way it does. Hold your ppl close - for all we will take with us when we go is LOVE. . . and all that we shared. ML to ALL~~~~
The best episode of TNG and rightly so. Picard should've been more determined after this episode to have a family of his own or connect more deeply with his crew (which, sadly, didn't happen until the last episode).
My favorite episode of Star Trek, any series. It sings to my soul. There were almost no special effects. Just a beautiful, timeless story of home, family, and remembrance. This one could have been made into a full length film.
There might've been *one* special effect: read somewhere that the lighting guy got an Emmy for creating the bright sunlight effect on a soundstage. Think it was this episode.
That's why he was so sad when the probe finished scanning him. He lives a lifetime in the span of one episode and all he has left of the life was the flute he learned to play.
@UnscrupulousAgitator Not so much that (although that would be hard too), but having lived an entire life with a spouse, children, close friends, then have it yanked away and being told IT NEVER ACTUALLY HAPPENED. It was just a dream and all you have left are memories and a flute, one you didn't actually play. OMG the sorrow I feel for him at the end of this episode. Heartbreaking.
The closest instrument is a Sopranino Recorder, in my experience...tho, the ressikan (sp?) flute Picard has in his hands is apparantly straight bored like a tin whistle!...And, I've played it on both the recorder and the whistle to good effect...Best of Luck!
How was Picard not emotionally disturbed by this experience? 40+ years of a very real and emotional life, yet it turns out to be all just a fabrication so they could be remembered. It's not unbelievable that he wasn't angry as it was a positive experience. But to not be completely ruined by sadness...
Well, the clutching of the flute as others have observed; returning to it in future episodes. Picard appreciated the experience, was honored by it, and the efforts of this long-dead civilization to be remembered by history. (He was something of a Renaissance man & historian himself.) That we may do so well when our time is done.... instead of devolving into infighting.
With the passing of Leonard Nimoy today I had to come just to listen to this. It would be amazing if you, or someone else who has the skills could use this song to do a memorial montage of all those people we have lost in Star Trek Including Gene and Majel Roddenberry, Deforest Kelly, and James Doohan.
Colt Gustafson Add Grace Lee Whitney (Yeoman Janice Rand) into this list as well. RIP, www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/grace-lee-whitney-dead-star-793031
Colt Gustafson Ms. Whitney's death means that only four main cast members of ST:TOS are still with us today, William Shatner (Capt. Kirk), George Takei (Hikaru Sulu), Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura), and Walter Koenig (Pavel Chekov) :-(.
Its damn true - everyone praises the new Star Trek movie but it NEVER would have happened without Voyager, Deep Space Nine or The Next Generation. I agree that Enterprise killed the series but the other three series revived it and kept it alive And a lot of them DEFINED the genre and series in ways that are reflected even in the new movie! No TNG bashing - it deserves respect
This is Next Gen's "City on the Edge of Forever" episode. The enterprise captain is taken to another time and world where he falls in love eith and loses a woman and is clearly left with a great impact on his life.
@bfooter902 Well, he was experiencing the memories of someone else, but he was still himself, so while he sent that message in his mind the person who's memories he was simply reliving, didn't.
That flute sold for $40,000 and doesn't actually play! Watch "Star Trek Documentary Beyond the Final Frontier 2007 History Channel" on RUclips and skip to 1:15:00 and watch for about 5 minutes! Patrick Stewart laughs.
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This episode may be the finest hour of television ever made.
It taught us that we exist for such a brief moment in time among the vastness of the Universe. I only hope that the memories and spirit of who we are can survive throughout the eons of time after we are long gone.
We will never forget you, Mr. Spock, and thank you for helping make the Star Trek Universe a beacon of hope for all humanity.
Michael Lazarus wow well said
this is one of the best episodes ever. I like how they sent the flute in the probe at the end.
"...and now we live in you...tell them of us, my darling."
Oh god.. someone please stop cutting these onions :'(
This was one of the first episodes I've seen. It hit my soul with such tremendous force, I'm still reeling to this day. When Picard held that flute tight to his chest, it was then that the entire room went silent and my girlfriend gasped when she noticed my eyes swelling and tearing up. I made no effort of hiding it. I have reached out to all Star Trek fans I used to tease for liking this show and profusely apologized.
