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

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Apologies if this has already been discussed, but it seems odd that Riker is having this emotional crisis about Thad and separating from his family now, when two or more years ago on Nepenthe he seemed saddened but well-adjusted about it, and that already several years after Thad’s death.
 
Apologies if this has already been discussed, but it seems odd that Riker is having this emotional crisis about Thad and separating from his family now, when two or more years ago on Nepenthe he seemed saddened but well-adjusted about it, and that already several years after Thad’s death.
Never had something trigger a painful memory or a trauma memory?
I’m just happy we are out of that bloody nebula. :)
It was made of blood!??? :wtf::eek:
 
Apologies if this has already been discussed, but it seems odd that Riker is having this emotional crisis about Thad and separating from his family now, when two or more years ago on Nepenthe he seemed saddened but well-adjusted about it, and that already several years after Thad’s death.
Memory Alpha put his death anywhere between 2386 and 2399. Assuming he died just before 2399, Riker and Troi may have been putting on a show when Picard visited and they've been fighting continuously in the 2 years spanning 2399 to 2401 when Riker just decided to leave.
 
If Gene Roddenberry could have dropped an occasional F bomb in Star Trek, I bet he would have. Certainly would have had gratuitous sex and nudity if he could have gotten away with that.
GR managed to get in:

"What the Devil?"

"Go to the Devil!"

And Kirk saying on screen:

"Let's get the Hell out of here."
^^^
At the end of TOS S1 City on the Edge of Forever , and that word was not said on Prime Time TV in 1967. He really had to fight standards and practices for it, but they allowed it after seeing the episode in context.
 
I liked that the crew was finally working together, but hate that it took 4 episodes and a pointless diversion to get there.

They also decided not to do Raffi/Worf stuff at all, which makes me wonder why they didn't just separate those two storylines from the very beginning and have single episodes devoted to each.

Also, I did find it amusing that they basically said S2 doesn't count.
 
There is a discontinuity when we talk about Picard's relationship to Starfleet.

2396 he said in that bar that Starfleet is his only family.

2399 he told Rios when they first met aboard the La Sirena that he separated himself from Starfleet long ago in every possible way.
 
There is a discontinuity when we talk about Picard's relationship to Starfleet.

2396 he said in that bar that Starfleet is his only family.

2399 he told Rios when they first met aboard the La Sirena that he separated himself from Starfleet long ago in every possible way.
Yep. That last line was forced in solely to add angst to Picard and Jack, regardless of how incongruent it was with Picard's status at the time. He realistically would've just said he now lives with his dog and housekeepers, etc.
 
There is a discontinuity when we talk about Picard's relationship to Starfleet.

2396 he said in that bar that Starfleet is his only family.

2399 he told Rios when they first met aboard the La Sirena that he separated himself from Starfleet long ago in every possible way.

Well, he was pandering to his groupies. But yeah, in context it makes no sense. It's almost like season 1 & 2 never happened...
 
No, I'm saying that Picard could have gone to the academy at an older age. Remember, he failed the first time he applied.

Don't officers go back to the academy later in their careers for further training?

Ro went for tactical training, Saavik was already a Lieutenant but was doing further command training.

Easy solution is Lt. JG Picard going back to the academy for further training and meeting Jack there. When Jack graduated, he joined Jean-Luc on the Stargazer.
 
A REAL RIKER WOULD AT LEAST TRY.

:shifty:
Agreed. At 18 seconds he pulls off a reverse Riker maneuver. Pretty impressive. That one might be a bit complicated but I still think he can do the forward one. Lol
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Don't officers go back to the academy later in their careers for further training?

Ro went for tactical training, Saavik was already a Lieutenant but was doing further command training.

Easy solution is Lt. JG Picard going back to the academy for further training and meeting Jack there. When Jack graduated, he joined Jean-Luc on the Stargazer.
Jack's history can fit as is. There's nothing in existing canon contradicting it. It's just the actor they cast in TNG and the only mention being service aboard the Stargazer under Picard as well as his marriage to Beverly who's established as much younger than Picard led us to believe he's much younger than it seems he actually was.

It IS glaring that he's not mentioned in Tapestry. But it's still not a hardcore contradiction
 
Kirk was a Lieutenant teaching a class attended by Gary Mitchell, though that timeline of events seems to indicate that Kirk was such a badass at the Academy he was already an Ensign and then a Lieutenant before he even graduated in 2254.
 
Jack's history can fit as is. There's nothing in existing canon contradicting it. It's just the actor they cast in TNG and the only mention being service aboard the Stargazer under Picard as well as his marriage to Beverly who's established as much younger than Picard led us to believe he's much younger than it seems he actually was.
Yeah true. There's also Walker Keel who seems more contemporary with Picard than Bev. So maybe she just hung around with these older men.
 
There is a discontinuity when we talk about Picard's relationship to Starfleet.

2396 he said in that bar that Starfleet is his only family.

2399 he told Rios when they first met aboard the La Sirena that he separated himself from Starfleet long ago in every possible way.
I believe that's called a dialectic. Humans are quite capable of these.
 
Apologies if this has already been discussed, but it seems odd that Riker is having this emotional crisis about Thad and separating from his family now, when two or more years ago on Nepenthe he seemed saddened but well-adjusted about it, and that already several years after Thad’s death.

I too was a little confused about Riker's Crisis and Nepenthe. It feels like this season is trying to forget about the first season other than Picard being a synthetic. I really liked Frake's acting in this scene though, but he was happier in Season 1.
 
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