247: #TeamDaren

"Lessons."
 
In the sixth season episode "Lessons," we're introduced to the
head of Stellar Sciences on the Enterprise-D, Lieutenant
Commander Nella Daren. In the course of this episode of The Next
Generation, Picard and Daren fall in love, Picard shares with her
the importance of his music from his experience in "The Inner
Light," and the relationship eventually doesn't work out because
of the worry of losing someone to the dangers of serving on a
starship.



In this episode of Earl Grey, hosts Justin Oser and Amy Nelson
are joined by special guest Rob Chapman, who runs the Trek Book
Club on Twitter, to talk about The Next Generation episode
"Lessons." The discussion includes talking about what we love
about Nella Daren and the Picard-Daren relationship, the possible
perils of workplace romance, what Picard's music means to him,
and the various scenes and moments in the episode that we enjoy.



Chapters 
Intro (00:00:00)  


Babel Conference Feedback (00:02:03)  
Welcome, Rob! (00:02:22)  
Trek Book Club (00:07:33)  
Initial Thoughts on "Lessons" (00:10:19)  
Workplace Romance (00:14:47)  
Music (00:27:40)  
Crusher and Daren (00:38:29)  
Other Scenes We Enjoy (00:41:40)  
Dangerous Situation (00:45:45)  
Math Moment! (00:49:41)  
A Daren What If (00:51:46) 
Final Thoughts (00:54:41)


Closing (01:06:34)


 


 


Runtime: 1 hour 10 minutes 32 seconds


 
Hosts
Justin Oser, Amy Nelson, Richard Marquez

Production
Justin Oser (Editor and Producer) Richard Marquez (Producer) Amy
Nelson (Producer) Tony Robinson (Producer) C Bryan Jones
(Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken
Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer)
Michael E Hueter (Associate Producer) Thomas Appel (Associate
Producer) Justin Oser (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez
(Production Manager) Tony Robinson (Show Art) Brandon-Shea Mutala
(Patreon Manager)