Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
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In season 6, Episode 13 (Aquiel) an Alien entity that needs to absorb other live forms absorbs a dog, assumes it’s form and then tries to absorb Geordie LaForge. He kills the „dog“ while in its alien form.
An addictive "game" is being used by an alien species to disable the personnel on the Enterprise, keeping them too busy and happy to resist a takeover of the ship. Eventually everyone is addicted except one character, who realizes what's going on and refuses to play. He is stalked through the ship, in an attempt to force him into playing and becoming addicted so no one will be left to report the takeover.
Counselor Troi in a few different episodes. One depicts a rape attempt but it's happening telepathically. In another she's used as a receptacle for a man's negative feelings so he can do his job as an ambassador with it being made clear that he does this to women routinely. In another, she's kidnapped and surgically altered while she's unconscious so she can help a desperate alien with a mission.
The two part episode Chain of Command (S6 E10 & E11) depicts a major character being tortured and gaslit. The character is repeatedly asked the same question, and every time they tell the truth they are brutally punished for "lying". The plot arc is very reminiscent of the torture/gaslighting scene in 1984.
The closest it comes is in a late season episode. An officer's wife is turned into a child (with her adult mind intact) and they have a brief discussion about how their marriage is supposed to work with the officer being really uncomfortable with it. But she turns back into an adult within a day or so , avoiding the need to figure out what to do.
When they show the woman's recreation of events where he gets aggressive with her, Troi says that the woman believes this to be what happened. But she can tell that Riker also genuinely believes his recreation of the event where he's a perfect gentleman and she comes onto him.
An addictive video game is being used by an alien species to disable the crew, making them too busy and happy that they won't notice or care that the ship is being taken over. At last all personnel are addicted except for one character, who has figured out what's going on and refuses to play. He is stalked and pursued through the ship; eventually he is caught, restrained in a chair, and when he closes his eyes to avoid looking at the game, his eyelids are forced open and he is forced to look. It is a disturbing scene.
After an accident, two main characters are trapped in a cargo bay, where a "plasma fire" caused by the accident is filling the area with radiation. The entire communication system is down and they are unable to call for help; they must solve the problem themselves. They decide the only solution is to open the cargo bay door to space to exhaust all the air, in order to extinguish the fire by starving it of oxygen. They have to hold their breaths and hang on tight, then after all the air is vented to space, they must hit a button on a nearby console to close the bay door, and then manage to go about 20 feet to a wall panel to restart the flow of oxygen into the cargo bay. (Bad design, both buttons should be in the same place!) They are visibly struggling in the airless cargo bay and one character collapses, on the verge of asphyxiation. The other character struggles with difficulty to the wall panel and just barely manages to find the right button and press it before also collapsing unconscious. We hear the hiss of air flooding into the cargo bay, and the characters slowly wake up and, after a few deep breaths, are fine.
No. Data's head doesn't count, he isn't conscious/sentient during its burial. His body is buried when he was deactivated/injured in another ep, but they beam him back up and he's fine. Androids can't really be "buried alive" as such.
Data, an android character, has a limb consensually removed for a demonstration. it causes him no physical pain and he’s able to put it back on afterwards with no issues. there are also a few other instances of Data or his brother being temporarily dismembered, sometimes unwillingly.
Many times. Sometimes consciousness can be restored immediately with their 24th century medical equipment and drugs, but other times characters – main characters, guest stars, and extras – have experienced prolonged periods of unconsciousness. This is sometimes deliberate (for a benign purpose (like surgery) or for a nefarious purpose), and other times as a result of injury or illness.
Someone falls down a hole and breaks a bone in "Arsenal of Freedom," and is powerless. Someone gets a wrist broken on-screen in "Clues," and Picard is seen in a sling in "Who Watches the Watchers"
The aforementioned torture scene with Picard - very much relies on humiliation and stress position along with pain. It is very uncomfortable to watch and picard has difficulty talking about it and feels shame that he nearly gave in. Caution should be taken when watching anything regarding a character's assimilation into the Borg as well.
Episode 2x01 “The Child”: A character is impregnated by an alien. The child dies by the end of the episode. Episode 3x16 (I think) “The Offspring”: An android child malfunctions and eventually shuts down.
In "Yesterday's Enterprise", an entire alternate reality ship crew sacrifices themselves to fix a break in the timeline that caused a war.
This is the main dilemma of the episode.
Numerous non-human characters die throughout the series, but virtually always they are aliens (humanoid and non-humanoid) who are evil. No domestic pets die; in fact, in one episode great pains are taken to rescue a lizard from a room that is on fire.
