ReaLMoisan

The title says it all. This is a serious plot hole. It's hard to get invested in a story when major solutions to the central conflict are painstakingly obvious.

They sent thousands of foot-soldiers to their death after an era when entire cities where being levelled by planes with bombs. These were cities being protected by the combined military force of entire nations too.

The fact the central conflict still can't be dealt with by today's military firepower is laughably ridiculous. A few bombers do a couple runs, rinse and repeat for a week, and the problems solved. The fact multiple countries haven't reduced this place to ash and dust after dealing with the situation for decades is insane to comprehend.

The story tries to hand wave this plot hole away, but it only creates even more issues. They would have dealt with the central conflict decisively after it happened because they would want to continue with their agenda in a controlled environment. With complete control over containment, and they wouldn't want to risk contamination and uncontrolled variables to influence their research.

There's no internal logic and consistency in the universe within this story. Suspension of disbelief is impossible, as this glaring plot hole is so obvious. You can't get invested in a story that shouldn't exist, because a simple solution makes the entire plot nonsensical.

What a wonderful way to end a story that spans decades. I didn't watch seasons 1 and 2, but season 3 of Picard was fan service done right. From the music, cast, concluded plots, character development, and just telling an entertaining story, thank you.

Terry accomplished something anther long running and famous Sci-Fi space franchise didn't do. He got all the primary cast back together, not just for a scene, but all back to the original bridge, together.

Terry also wrapped up all the movies that proceeded the series, and brought the story of this crew back to the original series finale. Everyone gathering together for a game of poker.

I never realized how important Star Trek was to me, especially The Next Generation. To get to see this crew say goodbye like this means more than I could have ever imagined. Thank you, for this Terry.

I'll try to write this review without including spoilers, and I'll stay a vague as possible.

So you're telling me all this could have been avoided if the monks waited an hour to enact their plan. The entire plot of the series revolves around this one incident; and the entire thing could have been avoided if they waited an hour to do something they could have done a day or even a week later. Besides it making no logical sense for them to enact this plan until they know the outcome of another even first. If they went through with their plan before the outcome of the other event is resolved, they'd be in an even worse position than they would be if they did nothing at all.

The entire series is the result of characters doing something so monumentally stupid, it destroys all suspension of disbelief. Episode seven, single handedly ruins the entire series. This is what happens when bad and/or lazy writers don't bother to justify characters actions in a logical and consistent manner.

What a waste of my time watching this series.