the inner light

[dunadan 0]

i think that this is one of the most beautiful stories ever told in the history of tv. no matter how many times i see this ep i am still moved by it. i make a point of trying to catch it every time it is on spiketv.

 

i think that my favorite part is at the very end when picard is given the musical instrument that he played during his "life" on kataan. what a great and moving way to wrap it up.

 

 

 

 

i have always loved scifi stories that involve a culture/race living on in memory or through another culture. "the second soul" ep of the outer limits is another example of this type of story.

[Takara_Soong 4]

I agree that The Inner Light was one of the best TNG episodes of the entire series. As I believe that TNG is one of the all-time best tv series (not just sci-fi) then it goes without saying that I agree with your assessment.

 

I too was so moved at the ending when Picard is standing at the window in his quarters and begins to play the flute.

 

 

Great, great episode.

[subcommanderbeavis 0]

"The Inner Light" is a favorite of mine,too.

[Mr.Picard 12]

I agree, too. I love the music from the episode, this flute play is amazing. It makes me cry every time I hear/see it.

 

This episode still gets me into thoughts about living a complete life as another person and then waking up being the person you were years before you got into this other life.... It must have been horrible for Jean-Luc, waking up and realizing his life he lived as Kamin went by in only 20 Enterprise-minutes....

 

Mrs. Captain Picard

[Takara_Soong 4]

http://www.mts.net/~jjjcmj/Picardflute.swf

 

For you, Mrs. Picard.

Edited October 9, 2003 by Takara_Soong

[trekzone 0]

one of the great TNG episodes....

 

i liked the flute in the episode coming back...that was a great move by the writers, to show how much the life meant to Picard

[Mr.Picard 12]

http://www.mts.net/~jjjcmj/Picardflute.swf

 

For you, Mrs. Picard.

 

Oh, thank you so much, Takara... :P :o :o

 

It is such a great song :o

 

 

 

Mrs. Captain Picard

[ensign_beedrill 0]

Oh, thank you so much, Takara...     

 

It is such a great song 

 

 

 

Mrs. Captain Picard

I love this song, too. It makes me wish I could play a musical instrument so that I could play it. I have many different versions of this song on my computer, and I listen to them a lot. It's just such a moving song. It would be moving even if I didn't have any background to go with it.

 

Does anyone know who wrote it?

[Mr.Picard 12]

Jay Chattaway wrote it (at least I remember him saying he did so in the mission logs on one of TNG's DVDs).

 

 

Mrs. Captain Picard

[Admiral Kirk 1]

That's ST at it's very best. I think by this time the series had hit it's peak.

[Data 0]

It was a truly moving episode. Picard gained so much from their loss.

 

Thankyou, Takara, for posting the music he played. When I heard that again in a later episode, I almost cried.

[Yillara Skye 1]

I love this song, too.  It makes me wish I could play a musical instrument so that I could play it.

Hmmm, I wonder if there is sheet music?? It is a beautiful piece of music, though I fear that me and my clarinet could never do it justice.

[Stelfan 0]

The Inner Light is definitely on my top 3 list of best ST eps. ever..

 

Does anyone remember the episode Lessons, where Picard plays a lot on that wonderful flute again.. I love that episode, mainly because of the music!

[Eve 0]

I loved this episode, it was so moving. I loved seeing Picard as a civilian, with his family. It made me wonder about him ever having any regrets about not having a family of his own. He showed us he would have been a good father and husband.