The Lwxana-Picard saga is entertaining. Yes, it's often very silly and sometimes annoying, but it's memorable and sometimes funny. (She will show the better of her in DS9 when interacting with Odo).
I honestly don't like this story. They clearly had no idea how to utilize Deanna. In this episode her beauty is used for discussing arranged marriages. In a very shallow way though. Later in this episode, the focus surprisingly shifts back to the plague ship and Wyatt's prophecy. Deanna isn't allowed to be more than a prop. She has no say in the marriage or ship's operations. And she has no say in this episode. Like in all episodes before, she's reduced to say something like I feel like or he/she feels like. Mostly, that's a cover up for bad acting or bad writing. Usually, we the audience, should understand someone's feeling w/o Deanna's explanation. We also should have been thoroughly introduced into the true nature of the Deanna/Riker relationship before this episode. We can only guesstimate what special relation the two had in their past and how they broke up. Thus, we can't really understand what this proposed marriage means to Riker and why he's so pissed.
In the end, it's Wyatt who takes the decision in his own hands and ends the debate about the feasibility of arranged marriages. It's not Deanna who stands up for herself. Plus, is there even an explanation for Wyatt's prophecy? It's just odd. It's also strange. He ran from one marriage proposed by others into the arms of another women he has also never met before. And due to the plague, there's no coming back. Plus, it would have been nice that someone told us ina later episode whether they found a cure and a homestead (but if I can remember correctly we will never hear of them again).
Review by Alexander von LimbergBlockedParent2023-01-27T15:02:20Z
The Lwxana-Picard saga is entertaining. Yes, it's often very silly and sometimes annoying, but it's memorable and sometimes funny. (She will show the better of her in DS9 when interacting with Odo).
I honestly don't like this story. They clearly had no idea how to utilize Deanna. In this episode her beauty is used for discussing arranged marriages. In a very shallow way though. Later in this episode, the focus surprisingly shifts back to the plague ship and Wyatt's prophecy. Deanna isn't allowed to be more than a prop. She has no say in the marriage or ship's operations. And she has no say in this episode. Like in all episodes before, she's reduced to say something like I feel like or he/she feels like. Mostly, that's a cover up for bad acting or bad writing. Usually, we the audience, should understand someone's feeling w/o Deanna's explanation. We also should have been thoroughly introduced into the true nature of the Deanna/Riker relationship before this episode. We can only guesstimate what special relation the two had in their past and how they broke up. Thus, we can't really understand what this proposed marriage means to Riker and why he's so pissed.
In the end, it's Wyatt who takes the decision in his own hands and ends the debate about the feasibility of arranged marriages. It's not Deanna who stands up for herself. Plus, is there even an explanation for Wyatt's prophecy? It's just odd. It's also strange. He ran from one marriage proposed by others into the arms of another women he has also never met before. And due to the plague, there's no coming back. Plus, it would have been nice that someone told us ina later episode whether they found a cure and a homestead (but if I can remember correctly we will never hear of them again).