It is much better binged. It also has distinct arcs too.
Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 3x02 - "Disengage"
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So can I ask, how how old is Jack supposed to be?
23, 24, I think we’ve discussed in the in the series.
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/ed-speleers-star-trek-picard-jack-crusher-1235532808/
23, 24, I think we’ve discussed in the in the series.
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/ed-speleers-star-trek-picard-jack-crusher-1235532808/
Folks, please stop with the S2 TNG and Naked Now guesses. That is just not realistic.
#1) Beverly would have had to immediately abonded the kid for 6-10 years to return to TNG and never tell anyone, including Wesley.
#2) Remember, Crusher and Picard are mentally linked for an entire episode. No secrets between them. It has to be AFTER that.
#1) Beverly would have had to immediately abonded the kid for 6-10 years to return to TNG and never tell anyone, including Wesley.
#2) Remember, Crusher and Picard are mentally linked for an entire episode. No secrets between them. It has to be AFTER that.
Man the Ferengi scenes were a blast of easter eggs.
Really liked the Sneed character was the early TNG Ferengi. All the way down to the fur costuming and tattoos. Also the line about nostalgia/vintage, all the while panning to the baseball and slugocola bottle. Loved it. Just a cool scene.
I am glad to see a version of the Ferengi that isn’t the DS9 comedic relief.
Really liked the Sneed character was the early TNG Ferengi. All the way down to the fur costuming and tattoos. Also the line about nostalgia/vintage, all the while panning to the baseball and slugocola bottle. Loved it. Just a cool scene.
I am glad to see a version of the Ferengi that isn’t the DS9 comedic relief.
There were at least 3 references to Picard being a synthetic in season 2.
1. Jurati told Picard he was looking positronic
2. Q refers to Picard's synthetic body in episode 2.2
3. Defibrillator sparked up when used on Picard. Implied to be because of Picard's synthetic body.
I'm not averse to spoilers and haven't seen the episode yet, but one thing someone on Reddit picked up was when they scanned Vadic's ship, it wasn mentioned that there was positronic energy and energy signatures they don't recognize. Could they be holograms (or androids), and this is where Moriarty comes in? If his storage drive that was recovered from the D was plugged in anywhere near a mainframe...it would explain so much about how Vadic knows so much. The tech is obviously around, thanks to "Doc Zimmerman" from Voyager and Moriarty is certainly smart enough to be TIIIICKED. It would also add a note to the "Trust No One" beat from Beverly.
I'm ambivalent to the whole Picard/Crusher having a kid thing. I'm more irritated at Laris getting crapped on. I like her. Wile Picard doesn't like kids, I've never seen him as one to shirk responsibility. I feel like if he knew, he would have at least offered to be involved. I'm hoping that there is more to it.
I can't wait to watch Vadic chew scenery. Tonight!
Not having seen it yet, I could be talking out my aft manifold.
I'm ambivalent to the whole Picard/Crusher having a kid thing. I'm more irritated at Laris getting crapped on. I like her. Wile Picard doesn't like kids, I've never seen him as one to shirk responsibility. I feel like if he knew, he would have at least offered to be involved. I'm hoping that there is more to it.
I can't wait to watch Vadic chew scenery. Tonight!
Not having seen it yet, I could be talking out my aft manifold.
Edit: Let me take a shot at Bev's possible rationale, here.
1) Picard & Beverly tried to be lovers after Nemesis but the relationship did not work.
2) After that, she discovers she is pregnant.
3) Telling him at that point likely means he stays in a relationship they both know doesn't work out of duty. Would he resent her? Is raising a child in that situation healthy? Plus, it is likely he would feel like she was trying to trap him. So instead, she decides to go raise the kid on her own.
Hell, he could have told her he does not want kids. We certainly know he is not confortable around them.
We'll find out more as we go. She may not have wanted to stay with HIM, either. But it is certainly a decision I can understand easily. If not necessarily agree with. Once you start down that path initially, it is a lot easier to keep going than tell the truth later and get judged by your friends like Crusher is getting judged in here.
Again, not saying her call was correct, but I can certainly see how she got to where she is.
