Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 1x02 - "Maps and Legends"

[picardjean-luc]

To the 2 dudes who gave the brilliant first episode a "poor" rating: go ahead and do your "1" rating already, no need to wait. It's not going to get much better.

I suspect one might be Major Grin and another is MechaRandom42 (quoting their YouTube username)

 

[Jesse1066]

I suspect one might be Major Grin and another is MechaRandom42 (quoting their YouTube username)

On some polls you can see who voted for an option by clicking on it.

 

[Lord Garth]

I suspect one might be Major Grin and another is MechaRandom42 (quoting their YouTube username)

If they're here, I hope I've landed some good ones on them.

 

[thribs]

Hey I like Major Grin. His videos are hilarious.

 

[picardjean-luc]

My thoughts on the episode's title:

I guess Picard becomes more curious about Dahj's origins, creator, and whereabouts, so his quest to find her begins. "Maps" might refer to his search for leads and clues.

"Legends" has a double-meaning. It could mean direction on a map, but could also mean a well-liked and successful leader and Starfleet officer just like himself. Perhaps this is also the episode where Picard will pay a visit to his legendary 'Number One' Riker?

Anyway, stay tuned...

 

[rhllot]

Agreed. I sense the supernova was a Section 31 black-op experiment gone wrong. And whatever experiments the Romulan scientists are performing on the Borg cube might be something they funded as well.

The supernova can be a natural phenomenon, but the android attack for me has a clear signal of a plot to let the Romulans die!

 

[Commander Richard]

^ If it were a natural phenomenon, that would have been clear for a lot longer than a few years, I'd think. As far as I know, a sun doesn't just suddenly start dying.

 

[Terok Nor]

Hey I like Major Grin. His videos are hilarious.

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[Lord Garth]

I can't wait to be able to watch the first three episodes in a row.

 

[DaveyNY]

I hope it isn’t Section 31. They’ve done enough damage to them.

I figured that maybe the supernova was caused by an experiment or an operation gone bad, like the over-mining of Praxis. If the show does deal with it, maybe they have other ideas though.

Heh ... I'm gonna be using this a lot I think...

 

[picardjean-luc]

I wonder whether Picard will meet his former colleague/XO Raffi Mussiker in this episode.Here's how Michelle Hurd describes her character in a newly released interview:

https://www.trektoday.com/content/2020/01/hurd-raffi-musiker-is-damaged/

Musiker, according to CBS, is “a veteran Starfleet Intelligence agent and formidable tactician [whose] experience in investigating and analyzing Romulan affairs was a vital asset to Picard on their past mission together.”

In the past, “Raffi had a prior relationship with Picard after the time of Next Generation,” said Hurd; “but they had a falling out. She is a security analyst and a hacking genius. She’s really sarcastic… but she also is haunted by some decisions that she made in the past, and has a really complicated and challenging relationship with the Federation.”

 

[Lynn Minmay]

“Next time on Star Trek: The Next Generation.”

 

[NCC-73515]

Grin is the God of recuts

 

[Timo]

^ If it were a natural phenomenon, that would have been clear for a lot longer than a few years, I'd think. As far as I know, a sun doesn't just suddenly start dying.

The thing is, the UFP might not know. They are always sending these folks to study the last moments of a dying star, and they always end up in deep trouble with surprises in the schedule.

From the likes of "The Empath", "All Our Yesterdays", "The Naked Now" and perhaps "Tin Man", we can't easily tell if the team is there because they can predict the star is gonna blow - or if the team is there (despite very much wanting to be elsewhere) because they couldn't really predict when or even if the star is gonna blow. Some stars the researchers do have down pat, such as Doctari Alpha in DSC. But generally when Kirk ends up next to a dying star, it's in a situation where they noticed a star is gonna blow - essentially the sort of advance warning that would warrant a panicky last-minute rescue op, such as Spock's in the 2009 movie. If there were more lead time, why should Kirk turn up at, say, Sarpeidon only at the last minute? Why not come there perhaps ten or fifty years before the kaboom? (And then come again to see the interesting fireworks themselves.)

Timo Saloniemi

 

[JL2020]

I wonder whether Picard will meet his former colleague/XO Raffi Mussiker in this episode.Here's how Michelle Hurd describes her character in a newly released interview:

https://www.trektoday.com/content/2020/01/hurd-raffi-musiker-is-damaged/

According to the episode descriptions that were just released, yes, he does meet Raffi in episode two.

 

[Succubint]

Is it just me, or does that character background sound a bit like an Ensign Ro Laren analogue?Obviously not in terms of the exact details, but how the character might relate to Picard.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Agreed. I sense the supernova was a Section 31 black-op experiment gone wrong. And whatever experiments the Romulan scientists are performing on the Borg cube might be something they funded as well.

Or a Section 31 black-op experiment gone right. Say, I wonder if S31 of 2499 has hired Garak.

 

[Gonzo]

^ If it were a natural phenomenon, that would have been clear for a lot longer than a few years, I'd think. As far as I know, a sun doesn't just suddenly start dying.

It was most definitely not a natural event.

Someone or something triggered it prematurely and then accelerated the process.

 

[DaveyNY]

It was most definitely not a natural event.

Someone or something triggered it prematurely and then accelerated the process.

 

[Tuskin38]

I honestly don’t think the show is going to explain the supernova at all. It’s just being used aa background piece to set up the current state of affairs in the quadrant.