TNG Tasha Memorial Service

[jpsmith81]

I love the music in this scene.

[kickass21ful]

I wish they had done more with Tasha. And I don't just mean the relationship between Tasha and Data, which, I admit, I would've liked to see in itself. I mean, I would've liked to see more of her character in general...to see how the episodes would've developed with her at Tactical instead of Worf. I think...I think it would've made the series even more interesting.

[ratrat222]

Only Star Trek can make death feel okay.

[yaltroz]

I think that the coment that Tasha made to the Captain is probably the best quote to come out of any of the star trek shows :)

[dabearsfan31]

Beautiful music in this scene.

[TheThomQ]

I bet that after a few years she felt sorry for leaving.. But it was good for us, more Worf!!!

[KarinMikazuki]

@TheThomQ

id prefer more Tasha really

tomboys kickass

[GBart]

She would have to have recorded this within the past, like, two months.

[XxTotgeliebtxX]

Tasha :'( beautifuly Scene <3

[Nihilanth1982]

1. killed by armus; 2. raped and killed by romulans when she went with the enterprise C; 3. destroyed with the 1987 crew in the anomaly in all good things. the writers were so cruel to tasha!

[Hellberch1]

I remembr when I first watched this episode when I was 7 and it still makes me cry. And when it no longer does I feel that I would have died a little inside

[jarvisbrodiea9]

Tasha Yar may be gone, but from this episode forward, she is still with them in spirit.

[kickass21ful]

@jarvisbrodiea9 In spirit, and in the fan-written stories written about her. At least, in our world.

[VondaLavernfd432]

nun bin so lieb

[Zamolxx]

I've just seen this episode today and I cried... It's one of the best ever, filled with beautiful metaphor.

[domomomo1]

2:15 charlie and choco factory *violets mom

[horaciosi]

(4:37) What did she said?

[bingdat]

@horaciosi "Hailing frequencies closed, sir."

[spamviking]

The holodeck has the Windows default desktop background?

[StarTrekRocks100]

and RIP TASHA.

[StarTrekRocks100]

Love the ending. Poor Data

[MrDrumbum2910]

I had a 14 yr old cousin die this summer and this always reminds me of her in a way, and how the family felt

[BMWM3GTRLOVER]

my heart was twisted when I first saw this scene :'(

[Kumquats83]

This was the first episode I saw from Star Trek. I always remember this scene, it's just wonderful.

[fadsforwhatever]

What really breaks my heart about this is that she got a chance to 'meet death with her eyes wide up' in the Yesterday's Enterprise universe, and then because Denise Crosby wanted to come back she was condemned to a life of forced marriage and rape D: Poor Tasha. Every timeline is awful for her.

[tadex472]

i wish i coud be on starship enterprise with them !!

[OmicronTheta2338]

I don't exactly know why but, when she says to Worf "I hope I met death with my eyes wide open", that got to me and I choked up.

And, of course, what she said about Data was so true.

[GalaxyMagician]

I remember she came back as roman/human subcommander name sela

[Chocolateluvr1987]

Oh God. That funeral isn't even that sad as it's a bit soppy, but that part with Data at the end really gets to me. It's so sad and shows just how human Data is. "Have I missed the point?". Nope, Data. That's exactly what grief is. One of the best scenes on TNG ever.

[bazzatheblue]

Did they bury here in the holodeck?That could be a little awkward.

[citizenanna]

This video makes me cry like a little baby.

[Tirze]

I cry, when i saw that the first time as a child T__T

Tasha was the most Beautiful Star Fleed Officer

[DonnyWinter]

One of the BEST scenes in STar Trek ever.

[JMcH]

This is one of the best -- if not THE best -- scenes in the entire Star Trek franchise. The difficultly the actors faced filming this must've been tremendous, but they pulled it off superbly. The exchange between Data and Picard at the end tops it off perfectly.

[Peaceblossom]

@JMcH why is was it hard to film this, I forgot. i know she left the show and asked to be written off maybe thats the reason for it to be hard to film this scene?

[JMcH]

@Peaceblossom - I read an account of the production of this episode. Emotions were pretty high when Denise Crosby read her lines off-screen during the crews reaction shots and Marina Sirtis' tears were very real and not entirely acting.

