This particular TNG episode focuses on a group of young officer trainees who are
looking for promotion and there's limited slots available. All of them are
responding to challenges in different ways. The one who seems most nervous
is Dan Gauthier who is convinced that Commander Riker is out to deny him any
way he can.
But Bajoran Shannon Fill has a different kind of hurdle and that's with Patrick Stewart. Going back a couple of seasons she was part of a group of cadets at Star Fleet Academy that included Wesley Crusher who covered up some dereliction of duty. Captain Picard took that incident to heart because Star Fleet Academy is close to his heart. He makes it blunt that he doesn't like and is waiting for her to screw up so he can bounce her off his ship and maybe out of Star Fleet
But life takes a funny old bounce and it turns out its Shannon Fills who has unique qualifications for a dangerous mission.
The confrontation scene with Fills and Stewart contains some of the best acting ever seen in TNG.. I also loved the scenes with the young trainees sharing their hopes and anxieties for the future.
And I loved what Shannon Fills did with her part as the young Bajoran cadet trying to prove herself. She does way more than that.
But Bajoran Shannon Fill has a different kind of hurdle and that's with Patrick Stewart. Going back a couple of seasons she was part of a group of cadets at Star Fleet Academy that included Wesley Crusher who covered up some dereliction of duty. Captain Picard took that incident to heart because Star Fleet Academy is close to his heart. He makes it blunt that he doesn't like and is waiting for her to screw up so he can bounce her off his ship and maybe out of Star Fleet
But life takes a funny old bounce and it turns out its Shannon Fills who has unique qualifications for a dangerous mission.
The confrontation scene with Fills and Stewart contains some of the best acting ever seen in TNG.. I also loved the scenes with the young trainees sharing their hopes and anxieties for the future.
And I loved what Shannon Fills did with her part as the young Bajoran cadet trying to prove herself. She does way more than that.