Character

Slade Bender

taciturn protective insistent physically intimidating

Slade Bender arrives as a hulking, taciturn gangster who forces Captain Picard—playing Dixon Hill—into a dangerous, personal transaction: locate his missing sister Alva. He seizes Picard to demand action, presents a photograph as proof, and later reappears at Rex's bar, reaching under his coat in a defensive, threatening gesture but stopping short of violence. His single-minded insistence converts the Holodeck noir from escapist diversion into a concrete lead that propels the episode's plot and anchors the captain to a real-world moral obligation.

7 appearances

Organized crime / street-level coercion

Also known as: Slade

Slade Bender's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

7 moments

S2E19 · Manhunt

A Gangster's Commission: Slade Hires Dixon Hill

Controlled simmering intensity — near-anger used as leverage, but primarily driven by insistence and anxiety about Alva's disappearance.

Slade enters the office, fills the doorway with his presence, interrupts with curt questions, grips Picard's arm and shirt to demonstrate seriousness, demands the finding of his sister Alva, produces …

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S2E19 · Manhunt

Crisp Bills, Concealed Barrel

Determined and impatient; pragmatic about payment and focused on the need to recover his sister, with an undercurrent of urgency.

Slade produces several crisp hundred-dollar bills, pokes Picard to emphasize seriousness, promises more when his sister Alva is found, then exits. His departure and heavy footsteps catalyze the immediate ambush …

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S2E19 · Manhunt

Chandlerland Ambush — Picard Shot Point‑Blank

Practical and focused on the transaction — he is determined, impatient, and confident the payment secures Picard's services; he appears unaware of the imminent threat behind him.

Slade Bender appears at the event's opening beat, produces payment for Picard and leaves through the Exit; he is not present for the later gunfire but his presence and reason …

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S2E19 · Manhunt

Noir Respite Cut Short

Angry, threatening, and impatient — uses physical intimidation to compel answers and expresses disbelief at perceived delays or incompetence.

Arrives behind Picard, violently spins him around, grabs his shoulders and presses him aggressively for information about Alva, asserting he has paid money and demanding results with a murderous stare …

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S2E19 · Manhunt

Nose-to-Nose: Slade's Paid Threat

Angry and menacing; driven by impatience and a readiness to use physical intimidation to compel action.

Slade materializes behind Picard, violently spins him nose-to-nose, grabs his shoulders and stares murderously at Rex; he presses a blunt, monetary-backed demand about his missing sister and asserts he has …

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S2E19 · Manhunt

Dixon Hill: Calm Hand on a Loaded Moment

Agitated and wounded — a mixture of fear, anger, and desperate protectiveness over his missing sister.

Sits beside Picard at the bar, grows steamed and suddenly rises, reaches beneath his coat in a threatening gesture when Riker and Data enter; does not draw a weapon but …

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S2E19 · Manhunt

One Last Round — Confessions at Rex's

Anxious, urgent and edged with suspicion—fear for his sister fuels bravado that borders on threat.

Slade sits beside the captain at the bar, becomes visibly agitated, rises and reaches under his coat when newcomers arrive; he is physically checked by Picard and ultimately keeps his …

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