Re: Star Trek
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:22 pm
Picard season 3 episode 3
"Seventeen Seconds"
Better episode than last week. Although I disagree with some of the conflict between some of the characters we are shown in this episode. Really surprised by the reveal of the villains. They don't exactly have a history with this crew from what we saw. It remains to be seen what exactly their plot involving them is all about.
Some other Trek news... it was revealed today season 5 of Discovery will be the final season of that series.
"Seventeen Seconds"
Spoiler
Picard and Beverly chat about why she disappeared for 20 years and never told him about Jack. She explains that she wanted to but with Picard constantly getting his life threatened during missions, she was afraid one day he'd die like her parents and husband and Wesley (even though he's just... Traveling). She also explains he'd told her he never wanted a family because he was afraid he'd turn out like his own father. She believes the people after Jack are really after Picard, but Picard has no idea what any of this about and understandably is angry that she took the choice away from him by never telling him. Beverly goes on to say when Jack was old enough she told him about his father and where to find him, but apparently Jack never wanted to. They also explain away his accent by saying he attended school in London. I find it a little hard to believe Beverly was living on Earth for at least part of those 20 years and none of TNG crew were able to find her to talk to her. Leaving sickbay, Riker insists Picard talk to Jack, but Picard believes that relationship is already damaged beyond repair.
Captain Shaw is injured and transfers command to Riker, telling him he got them into this mess, he will get them out of it. Riker continues the strategy of hiding in the nebula while they repair the warp drive. Unfortunately, the Shrike is somehow able to keep finding them, and prevents them from leaving the nebula with the stolen quantum tunneling technology. Picard urges Riker to turn and fight, but Riker insists on getting the ship and crew home, safe. Jack realizes they're somehow leaving a trail the Shrike can follow, and breaks Seven of Nine out of her quarters (not sure why she's restricted to her quarters in this episode when she wasn't in the previous episode) to find the cause. Turns out their warp coils are leaking verterium as a result of sabotage. Jack is attacked by the saboteur, a Changeling. Seven saves him but the gas from the leaking engines nearly kills him. With the leak stopped, the Titan-A attempts to escape, but the Changeling sets off a bomb, once again disabling warp drive. Out of options, Riker finally listens to Picard's advice to fight, but the Shrike is still one step ahead, using the portal technology to have the Titan-A fire upon itself. The disabled Titan-A drifts into a gravity well at the center of the nebula. Riker tells Picard to remove himself from the bridge for getting them all killed. I don't really understand the hostility between Riker and Picard in this episode. They keep butting heads as to what action to take, and while their roles are reversed from what they're used to, much like Beverly, I just don't buy the animosity between them.
In the b plot... Worf fills Raffi in about a man named Titus who paid Sneed to lie about the sale of the weapon. They apprehend Titus and Raffi believes he is suffering from withdrawal while interrogating him. But Worf recognizes he's another Changeling, and needs to revert to his liquid form. Worf explains Odo told him a group of Changelings left the Great Link. The rouge Founders believe they shouldn't have surrendered following the Dominion War and are seeking revenge against the solids that defeated them. With everything about their plot being masked in misdirection, they conclude the stolen quantum tunneling technology itself was a misdirection, and that something else was stolen from the Daystrom Institute... (I'm guessing this is where Lore and Molarity will come in).
Captain Shaw is injured and transfers command to Riker, telling him he got them into this mess, he will get them out of it. Riker continues the strategy of hiding in the nebula while they repair the warp drive. Unfortunately, the Shrike is somehow able to keep finding them, and prevents them from leaving the nebula with the stolen quantum tunneling technology. Picard urges Riker to turn and fight, but Riker insists on getting the ship and crew home, safe. Jack realizes they're somehow leaving a trail the Shrike can follow, and breaks Seven of Nine out of her quarters (not sure why she's restricted to her quarters in this episode when she wasn't in the previous episode) to find the cause. Turns out their warp coils are leaking verterium as a result of sabotage. Jack is attacked by the saboteur, a Changeling. Seven saves him but the gas from the leaking engines nearly kills him. With the leak stopped, the Titan-A attempts to escape, but the Changeling sets off a bomb, once again disabling warp drive. Out of options, Riker finally listens to Picard's advice to fight, but the Shrike is still one step ahead, using the portal technology to have the Titan-A fire upon itself. The disabled Titan-A drifts into a gravity well at the center of the nebula. Riker tells Picard to remove himself from the bridge for getting them all killed. I don't really understand the hostility between Riker and Picard in this episode. They keep butting heads as to what action to take, and while their roles are reversed from what they're used to, much like Beverly, I just don't buy the animosity between them.
In the b plot... Worf fills Raffi in about a man named Titus who paid Sneed to lie about the sale of the weapon. They apprehend Titus and Raffi believes he is suffering from withdrawal while interrogating him. But Worf recognizes he's another Changeling, and needs to revert to his liquid form. Worf explains Odo told him a group of Changelings left the Great Link. The rouge Founders believe they shouldn't have surrendered following the Dominion War and are seeking revenge against the solids that defeated them. With everything about their plot being masked in misdirection, they conclude the stolen quantum tunneling technology itself was a misdirection, and that something else was stolen from the Daystrom Institute... (I'm guessing this is where Lore and Molarity will come in).
Some other Trek news... it was revealed today season 5 of Discovery will be the final season of that series.