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Star Trek: Picard Recap: A Good Day to Die

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If Jean-Luc Picard were disappointed in me, I’d crawl into a hole and never come out. Even as a fictional character, he’s one of those people who has been so pivotal in my life, so fundamental to the person I chose to become, that I couldn’t imagine being the target of his anger and disappointment.

Even so, he’s not perfect. One of the best parts of  Star Trek: Picard  is that it explores Picard’s arrogance in a way we haven’t previously seen. And as viewers, we’ve come to understand the weight of his expectations in this latest episode. What happens when you  don’t  become the person he thinks you should be?

It’s easy to breathe a sigh of relief at the beginning of “Imposters.” The Titan escapes the nebula and clutches of the Shrike, but as Beverly says, “I don’t think this is over yet.” We’re only halfway into the season, after all!! Starfleet arrives on the scene, ready to take Jean-Luc and Will to task for their actions.

Things are amped up, but once the USS Intrepid arrives, everything feels off. The Starfleet representative is arriving by shuttle, not the transporter. There’s no real communication as to what’s happening. Everything about this  screams  changeling imposter. When that shuttle docked, I was prepared for the Starfleet representative to be anyone, anyone at all. And yet I still gasped at the reveal: Ro. Freaking. Laren.

My personal relationship with Ro Laren has changed over the years. When I first saw the  Star Trek: The Next Generation  episode “Preemptive Strike,” I couldn’t believe that Ro betrayed Starfleet and joined the Maquis. It was unthinkable. SHE TURNED AGAINST JEAN-LUC PICARD? HOW DARE SHE!

But upon subsequent watches of the episode (which originally aired in 1994, nearly 30 years ago), I started sympathizing with Ro more (it doesn’t hurt that the excellent Michelle Forbes plays her). All of a sudden, the issue — having her loyalty tested between Picard and a group of resistance fighters opposing the Cardassian Union — wasn’t so black and white. You can see how torn Ro is, how much she doesn’t want to disappoint Jean-Luc or betray the trust he puts in her, but in the end, she has to do what she thinks is right. To see her again, back in a uniform, working for Starfleet Intelligence, and sitting in judgment of our heroes: I had a  lot  of feelings (putting them on trial for treason???).

It is fascinating to watch the different reactions. Will was in the shuttle with Ro when she betrayed Starfleet all those decades ago and saw how conflicted she was. He bore her message — “I’m sorry” — back to Captain Picard. Unsurprisingly, he tries to talk Jean-Luc down and curb his anger.

But Picard is having  none of it . He’s angry at everything, and his emotion is intensely focused on Ro Laren, who, in his opinion, is an affront to everything he stands for. She betrayed Starfleet, sure, but more importantly, she betrayed  him . And now she  dares  court-martial him??

It’s a tense chess game. After Jean-Luc learns from Beverly that changelings can pass blood tests, he immediately begins to suspect he’s dealing with an imposter. Commander Ro doesn’t help things when she pulls a phaser on him and redirects Picard into the holodeck. (Apparently, Ten Forward is just where all the good conversations will happen this season.)

It’s here that they begin to really test each other out. They’re half examining each other’s memories, half having the confrontation they’ve thought about for years. The conversation between them is so good that I struggle to write about it. My notes from the scene are just the dialogue written out because it’s so emotional and poignant. It is the catharsis I didn’t even know I was looking for: Jean-Luc pours out his anger, and it all comes down to the two breaking each other’s hearts: “You broke my heart,” Picard says. “And you broke mine,” Ro says back.

Interestingly, Jean-Luc’s anger is palpable, while Ro’s is quieter. It seems she’s accepted she betrayed him and that he will never forgive her. She tries to defend herself but also feels resigned to bear the brunt of his disappointment. It’s a weight she’s been carrying for decades. In the end, Jean-Luc’s anger at Ro convinces her to trust him. Neither of them are changelings. Ro tells Jean-Luc of a changeling infiltration of Starfleet at the highest levels. (At once, it becomes clear who Worf’s handler is.) Ro doesn’t even trust the Starfleet officers who traveled with her from the Intrepid.

As Ro explains what she knows, things become more apparent, but there’s one thing we don’t get an answer to: Why Jack Crusher? Even Ro doesn’t know, just that she’s been ordered to bring him in (presumably by changeling impersonators). But her crewmates can’t find him because Seven of Nine disguised Jack as a Starfleet officer. His visions are getting worse, but he’s safe for now.

Ro returns to the Intrepid, leaving the investigation in Jean-Luc’s hands. She pulls him aside and gives him an emotional goodbye, putting her Bajoran earring in his hand. It’s an ominous sign. As Commander Ro heads back to the Intrepid, her companions activate a bomb on her ship and beam back to the Titan. They’re clearly changelings and are going after Jack Crusher. Ro maneuvers the shuttle toward the Intrepid’s nacelle and says to Jean-Luc, “I’m giving you what you gave me all those years ago: a fighting chance.” It’s only then that Jean-Luc truly understands what Ro was trying to tell him, that her honor  required  her to do what she thought was right instead of being loyal to an institution like Starfleet. Even though she couldn’t be the person he wanted her to be, that doesn’t mean Ro doesn’t have honor or integrity. He realizes how much he’s misjudged and vilified her. He’s in tears as, in her final moments, he finally understands who she is.

After her death, the Titan escapes. Will realizes that the Bajoran earring Ro gave Jean-Luc has a data chip embedded within it, and it grants them access to her entire changeling investigation. As they’re looking through her files, Worf calls to check in with his handler — and finds his old captain and commander at the other end.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the escapades Worf and Raffi went on in this episode after being absent from the last ones. They are such an incredible team and an absolute delight to see onscreen. The story can be heavy at times, especially in this particular episode, and they provide necessary lightness whenever they’re onscreen. It makes for a nice balance.

