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Jonathan Frakes may be most recognizable for starring as Commander William Riker onStar Trek : The Next Generation , but he is also one ofStar Trek’smost beloved and fertile directors . Frakes first took on directing tariff inTNGseason 3 , with the excellent Data - centrical installment , " The Offspring , " and he would go on to helm seven more episodes ofTNG . Frakes directed three episode each ofStar Trek : Deep Space NineandStar Trek : Voyager , before making the jump to the big blind forStar Trek : First ContactandStar Trek : Insurrection .
In summation to directing arguably the two bestStar Trek : The Next Generationfilms , Frakes also directed the 2002 filmClockstoppersand the 2004 filmThunderbirds . From there , Jonathan go on to direct episodes of many pop television shows before he rule his room back toStar Trekfor an sequence ofStar Trek : Discoveryin 2018 . Since then , Frakes has helmed seven more episodes ofDiscovery , as well as six episodes ofStar Trek : Picard , andStar Trek : foreign New Worlds’crossover withStar Trek : Lower Decks .
ManyStar Trekactors have cited Frakes as one of their best-loved director to work with , includingDiscovery’sDoug Jones and Captain Jean - Luc Picard himself , Patrick Stewart .
Star Trek ’s Patrick Stewart has high praise for Jonathan Frakes ' talent as a conductor in his autobiography " Making It So : A Memoir . "
10"Absolute Candor" - Star Trek: Picard
Picard Season 1, Episode 4
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Admiral Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) takes the La Sirena to the major planet Vashti , which became a refuge for Romulans take flight the wipeout of their Dominicus . Years ago , Picard had befriended a unseasoned Romulan boy diagnose Elnor ( Ian Nunney ) , but never repay for him , despite promise the boy he would . Now a young adult male , Elnor ( Evan Evagora ) has been raise to be a Qowat Milat warrior , and Picard asks the Romulan to join his quest . After Elnor and Picard beam up to La Sirena , a small secret ship aviate by none other than Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ) help La Sirena in battle . Not only does " Absolute Candor " introduce Seven of Nine and Elnor toPicard , but it also provides important insight into Picard ’s liveliness sinceTNG .
9"New Eden" - Star Trek: Discovery
Discovery Season 2, Episode 2
In their hunt for the import of the mysterious ruddy signals , Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount ) , Commander Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) , and Lt . Joann Owosekun ( Oyin Oladejo ) travel to an solid ground - like planet on the other side of the galaxy . “New Eden " feels more like Hellenic Trek than many installment ofStar Trek : Discovery , as the away squad deal with theStarfleet ’s Prime Directive(then referred to as General Order One ) . The episode provide some interesting hints about the red salvo and the red angel , and still makes room for some cracking bit for Commander Saru ( Doug Jones ) and Ensign Sylvia Tilly ( Mary Wiseman ) .
8"The Drumhead” - Star Trek: The Next Generation
TNG Season 4, Episode 21
After an explosion aboard the USS Enterprise - D is suspected of being the result of sabotage , Starfleet investigator Admiral Norah Satie ( Jean Simmons ) visit the ship to uncover an apparent conspiracy . Satie ’s hunt turns into a witchhunt , as she questions officers based on their heritage and their past tense . When she land up Captain Picard ’s acculturation by the Borg , Jean - Luc calls out Satie ’s fanaticism with a powerful speech . For anepisode that take place entirely aboard the initiative , " The Drumhead " is a tense and entertaining hour of television , with an important message that remain relevant today .
Jean - Luc Picard has pitch many enchanting speeches in Star Trek : The Next Generation and Star Trek ; Picard . Here are 10 of the best .
7"The Search, Part II" - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
DS9 Season 3, Episode 2
Throughout the first two season ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , Constable Odo ( René Auberjonois ) sputter with feeling of being an outsider . He does not know anything about his past tense or where he came from , but " The Search " changes that . In the second one-half of this two - parter , Odo bring out that his people , the Changelings , are actually the cryptic Foundersthat the hoi polloi of Deep Space 9 keep hearing about . TheDominion War fib arcwas only just beginning at this point inDS9 , and Odo ’s data link to the Changelings would have major significance actuate forward .
Star Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s " The Search , Part I " premise the USS Defiant , a Federation warship that proves to be all important during the conflict with the Dominion .
6"Project Daedalus" - Star Trek: Discovery
Discovery Season 2, Episode 9
Although " Project Daedalus " extend the chief plot ofStar Trek : Discoveryseason 2 , the B vitamin - story focuses on cybernetic work party member Airiam ( Hannah Cheesman ) . When Commander Michael Burnham , Commander D. Nhan ( Rachael Ancheril ) , and Airiam enquire theheadquarters of Section 31,it presently becomes plain that Airiam is carrying a piece of the sinister AI known as Control . Airiam then asks to be jettisoned into space to prevent Control from gaining even more cognition . " Project Daedalus " has some not bad visuals and emphasizes the calamity of Airiam ’s death , do us wish the show would ’ve spent more time with her as a character .
