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Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 1x08 - "Broken Pieces"

Rate Episode 1x08 "Broken Pieces"

  • 10 - Fenris Rangers

    Votes: 57 24.1%
  • 9

    Votes: 94 39.7%
  • 8

    Votes: 48 20.3%
  • 7

    Votes: 19 8.0%
  • 6

    Votes: 8 3.4%
  • 5

    Votes: 6 2.5%
  • 4

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • 3

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • 2

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • 1 - Power Rangers

    Votes: 2 0.8%

  • Total voters
    237
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It's kind of funny that we have a two-parter coming up as the whole thing has felt like one big 13-part story. The first three episodes should've been a three-parter at the very least.
 
You know, with so many ancient super races in the Milky Way I wouldn’t ordinarily mind one of them being revisited, but Picard has used way more than its share of call-back chits. I’m going to over rule it. T’Kon reference bad.

That's exactly how I feel. If it was just one or two callbacks, but Picard is filled to the brim with them as it is. It makes everything feel smaller and smaller despite their universe-ending stakes.
 
The Sphere Builders from ENT had the technology to do this(more likely than not)but since they didn't take over the Milky Way Galaxy 200,000 years ago but waited until 2153 and 2154 to make their attempt I'm guessing that rules them out as a logical species to bring back.
 
You know, with so many ancient super races in the Milky Way I wouldn’t ordinarily mind one of them being revisited, but Picard has used way more than its share of call-back chits. I’m going to over rule it. T’Kon reference bad.

That's exactly how I feel. If it was just one or two callbacks, but Picard is filled to the brim with them as it is. It makes everything feel smaller and smaller despite their universe-ending stakes.


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The Sphere Builders from ENT had the technology to do this(more likely than not)but since they didn't take over the Milky Way Galaxy 200,000 years ago but waited until 2153 and 2154 to make their attempt I'm guessing that rules them out as a logical species to bring back.
Actually I don't think they did, not even close, otherwise they would have destroyed our Star instead of creating a weapon and targeting the Earth.
 
Ah. Good point.

Building huge artificial spheres that can modify the very fabric of space itself and make it uninhabitable for all other life forms in the galaxy is bad enough.
 
Plus, I really doubt he would be so blythe as to give away a major plot point like that before the last two shows air.
Not if it doesn't really matter. They are gone, who really cares who they were. If Trekkies collectively guessed right that it was Tkon, then good for us, but not much of a spoiler. Who the Big Bad is, that is the question.
 
Not if it doesn't really matter. They are gone, who really cares who they were. If Trekkies collectively guessed right that it was Tkon, then good for us, but not much of a spoiler. Who the Big Bad is, that is the question.
Even if it is TKon as I have been saying for a while the big bad may not be 0 like in the books.

I was by no means the first to say it though (no such thing as first on the internet), I saw someone else's post and went to look it up as I hadn't heard of them before, probably someone who has read the novels which I have not done.

Soon as I read the details on Memory Alpha it was clear to me it was a very good match, then I read about 0 and its ability to destroy Stars, which also matches perfectly with the unexpected destruction of the Romulus Star.

It was stated outright in the film that it was an unnatural Star death and should not be happening.
 
"The U.S.S. T'Pol has just dropped out of warp and is hailing us. What do you want us to do, JL?"
 
Chabon already confirmed that it were the Tkon who built the admonition.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/361965689575178240/688184712673492992/unknown.png

Link isn't working, but if that's the same "Were the star-moving race the T'kon mentioned in TNG?" question as earlier, then he's being coy because the questioner phrased it poorly.

Yes, the star-moving race called the T'Kon WERE mentioned in TNG.

Does that mean they are the same star-moving race PIC is dealing with? Nope.

The correct question would be "Were the star-moving race mentioned in PIC ep 8 the T'Kon previously mentioned in TNG?"

Loopholes are things you should never hand writers.
 
Very true. I am impressed, however, that Chabon and his crew know about the T’Kon Empire, Medusan navigational prowess, glommers and other obscure Trek lore. They actually seem to be aware of a large amount of canonical esoterica that I don’t think we’ve seen since Manny Coto briefly took over Enterprise.

It is...refreshing.
 
Very true. I am impressed, however, that Chabon and his crew know about the T’Kon, Medusan navigational prowess, glommers and other obscure Trek lore. They actually seem to be aware of a large amount of canonical esoterica that I don’t think we’ve seen since Manny Coto briefly took over Enterprise.

It is...refreshing.
Impossible, these people have never seen Star Trek.
 
9 for me. Some fabulous character moments - Picard speaking about Data was a beautiful scene, the holograms were hilarious, Raffi is getting better and Seven being briefly borgified again gave me chills.

However, I am bothered by the clumsy handwaving of Jurati's actions. She says sorry for murder, and everyone's fine with that as long as she hands herself in at some point? She murders her inspiration and lover to prevent hell, but will accept hell because Soji is cool? There's a vague suggestion that she was influenced by the mind meld rather than rationally considering her actions, but it's all very shallowly done.
 
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