Welcome to the family. 🖖🏻
ItaloCanadese Something exists within our minds that can only be satisfied by great Science Fiction.
ItaloCanadese
I feel the same.
That makes up for a guy on the Internet (Kali for DOS of all things; I played Descent) who refused to talk with me after he learned I had a large cardboard cutout of Captain Picard in my room. Thirty years later and faded, the good captain still guards my living room. I don't care if people think my "decor" is tacky. I refuse to put my actions into an acceptable box to impress others. I like what I like. Deal with it. ;)
This was really a sad one. The entire planet dies before they had the ability to leave it, so they sent a probe so some stranger in another world could morne them by becoming a part of their culture. This is about as painful and heart wrenching as Miles growing old in a prison made up in his mind on DS9. They both need to live with the memories of that other life, and the loss of people they grew close to. :'(
There are great TV episodes, and then there is this. This is what Star Trek is truly about! The wonder of exploration and the amazing discoveries that accompany it. If you have never seen it, you owe it to yourself.
What a wonderful episode and thanks for reminding me of it. Live long and prosper everyone
This is my favorite Stark Trek: TNG episode... it has such beautiful music and such a beautiful story as well.
Seriously, could you imagine how hard it would be "returned" to your "real" life, after many years, and try to " pick up where u left off"? Like being 70 and returned to high school, and trying to remember everything, in detail
I have something close and this is probably going to sound a little stupid but hear me out
I have had experiences of immense joy at conventions
(yes i know how that’s super cringey but hear me out)
I walked through those convention halls and hung out with probably the best people I have ever met
But soon it was all over and i tearfully left my hotel and headed home
I have to deal with the sting of all that joy being over
I doubt this makes any sense to you but it is my story
I swear this music just grips the back of my throat and won’t let go. Simply stunning. What an episode too. Thank you to the original poster of this video, I hope the last 13 years have been kind to you.
I was watching this video and seeing Piccard (Kamin) to live, love, have children, grow old...
...just as my own children were playing upstairs.
We usually run trough the moments, completely unaware that our lives are flowing and wonderful, terrible, significant things are happening to us all the time. If we could just watch a video of our own lives, perhaps we would understand their meanings, perhaps we could be more sensible and learn more from our experience.
Life is precious.
Life is fleeting and all that really matters is the love between family and friends
If that's what you got from watching this episode......you got it right. 🖖🏻
you are absolutely right mate!
this is just one of those songs that grabs your soul.
ur soul is imortal mine to.....this is the sound.
the moral standards, the ethics and progressiveness of TNG strongly shaped what i am today!
for me it represents a bigger goal worth striving for even unreachable far accordingly what i see in the world today...
BUT if we stop dreaming we stop being humans!
moxigen thank you so much for sharing your story!
Same.
Man just hearing those first few notes brings tears
Yes this episode was very saddening, an entire civilization destroyed. The probe and the flute were the only relics.
Loved this song / episode so much that I used the music in place of the traditional "Here comes the Bride" at my wedding.
The entire wedding party had precisely 4:10 seconds to walk the aisle.... the Maid of Honor had the hardest job in the world, as she had to gauge whether to walk slower or faster according to where the music was after all the rest of the party had done their march.
Then.... precisely at the 4:11 mark, my wife-to-be stepped into the church just as the music became a celebration.... and she walked the Aisle like a princess accompanied by the finest piece of music I ever laid ears on. She's not a Star Trek fan.... but she is a classically trained musician (with a Master's Degree in piano)... and even she recognized the beauty of this amazing piece of music and how well it worked for a wedding march. Glad we were able to both agree on using it... the song really became all that much more special because of it.
Married 10 years ago this month...
It is a great piece of music, I can imagine it worked well for your wedding :)
...so did she become a fan? 😁
You're still married so either: A) Yes, or B) You deserve some sort of Husband Medal of Honor
The music is truly amazing and this is a memory of the greatness of Star Trek. This is probably one of the greatest episodes since I have been watching Star Trek since the 1960's is the bonds and weaving of tapestry between all of the unforgettable characters.
fantastic and very moving episode thanks to get directorship and a great actor. Patrick Stewart is one of the very few things that makes me proud to be english
Watching this episode again in 2020, after I realized that ST:Picard uses this song as its main theme.