This is one of those episodes that, as Trek fans, we’ll talk about for a long time. Was it a bit of fan service? Probably. Will anyone who cares about these characters actually mind? No, I don’t think so. Because the story line and motivations are authentic to who these people are, and the resolution between these two characters needed to happen. Jean-Luc is really hard on people, and living up to his expectations must be brutal — Ro earned every bit of her beautiful redemption arc.

Captain’s Log

• Legacy character count: Five.

• What is going on with Jack Crusher? I’m so glad he finally told his mom what was happening at the end of the episode, but those red visions? The voice saying, “Find me?” That has to be why the changelings want him, but what does it mean?

• “I’m going to step outside so the three of you can get your bullshit story straight.” Captain Shaw continues to be the most delightful asshole.

• Will Jean-Luc eventually succeed in recruiting his son to Starfleet? That’d be a lot of fun, but I also like the idea that Starfleet isn’t for everyone.

• Changelings no longer revert to goo when they’re killed; that’s fun and disturbing news.

• I knew Worf wasn’t going to die, but “Today was a good day to die” GOT ME.

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‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: Old Friends Deliver Fighting Chances

An unexpected face from 'The Next Generation' turns up to give Picard a fighting chance against the Changelings.

With Vadic ( Amanda Plummer ) and the Shrike far behind them, one might assume that Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) and the crew of the U.S.S. Titan are finally on the path to safety in the fifth episode of Star Trek: Picard ’s final season, but that isn’t the case. The full scale of the Changelings' plot begins to come into focus in the aptly titled “Imposters,” and no one could have predicted just how widespread the danger is—both near and far.

The episode, directed by Dan Liu and written by Cindy Appel and Chris Derrick , opens quite serenely with the bridge crew of the Titan making preparations to get the starship back into working order after their near-death stint in the nebula, but the peace is quickly shattered when a Starfleet uniform-clad Jack Crusher ( Ed Speleers ) steps onto the bridge to murder everyone. Luckily, for everyone involved, this terrifying episode is just a nightmare, but when Jack awakens from it, he is clutching a blaster, which suggests that maybe, just maybe, there’s something very real—and very wrong—at play. To his credit, Jack seems rightfully disturbed by the situation, but after two episodes of ominous red doors and creepy voices , Star Trek: Picard seems to be making a point that there’s something larger at play here for Jack. Just when it seems like he may be past this weird incident, his eyes turn red and that same creepy voice whispers: “Jack, come home.”

Elsewhere aboard the Titan , Picard, Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ), Seven ( Jeri Ryan ), and Captain Shaw ( Todd Stashwick ) convene to discuss the Changeling situation aboard the ship. After Riker hands control back over to Shaw, Shaw reveals that he already took the liberty of contacting Starfleet to report everything that has happened, including their misdeeds. He asks Seven if she wants to face the music reinstated, and she doesn’t even hesitate to ask to be reinstated. Picard vows to bear the brunt of the punishment since he was the one that orchestrated the whole takeover, and Shaw seems mightily pleased with the prospect that Picard might finally have to pay for his actions.

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Picard sets off to tell Beverly ( Gates McFadden ) and Jack that Starfleet are on their way to question the crew of the Titan , and Beverly is quick to point out that this situation with the Changelings is far from over. After all, how did the Changelings get onboard the Titan weeks before Picard was even made aware of the situation that Beverly and Jack were facing on the fringes of Federation space? Keen to continue investigating the situation, Beverly sets off back to the sick bay, while Jack lingers to speak with his father. In the wake of his nightmare, Jack clearly seems nervous about anything to do with Starfleet, which makes Picard’s suggestion that he should consider a life within Starfleet after the dust has settled even more alarming. Even without the nightmare, Jack has good reason to turn it down—Starfleet would put a crimp in his lifestyle as a rogue medic. While Picard very clearly wants to stay in Jack and Beverly’s lives, Jack doesn’t seem as excited by the prospect.

When the U.S.S. Intrepid arrives to investigate the situation aboard the Titan , something seems immediately off about the whole thing. Seven and Shaw are the first to find it suspicious that, rather than using the transporter to beam aboard, the Intrepid sends over the investigators on shuttles. With a very uneasy vibe setting in, Picard asks Seven for one more favor—which turns Jack’s nightmare into reality. Taking heed of Beverly’s warning that the Changeling plot is far from over, Picard’s plan with Seven is to help Jack blend in right in plain sight—which means dressing him up in a Starfleet uniform, which he does put on.

Picard is ever-hopeful that he and Riker won’t get into too much trouble, banking on their vast career as galaxy-savers to smooth things over. Shaw, given the bad blood between him and Picard, isn’t as convinced that their legacy is enough to save them. Especially not when they’ve made a lot of mistakes which they had to save the galaxy from too. Picard’s hope for a smooth investigation quickly vanishes when he recognizes a familiar face among the Intrepid ’s crew: Ro Laren ( Michelle Forbes ). Picard is immediately on the defensive, still clearly troubled by what went down on Star Trek: The Next Generation , when she was just Ensign Ro.

Picard and Ro had a complicated relationship during her time aboard the Enterprise , a fact that still seems to weigh heavily on both of them. Despite being the driving force behind Ro defecting to the Maquis, Picard still sees it as an ultimate betrayal—further compounded by the fact that Ro has come aboard the Titan now to claim Picard is a traitor. To her credit, Ro tries to be reasonable with Picard, explaining what their plan is for interrogation, what his rights are, and that they plan to transport most of the crew over to the Intrepid . In an attempt to convince Picard that she isn’t a Changeling, Ro slices her hand open to prove that she bleeds, but he’s fully aware the Changelings they’re dealing with might be capable of bleeding like anyone else.

