Star Trek: Picard Discussion (SPOILERS)

[Flying Gremlin]

Originally Posted by Zeke

I should've had more faith in Patrick Stewart.

Faith of the heart?

...I'll see myself out.

Originally Posted by Zeke

(And I was a hard sell on that, because I hate several major elements they're using here, mainly the destruction of Romulus and no followup to the hope in Nemesis's ending re: Data/B4.)

They did mention this in a couple of lines, how B4 couldn't handle the strain and just wasn't sophisticated enough. Crushing hope for the future seems to be a recurring theme of the current line of spin-offs.

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Third episode down.

- Picard's line in the sand moment, when Starfleet accepted his resignation rather than support the modified rescue plan, was heartbreaking.
- Commodore Oh might want to learn that black Ray Bans basically scream, "I'm with a secret organization! Look at meeeeeee!"
- Also, fix your pips, Oh. So annoying.
- Ugh, vaping in the 24th century.
- Does anyone else want to hug Alison Pill's character? Just me? Damn.
- The Romulans still don't believe in a stun setting. They may be overdramatic, but they're consistent.
- Hi, Hugh.
- Sad to see what former drones look like when they are not brought out of the Collective in a safe and secure environment.
- Well, Picard has his crew together now, save a few. I thought his Romulan farm hands were coming along too, but I guess not. Pity, I like the female one.
- "Engage!"

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Fourth episode down. It wasn't anything to lose your head over, like that Romulan did.

This is a lot more humbling of a show than I thought it would be.

And hi, Seven.

I have other notes - Soji's head twitch was a really nice touch, for example - but I want to have more context as the series progresses.

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So the biggest thing from this latest episode I got was that...

C/7 is not a thing!!!!!!!

Icheb is dead, as is Bruce Maddox. The former was killed by the person Seven killed, and the latter was Dr. Juroti (who seemed to be influenced to do it, I will put money down that it was Oh).

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...am I the only one watching this show?

In any case, some nice continuity nods on this one, like the Borg assimilating technology from a planet that Voyager visited in season 1 (link to the fiver because life is long and this is short).

It also seems weird to say about a Star Trek show that it was refreshing to see someone actually happy to see Picard, after so many that weren't. Hugh and Picard meeting face to face was a real treat.

[Nate the Great]

Probably, yeah.

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Pity. You would have liked the episode. Riker and Troi show up, mention the Kzinti, and show off their daughter and dead son.

...except them killing Hugh. That was wrong.