Very old. Not in starred ownership. She's worried about the miseries of the past years. He drinks and much wine these days. But it would be fair to say that, deep down, Captain Jean-Luc Picard is not a real person when we meet him again in the Prime Minister Star Trek: Picard. That's not the question we should be asking, though: Is it a modified Federation instead?
That is the key question that remains between "The Memorial," PicardS a hand-drawn opening episode, hard on twists and determined to find out where the show will begin in its first season. There is also the impetus to re-introduce us to be present Star Trek in fact it hasn't been since we saw the bad footage of Will Riker and Deanna Troi on "These Voyages," the last controversial episode Business, or to speak in chronological order TrekTimeline, specifically Star Trek: Nemesis.
It is the end of the 24th century and the Federation still sounds very much backwards deadly attack by crew working on the Starfleet fleet in the Utopia Planitia on Mars. It is filled with this and that is shocking Destruction of the planet Romulus, the galaxy is in an unpleasant state of rest. And worse, one of Starfleet's most powerful players is no longer Starfleet.
Both pieces of context bind Picard we encounter in this first tragic, tired episode. He is more than just late – although, Patrick Stewart being Patrick Stewart, it almost sounds like it should action that Picard is old, the twinkle of his eyes as he dances from comical jokes to glossy speeches – but weighed down by dangers he can't defend like the Starfleet Admiral. He is, as the opening dream sequence reminds us, still unable to continue the death of Data in the Nemesis, the misery added to the City's siege and is now completely unreliable for the life to be made after the Mars attack. And so now, you are very tired and far from everything, the former captain of Business he spends his days like a vine.
Despite this fatigue, a man of principles we know Picard is he still goes on, even though he goes through his family's viney ards in La Barre, being attacked by caregivers to make sure he eats and keeps his schedules. Those caregivers, for example, are two Romulans, Laris and Zhaban (Orla Brady and Jamie McShane, respectively) – Picard's way of supporting refugees after losing their home. Those values go even further at the beginning of the episode when Picard conducted an interview with the Federal news agency to mark 10 years since the emergence of the Romulan supernova disaster — the first time he had retired.
We're here to learn, because the little Picard itself has changed, it's actually the Fed that is facing the problem that exists in this series. What starts as a headline news thank Picard for his service immediately, as he is interviewed for the obvious question after a clear question posed by his broadcaster (guest star Merrin Dungey) that presents some shocking points of view, giving us a great insight into the state of the Federation. Like Picard, we are tired and frustrated with the shocking event after the shocking event – it reminds us that with or without the destruction of Romulus and the attack on Mars, it is now over two decades since Deep Space NineDomain Battle. But while these disasters seem to have only fueled Picard's moral strength, the Federation has been broken, and turned to independent policies.
Why you should Picard immediately offered to help the Romulans escape their people, a journalist, representing the entire Federation, asks the former Admiral? For centuries they had been enemies of the Society, the cause of all parts of the conflict between their civilizations. They started out without World War, bringing only thanks to Benjamin Sisko's treachery. Why waste disposal facilities maintain their heritage as protectors of galactic civilizations if the end of life could be lost Romulan? It's scary to hear from the verbal beginning of utopia allegedly, a cool line of talk about dissatisfaction and limits our present moment on time.
It's made even more amazing as the subject of the discussion turns to Mars – much to Jean-Luc & # 39; s surprise and disappointment-Also beating a very old personal item: brought with a worse voice over 92,000 lives lost than the thought of caring nine billion The Romulan refugees were Picard's death interviewed over the death of Data in relation to his earlier notification against the ban on synthetic health. It's the emotional moment that really touches this whole episode because, all of a sudden, Picard's lump is falling, and it's not a panic, or fatigue, or anything you'd expect a retired soldier to feel right now. It reveals its love. It reveals his own rage. Asked exactly why he not only retired, but quit Starfleet, Picard complains that the organization is no longer the same work he used for all his work – cowardice, independence, charitable giving, and willing to defend his own ends, whether costly, morally or otherwise .
It is safe to say that the Picard we know and love is alive and well during this journey, but Starfleet did Star TrekOur past, even in the worst of disasters, is not the case. It stays inside, clearly – the unseen display throughout the "Memorial," with its colorful striped uniforms and beautiful glittering stars left behind. But if anything has changed in this re-think of Star TrekYour future, that even the most special utopias can refuse. Cracks have long existed. The aforementioned Deep Space Nine interrogate them all their importance, but that was during the war. That they live deep within Picard, during quiet time, is probably one of the most terrifying things the series has mentioned Star TrekFor the future.
To remind us of (and reinterpret) the epicenter of Jean-Luc Picard's heroes, the prime minister gives us his second important arc to focus on those strong morals in: the mysterious Dahj (Isa Briones). Her story coincides with the recognition at the beginning of Picard's current stable episode – a young woman chased by serial killers for unknown reasons and finding herself with great power, with skills she never knew she had. It is only Picard's fire storm to negotiate with the local clip of the episode that propels him his way (as all of a sudden, the inner feeling he finds will find answers and security with him, another secret to add him to a long list of mysteries). Meeting Dahj as he begins to gasp and panic in his vineyard, what, after finding it lost in the high etherons of the Starfleet command, restores Pitard's purpose.
