I always liked the part about Picard changing his tour to include the battle bridge. Very nice touch.

Picards character didn't hate children, he's secretly afraid of behaving around them because he's not a parent and he's a commanding officer filled will duty and honour. But the Enterprise D is a family ship he had riker as a personal request to make sure Picard didn't make an arse of himself around children. But I'm glad Picard slowly adjusted his life and including Wesley on the bridge to apriciate and care for the children when he encounters them.

I foresee the girl, played by Erika Flores, joining Starfleet and becoming a Captain after being inspired by Captain Picard during this experience.

Love how Picards demeaner change over the years. He started out "strictly by the book, but he started putting time in with the crew and their family's and in so gained a family he never had as the Captain. In the final episode when he was playing poker with Riker, Crusher, Worf and the others and said he should have done this along time ago. Best ending for the series.

picard fondness for children grew compared to his dislike for them in season 1

That ending proves Troi was right. You really don't need many qualifications to be First Officer.

0:24 I love how Worf reacts like if a Klingon general just insulted the High Chancellor's honor, as if that wasn't just a silly little friendly joke, lol

Picard doing the wink ;-) I'm loving it

You could tell that kid really practiced saying the word "commemorative".

They should have included this plaque in the archive scene in "Picard".

Picard: You have the Bridge, Number One. Riker/Marissa: Aye, sir.

Those kids are now old enough to be part of star fleet. Crazy how time flies

I remember the scene only too well. This is the final scene from the fifth episode of the fifth season entitled “Disaster”. I first saw it on Friday, October 25th, 1991, between 10:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on FOX-29, a television station based in Buffalo, New York, U.S.A. The day before was United Nations Day, and the day Gene Roddenberry died. I was laying in my bed watching this episode. I will never forget this scene where both Marissa and Riker say: “Aye, Sir.” I was just roaring with laughter at this particular scene. If I had laughed any harder, I would have hit the floor.

100$ says she grows up to be an officer. moments like that stick with kids.

"Captain Picard to the bridge, PLEASE!" Riker just got owned and he knew it.

I had such a crush on the blonde girl when I saw this episode as a kid.

Aww I wish he mounted it next to the Enterprise Plaque!

Picard receives a plaque. A plaque for Picard. A Picard plaque.

This was the only kids episode I liked in the series. Picard has no choice but to help them out with getting safely out of the turboshaft and they make him a little plaque to thank him for everything. And there was the tour which he promised them. I think he and I have a little something in common about hanging out with children.

It's so jarring, and cute and precious. I wonder how many back stories involved getting these kids on set, to create this moment!

The ending “you have the bridge #1” is one of my favorite moments in all TNG.

This is the first episode to air in the New York City area immediately after Gean Roddenberry's passing, the predominant broadcast station for "Star Trek the next generation" WPIX channel 11 in New York put up of commemoration of Gean Roddenberry just before the episode aired, now you have to remember that Mr. Roddenberry passed away just after this episode aired on the West Coast, but on the East Coast in New York we hadn't seen it yet, and the sequence of events in this clip of that episode are positively flabbergasting in consideration of the title of the episode being "Disaster" and then Captain Picard just before he steps off the bridge into his ready room says "you have the bridge number one" and both Commander Riker the young girl only recently having been given that title by the captain himself answer him in response, and the captain looks back at the two of them, smiles and winks at the girl and steps out with the door closing behind him, and we see the enterprise proceeding on its journey with the right and proper music playing in the background indicating that the never ending adventure continues with the vehicle that Mr. Roddenberry gifted us with and has bestowed upon us. Now this next part takes a little intellectual place shifting, with Captain Picard stepping off the bridge and winking read Gene Roddenberry's passing permanently from the scene, and passing the baton to Commander Riker read Rick Berman, and as for the young girl the new recently titled number one read the next generation, and as the enterprise continues on its journey receding into the background they put up executive producer Gean Roddenberry and executive producer Rick Berman we know that the creator of this most powerful vehicle of storytelling has left it in capable hands! So for me whenever I see this sequence of events on screen it represents karmatic movie magic, and unbelievably beautiful poetic irony!

And to think he hated kids in Season 1.

