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Spoilers Star Trek: Picard General Discussion Thread

Picard offering his own wine as a gift to everyone as a gesture of goodwill and being subtly or frankly told that it's not as good as he seems to think it is by close friends and new acquaintances

When phrased that way, it sounds very sad (for Picard.)
 
Even if Season 3 ends on a high note, I might as well say that it has been overall, a mixed bag for me . . . like Season 2 and the entire series. I had liked most of Season 1 - with the exception of the finale.
 
The producers this season are savage.


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So Picard was like a...Borg Trill Vessel?

I mean...I guess yeah. It would make sense with the idea of the Queen being something ancient that just kept getting bounced from body to body, across timelines and dimensions, etc.

Its a viable theory I think.

This is my current thinking too. The DNA rewriting in BOBW, the IS defect, the ability for Picard to hear the Borg in FC, I think Locutus was meant to either be a carrier of the seed for the Borg or like a backup in case of emergencies. With the real Borg still out there and licking their wounds after the end of voyager, maybe this is them trying to get that backup, to reboot the real collective.

I just love that this season is so well done that I’m actually excited enough to be constantly thinking of new theories and enjoying reading other peoples.
 
I don't know if it's meant to be a running gag, but I find the idea of Picard offering his own wine as a gift to everyone as a gesture of goodwill and being subtly or frankly told that it's not as good as he seems to think it is by close friends and new acquaintances to be pretty funny.

Almost certain Worf was partially ripping the p*** out of Picard for that with his head comment.
 
Is it just me, or is Alondra missing a pip? Is there a black pip I just can't see because of the lighting, or is she meant to be an Ensign, despite Picard calling her Lieutenant?

Bit of a minor niggle, but I keep finding it distracting. Rather like Tuvok's pips did earlynin Voyager. (I think I'd gotten used to it, before it was corrected with him, but with the number of episodes we had pf Voyager, it was easier)
 
So what is the deal with Data's neck? A port cover that looks like skin or a permanently visible port?
 
I like having episode titles on the screen again. But a little disappointed at not having an opening title sequence. Though having a title sequence at the end of episodes is better that not having it at all which is not unusual these days.
 
I think that's at odds with the way the Queen told Picard to go kick rocks when he offered to be Locutus again in First Contact. Unless "Locutus" is not something that the Borg actually want...which doesn't really make sense.

If Locutus inhabited Picard and was assumed dead by the Queen after the cube exploded and Picard was de-Borgified (then shipped off to Daystrom), then the Queen would be well within her rights to tell Picard to kick rocks, since Locutus is missing and all Picard would be is another drone.
 
Even if Season 3 ends on a high note, I might as well say that it has been overall, a mixed bag for me . . . like Season 2 and the entire series. I had liked most of Season 1 - with the exception of the finale.

I feel the same. The last 3 episodes of season 3 haven't been that great to me and even going back and rewatching some of the first 4 it's clear to me they spent too much time in or near the nebula (over 3 episodes). The battle did not need to be an entire episode IMO.

And i'm having other issues with the overall plot, like why did the changeling need to hire someone to give them a device to sneak into Daystrom? If they were able to take Picard's body without anyone knowing (as they did) why did they need to have a terror attack as a diverson? Why did they need to let it be known there was a theft from Daystrom at all? With how widespread we've now seen the infiltration to be it doesn't really make sense.

So I'm trying to follow the events so this can make sense: Ro somehow finds out something was stolen from Daystrom. She has Worf and Raffi investigate what it was. Before they can find out what was stolen the changelings stage an attack using a portal weapon so people could think that was all that was stolen (but also stole Picard's body at the same time). Maybe they knew Ro was onto them and wanted Ro to think it was just the portal weapon, but then why not kill/replace Ro?

Ok, so to steal the portal weapon and Picard's body they used a card from a criminal to bypass Daystrom's security systems and frame a Romulan for the theft. But if Starfleet was already infiltrated why did this need to be done? Why not just take Picard's body? Picard's body was still taken without anyone else knowing (as far as we know). What is the difference between just taking Picard's body without anyone knowing (which they did anyway) and staging a portal weapon attack? If Starfleet was not infiltrated wouldn't they go through to make sure nothing else was stolen? The portal weapon attack wouldn't stop that.

The plot was obviously written in a way so that the crew could go to Daystrom and pick up Data, but it's just not making that much sense to me. Anyone else?
 
You nailed it here. There's your sense.

It also gave Raffi and Worf something to do.

With how much time was spent on this plot thread and how vital it ended up being to the overall story, it's one of the things that makes a lot of the season fall apart for me. It's the type of thing that doesn't make sense I noticed when watching Picard season 2. Kind of like the red angel arc in Discovery - while I liked a lot of the individual episodes the overall season plot falls apart when you think about it.
 
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