| 1 | * GeniusBonus: Also a CMOF. Picard has to convince a Ferengi he is in love with Lwaxana Troi, who he actually finds extremely overbearing and annoying. So, Shakespearean actor Creator/PatrickStewart starts reciting sonnets. Specifically, the first lines of [[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56227/sonnet-147-my-love-is-as-a-fever-longing-still sonnet 147]], "I am going crazy because I fell in love with someone who turned out to be awful," [[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50276/sonnet-141-in-faith-i-do-not-love-thee-with-mine-eyes sonnet 141]], "you're ugly, your voice is annoying, and you smell bad, but I still love you," and [[https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/shall-i-compare-thee-summers-day-sonnet-18 sonnet 18]], which isn't a love poem at all, it's Shakespeare bragging about how great his poems are. Then she suggests that he'll shoot down the Ferengi ship if he can't have her, even with her on it, so he pulls out a line from [[http://nfs.sparknotes.com/othello/page_270.html Othello's]] speech right before he kills his wife for cheating on him before finishing up with some [[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45336/in-memoriam-a-h-h-obiit-mdcccxxxiii-27 Alfred, Lord Tennyson]] |
| 2 | * MemeticMutation: |
| 3 | ** Like "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E13DejaQ Deja Q]]" did for the {{Facepalm}}, this episode provides the source image of the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/annoyed-picard Annoyed Picard]] meme. His seemingly exasperated expression is actually due to the HamAndCheese delivery of his Shakepeare lines. |
| 4 | ** Picard's sonnet recitations would be SampledUp in "The Picard Song" by [=DarkMateria=] and "Data & Picard" by Pogo. |
| 5 | * RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: In the first two seasons, Lwaxana Troi was not well regarded, being regarded by many as a one-joke character primarily featured in cringy episodes ("[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E10Haven}} Haven]]" and "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E19Manhunt}} Manhunt]]"). Here, she's finally given a more sympathetic role, and the episode has some genuinely funny moments, causing fans to become more receptive to her appearances going forward. |
| 6 | * WatchItForTheMeme: Picard pretending to be a Shakespeare-loving jealous lover of Lwaxana's is often considered by fans to be the primary reason to see this episode. |
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