with only one episode left we are in the climax of The exciting conclusion of Star Trek Picard season
3. so continue to join us every week as we explore each episode and reveal all the details you may
have missed 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
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last week's episode ended with Deanna Troy's hand on Jack's Red Door as she was about to open it
vatic is defeated and dashed into thousands of pieces against the shrike data won the battle
over lore and our TNG crew was back together for the first time in over 20 years but what is the
darkness surrounding Jack some of the things we hope to learn from this episode include what is
behind that door what is going to happen at Frontier day and what is in Hangar Bay 12 at
the fleet Museum this episode begins with the song I can't stop crying over you by Will Grove
white it sounds like an old song but it was actually produced and arranged by geek music
in 2015. we then enter Jack's mind with Deanna Troy we see the vines in The Red Door Jack is
scared and Deanna wants to know what the vines are Jack has a flashback to the Crimson Arboretum
on Raritan 4 where his mother once took him of course the Crimson Arboretum is another Easter
egg for 12 Monkeys referencing the red forest in that show and by the way if you haven't watched
that show you are missing out on one of the best time travel stories ever also Raritan 4
was a planet that the Stargazer visited during the first season of Picard as well as a place
in New Jersey where Terry matalis lived Jack says his mother took him there as a boy and he
remembers a song that she loved he says there is something coated in the melody passed down
from his father and his mother to him he says beneath the soil The Vines are connected but he
doesn't find it comforting we learn the vines or connections and Deanna asked him if that is
what he is seeking and he says he is seeking many connections Deanna wants to open the door and for
him not to be afraid because she is with him as she opens the door Deanna breaks away from
Jack and runs away as he screams what did you see Deanna goes to Picard and Beverly and we see what
she saw behind the door hanging in the midst is a giant Borg Cube we hear the collective's voice
Deanna tells them what she's seen but his parents think this must be impossible
Picard hears lacutus's words in his mind and Deanna insists she's right Beverly suddenly
realizes that biology doesn't always need words to communicate flocks of birds turn in unison B's and
ants are all wordlessly connected she realizes some transceivers and receivers are organic so
too she realizes would be the technology inside of Jack Beverly also believes Picard never had
aromatic syndrome and that soon saw that inside of him and that's why his body was at daystrom
station somehow vatic knew that the board passed something on to Jean-Luc and then on to Jack it's
apparently some organic technology through lucutus Picard realizes this very well may
be true Beverly wants to tell Jack but Picard says it's his responsibility since he gave it
to him he goes to leave but Deanna reminds him that there are protocols that need to be
in place to protect Starfleet against the Borg she tells them their son is dangerous your son
is dangerous in Jack's room Picard comes to tell him the truth but Jack's response
is understandably angry the performance by Ed speleers is intense and believable we also get
a moment of honest despair from Picard about the reality of what lacutus really did to him
and also the legacy of what that moment is and he never realized it could be this bad Jack wants to
know how much of him is him but his father has no answers a life of disconnection I need to realize
that I'm emblematic of War Jack admits that he has had feelings about the world being a better
place as a collective he says the Borg don't feel and don't care but he does so what does
that mean when Picard tells his son they need to take precautions Jack loses his temper and Picard
angrily explains how he almost killed everything and everyone he loved and that Jack has no idea
what the Borg Queen can make him do Picard wants to send him to keslavar the research Academy on
Vulcan but Jack says it's a prison where they will mind meld and the bottom eyes the board from him
when Jack goes to leave there are two Starfleet security officers waiting armed at the door and
the deep-seated feelings Jack has about Picard choosing Starfleet over him come rushing back
what about the protocols of a father he asks and then he takes control of the security officers
who train weapons on Picard as he leaves even Beverly tries to reach him but he tells her he
is going home Jack is willing to trade himself for answers and show the board Queen exactly
who he is but Beverly tells him he is just going to get himself killed Jack takes a shuttle craft
plots and coordinates and disappears Picard and Beverly are blaming themselves Picard tells her he
got the best of you and the worst of me Beverly says she gave Wesley space and lost him to it
so she watched Jack closer so close she couldn't see what was right in front of her Dana comes in
and tells Picard he hasn't been able to find the shuttle as Jack is jamming the transponder data
shows empathy for Picard which Jean-Luc realizes is something new and Returns the affection it's
a very sweet moment Jordy calls for Picard and says to come to sickbay because there is more
he needs to know about Jack back on the shuttle Jack arrives at his destination and the computer