In sickbay, Beverly and Dr. Ohk ( Tiffany Shepis ) have brought Ensign La Forge ( Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut ) in to confirm that the dead Changeling that looks like her, is indeed not her. Unlike previous run-ins with Changelings, this particular Changeling has retained its previous form after being killed—instead of turning back into goo. Beverly discovers that this new breed of Changeling has blood, which allows it to pass the required Starfleet blood testing, meaning anyone aboard the Titan could be a Changeling: confirming Picard’s concerns on the other side of the ship. As they continue running diagnostics on the corpse, they discover that not only can this newly evolved species pass blood tests, but they can replicate human organs.

After making this discovery, Beverly reaches out to Picard who is still being interrogated by Ro. Picard quickly makes it clear that their conversation is not private, and Beverly smoothly explains that she’s relaying some sort of medical test to him, which he claims are personal health scans. With the brief reprieve that Ro allows him, Picard retrieves Beverly’s message, which once again urges him to “trust no one.” With this new knowledge, Picard is even more suspicious of Ro and the fact that she isn’t asking any hard questions about the situation. Recognizing that he thinks she may be a Changeling, she dives into their history and fills in the blanks between the last time they saw each other now, but still, she sidesteps the more personal questions Picard tries to strike at. Shifting gears, Ro requests to see the Changeling remains they have aboard the Titan , which is all a ruse to get Picard alone and far away from prying eyes. In a very surprising turn, she pulls her phaser on him and herds him into the holodeck which is still set up to look like 10 Forward. Despite having a phaser trained on him, Picard slides behind the bar and offers to make her drink, which is a ruse in and of itself. The holodeck is a perfect replica of 10 Forward, including the phaser that Guinan had stashed behind it.

Once again, Picard brings up the fact that Ro isn’t wearing her Bajoran earring, which was a source of great controversy because it technically broke Starfleet protocol, though he had bent the rules for her when she was aboard the Enterprise . Their conversation shifts quite sharply, with Picard claiming that this is a conversation he has been waiting to have for thirty years. He’s quick to lash out and tell her that she betrayed everything he had ever believed in, but Ro meets his words with harsh truths of her own. She accuses him of trying to mold her in his own image, something that she was never going to be able to achieve—which is evident in how their arc played out on The Next Generation . The betrayal was mutual, but Picard set her up to fail by expecting more than she could give. After a heartfelt confession that they both broke each other’s hearts, Ro and Picard lower their weapons and return to the far more pressing matter at hand. Locked away on the holodeck, far from suspicious ears, Ro admits that Starfleet has been compromised all the way to the highest levels and, despite everything that has happened between them, she asks Picard to trust her again.

Ro goes on to explain that she has been investigating what appears to be a widespread Changeling plot, though every time she gets close to finding answers she’s locked out. For months there have been fleet-wide issues, which have been covered up, and she is convinced that something is going to happen on Frontier Day when all the fleets are present. Despite the grandeur of the event and the all-hands nature of it, she has found herself largely locked out of the planning—leading her to believe the Changelings are behind it. She also tells Picard that she has been hearing Jack’s name on intelligence chatter for months: someone wants something from him, and it all seems connected.

Speaking of Jack, he is doing a terrible job of keeping a low profile while a pair of security engineers from the Intrepid are prowling the ship looking for him. With most of the crew of the Titan being transported aboard the Intrepid , Jack finds himself in the transporter room fantasizing about killing the transporter officer. He is still hearing voices, though now the voice is saying “Find me. Connect us. Do you hear me?” It’s all very ominous stuff, especially with the glowing red eyes, and the unsettling desire to kill Starfleet officers. On the other side of the galaxy, Raffi ( Michelle Hurd ) and Worf ( Michael Dorn ) are training aboard La Sirena . Worf is still intent on figuring out what the Changelings stole from Daystrom, but their investigation is coming up short for two, very different reasons. Sneed was their only lead and since Worf had to kill him to save Raffi’s neck—they can’t pursue that lead anymore. Also, Starfleet is continuing to deny them access when they try to investigate that avenue, leading them to believe that someone wants to keep them out. Worf deduces that their only remaining lead is a criminal by the name of Krinn who worked alongside Sneed.

When they arrive at District 6, they very quickly realize that something is amiss. Everyone is running and hiding and clearing out the streets. It would seem that after killing Sneed, everyone in the city fears them now. Raffi attempts to take advantage of the situation, shouting that they’re looking for Sneed’s associate Krinn, but it backfires. Quite a bit. Krinn does show up, and he’s furious that they killed Sneed, who was essentially his brother even though he is a Vulcan and the latter was a Ferengi. Krinn swiftly sees through the little trap that Worf and Raffi set for him and takes them hostage, with a plan to force them to fight to the death.

Leaning back on their training sequence from the top of the episode, Raffi and Worf reluctantly engage in combat, which leads to Raffi gaining the upper hand and stabbing Worf. In a heart-wrenching moment, Worf says the iconic line, “Today was a good day to die.” and seemingly keels over dead. Luckily, “Imposters” doesn’t make the audience wait too long to learn that they didn’t actually kill off one of the most beloved characters in the franchise. But what’s important is that Krinn believes that the Klingon is dead just long enough to be lulled into a false sense of security, allowing Worf to come through and kill everyone. Krinn was the one that orchestrated the break-in at Daystrom and, at knifepoint, he reveals that the facility is guarded by a flawed and illogical AI system. He happened to find a device that exploits its flaws, and without this device, no one else can get into Daystrom undetected. And, as any intelligent Vulcan would realize, he admits that providing them with the device would be the most logical course of action.