[Peaceblossom]

@JMcH  Oh, ok so they were not mad at her , just sad she was leaving the show

[JMcH]

@Peaceblossom - Yup.

[AGEjiFICTION]

I would very much like to know if the track that played during this scene is on the original soundtrack, and what the title is.

[oilcan1000]

@AGEjiFICTION It is, under "Tasha's Goodbye".

[1x4]

I've always loved and hated this episode. Even now it gets me crying.

[Catandthespoon]

I can't believe she was killed by Data's massive Android cock. What a way to go...

[martinf74]

I would rather have Tasha stay on than that Lt Troy. Sorry I take that back. They should of killed the boy wonder blue

[martinf74]

I would rather have Tasha stay on than that Lt Troy.

[elijahdavidsmom]

Everyone was crying, and you could see how badly Brent wanted to cry with them. Data loved Tasha so much just in his own way. You can see it throughout the series.

[kljMN2]

@KaurkaKaymiril: me too! I can't watch this episode for the most part anymore because it's one of the saddest TV episodes I've ever seen .. I still cry too. I'll never understand why they had to kill her off!! Why not have her transferred or something?? When Data said it would be empty without Tasha, he was 1000% right. You could definitely sense the emptiness w/o Tasha. :(

[labiamajoraxx]

Data standing there alone kills me every time :-(

[cyankuruma]

I love the part between Picard & Data. Poor Data and his Pinocchio syndrome.

[onlyonetry]

is this WORF in there?? man, either this is a different actor or i watched to much ds9 lately...

[Theman122082]

@onlyonetry Nope..its always been Michael Dorn..albeit..a very youuung michael dorn...but it is him...

[JMcH]

@Theman122082 - Young and with Worf's early look. The characters' look evolved significantly over the course of the series.

[Jedibron]

@onlyonetry It is the same guy. You gotta think this was 1st of TNG so of course they would make some improvements on his makeup. Even his metal armor satchel thing changes over time. Probably due to increase in budget.

[Fimbultyr]

Picard and especially Data nearly killed me. Saddest moment in TNG so far.

(Just watching the first season)

[Bootstataboots]

What was it Picard said?

p.s. Troi's holding on the Riker's arm so much got to be annoying.

[purplezebra]

@Bootstataboots "au revoir Natasha" ... or "au revoir lieutenant" ... ?

[sdpalme]

No more rape gangs for her...

[TheBoochan82]

i think should Denise Crosby continued with the character, I could have seen her and Data hugging far more often.. And Kissing.. She brought out alot of Humanity in a very hollow hearted man.. Just the fact that He cannot cry and yet wanted to.. Still makes me cry.

[SchweitzerMan]

@TheBoochan82 Personally, I think that if they kept the character on, she would have developed a relationship with Worf. She did say that if she had more scenes like the one between the two of them at the begining of the episode, she would have stayed on.

Wish we could have seen Sela in Star Trek: Nemesis

[TheLydianRocks]

@SchweitzerMan Nobody seems to realize that she wasn't fired! she left of her own accord, nobody wanted her gone, she made a stupid career move

[SchweitzerMan]

@TheLydianRocks It was a dumb career move, one I'm sure she regrets deeply. You have to wonder what the show would have been like if she stayed on.

Personally, i don't know why people think she would hook up with Data. Why? Because they had drunk sex? Tasha didn't seem to thrilled about it afterwards so I don't think a relationship would have been in the cards

[bernhardtsen74]

she did appear on playboy whilst on the series I believe!

same season she left, so I think they wrote her out bcuz of that!

[van8ryan]

@bernhardtsen74 >> Probably not, because she kept coming back in guest roles. She would've stayed far off if that had happened. More or less, she didn't care for her role.

[bernhardtsen74]

Whoa!!!!

I forgot she came back a couple of times!

Have you seen that documentary where she is in Germany and other conventions?

[Hawkeman67]

This is a beautifully written scene

[Kuba0002]

I can see a lot of people didn´t like character of Tasha Yar, but I did. I think it was pretty cool idea to make woman a security chief. I have to admit, there were some weak moments during the first season, but it is normal when you make something new. Overall Tasha Yar was a great and it is such a shame she had to leave.