Funny in star trek next generation disasters Marissa and her two boys were on bridge.I laugh when Marissa and commander riker say "aye sir" when captain picard says number one and Marissa and commander riker smile each other. Marissa was number one like commander riker.

We never found out what Marissa won the school contest for. We know what the boys accomplished but not her. I was expecting it to come out in a conversation with Picard but it never did. It had to be the most impressive, that made her fit to lead as she did.

Anyone noticed they’re still wearing the pips on their collars? Very cute touch

Picard loves children.

Picard at his finest! Not like in season one.

You have the Bridge Number one and Marissa and Ryker both responding aye sir makes this one of the most adorable end scenes

0:39 That was an improvement in Picard, how he didn't immediately tense up as soon as he saw the kids on the bridge, and even managed a smile

Worf's face said it all

As many times as the Enterprise goes into battle, you would think they would leave the kids at home.

0:30 you on thin ice Lieutenant Commander! That is your superior officer.

This episode really showed that even in the darkest of moments, when things look bleak, you eventually find a light leading out of the darkness. Suffice to say, Disaster is probably one of my favorite episodes in the TNG series.

Picard needed this episode to happen, slight reputation for hating kids, this episode cleared his name

And this began the disturbing rise of one Marissa Amber Flores Picard Gordon.

One of the rare times that Picard was okay around kids

watch out riker troi wants your job, and as soon she`s going to be a commander she`s going to get it to, and not only do i want to see a new star trek series all about the adventures of the uss titan with william riker as captain, i also want troi to be his first officer.

Let's hope we see the children in uniform in Picards new show!

My favorite part is the back piece!

Ever notice when Picard goes back into the ready room the door is moving before the sound effect plays?

A single wink reveals strange new worlds of character development! 😉👍🖖

Flores embarrassing herself was funny in the scene at the end of the episode

Troi: I understand there aren't many qualifications. Riker: that's true. You just have to kill a simulated brotha in the holodeck.

They should have at least one of these kids in the new PICARD show!

The older boy looks almost exactly like a young Cary Elwes. He could have played his son back then.

Riker has been replaced

I wonder what Patrick Stewart thinks in general of working/acting with kids. I guess some actors just want to avoid it at all costs. Like it or not, kids are a part of life. You can choose not to have your own, but you can't stop others from having them. And sooner or later, you're going to have to interact with some of the little buggers.

Picard and children are such a delightfully awkward combination.

If the ST : Picard writers were any good, one of these kids would feature as a 40 year old Lt. Commander in the new show. THAT would be cool, but they would never have an idea that good.

loved this episode!

It would have been good if we'd seen that hanging in the ready room after

Remember when Star Trek was good and not destroyed by extremist politics...

A memorable episode

Picard wad in a terrible position. He never liked having children aboard do the the dangers thay faced. He softened over the years, but he never forgot. Their lives we're in his hands and if they died it was his fault.

Fun fact: her last name "Flores" was also her real last name.

Yes, captain Picard's day. Apparently, I'm a role model 😄

riker ur relived lol

Were we to place Star Trek is a real world situation would it be plausible that a starship would carry families?

Kids make it BIG!!!!!

Who thinks he still has that plaque?

Children (or entire families for that matter) aboard a starship was a really bad idea of Roddenberry's. Sure, that model was an exploration vessel, but it also was for defense. So lets just wipe out entire family lines in just one bad encounter. Bad idea

Erika flores

Good episode

didn`t the little girl in this go onto star in dr quinn medicine woman.

Anyone know who these kids were? Relatives of cast,perhaps ?

@ 01:36 that door has a faulty air ram seal....get them to fix it.

The children were a little annoying. Though in general this is good and cute.

Plague like in the Plague?

It is covid 19 isolation and I was bored so I made myself the captain’s day tee shirt, the Amazon version was way to expensive. 💪👍🤪

2063?

*Captain not captin

What is the actress Marissa name?

What r the kids now??? They make it big n Hollywood????

Cute but two things - Troi is a jerk and she enters the bridge through the wrong door, and is that Hilary Duff?

Oh my God, I haven't seen this episode since 95. Thank You 👍👍😇