On the Titan , things are starting to reach another crisis point. Ro informs Picard that her plan is to leave them with a skeleton crew of hopefully non-Changeling crewmembers, and tells him that they are going to have to run. Before they part ways, in the midst of a tearful goodbye, Ro leaves Picard with the earring that has been such a hot topic throughout the episode. Befuddled, but recognizing the peril they are most likely in, Picard goes straight to Shaw to inform him that they’re going to have to run away because things are so much worse than they could’ve imagined.

Aboard Ro’s shuttle back to the Intrepid , she realizes that her two security engineers (the pair that has been looking for Jack on the Titan ) have planted a bomb on the ship, and before she can stop them, or kill them, they beam back onto the Titan . Ro hails the Titan to tell them what happened, but she refuses Picard’s desperate attempts to offer help because there’s no time for her to defuse the bomb. Instead, Ro navigates the shuttle towards the Intrepid , crashing into it as the bombs go off. This, in her own words, is an attempt to give Picard a fighting chance. With part of the Intrepid smoldering in space, the starship turns on the Titan , and they quickly realize they are about to be framed for “attacking” another Starfleet vessel. Before anyone can get too carried away, Seven cautions them that they can’t fire on the Intrepid because they will kill their crew members which were taken aboard it. Riker pleads with Shaw to trust them, just as he trusts what his own eyes have seen, and Shaw informs the remaining crew aboard the ship that Starfleet has been compromised.

As this message is broadcast across the Titan , the pair of Changeling security engineers finally track down Jack and are joined by another set of dubious Starfleet officers. Cornered, and seemingly about to be captured, Jack sees the eerie red door again and—for lack of a better descriptor—goes apeshit on the officers. With super-human strength, he takes out all four of them, as if it were the easiest thing in the world. The door returns again and this time it doesn’t seem like a far-off vision: this door appears to be right at the end of the corridor. But nearly as soon as it appears, it vanishes, leaving Jack to take in what he just did. While this encounter wasn’t exactly what played out in his nightmare, it’s awfully suspicious that he knew he would have to take out a handful of Starfleet officers—Changelings, or otherwise.

The Titan manages to jump to warp before the Intrepid can attack them, and now that things have settled down for a few minutes, Picard and Riker have a little heart-to-heart about Ro. Picard admits that he didn’t realize just how much it would affect him to see her, and perhaps the subtext there is that he also didn’t realize how much it would affect him to lose her too. Riker is sympathetic, as he has always been with the complex connection between Picard and Ro. What confuses Picard the most is that Ro left him with the earring, which Riker quickly recognizes for what it is: a smartly concealed data chip. As they look through all the information that Ro had collected over the past few months, they intercept an incoming transmission from Worf who is both glad to see old friends, but concerned about Ro’s absence.

In sickbay, Shaw commends Jack for being able to take out four Changelings all by himself, which might just be the first nice thing Shaw has said to Jack since he came onboard. Beverly, however, recognizes that something is wrong with her son. She asks for a moment alone with him, wherein she tells him he can’t hide anything from her: she knows he hasn’t been sleeping again. Beverly reminds him of a time, many years ago when he was just a boy, when he was too afraid to sleep because of the nightmares he was having. She goes on to ask him how he knew that the officers he killed were Changelings and, with tears streaming down his cheeks, Jack admits that he didn’t know. As the episode comes to a close, Jack claims that there is something very wrong with him, and it’s easy to agree with him on that front.

As the second act of the final season of Star Trek: Picard begins, it appears the series is prompting its audience to look deeper into what we have already been told. Now that Worf and Raffi’s storyline is finally converging with the plot aboard the Titan , hopefully, more answers will be answered in the following episode—both with the Changelings, and perhaps whatever is plaguing Jack. Why do the Changelings want him, and more importantly, who and what is he supposed to “connect” with?

The first five episodes of the final season of Star Trek: Picard are streaming now on Paramount+.

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‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3, Episode 5 Recap: Old Friends Return

In this week’s “Picard,” Jean-Luc encounters a familiar face. And he must contain his anger.

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Season 3, Episode 5: ‘Imposters’

I am rarely truly surprised when it comes to television, but my jaw literally dropped when Ro Laren, played by Michelle Forbes, appeared as one of the Federation officers sent to upbraid Jean-Luc and Riker for their antics.

A genuinely stunning callback. The last time we saw Ro, she had become a traitor to the Federation by joining the Maquis in their fight against the Cardassians. This was a betrayal so cutting that it left Captain Picard speechless in one of Patrick Stewart’s stronger acting moments. That wasn’t supposed to be the last we saw of Ro, one of the more storied occasional characters in Trek lore. “Deep Space Nine” wanted Forbes to resurrect Ro as part of the cast, but she turned it down.

What made Ro a brilliant character is that she was one of the rare figures in “Next Generation” who didn’t automatically buy the righteousness of Starfleet hook, line and sinker.

She notes to Jean-Luc during their tense reunion: “Blind faith in any institution does not make one honorable.” 

Ro questioned the status quo and valued her personal identity — as was signified by her insisting on wearing her Bajoran earring, which Jean-Luc astutely notes is missing when we see her again. This makes her the perfect person to tell the captain she once turned on that Starfleet is compromised at the highest level. Ro, on some level, has always believed that Starfleet is corrupt — just not as blatantly as it is now.

It falls somewhere between appropriate and ironic that Ro wants to question her former commanding officers about committing treason. Jean-Luc, understandably, is still enraged that Ro betrayed him all those years ago, though it’s a bit rich at the moment, given why he is in trouble.

