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Spoilers Picard 1x1, "Remembrance"

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Crewman6 said:
Yeah, only that logo isn't what was "revealed" now, is it?
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The history is telling:
In a statement to Business Insider, a Space Force spokesperson said the symbol "was first used as early as 1942 by the US Army Air Forces."

"Since then, the delta symbol has been a prominent feature in military space community emblems," Space Force Maj. William Russell said in the statement, adding that "the US Space Force seal honors the Department of the Air Force's proud history and long-standing record of providing the best space capabilities in the world."

The centered chevron also appears on the US Air Force Space Command's logo, Space Force's predecessor. Space Force separated itself from the Air Force's Space Command to become the sixth branch of the military, joining the Air Force, Marine Corps, Army, Navy, and Coast Guard. Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act in December, which authorized a budget for the Space Force.
 
cooleddie74 said:
We'll almost certainly see Seven, Riker and Troi by the first week of February at the latest.
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I’m expecting Riker to pop up earlier than the episode where Picard visits him and Troi, as Frakes mentioned he had already filmed something small prior to the bigger shoot. Maybe a conversation on a viewscreen/hologram?
 
Greg Cox said:
It varies from show to show, but, yeah, TV shows have been more serialized in general since the 1990s at least. See Babylon-5, Farscape, The X-Files, Buffy, Lost, etc. And secret agendas, mysteries, surprise revelations, and such tend to come with the territory.

"What is that mysterious new character really up to?"
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I have seen Babylon 5, Farscape and Buffy and they are in my opinion not the same kind of serialized as DIS or likely PIC will be. They are more like current day Arrowverse shows, Supernatural and many other shows. They combine a season long arc with a lot of stand alone one episode storylines which further the overall season arc only a little. Only a few episodes each season completely focus on the big season arc and don't tell a self-contained storyline.
 
Tomalak said:
Even Bernd from Ex Astris Sciencia liked it!

Amazing that fans have pretty much universally enjoyed this episode. Is this the most popular episode of Star Trek since... Trials and Tribble-ations?

Nice to see it can still unite fans occasionally.
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Love this. I think it demonstrates that Trek fans appreciate it when their franchise’s history is honored and respected. Oh, and a great story helps, too.
 
StewMc said:
I’m expecting Riker to pop up earlier than the episode where Picard visits him and Troi, as Frakes mentioned he had already filmed something small prior to the bigger shoot. Maybe a conversation on a viewscreen/hologram?
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Nah. That would gut the impact of the reunion if they had just spoken on the phone previously. Even the trailer shows Riker's gobsmacked reaction to seeing Picard. Not the same if they were already in touch.
 
PLEASE don't let Picard's caretakers be Tal Shiar agents. Let them be grateful, kind refugees who are nice people.
 
Crewman6 said:
Nah. That would gut the impact of the reunion if they had just spoken on the phone previously. Even the trailer shows Riker's gobsmacked reaction to seeing Picard. Not the same if they were already in touch.
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Good point. Unless somehow we see him and Picard doesn’t?
 
Datasbeard said:
Love this. I think it demonstrates that Trek fans appreciate it when their franchise’s history is honored and respected. Oh, and a great story helps, too.
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Many Star Trek fans prefer their nostalgia to be stroked, not challenged or provided the opportunity to reevaluated. Why else do so many venerate the TNG stylings of The Orville and decry the deconstructionist nature of Discovery that invites us to add to our understandings not just 'honor' and 'respect' our nostalgia.

Case in point what the reviewer considers the most remarkable scene from the episode:

The episode begins with the song "Blue Skies" (known from "Star Trek Nemesis") and a shot of the Enterprise-D that evoke nostalgia.

This reviewer wants their childborne nostalgia 'honored' and 'respected'. They do not want to be expected to reevaluate their feelings towards something they loved when they were thirteen. It needs to stay as it was not be spoiled by a new perspective.
 
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cooleddie74 said:
PLEASE don't let Picard's caretakers be Tal Shiar agents. Let them be grateful, kind refugees who are nice people.
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Spoiler about Picard prequel comic:
In the comic they explicitly are Tal Shiar agents, and it is not a secret to Picard. They're defectors though and good people. Now whether any of this makes to the show is anyone's guess, but presumably it at least was a plan at some point.
 
Regarding the date the show takes place, people say Picard was referred to as 92 years old somewhere in episode 1. Where was that?
 
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