Hi Everyone! This was an emotional episode for me to discuss - thank you all for the support and love! These are the kinds of topics that are dear to my heart and I truly believe they should be discussed more openly and without judgement ❤ I’m so happy Star Trek has been a fantastic gateway to having these much needed conversations! -Sara 🖖
@sararazack
6 ай бұрын
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@captainmcmunchausen451
6 ай бұрын
I absolutely agree about the honesty of being a parent. I think too many people are pressured or persuaded to have kids because that’s just what you do when you get “older”
@UrsolaceGaming
6 ай бұрын
If you ever needed confirmation that your YT shorts are reaching people I'm getting hit over the head with them and they are great. Led me to seek out the full episodes and subbed immediately. Great show!
@andylalor225
7 ай бұрын
The probe didn't self-destruct, it shut down. When the beam deactivates, Data reports the shutdown and Riker orders the probe tractored into a shuttle bay. When Riker brings Picard the flute, he said it was found inside.
@ANTIStraussian
6 ай бұрын
Lol he gave it 7 😂
@jimwesteven2023
6 ай бұрын
In my headcanon, Picard eventually would have written either a book or at least an academic/archeologically-themed paper on the Kataan civilization. I'm not surprised by the fact that he wouldn't have gotten started with that mere hours after he came out of the probe-induced fantasy. It was a lot to take in at that point. This is something that would have been best brought up in some later episode, but we never got that because they were afraid to make callbacks to earlier episodes in the syndication climate the show lived in. Overall, one of my favorite episodes. I seem to recall it moving me to at least some small degree even as an immature little twerp of a preteen, and moved me a lot more when I saw it again as an adult. My own gripe would be the music. Other than the lovely flute melody, TNG was nothing but sonic wallpaper music at that point, and didn't quite match the simple beauty of the episode's more poignant moments.
@MuzzyBarker
6 ай бұрын
He did make a callback in Lessons, and it was pretty sweet when he laid out how personal those memories were for him.
@Hakar17
6 ай бұрын
@@MuzzyBarkerImagine seeing your baby girl born,grow up,get married,and then have her own baby. Just to find out all of this was nothing more than a fantasy,it would be paradoxically the worst and best thing to ever happen to me. A hardcore episode I've seen countless times and still cry as a full grown man.😢
@Jomi91
4 ай бұрын
It's my favourite episode of TNG I think. The RLM guys don't even have it in their top 20. Shocking!
@ihazotherchannel
6 ай бұрын
i actually wrote a whole pilot about the south korean directors so i did a lot of research about them! the accurate story is actually so much more insane than what you say in the podcast. so to start, they were actually divorced before it happened and she hated him. when captured Kim Jong Il forced them to publicly remarry to create the impression that they defected by choice and were happy to be there. they were forced to work together and over time they actually fell back in love. eight years pass before they escaped and what happened was they escaped not during a location scout, but during a trip to accept an award from a communist international film festival FOR Polgasari being held in one of the neutral eastern european countries at the time. they managed to finally get free by secretly leaving a note for the hotel manager asking for help. after they escaped they remarried. south koreans really still hated them and saw them as traitors, but over time they rehabilitated their image and ended up living happily ever after in the US. so in a way, Kim Jong Il brought them together and solved their marital problems. it’s one of my favorite true stories.
@djaiyo
6 ай бұрын
i was watching TNG with my 13yr old and we realized, almost everyone on the crew either lost a father or has a shitty father. and they all kinda look up to picard as a father figure.
@stanbrule9357
7 күн бұрын
In Wesley's case, Picard might actually be his father
@andylalor225
7 ай бұрын
I mean absolutely no disrespect, I love this show, and you guys are all great. Ricardo's genuinely impassioned defense of hope in the face of oblivion seems out of character for the persona he's created for the show. It was surprising and uplifting. I'm sorry to have judged.
@NewbieStarTrek
7 ай бұрын
Haha we all have complex opinions
@stanbrule9357
7 күн бұрын
Its genuinely great to see amongst all the doomerism in online discourae and media
@TrailBlazer5280
4 ай бұрын
THis was one of my favorite episodes in star trek. Still cheesy at times but I just love this story concept, and living a whole life in a moment. i can only imagine what it would be like to be transported back to your life
@EF-fc4du
2 ай бұрын
"Cheesy" is a word used by people uncomfortable with loving emotions being forthrightly expressed.
