Look what we found in the tank...

So, because I’m dying to talk about this scene and I don’t know how to take screencaps from a Blu-Ray, here are four pictures I took on my phone of my TV screen while watching the Riker and Troi deleted scene from The Best of Both Worlds.

You guys, THIS SCENE. It’s possibly the most perfect moment that ever happened between these two, and it was deleted.

It’s set during the second half of the two-parter - Will calls Deanna to his ready room to ask how the crew are reacting to the captain’s assimilation.

What’s beautiful about this scene is it illustrates perfectly how their relationship works both personally and professionally, and both actors are really selling it. They’re looking into each other’s eyes almost the whole way through and you can feel how much they care about each other, how worried they both are about each other.

He calls her there ostensibly to talk about the crew’s well-being, but they barely touch on it before she’s moved the conversation around to his feelings, because they both know that’s why he really called her there - because he needs help to do what he’s doing and she’s the person to give it, because of their friendship and because of her professional expertise.

You know what, here’s a transcript:

Season 2, Episode 12, The Royale

Riker and the away team have all but disappeared, just, blipped off any radar screens and no way of communicating but Deanna can still feel what Riker is feeling????

She can still feel him and his thoughts????

Hello?????

Pleats and Thank You

The Ultimate Floof

Drunk at a Job Interview

Harlequin Novel Hero

Sad in Plaid

The Red Speedo™

College One Night Stand Who Won’t Wake Up and Leave

Washed Up Iowa State Track Star

Vice Documentary Series Host

Bonus: They Didn’t Tell Me He Was Hot

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