Takara_Soong 4 Posted May 27, 2005 Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation Season: 4 Episode #: 2 Production #: 178 Episode Name: Family Original Air Date: 10.01.90 Review not yet available. Cast: Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard Jonathan Frakes as William Thomas Riker Brent Spiner as Data LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge Michael Dorn as Worf Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher Guest Cast: Colm Meaney as Miles O'Brien David Tristan Birkin as Rene Picard Samantha Eggar as Marie Picard Jeremy Kemp as Robert Picard Theodore Bikel as Sergey Rozhenko Georgia Brown as Helena Rozhenko Dennis Creaghan as Louis Doug Wert as Jack Crusher Director: Les Landau Written By: Ronald D. Moore Related Items: thet-matrix compositor Intrepid, U.S.S. (NCC-38907) Chateau Picard synthehol prune juice Earth Borg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HRH The KING 0 Posted June 1, 2005 After the dark material of TBOBW, this episode was a nice quieter character building episode. The relationship between Picard and his brother was believable, although the acting of the lad who played his nephew was a little weak. Also, why if the Picard's are French, do they all speak with pristine English accents??? Meh, anyway. A very charming episode. Rating = 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GhostofMajorHayes 10 Posted December 23, 2007 A great ep about family relations. I gave it a 5 mainly because of the fight between Jean-luc and Robert in the vineyard. Very realistic portrayal of being at odds with your loved ones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
youbroughtheryouRiker 2 Posted December 28, 2007 5. I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised if my brother and I broke out into a fist fight when we're in our 40s. I like the recurring joke with Sergey... I have all the specs and diagrams at home, you know! Fun episode. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trekz 7 Posted December 30, 2007 One of my favorite episodes and considered to be the unofficial third part of the story which started with The Best of Both World's. A FIVE! Episode trivia from Memory Alpha: Brent Spiner (Data) does not appear in this episode, the only one of the entire series in which he is absent. "Family" is the first episode in which no scene is set on the Enterprise's bridge (except for stock footage seen in Shades of Gray). Other episodes of this sort include "Liaisons" and "Dark Page". Robert and René would appear once more, though portrayed by different actors, in photographs seen in the Picard family album in Star Trek Generations following their tragic deaths in a house fire. "Family" not only revealed personal information about the series regulars, but Chief O'Brien also gained a full name, Miles Edward O'Brien, as well as a more defined rank, Chief petty officer, though his rank insignia would continue to change throughout TNG. In his scene in "Family", O'Brien wore two irregularly-shaped pips The bottle of Chateau Picard that Robert gives to the captain later reappeared in "Legacy" and "First Contact", as well as in the feature Star Trek Nemesis, albeit with a different label. The song sung by Robert and Jean-Luc after their fight in the mud is Auprès de ma Blonde, an old and well-known French folk song. Riker has his usual rank and rank insignia of Commander and position as Executive Officer (first officer) again at the start of this episode. While not mentioned directly on-screen, it seems that he renounced the commission of Captain that he was awarded in the previous episode in order to remain on the Enterprise. Awards: This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Marvin V. Rush). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
