I got the feeling from the review that the writing during the first half of the season is just as bad as S1 and S2, but that something happened in the middle of the season - I’d bet either the full return of the TNG cast or a series of TNG-like episodes in how they interact - that got them interested again, and so…

I’d say the biggest problem is that P. Stew seemingly made the decision to not play Picard anything like the beloved captain from TNG and the movies.

The most annoying thing to me is that the “icy, harsher landscape of the modern Kurtzman-led Trek shows” is PERFECT for the one show they won’t even acknowledge, Deep Space Nine. You’ve got Picard continuing TNG, Prodigy continuing Voyager, and even Discovery sort of carrying on for Enterprise. And basically all DS9…

In the music industry, this is know as the “Hey, Weezer has a new album and THIS one is a return to form!” cycle.

Some fans actually suspect that based on the way the shots of the Borg Queen are framed in the Season 2 finale, they actually had no idea yet who it would be at the time the scene was shot and set it up so anyone’s face could be plugged in. I’ve heard worse theories.

Patrick Stewart really didn’t want the show to exist just for the sake of a reunion special, and had turned down several other offers to bring back Picard over the previous two decades because that’s what it felt like. It took a lot of convincing for him to even accept Riker and Troi being in Season 1.

I’ve been hearing that Picard season 3 is course correcting and to quote Captain Kirk, “Don’t believe them! Don’t trust them!”

You know that quality is a sliding scale and not just “the best ever” or “worst ever” and that by improving things is how you go up that scale?

It was obvious that Chabon had written the series to end with Picard and Data dying together, and continuing their voyage into the unknown. It was sweet and a perfect ending for both characters.  Then the whole Picard is now an android thing happened and Jesus. What?

Picards biggest problem was its very clear season 1 changed creative hands like 6 times. There also is very much a sense of “this ain’t your daddies Star Trek” vibe. The Kelvin movies had a similar vibe but executed it with what felt with much more respect for the source material.

I am so glad to hear that Season 3 of Picard is what the show should have been all along. I am looking forward to watching it, more confident that the show will not repeat the disaster that was the first two seasons.

The wife and I gave up half way through season 2 of Picard. Honestly we struggled to finish season 1. My biggest issue was the new cast never seems as interesting or had the chemistry that almost any other Star Trek show I’ve seen had. The stand out for worst being Raffi, aka bargain basement Gina Torres. This…

That’s fine.

I remember growing up I was excluded and made fun of cause my family boycotted J.K. for being a dick... Shame it took her getting rich and being a bigger dick to get people to see it.

Lmao you people are absolutely insane. The amount of mental gymnastics you go through to be offended is actually scary

“I’m not conservative or liberal”

Asking from genuine curiosity: what is the dog whistle here, and where can I read more about it?

It is an 8 year old game...

don’t you dare presume to belittle me simply because I don’t think the same way you do