It turns out that Dahj's link to Picard works much deeper than that power that was previously thought of before the show was announced that, like him, he belonged to the Borg. Inspired by another Data Dream, Picard searches through his Starfleet archives at HQ – a place he feels like a tiny home without La Barre, powerless as he is there – only to find a completed painting by a woman who looks as clever as Dahj … a painting entitled "Daughter."
Dahj is a product, and a data asset. As soon as "Remission" drops the bomb on us and Picard, another one is ready. As you can imagine PicardIt will draw a Mandalorian (or, perhaps more appropriately a Logan) and put us on the edge of Picard looking for the daughter of his deceased friend, soon after Dahj's assailants find him — the Romulan invaders, at that time — leading to the roof of the house leaving Picard attacked by a bomb blast and Dahj deadly wounded. .
Failing to protect his own Hitard is far more difficult than anything else to keep the episode from reaching him – even realizing how far his beloved Starfleet has fallen, so focused on defending his own interest has allowed Romulan to kill a waltz in his heart to kill a woman (either made secret or otherwise way) in the light of day. However Picard it is impossible to bring a twist as it sets what we can expect with the show going forward. No longer content, as the Federation has been frustrated, to sit aside after Dahj's death, Picard puts himself in a position to find out who the real cause of his murder was. He heads to the premier scientific research center – promising to ask its scientists whether this high-tech lifestyle was just invented, especially in a country where any form of life has been practiced for years.
Here the episode concludes with one final, attractive idea. Meeting with frustrated synth researcher Agnes Jurati (Alison Pill), Picard learns that someone like Dahj shouldn't have been there for at least another thousand years, much to the dismay or worry of his former boss, Bruce Maddox, a heinous name. that will have many TNG fans get discouraged. But the fact that what he did (or at least did) is proof that Data's mind, his android context – or, to give us Star Trek The technobabble term, his positronic neural net – did not survive in some way, but multiplied to create a new synthetic life. Jurati believes that only Maddox was able to do so, sending Picard in search of the man who had been trying to deny the right to data.
But he also gives Jean-Luc another shot unconsciously: If Maddox's ideas were true, Jurati insists, this would have been created as a couple. Dahj has a sister in danger as suddenly as he was, his sister Picard now who can't despair. A sister named Soji (played by Briones), who reads at the scene, is surrounded by Romulan threats – the scientist has no idea what he is like, his colleagues returning the remains left Borg Cube. It turns out that it was him, not Dahj, who was following us inside PicardThe pre-release release, and the feeling of Picard's performance now, not just on the discarded behavior of Starfleet but by one of his elderly friends, is going to save him.
It's an exciting premise – one that is concerned with the proximity of Picard's relationship with Data, but also the less obvious one about the Federation and its values on a larger scale. But in all its twists and turns, in all its need to invent something new Star Trek very, PicardThe opening one makes one powerful thing very clear: Times have changed, but Jean-Luc Picard has certainly not changed.
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- It is definitely an intriguing genre of how quickly this episode falls apart for decades guess whether or not Data has successfully transferred its memory to the B4 body before its death Nemesis. You can see why, if you think about the case of Dahj and Soji. And yet, having Doctor Jurati cut right away to cook Picard's questions so with a very clever scientific version of "yeah, nah" was very funny.
- Talking about it! Rusty fans probably don't have it he stared again for a moment, or those to come Picard new, you may not remember that Bruce Maddox is a very important name in Star Trek when it comes to Data and synthetics together. An important figure in the article "Measure of a Man," was Maddox's refusal to accept the data from Starfleet Academy as a reason to put the article forward in terms of android rights. The data eventually came in contact with Maddox after the initial disagreement, encouraging Maddox to continue his research on androids. Happily, Maddox, who initially denies the data-set personality and specific personality, can now be the key to the one we inhabit.
- I never particularly liked that DiscoveryThe title's ending ended with a recap of the original series – it sounds out of place, almost a reminder that yes, it was intent on What You Know. However PicardAn exciting piece of string is not only beautiful – it's pretty close to this kind of story – but it feels done by its rendering of the ventilator TNG theme at last. The fan service is not only mentally here, it's given the context of the show, but it's also a really great musical reminder of Jean-Luc's masterpiece, the right context.
- I'm going to call you now: I really love Laris and Zhaban so much that I came out of the show when they were discovered by Tal Shiar (those secret Romulan cops, who are shady in their shade Trek activities) or something. I have given the most used Romanian couples who are more than eye-catching because a) they are the only ones who call Picard without him, b) they are Romulans. They are my favorite new characters so far and I hope that, even if the trailer walkers made it look like they didn't meet Jean-Luc on the go, we see many of them walking in line.
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