CBS All Access' "Star Trek: Picard" (Season 3)

[Batman1980]

Nana visitor and avery Brooks are the other ds9 actors I'm hoping to see.

[Josep5349]

Originally Posted by morris_schaffer

'it's always been done like that' isn't always the best possible reason for anything. I felt it went on a bit too long here, but I get tradition.

It’s not just tradition for the sake of tradition. It works, it always has. That’s the reason.

[drb999]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

Nana visitor and avery Brooks are the other ds9 actors I'm hoping to see.

Brooks is long retired. Visitor is possible since she voiced Kira on Lower Decks

[Batman1980]

Sucks to hear, wanted to see the emissary again

[Josep5349]

A Colm Meaney cameo would be nice, we tend to associate him more with DS9 of course, but he did have an ongoing role in TNG for 6 and something seasons.

[Batman1980]

I never really liked Obrien, I even skip the 2 Obrien centered episodes during my ds9 marathons.

[mysticwaterfall]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I rather enjoyed S1. S2 felt very safe with the time travel, and rather self-indulgent w/ref to Picard's childhood. But at the same time I'm glad the series wasn't like S3 from the get go, because could it have sustained three seasons of it? Dunno. And if it all comes together like we think it's gonna come together, with

[Show spoiler]all those classic ships pressed into action one last time

, it's going to have been worth the wait and will be a fitting send-off for this era of Star Trek....until they make a Titan series with Captain Shaw

They've unearthed a gem with Captain Shaw though, his irreverent kookiness has been one of the highlights of S3 for me and it shows it's not all about memberberries. Dorn keeps stealing the show with his quips though, his timing is just impeccable.

Speaking of memberberries:

[Show spoiler]I'm not sure the Kirk thing is anything other than tipping us off that Daystrom stores the bodies of Starfleet's finest, leading to the reveal at the end of Picard's remains getting tea-leafed by the rogue Changelings.

One thing that's really enhancing my enjoyment of S3 is the music. Sure, the usage of cues stolen from First Contact taps into that 'big screen' energy anyway but even the new music in the episodes just feels grander somehow. For all the technological things that TV is catching up with (and sometimes surpasses!) versus movies, music is not one of them. Not that movie music is great these days anyway but for episodic TV there's still a fundamental need to bash out more score in less time and it's still so much sonic wallpaper. But S3's score seems bigger, bolder, I keep thinking that I know this cue or that (separate from the actual nods to classic Trek cues, I mean) and I'm loving it.

S1 was okay for the most part with the main story, but it had so many side stories that weren't really relevant and new characters that didn't blend in well. Captain Shaw is new, but he actually works as an an example. Then we see that Picard is essentially a broken old man who hides in his vineyard and Riker is very bitter. Not what anyone wanted to see

Now I agree with your point S3 wouldnt/isn't necessarily sustainable for a start, but it is definitely more what people wanted.

I hope we do get everything come together like you say, the visual alone would be priceless.

Edit:

Originally Posted by Batman1980

Nana visitor and avery Brooks are the other ds9 actors I'm hoping to see.

Nana certainly is possible, she's still pretty positive about Trek. Avery as mentioned is a no go, he didn't even participate in the DS9 documentary.

Side note, we were on a Paramount studio tour on a high school trip and they were filming a DS9 episode. I saw Kira out so was going to try and meet her but when we got closer she was really mad about something and chewing out a Bajoran. So I didn't get to meet her. Did see how short she was though, which surprised me.

It's a shame cell phones weren't a big thing then as we also saw Klingons eating lunch on picnic tables. That would have been a great picture.

[Josep5349]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

I never really liked Obrien, I even skip the 2 Obrien centered episodes during my ds9 marathons.

Given your dislike for him you should enjoy his episodes given his character centric episodes tend to involve him suffering. My favourite O’Brien episodes are Visionary and Whispers though.

[Moviefan2k4]

Originally Posted by Josep5349

A Colm Meaney cameo would be nice, we tend to associate him more with DS9 of course, but he did have an ongoing role in TNG for 6 and something seasons.

He appeared 52 times on TNG, and 173 times on DS9, making him the second most-appearing character (besides Michael Dorn) in Star Trek history.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Josep5349

Given your dislike for him you should enjoy his episodes given his character centric episodes tend to involve him suffering. My favourite O’Brien episodes are Visionary and Whispers though.

I just remember being bored out of my skull during the false Obrien episode and the Obrien in prison episode. Plus they don't really advance the plot so they're easy to skip. Oh and I skip the old Jake episode as well.

[LeftHandedGuitarist]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

Oh and I skip the old Jake episode as well.

AKA the best episode in the entire Trek franchise?

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by LeftHandedGuitarist

AKA the best episode in the entire Trek franchise?

It's just so sad

[JamesKurtovich]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

It's just so sad

45 minutes of blubbering like a baby right here. Probably the only Trek episode that's made me cry.

The Visitor and The Inner Light are masterpieces.

[JamesKurtovich]

Finally catching the latest. Very good. Probably the best episode of Picard that I've seen. The tempo slowed down. Characters had real conversations. Nostalgia/fan service that feels natural. Love how Geordi and Worf have developed as people over the years.

Chills when Seven hit that Voyager button.