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

[Farscape One]

Too many pages to go through, so forgive me if this idea has been said already.

What if the reason why the Changelings are trying to get Jack is not because he is a Changeling but because one is hiding within him? Remember the dying baby Changeling that merged itself into Odo in "THE BEGOTTEN" and gave him his abilities back?

Perhaps a Changeling or baby one is hiding inside Jack for whatever reason.

 

[jackoverfull]

I think Dr. Mora may have revealed that Odo was found with certain items accompanying him during his journey. The bucket, I believe, was one of those.

He didn’t.

The other reason I thought of that these are the some of the 100 the Founders sent out was, as we know, a Changeling is drawn to the Omarion nebula. Maybe some of the 100 Founders made it to the nebula after the Founders resettled and are pissed, thinking the Federation destroyed their homeworld?

I think they are attracted to the great link, not to the nebula. Also, nobody destroyed their homeworld (although cardassians and and romulans tried), they just relocated.

"Year of Hell II" maybe?

yes, but I think somewhere else and from before he got the portable emitter.
Thinking of it, I also remember them losing power and he starting to flicker and then being transferred to the emitter at the last second to avoid vanishing.

I agree with you 100% there mate - although it does seem that many of my Bulgarian and Romanian friends will drink to get drunk but the guys I know from Spain, France, Germany, Italy have more of an appreciation for the taste as well as the effect

depends on the people. Most younger ones I know just want to get drunk, after 25 or so it depends.

 

[jackoverfull]

Too many pages to go through, so forgive me if this idea has been said already.

What if the reason why the Changelings are trying to get Jack is not because he is a Changeling but because one is hiding within him? Remember the dying baby Changeling that merged itself into Odo in "THE BEGOTTEN" and gave him his abilities back?

Perhaps a Changeling or baby one is hiding inside Jack for whatever reason.

maybe he ate one thinking it was soup.

 

[saddestmoon]

I gave this ep a 10!

A fantastic, and heart-breaking episode, methought.

 

[StewMc]

yes, but I think somewhere else and from before he got the portable emitter.
Thinking of it, I also remember them losing power and he starting to flicker and then being transferred to the emitter at the last second to avoid vanishing.

Voyager was never consistent in that matter. The holodeck had a separate power source that wasn’t useable anywhere else, until the episode when Tuvok was trying to deal with pon farr and they diverted power from the holodeck half way through his program.

Yet modern Trek is expected to be consistent with the inconsistent.

 

[Dukhat]

Voyager said it did. You wouldn't want them to contradict another show would you?

Yet you constantly say how Star Trek is full of contradictions.

https://twitter.com/TerryMatalas/status/1634306984827850752

I wonder why Matalas would post such an obviously large spoiler not even halfway through the season. His logic makes little sense to me. As is how this revelation about Vadic has anything to do with Picard personally.

 

[Jayson1]

I am convinced now that Beverly Crusher is a changling and the real one is being held hostage. That "come find me" at the end of the episode sounds like Crusher to me. I think the Changlings want to capture Jack Crusher as leverage to get the real Doctor Crusher to do something for them. Like maybe create a bio weapon or something.

 

[StewMc]

I wonder why Matalas would post such an obviously large spoiler not even halfway through the season. His logic makes little sense to me. As is how this revelation about Vadic has anything to do with Picard personally.

I get the impression it was meant to be clear from the reveal in this episode with the hand etc. But it wasn’t, not to me anyway.

 

[Dukhat]

I get the impression it was meant to be clear from the reveal in this episode with the hand etc. But it wasn’t, not to me anyway.

What was clear to me (before Matalas's tweet) was that Vadic was taking orders from the hand/head, not that Vadic was also the same thing as the hand/head. It makes no sense in the context of the scene, unless Vadic has some split-personality thing going on.

 

[Phily B]

No one appears to be talking about The Borg Queen at the end?

 

[Dukhat]

No one appears to be talking about The Borg Queen at the end?

Is that who was talking? How do you know it was the Borg Queen?

 

[Oso Blanco]

There must be some kind of connection to the portal/wormwhole/conduit from season two, even though they told us that would not be followed up upon.

 

[jackoverfull]

I seriously doubt we’ll see the Borg this season.

 

[Quantum21]

I gave it a 9 on the power of the dramatics, some fantastical acting and for the Riker maneuver I asked for 3 episodes ago that would have cut the 4 episodes to 2.

However, after a brief respite in episode 3, episode 4 continues the lack of fine touches and detail. There's a whole list of irregularities and questions to ask. Was there no quality control on this part?

So it's fun stuff, but don't pay to close attention to it. I have a feeling unlike season 1 season 3 will not hold up as well in retrospect.

For now though: full speed ahead. Keep your brain in check and have fun.

 

[Mike Doyle]

This assumes the age allowed to drink wasn't changed in the next 400 years.

I should make clear I have no problem with any of this.

Ah yes the old 'divert power from life support' idea which is used in every other star trek episode, seen here drawn out for several hours! It's a very shallow concept; needed a more epic or clever conundrum and solution, not this tired old story. Come on! Don't know if this is laziness or stupidity on the writers' parts.

I understand it would be more difficult to film but my brain couldn’t shut off the question “why is the gravity still on?”

didn’t need people floating around, could just get all the bridge crew to strap in before saying anything.

 

[Mike Doyle]

exactly: it’s been almost 30 years and they had a war against those guys, I’m sure Starfleet spent a lot of resources on finding ways to track them.

This is the same as people annoyed last week that shields worked in a nebula despite them sawing in Wrath of Khan they can’t… it’s been more than a century.

 

[Mike Doyle]

Swearing? Drugs!? People looking much older than they really are!? PEOPLE IN PUBS BEFORE THE AGE OF 21!?!?!

Sounds like Ireland would be your vision of hell...

(Seriously though, not everyone has the same minimum drinking age as the US in the early 21st century.)

I don’t have a problem with any of it (and I’m in England).

My point was to draw attention to the fact that two of the main things people are spending pages complaining about are contradictory. If he looks older than his age then getting into a pub would be very easy.

 

[Mike Doyle]

There must be some kind of connection to the portal/wormwhole/conduit from season two, even though they told us that would not be followed up upon.

The weird shit on the stargazer was mentioned this episode.

The real Borg are still out there.

 

[UssGlenn]

I understand it would be more difficult to film but my brain couldn’t shut off the question “why is the gravity still on?”

Doesn't one of the tech manuals talk about gravity plating? Something about little gismos that spin, so even after power goes out they would, "coast" for quite a while before gravity goes out. Of course you have to square that with Voyager where we see gravity fail on one deck suddenly.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

Doesn't one of the tech manuals talk about gravity plating? Something about little gismos that spin, so even after power goes out they would, "coast" for quite a while before gravity goes out. Of course you have to square that with Voyager where we see gravity fail on one deck suddenly.

And Archer in his shower. But that can be overlooked as 2 centuries earlier tech.