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FOUND A 3.5-HOUR VIDEO DRAGGING STAR TREK: PICARD THIS IS NOT A DRILL

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Captain Seven of Nine & Jack Crusher: favourite chaotic duo

Star Trek: Picard 3.3 "Seventeen Seconds" 3.5 "Imposters" 3.6 "The Bounty" 3.8 "Surrender"

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Star Trek: The Next Generation, 112 (Jan. 16, 1988) - “Datalore”

Written by: Robert Lewin & Gene Roddenberry Directed by: Rob Bowman

Episode Breakdown

Data gets an origin story!

The episode begins with the Enterprise’s arrival at the colony where Data was discovered. We’re told that colonists all died under mysterious circumstances before Data was activated; as such he’s unable to shed any light on the matter (Presumably the ship that found Data never had time to investigate). Picard figures they might as well take a look around since they’re in the neighbourhood, because what’s the worst that could happen? While on the planet’s surface, the away team discover that Data is the creation of Noonien Soong, a brilliant scientist who disappeared after a failed-first-attempt at creating a positronic brain; since that is precisely the type of brain Data possesses, the team rightly concludes that Noonien finally succeeded in achieving his goal. The team also discover a second android that looks exactly like Data, albeit disassembled.  Since Data is understandably curious, Riker agrees to take Data’s twin back to the Enterprise to rebuild him.

In a twist that may shock you, Data’s long-lost twin (named Lore) turns out to be evil; he’s also capable of greater emotional expression, including the ability to lie convincingly.  It turns out Lore was Noonien’s first android who, prior to being disassembled, summoned a giant crystalline entity from space to consume the colonists.  Somewhere along the way, Noonien figured out that his new creation might be a raging psychopath and took Lore apart before building Data (and also before getting eaten).  Now free to roam the ship, Lore inevitably betrays and deactivates Data, with the intention of signalling his old Crystaline pal to come eat the Enterprise crew.  However, since Wesley is (annoyingly) the most amazing boy in the universe, he’s able to see through Lore’s pretense. With the help of Dr. Crusher, Wesley gets Data back online just in time for the two Androids to duke it out until he can beam Lore into space, (where Picard presumably decides to leave him without any further discussion).

Thoughts

So far ‘Datalore’ has been the best episode of the season. We get some decent world building, a good intro to Data’s evil twin, and nice dose of tension and atmosphere. What’s not to love? Even the moments that feel dated (and there are many) all add to the episode’s charm. There are still a handful of times I had to roll my eyes at specific bits of dialogue, but if the ending had been a little stronger I almost would have considered giving this an extra half-star.

3.5 stars (out of 5)

Stray observations:

Picard’s (mostly) not an asshole: That traumatizing holodeck adventure from last episode must have been more relaxing than expected. For the most part he seems to be in an uncharacteristically encouraging mood towards his crew.

Except Wesley. Picard really lets the kid have it this week. He must still be mad about that time Wesley got impaled and then didn’t die a couple episodes back.

There are some rather pointed scenes where Picard and Co. go out of their way to be exceptionally reasonable and mature about a variety of potentially difficult or awkward subjects (mostly regarding the nature Data and Lore’s sentiency/creation); it would be fine except that they keep commenting on it. My guess is that it’s an example of Gene Roddenberry’s influence, who was known for wanting to avoid depictions of interpersonal conflict between the crew. But personally, I like to think this is a result of HR calling out Picard for his less-than-cordial behaviour from previous episodes, and so now the captain is on his best behaviour, and everyone is acting like it “never even bothered me that much anyway, I heard other people were complaining, but not me.”

Okay I hate to say it but… ugh, Wesley was right. After deactivating Data, Lore masquerades as his brother.  The crew test Lore with questions he wouldn’t know the answer to, but they do it in the most easy-to-evade way.  It’s pretty unintentionally funny, but means the adults were missing what any child should have been able to (and evidently DID) see.  

HAHA! Wesley saves the ship and Picard is like “fine, you can go back to the bridge, now beat it!” Zero apologies of any kind. Excellent. It’s as if even the writers were pissed that Wesley saved the day, and honestly I get that.

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Picard 3.5: Imposters

Subtitle: emotionally compromised

Pixie Recaps Picard | Imposters

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Random thoughts on Star trek Picard 3.5 "Imposters

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As someone who usually goes around looking for spoilers, I was SHOCKED to see Ro! I love that she got redemption and she and Picard finally got to talk about what she did years thirty years earlier. What ultimately happened to her here was sad, but poignant. 

