Picard 3x05- 'Imposters' ~~ { ** Spoilers Within ** }

ilovesmybrick

Picard 3x05- 'Imposters' ~~ { ** Spoilers Within ** } Warning: This thread will contain spoilers

eadrom

*drops glass*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aflqZgPIaB4

eadrom

Another good episode. Kinda wish they did more with Ro to be honest, the performance seemed a little stiff or something. But good to see her anyway.

Loving this season anyway. Both for what it is itself (decent story, a chance to see the TNG crew one last time) and for building what looks like, I hope, a place we can stay and have some new Star Trek adventures after this series wraps. Like really, just role on into Star Trek: Titan. I hope Shaw sticks around for it.

TheValeyard

Holy **** Ro Laren been a long while. Great to have her back.....

Another great episode. Seems Starfleet is overrun with rebel Changelings. And blood tests are now useless? Changelings are sneaky.

Wonder if that venting gave Picard some therapeutic well-being.

Raffi is still annoying. She is the Neelix of this show.

Wonder whats going on with Jack. The red door reminds me of the Haunting of Hill House.

AMKC

Well that was a lovely surprise with Ro Laren back. Good episode so far. Have only half watched it. Will watch the rest later. Busy day for me today.

Spear

A solid episode again, but again the core plot makes very little progress.

I can't help but wonder if that Jack Crusher turns out to be fake, it'll undermine the whole premise of the season of Picard and his son/legacy or lack thereof.

I had known Ro Laren would appear, but I didn't think they'd off her like that.

ilovesmybrick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120365215#Comment_120365215

A, a friend of Desoto I see!

ilovesmybrick

@Spear Thanks for your headsup earlier about Ro, I realy enjoyed that coming out of nowhere! Great to see her back, and honestly a pretty decent send off, I actually found it quite emotional, even though she was only in a few episodes of TNG they were all pretty solid, thought I would have liked perhaps a bit more interaction between Ro and Riker. From memory they were far more antagonistic to one another.

Halfway through the season and I'm having a ball. Shaw is just so good. Initially in the first few moments I thought he was still a bit high from the pain meds, but no, he's just a really snarkey prick! That reinstated part was hilarious!

Raffi, no. She's not a warrior. She's a Neelix.

I was going to start speculating about the device used to access Daystrom, but I kind of don't want to. I'm really enjoying where they're bringing us at the moment and happy enough to go along with it. I think the Red Letter Media guys said something similar in their most recent review, that in previous seasons of Picard and Discovery all we had was speculation because the story was crap, but the story here is quite solid and now it's fun to go along with them as they air.

Also the Intrepid looked like dogshit from the side. Front view, grand, side view, awful, just awful. Probably my major gripe at this stage is how awful that ship looked. It somewhat reminds me of those completely bonkers 80's futurism style furnishings in TNG, like Worfs mad looking chair/bird perch.

Which apparently also appeared in Friends as I found when looking for an image!

eadrom

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120366478#Comment_120366478

Still holding out for some nubbin bugs before this season is through.

ilovesmybrick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120366685#Comment_120366685

Maybe the nubbin bugs were inside you all along?

Oh wait, course they were!

fritzelly

That was a great episode, thank god not too much Raffi - even worth an immediate rewatch

Like above the key is probably that

corkie

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Imposters_%28episode%29

Another enjoyable episode. Glad they are starting to get the crew established.

Yet to see Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton)? Who else from this spoiler list?

Spoiler Warning

The list of returning Star Trek: The Next Generation characters includes Worf (Michale Dorn), Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes), Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis), Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar) << ??? <<, Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), Brent Spiner (returning as Data's evil "brother" Lore) and Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton). https://comicbook.com/startrek/news/star-trek-picard-final-season-3-geordi-la-forge-new-rank-commodore-starfleet/

corkie

How did shaw known about below when it occurred in an alternate timeline?

or when they nearly wiped out all of humanity with a time paradox in the Devron system, remarking on a "real chicken-and-egg thing happening" when it came to rescues from danger. "Those were the days," Picard says wistfully.

eadrom

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120366933#Comment_120366933

From the history books? It’s believable that Picard’s experience has been documented.

CastorTroy

I suppose they didn't want to waste the money they spent on the sets, including recycling last season's Ten Forward, so kept the Titan for longer.

Do none of these phasers have stun? And I'm pretty sure they didn't let out a bang when fired before.

Why couldn't Rafi have been the one to take the dive, with it going wrong in the process.

