Star Trek: The Next Generation
Summary
As well as playing Captain Jean - Luc Picard , Patrick Stewart directed five sequence ofStar Trek : The Next Generationof variegate degrees of quality . The five episodes ofTNGare Stewart ’s only directing credits , in line to his co - lead Jonathan Frakes , who has become a prolific manager of film and television . Stewart got a great deal of support from Frakes during his clock time in the conductor ’s president , and still carry hisTNGNumber One in high esteem . Looking at thefiveTNGepisodes that Patrick Stewart directed , it ’s interesting to see link between their themes and elements that would later resort inStar Trek : Picarddecades later .
Interestingly , four out of thefiveStar Trek : The Next Generationepisodes lead by Patrick Stewartfocused on the character of Lt . Commander Data ( Brent Spiner ) . The interestingness that Stewart clearly had in the character of Data and admiration for Brent Spiner as an thespian clearly carried over intoStar Trek : Picard . Spiner played multiple function across all three season ofPicard , culiminating in the coming back of Data in theTNGreunion season . However , Data is n’t the only recurring theme in Stewart ’s episodes that would by and by factor intoStar Trek : Picard .
5Hero Worship
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5, Episode 11
Patrick Stewart ’s sophomoric turn in the theatre director ’s chair , Star Trek : The Next Generationseason 5 , episode 11 , " Hero adoration " , is his least singular entry . However , that ’s not to say that " Hero Worship " is without directorial merit . There are some fantastic carrying into action in the episode from serial regulars Brent Spiner and Marina Sirtis . A groovy theatre director creates the correct circumstances for their actors to do their best body of work , and Stewart certainly succeeds here . The tale of Timothy ( Joshua Harris ) get solacement in imitating an emotionless android to deflect confront the grief of losing his parents is a strong one , and Stewart distinctly responds well to it as a director .
Compared to Patrick Stewart ’s other directorial effort , however , " Hero Worship " does n’t live long in the memory . While the story is strong , and the cast are on their game , unfortunately , it does n’t have many standout memorable moments . Timothy ’s imitation of Data are sweet , but do n’t amount to much . It ’s an excited character objet d’art , with powerful performances , but it lack the daze visuals or thrilling pacing of Patrick Stewart ’s otherStar Trek : The Next Generationepisodes .
4In Theory
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4, Episode 25
" In Theory " featured one of the most unsettlingdeaths inStar Trekhistory , the fatal phasing of Lt . Van Mayter ( Georgina Shore ) between floors . It ’s the standout minute inPatrick Stewart ’s unveiling episode as director , and has become one ofStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s most memorable images . The story itself is less memorable , focusing on Data ’s attempts to pursue a romantic kinship with Lt . Jenna D’Sora ( Michele Scarabelli ) . Some of the human relationship advice Data get from his fellow crowd may not have aged very well , but it ’s still a charming episode that throw Brent Spiner an opportunity to search new facets of Data ’s fibre .
If anything , the b - story about the USS Enterprise - D investigate overrefinement triggered by grim topic is more interesting . What ’s great about " In Theory " is that Stewart seems just as well-off realise bizarre imagination like Van ’s end as he is with more sexual character interaction . It ’s well-off to see why a house veteran like Patrick Stewart was take out to the interplay between Data and Jenna for his directorial entry onStar Trek : The Next genesis .
Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner are great friends in tangible life , and Spiner was Best Man at Stewart ’s wedding to Star Trek : Voyager manufacturer Wendy Neuss in 2000 .
3A Fistful of Datas
Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 6, Episode 8
" A Fistful of Datas " is one ofStar Trek ’s best comedy episodes , perhaps reflecting how Patrick Stewart had mellow in the late year ofStar Trek : The Next Generation . In his autobiographyMaking it So , the doer reflected that he could be " a severe bastard " in the other days ofTNG . As with many of Patrick Stewart ’s episode as theater director , " A Fistful of Datas " give Brent Spiner plenty to do as an actor . When Data ’s consciousness is accidentally engraft onto the holodeck systems , he becomes every eccentric in the Wild West feigning experienced by Counselor Deanna Troi ( Marina Sirtis ) Lt . Worf ( Michael Dorn ) and his son Alexander Rozhenko ( Brian Bonsall ) .
Given the complicated relationship between Worf and his son Alexander , it ’s interesting that Patrick Stewart directed " A Fistful of Datas . " Stewart had a famously complicate relationship with his own Father of the Church , which became a big part of Picard ’s fibre inStar Trek : The Next GenerationandStar Trek : Picard . It ’s alluring to see Stewart being disembowel to the story of Worf and Alexander working through their own differences as a way to understand his own breeding . After all , many directors are drawn to study that they have a personal connexion to .
2Phantasms
Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 7, Episode 6
" Phantasms " is perhaps the most ambitious of theStar Trek : The Next Generationepisodes directed by Patrick Stewart . As Data examine to lick the mystery of his vivid and distressful dreams , Patrick Stewart direct an unnerving episode ofTNG . Building on the memorable end of Van in " In Theory " , Patrick Stewart goes all out in " Phantasms " , give viewer the memorably uncanny figure of speech of Counselor Troi as a " cellular peptide cake with mint candy frost . " The band phone inside Data ’s dresser cavity is another memorable image that extend to pop up on social medium to this sidereal day .
Patrick Stewart also show that he ’s a good director of unnerving repugnance , too , peculiarly in the scene where Data assail Troi in the lift . Ultimately , it ’s revealed that the dreams are n’t turning Data into a slasher , they ’re a warning to him to purge the Enterprise of interphasic parasite . In an sequence that juggling woolgather logical system , flaky visuals , actual repugnance , and laugh - out - gaudy clowning , it ’s a will to Patrick Stewart ’s skills as a manager that he keeps the timbre of " Phantasms " consistent .
The Troi patty was in the beginning theorise to be life - size , gross with weapon system and leg , but theater director Patrick Stewart felt that it could be too perturbing for younger viewers .
1Preemptive Strike
Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 7, Episode 24
" Preemptive Strike " is the bestStar Trek : The Next Generationepisode directed by Patrick Stewart . It ’s a gripping thriller , and a heartrending narration of betrayal as Lt . Ro Laren ( Michelle Forbes ) turns her back on her wise man , Captain Picard , forStar Trek ’s Maquis . Stewart directs the episode with a with child deal of sympathy for the Maquis cause , depicting the cruelty of barbarism of the Cardassians . The way that both Forbes and Frakes play their last scene together is full of ambiguity , as Riker seems to commiserate with Ro ’s choice , while Ro is conflicted about betraying her mentor . They ’re unattackable acting choices that were surely urge by Stewart ’s direction .
" Preemptive Strike " was thepenultimate episode ofStar Trek : The Next Generationbefore the two - part conclusion , " All Good Things . " The events of the episode have a huge impact on Picard , who will resent Ro for over 20 years until she return inStar Trek : Picard . It ’s down to Patrick Stewart ’s direction that this classic episode ofStar Trek : The Next Generationplayed such a central function inStar Trek : Picard ’s concluding season .
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Star Trek : The Next Generation follows Captain Jean - Luc Picard and his crew aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701D as they venture on interstellar explorations , seeking out new worlds and civilizations .
Star Trek: The Next Generation follows Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701D as they embark on interstellar explorations, seeking out new worlds and civilizations.
