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Tapestry (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
"Tapestry" is the 15th episode of the sixth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 141st overall. It was originally released on February 15, 1993, in broadcast syndication. Ronald D. Moore was credited with writing the episode, but the basis of the story was a collaborative effort from the writing crew. "Tapestry" was directed by Les Landau, with the title coming from executive producer Michael Piller.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, Q (John de Lancie) allows a supposedly deceased Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) to re-visit a pivotal event in his youth that he since regrets. Picard changes the past, but upon returning to the present he finds that the event made him the man he became. He returns once more to the past and returns it to the way it originally took place. Picard wakes up in the present, unsure if the events took place or if they were a dream caused by his injury.
During a diplomatic mission, Captain Picard is gravely wounded and transported directly to sickbay. As Dr. Crusher works frantically to revive him, Picard awakens to find himself in an otherworldly realm where he is greeted by the god-like alien Q. Q bluntly tells Picard that he is dead, explaining that a terrorist's weapon destroyed his artificial heart. Picard lost his natural heart as a young officer when he was stabbed during a bar brawl, an event he regrets. When Picard reflects that he would do things differently if he could relive that moment, Q sends him back in time to the day before the bar brawl, where he meets with fellow cadets Corey Zweller and Marta Batanides. They remark on his sudden personality change – no more devil-may-care attitude.
After being cheated by a Nausicaan in a bar game, Zweller plans revenge by rigging the next match. Picard talks him out of it, but the Nausicaans try to goad them into another game, which Picard prevents. When Zweller is provoked into attacking the Nausicaans, Picard holds him back, averting tragedy but humiliating his friend. The Nausicaans walk away laughing, and Zweller and Batanides leave in disgust.
Q returns Picard to the Enterprise in the present. To Picard's surprise, he is not the captain but rather a junior science officer who has led an unremarkable career. He consults Commander Riker and Counselor Troi, who explain that his aversion to risk means he has never distinguished himself.
Picard confronts Q, who tells him that although the fight with the Nausicaan was nearly fatal, it also gave him a sense of mortality and taught him that life was too precious to squander by playing it safe. Picard realizes that attempting to suppress and ignore his past indiscretions has resulted in losing a part of himself. He declares that he would rather die as captain of the Enterprise than live as a nobody. Q sends him back to the bar fight and events unfold as they did originally, with Picard stabbed through the heart and laughing as he collapses to the floor.
Picard awakens in sickbay, captain of the Enterprise again. As he recovers, he wonders whether his journey into the past was one of Q's illusions or merely a dream. Regardless, he is grateful for the insight the experience gave him.
This was the first time that Ronald D. Moore wrote a Q-based episode, and he was excited by the idea of giving Picard a near-death experience and Q appearing to the Captain as if he were God. His plan for "Tapestry" was to follow a similar path to Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, but with Q playing a similar role to the three ghosts in Dickens' story. Moore envisaged three stages to the story, one where Picard is attacked and needs an artificial heart, another with Picard as a child and a third based on the USS Stargazer. He pitched the idea to executive producer Michael Piller, who wasn't enthusiastic about the premise. The combination of that disapproval and the expected cost of filming because of the additional sets required meant that the episode had to be trimmed.
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Tapestry (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
"Tapestry" is the 15th episode of the sixth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 141st overall. It was originally released on February 15, 1993, in broadcast syndication. Ronald D. Moore was credited with writing the episode, but the basis of the story was a collaborative effort from the writing crew. "Tapestry" was directed by Les Landau, with the title coming from executive producer Michael Piller.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, Q (John de Lancie) allows a supposedly deceased Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) to re-visit a pivotal event in his youth that he since regrets. Picard changes the past, but upon returning to the present he finds that the event made him the man he became. He returns once more to the past and returns it to the way it originally took place. Picard wakes up in the present, unsure if the events took place or if they were a dream caused by his injury.
During a diplomatic mission, Captain Picard is gravely wounded and transported directly to sickbay. As Dr. Crusher works frantically to revive him, Picard awakens to find himself in an otherworldly realm where he is greeted by the god-like alien Q. Q bluntly tells Picard that he is dead, explaining that a terrorist's weapon destroyed his artificial heart. Picard lost his natural heart as a young officer when he was stabbed during a bar brawl, an event he regrets. When Picard reflects that he would do things differently if he could relive that moment, Q sends him back in time to the day before the bar brawl, where he meets with fellow cadets Corey Zweller and Marta Batanides. They remark on his sudden personality change – no more devil-may-care attitude.
After being cheated by a Nausicaan in a bar game, Zweller plans revenge by rigging the next match. Picard talks him out of it, but the Nausicaans try to goad them into another game, which Picard prevents. When Zweller is provoked into attacking the Nausicaans, Picard holds him back, averting tragedy but humiliating his friend. The Nausicaans walk away laughing, and Zweller and Batanides leave in disgust.
Q returns Picard to the Enterprise in the present. To Picard's surprise, he is not the captain but rather a junior science officer who has led an unremarkable career. He consults Commander Riker and Counselor Troi, who explain that his aversion to risk means he has never distinguished himself.
Picard confronts Q, who tells him that although the fight with the Nausicaan was nearly fatal, it also gave him a sense of mortality and taught him that life was too precious to squander by playing it safe. Picard realizes that attempting to suppress and ignore his past indiscretions has resulted in losing a part of himself. He declares that he would rather die as captain of the Enterprise than live as a nobody. Q sends him back to the bar fight and events unfold as they did originally, with Picard stabbed through the heart and laughing as he collapses to the floor.
Picard awakens in sickbay, captain of the Enterprise again. As he recovers, he wonders whether his journey into the past was one of Q's illusions or merely a dream. Regardless, he is grateful for the insight the experience gave him.
This was the first time that Ronald D. Moore wrote a Q-based episode, and he was excited by the idea of giving Picard a near-death experience and Q appearing to the Captain as if he were God. His plan for "Tapestry" was to follow a similar path to Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, but with Q playing a similar role to the three ghosts in Dickens' story. Moore envisaged three stages to the story, one where Picard is attacked and needs an artificial heart, another with Picard as a child and a third based on the USS Stargazer. He pitched the idea to executive producer Michael Piller, who wasn't enthusiastic about the premise. The combination of that disapproval and the expected cost of filming because of the additional sets required meant that the episode had to be trimmed.