tells him there are tachyon radiation pulses and neutrino emissions it's a transwarp conduit
which means only one thing Borg Jack looks up and in front of him is the Borg Cube from his
mind back in sickbay jordy's debriefing Picard on Jack they have learned that Picard had new
genetic code written and stored inside of him but it wasn't something they could detect 35 years ago
Picard was carrying dormant Borg adaptations which means they never truly let him go Wharf explains
the changelings extracted the altered portions from his DNA this explains why he could still hear
voices outside of the collective even when he was no longer lucutus this is an excellent explanation
for something none of us really understood as to how Jean-Luc could be hearing voices without
the technology during the events of Star Trek first Contact Beverly wants to know how her son
is different Jack is a transmitter and is able to send instructions the changelings were weaponizing
the board code Jordy says Jack is Borg but that is not all he is we learn the changelings have been
working with the board from the beginning for just this moment Frontier day Picard says they need to
warn Starfleet no matter what the risk and tell Shaw they need to get to the soul system right
away on The View screen we see what's happening we see space Dock and of huge fireworks display
we can already hear criticisms about how there can be fireworks in space without going too deep
into it as long as an oxidizer is available there can Envy explosions so it's possible fireworks in
the 25th Century have some type of liquid hydrogen or liquid oxygen in them something worth exploring
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my dear Watson the big reveal is Admiral Shelby and she is in command of ncc-1701f that's right
the Enterprise F and of course you remember Admiral Shelby as Commander Shelby from the
iconic Best of Both Worlds two-part episode at the end of the third season of TNG and the beginning
of the fourth Shelby was a borg expert and these are the episodes where Picard is taken and turned
into locutus which makes having Admiral Shelby here at this moment very appropriate I am locutus
foreign see the F come out of space Dock and it's a powerful and beautiful warship then Shelby gives
us an excellent homage to the Star Trek Enterprise TV show and nx01 matalis and his team truly gave
love to every corner of Berman Trek the Enterprise nx01 on board the Borg Cube Jack shows up armed as
the board Queen welcomes him hearing Alice krieg's Voice is awesome and just another way to show love
to the Star Trek franchise she of course was the Borg Queen from Star Trek first Contact as well
as Voyager end game Shelby announces the fleet's newest advancement Fleet formation which allows
all the ships in Starfleet to link up as one for better defense of the Federation we hear USS
Pulaski online which is named after Dr Pulaski who served as Picard's medical officer during
season two of TNG Picard can't help but to point out the irony of how Shelby is launching something
that behaves like a hive mind considering all her Borg experience happy Frontier day everyone back
on the board Cube the queen calls Jack her child Jack says he doesn't know what he is but he knows
he's not hers she names him Vox which is Latin for The Voice whereas lacutus meant one who speaks
Jack intends to kill her as we see the back of the board Queen up in the air she tells him if it were
possible for you to kill me you would have done it already but Borg probes enter Jack's body instead
and his eyes turn black the queen reminds him that resistance is futile back on the Titan we learned
the changelings have been adding board code into the transporter system architecture so that anyone
who uses the transporter is coded with the board DNA Jordy says they have been assimilating the
entire fleet the whole time without anyone knowing it the fleet tries to take over the Titan and
Picard hails Admiral Shelby just as Picard begins telling Shelby what's happening Communications are
cut and the Borg signal begins to go out to the ships seven confirms what is happening as she
feels pain we learn that it is going to affect anyone under the age of 25 as that is when the
prefrontal cortex stops developing it's at this moment we see Lieutenant mura is being
assimilated at his workstation and then Sydney the forge who turns and says we are the Borg we
ah the pork Admiral Shelby pops up on the viewing screen long enough for us to see her shot by her
own crew the Borg are going to eliminate all unassimilated and Picard and his Elder team
tried to escape Jordy tries to save his girls but data stops him and tells him they need a plan with
the board controlling the Titan they need to get off the ship as fast as possible we then
see a screen with all the ships in formation there are tons of roddenberries here including
USS Sulu the Helmsman from TOS USS Cochrane the father of the first Earth warp drive USS acuda
named after set Designer Michael acuda and USS Drexler named after ship designer Doug Drexler
there are many more including USS Gilgamesh which is a throwback to the Picard episode with darmok
and jalad on TNG The Excelsior is destroyed when the older crew tried to take it back
everyone makes their way to the maintenance deck to try to get a shuttle off the Titan the Borg
has now taken over all Starfleet vessels just as they arrive at the maintenance deck data tells us
that the shuttles are not part of the automated system and seven says the robot's right it's the
only way which is hilarious after all she doesn't know data like we do and it's such a seven thing
