Though the fan service may have been a tad heavy, this was still a 9 episode. The emotion of seeing the old ship and the crew's reaction to it was priceless. My reaction was as well.
This feels like the perfect penultimate episode as we bring back the best antagonist in Trek history ( the changelings and Species 6731 are near the top for me) and everything is nicely tied together. Now Jacks visions, voices and abilities make sense and Picards history is subtly rewritten so that we know can revisit old episodes of TNG and view them with enhanced depth.
Better Call Saul to Breaking Bad is the best example of this. Knowing more deepens the old episodes now.
This feels like the perfect penultimate episode as we bring back the best antagonist in Trek history ( the changelings and Species 6731 are near the top for me) and everything is nicely tied together. Now Jacks visions, voices and abilities make sense and Picards history is subtly rewritten so that we know can revisit old episodes of TNG and view them with enhanced depth.
Better Call Saul to Breaking Bad is the best example of this. Knowing more deepens the old episodes now.