And Baby Yoda at this point is nothing more than a Maguffin. 

The show is nothing without Baby Yoda.  

Almost agreed. The “lets create *another* secret Romulan society out of whole cloth for no reason” is extremely pointless... this show is full of pointless conflicts.

I think the biggest problem with that scene is not just that it makes Picard look really dumb, but that we (the audience) also already know that she’s not on earth, because the final scene of the pilot had her in the borg cube.

Because Picard doesn’t need the crutch.

“but at least Picard doesn’t have the Baby Yoda crutch, unless you count Dream Sequence Data.”

Yeah.  Pretty much.

That was my reading of this scene is well. Seems obvious that she’s Romulan, not Vulcan. The Admiral even said as much—“That’s why I contacted you.”

What do you think “cold open” means that offends your sensibilities so much?

I did too lol. It would have worked pretty well as a finale though.

Honestly, the fanbase seems more obsessed with them than the writers, in my opinion.

Also - she’s definitely working for Section 31 with all that talk about undercover work.

Picard always admired Data and viewed him as a man coming to terms with sentience and existence in an almost childlike way that Picard always respected. Picard, especially, in Data-heavy episodes of TNG and the movies definitely viewed Data as a friend and someone he cared for almost like a brother.

As much of a fan of the show as I am (and I am not ready for it to end by any means) I agree with you to an extent. Felt like they needed to spend a full season in the actual good place... they saved everyone from eternal damnation, now they need to save everyone from eternal bliss... before finally wrapping things…

I’m fine with 1) alienating people who want to see Mel Gibson or 2) leaving this property dead and buried.

Isn’t Richard Donner.... ::checks wikipedia:: HOLY SHIT HE’S 89?!? I assume he’s not directing. I mean, I know, “too old for this shit,” but he is quite legitimately, uncomically too old for this shit.

Spoiler: He’s definitely still like that now.

Some people: “But Mel’s changed! He’s not like that any more!”

Look, I adore the Lethal Weapon movies and consider them all to be a lot of fun, even the fourth one, but there is absolutely no need for LW5. Especially since I very much doubt Danny Glover is in any shape to any action stunts. Unless you’re gonna team Mel up with Chris Rock or something. 

“HELLO SUGERTITS!!! You sure don’t look like a Jew!!“- Riggs’ new catch phrase. What could go wrong???