History Recap / StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E19CaptainsHoliday

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Picard does this on purpose when Riker asks him if he's decided where he's going, referring to the crew's plan to try to get to go on vacation.

* FakeOutMakeOut: How Picard and Vash first meet--they bump into each other, she spots Sovak over Picard's shoulder, and immediately squeals, "It's so good to see you again!" and smooches him.

* OnlyOneName: As a Human, Vash presumably has a last name, but we never learn it.

* ThreatBackfire: Sovak's attempts to bully Picard lead to Picard standing up and [[OhCrap looming over the Ferengi]], reminding him just how much taller Humans are.

* YouAlreadyChangedThePast: The Vorgons coming to the past and making themselves known to Picard, in the hopes of preventing him from destroying the ''Tox Uthat'', actually sets off the chain of events that leads Picard to do it. If they'd done ''nothing'', just sat back and let the events transpire without interference, the ''Tox Uthat'' would most likely be locked up in a museum somewhere where they could easily pilfer it later.[[note]]Or maybe not, since Picard is aware it's an out of place artifact, he'd handle it over to the Federation's Temporal Prime Directive agents.[[/note]]

* BusmansHoliday: This episode marks the beginning of a sort of RunningGag with the planet Risa that runs throughout pretty much every other Trek series to follow: despite Risa's reputation as a relaxing vacation spot, ''every time'' one of our heroes goes there they get embroiled in some far-reaching evil plot.

It turns out they do, because once they set out for the most likely location of the ''Tox Uthat'', they are set upon by Sovak... and easily overpower the poor dope. But not before Sovak reveals something that Vash would have preferred to keep secret: Sovak isn't just an associate. He paid Vash to steal the disk and deliver it to him. Vash assures Picard that [[FromACertainPointOfView it didn't happen quite that way]]: yes, she took Sovak's money, but she used it to get to Risa and look for the artifact herself. She has no intention of handing the artifact over to him. Picard disapproves, but he's also impressed that she was able to out-con a Ferengi. As they make camp for the night, Vash points out that Picard should actually thank her; he's clearly enjoying this excitement a bit more than just sitting in the sun with a book. Picard doesn't disagree. And maybe he and Vash have [[CoitusEnsues a little bit more fun]] to have tonight...

* AbsenteeActor: Geordi and Wesley don't appear. Data appears, but has no lines.

* SexyDiscretionShot: One minute Picard and Vash are kissing passionately at their campsite, and the episode abruptly fades to the next scene of them walking through the Risan cave system the next morning, leading most viewers to assume they had sex.

* SexyDiscretionShot: It's not obvious whether Picard and Vash had sex, but they're kissing passionately before the act break and much less [[BelligerentSexualTension confrontational]] after.

* WeaponizedTeleportation: Transporter Code 14. [[ForgottenPhlebotinum Odd that an instant-death ray with the reach of a transporter never comes up again]].

* WeaponizedTeleportation: Transporter Code 14. Odd that an instant-death ray with the reach of a transporter never comes up again.

* StealthPun: The Risan fertility totem is called a ''horga'hn''. As in, "organ". [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Which you expose to show your interest in sexytimes]].

* BusmansHoliday: This episode marks the beginning of a sort of RunningGag with the planet Risa that runs throughout pretty much every other Trek series to follow: despite Risa's reputation as a relaxing vacation spot, ''every time'' one of our heroes goes there they get embroiled in some far-reaching evil plot. It forms the basis of [[http://www.tor.com/2010/04/01/star-trek-re-watch-what-men-dare-do-april-fools-do-not-pub-yet/ an extremely witty Original Series recap]].

* CharacterDevelopment:
** Around this point in the show, Jean-Luc Picard's characterization starts to change, as he gradually evolves from a stodgy, bookish officer to a BadassBookworm adventurer who gets to shoot guns and kiss the girl. And apparently Creator/PatrickStewart loved ''every minute'' of it.
** Sovak is an important archetype for future Ferengi characters, introducing new aspects and changing some old ones. His garish clothing, shrillness, and comic ineptitude all set important trends for the Ferengi. He also foreshadows the future presentation of the Ferengi as independent entrepreneurs/schemers rather than the unified Federation-type nation (with its own Starfleet analogue) shown in earlier episodes.

* ShoutOut: The Vorgons may have been named after the Vogons from ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. Hopefully their poetry skills aren't as bad as those of their namesake.

* TemporalParadox: Picard notes there's nothing to prevent the thieves from travelling back even earlier in time and trying to steal the ''Tox Uthat'' again. But he (or the writers) are a little muddled on the details: The one place they ''wouldn't'' go to try again is after Picard's destroyed the MacGuffin. Thus it makes no sense when he suggests he and Vash may have to do this again. If the thieves did succeed in an earlier attempt, it render this adventure paradoxical in some way.

* TemporalParadox: Picard notes there's nothing to prevent the thieves from travelling back even earlier in time and trying to steal the ''Tox Uthat'' again. But he (or the writers) are a little muddled on the details: The one place they ''wouldn't'' go to try again is after Picard's destroyed the MacGuffin. Thus it makes no sense when he suggests he and Vash may have to do this again. If the thieves did succeed in an earlier attempt, it would alter this adventure significantly, or even wipe it out entirely.

* CharacterDevelopment: Around this point in the show, Jean-Luc Picard's characterization starts to change, as he gradually evolves from a stodgy, bookish officer to a BadassBookworm adventurer who gets to shoot guns and kiss the girl. And apparently Creator/PatrickStewart loved ''every minute'' of it.

* YouAlreadyChangedThePast: The Vorgons coming to the past and making themselves known to Picard, in the hopes of preventing him from destroying the ''Tox Uthat'', actually sets off the chain of events that leads Picard to do it. If they'd done ''nothing'', just sat back and let the events transpire without interference, the ''Tox Uthat'' would most likely be locked up in a museum somewhere where they could easily pilfer it later.

* StealthPun: The Risan fertility totem is called a ''horga'hn''. As in, "organ". Which you expose to show your interest in sexytimes.

* TheUnreveal: We never do find out what ''jahmaharon'' is. Presumably it's something nasty.

It turns out they do, because once they set out for the most likely location of the ''Tox Uthat'', they are set upon by Sovak... and easily overpower the poor dope. But not before Sovak reveals something that Vash would have preferred to keep secret: Sovak isn't just an associate. He paid Vash to steal the disk and deliver it to him. Vash assures Picard that [[FromACertainPointOfView it didn't happen quite that way]]: yes, she took Sovak's money, but she used it to get to Risa and look for the artifact herself. She has no intention of handing the artifact over to him. Picard disapproves, but he's also impressed that she was able to out-con a Ferengi. As they make camp for the night, Vash points out that Picard should actually thank him; he's clearly enjoying this excitement a bit more than just sitting in the sun with a book. Picard doesn't disagree. And maybe he and Vash have [[CoitusEnsues a little bit more fun]] to have tonight...

--> '''Crusher:''' Sir, it's been brought to my attention that one of the crew has been neglecting his health again.\\

'''Crusher:''' It's a classic case of stress-related ailments brought on by overwork. Exhaustion, irritability, muscle spasms. Yet he insists on ignoring them.\\

'''Crusher:''' And I plan to keep it that way.\\

'''Picard:''' Impossible.\\

* MacGuffin: Despite being a powerful and dangerous superweapon, the ''Tox Uthat'' does nothing apart from giving Picard and Vash a reason to meet and go do some archaeology. We don't even get to see it until the very end.

-->'''Picard''': Yes, I have, Number One. [''addressing the computer'']] Bridge.