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Star Trek: Picard Season 2, Episode 7, "Monsters," Recap & Spoilers

Star Trek: Picard dives into the dark side of Jean-Luc's psyche in an episode that's mostly inside his mind. Here's a spoiler-filled recap.

The following contains spoilers for Star Trek: Picard Season 2, Episode 7, "Monsters" streaming now on Paramount+.

Star Trek: Picard Season 2 takes the opportunity to delve into the mind of its stoic protagonist , exploring the unresolved trauma and repressed memories that Jean-Luc has held ever since he was a child. The latest episode isn't just a scenic stroll down memory lane --- the mental expedition undertaken by the Gary Seven-esque Watcher Tallinn is to help Picard emerge from a coma after he was struck by a car driven by Q's conniving accomplice Adam Soong . And while Picard's friends are preoccupied with rescuing their admiral, Agnes Jurati is steadily being assimilated by the Borg Queen lurking in her psyche .

Picard imagines a conversation with a psychologist, with Picard as the subject of an extended psychiatric evaluation. Uncomfortable with the nature of the discussion, Picard is prompted to recall a childhood story and recounts a memory of his mother back at the family vineyard, using a fairytale as an allegory to discuss his own connection to the story. As the young Picard expresses a desire to be more like his mother than his father, it's clear that his childhood is far from an idyllic one.

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Tallinn finds Picard's mind to be a dark, ominous place resembling a dungeon as Picard's dark thoughts and memories echo through its halls. As Tallinn finds the mental projection of Picard as a child, the sound of a lumbering enemy drives the two into hiding before it attacks Tallinn. After Teresa returns to her clinic and stabilizes Picard's condition, Tallinn and the young Picard encounter his present-day mental projection of himself.

Picard realizes his imagined psychologist is actually a projection of his father, with Picard recalling just how cruel his father was to his mother, breaking her spirit through his abusive treatment of her. Picard's lifelong repressed memory is finally revealed: Picard's mother experienced manic episodes that required her to be locked away during Picard's formative years. The subsequent pain is something that has driven Picard forward ever since, including into his career with Starfleet, which he sees as a way to save others when he couldn't save his mother.

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As Picard and Tallinn awaken, Tallinn realizes there is more to Picard's unhappy memories but this is interrupted by their restored lucidity. After explaining to Teresa and her son who he really is, Rios takes the two on for a personal tour of La Sirena to convince them both he is telling the truth as he grows closer to her. Tallinn confesses to Picard that she is actually a Romulan and has concealed her true appearance all along, with Picard theorizing she may be Laris' ancestor as he contemplates Q's next move. He realizes that Q's trial is just as personal for Q as it is for him, and seeks out Guinan's help to contact the Q Continuum.

Elsewhere in the episode, Raffi and Seven of Nine return to La Sirena and are shocked to discover its systems have been compromised by the Borg Queen before setting out to locate Jurati. As Seven and Raffi deduce the Borg Queen is attempting to completely assimilate Jurati's body before moving on to building the Borg Collective 21st century Earth, Guinan and Picard are busted by the Los Angeles Police. With Picard's teleportation into the city from La Sirena videotaped by security footage, he and Guinan become persons of extreme interest to the authorities... giving him another problem from the past to deal with.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer and Alex Kurtzman, Star Trek: Picard releases new episodes Thursdays on Paramount+.

Star Trek: Picard season 2 episode 7 review: "Could derail an otherwise brilliant season"

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If Renée’s space mission is the make-or-break event set to define the future, this episode could fulfill a similar role for Picard season 2. There’s still plenty to be excited about, but if a few of the dramatic choices made here go the wrong way, they could derail an otherwise brilliant season.

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It had to happen sooner or later. Few shows manage to make it through an entire run without a blip and, while Picard’s second season has been consistently entertaining up to now, ‘Monsters’ is the episode that brings the story down to earth – if not quite with a crash, then definitely an unplanned landing.

After last week’s installment built up to a double-whammy of potentially season-defining moments – Renée Picard’s decision to stick with the Europa Mission, and the Borg Queen/Agnes Jurati hybrid at large in LA – this is something of an unnecessary diversion, redirecting the show’s arc in directions we didn’t really want, or need, to go.

Aside from being a narrative cul-de-sac, taking a trip inside the mind of Jean-Luc Picard feels like a massive tonal shift from the rest of the season. Journeys into inner consciousnesses are always tricky things to get right – how do you visualize the inner workings of something as nebulous as the human mind? – and here the quasi-fantasy tale that unfolds in Jean-Luc’s cerebellum is a clichéd and unimaginative way to dig into past trauma. Whatever happened to the good old days of mind-melds and flashbacks?

At least Picard’s guide through his memories is a welcome addition to the cast. James Callis made Dr. Gaius Baltar one of the standout characters in the brilliant Battlestar Galactica, and this episode relies on his long-established ability to keep the characters he plays ambiguous. When he first appears as a psychologist in a Deep Space Nine-era jumpsuit, it’s hard to tell whether he’s there to help or hinder Picard’s journey of self-discovery – though you can’t help wishing he stuck with asking questions, rather than ordering his patient to tell him a story. There’s no question that watching a couple of quality actors shooting the breeze would be preferable to the more esoteric approach the episode ultimately takes.

Because, while you can understand the showrunners wanting to bring a sense of otherworldliness to an Earthbound show, imagining Picard’s inner psyche as a gothic fairytale castle filled with monsters jars with everything we know about the man of science that is Jean-Luc Picard. Sure, the snatches of dialogue from his past keep things anchored to the Next Generation era, but reimagining his mother as a queen with fiery red hair diminishes the emotional power and tragedy of her mental illness and loss. The big reveal – that the mysterious figure played by Callis is actually Jean-Luc’s dad – also feels rather anticlimactic. Considering how much time is devoted to the sequence, we learn surprisingly little about how Picard’s formative years were responsible for his well-documented connection issues later in life – even now, key pieces of the puzzle are missing, because something big from his past is still hidden behind that metaphorical locked door.

And yet, for all the fantastical adventures, Picard’s brain is among the least weird aspects of ‘Monsters’. Indeed, it’s downright bizarre that the Borg Queen/Agnes hybrid – undoubtedly the most exciting, most watchable character(s) in the show – has been reduced to minimal screentime. That said, if anyone ever started a joke with “an all-powerful cybernetic organism walked into a bar,” not many people would come up with the punchline “she smashed a window in order to generate endorphins that will aid the Queen’s assimilation of her human host.” With Seven concerned that they may be witnessing the birth of a new Borg Queen with the power to assimilate a woefully unprepared planet Earth, it looks like Raffi may have rather more to worry about than Agnes and Rios getting back together.