Also, I started thinking about Tom Riker when Will was defending Ro to Picard. I really want to know what happened to him. I have a slight headcanon but want an official take.

Ro telling Picard about the conspiracy in Starfleet (a story I find fascinating!) reminded me of Picard being told about the conspiracy in the TNG episode of the same name.

I don’t buy Krinn’s “There can be no utopia without crime” statement. 

At the mention of AI's at Daystrom, my mind immediately went to Lower Decks and the Texas-class and sentient computer facility. (not saying there’s a connection. It’s just the popped in my head)

My favorite Shaw moment (and Todd Stashwick stated this was improvised) was the gesture Shaw was making when he reinstated Seven. LOL. (I also loved it when someone told Shaw "If you can't trust us; trust your eyes" You could almost hear Shaw thinking "SHIT")

I’m really wondering, and worried, about what’s going on with Jack. I've heard some interesting theories but don't know how I feel about any of them.

I think we’re going to see Geordi next week which’ll be great. It is weird, they couched this as a reunion but we’re halfway through and a full reunion hasn’t happened yet. 

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Star Trek: Lower Decks: Twovix - TV Review

TL;DR – Not all the story worked, but jumping back into this world was still a delight. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3.5 out of 5. Star Trek: Lower Decks Review – After a stellar final season of Star Trek: Picard and a stunning follow-up season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, surely there is nothing left of Star Trek in 2023 … right? Well, hold on to your horses because Lower Decks is back and committing…

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So after several years and swearing multiple times I'd do it and ending up not doing it, I am FINALLY finishing TNG. I was going to just post my brief thoughts, as you can see with the first episode int his post... but then they got longer so I'm going to use my previous Watchthrough structure. This will have four episode, the next episode will have four, and we'll keep going like that until we're done. With that said, it's long overdo, but...

ST: TNG Watchthrough Episodes 10-13

Inheritance: I wasn't sure I'd like it at first given how Data's meeting with his 'family' has gone in the past, but this was actually pretty heartwarming. I don't like the final twist, but it doesn't ruin anything for me either. 3.5/5.

Parallels: I had been dreading this episode because of this starting Worf/Troi becoming a thing here. It feels like such a slap in the face after all the teasing they kept doing with Troi and Riker still having feelings for each other. It's also way too late for it to be anything meaningful for either character and we know by DS9 it absolutely went nowhere anyway. So the episode feels pointless, but it still had enough entertaining moments that it was worth looking at. 2.5/5.

The Pegasus: THIS WAS SO GOOD! I won't go into a ton of details, but it made me love Riker even more than I already did. Such a good episode for him, which from what I remember he'd REALLY been lacking since the Borg two-parter. Finally S7 gave me a really good episode (aside from Phantasms and Dark Page) also Picard Day PFFFT. 4.5/5.

Homeward: IDT an episode thus far has angered me to the level that this one did. Worf having a brother that was never mentioned is annoying, but they did it with Spock twice so that's not a big deal at the end of the day. But this episode's portrayal of the Prime Directive is truly awful. I get it's there for a reason, but the Enterprise being willing to let innocent people/an entire species die when they can help?! Not gonna lie, I was disgusted. I was so angry I couldn't even care about the drama between Worf and his brother. Worf's brother's solution wasn't any better and we saw the consequences, but at least he tried. I can't say that about the rest about those assholes. 1.5/5.

Well... two out of four ain't bad, right? RIGHT?! Well... here's hoping the next batch is better. Which the next batch starts with Sub Rosa... pray for me folks.

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They spoke mainly langue d'oïl and Occitan dialects, I list some below but this is not an exhaustive list with the percentages given by Coquebert de Montbret in his essay Essai d'un travail sur la géographie de la langue française (Essay of a work on French language geography) published in 1815 a quarter of a century after the Revolution.

Langues d'oïl (about 60%):

berrichon around Bourges (Center of France)

bourguignon in Burgundy (East)

lorrain in Lorraine (North-East)

champenois in Champagne (North-East)

picard in Picardy (North)

poitevin-saintongeais in Poitou (West)

normand in Normandy (North-West)

Occitan in the South and South-West (25%), which derived in Franco-Provençal around Lyon (East, South-East) (8%). German dialects around Alsace (East) for 3.5%. Breton in Brittany (West, North-West) for 3.3%. Corsican in Corsica, Catalan in the South and Basque in the very South-West, Flemish in the far North, each about half a percent.

