Picard is back! Season 2 of Star Trek: Picard is on air right now and last weeks premier episode showed us how good the second season looks to be for fans!
So, of course we’re going to be excited and share what we can expect coming up later this week in Episode 2 of Season 2!
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So far we know that Episode 2 is going to be titled “Penance” and likely relates to Q’s speech to Picard about this new reality Picard finds himself in.
More on this in a moment!
We know that Director Doug Aarniokoski has directed Episode Two, as he also directed the first episode as well.
Episode Two, much like Episode One is written by both Akiva Goldsman and Terry Matalas, but here they are joined by Christopher Monfette!
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Based on where we left the ending of Episode One, we know we’ll be spending time with Q and i for one can’t wait to see John DeLancie playing around with Jean-Luc once again.
The alternate timeline will also be the focus, one we’ve been keen to explore since it’s tease via the trailers. Darkfleet is a running term right now.
The official episode Tagline reads as follows…
“PICARD FINDS HIMSELF TRANSPORTED TO AN ALTERNATE TIMELINE IN THE YEAR 2400 WHERE HIS LONGTIME NEMESIS, Q, HAS ORCHESTRATED ONE FINAL “TRIAL."
"PICARD SEARCHES FOR HIS TRUSTED CREW AS HE ATTEMPTS TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THIS DYSTOPIAN FUTURE.”
Several preview images have been released by Paramount, giving us a good insight into the tone and setting of the alternate timeline.
Of course, we know this is only the first time jump that Star Trek: Picard will be making, given we know they are going to the past later along the timeline.
A few of the images have been showing us more of Alternate-Picard’s office, such as the skulls of what we can presume are conquests of this Darkfleet.
One skull might happen to be that of the late Grand-Nagus of the Ferengi, along with there staff. Perhaps this individual was killed in combat?
We’re likely to be revisting the Borg Queen in this episode, atleast Annie Werschin’s version, as we can match the trailer with some of the preview image stills.
Theory wise, Picard will visit the Borg Queen as she is the only one besides the the La Sirena crew that have noticed the timeline change. Much like how Guinan noticed the change in Yesterday’s Enterprise.
I’m also theorising that we’ll see Picard venturing around and gathering the crew before finding the Borg Queen.
Personally, looking at how erpisodes are paced, i don’t think we’ll time jump at the end of this episode, but rather episode 3 instead.
It would be a lot to put in one episode, then again, Episode One was jam packed to kickstart the second season, so i am really wondering at this point.
In this episode we’ll get Picard explaining how they have to heal there future, by going backl into the past. This has been seen in the official trailer and aligns with the preview images for Episode 2 “Penance”.
Penance being all about a punishment inflicted on oneselfes as an outward expression of repentance for wrongdoing.
I’m excited to see how Q blends in with this, especially as he state that Picard’s new future featuring the Darkfleet is not a lesson, but Penance itself. Further connecting to the episode title.
Sadly there was no episode specific trailer this week for Star Trek: Picard, but we do have the Ready Room clip which is showing us a hint of what we can expect from the second episode.
We’ve attached a link to the Trek Central website where you can watch the trailer worldwide, along with viewing the preview images.
This weeks exclusive clip from The Ready Room After Show likely takes place right after the cliffhanger ending of Episode One, The Star Gazer.
Picard rushes outside to the sound of an apparent air-raid siren, with Q quickly following explaining that this is not the world Picard was once in.
Q explains that this reality is home, as Picard looks up, likely at the planetary shield / defence grid that surroounds planet Earth.
We’ve seen this in other trailers as well. Q also makes a funny little reference to “Yesterday’s Enterpris”, when responding to Picard’s question about the crew of the Stargazer.
Of course, Yesterday’s Enterprise was an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, that explored the idea of an alternate reality when an event in the past was changed.
Thanks to Picard’s intervention, along with Guinan, history was corrected and time was set correctly again. This little hint might mean we’re going to see something similar.
John DeLancie’s portrayal of Q feels like it has just walked straight out of Star Trek: The Next Generation right here, which is fantastic.
Q delivers the lines that this reality is one of Jean-Luc’s own making and that he is the center piece of which the game is to be played with. Basically trying to connect this to a game of Chess.
Q is well known for playing games.
Picard’s line of “I’m too old for your bullshit”, is one that i think all of us can relate to after a few years of a Global Pandemic am i right?
That and the comment about so many wrinkles and so many disappointments connected with Picard feeling like he has failed some people in his time.
It perhaps also connected with his conversation between Laris in Episode One.
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