Object

Small Table With Tea

A modest, unassuming small table stands in the warped corridors of the Enterprise, bearing a delicate tea service. This quiet setting frames a haunting, surreal encounter between Captain Picard and the apparition of his deceased mother as she calmly prepares tea. The table and tea symbolize a fragile island of comfort and emotional connection amid the disorienting and unstable reality surrounding them, grounding Picard in a fleeting moment of personal intimacy and nostalgic warmth.

4 appearances

Purpose

Serves as a physical and symbolic focal point for Picard’s intimate, spectral reunion with his mother, offering a calm ritual that contrasts the surrounding metaphysical chaos.

Significance

Represents comfort, emotional tethering, and the fragile boundary between reality and illusion, highlighting Picard’s internal struggle and vulnerability during a surreal crisis aboard the Enterprise.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

4 moments

S1E6 · Where No One Has Gone Before

Fleeting Warning and Surreal Reunion in the Corridor

The small table serves as the intimate setting for the surreal encounter between Picard and the apparition of his mother. It holds the tea service, symbolizing a fragile anchor of normalcy and maternal comfort amidst the corridor's unsettling and shifting realities.

Before: Stationary in the corridor, bearing an arranged tea service.

After: Remains in place, continuing to symbolize a momentary refuge from chaos.

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S1E6 · Where No One Has Gone Before

Picard’s Haunting Encounter with His Mother Amid a Shifting Reality

This small table acts as the physical setting where Mother Picard’s apparition brews tea, symbolizing a fragile moment of calm and personal connection for Picard within the chaotic, shifting reality of the Enterprise corridor.

Before: Set up with tea, positioned in the corridor awaiting the apparition’s presence.

After: Left undisturbed as a quiet marker of the surreal encounter.

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S1E6 · Where No One Has Gone Before

Picard’s Haunting Encounter and Riker’s Disruptive Arrival

The small table in the Enterprise corridor serves as the intimate and surreal setting upon which Mother Picard brews tea, symbolizing a fragile island of comfort and maternal connection amid the disorienting mental chaos enveloping the ship.

Before: Set in an empty Enterprise corridor, ready to hold tea service.

After: Remains in place as the backdrop to the apparition and Picard’s emotional exchange.

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S1E6 · Where No One Has Gone Before

Picard Confronts Illusions and Commands Red Alert

The modest small table in the corridor physically holds the tea service during the apparition scene, grounding the surreal encounter in a tangible object that bridges memory and present reality.

Before: Set in the corridor, supporting the apparition’s tea ritual.

After: Remains in place as a quiet witness to the unfolding mental destabilization.

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