Ménage à Troi

Episode aired May 26, 1990
TV-PG
45m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

3.3K

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Majel Barrett in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi

When Deanna's mother spurns advances made by a Ferengi Daimon, he takes it upon himself to kidnap the two of them, along with Commander Riker and steal them away aboard his ship.When Deanna's mother spurns advances made by a Ferengi Daimon, he takes it upon himself to kidnap the two of them, along with Commander Riker and steal them away aboard his ship.When Deanna's mother spurns advances made by a Ferengi Daimon, he takes it upon himself to kidnap the two of them, along with Commander Riker and steal them away aboard his ship.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

3.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
This episode is the origin of a snapshot of Picard with a stretched-out hand which circulates the web as an Internet meme. It is the sequence where Picard is reciting the William Shakespeare sonnets to Lwaxana (specifically when he recites the line "shall I compare thee to a summer's day?").

Goofs
In the opening gathering in Ten Forward, an Antican and a Selae are shown in the background, and they are not exhibiting any signs of hostility. It is highly unlikely that the two races would have resolved their numerous differences in the two years since Lonely Among Us (1987), when they refused to be on the same deck as each other, let alone the same room.

Quotes
[Picard has rescued Lwaxana from DaiMon Tog]
Lwaxana Troi: Thank you, Jean-Luc. You were most convincing. You certainly convinced me.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I am truly grateful, Mrs. Troi, that you risked your life to save my people. I'll have you home in a few hours.
Lwaxana Troi: Oh, no, no, no, no, that won't be necessary. I'd just love to hear more of your poetry.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [disentangling himself from Lwaxana] Uhh... Perhaps another time. Please.
[offers her his chair, then walks up to Wesley at the helm]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Mr. Crusher, set course for Betazed.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [low voice] Warp nine.

Connections
Featured in Star Trek: Enterprise: These Are the Voyages... (2005)

Soundtracks
Star Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage

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Featured review

1/10

To Betazed, Warp 9

How times have changed: Such an episode would never be made today. Abduction and sexual harassment of 2 women, beamed naked to the Ferengi ship, held hostages as lust slaves. But it's all portrayed in a "funny" matter.

Troi's mother really becomes annoying. She has more character development time than Deanna.

And why is Picard pretending to be in love with Troi's mother when in the end the threat to destroy yhe Ferengi ship solved the hostage situation? He could have done that right away without the whole charade of being the jealous lover. I wonder what Starfleet has to say, that one of their captains threatens to destroy a Ferengi ship just like so.