Star Trek Picard SPOILERS thread

[Morrus]

Although, I do have to ask, why does every Trek series take Star Fleet and make it the bad guy? We saw it back in TNG, DS9, and STiscovery. For a "utopian vision" of the future, Star Fleet sure likes to go back on its principles.

I don’t think they’ve made it the bad guy. It’s still Starfleet. Just Picard and Starfleet disagreed about something 20 years back.

 

[MarkB]

I don’t think they’ve made it the bad guy. It’s still Starfleet. Just Picard and Starfleet disagreed about something 20 years back.

Indeed - and that's nothing new. Kirk was disagreeing with Starfleet frequently back in the original series, and Picard was doing so as recently as Star Trek Insurrection.

I'd consider it to be an abiding theme across all Trek series that, while principles may be established by a government, it is up to individuals to uphold them.

 

[Janx]

We loved it.

How come Picard never asked about the Daystrom Institute's new employee, Dahj? I mean yes, they talked about Picard meeting her, but when he's given resistance to the idea of a synthetic, it's like "you tell me, you hired her." would have made a great line.

Which that line of discussion might have led to Maddox, once they backtracked Dahj to her home, parents, etc.

 

[MarkB]

We loved it.

How come Picard never asked about the Daystrom Institute's new employee, Dahj? I mean yes, they talked about Picard meeting her, but when he's given resistance to the idea of a synthetic, it's like "you tell me, you hired her." would have made a great line.

Which that line of discussion might have led to Maddox, once they backtracked Dahj to her home, parents, etc.

Hopefully they may pick up on that next week. We did leave off the episode with Picard still at the Daystrom Institute.

 

[Ryujin]

We loved it.

How come Picard never asked about the Daystrom Institute's new employee, Dahj? I mean yes, they talked about Picard meeting her, but when he's given resistance to the idea of a synthetic, it's like "you tell me, you hired her." would have made a great line.

Which that line of discussion might have led to Maddox, once they backtracked Dahj to her home, parents, etc.

I took it as Picard not wanting to lay all of his cards on the table, because at this point he has no idea who to trust.

 

[Janx]

So what do we know so far?

Data is dead, his appearance is a dream sequence
Nobody ever says Data's daughter's name, Lal.
the Daystrom Institute still exists
Synthetics became more common place at some point
Synthetics went bad and burned Mars
Synthetics were banned, yet at least one works in StarFleet Archives
Picard has a storage unit to keep his old stuff
He kept the Captain Picard Day sign
Maddox is in hiding, probably made the new Lal-alikes
Dahj-Mom hasn't called the other daughter out of concern
Romulans work for Picard and his vineyard
Romulans have a thriving Scrap business
The Federation turned its back on Romulan Refugees
Some neighborghoods on Earth aren't as smurfy as others
Picard isn't used to running up stairs

 

[Anoth]

Romulans integrating in Star fleet made no sense to me. They were a cast empire with hundred of world or more to move to. They would have stayed in their own empire and relocated to another planet in their empire. Other than that I liked it.

 

[Raunalyn]

Synthetics were banned, yet at least one works in StarFleet Archives

I think that was a hologram, but I may have to rewatch the episode to confirm.

 

[Raunalyn]

Romulans integrating in Star fleet made no sense to me. They were a cast empire with hundred of world or more to move to. They would have stayed in their own empire and relocated to another planet in their empire. Other than that I liked it.

I saw it as a group of Romulans "defected" to the Federation. Perhaps some of them were grateful for the assistance in evacuating Romulus when the sun went supernova. That being said, I think there is a group of Romulans that are trying to undermine this integration (at least, that was how I interpreted the Romulan assassins trying to kill Dahj).

 

[shawnhcorey]

(at least, that was how I interpreted the Romulan assassins trying to kill Dahj).

I thought they were trying to capture her. It seems they had some questions.