One of the finest hours in television history.
I would rate this as one of the top Star Trek songs, I still cry when I hear this sometimes, so sorrowful, but so beautiful
It's even better with the piano in the episode "Lessons".
It was one of the best episodes. Really showed Patrick Stewart's skill. Such an amazing and convincing actor. He made TNG what it was. (And yea, I give credit to the rest of the bridge crew too, but c'mon! Jean-Luc was the man!)
Absolutely.
Seize the time, Meribor. Live now. Make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again.
One of the best episodes ever. But then, there were so many!
No, I won't cry, I wont... Wow, this song is amazing. It very well written, and it makes me tear up every time I hear it. The clips were matched wonderfully to the music, great job.
Thank you for posting this!
TNG Voyager and DS9 prove with their great story telling that we need a new tv series, this music is timeless
Every time I see the scene where Picard clasps the flute to his chest and grips it tightly, I cry. While this isn't my favorite episode (Data's Day) it's certainly one of the best the series ever saw. Thanks for this.
R.I.P. to all those Star Trek actors and directors who died
LEONARD NIMOY 1931-2015
GENE RODDENBERRY 1921-1991
JAMES DOOHAN 1920-2005
DEFOREST KELLEY 1920-1999
MAJEL BARRETT 1932-2008
RICARDO MONTALBAN 1920-2009
GRACE LEE WHITNEY 1930-2015
MARK LENARD 1924-1996
ROGER C. CARMEL 1932-1986
here's some more:
OLAF POOLEY 1914-2015
PERSIS KHAMBATTA 1948-1998
YVONNE CRAIG 1937-2015
MERRITT BUTRICK 1959-1989
BARRY ATWATER 1918-1978
BART LA RUE 1932-1990
LEE BERGERE 1918-2007
TORIN THATCHER 1905-1989
and:
PERCY RODRIGUES 1918-2007
REGGIE NALDER 1907-1991
JOAN MARSHALL 1931-1992
MORGAN JONES 1928-2012
KEN LYNCH 1910-1990
ABRAHAM SOFAER 1896-1988
+Alon Alkalai
ROBERT WISE (1914-2005)
BIBI BESCH (1942-1996)
WILLIAM WINDOM (1923-2012)
JEFFREY HUNTER (1926-1969)
JOHN HOYT (1905-1991)
JOHN COLICOS (1928-2005)
WILLIAM CAMPBELL (1923-2011)
MICHAEL ANSARA (1922-2013)
WINRICH KOLBE (1940-2012)
MICHAEL PILLER (1948-2005)
And composers:
ALEXANDER COURAGE (1919-2008)
FRED STEINER (1923-2011)
JERRY GOLDSMITH (1929-2004)
LEONARD ROSENMAN (1924-2008)
JAMES HORNER (1953-2015)
ANTON YELCHIN (1989-2016)
GARY HUTZEL 1955-2016
This music speaks words only the soul can hear. I have never heard a more beautiful melody and I doubt I ever will.
its hard to find the words this is a great episode and yes i cryed. darmok is also one of patrick stewarts best .
Darmok and this episode.... absolute tear-jerkers.
Loved that there were no "bad guys": here, even the "slimy" politician turns out to be a good guy; and I kept waiting for Picard's/Kamin's friend to pull some doublecross. Never happened, and am glad for it.
In "Darmok," we're seeing a remake of TOS Kirk vs. Gorn episode ("Arena"), updated for more evolved times. Instead of a deathmatch of opposing Captains as one would expect, we have an alien Captain willing to sacrifice all in order to make first contact. Communication & understanding throughout, not homemade gunpowder & a last-second awakening.
Kirk is Kirk. That in itself is great, it fits his Crew and the mold of legendary characters; Arthur and His Knights come to mind. Picard and Crew are, in contrast, more of the modern vision of heroes- frail, humanisitic, and, most important, affected and changed by their experiences. From Farpoint to the Borg to "Darmok" to HERE... Picard is always growing as a cpatain and as a man- as did TNG grow as a series.
