Surrender

Picard comes back with another well written and acted episode. We move the narrative forward organically and witness great twists, although I saw most coming. That doesn't dull the pleasure since it's so well acted. Some mysteries are sorted and others are near revelations and that just ramps up the anticipation.

The overarching theme this season is solid and gives us the well earned feel of classic trek. But it's slightly askew and feels more personal. Every week we learn more about characters we have spent so much time with before. And each deepening of these characters feels earned and appropriate.

One of the things I appreciated most about this episode was the way it skillfully balanced action with character development. There were plenty of exciting moments, including an intense space battle and a daring escape from a hostile planet, but these scenes never felt gratuitous or disconnected from the characters' emotional journeys.

Overall, I thought this was one of the best episodes of Picard so far, and I can't wait to see where the story goes from here. The pacing was excellent, the acting was top-notch, and the writing was both smart and emotional. I highly recommend this episode to any fan of the series, and I can't wait to see what happens next!

Give Terry Star Trek Legacy. No Kurtzman drek!

Loved this episode and the whole season so far. I've been waiting years for lore and data to merge. The emotional beats between data, laforge, picard, riker, etc. Were all there. I want more of THIS story. Not the nonsense Kurtzman is doing. No discovery, no lower decks, no academy; who gave that hack any control. Give the reins to Terry people! This season was a joy. We haven't had real trek in almost 30 years. This is a start.

The threads Terry has woven are excellent. I want more of this. Thankfully the abominations that were season 1 and 2 are being erased or overridden.

I thank the writers from the bottom of my heart that you found a way to give Deanna Troi a real feeling of being a integral part maybe even a all important part of the narrative this time. When I grew up, Troi felt like almost a joke character, a Troi episode would either be some silly thing or just outright one of the hardest to sit through because it was something psychosexual. Her idea of character development was to say something painfully obvious like "I think the angry alien is angry Jean Luc" And I was afraid here its happening again she's apart from Riker and offering just a few jokes in the first few episodes.

However, now that she is with the crew you've really given her a real purpose to awaken Jack Crusher and unlock his mind and memories and comfort Riker so he can stand up against his foes. You also gave Beverly Crusher new life and that is also amazing. Each of these characters has come into their own and finally feels important to the plot equally.

Also I love the little things you are doing with musical cues this season. When Worf saves the day, you hear his theme song remixed to be like a heroic Lone Ranger type jingle! It was so cool.

And what you have done with makeup and styles is leaps and bounds away from Seasons 1 and 2. Everyone is very old by this point yet you are making them so handsome and beautiful. Its heartwarming to see the ending scene around the table and everyone has nice facial hair, nice hairstyles, well arranged makeup and looking as good as a 60-80 yo person can.

I would recommend after this, you put these makeup artists at work on Tulsa King since Sly has often looked a bit fakey and bloated and I would love to see him back to his movie star status!

Anyway, you guys deserve the best score for what you have done to rescue Picard, you not only rescued this show, you rescued every actor within it from career ignominy and gave them the greatest ST product they have had yet (imho if this season was a movie it would be by far the best movie and as a season of TNG might be in the top 5) and they can all retire head held high.

This series hit a high from the start. And it keeps hitting every episode. Can´t wait for the next one. All of the cast of TNG superb. Seven perfect, Rest of the cast perfect. All the characters from past star trek series a perfect addition to the story. The mighty enemy from Deep space 9. The mystery about Jack. Why do they want him alive? New aliens, new worlds and the new Worf. His deadly calm and subtle humour. You know he still just loves killing and he kills alot. The dark atmosphere grabs you. Well done!

Very well written. We were blessed with Strange new worlds and now this. Star Trek is back!