@andylalor225
7 ай бұрын
"Try not to jump to conclusions." That's fucking hilarious!
@OurLadyOfPunkz
Ай бұрын
Ripped from the void, forced to be employed
@wormspeaker
7 ай бұрын
This episode is definitely my pick for best episode of Trek (not just TNG) ever. It's certainly the one that I think about the most often 30+ years later. It's impact of course is undercut by the way the episodes don't let characters evolve much due to syndication so the deep affect that the experience should have had on Picard was more or less completely ignored after the episode. On the subject of the makeup though, it was really good for the time. Makeup and prosthetic techniques have really improved over the last 30 years. It was worthy of being nominated at the time.
@ANTIStraussian
7 ай бұрын
It's in the list of best trek that isn't treking through space.
@andylalor225
7 ай бұрын
This was the culmination of the strongest 3-episode stretch in Trek, period. It went "I, Borg", "The Next Phase", and "The Inner Light". That was three weeks in a row of top-notch viewing!
@christophersouthorn6963
6 ай бұрын
I think it's unfair that Dan rated this episode lower because he saw a similar episode of Adventure Time! Are we forgetting that TNG came out first? Where do you think those writers got the idea? We're talking about one of the best episodes of one of the greatest shows in television history here. Of course you've seen other people do it "better!" They were inspired to write those episodes BECAUSE of this one!
@NewbieStarTrek
6 ай бұрын
TNG was not the first to do a story like this in general, though
@thomasweller1102
5 ай бұрын
Yes! The pillow world episode of Adventure Time is based on "The Inner Light", so much so that Jonathan Frakes aka Commander Riker voices the adult version of Finn in the episode.
@LoganBluth
3 ай бұрын
@@NewbieStarTrek Right, but practically *_every_* story concept has been done before. "The Lion King" (1994) is just "Hamlet" with lions, but it's ridiculous to decrease its review score because of this.
@EF-fc4du
2 ай бұрын
@@NewbieStarTrekNo story with all of TIL's nuances had been made. Only by stripping it of them and leaving the boldest strokes of the story could you make such a case. But that's how dullards critique things.
@charlietheturdil8632
7 ай бұрын
The thumbnail for this fr made me think picard had an m1911 in his mouth 💀
@Ichigo187
7 ай бұрын
Lol it was too much!!
@erikskywalker3130
6 ай бұрын
Lmfao I can’t unsee it. That’s fucking hilarious
@Frogface91
2 ай бұрын
Hugs to Sara ❤ my mum almost died after my sister's birth, pregnancy and labour are extremely traumatising experiences and I know I was very afraid of having multiples, but I'm sure your parents don't regret you or any of your siblings and I hope you don't feel unwanted, it was just a difficult time for them ❤
@PTNLemay
6 ай бұрын
One little issue I had with the story was how the probe is meant to have come from a relatively primitive civilization. No warp drive, not even an ability to slow travel to another star system. And yet they were able to design a super probe that could overpower the Enterprise and mind-meld with any humanoid race they encounter. It would have made a bit more sense for the Enterprise to have willingly taken the probe into the hangar bay for study. And then shock surprise, something grabs onto Picard's head and downloads the simulation into his brain.
@bjorn00000
7 ай бұрын
It's funny with this and Future Imperfect - Jonathan Frakes and Patrick Stewart looked NOTHING like their actual future selves.
@gregquinn7817
7 ай бұрын
If this really happened you would be severely traumatized or at least be majorly changed. While this is brought up occasionally...it never becomes as significant as you'd think.
@kevinrussell3501
Ай бұрын
I never say if anyone should have children. It's entirely a personal choice. Parenting is very difficult at times. But it's also very rewarding. There's moments you'll have with your kids that can never be replaced if you didn't have them.
@kieranelliott5607
Ай бұрын
I did not see coming Ricardo being the one to explain the hopeful, optimistic position.
@yourstruly4817
7 ай бұрын
"I would rather die the man I was than live the life I just saw" TNG Picard after seeing Star Trek: Picard
@hafor2846
7 ай бұрын
@@dffndjdjd For real.
@yourstruly4817
7 ай бұрын
@@dffndjdjd Difference is that Nu Trek really is trash
@renecharbonneau1842
7 ай бұрын
@@yourstruly4817nope it’s awesome
@gregquinn7817
7 ай бұрын
Picard the first two seasons was uneven but overall I liked. Third season was great.
