It’s a cool shot — so cool, in fact, we reused it about 900 times by the duration of the series, with different planets (or no planet at all) put into the background.

Picard walks onto the bridge, and before he can find out the Hood’s reply to his taunt bon voyage, mon ami (which loosely translates into “suck my balls, assmaster” in 24th century starship captain slang), Q appears on the main viewscreen. Fontana and Gene Roddenberry
Directed by: Corey Allen
Episode: S01E02
Stardate: 41174.2

Synopsis: When we last left our heroes, the Enterprise had just entered orbit around planet Deneb IV, so that’s a pretty good place to pick up the action, as an Excelsior class ship (in that case the USS Hood) pulls away from the Enterprise, giving us a sense of just how goddamn big that spaceship is. Luckily, before he can fire, Picard (and the entire audience) point out that all he’s going to do there is blast a gap in the main viewscreen. Picard thereupon introduces Riker to the ship’s counselor.

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Title: come across At Farpoint (Part II)
Original Air moment: September 28, 1987
Written By: D.C. (It is at that very moment that the Big Dumb silly Old Worf drinking game is born,

one of the only Star Trek drinking games to span two series and at least four movies.) Q gives Picard 24 hours to have his come across at Farpoint, or be summarily judged by Captain Q’s Kangaroo Court, where he faces death beneath an avalanche of ping pong balls.

Eleven of the 24 hours pass, and we find Riker and Picard getting ready to head down to the planet to meet Groppler Zorn, and have some of those tasty-but-mysterious apples Riker keeps ranting about. As she walks down toward them, she projects some of her thoughts into Riker’s mind, and calls him “Imzadi,” which is Betazoid for “Backstory red herring that never really goes anywhere for seven years but finally pays off (sort of) in the last movie when Riker gets Worf’s sloppy seconds, but let’s not go there considering ‘ew gross.’”

They all head into the turbolift, and Picard says, “Hey, I think it’s great that you guys know each other, considering it’s fundamental for my key officers to know each other’s abilities.” Troi says, “We do, sir,” and Riker and Picard subtly high-five each other as the turbolift doors close.

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