# You're a bridge officer on the ENTERPRISE. In what episode do you say, "Screw this, I'm going home?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677 "2013-10-30T20:10:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/41 "2013-10-31T12:57:11Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > But dude, she’s a robot! > [@simster](#): > > yeah - a _ **girl** _ robot I’d want to see how she’s programmed before I make any final decision. :o ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/42 "2013-10-31T13:30:44Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > … > \*([Murdered and unavenged](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Leslie_Thompson) cube, at that. That ever bother anyone else?) What bothered me was when he crushed the cube it was obvious that Kirk was rooting for the other guy crewman to be the one killed. When the guy survived instead of her it was supposed to be more tragic. I remember thinking when I was a kid “Why is the girls life more important?” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/43 "2013-10-31T13:43:08Z")
I’m out the second they tell me I have to wear a skant. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/44 "2013-10-31T13:46:58Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > There’s several references to money in TOS. Kirk at least once tells Scotty that he’s earned his pay for the month, and obviously the likes of Cyrano Jones & Harry Mudd were not running scams for yuks. [Foghorn Leghorn]I say… I say… That was a joke, son.[/FL] ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/45 "2013-10-31T13:54:01Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > If I were assigned to the _Enterprise-D_, I’d resign my commission the moment I learned they were allowing children on board. hijack: Speaking of this, if you recall the “Encounter at Farpoint” episode, Data has to explain to Riker (granted, it’s a device really aimed at the audience) the idea of a holodeck. You would think the prospective First Officer would have done just a little bit of research on the particulars of a Galaxy-class starship. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/46 "2013-10-31T14:07:11Z")
Mop cleanup duty for the holodeck? Bye-bye. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/47 "2013-10-31T15:13:23Z")
I recommend everyone read [Redshirts.](http://www.amazon.com/Redshirts-Novel-Three-John-Scalzi/dp/1469298872) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/48 "2013-10-31T15:14:06Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Landing party. They were called landing parties on TOS, even when they should have been called boarding parties. Aren’t they landing if they’re going on a planet though? In any case, the first time we hit a space barrier and my bud Gary gets zapped into a glowing eyed god. Screw this, I’m going home. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/49 "2013-10-31T15:24:00Z")
When _everyone_ (except for the command folks) loses Holodeck privileges after lame-ass Lt. Barclay ruins it for the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/50 "2013-10-31T15:35:41Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Aren’t they landing if they’re going on a planet though? Landing on a planet, boarding another ship. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/51 "2013-10-31T15:40:58Z")
In _ST-Voyager,_ When Janeway and Paris are turned into giant slugs, and mate . . . and I’m next in line. It’s amazing how often that one scene is the answer to so many ST questions. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/52 "2013-10-31T15:49:46Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I’m out the second they tell me I have to wear a skant. What, you don’t care for the “Magnus, Robot Fighter” look?!? :eek: :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/53 "2013-10-31T15:59:33Z")
Riker calling me “sexist” when I complain that my ugly dress uniform actually looks like a dress would piss me off too. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/54 "2013-10-31T16:08:46Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > When _everyone_ (except for the command folks) loses Holodeck privileges after lame-ass Lt. Barclay ruins it for the rest of us. I dunno. I always thought Lt. Barclay showed an extreme amount of sense. He’s seen what the holodeck can do, he’s seen way too many transporter accidents, I don’t blame him one bit! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/55 "2013-10-31T17:15:35Z")
Nearly all the crew on Voyager were ready to quit when the replicators were rationed. They had to eat Neelix’s home cooked food. The breaking point was when Neelix’s ingredients spawned some kind of bio hazard that invaded the entire ship. That’s the time to hand in your resignation. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/56 "2013-10-31T17:28:48Z")
> [@tonyfop](#): > > Really early. Episode 2: Charlie X. Dude just made a bunch of people vanish, or transformed them into lizards, and blew up a ship from just out of scanner range. It gets fixed because a bunch of near omnipotent beings have pity on us. I’m outta here. Yeah, _ **Charlie X** _, or _ **Where No Man Has Gone Before** _, or _ **The Enemy Within** _. I loved traveling to distant stars and planets for a few weeks, but come on, staying on this ship is just a death wish. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/57 "2013-10-31T17:51:24Z")
The first episode of TNG. “You mean there’s an omnipotent being that can do anything and answers to no one and plays with our lives for fun?? Screw this shit, I’m going home!” ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/58 "2013-10-31T18:28:47Z")
**shrug** I knew the job was dangerous when I took it. Regarding things like being flipped by Q into Borg space, how much of that would I be aware of if I were, say, working in the hydroponics garden? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/59 "2013-10-31T18:30:30Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > **shrug** I knew the job was dangerous when I took it. > > Regarding things like being flipped by Q into Borg space, how much of that would I be aware of if I were, say, working in the hydroponics garden? duuuddddeee - gnarly cybernetics mannnn ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677/60 "2013-10-31T18:42:50Z")
Never. Risk is our business. But on TNG, the second time Wes saves the ship and I realize that the senior officers are all idiots. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-bridge-officer-on-the-enterprise-in-what-episode-do-you-say-screw-this-im-going-home/672677.md?page=4)