What a breath of fresh air to have a leader who cared about the ethics of what he said! The result was eloquence. Seriousness. Intellect. The character of Jean-Luc Picard, which Patrick played brilliantly, was the antithesis of many of our leaders today.

Beverly: “So he’s a ghost now?” ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

For anyone else who might not look at the byline: The whole thing is written by Gates McFadden. I expected some preamble from a Variety writer and was confused by the opening paragraph.

Dammit! This is going to be my third ugly cry today 😭😭😭

Drink some water folks

I haven’t met them all, but of the main cast I have met (her, Dorn, Burton, Spiner) she was the loveliest person of the bunch. Reading her heartfelt sendoff comes as no surprise given what extremely little I know of her.