Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 3x09 - "Võx"

[cooleddie74]

I had forgotten about that Bolian! Good catch!

 

[Farscape One]

That Bolian appeared to have only 3 fingers. Are we sure that was a Bolian?

(He is blue, and he does have that slit down the center of his head. But Bolians gave always been shown to have 5 fingers.)

 

[Elias Vaughn]

Avery Brooks isn't coming back. He gave us a good Sisko, but I get the impression he never even wanted the job to begin with. I read somewhere he basically gave a flat, monotone audition for the Emissary hoping to fail it, then ironically got the part because Sisko *was* supposed to be flat and monotone because he's still bitter about Wolf 359. And once the part was offered to him, Brooks wasn't going to say no to the job stability and money a Trek lead role had to offer. But I heard he still had his costars call him "Mr. Brooks", he never got close to them the way the TNG cast ended up being buddies, and while sci-fi also isn't Patrick's thing, he's basically a workaholic and welcomes the opportunity to work with his TNG friends again.

Sometimes I wonder if in the long run it would be better if Sisko were played by another actor like Phil Morris or someone.

All true, hence my "if they could have gotten Brooks back".

But honestly it even could have been a Kira or Dax series. Yates contacts her old friend Kira/Dax and sets up the plot.

 

[cooleddie74]

That Bolian appeared to have only 3 fingers. Are we sure that was a Bolian?

(He is blue, and he does have that slit down the center of his head. But Bolians gave always been shown to have 5 fingers.)

Tellarites are frequently shown to have different numbers of fingers as well. It's a running change in the depiction that depends on the production team and I guess in-universe to which bloodline, ethnicity or clan the Tellarite belongs.

 

[Elias Vaughn]

Maybe the ships musical notes are a message from Jack.
Maybe Picard will have to become Locutus again.
For once, I am finding it fairly hard to predict how they will get out of this pickle.
O’Brien on space dock with some transporter magic?
Q junior?
Seven, Raffi, and Shaw, Seven having part borged them to move un-noticed and save Shaws bacon?

Since Jack is a transmitter, they find a way to boost his signal and have him win a psychic fight with the Borg Queen. Maybe Picard dies, maybe he doesn't, but it's the fairly obvious solution.

 

[sevenstars]

Maybe Picard "dies," maybe he doesn't...

 

[TRON JA307020]

Maybe Picard "dies," maybe he doesn't...

He won't. Frakes confirms in his last interview that none of the tng crew will die.

 

[TRON JA307020]

Tellarites are frequently shown to have different numbers of fingers as well. It's a running change in the depiction that depends on the production team and I guess in-universe to which bloodline, ethnicity or clan the Tellarite belongs.

I liked when Tellarites had pig hooves. They were like walking talking pigs..

 

[cooleddie74]

ENT Tellarites have the best makeup while the TOS ones have the most interesting hands.

 

[Ovation]

I explained that Riker was my crush, and I did not like any woman moving in on my hunky Riker. I was young and I hold onto everything negative that has ever happened to me in a book I have written for decades. It helps my anxiety.

Seems…unhealthy.

 

[gvn2fly]

He won't. Frakes confirms in his last interview that none of the tng crew will die.

If true, this is something I am pretty happy about.

 

[Mudd]

I let myself get sucked into watching this one because of the four-minute nostalgia fest at the end.

Gave the episode overall a four to be polite. Other than that brief interlude it was a murky, mediocre dirge.

 

[thribs]

He won't. Frakes confirms in his last interview that none of the tng crew will die.

He could be lying.

 

[fireproof78]

He could be lying.

Maybe but I wouldn't bet money on it.

 

[thribs]

It'll be Data again, just for laughs.

 

[Lord Exor]

I was hoping at least one of them would die.

 

[fireproof78]

It'll be Data again, just for laughs.

I was hoping at least one of them would die.

 

[Mr Awe]

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 thought Shelby was a fantastic character in TNG. She was just what the Federation needed during an existential threat. No, she wasn't warm and fuzzy. But she's someone you'd want in your corner when the chips are down. She rocked the boat to get things done. I have not read the New Frontier novels, so I can't comment on those.

I personally didn't like how her death was depicted. It seemed kind of like a joke. The Borg expert quoting Borg like propaganda, Riker's kind of smirky mentioning her name, and then getting phasered. I might be reading too much into it, but I got the idea it was supposed to be kind of humorous.

 

[Lord Exor]

Raises the stakes. This is the grand finale anyway, and it's doubtful most of these characters will return in the future, so why not? If it's a meaningful death.

 

[Crewman6]

double post