[vielgluck09]

@Kuba0002 She wanted to leave, she felt the character wasn't going anywhere - after that the writers were able to reshuffle crew roles and stuff, but I agree it was very sad the way they killed her off, but clever how they kept bringing Denise Crosby back. This ep always leaves me a little teary.

[Kuba0002]

Watching this scene after the years is still very emotional for me. It´s written really well, all she says to them and then especially when she speaks about death as the stage in which one exists only in memory of others, it´s so true.

[vengefulnoob]

Anyone else feel that tashas words to geordi are... Well bloody insensitive?!

you SEE... VISION... Etc

[duran66]

I had a hard time watching this scene.

[lalatheviper]

I remember watching this years ago when I wasn't even a Star Trek fan; Data & Picard's exchange at the end is always something that's stuck with me. It's so true.

[Iomeces]

How ironic that in this moment, Tasha would get more character development than she did in the whole rest of the season.

[cainster]

I think Tasha's death was necessary to show that Star Trek: TNG meant business. Here was a fledgling show with a lot to live up to and even more expected of it in the future if it were to continue. The show needed something to say "Yea, we're Star Trek, but we can be badass and serious if we want to. We can be that which surprises you, that which shows we've got some balls, because we're f'n Star Trek!" What better way than to kill a character off in the first season? What else comes next?

[bus114]

Anybody besides me think that one of the things that made this show get better was that Denise Crosby left it?

[fadsforwhatever]

I'm tearing up :'( Thanks for posting this. It's still a really powerful scene.

[Elfinesmom]

Data was like, "I tapped that. *sad sigh*"

[bamapagedesign]

I watched this episode last night. I never did like Tasha. I hated how she kept coming back.

[fltrking]

Is the Captain saying "Au Revoir Lieutenant" ? ... after Yar's last words

[nottelling77777]

@fltrking I think it's "Au revoir Natasha"...he is almost dropping the last "a"

[Lauranna]

I don't even watch TNG really but that scene had me close to tears. Such a shame! I always liked Tasha.

[Barneystudioz]

I remember watching this for the first time and welling up. I think her death could have been done bette rather than just a pointless death where she was flung toone side by a weird looking tar black paint monster, I do know its name by the way. Wow I haven't seen this in ages

[nicklebackfan]

This was one of the saddest scenes I have ever seen on a television program, but I guess it's supposed to be sad. And the writers and actors did a great job with it.

[pytko3]

No one who wishes to live long in Star Trek should join Starfleet Operations. The list of Red-Shirts and later Gold-Shirts, is a long one.

[gialla111]

D'awwww, this scene got to me, especially the Data moment.

[Roadracer987654321]

Killing off tasha was a Mistake. It was done out of Frustration out of behind the scenes production Problems.tasha Yar would have worked on Deep Space Nine. but no one saw ahead that far in 1988. she could have returned as an alternate Universe version stuck in this universe.

[akmusica]

I hated Tasha. I might have cheered at this point.

[SamJackShipper93]

What does Picard say at 4:49?

[NeoWolf07]

@SamJackShipper93 "au revoir natash"

i think its a choked up Natasha but who knows

[Stargirl1085]

"The gathering is concluded."

[chulk607]

Christ this was really badly done.

"She has asked that we celebrate her life with this... a holographic representation of Tasha in teletubby land."

[dabearsfan31]

Great music for this scene.

[artgal80]

*honks nose in tissue*

[georgenoory]

lol windows XP, nice background

[mikiroony]

Was this running on Windows Vista?

[godzilla74114]

@mikiroony well that explains why it was easy to break the enterprise.

[stp1429]

@TomRoykouffVideos Shut up dumb mongo clown.

[Jshaw71]

a good, great scene, for a great character, it's just too bad that Denise was so quick to jump ship from her role... my sister in law was listening to this scene and she was like, 'god that was long' i told her she was adressing her sr. staff, i think she understood... i guess some ppl just want stuff done ad over with maybe esp sense we are talking about a tv characters death, but still...