In S3E21, Data is captured by a collector. Data is very unimpressed.
In S3E18, Picard and three others are beamed into a cell to study power and leadership.
In one episode, Worf, Troi, and O'Brien get possessed by aliens. In another episode, Data seems possessed. Everyone always goes back to normal, though.
season 5 episode 20, "cost of living", the holodeck scenes feature some very silly and playful characters that are reminiscent of clowns, especially one who is a disembodied head with brightly colored face paint, floating inside a bubble.
An enormous alien called "the Crystalline Entity" travels through space, stopping at planets and ships where it feeds on every living being and plant. The Enterprise is within hailing range of a small commerce ship (but not close enough to reach it) when the Crystalline Entity attacks it, and over the open channel we hear the crew begging for rescue, followed by their chilling screams, which shortly go silent although the channel is still open.
Also Ep 6x21 "Frame of mind" character is institutionalized and they attempt to do "synaptic reconstruction," similar to ECT or a lobotomy, but he's saved at the last minute
Its set in the 24th century, so there arent any syringes as we are used to seeing. There are "hyposprays" which act as an injector, but nothing is seen piercing the skin.
Yes, Picard deals with some PTSD symptoms after his trauma of abduction, Borg assimilation and millions of deaths, particularly in the episode "Family," s4:e2.
No, no one in the show exhibits any pattern of self-injurious behaviors such as cutting, scratching, burning, hitting self, etc. Occasional Klingon or other alien rituals involving blood don't count and aren't triggering to me at all. There should be a different category for that anyway that's specific to what people want to avoid.
A villain character who may be suffering from a mental illness due to abandonment in his past is violent, but he does not canonically have any specific mental illness.
Well, in "Ethics" (s5: e16), when Worf breaks his spine, he asks Riker to help him kill himself in a Klingon suicide ritual. He doesn't specifically say the words "I'll kill myself" at any time, but suicide is explicitly discussed in multiple conversations. Spoiler: Riker declines; Worf opts for a risky, experimental surgical procedure instead.
This happens in S7 E18, Eye of the Beholder. Episode summary: "As a young lieutenant aboard the Enterprise commits suicide, his shipmates deal with the loss and Deanna deals with feelings surrounding her as she and Worf begin to form a relationship."
As explained by Jonathan Frakes in a behind-the-scenes special, any time the Enterprise is attacked or hit by something, they do a combination of shakey-cam and the actors thrusting themselves dramatically to simulate impact. It only lasts a few seconds each time.
Every time a Red Alert is called – which is probably at least 2/3 of the episodes – the red lights along all the walls begin flashing, and remain so until the danger is resolved. It is usually not bright and is usually in the background, but there are some episodes where the effect is more emphasized and could potentially trigger seizures in some sensitive people with epilepsy.
In one episode, a woman is in labor, but we never see it happen.
Keiko O'Brien also gives birth and has a stereotypical "screaming birth".
In one episode, Troi gives birth to an alien baby but has no pain at all.
No "naughty bits" are ever seen.
In the series finale “All Good Things”, it is mentioned that the time distortions caused by Q have caused Nurse Ogawa to suffer a miscarriage. However that timeline is undone.
In S5E17 a character of an alien race with a non-binary gender system identifies as a woman. Although the main characters are generally supportive the alien race is not and she undergoes psychotectic therapy, a process where her gender is brainwashed out of her. Although this wasn't a human trans character this was clearly as close as you could get to explore this topic on TV in 1992.
There is no in universe antisemitism. Ferengi emody several anti-semitic tropes as defining features as both individuals and a culture.
The Ferengi (an entire specifies of humoniod life) resemble Nazi steorotypes of Jews in that have exagerated facial features (here ears) and love of profit. They are extremely legalistic, tend to wear head coverings, and limit certain cultural important activity of women. Ferengi characters were mainly played by actors who were Jewish or of Jewish desent and tend to have slightly darker skin than most white characters
The writers have clqimed that the Ferengi as are meant to be a satirical presentation of 20th century humans, Americans and greed.
No, though there may have been veiled jokes about Starfleet dress uniforms, the unisex formal attire which looked like a tunic or dress worn with leggings on both men and women in the early seasons (also known as "skants").
A protagonist pursues a colleague that he has a crush on based on a simulation of her in the Holodeck. He goes so far as to set up a romantic date under the guise of a professional meeting. The colleague finds out that the protagonist has previously simulated her and though she feels violated, she later apologizes for feeling uncomfortable for it.
Season 2 Episode 1 "The Child" has some really weird "pro-life" themes. It's also a terrible episode with no further plot relevance and can be skipped easily.