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son of Mo and please stay tuned to the end to get a special inside look at this episode directly
from the mouth of showrunner Terry matalis himself so you don't want to miss this episode
last week's episode ended with us learning that Captain Picard has a son the confirmation from
Beverly has Picard leaping into action as the Titan Fires at the shrike and then takes off
for the nebula some of the things we hope to learn from this episode include how will the
Titan keep the shrike from taking Jack we also need to know Jack's story and why Beverly never
told John Luke about him we also want to know why Wharf was rafi's Handler and what has he been up
to the past 20 years or so I fear that was only the beginning this episode begins with the Titan
running from the shrike into the nebula and being damaged Shaw is in charge of the bridge and Riker
suggests they hide since they are outmatched by the more powerful ship losing the sensors the
Titan is Flying Blind somebody down to look out the goddamn back window we then enter a
flashback of before with a much younger Picard and Riker in fact a 22 years younger Picard and
Riker the year is 23.81 and this scene takes place two years after the events of Nemesis
they are in gainan's bar and we get a quick estab publishing shot of a futuristic Los Angeles the
old friends are toasting the birth of Riker's son Thaddeus and Parenthood the de-aging in
this scene is convincing especially with Riker and while it's difficult to cover an aged voice
overall Picard does seem to have more Vitality Picard cracks off a joke that Thaddeus will be
just fine thanks to his mother Deanna and we all have a nice laugh this Rapport between
the two characters is something this series badly needed more of in this scene Riker is the captain
of the Titan and he tells Picard the story of how he was hailed during Deanna's delivery and
on the way to see what was wrong he shares how he thought he was going to lose his son and in
that moment he became a father all this happens in 17 seconds in the turbo lift going down to
sickbay it took 17 seconds to get down there it's a wonderful discussion about what it's like to be
a new parent which is obvious foreshadowing not only to what Picard may be feeling now that he
has a son but also about what you will do to save those you love it's at this moment that
rack gets to communique and we get our first look at Deanna who unlike will is not having wistful
nostalgic thoughts on Parenthood and it ends the short meeting between old friends I'm sorry I'm
sorry I'll be right there bring the whiskey back to present day on the Titan with sensors down the
crew is trying to get a visual of the shrike and it will be two hours before they will be
warp capable Shaw is in charge of his bridge but he just keeps getting bad news we see his
compassion as he dismisses two of his Bridge crew who have been on Long watches Ave verum Corpus 618
begins to play and it is an eerie reminder of the Eternal Father Strong to save him we hear during
the 1995 movie Crimson Tide where an American submarine has been damaged by an enemy Russian
sub and is sinking is this potential foreshadowing to come we already know showrunner Terry matalis
did share there is a Crimson Tide moment that happens between Riker and Picard during this
season well that's fun anyone else want to throw more weird at me we then cut to Seven's quarters
where we see a small die-cast model of USS Voyager a nice Roddenberry for fans and it
makes sense since seven would likely have warm feelings about her first Federation vessel and
its crew the music we were hearing on the bridge is coming from her quarters while she appears to
be keeping busy but is frustrated because she is confined to quarters if you'll recall the
captain in Crimson Tide was also confined to his quarters if we're looking for similarities Ensign
the forge has come to check on her and she tells seven that people didn't think I belonged either
she's here because Starfleet couldn't say no to Jordy liftwork's daughter and then she tells
seven Shaw may call you insubordinate for helping yours but my dad this seems to cheer seven up as
Sydney calls her commander in medical Beverly is helping the wounded and Jack is very protective
of her as the Titans medical officer talks down to Dr Crusher telling her it would take her more time
to explain how to use the new technology than do it herself this lady just became our least
favorite Starfleet medical officer and that's a lot considering our first season murder doctor
yeah dreams to be tonight Beverly of course ignores her and we get our first meeting of
words between Picard and Crusher in this scene we learned that two months before she left the
Enterprise during Shore leave on kasparia Prime they conceived Jack this is an excellent back and
forth between the two actors you believe the pain they both feel and as they joust back and forth
they seem justified in their positions Beverly wanted to tell him but every time she tried some
dangerous incident would occur that kept her from telling him she finally realized it would always
be this way she wanted to protect her son so she chose not to tell him she also thought Jean-Luc
would never give up the life he was living Jean-Luc strikes back and tells her she made
the choice for him she doesn't know how he would have responded and she cut him out of the biggest
decision of my life he says what could have been had I known what could I be a father a husband
I know now I would never have been my father and you can see the anguish on his face that he wished
he could have learned that 20 years earlier Beverly argues I thought I could protect mine
you can understand her thinking but it becomes apparent that she is now questioning the decision