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The Rewatch 159: The Loss

The Rewatch 159: The Loss

Series: Star Trek: TNGEpisode: 4.10 The Loss (12/31/1990)Rating: 3.5/5Redshirt Status: 1/1/34 Notable Guest Stars:Kim Braden (Janet Brooks) – Braden was well known in England for playing Anne Shirley in the 1970 mini series. She would appear later in the series as Elise Picard in the film Star Trek: Generations.Mary Kohnert (Tess Allenby) – Kohnert played Ensign Tess Allenby for three episodes.…

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Evil Season 2 is Paramount+’s First Big Opportunity

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Every fresh new venture needs a feature that makes it essential and worthy of consumer’s money. In the technology world they call them “killer apps.” Bill Gates once described Internet Explorer as Microsoft’s killer app (R.I.P. to Internet Explorer…and also maybe Bill Gates’ career as a public figure). Each new videogame console launch is usually accompanied by a killer app game like Grand Theft Auto for PlayStation 2 or The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for Nintendo Switch.

The streaming world, however, operates a bit differently. Streaming platforms are so big and so important to their respective entertainment conglomerates’ bottom line, that they must hit the market as soon as possible, killer app or no. Recall that Netflix’s first ever original series was the historically irrelevant Lilyhammer in 2012. HBO Max launched in May of 2020 with little-watched shows like Craftopia and Legendary. 

The newest streaming kid on the block, Paramount+, arrived on March 4 with a similar dearth of blockbuster options. Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard made the migration over to the new service from CBS All Access. But the only new arrival of note was a reboot of an old favorite in the form of Kamp Koral: Spongebob’s Under Years. Paramount+ is moving typically slowly for a fresh streaming service. In June, however, the streamer is finally bringing a fresh TV project that it can really make its own and justify the $5.99 or $9.99 monthly payments being withdrawn from its users’ accounts.

Evil season 2 is set to premiere its first episode Sunday, June 20 on Paramount+. New episodes will follow weekly, copying the traditional episodic format that has worked for Star Trek on CBS All Access and just about all of Disney+’s programming. As the “season 2” portion implies, Evil is not a brand new title. The series, from TV producing royalty Robert and Michelle King (The Good Wife and The Good Fight), first premiered as part of CBS’s fall schedule in 2019. 

During its time on CBS, however, Evil never truly felt like a CBS show. That’s not to denigrate the quality of network TV shows. Plenty of bold, creative series have made their home on CBS and the other lower channels. It’s just that Evil, in particular, was a show seemingly built for a more specific audience – an audience that likes to take in their content when they want it, preferably on a tablet or laptop precariously perched on the end of their bed.

Evil follows a skeptical forensic psychologist, Dr. Kristen Bouchard (Katja Herbers), as she is brought in by Catholic priest trainee David Acosta (Mike Colter) to assess whether a violent criminal claiming demonic possession is clinically insane. Following that first case, Bouchard and Acosta continue to team up, alongside technical whiz Ben Shakir (Aasif Mandvi) to investigate supposedly supernatural incidents. 

If that set up sounds like the makings of a modern-day The X-Files, you certainly wouldn’t be far off. But what separates Evil from Chris Carter’s paranormal masterpiece is that there isn’t quite as much paranormal to be found. The evil at the center of Evil is distressingly human. As frequently embodied in the form of Dr. Leland Townsend (Michael Emerson), evil is often a human construct in the show’s universe.

In speaking to reporters prior to the premiere of season 1, Robert King said of the show:

“What we wanted to avoid, The X Files certainty, what the supernatural is or flying saucers are, so it’s a little more vague. I would say the shows we had seen, we just wanted to be a little grittier about it and just show it’s a little Flannery O’Connor, a little Graham Greene, a little bit more these are not issues that are easy. They’re actually hard.”

Evil is indeed a bit more vague on its supernatural aspects than other shows of its ilk. But its investment in exploring the human underpinnings of malevolence is clear-eyed and focused. The ultimate experience is a challenging, yet wickedly entertaining one. It’s also one that’s at odds with appointment viewing, in-between pharmaceutical advertisements and NCIS reruns

The show performed admirably in its time on CBS, with episodes averaging somewhere around 3.5 million viewers. It wasn’t until the first season arrived on Netflix late last year that the series’ pop culture potential really took off. Evil bounced around Netflix’s Top Ten feature for weeks, with cord-cutters and thrill-seekers finding the equal parts serialized and proceduralized story to their liking. Netflix breathed new life into a competitor’s property. And to thank them, ViacomCBS immediately claimed season 2 for its own streaming service. 