TOS is an epic poem or legend; TNG is a symphony or opera- masterpieces both
I'm glad you mentioned "Darmok" in this context: it presents the most direct comparison of the two series.
In "Arena" during the era of the Cold War and TV Westerns, we have Kirk deciding at the last second, after a deathmatch, to spare the Gorn captain out of a higher (and according to the Metrons, still evolving) sense of morality & what's possible.
In "Darmok," Picard begins from a position of rejecting conflict and attempting to communicate. And as it turns out, the alien captain was doing the same, and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in the attempt.
Wonderful......this episode is probably my all time favorite and the music still give me chills.
By far, my favorite episode of the series. I'm in tears again watching just these few minutes, minus the original sounds, more than a decade since last watching this episode. I don't wish to know anyone that watched this episode and didn't weep several times during those 40 minutes. A heart that hard is nothing I want around me.
man that episode and this song always makes me cry
one of my favorite episodes! this kind of television seems rare to find these days. bravo!
Yes, this episode and the sequal in season 6 were among the best in that entire series, and yes, I teared up as well. I guess it got to me how those people from that planet long gone did not want to be totally forgotten and were able to make that happen in some small way, and the music was awesome! If anyone wants this song, send me a private note w/ your email and I'll hand over a copy. Anyway, a very powerful show, and no, there's nothing even close to this on TV anymore, or movies as well.
Thank you for posting this. I love it. Beautiful piece for a wonderful episode. One of my favorites.
Agreed. I love TOS, it is my favorite, but TNG was the gem of it all, the best polished and the best developed. True, it took a downturn when Rick Berman took command of the franchise, but it still is perhaps one of the best embodiments of the Star Trek spirit.
One of my favorite episodes. Still get me a tad weepy. Here's hoping that humanity has that much class when our time comes.
Absolutely, positively, the BEST episode of ST: TNG ever. Thank you for uploading this. Also, it is one of the prettiest pieces of music I've ever heard.
I feel same like you about this wonderfull story.The title of this epizode actualy says it all.After watching one feels like inner light burns much stronger.The melody is in my best vids collection :) Thx
I really loved this episode, it is one of my favorites.
The best episode of Star Trek, TNG ever. The Inner Light theme is so hauntingly beautiful. This video montage was very well done and most enjoyable.
Still weep every time I hear this song or watch this episode. Such a beautiful story of love enduring.
amazingly beautiful classic song this is
此刻我躺在巴厘島洲際的泳池邊，耳聽著旋律、眼看著畫面，然後我再次無例外地又掉淚了
the fact that star trek tng has good episode is nice
but what adds to it are the songs, opening theme, inner light, and the intro to a matters perspective
Thank you for this video. My fave episode, and one of my fave pieces of music
The Inner Light exists within all of us . . . . This is Everyone's story - that it why it touches our hearts the way it does. Hold your ppl close - for all we will take with us when we go is LOVE. . . and all that we shared. ML to ALL~~~~
The best episode of TNG and rightly so. Picard should've been more determined after this episode to have a family of his own or connect more deeply with his crew (which, sadly, didn't happen until the last episode).
Wonderful video for such a moving episode of TNG!!!! Great job!!!!!
Well done! Simply beautiful!
harrowing and dutiful
***** thank you.
So beautiful. Thank you.
I appreciate your work.
LL&P
Sehr Gutes Video passt ganz genau .....Das ist unser Captain Picard......sorry Patrick Stewart Leibhaftig.......
this music touches my heart!
Beautiful just Beautiful I love that
this and darmok have got to be the best .sharka when the walls fell.
Schön!
Ich wünschte - so etwas .... würde...... mir auch wiederfahren
my favorite episode. to live a life seperated from yours in moments and to have to keep those memories when you return to your own life. a hard thing.
I think I'm actually going to cry... :)
Where are the programs with such scope, with such writing, such attention to the music? Man I miss forward looking science fiction.
It makes me cry... :) Wonderful video! Favorited :)
What an amazing episode
My favorite episode of Star Trek, any series. It sings to my soul. There were almost no special effects. Just a beautiful, timeless story of home, family, and remembrance. This one could have been made into a full length film.