to say Jordy has a ship for them but they need to get off the Titan we have a classic data Geordie
moment as they prepare the shuttle to leave Jordy asked data to be more positive and data tells him
I hope we die quickly Shaw tells everyone to get into the shuttle and as they Retreat Shaw is hit
Picard won't leave without everyone but seven insists she stays with Shaw who is wounded and
Rafi stays with her seven goes to her captain and he tells her it's not his ship anymore he gives
the con to Seven of Nine as he dies and calls her seven of nine she looks shook it is not lost on us
that Shaw is killed while making sure his crew got to their escape pod just as he had been allowed to
survive While others died during wolf 359 it was his turn to save his Shipmates his death while
shocking and we wish it hadn't happened was heroic you have the [ __ ] seven of nine as the TNG
crew flee the Borg Target space dock to eliminate Earth's planetary defenses as the shuttle makes it
to Fleet Museum we learned that Geordie has been saving a surprise for them it's the Enterprise D
from TNG its saucer section crashed on Viridian 3 during the events of Star Trek generations but
we learned that the saucer was removed from the planet because of the prime directive and Jordy
has been fixing it for the last several years it's also at this moment we learned that they can't use
the Enterprise E and use the Enterprise E that was not my fault Wharf continued to serve on the E and
it is believed he was her Captain hopefully we'll learn the truth of it someday now on the bridge of
the D It's like a dream we haven't been on this bridge in 29 years yet it also feels like we
were just here we get to spend five long minutes watching our friends react to being there once
again Dave Blass and his team worked tirelessly to completely recreate this bridge exactly as it
was back on the show there are no Graphics or special effects here the bridge is truly back
to life it's a humbling and beautiful moment for TNG fans as we hear the theme music from
the show we see the original dedication plaque on the wall which includes Gene roddenberry's
name on it we also learned that the thing Picard missed the most was the carpet everyone has a nice
chuckle and then for another treat we get the voice of major Berry USS Enterprise now under
band of Captain Jean-Luc Picard the original voice of the computer on TNG and many other Star Trek
shows Majel was Gene roddenberry's wife as well as number one on the original pilot nurse Chapel
on TOs and Deanna Troy's mother on TNG Picard sets a course for Earth and we hear the most beautiful
engage from Picard's mouth he sounds strong and in charge and it is exactly how we needed to hear
it from him the episode ends as our heroes are on the way to save Starfleet one more time cause for
Earth maximum warmth hi Captain episode 9 comes to an end and there is a feeling of equal parts
excitement for next week but dread that it will be the final one we can only hope that the executives
at Paramount have heard our pleas and Star Trek Picard season 3 will be followed up with Star
Trek Legacy now with the Borg closing in on Earth what will our TNG crew do to save the day what is
Jack's part in this now that he is captured by the board Queen did you love episode 9 and are
you worried for the young Bridge crew on the Titan if so give this video a thumbs up and
consider subscribing as we are here breaking everything down for you until the end and stay
tuned because in a moment we are going to share with you thoughts on episode 9 directly from
the mouth of showrunner Terry matalis himself but first what do you think did your heart soar when
you saw the D are you upset that we lost Shaw tell us what you think and let's talk about it
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link is in the description below and now Star Trek Picard season 3 showrunner Terry Tallis
the Borg was a very early idea it's one of the first things I talked to Patrick about
was I asked him I said what's the very worst thing that ever happened
to Picard they thought about it he's like the cutest and I said in what's the very worst thing
that could happen to his son and he'd never want to see his son go through it he said look cutus
I said what if we did that and he started to lean in because neither of us necessarily wanted to go
to the board well again unless it was a really emotional story once we asked those questions
it started to illuminate a path for us that it asked what do we pass on we pass on good
things we pass on bad things and and that was what if Picard and inadvertently passed on
some part of locutus to his son and someone was trying to weaponize it it it felt also
like a proper Next Generation conclusion a story that was set up 30 years ago could finish here
it was tremendously difficult to pull off in time we had to start building right when we started
shooting and I think we were still gluing carpet on as the cameras were rolling but Dave Blass and
his department they nearly killed themselves to get it ready in time I mean we went back to
the original blueprints that had everybody involved from the akudas to our own Herman
Zimmerman to to everyone who who had anything to do with that Bridge originally came and we
got their blessing to make sure it was a hundred percent accurate to uh to the way it was when when
it shot during next generation it looks like it it was extraordinary we are the crew of
the USS Enterprise but more than that we're your family wherever you go we go
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