Not that Rios has eyes for anyone but Dr. Ramirez these days – to the extent that his infatuation is causing him to make decisions you’d never find in the Starfleet captain’s handbook. Yes, she’s seen Tallinn’s eyes whited out during her mind-link with Picard, and yes, she’s seen futuristic medical equipment beamed in from the ether. But surely Rios could have come up with an excuse that didn’t involve him beaming the doctor – and her young son – onto La Sirena for a tour of a 25th-century spacecraft. In a season that’s already expressed concern about timeline altering “butterflies”, this seems like an implausibly questionable decision. (Even so, Rios’s remark that “I’m from Chile. I just work in outer space” is a lovely nod to Star Trek: The Voyage Home, where Kirk said similar about growing up in Iowa.)

The episode saves its most leftfield twist for the end, however. Spurred on by new BFF Tallinn – who’s now revealed the Romulan ears of her true self – Picard has realized that plugging the gaps in his family history could be the key to saving the future. “There is no better teacher than one’s enemy,” he recalls, before reasoning that gaining an audience with Q may be the only way to get the answers he needs.

Guinan’s subsequent trick for summoning a Q resembles the long-established method for getting a genie out of a lamp – are we about to discover that the Q Continuum were the inspiration for the Aladdin fairytale? – but the outcome is surprisingly devoid of omnipotent tricksters.

When a man walks into this particular bar, his love of sci-fi is just a cover for an FBI raid that winds up with Picard and Guinan in custody. Is the surprisingly genre-literate Fed working for Q? Or is he an additional human complication in a season with a rapidly increasing number of moving parts? Where Picard goes next is anybody’s guess…

New episodes of Star Trek: Picard season 2 beam onto Paramount Plus (US) and Crave (Canada) on Thursdays. Viewers elsewhere can watch the show on Amazon Prime Video on Fridays. For more Trek action, check out our reviews of Star Trek: Discovery season 4 .

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Star Trek: Picard Gets Lost in Its Hero's Head

"monsters" slams the brakes on the already subdued pace of picard season 2's back end, to half-grasp at the character behind picard's heroic persona..

Jean-Luc Picard, wearing an unbuttoned dress shirt and an untied bow tie, sits in a futuristic office.

The past few episodes of Star Trek: Picard have been a bit chaotic, but in a largely fun way — a little dash of the absurd to make the strange ideas it was hastily setting up in the background go down smoothly, so you could have a bit of a chuckle when that setup came crashing down in similarly absurd fashion. This week, however, got into a much messier kind of chaos.

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“Monsters” picks up, literally and proverbially, inside Jean-Luc’s head, after his dance with the vehicular devil in the pale moonlight last week saw him go into a Character Mandated Trauma Process Coma (tm, etc.). As Tallinn prepares to take a deep dive into Picard’s brain—sadly not even in a fun “Spock’s Brain” kind of way—it turns out that Jean-Luc’s quite good at doing that himself, conjuring up a faux, weirdly aggressive Starfleet therapist ( Battlestar Galactica ’s James Callis!) to have a very disastrous session with.

It’s here where things rapidly get messy. There’s a metaphor within a metaphor as the Starfleet therapy session dissolves into a fantasized memory world of Chateau Picard conjured by Picard at the behest of his therapist—with the child Jean-Luc and his mother extrapolated into a young prince and queen, escaping a shadowy monster—that we keep swapping between. On top of that, Callis’ therapist becomes a brief window for Picard to revert back to the type it tried in season one of the show: an interrogation of Picard’s image as this idealized leader of men, this Starfleet legend.

Here’s the thing though. Picard season one had an entire season of television to do that, and it still half-assed it to the point of giving up by the end, wholeheartedly embracing that idealized version of its title character. And not that there’s anything wrong with that, either—so far season two has largely been stronger because it just went with that flow, and took its big damn hero off on a big damn adventure . “Monsters” gives itself about half an hour to do a condensed version of all that critique, which largely boils down to Callis’ therapist poking at Picard that he likes to push people away from him, that he’s an uncaring leader, or that he’s brought into his own hype, only for Picard to in turn yell “NUH UH!!!” back. And, much like season one, it doesn’t go anywhere as we meander between the two vision worlds inside Picard’s mind, a mixed metaphor that only gets more mixed when Tallinn gets involved, tasking herself with guiding the younger Picard through processing his trauma and hopefully waking up OK on the other side.

In the end, that’s what he does, and that brief critique of his persona is largely left behind along the way, buried under one thing we already know, alluded to earlier on in the season—Picard is upset at the treatment of his mother by his father—and one thing that we didn’t: that his father (who turns out was indeed Callis’ character, the therapist a stand-in for Jean-Luc’s image of his father as an interrogative, standoffish figure) was struggling to protect his son and his wife from her traumatic mental health issues. And... that’s it? There’s a tiny little moment where Tallinn tells young Picard that one day he’ll use this trauma to help others, but that’s all you get. Picard wakes up the second this information is revealed, and promptly dusts himself off to get on with hunting down Q, deciding he’s spent quite enough time exploring his own interiority—once again, about 30 minutes of TV—and now it’s the turn of the most mysterious man in the Continuum to do so.

It feels very wasted, even if if the set up for a potentially surprisingly emotional “offensive,” as Jean-Luc puts it to Tallinn, is itself interesting. Especially so, considering that the other 15 minutes of “Monsters” after this are largely dedicated to once again splintering team Picard up into disparate groups. With Renée seemingly fine in quarantine—but with the threat of Soong and Q always present—Picard goes off to try and draw the omnipotent being out of hiding by teaming back up with young Guinan (the returning Ito Aghayere). Only, oh no, she’s being raided (?) by the FBI (??) because they have footage of Picard beaming down outside her bar the other day (???) and somehow knew he’d be there (????)!

Only, oh no-er! Seven and Agnes go back to La Sirena and find footage of a Borg-Queen-possessed Jurati assimilating the ship’s security systems, and then spend a few minutes looking at separate security footage outside a bar in LA of her smashing a window, which Seven surmises is the Queen releasing more endorphins to get even more control out of Jurati! Only, oh no- est ! Rios is getting even flirtier with Dr. Teresa and, in the space of about 30 seconds to help stabilize Picard during his coma, he decides to reveal that he’s not of her timeline, promptly ignoring all the warnings about doing so by just beaming Teresa and her kid back to the ship!

Okay maybe “the Borg Queen is trying to start a new empire in 2024 LA” was higher on the oh no list than that one, but it was still very silly, and it’s all the setup we get for these larger arcs that have to be resolved in the next three episodes, because so much of “Monsters” was wasted meandering around a half-hearted “deep” dive into Picard’s psyche to ready us for his Q confrontation. If the past few weeks of Picard were the good kind of chaos that kept you on your toes wondering what was going to happen next, “Monsters” was the inverse—and without the breathing room it previously had as the remaining episode count dwindles, the show doesn’t have nearly as much time as it needs to deal with all its myriad plot threads again. Hopefully with this half-hearted self-reflection out of the way, it can regain a bit of the focus its first half had going forward into the endgame... and a bit of that chaotic fun while it’s at it, too.

