Starfleets version of 'good cop, bad cop.'
SURRENDER?! I'LL MAKE YOU SURRENDER YOUR--
Captain, let's take a deep breath and do our count to five
Inhales deeply, exhales slowly You're right, diplomacy first..
The aliens on the screen have widened eyes and fearful expressions with whispers in the background, "he has to have a handler, this guy's nothing to fuck with."
Obligatory reminder that Picard would be a LTJG astrophysics officer if he weren't such a hothead.
alien yelling at them
"He appears to be very angry, sir."
"Yes, I can see that counselor."
My head cannon is now that Picard is an absolute psychopath but also a strategic genius, so they have a psychic assigned to him to bolster his humanity. Just holding him in reserve in case there is a scenario where they need the next ghengis khan to bring the galaxy to its knees
Picard was straight up Commander Shepherd level back in the day. Bangin' and blastin'.
Wait, if this is the shotgun seat, it would mean the federation adopted left-hand-traffic... 😯
“This counselor, Counselor Troi? She just tells this Picard what he should really do… and he complies?! Truly the superior opponent, her capabilities are virtually limitless! Put us in direct contact immediately!”
And you don't think it has anything to do with her being a pseudo-psychic who's species in known for altering emotions on a mass scale, which she definitely doesn't do pinky promise?
"It's perfectly normal to cry 10 times a day."
Whoa, Gerry Duggan! Forgot about him when I fell off Nerd Poker, but he's hilarious.
Tell me you show was conceived in late 80’s Hollywood without telling me your show was conceived in late 80’s Hollywood.
It's because she was an empath, not because she was a therapist.
Too bad they didn't know how to write either one though.
On the flip side, they also saw that Picard was really naive because Troi had to constantly tell him when the other side was hiding something.
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