As Airiam ’s tragical backstory is revealed , the viewer gets to see through her eyes , with various jibe from her perspective as she relives certain memories .
5"Cause and Effect" - Star Trek: The Next Generation
TNG Season 5, Episode 18
A take on the classic meter iteration figure of speech , " movement and Effect " opens with one ofStar Trek : The Next Generation’smost memorable cold opens , as theStarship Enterprise explodesjust before the opening credits . The story then reset and play out all over again , extend to the same devastating detonation . Soon , various work party members begin receive a sense of déjà vu , which lead them to the conclusion that they are stuck in a sentence loop . Lt . Commander Data ( Brent Spiner ) then figures out how to institutionalise a subject matter to himself , which eventually allows him to save the ship . Jonathan Frakes ' counselling is particularly impressive here , as he make each loop feel alike but distinct at the same metre .
Kelsey Grammer makes a cameo in " Cause and Effect " as Captain Morgan Bateson of the USS Bozeman , the ship that keeps crashing into the Enterprise .
4"No Win Scenario" - Star Trek: Picard
Picard Season 3, Episode 4
With the USS Titan all in in space , Admiral Jean - Luc Picard , Captain Liam Shaw ( Todd Stashwick ) , and everyone else on control panel confront sure death as the ship sinks into a gravity well . As Commander Seven of Nine investigates a Changeling infiltration on the Titan , Picard seeks out his boy Jack Crusher ( Ed Speleers ) . When Dr. Beverly Crusher ( Gates McFadden ) later notices something odd about the electric waves that keep hit the ship , Jack comes up with a programme to save the Titan . " No Win Scenario " give almost every theatrical role a prospect to glow , andFrakes pluck bivalent duty , both directing the installment and commanding the Titan as Captain Riker .
Star Trek : Picard time of year 3 ’s ending sets up a continuation that need to happen to go on the stories of these fan - favourite characters .
3"Past Tense, Part II" - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
DS9 Season 3, Episode 12
Star Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 3 ’s " Past Tense " two - parter is one of the dealership ’s best examples of societal commentary that remains relevant today . When Commander Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) , Dr. Julian Bashir ( Alexander Siddig ) , and Lt . Jadzia Dax ( Terry Farrell ) find themselves in San Francisco in the yr 2024 , they become involved in the21st century Bell Riots , an event with important historic meaning . When Gabriel Bell dies helping Sisko and Bashir , the course of history is altered and the DS9 crew member must put it decent . Sisko eventually poses as Bell and fakes his own expiry to bear on history , while Major Kira Nerys ( Nana Visitor ) and Chief Miles O’Brien ( Colm Meaney ) travelling to 2024 to impart their friend home .
2"The Offspring" - Star Trek: The Next Generation
TNG Season 3, Episode 16
The firstStar Trekepisode Frakes ever directed persist one of his best . In " The issue , " Lt . Commander Data create an android girl name Lal ( Hallie Todd ) , using the same technology that powers his own positronic nous . Lal find out and train more quickly than Data foresee , finally lead her to experience a catastrophic malfunction . data point can not save her , but he tries anyway , with a determination that induce it impossible to doubt his capacity for feeling . With wonderful performances from Spiner and Todd , a beautifully write script , and solid directing from Frakes , " The materialization " is one ofTNG’sand Data ’s finest hour .
1"Those Old Scientists" - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Strange New Worlds Season 2, Episode 7
In only two seasons , Star Trek : Strange New Worldshas quickly become one ofStar Trek ’s honorable newfangled show , with an incredibly likable and compelling casting of character . Jonathan Frakes was get in to direct one of thebestStar Trekepisodes of 2023 , astwo of the stars fromStar Trek : Lower Deckstraveled back in meter to the USS Enterprise of Captain Christopher Pike(Anson Mount ) . Ensigns Brad Boimler ( Jack Quaid ) and Beckett Mariner ( Tawny Newsome ) geek out over fulfill their sub , while endeavor to avoid altering the past tense .
TheStrange New Worlds / Lower Deckscrossover contains so many reference to pastStar Trek , acting as a beloved letter to the franchise while still being hilarious in its own right . Frakes obviously has a long history withTrek , and his conversancy with the franchise is put to great use here . The player were given the chance to advertizing - lib , leading to some of the episode ’s good moment , includingJack Quaid ’s Riker stamp . Jonathan Frakes cement himself as one ofStar Trek ’s good director a farseeing time ago , and he continues to bring life to some of the dealership ’s greatest moments .
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