Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 2x02 - "Penance"

[JoaquinSlowly]

‪‪I enjoyed a lot about this one.

My first thoughts are these:

Soji/Isa Briones’s dad Jon Jon Briones was so freaking good at being evil as the magistrate.

And if Elnor isn’t okay, I’m going to be so freaking sad/mad. Love that Romulan murder nun-raised kid.

 

[ToddCam]

I can't even begin to express how grateful and happy I am, that PIC has the balls to stay with the great new Klingon design for this instead of succumbing to the pressure of basement dwelling neckbeards like the last two DISCO season seem to have. I love it, it looks fantastic

Would you like Worf to have different ridges if he ever showed up?

Interesting how Ferengi have bone (or the equivalent) in their external ears.

 

[Hythlodeus]

Would you like Worf to have different ridges if he ever showed up?

I'm fine with it either way. If you do excitingly bold creative decisions, I'm all for sticking with it despite reactionary backlash

 

[Quinton]

Good god almighty, this season is fire.

 

[Anduinel]

Elnor is still living by the Absolute Candor the nuns taught him.
He was indoctrinated as a child, not easy to just forget something that has been your soul purpose for a decade or more.

I'm aware of that aspect of the character, just not a fan of how the writers room is executing it so far this season. The approach to Absolute Candor in S1 was blunt openness about observations that might usually be circumspect or speaking unwelcome truths. The approach in S2E2 seems to be more chatterbox, more in line with the season putting Elnor explicitly in the "kid" role, and it's grating on me in a way it didn't last season.

And if Elnor isn’t okay, I’m going to be so freaking sad/mad. Love that Romulan murder nun-raised kid.

So far as I know, we haven't seen any preview material with Elnor in 2024 LA, and I'm a bit concerned he's going to be killed off or largely incapacitated for this chunk of the story so that our intrepid crew doesn't have to explain how Raffi's son fell into a mechanical rice picker. But even so, not too worried - death is a variable in sci-fi, even moreso when time travel is involved.

 

[Lord Exor]

The Queen talking like a computer was odd. Maybe they took that Borg CPU analogy a bit too literally.

 

[Quinton]

The Queen talking like a computer was odd. Maybe they took that Borg CPU analogy a bit too literally.

I was half-expecting her to tell us Kara Thrace is the harbinger of death by episode's end.

 

[starfleettanner]

Ok did I miss something...credits said Patton Oswalt was in the episode....WHERE was he?

 

[DaveyNY]

The Queen talking like a computer was odd. Maybe they took that Borg CPU analogy a bit too literally.

Might it have something to do with the fact that she is the last remaining Borg?
She is finding out what it's like to be truly alone.

 

[thribs]

An alright episode but it just feels like the mirror universe to me. I feel like they missed a trick with no having some Star Trek alum playing evil versions of themselves. Chakotay should have been the husband.

 

[thribs]

Ok did I miss something...credits said Patton Oswalt was in the episode....WHERE was he?

He voiced the cat

 

[Anduinel]

Ok did I miss something...credits said Patton Oswalt was in the episode....WHERE was he?

Doing the voice work for Agnes' cat, maybe?

ETA: Jinx!

 

[Quinton]

Damn, Patton Oswalt as a cartoon cat.

Eat your heart out, Marvel Cinematic Universe. Trek is once again king.

 

[DaveyNY]

Ok did I miss something...credits said Patton Oswalt was in the episode....WHERE was he?

The computer cats voice.

Nin'j'd several times.

 

[thribs]

That cat is going to become the new Badgey I bet

 

[Quinton]

Kurtzman is building toward an epic Grudge/Spot-23 crossover, I feel it.

 

[mattman8907]

So I have to say move over Mirror universe, the Confederation is making a play for worse timeline ever.

 

[NCC-73515]

General Sisko and Mister Alphabet were nice

basement dwelling neckbeards

is that addressed at any of us fine people here?

 

[DaveyNY]

All Hail the Con-Federation Conquering Hero's!

This ought to make for a rather interesting addition to STO anyway.

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

He voiced the cat

That cat was brilliant.
Definitely reckon that's how grumpy and cynical your average cat would be if they could talk.