Being a Betazoid on a ship full of humans is exhausting. Do you know how LOUD your thoughts are? Every single one of you is thinking about lunch. Every. Single. One. #LwaxanaTroi #HumansAndTheirStomachs #AllStarTrek #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #TNG #StarTrekDS9 #DS9 #Mastodon

In #StarTrekTNG's "In Theory", due to small spatial deformations in the Mar Oscura nebula, which also form in the ready room, all the items on Picard’s desk fall to the floor, including his crystal. The first items he picks up when he puts everything back into its place are his Bodum tea cup and tray - not the crystal! 😲😋

In this iconic shot from #StarTrekTNG's "The Best of Both Worlds II", Riker enters the ready room and sees Picard's empty chair – the Captain has been assimilated by the Borg and now is Locutus. Everything is neatly arranged on the desk, including the crystal. It was only one episode earlier when Picard played with it for the first time telling Riker to take command of the Melbourne. Now, Riker commands the USS Enterprise-D – this is his desk and he has to make the tough decisions. 🧵 1/3

Red cylindrical light columns, no doubt rented from Modern Props back in the day, appear for the first time on the Romulan warbird in #StarTrekTNG in "The Mind's Eye"⬆️ . These futuristic columns will reappear in many later #StarTrek episodes, the first one that comes to mind is "A Matter of Time"⬇️.

As Picard sits alone in his darkened ready room in #StarTrekTNG's "Booby Trap", as the aceton assimilators have drained the ship of all its power, he has to decide whether or not to follow La Forge’s plan and turn control over to the computer – a decision weighing heavily on him. Notice how in these shots, the very prominent crystal is a source of both clarity and light. I love this shot!

#StarTrekTNG's "The Dauphin" is the first time the ready room crystal is properly seen on its own and it is really set in scene here. While Picard and Troi are discussing how dangerous Anya is, the camera, which is located in front of the rounded end of the ready room desk, slowly moves from left to right, always keeping the focus on Picard and Troi. 🧵 1/2