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Star Trekin 2023 delivered tons of repeatable lines of talks , and perhaps some may one day make the stratum of popularity of"Live Long and prosper"or"Make it so . “With new seasons forStar Trek : Picard , Star Trek : Strange New Worlds , andStar Trek : Lower deck , 2023 was a great year to be aTrekfan . These three newStar Trekshows have innovate some incredible characters to the franchise , in addition to reinventing some definitive icons . The writer of modernStar Trekare fans themselvesas well as talented scribes who gave the Starfleet ship’s officer of the USS Enterprise , USS Titan - A , and USS Cerritos great assembly line of dialog .
Star Trek : Picardseason 3 reunited thecast ofStar Trek : The Next Generationfor one last galaxy - saving adventure , ensue in lot of tears and laughter . Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount ) and the USS Enterprise crew onStrange New Worldscontinued boldly going , delivering someTrekepisodes that will go down as classics . Star Trek : Lower Decksseason 4 may be the most quotableStar Trek , as the crew of the USS Cerritos continued their zany exploits . From heartwarming reunification speeches to sarcastic quips , all of theStar Trekshows of 2023 delivered meaningful talks and many repeatable moments .
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10LT. BECKETT MARINER: “Wait, is everyone getting weird all of a sudden? Why am I yelling?” LT. T’LYN: “This crew is always weird and yelling.”
Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4, Episode 5 (“Empathalogical Fallacies”)
With its self - referential humor and quippy one - liners , Star Trek : Lower Deckshas sight of quotable minute in every episode . This finical interchange , however , perfectly sums up the gang of the USS Cerritos , as well as howLower Decksdiffers from the live - actionStar Trekshows . It ’s also funny because it ’s straight . The Cerritos crewdoesalways act weird and somebodyisalways holler . The low deckers get involved in unearthly state of affairs all the time , andLieutentant Beckett Mariner ( Tawny Newsome)and Lieutenant Brad Boimler ( Jack Quaid ) , in finical , do seem to hollo more than most . In this particular instance , Mariner notices things are even eldritch than normal thanks to the emotional projection of Lt . T’Lyn ( Gabrielle Ruiz ) . Still , T’Lyn ’s notice is n’t incorrect and Ruiz always nails her perfectly Vulcan lineage delivery .
9GENERAL GARKOG: “Gonna draw your last breath at the end of our Mek’Leths. Your eternal torture is every Klingon’s dream.”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, Episode 9 (“Subspace Rhapsody”)
Star Trek : Strange New Worldsfirst - ever musical sequence is an incredibly fun hour of telly , with well - written and insightful song lyrics . While there are certainly more profound quotes that could have been included on this inclination , theKlingon K - dada - inspired momentis rightfully hilarious . Bruce Horak ( who portrayed Lt . Hemmer inStrange New Worldsseason 1 ) is unrecognizable as the Klingon General Garkog , and this brief intermezzo is the perfect addition to the episode ’s expansive finis . It ’s so unexpected to see a grouping of Klingon warriors sing and trip the light fantastic toe to a catchy pop tune , that everyone on the Enterprise bridge pauses for a 2nd before they can continue their final ensemble identification number .
8LT. SAM RUTHERFORD: “He looks like Tom Paris.” LT. BRAD BOIMLER: “I don’t see it.”
Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4, Episode 10 (“Old Friends, New Planets”)
Star Trek : Lower Decksregularly reference past events in theStar Trektimeline , but sometimes the show bring in meta references to theTrekfandom . In “ Old Friends , New Planets , " disgraced Starfleet cadet Nick Locarno ( Robert Duncan McNeill ) broadcasts his substance of liberation to everyone in the Alpha Quadrant . As Captain Carol Freeman ( Dawnn Lewis ) and the Cerritos crew see on , Lt . Sam Rutherford ( Eugene Cordero ) noticesLocarno looks an awful lot likeStar Trek : Voyager ’s Lt . Tom Paris , but Boimler say he plainly does n’t see it . This is , of course , a hilarious call - out to the fact thatRobert Duncan McNeill portrays both characters . Rutherford and Boimler ’s commentary throughout Locarno ’s speech also serves to uproariously undercut everything Nick ’s saying .
Lt . Tom Paris ofStar Trek : Voyagerwas base on Nick Locarno . Although both had a troubled account with Starfleet , the producers did n’t just impart Locarno over toVoyagerbecause his actions were look at irredeemable . It ’s appropriate then , that Locarno ultimately became a villain onLower Decks .
7LT. BECKETT MARINER: “Starfleet is supposed to be about puzzling together the mysteries of life, not fighting wars.”
Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4, Episode 9 (“The Inner Fight”)
Star Trek : Lower Decksseason 4 , installment 9 , " The Inner Fight " , finally revealswhy Lt . Beckett Mariner behaves the way she does . When Mariner find herself trap in a cave with the Klingon Captain Ma’ah ( Jon Curry ) , she opens up to him about a tragedy that profoundly affected her . Mariner befriend Sito Jaxa(Shannon Fill ) while attending Starfleet Academy , and she was devastated when Sito was killed on one of her first missions . Mariner never wants to be the officer who send out ensigns to their death , so she has pass her life sentence self - weaken her own career to forfend being promoted . Mariner also makes a expert point - Starfleet is imply to be about explore the beetleweed , but too often it becomes about defense and weapons and state of war .
6CAPTAIN LIAM SHAW: “Forgive me. At some point, a**hole became a substitute for charm.”
Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 4 (“No Win Scenario”)
InStar Trek : Picardseason 3 , episode 4 , " No Win Scenario , " the USS Titan is dead in space , drop down into a gravity well with fiddling promise of saving . Captain Liam Shaw ( Todd Stashwick)and many of the crew pull together on the holodeck , where Shaw break up Admiral Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) and Jack Crusher ( Ed Speleers ) to deliver a scathing language about his experience at the devastating Battle of Wolf 359 . When everyone in the holodeck stares at Shaw , he delivers the above inverted comma , and"charming a**hole"makes a great descriptor for his character . Shaw ’s speech about his experience at the Battle of Wolf 359 not only proved Stashwick ’s skill as an actor , but alsorecontextualized Shaw as a character .
Todd Stashwick ’s Captain Shaw became a breakout fan - favorite fibre inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 , and his sarcastic one - liners could meet up their own entire list .
5LT. SPOCK: “My mother is the most resilient, compassionate, tolerant person I have known.”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, Episode 5 (“Charades”)
By the time ofStar Trek : The Original Series , Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) has to the full sweep up his Vulcan side , but the Lt . Spock ( Ethan Peck ) ofStrange New Worldsis a bit more open with his impression . InStrange New Worldsseason 2 , episode 5 , " Charades,“Spock becomes even more emotionalas he erroneously gets turned into a full human by an foreign entity . As a human , Spock must perform the many complicated steps of a Vulcan engagement ritual with his bride-to-be , T’Pring ( Gia Sandhu ) , and T’Pring ’s parent . With his mother , Amanda ( Mia Kirshner ) , by his side , Spock makes it through the dinner party , dealing with multiple insults conduct at his human race . Finally , Spock hits his breaking point and stands up not just for himself , but also for his mother .
4ADMIRAL JEAN-LUC PICARD: “Jack, I realize, you are the part of me that I never knew was missing.”
Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 10 (“The Last Generation”)
The first two time of year ofStar Trek : Picardwere all about Jean - Luc ’s journey to face his past injury and allow people into his lifespan . InPicardseason 3 , Jean - Luc not only reunites with his friends from the USS Enterprise - D but also discovers that he has a boy . Dr. Beverly Crusher ( Gates McFadden ) had her reasons for keeping Jack Crusher from Picard for much of his life , but Picard now wants to get to bonk his boy . After Jack gets assimilated by the Borg Queen ( Alice Krige ) , Picard joins him , confronting his fear of the Borg . Picard open up up to Jack , telling him how he found a family in Starfleet , but still kept a barrier between them . With Jack and Beverly , Picard now has the prospect for a existent crime syndicate , but it remains to be regard whether we ’ll see any more stories about the Picard / Crusher clan .
3COMMODORE GEORDI LA FORGE: “Data, you made me better. You did. You made me a better man, a better father, better friend.”
Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 7 (“Dominion”)
The friendly relationship between Lt . Geordi La Forge ( LeVar Burton ) and Lt . Commander Data(Brent Spiner ) became one of the good things aboutStar Trek : The Next Generation , and the two finally reunited inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 . After the Daystrom Android M-5 - 10 android is rescued from Daystrom Station , the personalities of Data and his vicious twin Lore vie for ascendancy . Although Lore temporarily takes over , Data eventually triumph , thanks to all of the connections he made throughout his life and boost from his best booster . Geordi goes on to say that Data ’s death inStar Trek : Nemesisbroke him , and it was the storage Geordi had of his acquaintance that put him back together .
2CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER PIKE: “Sometimes, hope is a choice.”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, Episode 10 (“Hegemony”)
Ever the optimist , Captain Pike try out to keep a cocksure outlook even when the betting odds are stacked against him . When it comes to the Gorn , even Pike struggles to maintain his Leslie Townes Hope . When he tells Lt . La’an Noonien - Singh ( Christina Chong ) that"hope is a choice,“she responds that he ’s told her that before . Pike then replies:“Maybe I ’m just articulate it ‘cause I involve to take heed it . “With his girl , Captain Marie Batel , ( Melanie Scrofano ) unaccounted for on a works full of Gorn , Pike makes the hard selection to hope , even when the situation attend bleak . Even beyond the specific position with the Gorn , this quotewonderfully add up Pike ’s entire ism . This is the man who learned about his tragic fate and still proceed to overlook the endeavor with hope and optimism .
1NUMBER ONE: “If all those people from all those worlds can work together, side by side, maybe I could, too. Maybe I could be a part of something bigger than myself.”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, Episode 2 (“Ad Astra Per Aspera”)
With " Ad Astra Per Aspera,“Strange New Worldsdelivers a phenomenal courtroom episodethatcelebrates the goodness in humanity and what Starfleet is supposed to be . Number One ( Rebecca Romijn ) was remove into detention at the ending ofStrange New Worlds time of year 1 for lie on her Starfleet covering about being a genetically enhance Illyrian . Throughout her trial in " Ad Astra Per Aspera , " Una delivers several meaningful quotes as she explains her childhood and why she link up Starfleet in the first stead .
As her protagonist and attorney , Neera Ketoul ( Yetide Badaki ) , puts it:“Through her hardships , Una saw the principal . “Una wanted nothing more than to get away her past and explore the stars . In the end , the court rules in Una ’s favor , grant her asylum in Starfleet . While their finding of fact does not set up all of Starfleet ’s issues , it spotlight the sound people within the organization and represents a step toward a brighterStar Trekfuture .
