[DoodleBob]

I'm not a Trekkie, but lately I caught myself saying that phrase - THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!! - every time I read or hear about Biden winning the election or some smarmy reporter poo-pooing the fraud.

For those uninitiated, As written here, this classic Star Trek: The Next Generation episode has Picard (played by Patrick Stewart) captured by the Cardassians. The leader of the group, Gul Mandred, tortures Picard in an attempt to break him so he will reveal the plans for the planet Minos Korva. One of the tactics is to show Picard four lights and force him to say there are five instead. If he does, Gul Mandred will stop the torturing.

By the end of the episode, despite not being able to break Picard and the Captain about to be released into Federation custody, Gul Mandred tries one more attempt to break Picard’s spirit by lying to him and saying Minos Korva has been captured and the Enterprise has been destroyed so there is nothing to betray anymore. He asks Picard how many lights. But just before Picard answers, the other Cardassians come to take Picard. This is when Picard says the quote one more time, with total defiance that he was not broken..."THERE ARE...4..LIGHTS!!"

[Vermont Lt]

But in the end, he saw five. But he lied.

[LittleBillyInfidel]

... and excellently played by David Warner as Gul.

[No.6]

qua 1984 (2+2=5) and nearly every The Prisoner episode, but especially ... no, nearly every one. :)

“Free for All” is nearly a mirror-image of (their perception of) our current reality; they think they’ve ‘let’ a rogue have a play-role as a leader while the real Masters still run the show, and soon reassert themselves.

The reality? That would be telling.

[Arcadian Empire]

The Treason Media is committing Insurrection By Gaslighting.

When they are decorating dungeon walls, they should be told:

“Oh, actually, you’re playing in a field of daisies right now.”

Ideally with Britney Spears’ “Oops I Did It Again” playing over and over to exacerbate the torture.

Some real news for the Treason Media: there are four lights, and Trump won.

[KarlInOhio]

O'Brien held up his left hand, its back towards Winston, with the thumb hidden and the four fingers extended.

'How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?'

'Four.'

'And if the party says that it is not four but five--then how many?'

'Four.'

The word ended in a gasp of pain. The needle of the dial had shot up to fifty-five. The sweat had sprung out all over Winston's body. The air tore into his lungs and issued again in deep groans which even by clenching his teeth he could not stop. O'Brien watched him, the four fingers still extended. He drew back the lever. This time the pain was only slightly eased.

'How many fingers, Winston?'

'Four.'

The needle went up to sixty.

'How many fingers, Winston?'

'Four! Four! What else can I say? Four!'

The needle must have risen again, but he did not look at it. The heavy, stern face and the four fingers filled his vision. The fingers stood up before his eyes like pillars, enormous, blurry, and seeming to vibrate, but unmistakably four.

'How many fingers, Winston?'

'Four! Stop it, stop it! How can you go on? Four! Four!'

'How many fingers, Winston?'

'Five! Five! Five!'

'No, Winston, that is no use. You are lying. You still think there are four. How many fingers, please?'

'Four! five! Four! Anything you like. Only stop it, stop the pain!'

[dayglored]

> ... Picard ... captured by the Cardassians....

This is just screaming for a parody, where Picard is captured by the Kardashians, and is shown a picture of a naked Kim K. He is told to say there are three boobs. But he maintains, "There are TWO BOOBS!"

Or something along those lines, you get the idea...