Since FDR, no joke. Almost 100 years now.

My guess is both the Romulans and Sutra have fundamentally misread the Admonition in different ways.

How do you “return empathy by killing trillions?” That seems like a pretty fundamental non sequitur.

Well, it’s creeping back in real life too. The show is commenting on that.

Clever. Hope that’s the case. It would explain why Sutra is a bit of a psychopath, if Lore raised and programmed her.

I think even an “organic” would survive the loss of an eye. If you drive the weapon in deep enough it’ll hit the brain — but that butterfly brooch wasn’t that deep.

There’s no reason they can’t make the thing look exactly like Picard, and it still be Patrick Stewart.

Well obviously Sutra didn’t want that. He has to be loose to be a credible threat.

I’m okay with it. I’ve waited 20 years to see Seven of Nine meet Locutus of Borg.

By the end he’ll transfer his mind into that “golem” thing. Or, it may be done without his knowledge — he’s mortally injured and Raffi and Agnes make the decision, but it’ll be done.

Yup.

It was ridiculous.  

Did anyone get the sense they’re teeing up a Seven of Nine/Elnor Fenris Rangers spin-off? Seven and Elnor flying around the Alpha Quadrant in their broke-ass Borg cube, helping people who have no one else to help them.

That’s what I love about it. For the first time in 25 years, Star Trek is finally moving forward. No reboots, retreads, prequels. New characters, new stories.

It really wasn’t a surprise at all.  I don’t think you’ve been paying attention.

It worked for me. In the flashbacks, they were obviously extremely close during the time of the Romulan evacuation. He was her mentor. Maybe her lover, but not necessarily.  And when you learn someone you care for has a terminal diagnosis, you tell them you love them.

What is it with Bible-thumpers and dancing?  Why even bother to have such a “banquet?” 

I was wondering about that. Pretty sure it’s canon that Romulans have lost, or deliberately allowed to atrophy, Vulcan’s telepathic powers. But if Commodore Oh is a Vulcan, why on earth is she helping the Romulans? And if she’s a Romulan deep cover agent, how could she have hidden that from Jurati in the mind meld? A…

I agree. That character deserved better. I feel like killing him was just for cheap spectacle, or to give Elnor, and evidently Seven, more to angst over.

What you’re describing is what Iappreciate — for the first time in 25 years, Star Trek is actually moving forward. Not just treading old ground. That means a lot to me.