if you had told me it all might have been different in the next scene Jack looks agitated
while his mom is talking with Picard Riker tries to have a heart to heart with him and some of it
seems to sink in we learned that Beverly missed her friends we love this line where Riker tells
Jack feel free to call me Captain this is just another example of how this show puts
professionalism before feelings the bigger the legend the more disappointing the reality back
to Beverly and Picard she explains the message she sent and told him he was the only one she
could trust she thinks vatic wants something to do with Jean-Luc even though she's trying to get Jack
we also learned why Jack has an accent he went to school in London never shook it maybe it's in his
DNA Picard asks her if he and Jack didn't deserve a chance and she tells him when he was old enough
she did tell him and encouraged it but Jack didn't want of anything to do with his father
Picard moves to focus on the danger at hand but will encourages him to talk to Jack Picard seems
to think it's irreparable and goes to apologize to Shaw I owe the ships captain and apology
next the shrike finds the Titan even though it should have been impossible and continues
to damage the ship Shaw is wounded and transfers command to Captain Riker you got us into this you
are gonna get us out Riker immediately goes into action after all these years it's great to see
Riker in command of a Starship we get a great joke where Picard tells Riker to call him number one I
think it might be time you called me number one back to Rafi we learned that Starfleet believes
the attack on the Starfleet recruitment center was an isolated incident she hears Les troian's Opera
29 playing and she approaches what she thinks as an intruder with a phase pistol we learn it as
Wharf doing makbara an exercise of Klingon martial arts he dispatches Rafi quickly and we get warf's
official introduction as he lists all of his accomplishments and then asks her if she wants
chamomile tea and does she take sugar our Wharf is there but there is something different about
him he explains that he now tries to access calm as often as fire and that he's essentially been
working on himself Wharf is not with Starfleet but his goal aligns with theirs Rafi has a
difficult moment feeling like she's thrown her life away but Warf tells her she has the heart
of a warrior and he warns her that something is coming he tries to dismiss her but she insists
that she is going with him he explains to her the plan and it's all about kicking butt you and I
attract this individual together back on the Titan a disagreement has begun between Picard and Riker
will wants to hide but Picard wants to fight Riker ultimately gets to make the decision we begin to
wonder what might be playing into the reasons for these very different tactics of course I'm
I'm open to your input in sickbay Captain Shaw is not doing well Beverly comes over to help and
discovers he has internal bleeding Jack comes over to help and Shaw's struggles asking Jack how vatic
keeps finding them Jack notices Blood on the floor and quickly leaves does she keep finding us back
on the bridge we learned that the nebula is an unknown anomaly that they can't go through Riker
turns the ship around and heads for the edge of the nebula Picard seems frustrated or confused by
his decision Jack makes it to the bridge but is turned around by security the Titan gets to the
edge of the nebula and prepares to go to warp it's at this moment the shrike is on top of them as
vatic readies a device we finally learn what the weapon is that's in Center position she launches
a portal in front of the Titan and as they go through it they come out of another portal right
in front of the shrike despite multiple attempts to escape vatic keeps bringing them right back
in front of her the Titan has no defense against it this is unlike any weapon we've ever seen in
Stark trick and the graphics are impressive huge shout out to the special effects team for this
work Picard tells Riker she's corralling them to [ __ ] them and now is the time to fight but
Riker refuses and orders the Titan back into the nebula sir she's pulled us back in again back on
matalis Prime Wharf and Rafi are trying to blend in after some witty repartee they find their Mark
and begin to chase Wharf catches the human they are chasing and body slams him into a table the
headings are on Wednesdays back on the Titan the shrike is chasing the ship back into the nebula
Jack comes to Seven's quarters and asks her about a tactic the Fenris Rangers use called blood in
the water he says that's what must be happening here now somehow they are leaving breadcrumbs
for vatic to follow seven thinks about him for a second and realizes they are tracking verterium
which insulates the warp coils Jack says they must have a leak he and seven leave but security stops
them and Jack knocks him out they discover the verterium is leaking and it has been sabotaged it
does appear the Titan has a saboteur but the Titan has bigger problems they are getting close to the
center of the nebula which has a strong central gravitational well that would not be good for
the ship if they get pulled into it Picard wants to use the fact that they know what's going on
but vatic doesn't to set a trap for the shrike but Riker wants to use the opportunity to run
because he doesn't want to risk the crew Jean-Luc finally loses his temper with Riker after He
suggests Picard's judgment is affected because he has a son on board Riker snaps that he is
taking the ship and her crew home and it's finally I'm taking the ship and her crew home we go back
to engineering we're a creepy looking crewman attacks Jack and seems to have superhuman strength
