re: #16 TedStriker

Although, if you think about it, Captain Jellico (Ronnie Cox) was just doing his job:

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That was an interesting point in that episode. Jellicoe is kind of a dick, but he’s also Captain. It’s HIS ship, not Picard’s anymore, and he should expect it to run as he wants it to. And the job of the XO is to make sure it does. And Riker was presumptuous and whiny.

It reminds me of “Run Silent, Run Deep”, where Clark Gable takes over a sub when the commander retires, even though everyone in the crew thinks the XO, Burt Lancaster should get command. There’s grumbling among the crew and some of the junior officers, especially when they don’t understand some of the new skipper’s commands.