>>Nah. “Inner Light” hit much harder.<<
Crap! You win! But it is close.
To live an ENTIRE life, be YOU and yet eventually just live that life. As always I go with the premise. Picard had children. As far as he is concerned, real ones. That he loved, reared and let go to the world. A wife, a community, stature and belonging.
The life that Picard, Captain of the Federation Fleets flagship would never ever known. I know the flute motif showed up again but I felt for him so much (despite my earlier post about him being a bit of a Nancy boy). The joy and later pain would have been unbearable.
Thanks for correcting me. I always like “Darmok” for the idea of conversing in concepts and not just structure. And Paul Winfield.
But “Inner Light” is in a league all its own.
Some years ago Christie’s had a huge auction of items, props, uniforms and such from all of the shows. The flute from the episode was expected to go for a few hundred bucks. It wasn’t even functional. it ended up going for $48K. That’s how much the episode moved the audience.
http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/picards-ressikan-flute-4780101-details.aspx