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'Star Trek: Picard' Season 2 episode 7 is a massive metaphoric trip down Memory Lane

The drama is unevenly distributed through the episode and an awful lot is crammed into the third act

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Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Star Trek: Picard" season 2, episode 7

With just two more episodes after this until the end of Season 2, it's hard to imagine quite where the story will take us. However, since we know the third and final season has completed principal photography, this will be the only new "Star Trek" series to be written with a two-season story arc in mind, which itself is interesting and worth keeping in mind as the plot continues to jump around quite a lot. if you've not been watching along and want to get caught up before reading this review, check out our guide on how to stream Star Trek: Picard .

Simply entitled "Monsters," the seventh installment of the second season is a massive metaphoric trip down Memory Lane for Jean-Luc (Patrick Stewart) as he subconsciously explores some previously unknown father issues. This is of course precisely why he had to be injured somehow last week, so we could take a deep dive into his suppressed memories and add new layers to his personality.

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We mentioned last week about how, by physically hurting Jean-Luc, it does somewhat shine a light on the whole he's-a-synthetic thing, but this is clearly something the showrunner is choosing to acknowledge when it suits them and also ignore when it suits them, which is…er, fair enough. It's his show now, his command. He's in charge, the boss, the head man, top dog, big cheese, head honcho, numero uno...

Before we're barely 30 seconds into this episode, we see Jean-Luc sitting, with his arms folded, still wearing his tuxedo from last week talking to…someone. Then we hear an unmistakable voice…and lo and behold it's James Callis, best known to sci-fi fans for playing the deliciously twisted Dr. Gaius Baltar in Ronald D. Moore's epic adaptation of "Battlestar Galactica" and occasionally popping up in the "12 Monkeys" TV series.

( Nerd Note: Callis is wearing a never-before-seen Starfleet uniform variation that features the combadge style introduced in 2371 ("Generations") and the same colors introduced in 2373 ("First Contact") however, the quilting on the shoulder yoke is missing and the seams and material are noticeably different. It's entirely possible this is meant to represent a blurred mix of memories from Picard's past.)

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This psychological set piece takes up the first two acts of the episode as we dive further into Picard's subconscious and Tallinn (Orla Brady) tries to place herself inside his mind, sadly though not by using an old AR western simulation . The battle of wits continues between Picard and The Psychiatrist and the performances from these two heavyweights is an absolute delight to watch, even if you're not 100 percent sure exactly what it is that they're talking about.

Tallinn (Orla Brady) successfully implants herself and finds Picard — who is still laid out at the hospital that Dr. Ramirez (Sol Rodriguez) runs — as a young boy struggling, both figuratively and literally with a demon, deep within the bowels of Château Picard, in the tunnels under the main building that were fortunately mentioned in advance just a few weeks ago in " The Watcher " (S02, E04).

The whole monster-in-the-mind set piece is little bit clichéd, but it's handled well by seasoned TV director Joe Menendez and the sheer ability of the acting talent involved carries it safely through to the end. You could argue that the almost "Buffy" style of the scene is a deliberate decision to once again reflect how these would be created in Jean-Luc's mind…but that's for fans to argue about endlessly in the future.

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Dr. Ramirez eventually returns to the hospital while this is all going on and Rios (Santiago Cabrera) — the burly, bearded beefcake that he is — must use his magnificent, manly charm to convince the good doctor that everything is on the level. Meanwhile Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) and Michelle Hurd (Raffi) have noticed Borg code has been introduced into La Sirena's computer system and they begin to worry about Dr. Agnes Jurati (Alison Pill) who has gone full Tyler Durden with the Borg Queen (Annie Wersching).

It's interesting at this stage that speculation is now rife that Jurati is somehow the masked Borg Queen that attacks and infiltrates the USS Stargazer in the second season premiere episode . (There's even a more extraordinary theory that it might turn out to be Jean-Luc's mother.) And while that is becoming ever more likely, one must also begin to wonder if Rios is going to remain in the 21st century. At first he tries not to interfere with the timeline but then about 10 minutes later just goes ahead and brings the good doctor and her son, Ricardo (Steve Gutierrez) aboard La Sirena.

Images of James Callis appearing in this episode were released before it aired, which spoilt the surprise a little bit, but thankfully what wasn't revealed is his character, the Psychiatrist, in this dream-of-sorts turns out to be Jean-Luc's father, Maurice Picard . It seems Jean-Luc's resentment for his Maurice's treatment of Jean-Luc's mother, Maurice's wife Yvette Picard was a result of simply not understanding the full truth that Yvette had a mental condition.

( Nerd Note: Jean-Luc's mother appeared briefly in "The Next Generation" episode "Where No One Has Gone Before" (S01, E06) while in a distant section of the universe where thoughts become reality and was played by Herta Ware. Jean-Luc's father appeared briefly in the outstanding "The Next Generation" episode "Tapestry" (S06, E15) and was played by Clive Church. In addition, both have been referred to in a few more episodes.)

Tallinn manages to pull Jean-Luc out of his coma and reveals that she IS Romulan, which in all honesty, is cringeworthy. "You could be an ancestor," he laughs, unaware of quite how lame this link is. She also reveals that once her helix -concealing cloaking device is deactivated, it can't be reactivated for eight hours.

Jurati, still in her evening wear, has long since left the astronaut gala and is wandering the streets of Los Angeles when she enters a bar — where Patrick Stewart's wife, singer and songwriter Sunny Ozell is belting out a song from her latest album — and for no immediately obvious reason, smashes the front window. We learn later that it's apparently to increase the speed of endorphin production, which in turn will increase the rate of…internal assimilation of Agnes Jurati by the Borg Queen. Either way, it's hard to imagine that the team of writers couldn't come up with something better than that. ( Nerd Note: The bar is at 267 S Main St, Los Angeles.)

But Raffi and Seven have deduced that now humankind, everyone and everything on Earth and in fact the whole Alpha Quadrant face an even bigger threat than a totalitarian future – assimilation by the Borg.

Picard determines that Q wanted Picard to know about himself; according to Jean-Luc's logic, this isn't about him, it's about Q. So off he heads, back to 10 Forward and Guinan (Ito Aghayere), which is both unexpected and great to see. She attempts to summon at least someone from the Q Continuum, but instead of an alien entity…they get arrested by "Federal law enforcement." Fade to black.