@ANTIStraussian
7 ай бұрын
@@gregquinn7817ten forward bar Easter egg 🤮🤢
@dwarftoad
6 ай бұрын
Tune in to the next episode to find out whether this podcast is still sponsored by Ekster or not!
@CuteFuzzyWeasel
7 ай бұрын
Anyway, they get back to the episode around 1:32:08
@andylalor225
7 ай бұрын
"Craic", pronounced "crack", is Irish for "fun".
@damenwhelan3236
6 ай бұрын
It's not irish. But it is Gaelic. Comes to the irish through Scots, and yes it means gossip or entertainment.
@andylalor225
6 ай бұрын
@damenwhelan3236 If you're an Irish speaker, I'll defer to your greater knowledge; I've only superficially studied Irish, can barely say a few words. My understanding of the word "craic" comes from Irish comedians like Dara O'Briain and Ed Byrne, as well as clips from older comics and actors. I felt safe taking their word for it. Here's a clip from Dara explaining it: kzitem.info/news/bejne/sWxuvHt5j6WlfGUsi=aP3qF1jLXG6Znb4H
@damenwhelan3236
6 ай бұрын
@andylalor225 We have totally adopted it and put are own turn to it. So you're not wrong in your explanation. Just thought I'd add a bit more the depth.
@andylalor225
6 ай бұрын
@damenwhelan3236 I appreciate your comments. I'm always willing to learn when I don't know about a topic!
@morebaileyskim
6 ай бұрын
@damenwhelan3236 ways wondered about this - I assumed we (scottish) had borrowed it from Irish cause we have it but we don't really use it unless speaking Gaelic but that makes sense too! Love learning random stuff like this in comments ha ha
@Kit_XIV
6 ай бұрын
Came for Old Man Kamin Picard stayed for the existentialism TED Talk.
@noahlogue
3 ай бұрын
I always just skip after around the sun to the actual review now.😂 Edit: Ricardo's speech on hope made me tear up.
@anotherjuanbitesthedust9443
6 ай бұрын
This was a deep character study of Sara: From Florida
@sararazack
6 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@userasdf
4 ай бұрын
I feel kind of bad for Sarah's childhood now... and her overall relationship with her parents. I guess it's better when they're adults to say you wish they were never born.... Pretty sure in those situations you should give the kid up for adoption though...
@justrobYT
4 ай бұрын
Love this episode. Probably my favorite of the series.
@ItsYaBoyYogi
7 ай бұрын
This is my dad’s all time favorite TNG episode
@Puritan1985
7 ай бұрын
my shoes are too tight, and I have forgotten how to dance.
@borkabrak
6 ай бұрын
Peter Jurasik and Andreas Katsulas both WAY over-delivered on their roles in B5. What great performances.
@damenwhelan3236
6 ай бұрын
Colm meany is a legend because of the roddy doyle movies. Adapted fromnrodsy doyle books. Colm often plays the "da" charecter in these movies. Hes a different charecter in every movie. But hes always mad about elvis.
@Freshcornpop
7 ай бұрын
The flute ended up being auctioned off for 40k but it doesn't even work
@nannysassnfrass
4 ай бұрын
We forget every second of every day that people, everyone is multi faceted, we have conflicting views points inside us in so many ways. It's the human condition. Faking perfection or piety for the sake of society is so unhealthy and sad as a culture.
@TheAdamGiles
7 ай бұрын
1:06:30 I believe what he's saying is, in the moment, it hurt and was crushing. But once you move on and find something better or have a more positive experience, then by comparison, the past hurt doesn't seem so important.
@bcn1gh7h4wk
6 ай бұрын
that intro tune is going to my Rimworld playlist. perfect for directing my guys now building a space station. I have Serenity and Mandalorian already, so this fits right in.
@AllMuscle1
6 ай бұрын
Hi guys! To your comment about the kids, I am a step-dad of two. Some days, I wish I could wring their necks because I think they are more spoiled than I would like. Most days, however, especially when you have one of those life changing conversations - I wouldn't trade having them in my life as my own kiddos for anything else in the world. The memories of when they were little and I came into their lives; the smiles; the meltdowns; the special days when you step back and realize they are growing up and discovering the world for themselves - there really isn't any other kind of experience that comes close to it. Trust me, when you have children or become a step-parent yourself, the eternal truth will come to you when you least expect it. You will seldom have any regrets except for missing out on the play when they were younger and the important milestones when they grow up.
