It
occurred to me while watching Star Trek: Picard how easy it would have been for
it not to have happened. The details
vary, but it would seem that Patrick Stewart didn’t want to return for a fourth
season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
If he had left the show, Picard would have remained assimilated or would
have been killed. If this happened, I
might be reviewing an episode of Star Trek: Riker right now. Of course, I’m not sure how accurate the
details are. I suppose it would make for
a great alternative history cameo or something.
Anyway,
this review is about the final episode of the first season of Star Trek:
Picard. The androids are facing the
threat of being annihilated by Romulans.
Rather than listen to Picard’s grand speech or hope that Starfleet will
arrive in time, the androids are building an antenna to call the super AI
interdimensional beings for help. What’s
scary is that this help will come in the form of killing all organic life in
the galaxy.
There’s
a lot of deception and trickery on both sides, but Picard is eventually able to
stop the annihilators from crossing over into our universe. Of course, it is at the last second. (You know, I’m not really even sure what it
would look like not to have it at the last second.) But the universe is saved and we’ll get a
second season.
This
isn’t to say that the episode doesn’t pull at the heart strings. Picard gets to meet Data one last time and
Data has a rather emotional request for Picard.
You might be wondering how this is possible. To be accurate, it’s the copy of Data’s
memories that were copied from B4.
Either way, it’s a more appropriate sendoff for the character.
One
thing I find curious is that the Romulans really did have a huge fleet. This raises several points. First, why send so many ships to wipe out one
planet? I guess they may have been
expecting the galaxy-destroying AI to already be there. Of course, had the AI already been there, it
probably wouldn’t have mattered anyway.
Also,
where did all those ships come from? If
the Romulans had those ships before their sun went nova, couldn’t those ships
have been used in the evacuation? If
not, it would mean that they were built after the evacuation. It would be a testament to the Romulans that
they could find the resources to make that many ships. (For that matter, the Federation also has a
lot of ships.)
This
isn’t to say I dislike the episode.
There was some personal growth for many of the characters. And there is going to be a second
season. I would hope the major
characters will return. My only question
is if this will include Dr. Jurati.
She
was supposed to turn herself in for the murder of Bruce Maddox. That got sidetracked, but she still did
it. She still has to answer for that. Maybe the second season will start with
Jurati in an orange jump suit. The
entire season could be breaking her out of jail for a special mission. I am looking forward to seeing what happens.
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