#jack crusher is a dumb character concept

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I fully don't understand the Picard dudebro situation.

I was a full on season 1 and 2 apologist. While they had *many* flaws I found bright spots in them. I liked Picard's place as a mentor figure but not quite a father. Queerness. Some of Jurati's autism coded experiences. ELNOR my LOVE. The campiness of sexy Romulan spies. Borg persecution and Ex-Borg life.

But Season 3, plot wise, is objectively the worst. Some fun nostalgia moments? 100%. Shaw's devastation with the Borg? Understandable and moving. Worf x Deanna x Riker energy? Top-tier. Geordi seeing Data again? Melt me.

HOWEVER

Shaw's soft-core racism to Seven? Out of pocket. Killing Shelby and Ro to further the plot? YIKES. Sidelining and practically deleting Raffi and Seven's relationship? C'mon. Dropping Picard's other father-like role characters in favor of Jack? Lame. Jack's "Borg genes"? i get its sciencey wiencey but Borg reproduce by assimilation that's absurd and makes no sense and 100% relies on a very aged bachelor who hates kids accidentally impregnating someone. Terrible plan. Fast-tracking Jack through Starfleet so he could be a cadet on a new Seven ship? Nepo-baby bullshit. And where's Laris? Who fucking knows.

I get the nostalgia. I am a hardcore Worf simp, I melted at his mere existence on screen again. But c'mon. The dudebros saying this was the best season were delusional.

All the seasons had some ridiculous, absurd bullshit. You just give this one a pass because its the cis white guy chosen one hero bullshit you like.

Anyway. If anything I just hope Jeri Ryan gets the spin off series she fucking deserves. I can accept the third season being unecessary lauded as the "best" one for that reason alone.