[Relugus]

Data's lines at the end of that scene have always stayed with me. When we lose someone close, our grief is at the loss of the part of ourselves that goes with them. But a piece of them also remains with us, and as long as we remember them they are with us.

[avp60685]

This was a nice video and I remember watching this episode on TV and I was so sad that she had died but this memorial service was a beautiful way to honor her memory, in some ways it reminds me of my father's memorial service because a lot of kind words were said about him and his life by so many that knew him, I miss him terribly and this episode clip makes me think of him because he is the one who introduced me to sci-fi including star trek adn star wars, i miss you daddy

love always

Alysia

[monstermayhem32]

I think it was rather and touching scene watching the funeral scene for Tasha Yar. It was interesting to see what Tasha thought of her crew mates.

[HellsOnlyBelle]

What a proper send-off to a lovely character. The perfect memorial.

"Hailing frequencies closed, sir."

I tear up every time. What a stirring line.

[Hawkeman67]

this speaks very well for those that come into our lives,, those we call friends, and what they all mean to us

[AngryOfMayfair]

I haven't seen Tasha's death scene in nearly 20 years, but I remember it being rather poignant and a well written scene.

I think her final line "Hailing frequencies closed sir", has a lovely, sad inflection to it.

She was right to leave though - think of the character in "Galaxy Quest" that Sigourney Weaver played and you can see why Denise Crosby decided to leave.

[stupedpindos]

whoa it's windows XP background

[Stargirl1085]

Holy crap, I never noticed that! XD

[JDubs878]

I was a okay until Tasha says "Hailing frequencies closed sir." and then you see the sadness and sense of loss on Picard's face. Then I started tearing up. =(

[TheLuketia4]

"You have the heart of an explorer and the soul of a poet."

Perfect.

[wlt777]

Beautiful Scene!..........For a very BRAVE, and HONORABLE officer such as Natasha Yar!........."Star Trek: TNG 4-EVER!!"

[BritishWarLord]

What a lovley funeral.

Now im going to the wake.

That should be in Ten - FOrward ahhh the future is just great... Hope they sell Quilmez Beer.

[TRAVISJAMES03]

Tasha made one of the biggest impacts on the show even though she wasn't on very long. No Tasha would mean no 'alternate' Tasha and no mysterious Sela....

[gianderosa1990]

Why did she have to say "hailing frequencies closed" :( really sad.

[yaltroz]

She said that because with her position she also handled the comunications traffic from other ships

[gianderosa1990]

I know, just saying that it makes the situation even sadder.

[lukeslandspeeder]

the sky used to be this blue a lot of days. imagine that.

[lukeslandspeeder]

didnt they kill that tar maggot in that episode?.

[jillgivler]

lukeslandspeeder - no, they didn't kill it - they tricked it and left it behind on the planet, with buoys around the planet to make sure no one ever went there again.

[nicklebackfan]

@lukeslandspeeder No, they left it all alone on the planet and put out a travel advisory to all other ships not to stop there.

[FLAME4564]

:( such an unfortanate lost lolz i hope that Armus character burns in hell.

[deathrattlers]

armus is immortal,, cant be killed

[Diceydee]

why oh why couldn't she have taken Wesley with her?

[shinku3]

Agreed.

[Yoseph107]

Worth! we are so much alike we are both warriors, orphans who found themselves in this family! That's so touching!!!

[Qermaq]

Worth? You maybe mean Worf?

Have you ever watched the program?

[Yoseph107]

Tasha was strong, tough and

hot!!!

[nightwing4077]

Thank god that Yar died. She was a dead-weight to the show.

[lukeslandspeeder]

actually the sky in this looks like it used to look. now its all faded pale blue.

[gaararulz5]

it look like wesley was going to start bawling when she talked about him i just wanted to hug him right there he is so cute

[GotenMaxwell]

Holodeck brought to you by Windows.

[potter4president]

the background behind yar looks like the background in windows xp

[computerexpert3]

yeah lol

[KaurkaKaymiril]

When I saw the episode, this scene had me bawling. Years later, out of context, it still brought a few tears to my eyes.

[lukeslandspeeder]

so are you.

