Last weeks Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Episode may have revealed the Identify of The Watcher,
but it also contained a very critical detail at the end and we’re not talking a about Q loosing his powers,
more about the mysterious women at the end of this episode.
Yes, this of course is Renee Picard, a great ancestor of Jean-Luc and one who has been referenced in the series so far!
It’s clear now that we’re halfway through the Second Season that we’re seeing the story start to unwrap but also tie into previously mentioned things,
such as Picard’s speech as Starfleet Academy in episode one!
Let’s dive in and check out the latest trailers, pictures and more!
SPOILER WARNING, we’ll be discussing the preview pictures and trailers for the upcoming Star Trek: Picard Episode,
so if you don’t want to be spoiled, beam up right now!
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This week’s Star Trek: Picard episode is titled “Fly Me To The Moon”!
The official synopsis of the episode features Picard discovering an important family member from his past being integral to the divergence in the timeline.
Meanwhile, Q continues his manipulation of the timeline, taking an interesting in Doctor Adam Soong.
Even more clues are given to Jurati’s dealings with the Borg Queen, which we’ll take a look at via the main trailer breakdown!
You might be delighted to know that Jonathan Frakes himself is directing this episode, and likely the sixth episode as well! Yay for Frakes!
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So with that said, check out the link in the video description to view the trailers,
nd then come back here as we break down all the details for you! Alright, let’s go!
So let’s breakdown the trailer for this weeks episode of Star Trek: Picard!
The opening shot starts with Laris, or Watch Laris as we shall call her, who reveals that she has devoted all her time to protecting one key individual here on planet Earth.
This individual would actually be Renne Picard, the great great ancestor of Jean-Luc Picard and the person involved with the Europa Mission that we keep going on about.
Renee was seen last week in Episode 4, just has Q lost his powers, so this episode I imagine will be dedicated to her, or atleast exploring more of her mission.
Speaking of her mission, the episode title of “Fly Me to The Moon” sorta gives that away, along with Q’s newspaper from last week.
The Europa mission is all about exploring the Sol System and visirting the jovian moon.
Brent Spiner’s new character, who is likely Adam Soong, shows up talking to Q.
It appears that this new Soong is also working on something, as in the promo pictures which we’ll cover later and can be see via our website, Adam is infront of some sort of panel.
Q gives Soong the key to something, perhaps this key will remove an obstacle. This could revolve around artificial intelligence and artificial life, I.e cybernetics.
This mightr be where the time divergence kicks off, especially as we see Adam hug a character who looks like Soji later on.
Raffi and Sven are hot on the tails of Rios, as they set about breaking him free from the ICE transportation bus.
These scenes align with the main Star Trek: Picard trailer, which see the crew breaking Rios out.
Now a scene that i have been expecting for sometime is to do with the Borg Queen. She appears to be assimilating Doctor Jurati via touching her face.
This perhaps links with the assimilated guards, or police we see on La Sirena later on. Jurati can also be seen with a shot-gun
If i had to theorize, I’d say police stumble onboard the space ship and the Queen assimilates them, perhaps linking with the Ready Room clip of her tapping into wireless frequencies.
Maybe she even makes the call?
The entire crew can be seen gathered in the abandoned Chatue-Picard,
discussing protecting the tapestry of history.
Nice touch with the tapestry reference then, If i had a had, I’d tip it to you writers… anyway.
This scene again links with ones we’ve seen before of the crew being surrounded by guards with green laser pointers.
These are likely assimilated local police units, now under the command of the Borg Queen,
e have been assimilated into her new mini-Borg Collective. We could almost call it a pocket sized collective. A micro collection… I’ll stop.
The trailer works to hype us up and as we go furhter into the second season,
we can see the details and links to the main trailer emerge. It’s easier to put the points together and make something out of it. Let’s touch on something that did catch me by surprise though!
When Jean-Luc says “There is a divergence coming”, a mysterious orange web can be seen on-screen.
Now our first guess would be Tholians, and that would make a lot of sense. In Star Trek lore, the Tholian species is well known for messing around with time.
They have a complex knowledge of temporal mechanics, even understanding it during the Star Trek: Enterprise era. This orange web looks very much like something they would employ.
and have employed in previous itterations of Star Trek before!
Likely It;s something to do with The Watcher’s technology though. So We’ll have to wait and see. Though i will say, seeing a Tholian on-screen again would be fantastic.
This weeks promotional pictures feature some great looks at our new characters, such as Brent Spiner’s Doctor Adam Soong.
He’s being interviewed by some sort of board comittie, which features a cameo from actress and director of last weeks episode, Lea Thompson.
Another detail is one of the doctor’s on the panel is named Vasally Rozhenko. Perhaps this is a reference or an ancestor of Mr Worf’s adoptive father? The name is very similar.
We get some fantastic shots of Renne Picard, as well as Orla Brady as Laris. Interestingly enough the press pictures name her as Laris,
not the Watcher or anything.
One of the promo pictures also shows Jurati sleeping, while in the background you can see a police officer with his torch approaching her.
Again this is where most my theories of the Borg Queen attracting law enforcement is coming from. She’s been planning tihs for sometime!
Seriously who the F trusts Borg Queens?! Common people! I am now with Seven of Nine in episode one, should have just shot the damn Borg ship.
Now speaking about The Ready Room trailer, there is not much to write home about.
It features the Borg Queen attempting to tap into local radio frequencies and wireless transmissions.
To do this, she needs to use the voices of the La Sirena crew to override the computer.
Switching between them all, she finally locates Captain Rios’s voice as the correct one.
Some of the radio transmissions are interesting, with one making a reference to a UFO.
Perhaps this is someone who has spotted the La Sirena crashing.
. It would connect nicely to the police turning up and the Borg Queen assimilating them, all while Jurati likely had her back turned. Explains the Shotgun in an scene from the trailer as well.
The Ready Room clip cuts off with a phone dialing.
If i had to theorize, this is likely a phone call to the local emergency services reporting the mysterious ship crash, or that random people are wondering around the abadoned Picard family home
It’s enough to get the police out to investigate and the Queen likely uses radio signals to draw them in closer for assimilation.
You know what is weird with the Borg Queen voice scenes, she did not try Seven of Nine’s voice,
you think it would be one of her first go to voices, but instead she goes Jurati, Picard and then finally Rios, which gains her access.
We’ve recently been discussing new theories as well, such as Picard’s Destiny.
Trek Central’s Assistant Editor, TJ, has explored Picard’s Destiny in one of our brand new articles on TrekCentral.net,
take a read and see if some of our theories hold up. Links below in the video description.
So, that is all the previews for Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Episode 5, Fly Me to The Moon.
It’s clear that this weeks episode will give us more information on the Europa Mission that has been alluded to for well over a year.
However, we’ve also got to explore what is going on with Q, as well as being prepared for the Borg Queen’s assimilation and likely attempted take over.
Remember, our weekly review for Star Trek: Picard is out every Thursday!
So, share your theories with us in the video comments below as per usual!
This weeks Star Trek Picard episode sets the midpoint for the second season and wow, it’s been a good ride so far!
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