Picard Episode 5

[lightofdaye]

Notes written as I went


Killing people off, and recasts as well. Boo!

Okay I like Seven, she’s different but it’s been decades and she has gumption without being overly harsh as some of the new characters were (understandably). Picard treats her with genuine respect, that is something I love to see in cross-series interactions.

I’m not a big Voyager fan but I did watch a lot of it before the internet told me how bad it was and while Picard the show should stand on it’s own, darn if I don’t want some post-series gossip about the Voyager scene.

Oooh, no. Jurati was that close to Maddox?

Ha, holo-spam, reminds me of Futurama. And corporate capitalism still exists. Freespace feels a literal derivative though, like Megacity or Blade runner or something.

Quark reference! He must still be in business. And Picard’s french accent is hilarious.

Not happy to loose Raffi, if indeed we are. And wow, it looks like her issues with Picard are married with her own kid. Interesting.

I think someone should have given Agnes a bit more of a pep talk or a even a lesson in transporter operation before her big moment.

The final scene between Seven and Picard was great. Her revenge less so.

Oh Jurati, saw that coming. Her talking to Commodore Oh and then just turning up during the Tal Shiar raid was hella suspicious. But how can she get away with it?

Also Rios’ EMH has a serious lack of backbone.

This episode had great bits but I’m still not liking the grimdark bits. I really, really, really hope there is some kind of reconstruction of hope/valour/decency coming.

Seriously Picard’s principles and ethics being proved right has to be the take away in the end here, right?

Comments

[pauraque]

I would be very surprised if honor and decency didn't prevail in the end somehow. There's always been a certain tension about how Star Trek is written... Roddenberry's core vision was of a future where people work together in harmony. So then how do you write stories for that universe? Stories need conflict, and having the good guys fight external enemies and never each other (or themselves) can get stale and make the characters seem unrealistically perfect. But however much you pull in the direction of making things darker and more conflict-laden, you can't completely snap the rubber band and never return to harmony as the underlying theme, or it just wouldn't be Star Trek anymore. I would find it shocking if the writers of this show didn't know that, but we will see!

[lightofdaye]

i mean you're were right of course and I didn't t hink you were wrong at the time but the grim dark has felt gratitious at times.

Now episode 8 without mentioning spoilers made me feel a lot better in that regard.

[pauraque]

I thought of you when I watched that scene. :)