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Who Are Actually Star Trek's Greatest BFFs?

Steve Shives

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▶Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
2:36 - Kirk and Spock
7:18 - Data and Geordi
13:57 - Tom Paris and Harry Kim
17:44 - Archer and Trip
23:36 - Kirk and McCoy (Kelvin Timeline)
24:37 - Scotty and Keenser (Kelvin Timeline)
25:13 - Burnham and Saru
29:39 - Rutherford and Tendi
31:44 - Rok-Tahk and Murf
32:54 - Pike and Number One
35:13 - O’Brien and Bashir
44:12 - Sisko and Dax
48:00 - Conclusion
49:09 - Shoutouts, Plugs, and Announcements

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20 Comments

@Philip_Kehoe 2 years ago (edited)

The true mark of O’Brien’s friendship with Bashir is that he, as an Irishman, will sing a song as painfully English as “Jerusalem” with him.

@joelruggaber8371 2 years ago

As much as I agree that Bashir and O'Brian are indeed friendship goals, I do think you gave the short shaft to Jake and Nog. They are the only pair in Star Trek that I can think of that were childhood friends, and had that friendship grow into a life-long thing. Jake taught Nog to read and grow into more than he was, Nog taught Jake that it was ok to push the boundaries and take a risk now and again. Even in a possible future, in the episode The Visitor, they are still portrayed as life-long friends, as Nog worries about his friend. If you still want to give them the silver behind Bashir/O'Brian, I can't argue, but they deserved more than a throw-away mention.

@miguelvelez7221 2 years ago

There's best friends, and then there's "they got their own Hallmark Ornament best friends."

@SyberSmoke68 2 years ago

Another duo I was surprised you didnt mention was The Doctor and Seven of Nine from Voyager. While their pairing isnt forced down our throats as much as Tom and Harry's, it feels a lot more real and heartfelt to me, growing from a mentorship to a true friendship by the end of the series.

@jamarrbrown3608 2 years ago

Miles and Julian felt like real friends

@omgkatstephens 2 years ago

I know Steve hates Voyager, but Seven and the Doctor are close to my heart as a duo.

@themediumcheese 2 years ago

I'm pretty fond of Bashir and O'Brien, it's a fun take on the "how guys make friends when they're over 30" thing you see in TV and movies

@daniel_sc1024 2 years ago

A BFF duo probably overlooked is Bashir and Garak.
Another one worth noting, although technically not a duo, would be the very talkative and funny Morn, who seemed to be best friends with everyone he met on DS9.

@roodyroo6 2 years ago (edited)

There's a moment in series 7 ep 23, where Miles calls Julian 'Jules'. It's only brief, but I can't think of anyone else who'd be allowed to do that.
Also I love how when Julian's genetic background is revealed, the thing Miles gets pissy about isn't the fact that his best friend has essentially been lying to him for 5 years, it's that he's been letting Miles win at darts.

@Echo1988 2 years ago (edited)

"Little ship models, can you imagine?" He said sitting next to his models of DS9 and 2 or 3 different Enterprises.. 😂

@VilkataG 2 years ago

I understand the impossible task of listing all the friendships, but I really was surprised to see Picard and Guinan's friendship left out. While we see precious little of it, since Whoopi is just a glorified guest star, the friendship is well established as being absolute. I mean, it survived for centuries.

@VerityFraser 2 years ago

I grew up with TNG, and what I wanted to see more than anything was Geordi and Data doing things. I didn't care what they were doing, I just thought that two of the coolest guys (as a kid I kept saying, 'They're the smartest, they get to make the ship fly, and they're funny!') having adventures was the highlight of the show that made me a Trek fan since I was a child.

@KayleighBourquin 2 years ago

Star Trek, a political dig, a wrestling reference... all this needed was a MacGuyver reference and it'd be the perfect Steve Shives video

@itsOasus 2 years ago

Sadly, no amount of amazing bromance can save "These Are The Voyages" from being a bad series finale.

@jamesgasik3424 2 years ago

Uhura and Hemmer probably deserves mention. I know you weren't going to touch on every relationship, but in one season they really make us care about Hemmer, their relationship, and Uhura's grief feels earned and real. I might be biased, I love SNW, lol.

@geekystevencomedy 2 years ago

Honorable mention for Voyager BFF: Seven of Nine and Naomi Wildman.

@Tier1Diabetic 2 years ago (edited)

I would have been so tempted to just make it a list of the DS9 friendships. Thank you for your self control.

DS9 nailed the dynamic nature of how people feel, act, and speak. In a less good show, a character like Kira is just an angry badass with a dark past. In DS9, she is a multifacted person who loves, laughs, is great at somethings and bad at others. Sometimes she’s confident. Sometimes she’s unsure of herself. Her friendship with Dax is a completely different relationship than her friendship Sisko.

Also, she’s a fucking badass.

@magicpokey4922 2 years ago (edited)

Girlfriend and Goofriend broke me so hard! For a throwaway line I have been laughing for Fifteen solid minutes. God I love this channel so much!

@karlrobertosterman 2 years ago

Steve, It's okay to cry on camera. Be who you are, proudly.

@Mallory-Malkovich 2 years ago

As a person who definitely was thinking about that girl and her creepy imaginary friend from the one TNG episode, I appreciate being mentioned in your preamble.