Spear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120367636#Comment_120367636

At least one does it looks like. When Jack takes the phaser from the changeling, he resets something on it, and then uses it to kill.

eadrom

One thing I didn’t like was Picard and Riker’s apparent surprise that Ro even still existed, let alone was back in Starfleet.

Picard in particular. Even if he wasn’t in the loop officially, 20+ years is a long time not to be looking someone up on Facefleet or whatever they got.

Bit of clunky plotting.

geecee

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120365366#Comment_120365366

At first I thought she was Admiral Cain reincarnated, now that would have been a good crossover!

Interesting also to see another 12 monkeys crossover:

Despite not being on the official credits, that was surely Kirk Acevedo (aka Ramse) playing the Vulcan Krinn, who grew up with Sneed (aka  James Cole) on the tough streets of district 7 (aka West 7)

Slydice

Gah damn. Michelle Forbes. What an absolute legend. Can't believe we've lost Ro Laren like that 😞 Absolute legend.

Yeah yeah, Worf funny moment... Jack Crusher.. Jason Bourne .. the Crusher Identity sure

but Ro 🙁

****.

Drumpot

I haven’t read any posts but how are people watching this? It’s not coming up on my account.

corkie

It is release a day later on Amazon/Paramount+ for UK/Europe.

Some people have sailed the high seas to watch it today.

@Drumpot

Acosta

Really good stuff between Michelle Forbes and Patrick Stewart. It packed a punch.

Evade

I enjoyed that. The plot has definitely been padded to last 10 episodes but the filler isn't awful. Five episodes in and no sign of **** itself yet.

I hope the reason the Changlings are doing this at least makes sense, they would have to have a pretty good reason to leave the link. Why are there no J'em Hadar? Production wise it would have been a spoiler but the masked aliens on Vadec's ship could have been them instead of what the subtitles called them.

Nice to see Ro back briefly and as a note to future me and anyone else don't look up ships on MA while the episode is still on the article will have spoilers.

With Ro back for an episode and Lore and Moriarty due at some point what are the chances that Barclay works at Daystrom now? Or that Ogawa or Mot will have an appearance?

Stark

Don't like that Raffi subplot stuff on the planet. Gangster Vulcans, cringe. All the Titan stuff has been great so far though. Kind of a pity Picard has to bring back loved characters only to kill them off. It was nice to see some closure to Ro's betrayal of Picard at the end of TNG.

Greyjoy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120365215#Comment_120365215

[motorcycle engine noise]

Johnny Storm

Unfortunately the very fact of my putting this in writing may jinx it but Season 3 is turning out quite good....

FGR

Another great episode. A part of me wishes that Ro would somehow survive; that a random non changeling officer on the Intrepid had beamed her in just before the end.

I just hope the writers see the success of this season and see that Proper 25th Century Trek minus Raffi, Jurati and Elnor is a route to success.

AllForIt

Have to say I'm pleasantly surprised if not shocked at how much better this is than the previous seasons with E5 being the best so far. I thought I'd hold off on saying so in case it went downhill after E2 but it hasn't.

I dig the updated look of Beverly, I was saying here only recently that I never cared for Beverly in TNG party due to the way see looked with that massive head of red hair in combo with that bright blue gown thing she wore. Just never looked appropriate for the setting.

I'm not sure why they changed the theme tune back to older series/movies, I thought it was quite nice as it was.

As much as one would prefer Raffi was written out I think I'm happy enough that Rios and Elnor no longer feature, although that was known by the end of S2 I think. She's not been quite as irritating as in S2.

As for E5 I don't have a great memory of Ro, for a moment I thought it was Seska from Voyager when they were talking about the Maquis who was a great character in some of the best episodes of Voyager, imo.

Hope Discovery final season surprises us a well, doubtful though.

corkie

@AllForIt

Why did Michelle Forbes turn down Deep Space Nine?

Forbes was later approached to reprise the character of Ro on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but she declined because she did not want a regular television role at the time; Nana Visitor's role of Kira Nerys was scripted as a replacement. Forbes was also offered the chance to return on Star Trek: Voyager, but again turned it down.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Michelle_Forbes

https://ew.com/tv/star-trek-picard-ro-laren-michelle-forbes/

PhiloCypher

Anyone else think the changlings "evolution" is down to the virus they gave the founders in season 7 of DS9.

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120366525#Comment_120366525

The Intrepid (yawn another memberberry name) was a TMP era design just like Titan-A and designed by the same guy Bill Krause. We never get actual new ships in this show.

Also the Bladerunner planet, 10 Forward, corridor sets are getting ridiculously obviously overused.