Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 3x05 - "Imposters"

"One Small Step(VOY)." The Delta Flyer had EV suits for Seven and Chakotay when they went to try to board Lt. John Kelly's Ares IV from the early 21st century.

 

Also, as far as we know, Jean-Luc Picard himself is currently still the Commandant of Starfleet Academy, and has been since PICARD season 2.

 

I think its implied that he gave that up since he was moving to another planet with Laris at the start of season 3.

 

Goodness, you all have been busy!

This one knocked it out of the park for me and I gave it a 10.

Forbes and Stewart were amazing together. I loved all of their interactions in this episode and how Picard didn't truly realize how much she meant to him until it was too late.

The cold open with Jack killing the Titan bridge crew was chilling - and then he ended up all Winter Soldier-y later and seemed completely at a loss how he could do that. I was so glad he at least started talking to Beverly about what's going on with him. But the question remains, WHAT IS JACK? And how much does Beverly know/is responsible for? I keep feeling there's more she isn't telling anyone yet. Whatever is up with him, it's got to be why the Changelings are after him. But what do they want him for?

So nice to see Kirk Acevedo again.

 

Beverly knows something is going on well before this. If we all remember the scene where she was injured and about to send the distress call, she had locked Jack out of the bridge and he was banging on the door trying to get in. What was that all about? Was she trying to protect herself from him?

 

Yes, I have thought about that several times, but haven't mentioned it because I don't know what to make of it. Clearly, Jack can be very helpful in a fight.

 

Line that Prinn should've said: "If you break my nose, it's only logical I break your face."

 

Not 'NuTrek'. All Trek has goofs, all the time.

What's Kirk's middle name again? What class did Data attend at SF academy? And exactly how many torpedoes did Voyager have?

 

This show is HEAVY all the time. Would've been nice to get a change of pace palate cleansing episode before returning to the main story arc. Something lighter and more whimsical. But I realize modern TV is different now.

All the stuff on generic edgy sci-fi planet with Raffie and Worf was cringe.

I thought the episode was kind of dumb, but still relatively entertaining.

 

Strange New Worlds fits what you're looking for. If it helps any, I'm not a huge SNW Fan.

 

it’s animated but Lower Decks mostly fits the bill for that too.

 

Nope.

PIcard was the Chancellor.

The question is, what is the Chancellor?

Patrick Stewart is a Chancellor of a University in Britain, which is an honorary title, similar to Godfather, but for a bunch of buildings, not a person, which is not a real job, he just shows up twice a year and looks famous.

Th Chancellor is probably not the top job, but it might be the same as Commandant, or have replaced Commandant after a bureaucracy shuffle.

 

You would be looking for a different show then.

 

No modern TV is light or whimsical… ?

 

DS9 did whimsical and light in between heavy episodes.


"FASCINATION"... right after "DEFIANT" and before the "PAST TENSE" two-parter.

"IN THE CARDS"... right after "EMPOK NOR" and before "CALL TO ARMS".

"YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED"... right after the season 6 occupation arc and before Dominion War kicks back again.


You can do some light in between dark, heavy stuff. It's called balance. But that was in an era where seasons were more than a dozen episodes and every episode wasn't integral to an overarching plot.

However, as stated above, SNW does it. But then that's also not a season arc based show.

So PICARD definitely won't be able to do it.

 

Overall? I'm hard pressed to find an example that can achieve that kind of balance.

 

Just from the last 12 months and off the top of my head…

Ted Lasso, Hello Tomorrow, Shrinking, Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk, The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special, Russian Doll, Emily in Paris and of course Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds to round out the Star Trek side of things.

TV only tends to look all one way when a person myopically limits themselves to one kind of show. Not meaning you when I say that, or in fact the OP.

However, lightness and whimsy are alive and well on TV.

 

I'm referring to doing light episodes in between heavy and dark episodes... balance.

Regarding your examples...

TED LASSO - never seen it, but based on the awards it has been nominated for and won, it's a comedy. Of course it's going to be light and whimsical.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL - also comedy, and doesn't count because it was a special, not a series.

RUSSIAN DOLL - never seen it, but also everything I have heard is it's a comedy, not a drama.

SHE-HULK - never seen it, nor do I plan to based on the reviews I have heard.

HELLO TOMORROW, SHRINKING, MS. MARVEL, and EMILY ON PARIS - never heard of them.

LOWER DECKS - mainly a comedy, with some drama mixed in. Good balance.

SNW - a drama, with some comedy mixed in. Definitely a great balance.

 

I mean, of course comedies are light and whimsical by definition.

Russian Doll is a show that deals with parental abuse, death, suicide and mental illness. It has a dark humour to it, but I’d hardly call it a comedy.

It might be better to watch stuff rather than just go off of reviews?

Regardless, there are plenty of shows in production that manage to strike a balance.

The thing I took issue with is the idea that modern TV is not light or whimsical as a rule. I know it’s not you that said that. It’s clearly nonsense though. Television is a broad church and there has never, ever been such a wide range of shows as there are now. There’s something for everyone.

 

The problem is, those are 26 episode seasons with a arc running through it but all separate episodes. Picard's seasons tell one long story over 10 episodes. To suddenly say, mid season, 'let's have a holodeck episode' makes no sense at all.