Star Trek: The Next Generation
Summary
Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) surprisingly tell Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) his secret bother presently after they met inStar Trek Generations , the first cinema asterisk the plaster bandage ofStar Trek : The Next contemporaries . Picard found Kirk in the Nexus , an other - dimensional zip typewriter ribbon beyond clock time and space , and the Captain of the USS Enterprise - D levy his harbinger to help him block off Dr. Tolian Soran ( Malcolm McDowell ) , a madman uncoerced to put down a solar system so that he could return to the Nexus himself . Kirk and Picard defeated Soran , but Jim was mortally injure and perish on the satellite Veridian III .
Star Trek Generations ' centrepiece and big hooking was the historic meeting of Captain Kirk fromStar Trek : The Original Seriesand Captain Picard fromStar Trek : The Next propagation . Although Picard and Kirk ’s climactic battle to stop Soran on Veridian III was n’t everythingStar Trekfans hoped for , nor wasCaptain Kirk ’s death , much more involving and satisfying were their tantrum together in the Nexus . Picard found Kirk in a pretence of his former home , as the Nexus recreated the day Jim broke the tidings to his lose love , Antonia , that he was going to terminate his retirement and recall to Starfleet . The interactions between Kirk and Picard in the Nexus revealed the basic similarities between the otherwise different maitre d’hotel of the endeavour , as Kirk bared his own trueness and internal badgering .
Star Trek Generations not only passed the blowlamp to the cast of The Next Generation , it also revealed the ultimate fate of Captain James T. Kirk .
Kirk’s Secret Pain He Told To Picard In Star Trek Generations
Captain James T. Kirk has a big regret.
ab initio , Captain Kirk refused Captain Picard ’s request to help him end Dr. Soran inStar Trek Generations . or else , Jim settle not to repeat the mistake he made"nine years ago"(byKirk ’s count in the Nexus ) and tell Antonia he wo n’t return to Starfleet . Kirk then seek to assure a dejected Picard by commiserating:“I was like you once , so worried about tariff and obligation I could n’t see past my own uniform . And what did it get me ? An empty house . “It ’s a shocking scrap of soulfulness - bearing from Kirk that gets lost in this blowy episode ofStar Trek Generations , but it ’s also a profound insight into the inner pain that haunts James T. Kirk .
" I was like you once , so worried about responsibility and certificate of indebtedness I could n’t see past my own uniform . And what did it get me ? An empty house . "
Captain Kirk dedicate his life to Starfleet and , specifically , to saving the wandflower aboard the Starship Enterprise . James willingly give up survive romantic relationships , andKirk fall behind his only boy , David Marcus(Merritt Butrick ) , whom he mourn ever since . Star Trek Generationsreveals that Kirk did give retirement a slam , but a presumably idyllic with Antonia could n’t compete with the lure of the Enterprise ’s Captain ’s chair . Deep down , Kirk regret this conclusion and the"empty house"that resulted from it , although it ’s not in Kirk ’s nature to linger on his mistakes , and he throws himself back into action to avail Picard stop Soran .
Picard Listened To Kirk’s Other Star Trek Generations Advice Instead
Jean-Luc stayed Captain of the Enterprise for as long as possible.
Perhaps not surprisingly , Captain Picard , who was also singularly devoted to his duty as Captain of the Enterprise at that head in his living , did n’t register Captain Kirk ’s bother and rue over his"empty mansion . “All Jean - Luc could focalize on inStar Trek Generationswas break Dr. Soran and saving the jillion of people on Veridian III . If Kirk ’s ego - admonition did sting Picard , he did n’t show it , as Jean - Luc ’s foreign mission was his only priority , not the self - refection he instantly turn down when the Nexus usher Picard the happy menage and loving home that would never be his .
alternatively , Picard heeds Kirk ’s other advice as a fellow Captain of the Enterprise:“Don’t let them promote you , do n’t let them change you , do n’t let them do anything that takes you off the bridge of that ship , because while you ’re there , you’re able to make a difference . ”Jean - Luc Picard postulate those word to kernel , and he remained Captain of the Enterprise for virtually another 15 yr before Starfleet made him an Admiral . Jean - Luc would n’t face his own desolation and regrets untilStar Trek : Picard , and one wonders if he ever thought about what he see about Captain Kirk inStar Trek Generations .
Star Trek Generationsis available to stream on Paramount+ .
