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Just a single line of dialogue from this third episode of the second season of Picard explains so succinctly why it is a vastly better show than the garbage called Discovery.

Raffi speaks the line just as Seven is attempting to console her for a jarring recent death.

She abruptly stated: "What I want is to try to figure out how to fix the timeline and not talk about how it felt to watch him die."

Discovery wastes its time for a dozen episodes each season with no forward plot progression, as characters delve into endless amateur therapy sessions with one another. No one cares because Discovery's characters are bland and paper thin, and how they feel about what someone else said or how someone else looked at them adds no texture or depth to who they are or how the plot unfolds.

ST: Picard, on the other hand, has boldly developed characters, each with layers of pathos and mirth, and it is a joy each week to watch all these characters reveal themselves just a bit more. And even better than that, instead of having repetitive staff meetings to discuss what they'll do next, they just DO.

It was fine, it was a little preachy I will admit. No more so than The One With The Whales though. Not as compelling as the first two, and I would have liked more follow through with The Watcher in this episode.

Losing Elnor sucked, and I hope he comes back. I get why it had to be done with being in the past and all.

Also, if you told me after last season that Agnes would be the best character I would've rolled my eyes. That being said, "S*** I Stole From The Borg Queen" is my new hard drive name.

Well, definitivaly a step back compared to the first two episodes, but still better then S1 or anything in Discovery. My key points:

• now again less Trek feeling
• Elnor dead, I don't really care
• Rafi annoying as hell. Maybe they can get rid of that character as well soon?

• Again women attacking Picard, I guess it is part of the writers handbook here
• totaly unclear how Agnes enters the queens mind, is this standard technology now?

• I am not that wokeness sensitive, but it was too much on your nose here. Yes Trek always referenced current problems, but seldomely so bluntly.

• the portrayal of the queen didn't work as well as in the previous episode.

While the previous two episodes managed to entertain me pretty well (gave them 7 out of 10), I found myself partially bored with this one.

Coming off what was an outstanding episode 2, episode 3 sees the crew going back in time to 2024 to try to undo some major event. After a team meeting warning of all the risks of time travel and to be careful to keep a low profile, they beam down to LA. Cristobal is beamed down a little too far off the ground and ends up falling, hitting his head and getting a concussion. Random good samaritan takes him to a nearby clinic run by a Hispanic single mom that apparently has a soft spot for illegals. Fortunately, Cristobal is also Hispanic and understands them when they speak Spanish, w/o the universal translator. As if right on Q, pun intended, the evil white ICE agents arrive to do a random raid and arrest both Cristobal and the female doctor for no reason. They claim it was for obstruction. So brace yourselves because the progressive ideology is coming like a giant hammer to hit us over the head.

Sad. That 2nd Episode was so good.

Pretty slow episode. Girl is doing something with the queen...We never know what though. No borg nanites or any actual assimilation happening. But they are talking about something.

Elnor dies...If only it was Raffi. I just felt like barely anything happened this episode. Its starting to look like Discovery...eesh.

Just take the start of this episode: BIg Boss of Evil Galactic Empire (EGC) got kidnapped. EGC goes after her with three (!) security guys. They are still in orbit at EGC headquarters. The 3 EGC guys hold our heroes at gunpoint and talk/argue. Our heroes out of nothing and with zero effort disarm all 3 EGCs in 5 seconds. The situation is under control. Then our heroes kill, well, execute all 3 ECGs. (Okay, the third EGC got a hold of gun and was about to shoot.) What the hell am I watching?!

Also, the guns, that a second ago produced a regular gunshot wound on one of the heroes now 100% disintegrate the ECGs.

Also, in the middle of this 2 minute scene, the quirky science lady hero (and murderer from season 1) is about 20 feet away, noisily dismantles a big wall panel and connects the borg. Without anyone noticing. Andm more importantly without any impact on this scene, it has nothing to do with anything in this opening, she could have just done it easily after the whole "combat" bit.

The rest is terribly written and makes no sense as well.

• Q appears for exactly two short lines of dialogue (just repeating a line he already said) and vanishes for the rest of the episode.

• A twenty second space chase sequence is resolved by the heroes shuttle firing a single charge at each of the three pursuing capital ships, destroying each one in a single hit. (Rios explicitly says "target starboard nacelle", but the charge hits the deflector dish. Do these people even know what a nacelle is, let alone what starboard means?) And after all three pursuers are dealt with, nothing more happens, no more attackers, no orbital defense meassures, nothing.

