Sarek the Bitter

Picard didn't realize Sarek was just getting old and bitter. Mark Lenard, Patrick Stewart Star Trek TNG.

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Comedy

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• Sarek

[kendrawhisp]

lol I wonder if people watching this ever watched Star Trek.Sarek was NOT being a bitter old man!HE's suffering from an incurable disease that affects his mind and ability to control his emotions,he's got over 200 years of suppressed feeling pouring out of him.And all he wants to do is finish this mission and bring peace to a war torn world. And Vulcan's are ALL closet Psycopaths, paranoid, angry, passionate people, yet they master their emotions,THAT is the ENTIRE point and their Beauty.

[Craydon]

Picard's luck he didn't rip his cold bitter(mechanical) heart out in his crazy frenzy. Everyone forgets how strong Vulcans are.

[cockadoodydoo]

Mark Lenard was one of Trek's most underrated actors. Like Patrick Stewart, he was classically trained, had decades of film, theater and television experience behind him and could provide an emotional performance just as easy as if he was eating a cheese sandwich. The man had POWER, STYLE, TALENT and left this world way too soon. He played multiple roles in his career but I will never read about, see or hear about Sarek without thinking about Mark. RIP you wise old man, live long and prosper.

[throatgorge2]

Mark Lenard was my dad's friend in college where they acted on stage together. I fondly remember this as the most moving performance I've ever seen on Star Trek. Me and my dad watched it together. I actually cried.

[iankyoko]

@normviewer Yes it is so sad. I have read a few novels about Sarek since seeing this episode and gotten close to the character. In one of the novels the storyline is that the disease he has is not a natural disease but a condition that has been induced by being continually poisoned over years by an adversary. So his condition is not natural at all.

[esisolina1]

How nice is to see Sarek again, an old friend. The father of great Spock :)

[DeepSkyro]

it is illogical, illoggicall, illooggicallll

[MinWilliamJosephWWM]

"So human"

[normviewer]

This makes me want to cry. Poor Sarek!

;(

[Simoneallen1]

A good point very well made - it's not a lack of emotions it's a control of very deep emotions and this is a Vulcan trying to cope with their version of Alzheimer's. I thought this story was so well done and very moving. Mark Lenard was a great actor.