Marc Evan Jackson’s deadpan might be my MVP of the whole damn series....It rivals Andre Braugher’s deadpan. 

I mean that’s where the SciFi miniseries did it for their 3 parter (before the days of SyFy)

I thought I read somewhere a rumor that the split was going to be basically right after Paul and Jessica escape and meet the Freeman. Which seems very early but kinda makes sense. You can take the first movie to really spell out the politics of everything going on and have it end with the ultimate betrayal. Then the…

Great, and now I have to spend the rest of my day starring every reply in this thread. Oh mighty vanilla chai-hulud, keeper of the balance!

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

Tell me of your Munchkins, Usul.

My killing word is “cruller”.

He who controls the pumpkin spice, controls the universe!

The pumpkin spice must flow.

FATHER! THE COFFEE HAS AWAKENED ME!

Oh, please let Dunkin’ Donuts co-opt this somehow.

Tasha? 

The relationship between Picard and Data was most significant during the TNG films, which makes sense given that Picard didn’t start to let his guard down with his crew until the series finale. Even before then, Picard certainly always took a special interest in Data’s quest to become human.

Not watched Picard yet myself, but I’ll point out that he and Data were mind-networked during the Locutus period. Maybe that left something behind that’s started to manifest itself?

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.

Wow LOL. So, so incorrect and wrong. Oh well, at least we’ll agree on Election Day and that’s all that really matters now. Hope your reading comprehension improves. I don’t know anything about you, thus making those insane assumptions is impossible. Nazis????? OK then.

Sigh. You are 100% completely wrong about me and if you check my history you will see that the only “secret thrill” I’ll ever have re: Trump is when I learn of his imprisonment or death. You misunderstand me entirely. I am actually for everything you are and always have been. One of the central pillars of my personal…

“White men” are no more a group than “militant lesbians” or “the blacks” are. I’m a white male who’s been hard left for thirty-five years. Reflexively rejecting “white males” because a subset of white males represent everything you hate is a poor strategy. Taking issue with “white male Trumpies” is one thing, I am…

How are we supposed to act?

I still think it’s more likely that he was teaching himself French and practicing on the dog. I mean, why would you teach a dog a language? Maybe he always wanted to learn it but never had the time before due to being captain and all.