Thursday, April 13, 2023

The big reveal in Picard season 3 [spoilers]

I was entertained by seasons 1&2 of the Picard series. Good story arcs, interesting characters. It was good. Sure, it's not the happy, altruistic view that gene Roddenberry created for TOS and TNG, but I thought of it as an evolutionary sort of view.

You fought the borg, the dominion, and then had the romulan planet destroyed, which caused dissension in star fleet. The concept was believable in a less certain future.

And so season 3 starts and it's also good. We have the "we're getting the band back together" vibe and it's well thought out. There's the changelings. There's Picards son. Lots of intrigue and mystery.

And then we get to the big reveal. We're going to find out who jack is. Why is he important.

Speculation is rampant. And personally I hoped that they'd bring back a lost storyline from TNG, or maybe some thread from another show.

But please. Please? Don't make it the borg.

The borg were interesting when they first arrived in TNG. But they got overplayed. Then they showed up in voyager too often. Then they were in enterprise.

Season 1 of Picard featured the borg
Season 2 of Picard featured the borg

And of course, season 3 features ... the borg. 🤦‍♂️

I was actually annoyed. Maybe a little mad. Why? Why the borg AGAIN? Sure there's some nice fan service, but it's just so overplayed. Why not literally anyone else?

Here's to hoping that episode 10 changes my opinion on this. Do something creative. Bring back another badass species. Don't just make it enterprise d against the borg.

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