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Star Trek: Picard Finale - Patrick Stewart Recites This Shakespearean Quote
By BRANDON SHOAFF
This story contains spoilers for Season 3, Episode 10 of “Star Trek: Picard,” entitled “The Last Generation.”
SPOILER ALERT!
The final episode of “Star Trek: Picard” concluded with the original crew from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” gathering in a bar and hearing a toast from Jean Luc-Picard.
The final episode of “Star Trek: Picard” concluded with the original crew from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” gathering in a bar and hearing a toast from Jean Luc-Picard.
In a flash of inspiration, Picard recited for his toast one of Brutus’ most notable lines from William Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.”
“There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life, is bound in shallows and in miseries.”
“On such a full sea are we now afloat; and we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.”
The play is a dramatic retelling of the fall of the famous Roman leader and the following turmoil, resulting in so many main character deaths that George R.R. Martin would blush.
Considering the events of “Star Trek: Picard,” it was a notable way to mark a unique time-spanning journey that visits plenty of old friends and foes.