then Jack punches him and his face changes shape under the force this is no human warning
back on matalis Prime Rafi is roughly questioning their prisoner Wharf uses
his questioning of the prisoner to point out his past flaws and rafi's current ones irrational
violent but things change with perspective he says anger is the enemy what they're trying to find out
is who broke into daystrom and stole the weapon we now see on the shrine your anger is your enemy we
are all the same I think I feel my chamomile tea coming back up back on the Titan Jack's
struggling to get up from the floor has a vision while looking up at seven he sees what looks like
purple Vines growing on the walls and he sees a Red Cloud then a door that opens but we can't see
what is on the other side Picard is unexpectedly called to sickbay about Jack and suddenly like
Riker all those years before when Thaddeus was born Jean-Luc is in the turbo lift heading down
to sickbay not knowing if his son is dying he told Riker all those years ago that was the moment you
became a parent well the same thing happened to Picard now Beverly is desperately trying
to shock Jack back to life as Picard arrives and he does pull through Jean-Luc is visibly relieved
back with Wharf and Rafi they learned the weapon was stolen to distract Starfleet
against something more dangerous that was stolen but this is no human either war finally confirms
what we have been thinking this and the crewman on the Titan are changelings tell me
how long have you been away from the great link we learn from the Deep Space Nine episode The search
part 2 that the great link was the intermingling of many changelings in their natural liquid form
and the foundation of their society providing meaning for the changeling's Existence the last
we knew of the changelings Odo a fan favorite and changeling from Deep Space Nine had cured
the great link of a disease so whatever could have them back in the alpha quadrant messing with
Starfleet again when were you expecting me that for another 300 years back on the Titan Picard
once again confronts Riker about being fearful of loss and that it makes them weak Riker reminds
Picard he is the captain of the Titan and ignores him it's not working sit down Admiral back on
metallis Wharf tells the changeling he knows his kind the changeling tells them their worlds are
on the verge of Destruction and he changes form to try to escape but Warf disintegrates him [Music]
back on the Titan Jack tells seven there is a changeling on board as the crewman on the Titan
plant some sort of device on the ship we hear Wharf explain the history of the changelings
he tells about how the Dominion war ended but a terrorist faction broke away unable to accept
defeat Odo contacted Wharf and let him know about the group but Starfleet never recognized
it because it would reignite the Dominion War you and I Rafaela are now partners back on the
bridge of the Titan the shrike's trail is cold and just as seven tells Riker there is a changeling on
board there is an explosion and the Titan loses the ability to jump to warp Picard tells Riker
to turn and fight that they either fight or die and Riker finally orders everyone to attack and
just as it seems the Titan may have the upper hand the shrike launches the portal weapon and
the Titan's own weapons are redirected and end up damaging the Titan until it is dead in the water
and sinking towards the gravity well Riker angrily blames Picard for what happened the episode ends
with Riker telling Picard remove yourself from the bridge you've just killed us all foreign
the reveal of the changelings is sure to keep Star Trek fans talking all week and going back
to look at Deep Space Nine episodes what is this changeling terrorist group's ultimate
plans how will Picard engage his new son and most importantly what was stolen from daystrom that can
be worse than the portal weapon we have all these questions as the Titan continues to fall into the
gravity well yet again reminiscent of Crimson Tide when the submarine is sinking powerlessly to its
own crushing demise and now three episodes in we still want to know where Jordy is and whoever that
is that looks like data all will be revealed as the showrunner and his team have left no stone
unturned and every plot Point earned are you feeling that original Star Trek Loving Feeling
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the link is in the description below and now Star Trek Picard season 3 showrunner Terry matalis
we knew we wanted them to have stolen this really unique weapon man it just came from these
brilliant writers in the writer's room pitching different ideas of what it could be this the idea
of the portal weapon was really cool and then we talked to visual effects we're like could we pull
that off in these big long shots where the portal opens and the ship comes through and it comes out
on the other side it seemed like I'd seen that in Star Trek before pretty excited to see how
audiences are going to respond to that the actors responded incredibly you know the the shock of
these people who've been around for decades have seen it all in like holy [ __ ] or in trouble yeah
I think it was the story of two fathers two fathers who uh one angry and one hurt on the
bridge of a Starship and um that's at its base core what it was and then it's also strategy
it's just submarine strategy um we never got to see Riker in command what he would do as a
captain and how Picard might disagree um so it was a really we hope uh interesting Dynamic to
see before it's all over what these two might be like this late in life you know the mentor
and the Protege now on equal footing not seeing eye to eye uh when the stakes are
high and lives are at stake it seemed really cool I know it was a terrible sound like oh
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