“Empathy is one thing; betraying a commanding officer is another,” Jean-Luc rages, though we should remember that Jean-Luc just stole a shuttle from the Titan and put the entire crew in danger. But let’s move past that.

In the “Picard” version of Ro, she is a commander now, not an ensign. I was mostly fine with the story of how she got there. She was court-martialed, did some time and was recruited to Starfleet Intelligence, which included an “arduous rehabilitation program.” One small quibble: At no point during this process did Starfleet let Jean-Luc know that Ro had turned herself in.

Jean-Luc is able to vent his frustrations to Ro directly, though he does it at gunpoint in the holodeck. Historically, Jean-Luc’s family has always been his crew, not his actual family. So to be betrayed by someone he took under his wing is the deepest shiv someone could stick in him, especially on a Starfleet mission. But he has always fundamentally misread Ro: Jean-Luc wanted Ro to be Starfleet’s finest — as she notes — whereas Ro just wanted to be Ro.

But even so, Picard’s crew is still family. So when Ro asks Jean-Luc if he trusts her, he immediately says yes. Changelings are everywhere within Starfleet, Ro tells Jean-Luc; and as it turns out, they are right next to her, planting a bomb on her shuttle and thus bringing a closure to Ro’s character that she never properly received on “Next Generation.” 

That Ro was the behind-the-scenes handler of Worf and Raffi was a nice touch. The three of them have much in common as outsiders who never quite fit the Starfleet mold. Using Ro’s earring as a data chip that could reunite Worf with Riker and Jean-Luc was innovative — and it tells us something else about Ro: She knew she was going to die when she handed the earring to Jean-Luc.

This was the best episode in what is turning out to be a strong season for “Picard.” 

Odds and Ends

Genuinely loved the shots showing the Titan being repaired in space. Good example of how much the visuals of Trek have advanced over the decades.

Even after all this, Jean-Luc still insists on trying to get his Jack to join Starfleet. “Perhaps you might consider choosing a more honest vocation,” Jean-Luc says. The elder Picard, at his core, is a company man through and through, and even in trying to guide Jack, all roads lead back to Starfleet, despite its being obviously not a good fit. And as we find out later in the episode, the honesty of that vocation is up for debate at the moment.

The ship that Starfleet uses to bring its investigators is the U.S.S. Intrepid, a descendant of a ship that appeared on the original series.

Ro tells Jean-Luc that she has transferred most of the Titan crew to the Intrepid. Why would they need to be reassigned? If Ro didn’t trust anybody on her own ship or in the rest of Starfleet, wouldn’t she be putting those crew members in danger? This is borne out when Ro crashes her shuttle into the Intrepid to give the Titan time to run, but that also presumably hurt the Titan crew members that were beamed to the Intrepid.

I was also surprised that Jean-Luc and Riker encouraged Shaw to take the Titan and run so quickly with Titan crew members on board the Intrepid. Let’s assume the corrupted Starfleet ship wants to frame the Titan for Ro’s death. And lets assume that everyone knows the changelings aren’t afraid to murder.   It stands to reason that Picard, Riker and Shaw would want to take their crew with them.

I’m enjoying the show’s willingness to offer fresh takes on members of certain species, like Krinn, a villainous Vulcan, or Sneed, the gangster Ferengi. But this story line is turning out to be unintentionally hilarious. How exactly did Worf and Raffi come up with their plan to capture Krinn? 

Worf: “OK, Raffi. You set up with your rifle up top while a hologram version of you stands next to me on the ground. Then they’ll discover that. Then Krinn will make us fight each other. Then you stab me, but not too hard. Then when they think I’m dying, I’ll surprise them.”  Raffi: “That seems complicated. What if they shoot us on sight?"  Worf: “Trust me.” 

A mea culpa: Last week, I wrote that Picard, while having his haddock, “blithely discusses the accident” that killed Jack Crusher Sr. Multiple readers noted that Picard was talking about a different incident, not the one that killed his old friend. My apologies, a changeling took over my body.  

An earlier version of this recap misidentified the species of the gangster Sneed. He is a Ferengi, not a Vulcan.

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'Star Trek: Picard' season 3 episode 5 features the brief return of another 'TNG' favorite

Fans will squeal as a beloved B-character makes her 'Trek' encore — and then just as quickly makes her 'Trek' exit.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Star Trek: Picard" Season 3, episode 5

So far, Douglas Aarniokoski and Johnathon Frakes have shared the directorial duties of "Star Trek: Picard" equally, but this week is the turn of a gentleman named Dan Liu. 

In fact, Liu is also at the helm of next week's installment, an interesting two-episode-per-director approach. Liu was also responsible for a singular episode of "Strange New Worlds" — S01, E04, entitled " Memento Mori " — and two episodes from Season 3 of " For All Mankind ." And it's worth noting that the directors in a show like "Picard" are very often selected because they're deemed suitable by the showrunner for particular types of episodes.  

The quality dipped a little in last week's episode, but this remains the best season of "Picard" so far without a doubt. And it should come as no surprise then that this week sees the return — and subsequent send-off — of another of " The Next Generation 's" favorite B-characters, Ro Laren, played once again by Michelle Forbes. 

While Forbes' debut on TNG was actually playing a character called Dara in "Half a Life" (S04, E22), she then appeared as the series semi-regular Bajoran Ensign in a total of eight episodes, with six in Season 5, one in the sixth season and then the most notable one, which preceded the series finale, "All Good Things." Even Q only appeared in eight episodes.