@Shuttlebay4
7 ай бұрын
Whenever we discuss favourite or most impactful episodes, this always crops up. A great episode of storytelling, very thought-provoking, but it did irk me that Jean-Luc just contninued into the next episode lke it never happened!
@michaelcorcoran8768
7 ай бұрын
Yeah, syndication made then so averse to any season long arcs. Hell sport was a male in some episodes and a female in season 7...
@Wittynametag
7 ай бұрын
There are a couple of tiny details in future episodes that call back to it
@EricTheSaylorman
6 ай бұрын
They do make a couple references to it in future episodes (and in the show "Picard"), but it seems more like Easter eggs than any real plot devices. I mean, Jean-Luc becoming Locutus is nothing more than Easter eggs in S6 and S7 episodes. If it wasn't for First Contact, I feel like the whole subject would have been dropped entirely.
@Gregory11811
6 ай бұрын
It’s like watching SeaLab, this show is.
@cowboydandank
6 ай бұрын
it's like a koala crapped a rainbow in your braen
@Furueru
6 ай бұрын
After this episode i finally get where Sara's misplaced nihilism comes from.
@self-transforming_machine-elf
6 ай бұрын
Colm? Damn near killed 'em! Badum-tss!
@NinjaCthulhu
6 ай бұрын
wow.... this conversation was like Star Trek: The Parental Philosopical Generation
@NewbieStarTrek
6 ай бұрын
Sometimes it be like that
@c28baby
7 ай бұрын
Thank you Sara for your heartfelt revelations this episode.
@sararazack
7 ай бұрын
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@Drefan13
6 ай бұрын
I hate to be that guy but in regards to them cutting back to the enterprise weakening the story; you are looking at the through the lense of streaming. When this was on broadcast after the commercial ended you couldn't just cut straight to old makup Pastes with these random people. You had to open after a 3min commercial break of random nonsense with " narrator voice and now back to Star Trek" but in visual narrative form. I have noticed that watching some of these old shows streaming that sometimes not having the commercial break messes with the emotional vibe of the show. It would be cool if these old shows would be streamed with a prominent like 1!sec fade to black to remind people that oh right we started talking about 3 different things there for a few minutes that's why they're doing a tiny recap.
@jonathanross149
5 ай бұрын
There's a "This American Life" story about the South Korean Actress being captured.
@svostap
6 ай бұрын
Natalie Portman shitting in a diaper 😂😂😂
@Snarf_Music
6 ай бұрын
how do we watch it with you so we can follow along ?
@NewbieStarTrek
6 ай бұрын
We don't generally do watch-a-longs because we would usually be pretty quiet. We did a commentary track for Yesterday's Enterprise, but that's it so far (and probably for good)
@NestorCaster
6 ай бұрын
1:34:07 this whole episode reminded me of The Twilight Zone episode, “The Midnight Sun”, but on the idea of “what if ppl came to truly peaceful terms with their eventual, demise and the end of the world?”😮
@akamatthews
5 ай бұрын
The craic is pronounced crack I means for the fun of it or for the heck of it
@safetyedge9229
6 ай бұрын
Sarah has a very weird ideas on how the world works.
@c28baby
7 ай бұрын
I was working at a video store when Scary Movie came out, which parodied a bunch of movies, including The Usual Suspects. A coworker of mine hadn’t seen The Usual Suspects before watching Scary Movie, which of course ruined the twist at the end of The Usual Suspects.
@NestorCaster
6 ай бұрын
2:00:38: Colm and Pierce Brosnan I think are pretty celebrated in Ireland… could be remembering wrong though lol
@JohnMuhaw-qu1wi
7 ай бұрын
What's the matter with yins fuckin guys, talking about the captain's mind melds & shit like he's not sitting right there behind you lol
@nowhereman6019
6 ай бұрын
In this episode of Newbie Star Trek we discuss Antinatalism!
@HorusHeresy1982
16 күн бұрын
Reinstalling Outer Wilds now. I bought it when it came out but never tried it. Kept meaning to install it and give a chance but other games came up. I even bought the DLC for it last steam sale thinking I should get around to it, I've heard its good.
@NewbieStarTrek
16 күн бұрын
If you enjoy games that are about experiences, it's one of the best games ever made. I mean that without hyperbole. I don't think, so far, there's ever been a game like it, a game that rewards pure exploration and problem-solving so beautiful while keeping an internally consistent world of physics and all the other stuff you're going to encounter. A magical experience.
