umrebel

As a person who grew up on STTNG, I have mixed emotions about what to say about Picard. One the one hand, there is very good fan service going on here with lots of cameos from TNG actors, and even several that are regulars, plus regular callbacks to themes and stories from the original TNG series. If you've wanted to see that crew in action again, you get it here, partially. Quality varies greatly episode to episode, and season to season, some are much better than others, with Season 3 being the best. But what really detracts from this series is the main character himself. Picard is a shell of his former self. He is now a greatly dimished and feeble looking and sounding old man, unfortunately. There is just no hiding it. He is hunched and weak, always out of breath, and the delivery of his dialogue is strained and forced. Like the famous episode from TNG where he says "THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!" All of his lines are delivered with the same forced feeble stacatto. There are some good moments, especially in Season 3 as mentioned, but it's just not the way you want to remember the Picard. I give a 5 for all the fan service, but only a 5 because it kind of ruins your memory of a great character.