Season 3 feels exactly like it was intended: Matalas’ fanfic idea he generated years before which he could barely be bothered to revise so it would be consistent with the first two seasons.
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Exactly. The pregnancy plotline alone is unevolved 20th century nonsense. Pregnancy is not accidental; you have sex you roll the dice on getting pregnant, period. The character assassination astounds me but more than that is the defense of these characters and their choices!
There'd have to be an actual story first.Nostalgia carried it. The actual story as executed not so much.
Even if she did get pregnant accidentally (which, as has been mentioned above, is pretty far-fetched), there's absolutely no reason why she should have kept it from Picard. Matalas tried the TWOK route of Crusher not wanting her son to follow in dad's Starfleet footsteps because of the danger, yet she ends up putting Jack in all kinds of danger herself.
Regardless, it's completely out of character for Crusher to have done these things.
Regardless, it's completely out of character for Crusher to have done these things.
IDK - They BOTH had a sort of Love/Hate/Guilt relationship for 7 years on screen; so maybe Beverly was in one of her 'Hate' cycles when she made the "I'll keep this from Picard" decision, then went into a 20+ year 'Guilt' cycle.
Kassidy Yates became pregnant accidentally. And it was because Ben forgot to get his injection. I'm not defending the decisions made about Beverly in Picard season 3, but the notion that she accidentally became pregnant isn't as ridiculous and far-fetched as some people in this thread are trying to make it out to be.
We can go faster than light but can't solve the pesky sex act 
Crusher and Picard were a tad bit older than Sisko and Kasidy. Perhaps they thought being old would decrease the chances of an accident?
Or maybe they just had an accident.
WESLEY: We finished our ski lesson, sir, and it kind of just happened.
PICARD: On the Enterprise, Mister Crusher, nothing just happens.
Secret son is the least of PIC3's sins.
All we know about this new Trek move is that it's a complete restart with no connection to previous TV or films, right? If so, I wonder just how much this will really resemble Star Trek. It can't get much worse than Abrams and Kurtz, but if it's throwing out everything but the basics, Star Trek could become just a vapid sci-fi franchise instead of (mostly) science fiction.
What's wrong with going back to the basics?
As long as it has a spirit of optimism I am okay with just about any changes they want to make. They just better dang well make sure if they use the Enterprise it is 947 feet long. It is what Gene would have wanted.
Does it really matter? The point wasn’t about how Jack was conceived. It was about Crusher keeping his existence from Picard for no good reason whatsoever.
The point I was addressing was how people said it was unlikely that she would become accidentally pregnant in the first place because she was a doctor, and I was simply pointed out the canonical precedent about how an accidental pregnancy happened and it was the man's fault. I also said that I wasn't defending the decisions made in Picard season 3 regarding Beverly.
It depends which basics. Some people see TOS as the heart and soul of Star Trek. Some people see TNG in that role. I'm on team TOS. No perfect people, no Prime Directive that requires letting whole worlds die when they could be saved. Just people working for a better future instead of telling everyone they live there already.
Yeah, she raised her kid in constant danger to avoid the danger of living comfortably in France. She cut herself and her kid off from everyone who could help or protect them. Pretty smart, Bev.
Speaking of parenting, how often did Riker and Troi discuss their young daughter during season 3?
Zero, because Matalas probably forgot all about her.