This episode is a lot like last week's with regards to its structure. The primary set piece takes up ¾ of the run time and then the final act is stuffed full of other bits of the story. Last week's episode, the cleverly titled "Two of One" felt very much like a set piece extended to fill an entire — albeit short — episode. And that's how this second half of the season feels, so far at least: Like a tenuously linked series of set pieces.

The "Picard" that began seven weeks ago is now a distant memory as the plot has wandered off into a seemingly unrelated direction and the quality of story writing has begun to slip. At this stage, it's beginning to feel like the second season is just treading water until Season 3 arrives. While it is enjoyable to spend time with the characters in non-life-threatening situations, does any of this really matter? While being stuck in 2024 Los Angeles is doing little more than homogenizing this season.

Rating: 6½ /10

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With Star Trek: Picard Season 2 set to premiere on Paramount+ on March 3, 2022, knowing the cast and crew can be very helpful. Some of the cast are old faces coming back from quite a long hiatus, and others are new faces we are just now getting to know. This new series will challenge what we know of Star Trek history, and set Star Trek in a time that is very close to home, the 21st century. Related: ‘Picard’s Jeri Ryan and Michelle Hurd on Season 2, Season 3, and How They’re Currently Filming the Series Finale

Sir Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard

Sir Patrick Stewart is once again returning as the illustrious Jean-Luc Picard. After his experience with Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1987 to 1994 and the following movies in 1996, 1998, and 2002, Patrick Stewart continued to act in roles such as Professor X in the X-Men movies. Patrick Stewart returned to the Star Trek Universe in 2020 once again and has even signed on for a third season to carry the show through 2023.

Jean-Luc Picard has aged quite a bit since his last appearance, but since the events of Picard Season 1, he is now a perfectly healthy older Terran man. Picard’s history with Q makes this new season especially interesting, as the mischievous Q has always had an affinity for time travel. With multiple new timelines, and alternative timelines being set up, we will soon see how the aged Admiral (ret.) Picard will inspire a new crew across time and space.

Alison Pill as Dr. Agnes Jurati

Alison Pill is a Canadian TV and film actress who started her onscreen career in 1993 and has gone on to have important roles in The Newsroom and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World . Her more notable success has been on Broadway, having won a Tony for her role in The Lieutenant of Inishmore. While she has been confirmed to return in Season 2 of Picard , it is currently unclear how many episodes she will be in.

Dr. Jurati is an expert in robotics, and although she originally was not all the way in agreement with Picard, from the finale of Picard she seems to be completely committed now. She has been seen in a good number of scenes from the available trailers, and we can fully expect the lovable scientist who lacks street smarts to continue her enjoyable journey.

Santiago Cabrera as Cristóbal Ríos

Santiago Cabrera is a Chilean actor who has spent his career acting in the United States and the United Kingdom. Some of his popular roles have been Lancelot in Merlin, and Aramis in The Musketeers . Early in his life, Santiago Cabrera attended the Drama Centre London from 2000-to 2003, which is the foundation for his acting training. Besides his previously mentioned roles, Cabrera has had roles for television series, movies, and as well as a few video games and theatre productions.

In Cabrera’s role as Cristóbal Ríos, he was the pilot and owner of the ship La Sirena that the crew traveled in. A former Star Fleet officer, Cristóbal Ríos is no longer on the straight and narrow. This capacity has come in handy for Picard on more than one occasion, and with the transition to a new timeline, these skills may be even more useful.

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Isa Briones as Soji

Isa Briones is an American actress who rose to fame through her role in Picard. She began her career in musical theater, with performances in Miracle on 34th Street as well as the Hamilton touring crews. She has also won the Ovation Award for her role in Next to Normal.

While her acting career has been quite short so far, her performance was excellent during Picard Season 1. While Soji has been a major part of the first season, we have seen very little of the character in the marketing material for Season 2. We will have to wait and see what she will do in the coming season.

Michelle Hurd as Raffi Musiker

Michelle Hurd is an American actress that has been active on the small screen since 1989. She has played parts in series such as The Glades , Daredevil , and Blindspot . She has spent a lot of time on the small screen but has yet to win any awards. Nevertheless, she is a great actress who will hopefully get the recognition she deserves soon.

Raffi Musiker is a former Star Fleet officer who served with Picard while he was still an active admiral. She is a highly skilled computer user, and researcher that often helps to puzzle out the solutions to difficult situations. This will make her a vital part of the team as the crew moves into the past.

Evan Evagora as Elnor

Evan Evagora is a young Australian actor who has performed in a number of different series and documentaries. He attended film school in South Melbourne and has participated in football as well as boxing. He is most well known for his role as Elnor. Elnor is a Romulan who was trained by the Qowat Milat and is working with Picard. He is an able warrior, and he originally grew up with Picard while he was a refugee on Vashti.

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Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine

Jeri Ryan is an American actress most well known for her role as Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager , for which she was nominated for the Saturn award four times and she won once. She has been acting since 1991 and has performed in series such as Dark Skies , Boston Public , and Body of Proof .

Jeri Ryan reprised her role in Picard Season 1 but was not a series regular. Seven of Nine has struggled to integrate out of Star Fleet and has grown a little rough around the edges. In Season 2, Picard may very well need someone with a rough edge as they are forced to travel throughout time.

John de Lancie as Q

John de Lancie is an American actor who has been an actor in film and tv series since 1975. He is probably most famous for his role as Q in Star Trek: The Next Generation , and Eugene Bradford in Day of Our Lives . He has been nominated for several awards for his acting and voice acting including the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Daytime Serial, which he won for his role in Day of Our Lives.

John de Lancie is reprising his role as Q, and will likely be up to his usual deadly shenanigans . We have already seen at least two time shifts from the trailers that have been released, and an encounter with Picard. Wherever this next season may lead, Q will undoubtedly be at its core.

Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan

Whoopi Goldberg is a highly decorated actress who has won an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. She has been acting since 1989 and is famous for her roles and time on shows such as The View , The Color Purple , and Sister Act .

Whoopi Goldberg will be reprising her role as Guinan. Guinan first appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation , and has often been known to offer sage advice to Picard and others throughout time. Guinan is far older than most people are aware of, and has a history with both the Borg and Q. This history seems likely to be at the forefront of the next season of Picard , and we may finally get to know how Guinan became who she is.

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‘Star Trek: Picard’ S2E7: A Stand-Out Guest Star Helps Jean-Luc Confront the Monsters in His Head

'battlestar galactica' fans will recognize picard's dream therapist..

This season of Star Trek: Picard has shown its ensemble cast a lot of love, giving each series regular some time in the spotlight. This week, however, we spend some quality time with the title character, digging deep into a defining moment of childhood trauma with the help of a fantastic guest star.