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Forbes made a name for herself in television science fiction and was even offered the chance to play the same character in " Deep Space Nine ." However, she declined, and the character was rewritten as Major Kira Nerys and played by Nana Visitor. But she rocked our worlds once again in 2005 playing the reimagined Admiral Cain in arguably three of the very best " Battlestar Galactica " episodes. Lest we forget, the original character, Commander Cain, was portrayed by Lloyd Bridges in 1978.

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Laren was a female Bajoran national who formerly served in Starfleet aboard the USS Enterprise-D under the command of Jean-Luc Picard before finally sympathizing with, and later defecting to, the Maquis. This was a resistance group who organized against the occupation of their homes after their colonies were ceded to the Cardassian Union by Federation-Cardassian Treaties in the late 2360s. Starfleet considered them to be traitors, while Cardassia considered them to be terrorists. 

So, you can imagine then, fans gasping with delight as such a potentially interesting character makes her "Trek" encore and then, within the same episode, makes her "Trek" exit. Who's going to get wheeled out next week? Keiko O'Brien perhaps, or how about Lt. Reginald Barclay? Given we already know of the return of Lore, the other son of Soong, plus the return of the holodeck character Professor Moriarty (played once again by Daniel Davis), who appeared as the antagonist from the Sherlock Holmes stories in the TNG episodes "Elementary, Dear Data" (S02, E03 and "Ship In A Bottle" (S06, E12), quite frankly, at this point, anything is possible.

Meanwhile, Jason Bourne Jack Crusher is turning out to possess sleeper agent-style, long forgotten or preprogrammed skills in hand-to-hand and close quarters combat. You know, like we've seen in so many movies and television episodes — such as "A History of Violence," "The Long Kiss Goodnight," even "Nobody" to a slightly lesser extent, and "The Man From Nowhere" — that it practically has its own sub-genre. 

However, despite cruising quite close to a couple of colossal clichés, this remains a well-written installment and that, in association with good dialogue, well-thought-out character interplay and effective, even pacing, make it reasonably enjoyable. 

Ro's death, though, is spectacularly underwhelming, and despite efforts to be creative, like making her Worf and Raffi's handler, you really have to wonder: If the technology exists to create hard light that feels like it's solid and has mass and can fill hard-light-generated receptacles with replicated matter, rather than just having a damn bar onboard, surely something could be done for Ro. Why couldn't she just use the illudium Q-36 explosive space modulator? 

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This season remains entertaining and is a vast, vast improvement on the previous two. It is very far from the very best of "Star Trek," however. So far, the cast reunions have been well handled, but if we're going to get a token return appearance only for each one to disappear or die after just one episode, it will ultimately prove to be a wasted opportunity. Also, why isn't teleportation used more frequently as a torture device?

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Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Episode 5 Review: The Plot Thickens

The strongest element of the new season of "Star Trek: Picard" is, to perhaps reiterate a previous review , pacing. For every starship battle, there are a few quiet moments of introspection wherein characters are permitted to converse, to philosophize, to reveal things about their characters to indicate that they have undergone growth since their appearances in older Trek shows. "Picard," while crammed with incidents, isn't operating in panic mode, meting out its information in a palatable way. In the fifth episode, "Imposters," Picard (Patrick Stewart), Capt. Riker (Jonathan Frakes), Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan), and Capt. Shaw (Todd Stashwick, still great), have discovered there are Changelings on board the U.S.S. Titan-A, and that the villainous shapeshifting aliens have something to do with the apprehension of Jack Crusher ( Ed Speleers ). 

While the characters investigate and converse, the Titan is under repairs from its battle with the Shrike in the previous two episodes, and Capt. Shaw has contacted Starfleet to arrest Picard and Riker for essentially hijacking his ship. How refreshing that, in Trek's world of protocol, someone should face the consequences of their actions. Also refreshing: Picard and Riker are resigned to their fate. They knew they were breaking rules, and, now that the main action has settled down, are ready to turn themselves in. Previous seasons of "Picard" were so eager to stay in panic mode that they never even considered things like protocol and consequences. With the new season, order has been restored. 

That doesn't mean, however, that "Picard" is free of nostalgic cheap shots, or a mystery that, so far, seems potentially a little silly. 

But to address the first point ...

The return of Ro Laren

When Starfleet is called in to arrest Picard and Riker, they send a ship called the U.S.S. Intrepid, full of security personnel. The leader of the investigative task force is none other than Cmdr. Ro Laren (Michelle Forbes) , a semi-regular character on " Star Trek: The Next Generation " in its fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons. Ro, only an ensign in the NextGen days, was a spiky character, constantly butting heads with her superior officers and often quick to anger. Her final appearance was in an episode called "Preemptive Strike" (May 16, 1994) wherein she was asked to go undercover and infiltrate an anti-Federation terrorist group called the Maquis. As it so happened, the Maquis had legitimate grievances with the Federation — their home colonies were traded away to the Cardassians without their consent — and Ro ended up defecting. Her reappearance in a Starfleet uniform baffles and angers Picard, and the two bicker once again. 

Picard has lost his cool somewhat in his old age. He is less willing to wait for results and eager to discuss difficult topics. When he is confronted with Ro, he immediately grills her on why she defected to the Maquis all those years ago. Ro, meanwhile, has gone through changes of her own and perhaps refreshingly, doesn't bother to fill in Picard on everything. Audiences can see that she no longer wears her Bajoran earring and that her Bajoran nasal ridges are less pronounced. Something certainly has happened. Forbes re-occupies the role with ease, fitting handily back into scenes with Stewart. 

