Touche. But Janeway was pretty far from Starfleet oversight when she made that choice, the exception to prove the rule. And let's not open that can of worms again here!
Rios: So Teresa here's the deal. You and your son can come with me to the 25th century where he'll live a peaceful life, or I leave you both here where your son will in adulthood suffer horribly during World War 3.
I'm thinking it's more likely that the Aliens who placed Talin & Gary-7 on Earth probably have tech to cryofreeze people to be used later on when needed.
I don't think they're as null as you believe, we have no idea about the lifespan of these genetically enhanced supervisors.
I'm sorry...were you in the same universe as us when watching this episode? I really can't tell whether this post is rife with sarcasm or not, because it honestly sounds genuinely generic and dishonest. Can you describe in detail what you appreciated about this episode? What part made you go "Oh, I see what they are doing and where this is taking us!"? I mean, you seem to be seeing something I and many others aren't.
‘Dishonest’…? Wow……..
I liked it. As someone who lived in LA for 5 years it perfectly captured the atmosphere, so maybe I'm biased. This is a Trek episode that will actually appeal to a wider general audience unlike, say, Star Trek 2009 which was marketed as being for general audiences but wasn't really.
It's more like a homage. Besides a random woman and her son talking about going on a spaceship from the future isn't going to change much, it'll just get lost in all the accounts of alien abductions and forgotten.
My only complaint is that the show hasn't dealt enough with Picard's past. The focus on Picard's relationship with his father should've been a larger part of the show. But it seems like there is more to it and that will develop farther since something seemed to have happened to his mother.
Let people enjoy things! People like episodes for different reasons, you can't just analyse it and determine how good it is scientifically. My favourite episode of Discovery doesn't make any kind of sense and I still enjoyed the hell out of it. If people feel that this is worth an 9, then it's worth a 9... to them. Whether it was coherent or not.
Are you kidding? It was two-thirds of the way to being Star Wars!
It's an opinion. It isn't right or wrong.
She seemed pretty freaked out by the brain wave thing and everything Rios was telling her. It was to convince her that he was telling the truth and but also impress her because he's clearly falling for her.