• "Hook me up to the queen." "No, that is not an option." "But you have to". "No". "You have to." "Okay."

• Raffi turns into an stupendous incredible loose canon for 5 minutes, lashes out at her friends, then that is suddenly forgotten about and she is 100% back to herself.

And. So. On.

While writing this, I actually changed my rating from 2 to 1 star.

Good god, what have they done?

I really really want to love Picard but for goodness sake, every frickin time travelling cliche is dragged out. The communicator is about the most important thing you have, and you barely try to hang on to it. He's a captain of a ship, clearly not flippantly stupid, why would he behave like that?! Really poor plot device, writers.

The cliffhanger from the end of episode 2 got fastly resolved to get the story going where it was intended to go by Q: Back in time, back to the 21st century, back to our present time.

Star Trek Picard gets its own Star Trek IV-setting as a Start Trek IV 2.0, only in a tv show format, not a single movie.

Good camera work and high production values.

It's grimmer, no humor, although it still has nearly the same themes as in the 80s: polution, tolerance, foreigners in a country.

The action is fast-paced, the Borg Queen spices up the whole episode, thrills and delivers some really good scenes. The scenes on the Star Gazeer are more interessting than the ones on Earth.

The mission is still a mystery, but: The team on present time Earth gets as filler and predictable dillemas two story arcs/sub plots beside their mission to fill the episodes.

Of course, some plans won't work out at first, predictable tropes.

We'll see what happens. I'm hooked and waiting for the next episode.

Recommended, if you like the time travel setting.

Well. The story had good story-telling. It was cool watching the Solar Slingshot Maneuver, never gets old. I am very surprised the episode continued to be good with Q barely appearing. Of course, certainly had interesting character drama between Picard & Agnes which was top-notch. God, I love Agnes. Wonderful performances all around. As I have a particular dislike of overusing the Borg, but about damn time we get some great portrayal of the Borg Queen.

I was iffy on the "time travel" plot as it's always a failure when it comes to Modern Trek doing it, but this time? The setting is interesting! But, I do not dig the potential romance between Rios & Dr. Ramirez. Just isn't my thing. As much I don't give a crap about Rios, I quite like how he interacts in the Hospital and especially the sweet interaction between him and the young boy. Yet, the cycle of "Doctor Friend" still continues.

Indeed had a lot of TVH vibes with some of the crew blending in. I like scenes like Raffi kicking a Mugger's azz, deserved it. & Seven and Raffi deceiving the Guard. Oh yes, about Seven. She seems to be more relaxed (( obviously, her borg implants aren't there anymore )) which I like. "You and 2024 should get a room."

Also, yes, we are in 2024. The year of the chaotic riots. Quite eerie we are approaching 2024 anytime soon. As a space enthusiast, quite crazy humans in the altered timeline have the technology to travel to Europa. When it comes to real technology, we might reach there by either the 2030s or 2040s.

I pretty much don't care for Elnor and his death. He wasn't an interesting character for me. I wouldn't be surprised if he's brought back to life after the corrupted timeline eventually gets fixed. At this point, I have noticed the tone isn't as dark as it was last season. As much I am desensitized to offensive language, it was darn unsettling and very unnecessary at times in S1. Glad those days are over. I can't wait to see more to come. So many questions about these Watchers.

My favorite scene would totally be Agnes playing her tricks on the Borg Queen. Hell, I was impressed too.

8/10.

Star Trek goes Back to the Future in an episode directed by Lea Thompson.

Picard with the help of the Borg Queen arrive in 2024 Los Angeles.

Rios, Raffi and Seven of Nine try to locate the Watcher.

Meanwhile on board, Picard and Jurati need to deal with the Borg Queen who has run out of power.

Unfortunately I found the writing here somewhat clunky. It really was laying bear the mechanics of moving the plot in the most clumsy manner.

The three who land in LA get seperated with Rios getting injured. Then Rios drops his comms badge and no one wants to give it back to him.

You could say Rios trying to get the badge back will mirror Marty McFly trying to retrieve the sports almanack in BTTF II.

Rios also does a Chekov in Star Trek IV, ending up in hospital and being chased by the authorities.

Now if they only had a doctor with a Scottish accent who picked up a voice activated device and said Computer......