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Most of Picard’s story in “Monsters” takes place within his mind, in a pair of parallel coma dreams. In one, Picard is being taunted by a Starfleet analyst as part of a mandatory psych evaluation. The analyst, portrayed by James Callis of Battlestar Galactica fame, has a biting wit and no patience for Picard’s emotional obfuscation. In an effort to pierce Picard’s emotional defenses, the analyst challenges Picard to improvise a simple children’s story, and Picard begins spinning a yarn about a benevolent queen and her young son being threatened by a monster who resides in their home. The other dream is the story he’s spinning itself, in which the characters are represented by a young Jean-Luc (Dylan Von Halle) and his mother (Madeline Wise). (While not named at any point this season, TNG establishes her first name as Yvette.) The fairy tale unfolds in fits and starts as the analyst prods Picard to finish it, but it’s also interrupted by the arrival of Tallinn, who has psychically projected herself into Picard’s mind in an effort to wake him from his catatonic state.

The scenes between Picard and the analyst are among the best of the series so far, such that I almost wish that this episode (or at least, this subplot) had been a two-man play. Patrick Stewart and James Callis play off of each other beautifully. Callis’ character picks apart Picard such that he cannot sustain his practiced calm, and finds himself shaken and struggling for words. We’re seeing flashes of the fragile child who he used to be, not just in the fairy tale world, but in Stewart’s performance. The analyst, being born of Picard’s own psyche, knows his weaknesses and cuts through his repression, but his real edge is the form Picard’s subconscious has given him: that of his late father. (His name also goes unmentioned here, but it is Maurice.) Picard doesn’t recognize him until late in their confrontation, and I believe that this isn’t only a convenience of dream logic. Until the end of this story, Jean-Luc Picard hasn’t really seen either of his parents as human beings.

In the fairy-tale dream, Picard and Yvette are pursued through the catacombs of the family chateau by ghoulish creatures. Young Jean-Luc is left alone as his mother is dragged away by some unseen force, and he refuses to move out of fear that she won’t be able to find him again. When Tallinn arrives, she helps him face the darkness, which seems to stir up some courage in the older Picard in the parallel therapy dream. Eventually, the dreams combine, and Picard and Dream-Maurice unlock the true story that he’s been repressing for decades. While Jean-Luc’s memories of his parents’ fraught marriage are real, they have been absent some essential context: Yvette suffered from a mental illness which, though not named, is described very much like bipolar disorder. One day, Yvette rushed off in a panic to the dangerous catacombs beneath Chateau Picard, with a twelve-year-old Jean-Luc in tow. When Jean-Luc’s foot became caught in a broken floorboard, Yvette left him behind. Maurice found him three hours later, then confronted an unstable Yvette, which Jean-Luc has long remembered as an aggressive act rather than a protective one.

I’m pleased that the implication from this season’s premiere that Maurice was an abusive husband turned out to be more than it seemed. That Picard was actually the child of an unwell mother is no less cliché, but it does at least create some complicated new feelings for Picard who, having venerated one parent and vilified the other all his life, now has to see them both as real people. His mother loved him dearly, but her unwillingness to accept treatment for her mental illness is as responsible for his scarred childhood as was his father’s course, stubborn heart. The story doesn’t totally exonerate Maurice, either, as coping with an unstable spouse doesn’t excuse his cruel and dismissive attitude towards Jean-Luc and his Starfleet dreams. All it means is that Jean-Luc no longer needs to blame himself for failing to protect his mother from his father. It’s a relief to learn that Maurice isn’t a monster, he’s just kind of an asshole. For Jean-Luc, who has feared becoming his father his whole life, that could make a big difference to how he sees himself and the risks of becoming someone’s partner.

Meanwhile, the romance subplot between Chris Rios ( Santiago Cabrera ) and Dr. Teresa Ramirez ( Sol Rodriguez ) marches forward thanks to some refreshing, if potentially timeline-shattering honesty. Hoping to make up for his prior deception, Rios offers full transparency and even beams Teresa and her son Ricardo aboard La Sirena as a gesture of trust, though probably as much as a demonstration of how cool he is. This storyline continues to charm thanks to the chemistry between Rodriguez and Cabrera, but gets cringey just about any time Ricardo is involved. This is not a specific knock against the young actor who plays him; almost no story about grown-ups is improved by the presence of an excitable child, especially when we’re clearly meant to see him as just the cutest thing. We also see a bit of Seven and Raffi’s investigation into the missing Agnes Jurati, though only enough to catch them up with the audience. Love is definitely in the air, as their scenes together represent the only time all season that we’ve seen the couple acting at ease with each other.

Waking from his coma, Jean-Luc tries to make sense of why Q would set him on this path to begin with. He extrapolates that, since Q clearly wants him to know himself better, that perhaps he should be trying to know Q better. Usually, when Q comes around, Picard is preoccupied with trying to make him go away; he’s never really tried to learn what makes him tick. Now, he may have to reach out to him in order to put an end to the threat to the timeline. I’m generally of the opinion that Q is better off being mysterious and unpredictable, and that Q’s fascination with Picard or humanity has never required explanation. I have my doubts that any backstory for Q could be satisfying after 35 years of mystery, but given that this is likely John de Lancie’s final run with the character I’m game for a more intimate story as his swan song.

We’ll have to wait a bit for that, however, as Picard and Guinan’s (Ito Aghayere) attempt to summon Q using an ancient El Aurian wine decanter inexplicably fails. (Guinan’s call receiving no response is pretty ominous. It seems pretty clear that Q is on death’s door, but might the entire Continuum be ailing? Star Trek: Discovery sets the Federation’s last known contact with the Q somewhere in the 26th century, and this could be the beginning of their demise.) Instead, Guinan’s bar receives a visit from the FBI, who place her and Picard under arrest under suspicion of being space aliens. While I enjoy the dramatic entrance of the lead agent (Jay Karnes), who seems at first as if he might be another Q who’s come to mess with them, this is a plot complication I am not terribly excited about. Didn’t we just rescue a crew member from government custody two weeks ago? As has become standard for Picard , the stinger setting up the next chapter keeps this one from really sticking the landing, but otherwise, this one’s a winner.

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Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Episode 7 Review – Monsters

Star Trek: Picard takes a literal deep dive into Jean-Luc's subconscious and undoes much of the season's forward progress in the process.

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Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Episode 7

After two fairly exhilarating and propulsive episodes, Star Trek: Picard pumps the brakes on almost all forward narrative momentum in an hour that, unfortunately, goes back to some of Season 2’s weakest elements (and even the great cliffhanger at the end, which sees Guinan and Picard get arrested by the FBI thanks to some unfortunate security camera footage, can’t entirely save it).

