Object

Riker's Wine Carafe (Riker's Quarters)

A small clear carafe of wine—low‑necked and hand‑held—sitting on Riker's counter and used to fill two glasses. The vessel holds deep red wine, its glass catching room light as Riker lifts and pours in a deliberate, rehearsed gesture. Brenna watches the pour; the carafe functions as both utensil and piece of stagecraft within the apartment's intimate setting.

2 appearances

Purpose

To contain and be poured from, serving wine into glasses for a shared drink.

Significance

Acts as a prop in Riker's manufactured romantic routine: pouring wine into two glasses frames his attempted seduction, underscores the mismatch between artifice and direct invitation, and marks the moment his practiced performance yields to genuine intimacy.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S2E18 · STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION — Up the Long Ladder

The Foot-Washing Misread — Seduction Through Two Languages

The wine carafe is used as a practiced prop: Riker pours two glasses to supply a polite, shipboard courting ritual. It functions narratively as a mirror of his rehearsed approach that ultimately fails to read Brenna's direct cultural cue.

Before: Sitting on Riker's counter, filled with deep red wine, ready to be used.

After: Partially emptied (two glasses poured); remains on the counter as an offered but underused romantic prop.

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S2E18 · STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION — Up the Long Ladder

Learning Their Language of Touch

The clear wine carafe is used by Riker to pour two glasses, a conventional gesture of hospitality and seduction; its presence underscores his initial attempt at familiar, shipboard courtship which is then superseded by Brenna's cultural request.

Before: Resting on the counter, filled with deep red wine.

After: Used to fill two glasses; remains on the counter in Riker's quarters.

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