Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of La Sirena arrive at Soji’s (Isa Briones) homeworld, Coppelius, pursued by the Romulans, and Seven (Jeri Ryan) and Elnor (Evan Evagora) aboard the Borg cube. The first part of the season finale, Et in Arcadia Ego Part 1 was written by Micheal Chabon and Ayelet Waldman from a…
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Star Trek: Picard (2020) – Nepenthe, and Broken Pieces
Nepenthe, written by Sam Humphrey and Micheal Chabon, is arguably the best episode of the inaugural season of Star Trek: Picard. It first debuted on 5 March, 2020. While Elnor (Evan Evagora) struggles to survive on the Borg Cube, hunted by Rizzo (Peyton List), and costing Hugh (Jonathan Del Arco) his life and triggering a…
Star Trek: Picard (2020) – Stardust City Rag, and The Impossible Box
Jonathan Frakes directs Stardust City Rag, which starts off brutally, and takes us to some dark places with the characters even as Picard (Patrick Stewart) gets to pose as a villain. Written by Kirsten Beyer, this episode first aired on 20 February 2020 and opens with a Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) flashback as we…
Star Trek: Picard (2020) – The End is The Beginning, and Absolute Candor
Picard (Patrick Stewart) attempts to make amends with Raffi (Michelle Hurd) as he seeks a ship to take him in search of Burce Maddox and Soji (Isa Briones). We see how their relationship fell apart when the synthetic attack on Mars disrupted and caused the cancellation of Starfleet’s aid to the Romulan Evacuation, causing Picard’s…
Star Trek: Picard – Season 3 Blu-Ray
What could arguably be the best season of Star Trek featuring The Next Generation crew, comes to physical media today from Paramount Canada; Star Trek: Picard – Season 3 hits Blu-ray and DVD, and the ten-episode series is a perfect bow not only on the past seasons of Picard, but of the entire Next Generation…
Star Trek: Picard – Second Self (2022) – Una McCormack
Simon & Schuster tapped author Una McCormack to deliver a second Star Trek Picard tale and this time she lets the reader join Raffi Musiker on a diplomatic mission with a secret agenda to bring a war criminal to justice. Set after the events of Picard: Season One and following on the heels of the…
Star Trek: Picard – Season Two (2022) – Blu-Ray Review
Paramount Canada sends Star Trek: Picard – Season Two home today on blu-ray and DVD! The three disc set is packed with extras, and no matter where you fall on the continuation of Patrick Stewart’s iconic turn as Jean-Luc Picard, it is fantastic, nonetheless, to see the character return again. This time around, there is…
Star Trek: Picard – Last Best Hope (2020) – Una McCormack
It has been a while since I slipped into a Star Trek novel. I’m still back on The Original Series, and the last one I read was 1995’s The Ashes of Eden, the first novel that introduced the Shatner-Verse version of Trek novels. But I was eager to see how the newer novels tied in…
The Mind Reels 