Star Trek: Picard
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Maps and Legends, the seriess second episode, wastes no time providing an answer: the creepy kind.
(Coordinated by whom remains another big blank.)
But not close enough.
The same goes for their behavior.
F8 can mimic human gestures and reply with a hearty Hell yeah!
He knows to smile at a joke but couldnt explain why it was funny.
They may live alongside human co-workers but they appear to have crawled out of the uncanny valley.
Their action remains a mystery but their origins dont.
(Whenever Poochies not onscreen, all the other characters should be asking, Wheres Poochie?)
Or maybe wellneversee him.
(How Lovecraftian.)
But first, some detective work.
But there are two problems.
Undaunted, Picard decides to head out anyway.
Its then he hits his second problem.
And what is her history with Picard?
That seems to be a subject for another episode.
Theres plenty of action elsewhere in this episode, however.
Dispensing with any will-they, wont-they tension, Soji and Narek have already started sleeping together.
They dont, however, know that much about each other.
And whos sent him?
His sister, currently working undercover disguised as a human Starfleet officer named Lt. Rizzo (Peyton List).
And whos pulling her strings?
Then again, its hard to tell what hes thinking behind a surgical mask.
Where did they come from?
The mystery keeps deepening even as the episode draws to a close.
Code 47s
And thats really the biggest difference betweenStar Trek: PicardandStar Trek: The Next Generation.
Thats not the case here, but its working so far.
Its nice to get a glimpse at the life of an everyday employee during the Mars flashback.
The fuelies, as the credits call them, have to work on First Contact day.
No wonder theyre so grouchy.
Shestweetedthat her character begins as Margaret Thatcher in Space before becoming increasingly more Barbara Stanwyck.
The thin line between humans and androids is emerging as one of the seriess core themes.
The challenge here is to do something with that theme thatBattlestar Galacticahasnt done already.
Fourteen species within the Federation said Cut the Romulans loose for well pull out.
It was a choice between allowing the Federation to implode or letting the Romulans go, Clancy tells Picard.
Stewarts expression when hes not recognized by the young ensign at Starfleet is priceless.
Is it weird that, based on its trailer, the new Bond movie has the exact same gag?
The fourth episode, however, finds a familiar name taking over directing duties: Jonathan Frakes.
You need a crew: Riker, Worf, LaForge, hm?
Wesley is maybe off doing Traveler stuff?
(Though Wil Wheaton is hosting thePicardaftershow.)
As for Guinan, Stewart recently extendedan offer for Whoopi Goldberg to appearwhen he guested onThe View.
Lets hope they make it so.
Thanks to the readers who pointed this out to me.
Picard putting his combadge back on.
An earlier version of this recap misidentified Bruce Maddox.
It has been corrected.
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