Episode complete credited cast: | |||
Patrick Stewart | ... | Jean-Luc Picard | |
Alison Pill | ... | Dr. Agnes Jurati | |
Isa Briones | ... | Soji | |
Michelle Hurd | ... | Raffi Musiker | |
Santiago Cabrera | ... | Cristóbal Rios | |
Harry Treadaway | ... | Narek | |
Jonathan Del Arco | ... | Hugh | |
Peyton List | ... | Lieutenant Narissa Rizzo | |
Jamie McShane | ... | Zhaban | |
Tamlyn Tomita | ... | Commodore Oh | |
Rebecca Wisocky | ... | Ramdha | |
Orla Brady | ... | Laris | |
Sumalee Montano | ... | Mother | |
Graham Shiels | ... | Tal Shiar Operative | |
Antonio David Lyons | ... | Guard (as Son of Lee) |
Completely unaware of her special nature, Soji continues her work and captures the attention of the Borg cube research project's executive director. After rehashing past events with a reluctant Raffi, Picard seeks others willing to join his search for Bruce Maddox, including pilot and former Starfleet officer Cristóbal Rios.
I do have two quibbles which hopefully will be addressed in the future:
1) After Seven of Nine had her Borg implants removed the scars on her face healed relatively quickly. Hugh's face is scarred, presumably some years after his implants were removed. I'll buy that the Romulans (I'm guessing they are the ones who de-Borged him) didn't care about the aesthetics, but I'd like to see it addressed; perhaps Seven could ask Hugh about it when they (I presume) meet. Or maybe Hugh could ask Seven.
2) "JL"? I have a hard time believing that Picard would permit anyone to call him "JL" unless there's a heck of a backstory there.
Other than that, I find the "synthetics went homicidal" plot interesting. I'm assuming they were sabotaged and I can't wait to find out who, how and why. The visual FX are striking. As a Star Trek fan who grew up with the episodic rigidity of TOS in the 60s, I'm enjoying the slow roll.