[lukeslandspeeder]

prob. i know it isnt blue like that anymore.

i keep waiting for it to be since springs here agn but it hasant been for the last 10 years.

its always a milk white sickly blue. i remember it being even bluer than this a lot of days. royal deep blues after storms a lot also. all gone now. along with the glowing air sunsets etc. all gone. 1987-1993 had some beautiful skys and sun.

[lukeslandspeeder]

maybe. it dosent mean that much to me. i was sad when the show aired and i watched that night she died. sad to see her leave the show. thats about it.

[lukeslandspeeder]

she didnt leave shes on all the dvd"s. so to bad.

[MisterBouncyBounce]

if it means that much to you. don't you think the characters started to hit their stride with the reshuffling her departure made possible?

[LearaWind]

Т_Т she was great, it's a pity, that she died(

[lukeslandspeeder]

she know almost all on the ship. remember the ship is basically a city community in space.

[lunaseraph1]

didnt she get to know anyone else on that ship? exclusively the senior staff? i always wondered about that.

[lukeslandspeeder]

wow.. i just noticed the sky looks blue like it used to in this video.

go outside now, its a milk whitish blue everyday.

[joshortiz543]

yah its our atmosphere degrading

[PorscheGTS]

That was camera number two in that car.

I am a profesional driver. Your SLUT MOTHER is a goober smacking WHORE!!!! What kind of car do you drive Star Wars Loving HOMO!!!

[lukeslandspeeder]

shutup fool.

[loqutor]

What she said to Data was probably the best possible thing she could have said to him.

[knightryderrwn]

loqutor,

I'd tend to agree with that - and, Data's expression seems to say, "that's the nicest thing anyone could ever say to me!"

[place910]

she will live forever in our minds and in our hearts :-)

[MisterBouncyBounce]

not mine, tng was much better without her. now lets remember that we are only talking about a fictional character dying and not denise crosby.

[RMSTitanic87]

Tasha rest in peace!

[lukeslandspeeder]

xp is the best anyways. internet explorer 8 wont even open in 20 secs. vista?. nah ill pass.

[Danny77uk]

OMG They're running WIndows XP!

[rlang23]

haha they really are!

[Brac1]

Not having a go at Denise Crosby at all, but anyone know why she left?

[Danny77uk]

She was sick of having such a minor part. She was originally intended to play Troi!

[Brac1]

Ahh okay. Cheers.

[edsxerdvyhnjjjjm]

I hate Wesley Crusher.

[nicklebackfan]

@edsxerdvyhnjjjjm So did a lot of fellow cast members. He was a real spoiled brat on the set from what I have been told.

[wlt777]

A very, very SAD and HEART-WARMING scene. "TASHA YAR FOREVER!!"

[lukeslandspeeder]

they were able to do it because the show is a lot more than a bunch of people just riding around in a spaceship. meaning the show has a lot more meanings below the surface that are about us as beings. current and future tense. and the shows people were tatelnted anyways. one idea is that there isnt any money in the future. the first step in the right direction.

[ILoveTeaDogs]

I am so surprised that they were able to do the cloud, grass, & Tasha part with the more limited computer special effects than we have today. The group shots are done on a sound stage with the tree but when whe see the recording (esp. when Picard is standing at the start of the clip) we can tell it's on a green screen. I'm not trying to offend because they are still really great.

[lukeslandspeeder]

i watched the first show that summer of 1987. dammit i cannot believe its been that long ago...but was like yeaterday... that was a totally different time though..a good time... it used to be so nice feeling in the evenings. sigh.

where did that go?........

[dens85]

where is the quality of such episodes. i loved it.

everything now is so fast, unreal en fucked up.

[CaptainPositron]

The first time I saw this I thought they buried Tasha in the holodeck.

Just imagine what would happen every time they turn it off!

[samsticka]

At 4:48 Picard says "Au revoir, Natasha" under his breath.

[MurasakiYugata]

"My friend, Data, you see things with the wonder of a child. So, given that I fucked your brains out, does that make me some sort of pedophile?"

[blade57hrc]

LMAO

ROTFLMFAO!!  That's great, MurasakiYugata!!