History YMMV / StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E14LowerDecks

-->'''Geordi:''' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe I can not believe it!]]
-->'''Riker:''' [[{{ImYourWorstNightmare}} I'm Your Worst Nightmare.]]

--->'''Lavelle:''' Promotion. Promotion. Promotion.
--->'''Taurik:''' You can't seriously believe that what you're doing will influence the outcome of your evaluation.
--->'''Ogawa:''' It's a time-honoured strategy, Taurik.
--->'''Sito:''' The Vedeks of the Janalan order maintain a round-the-clock chant for the benefit of the Bajoran people.
--->'''Taurik:''' [[CrossesTheLineTwice Considering the history of your planet, that doesn't exactly validate what he's doing.]]

--->'''Taurik:''' He's convinced that Commander Riker doesn't like him.
--->'''Ben:''' (accusing) Did you crash this ship into something?

* HilariousInHindsight: A show about four ensigns on board a star ship who have no clue what the senior staff are doing. [[SarcasmMode Gee, this sounds like a great idea]] [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks for an animated series]].

* HilariousInHindsight: A show about four ensigns on board a star ship who have no clue what the senior staff are doing. [[SarcasmMode Gee this sounds like a great idea]] [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks for an animated series]].
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The idea of taking a cast of lesser to unknown supporting characters and having them take over the main narrative of a show was far from a common practice at the time the show was made. Behind-the-scenes there was considerable debate over whose episode it was supposed to be, until Michael Pillar gave them the go-ahead make it primarily about the ensigns. It wasn't until more MythArc driven shows started becoming the norm, with episodes [that excluded members of the main cast for the sake of ADayInTheLimelight becoming fairly standard.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The idea of taking a cast of lesser to unknown supporting characters and having them take over the main narrative of a show was far from a common practice at the time the show was made. Behind-the-scenes there was considerable debate over whose episode it was supposed to be, until Michael Pillar gave them the go-ahead make it primarily about the ensigns. It wasn't until more MythArc driven shows started becoming the norm, with episodes [[AbsenteeActor that excluded members of the main cast]] for the sake of ADayInTheLimelight becoming fairly standard.

** When Taurik makes a thinly veiled joke about the Occupation Of Bajor... ''in front of'' a Bajoran. (To non-Treksperts, that's essentially the same as making a Holocaust joke to a Jewish person.)

-->'''Riker:''' ImYourWorstNightmare.

--->'''Taurik:''' You can't seriously believe that what you're doing will influence the ourcome of your evaluation.

--->'''Taurik:''' [[CrossesTheLineTwice Considering the history of your planet, that doesn't exactly validate what he's doing]].

---> '''Taurik''': He's convinced that Commander Riker doesn't like him.
---> '''Ben''': (accusing) Did you crash this ship into something?

---> '''Ben''': (accusing) Did you crash this ship into something?[[note]]No, his [[Film/StarTrekGenerations wife]] did. [[Film/StarTrekNemesis Twice!]][[/note]]
* HarsherInHindsight: Joret's wish for peace on Cardassia would be dashed in a ''brutal'' manner on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''.
* HilariousInHindsight: Ben asking Lavelle if Riker dislikes him for crashing the ship into something gets even funnier when Riker marries Troi years after ''she'' [[Film/StarTrekGenerations crashes]] the ''Enterprise''. And then days later, she does it ''[[Film/StarTrekNemesis again]]''.

---> '''Taurik''': He's convinced that Commander Riker doesn't like him
---> '''Ben''': (accusing) Did you crash this ship into something? [[note]]No, his [[Film/StarTrekGenerations wife]] did. [[Film/StarTrekNemesis Twice!]][[/note]]

--->'''Sito:''' The Vedeks of the Janalan order maintain a round the clock chant for the benefit of the Bajoran people.
--->'''Taurik:''' Considering the history of your planet, that doesn't exactly validate what he's doing.

* FridgeBrilliance:
** When Picard does a double-take on Sito, he's noting, "She's a ''Bajoran''..." You can tell this is when Picard realizes a possible solution to his problem. When he takes her with him after visiting the Cardassian in sick bay, he asks if she's a pilot. When she confirms it, that's another step to confirming the viability of his plan. He then dresses her down to test her mental strength. When she comes back and defends herself, she completes his test for his XanatosSpeedChess.
** Worf knew Picard asked for Sito to serve on the ''Enterprise'' as a second chance for her past crime. He probably also knew Picard had dressed her down for that crime, and knew it was a SecretTestOfCharacter. He was actually ''cheating'' by giving Sito broad hints to confront Picard about treating her unfairly.
* FridgeHorror: Consider the RedShirt phenomenon in Trek circles, and then think of how often Picard, and Kirk before him, has had to make that announcement at the end. Think of how many social circles can form on ships of hundreds of people, who have to go through what the group in this episode go through.
* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: After Riker reveals his flush.

*** This actually could wrap back around to FridgeBrilliance: Taurik is entirely correct, and his analogy is perfectly logical. (Of course, he could also have NWordPrivileges [[IfItsYouItsOkay by proxy]].)

---> '''Ben''': (accusing) Did you crash this ship into something?

-->'''Ogawa:''' It's a time-honoured strategy, Taurik.

-->'''Lavelle:''' Promotion. Promotion. Promotion.
-->'''Taurik:''' You can't seriously believe that what you're doing will influence the ourcome of your evaluation.

-->'''Sito:''' The Vedeks of the Janalan order maintain a round the clock chant for the benefit of the Bajoran people.
-->'''Taurik:''' Considering the history of your planet, that doesn't exactly validate what he's doing.

** This actually could wrap back around to FridgeBrilliance: Taurik is entirely correct, and his analogy is perfectly logical. (Of course, he could also have NWordPrivileges [[IfItsYouItsOkay by proxy]].)

* FunnyMoments: After Riker reveals his flush.

* FridgeHorror: Just think of how often Picard, and Kirk before him, has had to make this announcement. Think of how many social circles can form on ships of hundreds of people, who have to go through what the group in this episode go through.

-->'''Taurik:''' Considering the history of your planet, that doesn't exactly validate what he's doing.

** When Picard does a double-take on Sito, he's noting, "She's a ''Bjoran''..." You can tell this is when Picard realizes a possible solution to his problem. When he takes her with him after visiting the Cardassian in sick bay, he asks if she's a pilot. When she confirms it, that's another step to confirming the viability of his plan. He then dresses her down to test her mental strength. When she comes back and defends herself, she completes his test for his XanatosSpeedChess.

-->'''Riker:''' ImYourWorstNightmare.

** Worf knew Picard asked for Sito to serve on the ''Enterprise'' as a second chance for her past crime. He probably also knew Picard had dressed her down for that crime, and knew it was a SecretTestOfCharacter. He was actually ''cheating'' by giving Sito broad hints to confront Picard about treating her unfairly.

** Worf knew Picard asked for Sito to serve on the ''Enterprise'' as a second chance to her past crime. He probably also knew Picard had dressed her down for that crime, and knew it was a SecretTestOfCharacter. He was actually ''cheating'' by giving Sito broad hints to confront Picard about treating her unfairly.

* FridgeBrilliance: When Picard does a double-take on Sito, he's noting, "She's a ''Bjoran''..." You can tell this is when Picard realizes a possible solution to his problem. When he takes her with him after visiting the Cardassian in sick bay, he asks if she's a pilot. When she confirms it, that's another step to confirming the viability of his plan. He then dresses her down to test her mental strength. When she comes back and defends herself, she completes his test for his XanatosSpeedChess.