Holy shit that was a lot to unpack!
Give me that dark, badass Seven though! Gutted what's driven her to this point mind you. Also yeah I shipped the hell out of Seven and Janeway back in the day but didn't think ST would ever actually do anything NEAR that direction with either of them. So imagine my surprise to see hella gay coding for Seven and this Borg scavenger woman. I didn't imagine that right??

In other news, Agnes! Woah! What's happening there! Wouldn't have pipped her for romance with Maddox. He looked more like her dad. Would have been even more impactful and end if he were!
Just what has she seen!

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I thought it was great for the most part. Bringing in Seven only to take her back out before the Borg cube was a dumb-ass decision and the play acting got a little silly for me. I suspected the doctor chick was a bad guy.

"Revenge is not justice". I always say Revenge is the purest form of justice.

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A hologram within a holodeck simulation of a chateau on a ship.
Popup ads that remind us the Tribbles are food and look like Pixar cartoons.
A man who isn't allowed to smoke on his own ship.
Seven of Nine without her catsuit being snarky to Picard for whatever reason she has.
Space techno and space pimps with a space pirate who overacts more than he should.
Apparently Quark has a bar on the BladeRunner planet as expected.
More space drugs.
Picard, the frenchman who can't speak french, tries to speak french again.
Elnor clearly is st0pid Data while the blondie with the eyes that almost touch eachother is not-so-smart Tilly.
A lot of back and forth editing that didn't make sense AND was annoying/confusing.
A lot of moving from here to there from there to here from nowhere to nowhere.

There's a lot more wrong with this episode, with this show and with Nu Trek. Goddammit

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I begin to wonder if @startrekcbs has lost all knowledge about scripts and pacing.

Where Discovery breathlessly rushed through plots for complete seasons within few episodes, Picard just keeps stumbling forward providing little of value.
In this episode we learned minimally about the background of Agnes, Seven of Nine and Raffi. While the men Picard, Elnor and Rios behaved like clowns, providing exactly nothing.
The greater story arc? Nothing new, Maddox came and left. The crew is simply forwarded to their next destination. The end.

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Way too much conspiracy bullshit, treason and soap opera crap.

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Not quite sure what to make of this. Felt a bit like a Bladerunner / Oceans 11 mix.

The relevant stuff for the general story happened in the last five minutes and even that came to no surprise, really. I don't know if Brian Brophy was even asked to again play Maddox but seeing how little time he would have gotten I could understand if he'd said: no. Other than that this was a short arc to re-introduce (?) Seven. Because I'm not sure we'll see a lot more of her. Personally I found their disguises a bit too flamboyant.
For sure they are throwing a lot of mythology into this to build bridges but it isn't always working like it should. Because either they are burning them immediately (Icheb) or they are not really walking over them (Picard and Seven talking about their assimilation).
As I mentioned before I don't mind this kind of episode in general but it seems to be taken up space that could be better served towards the main plot.

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This was the most Star Wars thing I've ever seen in Star Trek and, as such, I am unable to rate this episode, since I can't quite figure out if the Star Wars flavour here is a good or a bad thing (I actually can, but I don't want to admit it).
Gutted that the Seven of Nine fanservice was nothing more than that. I mean, she's already gone...
Anyway, it was a fun, brainless episode.

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Well, THAT was a surprise; NOT!

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German sync of this episode is still asynchron

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Seven isn't as cool as I thought/hoped. She's definitely still cool but not that awesome. Something about her character or acting just doesn't really convince me.

Agnes is still funny and lovely though. Well, until the end that is... :o Her reaction to that ad was funny, her panic (psychiatric emergency) that triggered the EMH. She felt so innocent. So that twist at the end was quite surprising to me. I didn't think she'd be capable of something like that. At least she really didn't seem to like it though! I really wonder now what they've shown her.

Elnor's "Are we still pretending?" was great xD
And Seven's "Hi." seemed fitting. Bjayzel should've better used that time while Seven was away :P

Picard and Raffi made a great team again for a brief time. I'm happy that Raffi (the stowaway :D) is still there but I also feel bad for her. She also didn't seem to really try to win her son back though. I mean, what did she expect would happen?!? Apparently she thought of a warm and happy welcome :o :D

Anyway, the team is still together but I guess Agnes won't be much fun now.

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The last scene is completely pointless. Since they already found out everything they wanted from him, killing him didn't make any sense.

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“I didn’t get one?” LOL.

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I'm already noticing that the supporting cast is carrying a LOT more of the weight than it was at the beginning. I wonder if that was the plan all along or if they quickly realized that Stewart doesn't have the stamina to do as much as they had been originally planning...

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The end intrigues me, even if they were warning

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BlockedParentSpoilers2020-02-20T12:14:38Z

All Right! Now this is starting to feel like I'm watching a Star Trek.

Little bit of action finally starts happening.

The previous 4 episodes were basically all back story and setup. Now things are finally starting to happen.

Love the kick ass Number 5, she always makes the show much better.

If the show can keep up this momentum its going to have a good run.

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I'm gonna die mad about Icheb, he's my favourite boy and I'm pissed

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That was a kick in the gut not even four minutes in...
Planet "Forgotten" is a little bit fitting.

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Shout by Mark Linton
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BlockedParentSpoilers2020-02-20T08:51:54Z

Decent episode, though I wish they hadn't recast Icheb and Maddox. I understand actors can't, or won't return but it's still a shame.

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