Star Trek: Picard: Broken Pieces (2020)
Season 1, Episode 8
10/10
The best yet
13 March 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I feel sorry for the people who keep moaning about this new Star Trek. If people don't like it, fine. But they clearly get upset because it has now grown beyond the original vision.

All through, we have seen discrimination against two minority groups - synthetics and former Borg. But neither are safe. The discrimination is wrong but not without cause.

I had expected Seven of Nine from the mention of a 'stowaway' - how else could she be instantly available to help Soji?

I assume we get a flashback later to give details, and Raffi may have been involved. Showing she had been married and had a child might be significant: we shall see soon, maybe.

Also though Seven is released under the name 'Annika', we can't assume the disconnection is safe. I'd be surprised if this didn't come in later, though maybe not this season.

Note also that this Mini-Collective know what the secret Romulans know, and might agree with them.

Apart from all that, we see the five hologram versions of Captain Rios, played very nicely. And the reason the man himself has problems.

All of this justified the slow build-up that annoyed some people. There is so much that it had to be brought in slowly. And now can logically extend to at least one more season and probably more.
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