There might've been *one* special effect: read somewhere that the lighting guy got an Emmy for creating the bright sunlight effect on a soundstage. Think it was this episode.
The best of Star Trek 30th Anniversary Special.
Beautiful
Probably one of the few episodes on Star Trek TNg to explore "relationship" and Picard's feelings toward children.
Nicely done, ty!❤
That's why he was so sad when the probe finished scanning him. He lives a lifetime in the span of one episode and all he has left of the life was the flute he learned to play.
i love the song and the show
it was a Dahm good episode, one of my favourites
@UnscrupulousAgitator Not so much that (although that would be hard too), but having lived an entire life with a spouse, children, close friends, then have it yanked away and being told IT NEVER ACTUALLY HAPPENED. It was just a dream and all you have left are memories and a flute, one you didn't actually play.
OMG the sorrow I feel for him at the end of this episode. Heartbreaking.
this episode is beautifull
The closest instrument is a Sopranino Recorder, in my experience...tho, the ressikan (sp?) flute Picard has in his hands is apparantly straight bored like a tin whistle!...And, I've played it on both the recorder and the whistle to good effect...Best of Luck!
How was Picard not emotionally disturbed by this experience? 40+ years of a very real and emotional life, yet it turns out to be all just a fabrication so they could be remembered. It's not unbelievable that he wasn't angry as it was a positive experience. But to not be completely ruined by sadness...
Well, the clutching of the flute as others have observed; returning to it in future episodes. Picard appreciated the experience, was honored by it, and the efforts of this long-dead civilization to be remembered by history. (He was something of a Renaissance man & historian himself.)
That we may do so well when our time is done.... instead of devolving into infighting.
With the passing of Leonard Nimoy today I had to come just to listen to this. It would be amazing if you, or someone else who has the skills could use this song to do a memorial montage of all those people we have lost in Star Trek Including Gene and Majel Roddenberry, Deforest Kelly, and James Doohan.
Colt Gustafson Add Grace Lee Whitney (Yeoman Janice Rand) into this list as well. RIP, www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/grace-lee-whitney-dead-star-793031
Colt Gustafson Ms. Whitney's death means that only four main cast members of ST:TOS are still with us today, William Shatner (Capt. Kirk), George Takei (Hikaru Sulu), Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura), and Walter Koenig (Pavel Chekov) :-(.
Jay Chattaway friggin' rules man!!!!!!!
Great Job
At times I can hear "silent night" inside this song. Not taking away from it, its awesome. Just interesting.
Thank you!
oh so I did. Thanks for pointing that out. It's corrected now.
Its damn true - everyone praises the new Star Trek movie but it NEVER would have happened without Voyager, Deep Space Nine or The Next Generation. I agree that Enterprise killed the series but the other three series revived it and kept it alive
And a lot of them DEFINED the genre and series in ways that are reflected even in the new movie! No TNG bashing - it deserves respect
beautiful :*)
This is Next Gen's "City on the Edge of Forever" episode.
The enterprise captain is taken to another time and world where he falls in love eith and loses a woman and is clearly left with a great impact on his life.
Life, is truly short. Make it count.
The feels
@bfooter902 Well, he was experiencing the memories of someone else, but he was still himself, so while he sent that message in his mind the person who's memories he was simply reliving, didn't.
Thanks for leaving feedback. :D
If there is any hope that things will improve. The one component is trust.
@MrGrindvakten live long and prosper friend, its a long time that anyone has said that so i'll return the courtesy....
is there an oscar for tv episodes ? is this not a life to dream of.
Solche lieder sollte man wirklich nur zu besonderen anlässen hören....Wie Weinachten oder dem todestag einer gelibten person oder Tier......
3 emotionless vulcans watched this video
Probably Romulans, mate.
thanks
Happy Birthday Sir Patrick Stewart.
patrick was actually playing it too which is cool =]
best episode along when picard goes home after borg insident
Wow.
I saw that this video is available. Was it originally done with HD video? The video edit was very well done! My favorite episode of any show ever!!!
That flute sold for $40,000 and doesn't actually play! Watch "Star Trek Documentary Beyond the Final Frontier 2007 History Channel" on RUclips and skip to 1:15:00 and watch for about 5 minutes! Patrick Stewart laughs.