# TNG's Jellico

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** star-trek-paramount\
**Created:** [March 19, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tngs-jellico/1015843 "2025-03-19T22:08:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tngs-jellico/1015843/12 "2025-03-20T06:46:16Z")

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My opinion from 11 years ago:

> [@Death to Wesley Crusher!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-wesley-crusher/680857/55):
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> I always thought Jellicoe was misunderstood. He knew he was not going to be the permanent commander of the Enterprise. Picard’s command style is way laid back (except in combat mode). He inspires the crew to do good work just by his presence. The crew looks for ways to impress him, and they don’t need instructions. Everyone is self-motivated. But this type of command respect takes a long time to set up. Jellicoe had only a little time to complete his assignment, so he came in guns blazing. Whe…

“So how did Starfleet’s Best respond? They whined like little children denied their candy. Riker especially: “He’s not doing things the way we always did! (pout).””

from another post:

I happened to like Deanna’s character, the Goddess of Empathy, while at the same time siding with Capt Jellico that she should put a proper uniform on.

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