It's true! That would have been the smartest move! Replace the guy responsible for haircut screenings with someone who was immune to the testing!!
Insidious! Now THAT should have been the plot of Picard S3!
Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 3x09 - "Võx"
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It's true! That would have been the smartest move! Replace the guy responsible for haircut screenings with someone who was immune to the testing!!
Insidious! Now THAT should have been the plot of Picard S3!
Brilliantly stated all around.
It's bizarre. Some people would apparently invent wild theories completely out of their own butts, utterly devoid of textual evidence, rather than just take the writers and the very clear intent of the show at face value.
Go figure.
Your theories are personal fanfic as well.
Nothing at all.
But I think some of the replies (including mine) are not so much about Shelby as about the suggestion that it's somehow inappropriate, just in general, to enjoy watching a disliked fictional character depart this mortal coil.
Personally, I don't think of Shelby as a villain. She's a hero in the NEW FRONTIER novels.
I think the reason why people didn't like Shelby was the way she went about her ambition. Ambitious women is not a problem. But going behind the back of people in the chain of command is.
Riker made it clear he would be presenting all options, which included hers, to Picard right after the briefing. Shelby instead did an end run around him with the express purpose of trying to look like the best candidate for an XO.
That's not respecting the chain of command, and that is ultimately why Riker was irritated at her in the turbolift. And rightfully so.
If anyone under your command, man or woman, did that, of course they would be looked at badly. It also shows that the person's ambition outweighs following orders, and that is definitely a problem in such a setting.
(And to be clear, I never saw Shelby as a villain. Far from it. She brought some spice to the career of Riker and the situation. That was much needed. But she let her ambition override her training and better judgment.)
Riker made it clear he would be presenting all options, which included hers, to Picard right after the briefing. Shelby instead did an end run around him with the express purpose of trying to look like the best candidate for an XO.
That's not respecting the chain of command, and that is ultimately why Riker was irritated at her in the turbolift. And rightfully so.
If anyone under your command, man or woman, did that, of course they would be looked at badly. It also shows that the person's ambition outweighs following orders, and that is definitely a problem in such a setting.
(And to be clear, I never saw Shelby as a villain. Far from it. She brought some spice to the career of Riker and the situation. That was much needed. But she let her ambition override her training and better judgment.)
While there have been a couple female Bolians having hair, all the men we ever saw were bald. (With the exception of the toupee wearing one in DS9's "THE MUSE".)
My point still stands that there would be some species that don't have hair.
Beard or no beard?
I wonder how the atmosphere was on set while filming this season: did the old cast revert to their typical TNG shenanigans?
I disagree: Brooks was perfect for the part IMHO.
I think that the weaknesses of a 30 year old ship are pretty well known anyway.
They can interface if they want to, but they are not forced to.
Mandatory on the air updates make for awful security. Apple stopped doing those around five years ago, sooner or later Microsoft will too, we hope.
I think your assumptions are the most logical explanation: skilled changelings (the one who would be sent to infiltrate enemy organisations) could mimic internal physiology enough to fool the late 24th century sensors of the tricorder, less skilful ones, such as Odo, didn’t bother with internal organs at all. Sure, it’s not impossible they had some other ways to fool the tricorders, but it seems to me that would be more complex than just mimic the organs.
I don’t think there is an issue with Picard here, though: Starfleet over time obviously found ways to scan for the changelings (they explicitly say that sensor technology has improved a lot and also mention that they scan for changelings using the transporters) and these new shapeshifters are much more perfect and therefore harder to detect.
Shelby was Ruthless in TNG.
Which can be a good thing, but not when the rest of the cast are playful sad eyed puppies.
Great on Final Frontier, especially the spoilers where she can't stop wearing, and hola New Frontier.
In my opinion, Shelby was the perfect choice for the role. I think the easy option would have been Admiral Sheer Fucking Hubris, but Shelby was cool to see again and then it made her death shocking. It's not like the character or actress were going anywhere, though I guess if you were into the books then it might sting a little.
We saw a male with hair in Prodigy, but he was balding.
I suppose they could green screen some stuff. But it doesn't sound like there are more recreated sets.
I surprised that Picard went in alone to discuss with Jack. It should have been him and Beverly together. But, yeah, even just wait a bit . . .
Yeah glad we got Shelby. If we're lucky she might have survived. Admiral Sheer Fucking Hubris is probably retired like the rest of the Picard seasons 1 and 2 characters that no one cared one bit about. Lol
I have to admit, I'm surprised at how glad I am that Data is back!
I must have missed or forgot about that.
He's in my link.
Didn't he also only have three fingers on each hand? Either Bolians have some unusual racial variations or he wasn't pure Bolian.
