Star Trek The Next Generation
Object

Brenna's Floor-Length Heavy Skirt

A dense, floor-length skirt of heavy fabric with a weighted hem and full drape, finished with a sturdy waistband and visible hooks. In the Riker quarters memory, Brenna deliberately unhooks the skirt so it catches at her ankles and then puddles around her feet as she steps out of it. The fabric reads theatrical rather than utilitarian; characters react to its removal as an explicit erotic cue that shifts tone from flirtation to embrace.
6 appearances

Purpose

A wearable outer garment providing full leg coverage that is also used deliberately as a costume/erotic prop to conceal and then reveal the wearer during a seduction ritual.

Significance

Functions as a staging device for Brenna's seduction of Riker—its unhooking and pooling dramatize consent and vulnerability, trigger intimate memory, and supply the pleasurable affect that fuels the episode's alien‑infection plot mechanism.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

6 moments
S2E18 · STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION — Up the Long Ladder
The Foot-Washing Misread — Seduction Through Two Languages

Brenna deliberately lifts and unhooks the heavy floor‑length skirt to expose her feet and legs. The skirt's removal is both a cultural invitation and erotic staging—its weight and puddle visually punctuate the transition from ceremony to intimacy.

Before: Worn by Brenna as an outer garment, covering her legs to the floor.
After: Unhooked and puddled around her feet on the quarters' floor, having been removed to reveal the petticoat beneath.
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S2E18 · STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION — Up the Long Ladder
Learning Their Language of Touch

Brenna lifts and unhooks her heavy, floor‑length skirt as an intentional erotic and cultural gesture; the skirt's removal stages exposure and signals the transition from ritual to practical intimacy, puddling around her feet and emphasizing the act of foot washing she requests.

Before: Worn by Brenna as an outer garment, heavy and floor‑length.
After: Unhooked and pooling around her feet on the quarters floor as she stands in a petticoat.
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S2E18 · STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION — Up the Long Ladder
Eve or Exile — Brenna's Reckoning

Brenna's heavy floor-length skirt becomes a deliberate prop when she lifts and exposes her hem—an erotic, tactical gesture that converts moral protest into political leverage and signals a willingness to use intimacy as bargaining currency.

Before: Worn by Brenna, draped in heavy folds at her ankles, part of her everyday attire and cultural identity.
After: Partially lifted by Brenna in a deliberate flirtatious/negotiating move; physically the skirt remains, but its use has shifted from clothing to instrument of agency.
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S2E18 · STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION — Up the Long Ladder
Brenna Claims Granger — Sealing the Alliance

Brenna deliberately lifts the hem of her heavy floor-length skirt as a flirtatious, public gesture aimed at Granger. The skirt functions as a prop of calculated seduction and social performance that transforms political negotiation into personal leverage.

Before: Worn by Brenna, heavy and theatrical with a weighted hem catching at her ankles.
After: Hem lifted during the gesture; skirt momentarily draws attention and reframes the interaction before presumably being lowered afterward.
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S2E22 · Shades of Gray
Awkward Seduction — Riker's Hesitation Exposed

The heavy, floor‑length skirt is a deliberate erotic prop: Brenna unhooks and steps out of it so it puddles at her feet, signaling a shift from flirtation to invitation and changing the scene's physical intimacy and power balance.

Before: Worn, fastened at the waist and forming a theatrical silhouette that conceals the petticoat beneath.
After: Unhooked and pooled around Brenna's feet on the floor, no longer worn as outer garment.
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S2E22 · Shades of Gray
Petticoat and Pins — Brenna's Playful Seduction

The heavy floor‑length skirt functions as a deliberate erotic prop: Brenna unhooks it so it puddles at her feet, signaling a transition from coy flirtation to direct invitation. Its removal visually clarifies the intimacy of the moment and changes the power dynamic between the two.

Before: Worn fastened around Brenna's waist, hooked and draped to the floor.
After: Unhooked and puddled about her feet; effectively removed from active use though still present in the space.
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