Part of the problem is much of “Monsters” revolves around a trope that’s kind of lame even when it’s executed well, which involves one character being forced to enter the mind of another in order to help them subconsciously fight the demons that plague them. And perhaps there’s a way Picard could have pulled this off—a better set-up for Jean-Luc suddenly finding himself trapped in his own mind besides randomly getting hit by a car might have helped, or having someone like Seven or the Borg-controlled Jurati have to be the one to basically mind-meld with the admiral in order to save him, rather than a character we’ve essentially only just met.

As it stands, sending Tallinn into Picard’s childhood nightmare feels like nothing so much as a set-up for her to reveal to him that she’s secretly Romulan, and allow the show to continue pushing the supposed romantic connection between Jean-Luc and Laris. Which I assume someone, somewhere must find interesting, it’s just that I am not one of those people.

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And the thing is, it’s not like I’m averse to an episode that’s essentially a deep dive into what makes Picard tick, subconsciously speaking. There’s something painfully poetic about the idea that the reason child Jean-Luc went on to become an adult who was willing to fight so hard to save others is that he couldn’t save his mother from the darker parts of her own mind. That’s practically Shakespearean, in many ways.

Of course, he carries emotional scars from those experiences, likely of the sort that he’s probably never really wanted to look too closely at. Again, all of this is completely understandable and deeply human. Where the story loses me is the bit where his grief over his mother’s madness literally rewrites his entire understanding of his own father and his role in his life. (Well, that, and the fact that Picard had a brother that none of these flashbacks ever mentioned in any way. How does he—and that relationship—fit into all this?)

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To be fair, Picard’s dungeon of emotional sorrows is both beautifully and creepily rendered, a dark fairytale where his mother is somehow simultaneously the storyteller, the damsel that needs rescuing, and the monster threatening to destroy her. It’s a fascinating snapshot of how Picard thinks or, perhaps most importantly, of how Picard has become the storyteller of this particular piece of his own history. Though “Monsters” does raise the uncomfortable question of exactly how reliable a narrator Picard is in this instance, given the lifelong lies he seems to have told himself about both his mother’s behavior and his father’s intentions.

In any event, this isn’t exactly uninteresting character work, and “Monsters” certainly hints that we’ve still yet to see the full story of everything that went on between Picard and his mother. But I think we have to question the wisdom of inserting this particular interlude here, in a way that basically nearly brings every other plot to a screeching halt. How does this serve the story of saving the future and getting the La Sirena back to their own time? Why is it necessary to tell this part of the story right now, when Picard Season 2 finally felt like it was gaining some momentum?

The episode’s B plots are almost entirely forgettable, save for the fact that Seven figures out pretty much immediately that Agnes has been body-snatched by the Borg Queen, who’s now plotting to assimilate all of humanity. There’s zero development of Q’s nefarious plan now that Renee Picard is safely out of his clutches, nor do we learn anything further about the fallout from Kore’s discovery that she’s some sort of clone and her dad is basically a comic book supervillain. We don’t even see much of Agnes and the Borg Queen, save for a dramatic moment where she breaks a window in a dive bar for the high of the endorphin rush.

And, look, I’m sure that there are people watching who truly enjoy Rios’s flirtation with the nice 21st-century clinic doctor, and if that is you, please take a second and explain the point of this to me like I’m five, because other than potentially risking the very future Rios wants to go back to, what exactly is his character arc here? Simply that he wants to impress a girl by showing her his time-traveling spaceship? That he likes real, non-replicator-produced food? Forget causing butterfly ripples, these people are basically opening Jurassic Park at this point. (And that’s before we get to the whole the FBI now have video evidence of transporters thing.)

But, the episode’s last ten minutes is almost enough to paper over many of its other flaws, as Picard returns to see Guinan in the hopes that she can help him figure out what Q’s epic trial is really all about. And, in doing so, Picard answers another long-standing Star Trek: The Next Generation Mystery , namely—why Q seemed afraid of the El-Aurian in that series. And it turns out that part of the reason is because of the truce struck between their races long ago, Guinan’s people apparently have the ability to vaguely control him, or at least enough to summon him whether he is willing to be called or not. But her attempt in “Monsters” fails, but her confusion about it is so genuine that it seems obvious that something bigger is more likely at play. (More evidence that Q’s powers are waning or broken? Food for thought.)

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But since we certainly aren’t getting answers to any of this until next week–let’s take a second just to appreciate Ito Aghayere’s performance—her younger version of Guinan is just so spot-on, from her warm chemistry with Patrick Stewart to her effortless snark and the physical mannerisms she’s clearly copied from watching Whoopi Goldberg’s Next Generation work. At this point, if we don’t get to see her face-off with John de Lancie properly before Picard and friends go back to their own time, it’ll be a real shame.

3.5 out of 5

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Let's get this straight. Despite the many tips of the hat to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine this season, that. is. not. Bashir.

Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Episode 7 gets pretty in-depth and trippy as Tallinn forms a mechanically-assisted mind-meld with Picard in an effort to get him psychologically unstuck. It answers many questions but opens the door to some even trickier ones.

Meanwhile, on the outside, Rios makes a questionable decision around Dr. Teresa that culminate in flapping some ri-DONK-ulous butterfly wings when he takes her and her son on a field trip to La Sirena.

Yeah, so let's talk about that first.

Of the entire 24th century crew, Rios is the most enamored of 2024 Earth, with Seven living footloose and Borg implant-free as a close second.

He's in love with the food, the vibe, and the good doctor, Teresa Ramirez.

Rios: Who do you want me to be? Teresa: A good guy. Rios: I am, and if I wasn't, then I would become one right now. Permalink: I am, and if I wasn't, then I would become one right now.

So maybe 21st-century immigration policies and institutionalized racism take a little of the glamor off, but Rios is, for the most part, digging the old-school energy.

My theory is that his rough initial landing and shock-stick treatment by I.C.E. might've also scrambled his brains a bit.

Things escalate quickly at the clinic.

From borrowing some clothes out of the lost and found to providing her with future tech to stabilize Picard's neural network to transporting them all to La Sirena, it's an exponential increase in potential timeline implosion.

Dr. Ramirez: Are you from outer space? Rios: No, I'm from Chile. I just work in outer space. Permalink: No, I'm from Chile. I just work in outer space.

(Also, someone's going to have to explain to me how he managed a remote transport from Los Angeles to France with no com badge and no one at the controls.)

I'm also puzzled why Rios chose to take them away before knowing for certain if Picard and Tallinn survived their subconscious adventure.

And how did he know that he wasn't going to run into Seven and Raffi? This game of musical locations gets confusing at times.

Meanwhile, Seven and Raffi are looking for Jurati and finding the Borg queen instead.

