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There's an episode where Troi loses her empathy and she's ready to quit because she can't serve as a counselor without her ability to read emotions. So even the one thing she is qualified to do only works because she has an advantage that other counselors don't have. She is useless.

So... about Garak.
It's like Heinrich Himmler decided to open up a T-Shirt store at the mall, after the war.

jpenny2 posted...

I was thinking the same thing. But it also means every ship should have an empath in that role. And even if very ship does, couldn't the flagship of the Federation find a more qualified empath than Troi, who seems to have no skills whatsoever outside of being an empath?

And even then, she typically doesn't say much that can't readily be picked up on by non-empaths as well.

Questionmarktarius posted...

So... about Garak.
It's like Heinrich Himmler decided to open up a T-Shirt store at the mall, after the war.

Is it weird that I would watch a series that was absolutely nothing except Bashir and Garak sitting around and discussing the arts? Them arguing about Cardassian literature are some of my favorite scenes in the franchise >___>

Troi could be replaced almost entirely by Guinan.

Fun fact: Siddig and Robinson seem to think that Garak and Bashir should have dated. Robinson actually stated that in their first meeting, he was playing it as if Garak was angling for a date. They even once did a reading of a fanfic where the two of them were married.

Kim_Seong-a posted...

Is it weird that I would watch a series that was absolutely nothing except Bashir and Garak sitting around and discussing the arts? Them arguing about Cardassian literature are some of my favorite scenes in the franchise >___>

Bashir ended up going where I definitely did not expect, and it was awesome.

jpenny2 posted...

Troi could be replaced almost entirely by Guinan.

Then... who serves the drinks? Data is by far a better bartender than Troi could ever be.

pegusus123456 posted...

Fun fact: Siddig and Robinson seem to think that Garak and Bashir should have dated.

ohshit. That's a slash that should have been.

Patron: "Give me a beer. Ugh, I'm so mad at my wife right now."

Bartender Troi: "I sense tension between you and your wife."

Questionmarktarius posted...

Then... who serves the drinks? Data is by far a better bartender than Troi could ever be.

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HornyLevel posted...

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Yes.

"It's green" is still the best line in any Star Trek episode.

Maybe Troi can work the kitchens. I heard she can whip up a wicked good cellular peptide cake

Kim_Seong-a posted...

I heard she can whip up a wicked good cellular peptide cake

...with mint frosting

Questionmarktarius posted...

ohshit. That's a slash that should have been.

Isn't that how they (bts) agreed to play the characters on the show?

008Zulu posted...

Isn't that how they (bts) agreed to play the characters on the show?

so... the slash there secretly was?

Regardless of how the Trek fandom feels or splits about Enterprise, Rod Stewart fucking nailed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxB349lLgPo

Bashir would have been a million times more tolerable if he were gay instead of a womanizer.

jumi posted...

Bashir would have been a million times more tolerable if he were gay instead of a womanizer.

Bashir doing the Freddie Mercury thing of running out of women, only makes it better.

jumi posted...

Bashir would have been a million times more tolerable if he were gay instead of a womanizer.

Garak chases Bashir as Bashir suffers a one-sided infatuation towards OBrien.

Kim_Seong-a posted...

Bashir suffers a one-sided infatuation towards OBrien.

Nah, they're bros.

I've seen a lot of male friendships that could be considered gay. Bashir and O'Brien aren't one of 'em.

Obrien seems like he'd be a homophobe well into the 2300s

Questionmarktarius posted...

Regardless of how the Trek fandom feels or splits about Enterprise, Rod Stewart fucking nailed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxB349lLgPo

Fun fact: Russell Watson sang the cover that was used for Enterprise. Rod Stewart's version of that deeply terrible song was used on the Patch Adams soundtrack.

The 1979/1987 theme is still the best anyway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI9YYe-jgHI

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Not really, its one of the most talked about episodes on a nearly 30 year old show.

Yes, everybody remembers the episode "Threshold" it is notoriously known by Trek fans as a horrible horrible episode of television and possibly the worst episode of all of classic trek.

Which means it's almost as bad as the best episodes of Star Trek Discovery.

Chev427BB posted...

Not really, its one of the most talked about episodes on a nearly 30 year old show.

Ehhhh, neither of those seem ok on here. Doesn't really matter how much it's talked about or how old it is. The only thing that's acceptable is stuff that's been advertised as such in ads or whatever.

Still, this is a pretty chill topic tbh, so probably nobody marked TC.

Questionmarktarius posted...

so... the slash there secretly was?

A forbidden love.

Kim_Seong-a posted...

Is it weird that I would watch a series that was absolutely nothing except Bashir and Garak sitting around and discussing the arts? Them arguing about Cardassian literature are some of my favorite scenes in the franchise >___>

The "Downtime" scenes in Star Trek of just dudes living their lives and shooting the shit is often better than the actual plots

Questionmarktarius posted...

Yes.

"It's green" is still the best line in any Star Trek episode.

It's a reference to the original series

Scotty tries to get an alien drunk and describes a drink as "It's green"

Then it goes full circle as Data tries to get Scott drunk and does the same

Gotta be honest, as much as new Trek sucks Voyager is when it really started to go downhill

Voyager had an excellent premise, a good cast, and the advantage of being able to learn from the successes and mistakes of TNG and DS9. Instead , they played it safe, producing a bland series that could easily be syndicated. The sheer waste of potential is just sad.