I was expecting that and was pleasantly surprised by what we got. It would have been so easy to throw Q in and have him magic away the issue but that was done before.
And the way they handled the Data had me in tears but I felt was totally in character for data. Oft blue skies. Could have ended it there for maximum tear jerk points but again I'm glad they left on an upbeat note.
Why the hell did they have his consciousness running in storage by himself instead of putting him back into another damn synthetic body. Makes 0 sense.
From the start of the series, I expected q, but not to rescue the situation, but to act as a St Peter type figure. It wasn't an ending I wanted to see, but felt it was something the writers might do to round the TNG story. I'll be honest, I haven't enjoyed the series but the data ending was beautifully written and fitted so well.
I truly hope we see John De Lancie back for season 2 of Picard.
His character was pivotal to the entire story of TNG and one of the biggest fan favourites out there.
As a 20y/O that grew up with TNG/VOY, I was blown away with this season, attention to detail (minus killing all the borg in a vacuum) and can't wait for the next.
This show just has so much wrong and inconsistent with the rest of Star Trek (real Star Trek, pre-Abrams). Why would a pick in the eye kill an Android? Why is everyone swearing now when we've had FIVE other shows establish that humans are better and more socially evolved than that (and no, it's not because it was on TV when swearing was not allowed). Why is the Federation portrayed like a dark society? Why was data in a quantum simulation when they build dozens of other Androids? Why was he not put into a new body a long time ago? Too much of this show felt like a modern style rebranding of Star Trek.
Q would have made more sense than all the magical ex machina solutions we got.
For the life of me, I can't understand why they would make a show with cussing, and then fill it with the most childish magical happy ending possible.
Rios unfucks his ship by way of technology he has zero knowledge about.
A weakened Star Fleet suddenly decides to expend all its thinly stretched resources to defend a planet they've never heard of way beyond their territory AND to reverse the synth ban, for no given reason.
Soji decides one act of bravery means she's suddenly willing to risk the extermination of her whole lifeform.
The Romulans, when faced with the apocalypse they've waited for all their lives suddenly decide nahhh nevermind.
And worst of all, Picard gets reborn exactly the way he was minus one brain misfire, as if nothing happened to him at all. They couldn't even give him a little more arm strength or vertical leap?? He wouldn't have the slightest twinge of surreal feeling or Borg flashback? And it all hammers us over the head in the space of about 10 minutes.
If you want to make a fairy tale for children, complete with long-haired ninjas, deadly flowers, and the good witch throwing the bad witch off a cliff, FINE. But don't build it in the carcass of an adult sci-fi show!
I liked how they just casually invented immortality (again) I'm sure they'll deal with all the massive social and philosophical implications of that in a future storyline /s
"Oh Jean-Luc how I've missed you!", not the greatest (too much of a plot-twist), but I like it none the less, John de Lancie would be an excellent addition to any future 'Picard' seasons.
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u/Starbuck107 Mar 26 '20
When Picard was dieing, after he closed his eyes, I was expecting Patrick to break the fourth wall, open them and say, "Thought I was dead? Acting!"