@TheAdamGiles
7 ай бұрын
Good thing the klingons didn't find the probe
@AA-ws3vd
7 ай бұрын
On the recent episode 2090 of Joe Rogan, Bobby Lee convinces Joe to watch only this episode of TNG to become hooked.
@NewbieStarTrek
7 ай бұрын
I think this would be a poor choice to show off what TNG is and get people hooked.
@mvprime8
6 ай бұрын
@@NewbieStarTrek well Bobby had an anecdote that Adam Eget hated Star Trek and refused to watch it, Bobby "forced" him to watch Inner Light, he got hooked and watched all of TNG. So it worked for him in the past. I can see how it would work for people who have a certain idea about what Trek is and refuse to watch based on that, Inner Light will show them that it's a completely different show to what they think it is. Rogan says he likes TOS because of how goofy it is, like Kirk fighting the Gorn is his idea of what Trek is.
@Puckanm
6 ай бұрын
omg Sarah is a triplet! 😍🤩😎 send one of those sisters my way!
@royfokerpoker1802
7 ай бұрын
Wait.. did i hear that right? Sara is a triplet??
@sararazack
7 ай бұрын
I am!!!! ❤❤❤❤
@royfokerpoker1802
7 ай бұрын
@@sararazack That's crazy lol. 🤯
@johnathanmichaud867
7 ай бұрын
Al Leong is a stuntman and fight coordinator, so he was already on set so they would cast him to make filming easier.
@rodbonios
7 ай бұрын
Giddy up
@VictorHate
7 ай бұрын
You know it
@damenwhelan3236
6 ай бұрын
43:55 And there are women who do like bald guys... Sara sometimes seems very sheltered..
@izzafizza339
7 ай бұрын
Tell me the truth i can handle it. Says louder the first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth
@TheAdamGiles
7 ай бұрын
Wow, unprocessed trauma 53:53
@user-wo8px8tz9n
Ай бұрын
How about you guys leave star trek analysis and go for some therapy, it looks like you have a number of issues failing to grasp the point on most episodes being one of them.
@jayrollins4111
6 ай бұрын
Can we talk about star trek?
@mattmorris9474
6 ай бұрын
Um, the Bulls still made the playoffs during Jordan's break. They weren't useless without him.
@coffeefan
7 ай бұрын
Would have been a perfect 10 with a couple minor changes. Still, very inspirational episode.
@charliefoxtrot3796
7 ай бұрын
I think this should have been Riker
@dwarftoad
6 ай бұрын
He sort of already got a turn in "Future Imperfect"
@MuzzyBarker
6 ай бұрын
@@dwarftoad Except he didn't, because he didn't have those memories. He was just told what happened.
@TheAdamGiles
7 ай бұрын
58:53 life is easy. It's humans that make it difficult
@TheSeventhZombie
7 ай бұрын
This is an amazing eps…that I always skip I’m my rewatches because honestly the first viewing is great…second viewing is BORING.
@TheRoleplayer40k
2 ай бұрын
Second third fourth are all great Maybe you’re the problem
@manofreason7560
7 ай бұрын
This episode losing points because “Adventure Time and Rick and Morty did it better” is an objectively shitty take. And needing to be SHOWN Picard recording the events, instead of having an emotional ending, really hammers home how simplistic this review is. This isn’t my favorite TNG episode, but this review is an awful disservice to it.
@renecharbonneau1842
7 ай бұрын
I honestly think this episode is way overrated and Picard was a victim of being held hostage for at least 50 years. This was not a beautiful episode
@kevinrussell3501
Ай бұрын
@@renecharbonneau1842I kinda think you are right personally. When you really think about what happens in this episode, especially the plot, it falls apart horribly. I used to think it was great and pretty much untouchable but what propels the story makes zero sense
@nicholastrascik705
7 ай бұрын
Omg I just can't make it through with Sarah taking I'm going back to when it was 3 ppl
@sararazack
7 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@nicholastrascik705
6 ай бұрын
@sararazack I know right 😂😂😂
@brandonhanrahan1748
7 ай бұрын
You guys should do less philosophizing and more talking about Star Trek
@hafor2846
7 ай бұрын
Dude, what? The entire point of Star Trek is to talk philosophy.
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