I'm all for an endorphin rush, but I'm not sure breaking a window would've been my go-to in a seedy bar where music, alcohol, and unseemly company are easily accessible. But I've never been Borg, so what do I know?

I'll hand it to Alison Pill, though. She's getting to play with the full gamut of femme fatales this season. (And Jurati was a femme fatale in Star Trek: Picard Season 1 . Just ask Bruce Maddox. Oh, wait, you can't.)

From the start, her portrayal of the brilliant but neurotic and awkward Jurati has been so consistent and convincing that her transformation into Jurati-controlled-by-the-Borg-queen is remarkable.

Not sure if it's make-up and lighting magic, but I could swear the expression with which she susses out the dive bar is pure Annie Wersching.

(Also, did everyone know that the singer with the band is Sunny Ozell, Patrick Stewart's real-life wife? I sometimes wonder if Stewart and company don't view this series as their version of Clooney et al.'s Ocean's franchise -- an excuse to hang out with friends and get paid.)

And that brings us back to Picard's super-meta psych eval inside his own subconscious.

There's a lot of sci-fi Easter Egg value to having James Callis portray Picard's psychologist initially.

The true sovereign of nature. Giving life. Allowing life. And yet we know will be the thing that one day swallows us all. Therapist Permalink: The true sovereign of nature. Giving life. Allowing life. And yet we know will be the thing...

After all, when he played Gaius Baltar on Battlestar Galactica , he spent a lot of time talking to Caprica Six in his head.

Additionally, his relations with Six, a Cylon (which is essentially BSG's version of a synth), led to the near destruction of humanity, something Picard (now a synth himself) spent last season trying to prevent.

It's also established canon that Baltar had a troubled relationship with his father, so when Picard's psychologist turns out to be his father, it's all a bit on the nose.

You lived longer than I did, but I got to keep my hair. Not exactly a fair trade, is it? Son. Maurice Picard Permalink: You lived longer than I did, but I got to keep my hair. Not exactly a fair trade, is it? Son.

But if we're going to get to the heart of the matter of Picard and his mother, it's only logical that his father must be the guide.

There's a lot to unpack in the scenes we witness in Picard's "story" of the red-haired queen and the boy prince.

The scenes in the conservatory are rich in fantastical detail. It's a style of imagery I can't recall ever seeing in Trek shows before.

The animation of the shadows and creatures in the paintings and the dread they instill reminds me of films like The NeverEnding Story and The Last Unicorn, where the implication of danger is enough to adrenalize a scene.

In a way, she did [know the future]. Like an animal, she could feel danger in her bones before anyone else in the room. Perhaps she was magic. Or that's what happens when you live in a world where monsters are real. Picard Permalink: In a way, she did . Like an animal, she could feel danger in her bones...

Picard's description of the queen, his mother, borders on high fantasy as well. She is larger than life, more than human, drawn from a boy's love for his mother and a man's need to hear his mother's love expressed unequivocally, an emotional comfort blanket that can never grow old or fade.

I want you to understand how deeply I love you. No matter what your life brings, if I know you forever, or if I know you for moments, in every breath, who you are is why I am so proud of you for becoming. Yvette Picard/Red-Haired Queen Permalink: I want you to understand how deeply I love you. No matter what your life brings, if I know...

Tallinn's intrusion brings about the confrontation between Picard and his father, which is the catalyst for the truth.

By helping the boy prince Picard work past his "stuck"ness, she forces him to progress further, into territory that is even more traumatic than being trapped in a dungeon for hours by himself.

Her reassurance and support help him knock down doors he is afraid to open.

Like Picard's therapist/psychologist, Tallinn insists the younger self be honest about himself.

Therapist: Ironic, isn't it? We're all here for you, Picard. Only you can stop it. Say something real. One real thing. Why do you think we're here? Picard: Because I'm stuck. Permalink: Because I'm stuck.

And while she realizes that there's more to Picard's trauma, he deflects and redirects to Q and how they can put Maman Picard's words to work.

In time, they would forget he was ever there, but they would never forget the lesson. There is no better teacher than one's enemy. Yvette Picard/Red-Haired Queen Permalink: In time, they would forget he was ever there, but they would never forget the lesson. There...

Am I the only one surprised by the FBI raiding Guinan's bar? I hope not. It seems incredibly out of left field.

It's interesting to note that Guinan's summoning ritual works about as well as Q's snap. They must be connected.

Also, where's Tallinn? Why didn't Picard take her with him to see Guinan? If Renée is in quarantine, Tallinn's pretty much on vacation until launch.

As a Watcher, you'd think she'd be aware of a team of feds infiltrating the bar. Just saying, it might've been useful bringing her along.

With Picard and Guinan in custody (and his com badge left behind at the bar) and Rios out in France with Teresa and her son, Seven and Raffi are on their own to track down (and subdue?) Borg queen Jurati.

Tall order but nothing like stopping an interdimensional annihilation by an A.I. invasion squad, so no problem, right?

To be fair, they had a Starfleet armada backing them up that last time.

But Jurati's not even a fully-formed queen yet. How much trouble could she cause?

How do you see that showdown going off? Will there be butterfly collateral shrapnel blasting a hole through downtown LA?

As we careen towards the season's end, our team is geographically separated and targetting three different mission goals. How do you see this dove-tailing for the finale?

Can Jurati come back from assimilation? Will she stress hormone the queen into submission?

Will Raffi and Seven get to trip those young 'uns with their canes?

Raffi: Look, if that whole thing starts up again, I quit the gang. No, seriously, I don't think I have it in me. Seven: [scoffs] Raffi: You and me? Now, see we're totally different. Our pain is beautiful and tragic and everyone loves hearing about it. Permalink: You and me? Now, see we're totally different. Our pain is beautiful and tragic and everyone...

Does Rios get a happily-ever-after?

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Picard: The man who hates enclosed spaces spends his life in the infinite cosmos. It's almost too obvious. Therapist: Isn't it. Picard: But then, the man chooses a life on a vessel where his only access to the outside is holographic. Now the man becomes more interesting. Therapist: Does that concern you at all? Does that bother you in any way? You're not very interesting. Picard: It's not my job to be interesting. Permalink: It's not my job to be interesting. Added: April 12, 2022

The true sovereign of nature. Giving life. Allowing life. And yet we know will be the thing that one day swallows us all. Therapist Permalink: The true sovereign of nature. Giving life. Allowing life. And yet we know will be the thing... Added: April 12, 2022

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“No plan ever survives contact with the enemy – and, as far as I can tell, you have no Plan B. What are you gonna do out there when everything starts to go wrong?” “If executed correctly, my plan –” “Forget about correctly. Forget about your plan. Listen to what I’m telling you: People are fallible. Combat is chaotic. We have strict rules of engagement, a duty to use nonlethal force – but our enemies don’t. One mistake up there could get us and the rest of the team killed. Did you account for that?” He wasn’t sure how he expected Seven to react. He didn’t think she would shrink like a violet, or wither in the face of criticism, but he certainly didn’t expect what she did next. She lifted her chin and actually seemed to get taller. “I am aware of the dangers posed by the mission. I’ve weighed the certain costs of failure against the potential gains of success. Imperiling eight lives to save eight hundred thousand is an acceptable risk-reward ratio.” “Gotta give you credit, kid. You’ve got a way with math.”