Ultimately, Paramount+ will have bigger hits than Evil. Star Trek is still Star Trek and its series are going to grab more subscribers for the streaming service than any CBS property likely ever will. The TV adaptation of the legendary game Halo is also set to arrive on Paramount+ sometime in 2022 (which is fitting for the purposes of this article as the original Halo: Combat Evolved was once Xbox’s first killer app). 

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In terms of building up a brand identity and establishing a commitment to storytelling excellence though, Paramount+ snatching Evil from CBS is a major moment in one young streaming service’s life cycle. 

The post Evil Season 2 is Paramount+’s First Big Opportunity appeared first on Den of Geek.

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Ed Speleers’ facial expressions masterclass: the annoyed look

Downton Abbey 3.9 "A Journey to the Highlands" (Christmas Special) — Jimmy Kent

You 4.10 "The Death of Jonathan Moore" — Rhys Montrose

Star Trek: Picard 3.5 "Imposters" — Jack Crusher

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Top 5 moments of TNG in your professional opinion? 😎

Oooh that's a good one, thanks Holly! 💜

I've been thinking about this for HOURS not even exaggerating lmao. I wrote this out a few times before deciding to do top 5 Data moments and then top 5 other moments. DATA

1. Data YEETING Geordi to safety and then realizing he may have yeeted him too hard.

2. Data passes out in engineering and immediately upon waking tries to stick his fingers into his brains and Geordi is like "babe pls don't"

3. Not reeeeaally Data, but when Masaka is in her temple and Picard comes in and is like "hi hello it’s me Korgano" and Masaka is like "GO AWAY" 3.5 when Data’s training Spot (”Up is no”) and the doorbell chimes and he says “one moment. COME IN.” Brent’s line delivery and timing in that scene is stellar

4. Data Does Diplomacy by blowing an aqueduct up to fuck.

5. TAP. DANCING. Such a sweet scene, this is Beverly at her BEST love her so much. This is my actual favorite scene in the whole show.

THE OTHER GUYS 1. Deanna flipping Geordi’s book right side up so it looks like he’s reading from it even though HE’S GOT THE DARK GLASSES AND THE CANE. THE LANDLADY KNOWS HE’S BLIND. 2. Picard nervously peeking out of the turbolift to see if Lwaxana is out there.

3. Riker telling Worf he looks good in a dress. 4. Naked Q falls out of the sky (honourable Q mentions: Q and the mariachi band, Q falls asleep, and Q gets stabbed with a fork)

5. Lore and his angery chopsticks ....6. Ghost Ro shooting Riker in the head with her Ghost Phaser

OK I'M GONNA STOP before I just. Write out the entire show.

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[[ Star Trek: Picard is the most Star Trek has ever felt like a D&D adventuring party to me. Some of them are completely obvious (Elnor, for example). Here is my take and I’d totally be open to suggestions, but just from my first thoughts (keep in mind I primarily play D&D 3.5):

Picard: (formerly) retired Paladin

Seven: Ranger (literally. She’s literally a Fenris Ranger)

Elnor: Monk (elf monk, to be precise)

Raffi: Rogue? But, like, espionage-rogue, not con artist-rogue (there’s probably a better prestige class for her. I’m not an expert on prestige classes).

Agnes: Artificer (like, from Eberron)

Cris: Honestly, I want to put him as “fallen paladin.” Like, when he was in Starfleet he was a paladin, and then the Ibn Majid happened and he “fell” and now Picard is getting him back on track? - I mean, he was following orders and saving everyone else on the ship and he didn’t kill anyone. Vandermeer did. And then he killed himself. Cris just covered it up. But he would definitely see it as a fall from grace and he was discharged from Starfleet so really, this is the best D&D parallel I can get.

I feel like Starfleet Captains by default are Paladins and since that’s definitely where Cris was heading before The Thing on the Ibn Majid happened, he’d have to be one. ]]

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Spoiler-free review of Picard 3.5 "Imposters"

OMG! OMG! OMG!

Also, I can never get anything done on Thursdays because I keep scouring the internet seeing what everyone thought of the episode.