Q (John deLancie) is here, and that can’t be good. And judging by the state of the planet in the opening shot, it isn’t: A hexagonal grid activates over Earth to sweep what pollution it can from the atmosphere. Q…
To be honest, I’m not sure if Picard Season 1 ever completely found its footing. It had a lot of important emotional moments, but something about the pacing, or maybe something else, just seemed a little off to me. I…
“This is going to be with you a long time, Jean-Luc. A long time. You have to learn to live with it.” ~Robert Picard to brother Jean-Luc Picard, “Family” Spoiler alert: This post contains spoilers for the first four episodes…
“The Perfect Mate” (Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5, Episode 21), is infamous for two things: Famke Janssen guest stars as a powerful psychic mutant almost a decade before doing it in that other franchise, but also, less positively,…
Dear reader, Today I stand metaphorically before you with very literal excitement. Today my great work begins: the wild spewing of my own opinions with the intent of constructive criticism. As stated in my previous post, my plan is to…
In this super-sized episode, Jamala joins Jarrah and Sue to look back at the first season of Star Trek: Picard. We discuss overall impressions; new and returning characters; themes of xenophobia, mental health, queer representation, government corruption, sexuality; and SO…
Previously on Star Trek Picard: Jean-Luc Picard’s (Patrick Stewart) brain abnormality has become terminal. But he’s on one last mission to find and save androids he believes to be Data’s children. Turns out that Romulans are looking for them, too…
Previously on Star Trek Picard: Jurati wakes from her coma and confesses to what she’s done as a result of seeing the Zhat Vash ritual known as The Admonition. But she starts to reconsider her actions after meeting Soji (Isa…