Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 3x04 - "No Win Scenario"

And also P+.

 

Picard fought the Hirogen while Worf was a Lt Cdr... (?!?!)

 

poor Will

 

Holodecks use yellow grids again



And Jameson is called cheap

 

And there he is, as promised!



They've never left resigoo behind though

Vadic loses her hand when only the skin is cut, and the hand transforms into this WTF

 

well that was a new one

 

Encounter with the Hirogen? Only time I remember that happening was in the Star Trek Destiny novel. It was very brutal I recall

 

This will cause discussions again

 

I see nothing on my Paramount+ app for the TV, but the episode appears if I sign on on the computer browser. What gives?

 

Shaw has decent backstory

 

Kanar bottles

And the life support alarm is from the Nostromo!



That was so beautiful



Nice FC hommage



And a T2 vision...?

 

pretty damn good episode. Lots of good character development.

 

If you're part of the knife / blade / sword / HEMA community, that's a very common "Wall Hanger" knife that is used by those who are "Edgey or Edge Lords".

It's all show, not practical in any sense of the word.

 

I think they really need to stop executing the Changelings/their prisoners.

That is a very non-Star Trek attitude.

Stun exists for a reason.

Also, I refuse to believe pot still exists in the future. This is not The Orville.

 

Another week and another great episode. I was thinking about deducting a point because we didn't get much with Vadic this week, but then the ending happened and confirmed that Vadic is still alive and will play a larger role down the line. If last week gave me DS9 vibes, this week gave me TNG vibes. It was great to see them in the conference room hatching up a plan. It was great to see that plan in action and see a birth of a new alien species. That is what I've missed in Star Trek for a while. The "Seek out New Life" aspect. Hell, I think I would put this right up there with when the Discovery Crew finally made first contact with Species 10-C. There was wonder and awe and intrigue in this episode I haven't felt in a while.

I also loved the character development. Maybe the plot didn't advance much (Even though they left the nebula so that's good) the stuff they did with Shaw was great. Also, I'm not well versed in the novels so I was wondering when did Picard ever find time with the Hirogen.

Actually if I did have one quibble with this episode it's a feeling of confusion on the timeline. Does each season represent a year? If I remember the first season accurately, Picard was pretty secluded on his property. When was the Mars Attack and Picard was still grieving Data's death and we are told it had been 20 years since Nemesis. Basically, I'm asking can someone help me reconcile what we are discovering this season with the events of the Children of Mars short trek and Season 1 because I feel like there might be some retconning going on.

Despite that though, and because this episode gave me a sense of wonder and awe that I haven't felt for a while, I'm giving the episode a 10. I was excited for the escape, I was loving the birth of the new species and I loved the character development. I hope we get more Vadic stuff next week, and I hope Raffi and Worf join up with the Titan pretty soon.

 

Before they channel the lightning into the flux capacitor warp core, the BTTF theme strongly influences the music

 

Looks like something from a mid-'90s comic book.

 

Did they forget that you can detect Founders with blood tests? Also they can take the form of anything. Not just other beings. Even a surface of an object.
Annika should have had one of those phasers that scans everything.

 

Those blood tests don't work. Remember how "Martok" fooled everyone in "The Way of the Warrior"?

Joe Sisko also said, half a season later, "If I were a shape-shifter, a really good one, I'd take out someone's blood and give it out on cue."

 

Life support has its own deck (?)

Picard navigates through the asteroids just like he did in Booby Trap

And since Ensign LaForgery didn't turn to dust, and remained in shape, did they just stun her?