Mike86

Synopsis:
The crew’s journey to Freecloud takes a detour when Picard orders a stop at the planet Vashti, where Picard and Raffi relocated Romulan refugees 14 years earlier. Upon arrival, Picard reunites with Elnor (Evan Evagora), a young Romulan he befriended during the relocation. Meanwhile, Narek continues his attempts to learn more about Soji while Narissa’s impatience with his lack of progress grows.

Something noteworthy about this episode in particular is that it was directed by Jonathan Frakes

Deftones

Enjoyed seeing yet another holo character on the the ship.
Loved the appearance of that character at the end! Next week's episode looks great.

lisadoris

It was great to see Amirah Vann as Zani: I love her on HTGAWM & Underground.

Giantrobo

Haven't seen the ep yet but..YESSSSSSS I LOOOOOVE HER. She is so damn HOT and a great actress!!!!

Mike86

Great episode, maybe best of the series so far. Like I said previously I think now that the show is in space it’s going to pick up, and this episode demonstrated that pretty well.

I’m liking the crew that’s being built up and Elnor seems like an interesting character. The battle with the classic Bird of Prey was cool. Also awesome to see Seven of Nine show up. Looks like next week will be good too.

The Antipodean

I hope they pick up the pace a bit. After a great first episode it feels the next 3 have all been about getting the mission started. It’s a decent watch but needs a little more zest. And I’ve yet to see an f-bomb add ANYTHING to Star a Trek, wish they’d stop trying it on.

Shannon Nutt

Sorry, I thought this was the WORST of the four so far. About 75% exposition (no forward progress in the story) and some of the scenes were horribly acted...even a few with Stewart, which was surprising. I'm definitely of the theory now that the showrunners and writers never thought they'd get Patrick for a full-blown season of episodes, so they crafted a mini-series instead...that's the only explanation for the slow pacing/stretching out of the plot to this point - it's like they had to jump back in and fill out the time.

Mike86

I think I’m about the only one not that bothered by the pacing of the show. The episodes always go by fast to me and while the story isn’t rapid fire things are progressing and being put into place.

The only time I found Stewart a tad off was when he said “come” when answering the chirp of the holodeck. He sort of yelled it both times he said it.

DVD Josh

Really? Like Shannon, I thought it was the worst, by far.

MR Round

So far for me this show is the perfect followup to TNG i always hoped for. I like that their taking the time to get the story fleshed out and not rely on action to hinge it. But that being said a bit more action wouldnt hurt. My only complaint is now i want to see the Romulan evacuation that Picard left Starfleet for

Giantrobo

Fandom: We want more character development, more story, more plot, and less SFX and CGI!!

Show Creators: Ok, here you go...

Fandom: BOOOORRRRRRINNNNGGGG!!!

Show Creators:

Mike86

We actually agree on something for once.

Honestly though it’s kinda true. I think a balance would be better. The show is taking its time to get moving and is already four episodes in, but at the same time I prefer that to Kelvin timeline/Discovery style.

I think I liked it for the fact that it took place off Earth. Liked the stuff in the ship and on the planet with the Romulans. I think Picard in space or on another planet just feels more at home to me.

Giantrobo

I LOOOOOVE that we are seeing more of Romulan culture. This was a good ep That said...the show grinds to a halt when they go to the Artifact/Borg Cube. I'm tired of those two lovers already. Though Rizzo/Cersei is fuckin' hot...I think she played the hottest version of Poison Ivy on GOTHAM and Lisa Snart/Golden Glider on THE FLASH.

bunkaroo

The problem isn't the pacing or the focus on character development and story over action. The problem is the story and character development aren't interesting.

Mike86

I would say Picard’s arc is fine so far. It’s kind of basic, but it works to get him on a mission. I feel like the side characters have potential but there needs to be more time devoted to them. So far though I like Rios and Raffi. Alison Pill’s character is alright too.

The Artifact is kind of the least interesting part to me so far. The potential is there but whenever we see it I feel like not much happens. We watch scenes of Soji and the Romulan guy (I don’t even know his name) and the Romulan’s sister.

johnnysd

With CBS trying to be edgy odds we see a strip club on Freecloud? Not hating it but it just seems a little off to me so far.

Shannon Nutt

That whole holodeck scene was hideous. Stewart was annunciating everything like it was a dress rehearsal and it was the first time he was saying those lines out loud. It was laughably bad. Hard to believe this one was directed by Frakes, but maybe they were up against it in terms of time...who knows?

Also, I have NO problem with slow pacing, IF character development is happening. That's NOT happening here. Instead, we're getting scenes where characters are just sitting across from each other with paragraphs full of exposition to deliver. It's tiresome.

Why So Blu?

Loved the episode.

adamblast

My biggest gripe about elderly Picard is that he has no eyelashes. . .

Bandoman

My only nit-pick: they want to be edge with language, and then they cut someones head off and there's absolutely no blood?

Goldberg74

Um, yeah there was. You could see a little green spill through the slice before his head fell off. I rewound it and checked. It was a quick slice with no spray. Did you want spray?

This is Star Trek, not 300. 😉

movieguru

In the opening scene, why was Picard dressed like he was going on an expedition to the Amazon.? He looked more like he was trying to get some illegal dinosaur dna than he was an admiral or captain in Star Trek.

Mike86

There was blood. Not excessive though and it was a Romulan so green blood.

Bandoman

Picard would have been covered in it. No matter though, I don't really expect that from any Star Trek show.

Goldberg74

Maybe Romulan blood is thicker and doesn’t pump fast or hard enough for that kind of coverage. 😉