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Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 2x06 - "Two of One"

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Maybe I'm in the minority, despite it being flawed, I still really enjoyed this episode,
I don’t think you are in the minority at all: I, like many, love nitpicking, but this was a great episode and I liked it more than the last two. Looking at the poll, most people seem to have liked it as well.
 
Also with the recent announcement about season three: I'm guessing Jurati, Rios, Elnor and possibly Laris have all been positioned to leave the show at the end of the season. Jurati is the new Queen, Rios stays in the past, Elnor either stays dead or returns to the Academy and Laris leaves the Chateau in the end.
did they said they are not in the cast? I got the big cast announcement but must have missed this if that’s the case.
 
I think it's more the notion they didn't immediately ask questions afterward

Why would they? It's a party atmosphere, people have clearly been drinking, and a very attractive woman with a very good singing voice decides to do a jazzy, sultry version of a Pat Benatar song. The only thing they might be asking at the end is her phone number, and whether she likes jazz musicians (she likes scruffy pirate types, sorry friends).

The bigger problem is that we see the security guy who apprehended her to still be in the room in later scenes. So he does not remember the person who he just apprehended a few minutes ago?

Though, the construction of this episode was a goddamn mess. The number of ADRed lines required just to create basic sense out of it was, on a craft level, appalling.

Yeah, those stuck out like a sore thumb.

One thing that bothered me: Why did Q not simply buy his way into the board, instead of using Soong as a tool? Yes, they might have questioned where he got the money from, but apparently the Europa program does not do due diligence anyway, since they took on someone onto their board who a few minutes later the episode shows us, is a paria, scientist disgraced for unethical conduct. Yes, money, but they can easily scare off other donors by taking him on.

Unfortunately, this reminded me of the inconsistent writing of season 1, such as Picard stating that he has never really felt at home at the château, and then in the next episode he recreates it on the holodeck.

All in all I still enjoyed the episode, and I am intrigued about the story, but the quality has dropped.
 
not really: Marty came on stage, took a guitar and played a blues with musicians used to play the blues. Here she is in control of the lights, has a built in microphone, perfect pitch and somehow the band is ready to play a peculiar arrangement of the given song, full with a brass section coordinated with the piano to the slightest note.
It's a joke over a silly scene which you are investing an exceptional amount of time and concern. I get the scene didn't work for you. It did for me. I don't care how technically impossible it might have been. Time travel isn't possible either, yet here we are not debating how ridiculous that is. Though, many are elsewhere none the less.
 
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The bigger problem is that we see the security guy who apprehended her to still be in the room in later scenes. So he does not remember the person who he just apprehended a few minutes ago?
ouch! I guess he wasn’t one of those whose short term memory got erased?

One thing that bothered me: Why did Q not simply buy his way into the board, instead of using Soong as a tool? Yes, they might have questioned where he got the money from, but apparently the Europa program does not do due diligence anyway, since they took on someone onto their board who a few minutes later the episode shows us, is a paria, scientist disgraced for unethical conduct. Yes, money, but they can easily scare off other donors by taking him on.
Indeed. But maybe Q doesn’t have the money? In fact I’ve been wondering how he’s getting around if he doesn’t have his powers anymore…How can he become Renee’s new counsellor and hack into Soong’s computer and just how he can live without money and resources in the 21st century.
but maybe he still has some powers? Maybe he just can’t use them when Reneé is involved for some reason? I’m a bit confused.

Unfortunately, this reminded me of the inconsistent writing of season 1, such as Picard stating that he has never really felt at home at the château, and then in the next episode he recreates it on the holodeck.
wasn't recreating it Laris’ and Zabhan’s idea?
 