Meanwhile, back at the ranch

While the return of Ro is appreciated, there is a whiff of nostalgia bait about her appearance. As stated in previous reviews, this season of "Picard," while predicated on the eventual reunion of the cast of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," has been largely good about keeping its insider references at a tolerable ebb. There have been a few glory shots of old props and costume — the season opened with Picard receiving a transmission on his old NextGen-era communicator badge, something he likely would not still possess — but those have been mercifully few and far between. Ro feels like the first time in the series when a character was included just to make Trekkies enact the famed Leonardo DiCaprio meme from " Once Upon a Time in ... Hollywood ." 

There will be far more nostalgia bait in the following episode — and to an embarrassing degree— but we'll come to that in due time. 

In the B-plot, Raffi (Michelle Hurd) and Worf (Michael Dorn) have been investigating who broke into the Daystrom Institute and stole an unrevealed super-weapon from inside. Having beheaded a dangerous Ferengi gangster, Raffi and Worf are now the "alphas" of the local criminal world, and request to see an even more dangerous crime lord, this time a Vulcan. The Vulcan crime lord argues that a utopia cannot exist without crime and violence, so his criminality is logical. I had kind of wished he had gone into that a little further. Although a dangerous criminal, Worf and Raffi beat him easily. 

The mysterious visions

If two people can take down all major crime bosses using swords, all within the span of maybe a few hours, perhaps crime isn't as big a problem as "Picard" would have us believe. Or perhaps next time, the crime bosses can scatter, rather than all congregating in a single city. Perhaps that's worth looking into, boss.

Meanwhile, there is another mystery afoot: why do evil shapeshifters want Jack Crusher? It was explained in previous episodes that these Changelings, ordinarily made of liquid, have learned how to approximate internal, biological organs, making them less medically detectible. Why the Changelings are attacking Starfleet  at this particular juncture, and why they want Jack hasn't yet been explained. Cmdr. Ro, however, does explain that Starfleet has been deeply infiltrated and that Changelings are more prevalent than anyone might suspect. This will be before a rather dramatic exit for the character.

The hints audiences are given as to Jack's value have come in the form of frustratingly oblique visions that Jack has been experiencing for the last few episodes. The visions include creepy red tree roots, and the appearance of an old-fashioned red door. This may be the door used by the Guardian of Forever in a recent episode of "Star Trek: Discovery," but likely not. When Jack has the visions, he "activates," and becomes an ultra-violent killing machine. He takes out four Changelings on his own. This plot wrinkle is pretty dumb, and reeks of the "mystery box" storytelling that made the first two seasons so insufferable. Clarity is more important than mystery.

One can hope the mysteries are resolved with wit and grace. One can hope the nostalgia stays tolerable. As the plot thickens, though, it seems things can go either way.

Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Episode 5 “Imposter” Images Released

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With a new episode hitting this week, here are the preview images for Paramount+’s Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Episode 5 “Imposter.”

Last week, we passed along an early preview for Paramount+’s Sir Patrick Stewart -starring Star Trek: Picard S03E05 “Imposter” (directed by Dan Liu and written by Cindy Appel ) focusing on Raffi ( Michelle Hurd ) and Worf ( Michael Dorn ). But now, we have an interesting set of preview images to go along with that clip. As the episode overview alludes to, the gang finds themselves on the wrong side of Starfleet as Jean-Luc “struggles to uncover whether a prodigal crewman from his past has returned as an ally or an enemy hellbent on destroying them all.” Chills… right? And on a side note, utilizing the Changeling was an especially nice touch in an already impressive season. Here’s a look at what’s still to come:

And in the following preview clip (beginning at the 31:47 mark) from Wil Wheaton ‘s The Ready Room , we see Raffi’s ( Michelle Hurd ) and Worf’s ( Michael Dorn ) training session gets interrupted by an incoming encrypted Starfleet Intelligence message from Worf’s handler. In addition, Todd Stashwick (Captain Shaw) joins Wheaton to discuss his lifetime of “Star Trek” fandom and his return to the franchise to play the U.S.S. Titan’s commanding officer, Liam Shaw. Also, viewers get a look at the history of the Changelings, learn the science facts behind the science fiction in this week’s episode, and more:

What You Need to Know About Star Trek: Picard Season 3

For a look ahead at what’s to come, as well as the road that’s already been traveled, here’s a look back at what we learned about Star Trek: Picard Season 3 ahead of the streaming series’ return:

Paramount+’s streaming series features Stewart reprising his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard, which he played for seven seasons on “The Next Generation,” and follows this iconic character into the next chapter of his life. LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner (as Lore), Jeri Ryan , and Michelle Hurd star alongside Stewart in the third and final season of the hit streaming series.

In addition, Amanda Plummer ( The Fisher King, Pulp Fiction ) has joined the cast in a recurring role as Vadic, the mysterious alien captain of the Shrike, a warship that has set its sights on Picard and his old crewmates from his days on the Enterprise. In addition, Mica Burton ( Critical Role, Vampire: The Masquerade: L.A. by Night ) plays Ensign Alandra La Forge, Geordi La Forge’s (Burton) youngest daughter, who works alongside her father. Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut ( Cruel Summer ) is on board as Ensign Sidney La Forge, the eldest daughter of Geordi La Forge and helmsman of the U.S.S. Titan. Todd Stashwick ( 12 Monkeys ) has been cast in the role of U.S.S. Titan Captain Liam Shaw.

