Ok ok ok

Picard episode one.

Let’s see if I can be coherent.

Obviously spoilers. Spoiler alert. All the spoilers.

Right ok first breathe. That was a lot.

I wasn’t keen on Riker hinting at relationship trouble with Deanna 🙁 just why?

Actual impression of me when I first saw hooded figure: “RAFFI RAFFI RAFFI RAFFI” and then “no no no no!!! Let it be a cover please let it be a cover. Oh thank merlin it’s a cover” air punch whoo I do love a badass Raffi. I mean she is so strong. Surrounded by all that stress, all that temptation, and she’s struggling and she’s still winning. Whether she slides after her ‘failure’ in grief at not having saved all those lives I don’t know. I wouldn’t judge her for that. Whomever Raffi’s handler is, is a real piece of work. They know Raffi is the best and they know Raffi can be convincing in that world because of their personal struggles. They are taking advantage of Raffi’s pain and making them do it anyway.

I’m not sure whether I believe Raffi and Seven are broken up or if that was a lie like Raffi being bounced from StarFleet was a lie (still a commander, they are both commanders!!) but they might have ‘released each other’ so to speak given that they are apart for months. I hope not given how they seem to have done than dance, shouldn’t they have learned that lesson?

But this then goes into Seven and oh man that was physically painful. The mention of how Janeway as well as Picard convinced Seven to join StarFleet (now StarFleet was willing to accept her!!! I am still ??? About that). Anyway Seven decides to go all in and they pair her with a bigot of a Captain who insists on her deadname? I metaphorically threw up a little when Seven corrected Picard and it was only her utter discomfort which gave me some hope. I flinched everytime Picard said Hansen and I literally cheered when he went back to Seven.

It feels like with how Seven was “sirs” all the time, that she surrendered to StarFleet as she chose to give it a try but in doing so she surrendered her hard won individuality. It was like she was robot Seven again but without the “I know I am right” confidence which led her to go against orders all the time in the name of efficiency etc. in the early days of Voyager. So with Seven on this “can I be myself and StarFleet which I wanted and they rejected me and I pretended it didn’t hurt, and then decided I would do it when it was offered but at what cost?” type journey I could see her splitting with Raffi. Self-protection and also a bit of self-sabotage. Raffi would be a good thing in her life and this StarFleet position feels more like punishment.

Anyway the thing with Crusher looks like it’s going to go as expected with her son also being Picard’s son. It was not subtle with the “I don’t need a legacy” line and all the references about their romance ending badly. I do wish they could have come up with something a little more original, and also a little more logical. I can not understand given how they were friends, even if Crusher didn’t think Picard would be happy, why she wouldn’t tell him. Cutting everyone off to keep the secret just does not make sense. I hope that it’s something to do with this weird being hunted business and not just a lame “I didn’t want to mess up your life as I thought you didn’t want a child” kind of miscommunication because they never talked about it. I mean that would just be so ugh.

I like the junior LaForge 🙂

Can we shove Captain Shaw out of an airlock?

I wanted Ranger Captain Seven to be honest. So Commander Hansen because StarFleet protocol + bigoted Captain is just no. I really want that to end fast. If I have to hear Hansen much more I will throw up for real. It would be one thing if Seven chose that but used as a weapon? I can’t stand it. So wrong. Picard mentioned mutiny and junior LaForge will side with them and I can’t imagine Shaw is beloved amongst his crew. Perhaps if he tries to oust Seven for helping Picard the crew will oust him instead. Seven won’t be the Captain so long as Riker and Picard are around but after maybe? I just want Seven to be the Captain she deserves to me, not in rank but in who she is. As I said Ranger Captain, a Captain with a heart like Pike. He followed the rules, he was the ‘Boy Scout’ but he was loyal and he did what was right which I think is all Seven wants to do – look out for the little guy, make the Galaxy safer.

Ok so speculation for next week! Well there’s going to be a battle. I am guessing Shaw doesn’t want to help and maybe that’s why the crew follows Seven as she orders the Titan in to save Picard, Riker and the Crushers. I suppose Shaw could surprise me and save them but he seems to be the kind that likes to use the rules to his advantage. They are outside federation space, doing unauthorised stuff, and so he doesn’t have to help and as it suits him he won’t.

I am worried Raffi will spiral and fall off the wagon :/ Laris is so ill-used. Why does she not get to go on the adventures? C’mon former Romulan intelligence badass. Make it make sense. Anyway more characters will show up. I doubt it will be everyone as I suspect they will drag out the full reunion for a while but somebody will show. Maybe Geordi first? Especially if they sustain damage.

I am wondering if the orchids on Crushers ship were significant? That was an image from season one to do with the fact that there were always two/twins of the androids. So cloning kinda. Not sure how that would work or why it would mean someone was hunting them. I am guessing it connects in some way with Raffi’s mission as that is how story works. It will build together for the big finale. Daystrom was the research institute for androids as well where Agnes worked. Add to that the kid is an adult and Crusher locked him in his room to protect him. I get that she’s a mum but from what I saw in TNG she respected Wesley’s abilities, so why not let him join the defense? Unless it was him that the attackers were after because something experimental.

I can’t believe I have to wait another week. The anticipation is real. On the other hand I don’t think my heart could take another episode right now. I think I need a few days to calm down before I would have the spoons to watch more anyway.