Star Trek: Picard
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Hes still the same person weve known and loved over the years, but hes alsopositronic.
Now, it turns out his son has inherited the condition.
Theres no cure; eventually, Jacks overclocked brain will catch up with him and he will die.
Its a sobering diagnosis, to be sure, and Jean-Luc takes it personally.
Its hard to blame him.
Thats a bad week in anyones book!
But the team barely has time to process all this since its time to burgle the Daystrom Institute!
This episode moves the shows plot forward in averywelcome way after a couple of character- and conversation-heavy episodes.
Raffi and Worf provide the way in but not before an awkward reunion between Seven and Raffi.
Let our favorite couple have their happy ending!
), who is extremely mad at Picard.
Its more complicated than that, of course, but thats what it looks like from the outside.
He does let Picard explain himself, but it doesnt change the fact that Geordi cant help hide theTitan.
But once again, Jack Crusher arrives to save the day!
Its a beautiful piece of history and gives theTitana fighting chance.
Installation is a bit of a bear, but Geordi makes it work.
All in all, I fully enjoyed this aside.
The action is really happening at Daystroms offsite station, though.
Our beloved trio make their way through the top-secret station, passing all kinds of weird things.
They discover that the AI running the entire place is Data … or something like him.
Weve all been waiting for this big reveal.
Datas gone; who, then, would Brent Spiner be playing?
Paramount+ told us it was Lore, but I always suspected it would be something more than that.
And the reality is a bit complicated but well-executed (like everything else in this season).
I hope Kestra is all right.
Geordi says this isnt Data the android; its a Data thats something else entirely.
And because these disparate personalities havent been integrated, we have no idea what well get.
But when the synthetic is finally turned on, we get … DATA.
Its too overwhelming to put into words.
Its Data but alsomore thanData.
And he finally shows us what was stolen from Daystrom.
This all leads back to synthetic Picard.
His android status has been mentioned too often for it to be just a coincidence.
Now that we know the Changelings took Picards original body, bigger questions have been raised.
They have the fathers corpse; now the thing they want most is his son.
I just need to finish putting together the pieces.
Captains Log
Legacy Character Count: RED ALERT, WE ARE AT SEVEN OUT OF SEVEN.
Does everyone hate Chateau Picard wine?
The ships at the Fleet Museum theDefiant, theEnterprise-A,Voyager.
What I wouldnt give to walk through the Daystrom offsite station the Genesis II rig?
A TRIBBLE???
I was sad that Worf didnt allude to Jadzia when Riker asked why he doesnt jab back anymore.
I mean, the traumatic murder of the woman you love deeply would definitely alter your sense of humor.
The scene where Jack tells Jean-Luc about the good things he inherited from his father is lovely.
I loved seeing Moriarty, even for a brief second.
And the tie-in to Encounter at Farpoint made me cry.
