And speaking of Star Trek: Picard...wow! Second season is so much better than the first, IMO. Q has returned and made a mess of things, but as always, Picard is determined to make things right again. Brent Spiner returns to play an ancestor of Dr. Soong (spoiler alert: the crew travels back in time!). We even encounter a 21st century Guinan (her species is very long lived, with lifespans of several centuries). We are also introduced to an advanced alien race that sends "watchers" back in time to monitor various worlds. Oh, and the Borg Queen is back! Dr. Jurati gets to have a very interesting storyline with her. 

Okay, I don't want to say much more, but if season 1 wasn't that interesting to you, this season will be! 

Is it safe to talk about this yet? Or should we give more time to avoid spoiling?

SPOILERS!

Were you referring to Wesley Crusher as The Traveler? That was an awesome surprise!

I'll just repost my review from my forum and you can discuss whatever points you want to discuss from there :)

Original air date: 05/05/2022

Farewell

What an interesting season finale. I didn't expect such a feel-good finale from Star Trek, especially since they had another season planned after this and the writers knew that at the onset of this season. It makes me wonder what they have in store for next year's series finale. This season of Picard dealt with deep down pain that people have to overcome - each character had it. We saw real sacrifice and growth.

Picard has long been shy about relationships and struggled to get close - we now know why this has been. Q had known it too. However what Q has done is larger than that. The Transwarp conduit would have formed regardless. Q's purpose was not merely to save Picard - it was to save all that Picard loved and fought for in the Alpha Quadrant. Q not only helped Picard discover himself - he also saved billions because what Picard would do in the past set the stage for saving the Quadrant and confronting a new threat that Q knew was coming.

While Q did say it didn't all have to be about galactic importance, that was still something. He ultimately did it BECAUSE of his affection for Picard. Ultimately Q learned something from his interactions with Picard and all of the Alpha Quadrant benefited.

As for characters, both Jurati and Rios did feel out of place in their own time so this was a nice ending for them. Jurati's loneliness is solved and Rios now has a place and we know the positives he creates.

It was mind-blowing that Jurati had triumphed over the Borg Queen and turned the Borg into a powerful force for good. Now, that was unexpected. I loved that speech Jurati gave to the Borg Queen in the previous episode. So, for me, a very satisfying final episode. And I loved the little sequence with Wesley Crusher coming back as "The Traveler." Wow, did not expect that! 

I'm okay with the Borg joining the Federation, actually, because really at this point, where else could they go with that story? Left as it is, eventually the Borg would triumph over everybody. Eventually. Unless someone actually does commit genocide on them. And that doesn't seem very Trekkish either.

Share your thoughts. 

Yes, I was referring to Wesley Crusher! 

As for Picard, what confuses me is that the season finale of ST:TNG clearly shows that Picard and Dr. Crusher were married and divorced. Do we assume then that the future timeline Picard experienced didn't happen? I had always sort of assumed it existed as is, but there was no mention of his relationship with Dr. Crusher in the current series. 

As for the new threat to the Alpha Quadrant, I had considered species 8472, as they were pretty powerful when Voyager confronted them in the Delta quadrant. Of course, there could be any number of malicious entities out there! 

I don't think I'll miss Capt. Rios, but I was fond of Jurati's character, so I will miss her. It would be nice if they could develop Elron's character. I sort of feel like his only purpose is to do the physical aspects of scenes that Patrick Stewart can no longer do. 

So, I have read that everyone from ST:TNG will be making an appearance next season! It will be fun to see how they write those characters into the storylines. 

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BlueMoon67 said...

As for the new threat to the Alpha Quadrant, I had considered species 8472, as they were pretty powerful when Voyager confronted them in the Delta quadrant. Of course, there could be any number of malicious entities out there!

I didn't stick with Voyager, so I can't speak to it. But is it canon? 

I would think it has be canon if it appeared in Voyager. They were not in an alternate timeline or anything like that. They were in the normal Star Trek timeline, except that they had been thrown into the Delta quadrant by a dying alien. Had it not been for Voyager, Seven of Nine wouldn't exist in ST: Picard.