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Spoilers Will Picard have Irumodic Syndrome in new series?

Technically most of the “present” portion of the episode didn’t happen either, so the whole thing could have been fabricated by Q, not just the past/future portions.

I for one would be quite happy if they just skipped the whole Irumodic Syndrome story. We saw it in AGT, and we’ve seen Stewart play Xavier with a similar condition in Logan, so not really interested in revisiting it.

But if they do, I will watch regardless.
 
Maybe it's a Syndrome that's specific to a single incident in one particular place like the one in DS9's duet...
 
In the "real" present-day timeframe of AGT (I believe both the future and the past in this episode were fabricated by Q), Crusher confirmed that Picard might possibly be susceptible to various neurological conditions, of which Irumodic Syndrome was only one. Plot twist: he develops something that's even worse.

Kor
OR...this story takes place entirely in his head, and it's a delusion resulting from the effects of irumodic syndrome. :eek::whistle:;)
 
Someone just liked something I posted six months ago in this very thread. Might as well bring it forward because I think it still stands and is relevant to what's being discussed in the thread right now.

I think they'll want to make Picard's old age a strength and not a weakness. The same as they made Kirk's middle age in TWOK a strength and not a weakness.

It's not that often you see a show about a character in his 90s played by an 80-year-old. I think the worst thing they could do is have him have dementia. Since Picard is the protagonist and the whole series is named after him, I think they'll want to build him up and show how his age is a strength and not a weakness.

And aside from that, happy 2020 everyone!
 
I think they'll want to make Picard's old age a strength and not a weakness. The same as they made Kirk's middle age in TWOK a strength and not a weakness.

There's a risk of veering too far in the other direction (of reducing Picard to a sputtering fount of wisdom).
Picard was known for long rambling speeches in his prime. Old Picard will be the same but the stories won't go anywhere.
 
There's a risk of veering too far in the other direction (of reducing Picard to a sputtering fount of wisdom).
Hasn't he always been that type of person though? Goes with him being the lead character and generally in the center of things and ship's captain. They're going have to play to his strengths. He's not going to be running around. It would make sense for him to be the wisdom of the group as well as the tactician. That's something I'd really like to see. He's been in enough battles on ground and space that he should be a force to be reckoned with. Or pulling off amazing plans with his small crew possibly at a disadvantage.
 
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