Best "Star Trek" captain?

There is some thought that Ziggy may actually have been a digital implant, driving Archer to insanity in preparation for a Cylon invasion of Federation space :D

It's Picard for me. Then Kirk second; then Archer, Sisko and Janeway a close joint third
 
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You Captain Sam Beckett ? Leaping from command chair to command chair, putting right what once went wrong. Hoping the final leap will be the the leap home.:D But the funny thing is that, AL was absent.:unsure:
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Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell actually got together again in Star Trek: Enterprise 1.21, "Detained". ("Star Trek: Enterprise" Detained (TV Episode 2002) - IMDb)
As I recall, it was one of those special cross-series moments, as Stockwell joined Bakula in an interrogation room. They exchanged a brief look which seemed to say: "Hey! Don't I know you from somewhere?" :D


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Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell actually got together again in Star Trek: Enterprise 1.21, "Detained". ("Star Trek: Enterprise" Detained (TV Episode 2002) - IMDb)
As I recall, it was one of those special cross-series moments, as Stockwell joined Bakula in an interrogation room. They exchanged a brief look which seemed to say: "Hey! Don't I know you from somewhere?" :D


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That episode had to happen. That or suffer two fandoms rioting at once.
 
What about when Gul Dukat went undercover, pretending to be a Romulan officer? :p
 
Captain Christopher Pike's stock has curtly gone up quite a bit after season 2 of Discovery :cool:
 
Yep, voted Picard eleven years ago, and see no reason to change my mind...:)
 
pike,i like to seen Stewart as data next thread if actors in star trek had different:cautious: roles.
 
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Janeway tried to be an understanding feminist
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I can't believe I made such a stupid and ignorant comment. I guess it was casual sexism I make more of an effort to be mindful of and avoid these days. Anyway, simply put, Janeway is the best developed captain in the franchises - she constantly battles trying to be a good leader with understanding of her crew, especially shown when they let her down, and it really underlines both her humanity and her authority.

Picard used to be a favourite, but then I watched the next gen series earlier this year and while he is a great captain by season 5, in seasons 6-7 he starts to become "the man" - stern and unfeeling toward other crew. This is exemplified when he sends Ensign Ro undercover with the Maquis, and when she's uncomfortable with this he quietly threatens to court martial her and kick her out of Starfleet. There are also multiple instances throughout the series where Picard refuses to save lives on account of the Prime Directive, and only does so begrudgingly after his crew undermine him.

Sisko is just a thug, whose first response when first with a problem is to want to punch it. His second, to shout at it. He's just an angry man with little ability to think his way around things.

So, yes, Janeway is consistently good when it comes to leadership qualities and easily the best captain to serve under. :)
 
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Our memories of TOS are weird. Red Letter Media in one of their recent episodes made a good point that many of the qualities we ascribe to him - Shatners. Broken. Delivery, or Kirk kissing all the girls - aren't as present on watching the series, but seem to have been formed from parodies or one off iconic events. I think Shatner, the man, also gets confused with Kirk, and some of the former's personality flaws.

Kirk was far less of a jerk than people make out he was.

He didn't have the patrician liberal / aesthetic sensibilities of Picard, but he was a humanist, not the meat head jock of Kurzman Trek. The key to TOS was the comradeship between Spock, Bones and Kirk. Onscreen, at least, Kirk "wins" hands down for his warmth. Movie Kirk or TMP or WOK are the ones that I most like as a person.

Its intriguing the way the captains, kind of encapsulate elements of their times. Kirk is a rugged wild-west individualist. Picard is the face of the nineties rules-based world order - you can imagine him at the UN eloquently arguing a human rights case. Sisko introduces Clintonian / Bush era cynicism. Janeway was initially a harder Picard, but she became warmer as the series progressed.
 
I suspect that Kirk would have gone over to the Maquis.

Having watched DS9, whilst it does improve with the introduction of Worf, pretty much all of the best episodes are those concerning the Ferengi; whilst those are (presumably) meant to be the 'light relief' episodes away from some of the more intense action, I don't think that they were meant to be the driving force behind the series. I also disliked the overall storyline of the 'emissary' arc, the shapeshifting Odo backstory (which seemed a poorer substitution of the Data arc from TNG), and the last episode was one of the poorest endings of any Trek series. as I said, I do think that the introduction of Michael Dorn really gave the series the kickstart it needed.

But back to the OP, one thing that annoyed me about Sisoko was his dislike of the Maquis. When he had had first hand experience of the Cardassians, you would have thought that he would have gained a little more understanding of them. Janeway came to work and trust them, and Kirk more than likely would have become one. Picard I feel would have turned a blind eye to some of their more 'worthy' activities, but Sisoko had no time for them at all.

Who's my favourite captain? As I've said before I would say Picard, because he features in some of the best episodes and his backstory seems to go in more directions than some of the others. But I think that the one most capable of getting out of a tight scrape is probably Sisoko; he seems to have more of a 'succeed at all costs' attitude than any of the others.
 
DS9 is by far the Best trek Series nd Benjamin Sisko is the best Star Trek Captain

My favourite DS9 episode In a Pale Moonlight. :cool:
 
The best part of Discovery was Gabriel Lorca...
 
I've seen all Star Trek incarnations up to and including Voyager. Each series had its appeal - partly due to the gradual development of the 'core crew' characters, but also because each captain gave a particular flavour to their ship and to the situations depicted. The writing for each series reflected prevailing attitudes at the time. So the original ST had a rather swashbuckling, macho, oddly-naval Kirk, with sexist attitudes and a pugnacious approach. Picard, 20 years later, was sophisticated, educated, cultured, philosophical. He sorted things out by reason and creative thinking, always considering human (and alien) rights. He was, in effect, an embodiment of the United Nations we all wish we had: an organisation with respect and legal powers - but also the ability to take military action when needed. So Picard absolutely gets my vote.
 
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