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I already had a feeling he was Picard's son so I wasn't surprised. I prefer this over some theories about him being a clone. I'm willing to wait and see what happens before jumping to conclusions. The questions you raised above are bound to be answered so we just have to see how it plays out. Even if you end up not liking this aspect of the plot, there is more to the season
When/how was it hyped up to be the greatest ship in the fleet? They just said it had undergone a refit. I don't recall any mention of it being the greatest ship in the fleet.
Fair enough, perhaps I'm influenced by the instagram logs that said a Titan was the flagship
How can you choose which version plays?
It's kind of like that in a sense.
Episode 1 Find Beverly
Episode 2: Introduce villain and make decision about what to do with Jack.
I don't think he indicated each episode was going to be episodic.
A fun 12 MONKEYS Easter egg... One of Jack Crusher's aliases is "James Cole"... the name of Aaron Stanford's character on the show (and of course the protagonist of the 1990s film as well...).
Picard/Crusher has been a thing since TNG season 1, so I'm really not opposed to them having a child together. Unfortunately what STP season 1 established about the post NEM timeline forces it into being a bit more contrived than ideally would have been the case.
So it all comes down to what your TV make and model is, and if you are using an external device like a Fire Stick or Apple TV.
The only other 12 MONKEYS people on season 2 were Christopher Monfette (who took over as the #2 writer when Terry left) and Travis Fickett (who co-wrote the story for 204, but was listed as a consulting producer and likely developing the Witch Mountain and Bewitched projects both he and Matalas are linked to). Cindy Appel worked for Matalas before, but on MACGYVER. The name you should be worrying about in the season 3 credits is Jane Maggs (204, 206, 207), who came over from the Secret Hideout Man Who Fell to Earth project.
Season 1 was awful. This was probably the result of changing the season arc outline multiple times, and this being the least bad option to reconcile what they wanted to do at the end of the season with what they'd filmed at the beginning.
JAWS has been mentioned in interviews as influencing someone's characterization...
Plus Seven as a Fenris Ranger working with them.
Very much this. From all the end episode graphics there's likely something "medically special" going on with Jack to make him interesting to Vadic, but I think the writers will try and make the conception as grounded as possible. Post-NEM and then Crusher breaking off contact with everyone because of it makes the most sense.
Picard/Crusher has been a thing since TNG season 1, so I'm really not opposed to them having a child together. Unfortunately what STP season 1 established about the post NEM timeline forces it into being a bit more contrived than ideally would have been the case.
Unfortunately the Paramount+ app is very UN-user friendly, at least on an Android smart tv. It even locks out the screen calibration functions during playback! But, I also have an Amazon Fire Stick. I loaded the P+ app there, then can control from the Fire Stick setting if it's outputting HDR / DV or not. And since it's an external input, I can calibrate the incoming signal and punch up the brightness and color saturation.
So it all comes down to what your TV make and model is, and if you are using an external device like a Fire Stick or Apple TV.
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I enjoyed Sneed a lot too. I also enjoyed the brief glimpse at his Starfleet criminal record. Brunt and Okona are clearly listed as known associates and i *think* I see Morn & Quark too (but it’s a bit hard to discern).
Doesn't mean they never encountered the Rangers again after the first encounter he was referring to.
Shaw's less of a total dick and more likable this week. See. I knew he wasn't a total loss.
Riker's Titan was. Not this one. It is confusing. And the name implies a strong ship, not a weak one.
Riker says he is commanding the baddest ship in the fleet at the end of S1, but it is not the Titan. It is the Zheng He (spelling?).
Also, glad they kept the Ferengi design almost totally unchanged. Sure, the ears were a little more pinned back and detailed but other than that - well done.
A solid 4.
I think the situations are different He refused Picard's orders to pivot from his orders from Starfleet and go to another location for no reason. In this case, they are in a decision where they are in immediate danger and involves sending someone to be murdered. I'm sure he also knows there are no guarantees Vadic won't destroy them anyway even if they turn in Crusher. He's deferring to Picard's experience here.
I get people wanting to go back to TNG S1/S2 given the age of the actors involved. But it is the characters we have to go off of.
Jack is early 20s not early 30s. Bev was 54/55 when conceiving. Unlikely but not impossible even today. And remember Insurrection. The all had their clocks rewound a bit.
Jack is early 20s not early 30s. Bev was 54/55 when conceiving. Unlikely but not impossible even today. And remember Insurrection. The all had their clocks rewound a bit.