The series is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment. For the third season, Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman, Terry Matalas, Patrick Stewart, Heather Kadin, Aaron Baiers, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, Doug Aarniokoski, and Dylan Massin serve as executive producers. Terry Matalas serves as the showrunner for season three, which premiered on Thursday, February 16, 2023, on Paramount+

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Oukej, třetí série je kvalitativním posunem vpřed, ale bohužel spíš jen tak nějak na první pohled. Rozjíždí se to velmi zlehka a vlažně. Někde u pátého dílu to do sebe konečně zapadne aby to hezky jelo vpřed a ve finiši to zase narazilo na bariéru bezmezné pitomosti, dementní sentimentality a předvídatelnosti. Když zarytý fanda Nové generace přeje posádce Enterprise aby (alespoň částečně) selhala, protože jen tak by si ta série mohla udržet nějakou důstojnost, je něco špatně. Na spin-of pod vedením Sedmé z devíti bych teoreticky zvědavý byl, ale s tím jak to tvůrci vedou si jsem skoro jistý, že půjde zase o pitomou telenovelu kapitánky a její první důstojnice, mladého Picárda a mladé La Forgeové, atd... Bohužel, jediným opravdu hodnotným příspěvkem do tohodle novodobého Star Trek univerza je Strange new worlds, které svým nadhledem a hravostí působí vedle těchto Discovery a Picard upachtěností fakt jako zjevení. ( 26.05.2023 )

filipvrbik  

Úžasné zakončení Nové Generace a následného Picarda, který je vlastně pokračováním TNG. 1. série byla asi nejlepší, ale líbila se mi i druhá (narozdíl od většiny) a samozřejmě i třetí, kde se sejde stará parta, obohacená o několik nových postav a zvláštní, až hororovou atmosféru... Asi nebudu prozrazovat konec, ale poslední dva díly jsou opravdu skvělé. Co dodat, krásná vzpomínka na mládí...100% ( 20.04.2023 )

zipacna  

I love you , Terry Matalas! Tahle série v podstatě měla jen (pro mě) jednu chybu. A tou byla smrt jednoho velícího důstojníka, který byl tak špatný, až byl skvělý. Všechny šance na seriál s ním, jako hlavní postavou tím padli. Velká škoda. I tak byla tahle série skvělá a úžasná a rozhodně byla tím nejlepším live-action Star Trekem od doby, co ... No já už vlastně ani nepamatuji, jak dlouho to je. Ale Star Trek začal upadat už od prvního filmu Jar-Jara, a hnusy, které natropili ti, co natočili STD, zprznili svět Star Treku ještě více. Nepočítám-li animované lahůdky posledních let, třetí série Picarda je opravdu tím nejlepším, co se podařilo za minimálně dekádu natočit. Ano, třetí série hrála hlavně na city. Na city generace Trekkies, kteří milují éru TNG-DS9-VOY, na city právě těch lidí, jako jsem já. A zjevně je takový i Terry Matalas. Legendy, camea, lodě, stanice, staří nepřátelé. Svěřil bych jemu budoucnost Star Treku. Nové seriály odehrávající se po roce 2401 by měl mít na starosti on, protože dokázal, aby mi během těch deseti dílů nejednou kápla slza. Bravo! A budu doufat, že minimálně seriál s překřtěnou lodí se na obrazovky dostane. Co nejdříve. Bravo! ( 21.04.2023 )

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Kristapána, proč nemohly být první dvě série jako tato? Proč? PROČ?... A sorry, ale celou show bez debat všem ostatním ukradl Todd Stashwick. Jeho monolog v ep. 4 vejde do dějin Treku. SPOLEIRS! To, že cpt. Shawa odpravili v posledním díle, tvůrcům T. Matalasovi nikdy neodpustím. To mohl být tak skvělý kapitán se svým vlastním spin-offem! Uaaaah, proč?!? ( 11.05.2023 )

mzss1  

[92%] Skvělé! Máme tu třetí a závěrečnou řadu PICARDA! První mě nadchla, starý dobrý Picard se tu objevil, k tomu pár známých postav spíš většinou jako cameo, ale ocenil jsem, že tvůrci dokázali sloučit moderní a zajímavý příběh se starým hrdinou. Druhá série mě nadchla jen prvním dílem, pak to šlo z kopce, prostě nuda až do konce série. No a tahle třetí část? Ani jsem už nedoufal, ale sakra jo! Tu druhou slabou dokázala skvěle předčít a vyrovnat se té předchozí. Především je to taková nostalgická nálož, kde tu máme více navracejících se postav z ST TNG. Nebudu zde vypisovat herce, ale jejich postavy. Picard už zde působí ještě starší a unavenější, ale stále se na něj dobře dívá. Nejvíc mě zde ale bavil Will Riker, který byl zde svěží a své charisma neztratil. Měl zde druhou hlavní roli po Picardovi a ne, jen v 1 epizodě co hrál v 1 sezóně. Dat se tu v netypické podobě také objeví v posledních dílech. Potěší zde ale návraty ikonických rolí z ST TNG jako je Worf nebo Geordy. A i další … Dějem je to naštěstí jednoduší, má to takovou chvílemi hororovou a temnou atmosféru. CGI vypadá docela dobře, potěší vidět i starou loď Enterprise. A hudba? Hodně kopíruje staré hudební motivy, což se cení. Vždy po skončení epizody jsem si nechal až do konce puštěné závěrečné titulky s krásně připomínkovým ST theme. Mohl bych o tomto básnit ještě dlouho, ale já nemám žádných hlubších výtek. A snad to není jen můj subjektivní pohled. Jak tak čtu a vidím hodnocení, oproti té nevydařené 2 řadě je tohle velký krok kupředu. Škoda, že už nevznikne 4 řada, ale chápu to. Chvílemi jsem zadržoval slzy, jak to bylo pro mě dojemné a krásně připomínající staré časy nové generace, která je pro mě nejlepším, a nepřekonatelným seriálem celého ST univerza. Nyní už mi zbývá těšit se na druhou řadu ST SNW! ( 30.04.2023 )

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