Did Tiger Woods ’ public apology result you unsatisfied ? Maybe the sports caption should have borrowed a routine from Lt . Commander Worf , the Tenth Doctor and other great apologizers from science fiction .
Star Trek : The Next Generation is full of apologies – every other episode ends with a mea culpa . Picard frequently apologizes for misapprehend some strange fresh life form and endangering it in the process . But Worf is the best apologizer out there – he ’s always overstepping his bounds , whether it ’s killing the Klingon Chancellor , participating in a witchhunt against a half - Romulan crewmember or going AWOL . And you have n’t really heard an apology until you ’ve listen a Klingon apology . deplorably , this is the only one we could retrieve online :
Doctor Who is like a master form in apologia , and no Doctor was better at take on fault than the late departed David Tennant . Wecompiled a videoof all the many metre he said “ lamentable ” during his run , although we should update it to include his last couple of episode ( plus Sarah Jane ’s wedding episode . ) For now , here ’s the somewhat uncomplete version :
https://gizmodo.com/were-sorry-to-see-david-tennant-go-a-video-tribute-5318093
Ender ’s Game by Orson Scott Card has a sort of backhand apology from Mazer Rackham : “ If there was something wrong , we did it . ”
lose has lot of apologies , too – particularly from Jack , aka Guilt Guy . His most lachrymose , and heartfelt , apology , may have descend in episode 20 , “ Do No trauma , ” when he apologise to Boone for failing to save him :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkOX6watD3I
Silent Running sport some pretty tearful , excusatory moments from Bruce Dern , peculiarly when he pronounce goodbye to Dewey :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji67t8xJF-s
The Honor Of The Queen by David Weber : Yanakov is very graceful in justify for treating Admiral Courvosier ’s gang badly , especially the women , and his people are n’t really the boor that everyone thinks they are .
Star war : Revenge Of The Sith does n’t have too many moments of genuine emotion or character development , but this one , where Anakin apologizes to Obi - Wan for being such an asswipe , is one of them . It ’s a surprisingly devout and overnice apologia , consider what happens afterwards :
Babylon 5 boast Captain Sheridan ’s awe-inspiring apology to the Centauri ( via TVTropes ):
I apologize . I ’m … sorry . I ’m sorry we had to defend ourselves against an unwarranted attack . I ’m dismal that your crew was unintelligent enough to dismiss on a station fill with a quarter million civilian , including your own people . And I ’m sorry I look as long as I did before I blew them all directly to hell ! … As with everything else , it ’s the thought that counts
The Gone aside World by Nick Harkaway ends with a adorable bit where Gonzo and the principal character rationalise to each other : “ I ’m blue I shot you . ” “ I ’m not sorry I exist . But I ’m lamentable I did n’t realize sooner what was happening . ” And then they bosom . It ’s really overnice , especially total after all the book ’s final revelations , which I wo n’t spoil here .
give thanks to Pat Cadigan , Sabrina , Hillary Dixon , Josh Wimmer , Chris Hsiang , Niall Harrison , Rus McLaughlin , Shahn Serena Dickson , Paul Riddell , Ken Applebaum , Micky Shirley , and anyone else we forgot !
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