Star Trek: Picard
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Across three seasons, that mission didnt so much drift as grow in scale.
But does this final episode stick the landing?
Pretty much, yeah.
As it opens, however, any possibility of a happy ending seems unlikely.
(And hopefully rescue Jack in the process.)
For Picard, its personal.
For everyone else, its, well, also pretty personal.
The newly emotional Data sums it up as they approach: I hate them.
And, in classicTrekfaction, that means breaking into smaller groups.
Picard, Will, and Worf head into the cube.
(And I will make it a threesome, Worf says, by way of announcing his intentions.)
Their farewell is one of the episodes first heart-tugging moments.
Could this be the last time these characters see each other?
The look on Deannas face as Will walks away says it all.
On the cube, they find a lot of rotting Borg drones but little action.
You know that I know.
When Picard reaches Jack, its worse than he feared.
Giger creation than ever) looms over him.
Shes mostly interested in mocking Locutus, calling his arrival a homecoming.
The Borg Queen also announces that assimilation is old news.
The new Borg goal is evolution.
And it looks like that plan is working out for them.
You are the part of me that I never knew was missing, he says.
Later, they hug.
(This episode just does not let up on big emotional moments.
Wills farewell to Deanna, if anything, hits even harder: Ill be waiting.
Me and our boy.)
shortly before her cube explodes signals that this is one of thoseStar Trekinstallments.
(Even Sevens in a hugging mood when the Borg control lifts from theTitancrew.)
But theres more to be done.
That includes giving theTNGcrew some more time together and setting up future adventures.
Wills log reveals that Beverly has developed a method to eliminate Borg DNA and scan for Dominion holdouts.
Tuvok, the real Tuvok, is still alive, its revealed.
But, essentially, all is well.
One year later, the long good-bye continues as Will, Picard, and Geordi put theEnterpriseD to bed.
A bit later, Picard and Beverly escort their son to his first Starfleet assignment aboard … theEnterprise?
That looks like a setup for a whole new series featuring this crew.
(I would watch.)
They just kind of lay around waiting for someone to pick them up again.
Captains Log
Hello!
No, I am not your regularPicardrecapper (though I did cover the first season).
Im just filling in for the excellent Swapna Krishna, who was unexpectedly unable to cover this episode.
This episode pretty clearly sets up a Seven/Raffi/Jackfocused series and thats a pretty exciting prospect.
Nothing really ends or dies with this franchise, does it?
(Okay, except for Ro Laren, Capt.
Shaw, etc., etc.)
Now Qs mortality, a big part of the second season, is out the window.
Its inconsistent, but is any going to complain, particularly after a season this strong?
That said, the sudden transition to a mostly different supporting cast hasnt been without some awkwardness.
Is this the last time well see theTNGcharacters all in one place together again?
Another reunion seems unlikely, but thenthisreunion seemed pretty unlikely.
If it is the end, its a warm, affectionate send-off.
If not, lets hope the next reunion strikes as deft a balance between nostalgia and adventure.
