Admiral Blackwell: "Captain Picard Day?"
Captain Picard: "Oh uh … Yes it's a … it's … it's for the children. I'm a … I'm a role model!"
Admiral Blackwell: "I'm sure you are. Starfleet out."
The Pegasus, Star Trek: The Next Generation.
June 16th, and we celebrate another Captain Picard Day - June 16th being the best approximation of Stardate 47457.1 that the fan base was able to calculate. We're first introduced to this celebratory event and the Captain's reluctant involvement in the seventh and final season of The Next Generation, where Picard expresses his displeasure with the circumstances to an amused Riker in no uncertain terms.
And then, 30 years later in the first season of Picard, we see that he has preserved the banner in his personal archives at Starfleet, along with all of the other treasured memorabilia from his career and life. It's a subtle and poignant comment on how we sentimentalize the past as we age.
- Sid
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