I hope it's not Mirror Universe Terrans although it would explain why Shaw is such an asshole and why his ship lighting is so dark. But that really has been done to death by Discovery at this point.
Spoilers Theory - Crusher's assistant = ...?
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I hope it's not Mirror Universe Terrans although it would explain why Shaw is such an asshole and why his ship lighting is so dark. But that really has been done to death by Discovery at this point.
Truthfully, with the longer lifespans we already know they have in the 24th/25th centuries, they all seem a little older than you'd expect for their ages in-universe Rikers around 70, but from what we've seen in trek, that's practically middle aged
Posted this in the episode thread, but I'll repeat it here. I have a feeling there's something Borgy about Jack Crusher. There's a reason that specific log entry from BoBW was playing -- " I have no explanation for their special interest in me or this ship". They also hit us over the head with "Remember that Picard was Locutus!": Riker mentions it out of the gate, Shaw hates it, etc... I suspect it will be revealed that the Borg chose him to be Locutus for some deeper reason other than just being a mouthpiece. If Jack is JLP's son, he could have passed on that trait (enhanced by Borg nanites that were still in his system). So, Jack is a genetic goldmine, explaining why he's being hunted and why Beverly will go to the ends of the universe to protect him (even calling in Locutus himself).
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Yeah. In universe, Picard was 74 during Nemesis. Running around like an action hero beating up Remans is not on the cards for most 74 year olds in our century.
Stallone is 76. Obviously he's not really doing/capable of what the chars in movies he plays does, but people are believing he can do it into his 70s and he's obviously physically able to do enough to film a lot of those scenes.
I do agree the aging is a bit off. I don't know if anyone read the DS9 novels with Elias Vaughn, but that kinda influenced how I view ages in the TNG generation. He was like late 90s early 100s and it was more or less what someone would be like in their maybe late 50s, early 60s in our century.
Is that a hint?Beverly had something important to tell Picard just before he vanished in Remember Me...
Maybe Bev had the kid during TNG Season 2, went back to the ship, and hid him in the transporter buffer.
Pffft. Where’s your inner Trekkie rationalization instinct?
Life on the frontier can be hard. Substandard radiation shielding, too easy access to Romulan ale and Saurian brandy, losing at the DNA game (some people look considerably older than others in their twenties); zapped by an alien artefact that caused premature aging…
If the year is 2411 (which has been widely theorised for a number of good reasons), then 32 years have passed since Nemesis. If Picard/Crusher has a brief fling in the months after that film we wouldn't be too far off in terms of casting.
Anyway, I feel like this is a far too obvious in-your-face explanation. I'm sure Terry Matalas will be subverting our expectations soon enough.
I think you're on to something. She learned that from Scotty in 'Relics'.
I was discussing the ongoing online debate of how old this character is supposed to be with my sister this morning and she lamented that it must be a little rough to be Mr. Speelers and keep hearing that you look way too old.
Isn’t the Hollywood general rule of thumb ten years in either direction is workable post-puberty? Or perhaps I’m showing my age and with ultra-high-definition we have much less leniency in casting nowadays.
Ed Speelers is 34.
Now that it's confirmed by Terry Matalas that the season does in fact take place in 2401 and if Jack is the same as as Ed Speelers, he was born in 2367. If he's at least 30 then he was born in 2371. Both Riker and Picard seem pretty fucking floored to find out Bev has a Son who isn't Wesley. So it's clear no one even knew Bev was pregnant.
It would be out of character for Beverly to hide a pregnancy from Picard, a man she has known most of her adult life and trusts more than anyone regardless of whether he is the father or not. I also don't think that Matalas would try and retcon Bev and Picard having a baby into the the story. It's too obvious and given what we know of Season 3 nothing about it is obvious. I think casting an actor with a british accent is a misdirect to get us immediately thinking Jack is Picard's son.
I don't think Jack is Beverly or Picard's biological son at all. I think Jack is someone else's child who Bev has been tasked with looking after and protecting from Vadic and whatever organisation she represents. There is something special about Jack, which is why Beverly locked him in a secure compartment when the Shrike goons attack instead of letting him help her fight them off. Jack is key to Vadic's plans in some way and i think it ties into why Beverly went dark and cut everyone out of her life 20 years ago.
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The problem is that regardless how we try and make the numbers add up - the show and script make it clear that twenty years is the key period and also suggests there was a romance that ended twenty years ago.
So she could have had a kid she hid for a decade but I think he will literally turn out to be twenty.
So she could have had a kid she hid for a decade but I think he will literally turn out to be twenty.
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