I liked the episode and I am greatly enjoying the season so far. But the last 4 episodes, taking place in 2024 are not on the same level as the first 2 episodes which were fantastic.
 
not really: Marty came on stage, took a guitar and played a blues with musicians used to play the blues. Here she is in control of the lights, has a built in microphone, perfect pitch and somehow the band is ready to play a peculiar arrangement of the given song, full with a brass section coordinated with the piano to the slightest note.
15 minutes earlier, Jurati assimilated the band.
Commodore Oh did telepathy just fine.

She is a Romulan/Vulcan hybrid.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Oh

Although from what I said earlier, which is a guess, Romulans can do telepathy if they embrace logic, which probably takes years of commitment and meditation. Note melding was lost to nonpervert Vulcans for thousands of years until Archer found the Kir Shara.
 
I had to chuckle at the scene where Rios is expounding on the 21st Century cigars and food, after having watched and read Stephen King's 11/22/63. One of the things in that story is how the character is warned that everything in the 60's is going to taste so much better that it's ridiculous.

So when Rios was mooning over 21st Century food, I was laughing and saying: "if you think that processed crap we have to eat is good, replicators must suck way harder than we all thought. You should try the pie in 1963!!"

The grass is always greener...and food is always better, in a previous decade (or century).


People's obsession over runtimes is weird to me. Like they were cheated or something, :lol:
In the streaming era, with no commercials or limited to the all mighty "time slot".... yes, we've been cheated! 38 minutes is a standard one hour program minus commercials nowadays.
 
It's a joke over a silly scene which you are investing an exceptional amount of time and concern. I get the scene didn't work for you. It did for me. I don't care how technically impossible it might have been. Time travel isn't possible either, yet here we are not debating how ridiculous that is. Though, many are elsewhere none the less.

That scene was silly and ridiculous, but it was also fun so I'm ok with it.
 
In the streaming era, with no commercials or limited to the all mighty "time slot".... yes, we've been cheated! 38 minutes is a standard one hour program minus commercials nowadays.

I'm a big Marvel Cinematic Universe fan, and people obsess over the lengths of the episodes on the Marvel Disney + shows. When it leaks that an upcoming episode is 40 minutes or so people start complaining and saying that the episode is going to be bad and disappointed that the episodes aren't longer. Also saw some complaints about some shorter Expanse run times last season. So it isn't just Trek fans LOL
 
Live F.K. Dan reactions:

Jurati uncrosses her legs, produces an electronic nose hair trimmer and drops the guards with it. Where was she hiding it? Oh my.

Love this Borg Queen so much.

Not-Laris' eyes are sooo bloodshot.

Have they said the F-word this season? Cowards.

Picard's reaction to Dr. Soong was neat.

This improved distraction seems awfully rehearsed.

They're counting down to Picard getting hurt. Seen this dozens of times in other shows. Then we won't see the aftermath until next week.

That's the shuttle from the Enterprise intro. Shoulda had Agnus sing "It's been a long road..."

Oh yeah, JL has a family abuse backstory they're sort-of bringing up. Will it go anywhere?

Data's anscestor just mowed down Jean-Luc. This amuses me on so many levels.

"I thought you were the one." Uh oh.

Looks like Picard's android/synth/whatever body messes up defibrillators.

Ah shit he's cloning daughters.

Monsters in Picard's childhood basement??

Oh it's over. Not sure why the Queen hasn't just, you know, assimilated Earth. But whatever.

Curious about next week. Guess that family trauma stuff will get a whole episode.
 
Hmmm...

I think part of the challenge is that when the season is one long arc, the middle episodes seem to have no beginning or end. I don't know...

Some good stuff with Jurati and the Queen. I still have no idea what Q is up to, what the hell Soong has to do with anything.

The doctor working on Picard...what med school did she go to anyway? :lol::lol::lol:

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I think I'm also ready for this Star Trek to return to outer space. I mean, I live in present day LA and there are already dozens of current shows set here, so for me it's kind of boring to see a Star Trek show take place right in my neighborhood as it looks today.

Also why is NASA/Renee in LA? I find that rather disappointing - this could have really gone somewhere new for earth-Trek.
 
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