[Yossarian]

"At the height of his fame, he turned down the role of Captain Picard in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” — a decision he later said he regretted."

Oh, man, would I have loved to see this.

Troi, regarding someone on the viewer screen who's clearly belligerent:
"I sense belligerence!"

Yaphet Kotto Picard:
"No $h!+. Tell me something I _don't_ already know."

[FreedomForce]

Me, too. I never liked Patrick Stewart’s Captain Picard, but I was never much of a fan of The Next Generation. I’d put it behind Kirk’s series, DS9, Voyager, and even Enterprise. Too many characters in the Next Generation that made me cringe. It would have been interesting to see how Yaphet Kotto would have shaped the series.