At the end of the Berman era of Trek, Jeri Ryan’s Seven was last seen returning to Earth aboard the Starship Voyager, involved in a romantic relationship with Chakotay, and anticipating the possibility of joining Starfleet alongside her mentor and mother-figure, Captain Kathryn Janeway. At the character’s next appearance, 20 years later in the first season of Star Trek: Picard , she is detached from Janeway and Chakotay, works for the mysterious Fenris Rangers, and is soon to develop a relationship with Raffaela “Raffi” Musiker. David Mack’s novel Star Trek: Picard: Firewall is designed to fill part of that two-decade gap in Seven’s story with an adventure set at a key turning point for everyone’s favorite ex-Borg.

Mack’s novel brings Seven out from under Janeway’s shadow and chronicles her struggle to figure out her own identity and chart her own path in a galaxy growing darker by the minute. Feeling left behind as her former Voyager shipmates have all gone on to their new lives, Seven is a drifter, moving from planet to planet, job to job, longing for connection but afraid of being hurt. With the resettlement crisis on Romulus pulling Starfleet’s resources from the Federation’s outer sectors, Seven experiences the growing lawlessness, poverty, and despair of colonies once dependent on Federation aid. Their hopelessness mirrors her own as she, too, has been rejected by a Starfleet terrified of her Borg past. When she’s approached by a shadowy Federation Security agent and recruited to infiltrate the vigilante terrorist organization the Fenris Rangers, Seven sees the opportunity to finally be accepted by Starfleet. But as she gets deeper into the Rangers, she finds that they are not what they have been painted to be—and perhaps neither is the Federation.

This book is a slam-bang action novel, exploring some of the fringes of the Star Trek universe. While embracing Starfleet’s utopian 24 th -century setting, it also acknowledges that even in a utopia, the galaxy is an enormous place, and even good decisions made for the right reasons can have negative downstream consequences. I especially appreciated the detailed look at the Fenris Rangers, their mission, their ethos, and their organization, all of which Mack fleshes out admirably.

While we meet a number of characters from Star Trek: Picard’s three seasons as well as from Star Trek: Prodigy , Mack keeps his Easter eggs subtle and sparse. The focus here is on Seven and her struggle to both understand who she is and to be accepted. While the Seven of Nine character on Voyager , and eventually on Picard , has long been an icon for gay and transgender people, her bisexual identity and connection to trans identification have never been as clear as they are here. Mack describes it as an exploration of Seven as “a newly out queer woman,” and Seven’s exploration of her newfound identity is at turns touching, sad, and hopeful.

Mack doesn’t skimp on the action, which is gritty, bloody, and visceral. Firewall brings elements that feel like Blade Runner , Star Wars , and High Noon into its Star Trek setting. And Mack utilizes his “f-bomb” allotment in an emotionally climactic way. The plot and characters never lose sight of the hopefulness of Gene Roddenberry’s universe, but fans who like their Trek more sanitary may find this novel pushing their boundaries. But in the end, Seven, the Rangers, and Starfleet all have the opportunity to shine as heroes. Good prevails, and evil is defeated over tremendous odds and through cleverness, technology, friendship, and endurance.

Action, inclusivity, and deep character growth: David Mack’s Firewall digs deeply into Seven and gives her clear motivations as she transitions from one Trek series to the next.

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David Mack’s Star Trek: Picard: Firewall from Pocket Books was released on February 27. You can pick it up now at Amazon in hardcover and Kindle e-book .

Firewall is also available as an audiobook on CD now and also Audible . You can listen to a sample of the audiobook, read by January LaVoy below:

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I haven’t done a Trek novel in years….this may get me back into it! Thanks

This does look good, but I’m saving my latinum for “Pliable Truths” by Dayton Ward, a prelude to DS9 featuring Picard (still reeling from his torture at the hands of Gul Madred), Ensign Ro, and Garak.

Why not both?

Because I’m usually very busy and only get to leisure read a few books a year. :P

I love Trek novels. David Mack is a top-notch storyteller, and he knows how to voice these Trek characters. Can’t wait for this!

I finished reading this novel last week. It was great and I concur with the reviewers comments. Great story!

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I enjoyed the book, but my question is about regeneration. This takes place only about 4 years after Voyager returned from the Delta Quadrant. There are no references to regeneration, but several to sleeping. Are we just supposed to assume Seven figured out how to do without it?

Picard also ignores this issue, but that is taking place nearly 20 years later, so seems more likely she’d have figured it out by that point.

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Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard is widely regarded as one of the best installments in the entire franchise. While the show's previous two seasons were praised for trying something new, they also have their drawbacks, holding 86% and 85% scores respectively on Rotten Tomatoes , compared to Season 3's 98% critic rating. During a Master Replicas Collectors Club Zoom chat (via TrekMovie ) Season 3 showrunner Terry Matalas was able to shed some light on why Season 2 — the most controversial of the three, with a 30% audience score on RT — in particular, fell short of what fans wanted from the series.

“There’s actually many, many different versions of Season 2," said Matalas. "I think you can kind of feel when you watch Season 2 that there’s a lot of different ideas here.” He's not wrong, Season 2 of Picard sent the titular former captain and the crew of La Sirena back to the 2020s, an idea Matalas suggested to save money following an expensive Season 1. Partially the machinations of Q ( John de Lancie ) and partly a Borg ploy to destroy Earth a la First Contact , Season 2 had a lot going on between plot lines dealing with the origin of augments, a new evolution of the Borg queen, the ethics of time travel and messing with your own history, and Jean Luc Picard's childhood trauma .

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While Matalas didn't delve too deeply into which parts of Season 2 came after the rewrite he explained that they nearly had all of the episodes completed when Paramount gave them the feedback that it was "a bit too sci-fi." He said: “We wrote nine episodes at one point and the network was like, ‘No, we don’t really understand this, it’s a bit too sci-fi, it’s a bit too in- Star Trek .’ ” Some of the lost

Though Q and the time travel plot were part of Season 2 from "day one," there were other classic Star Trek plots that were nixed from the final product. Matalas said:

“There were Romulans—there was a whole thing. The idea was that Guinan’s bar was presented as a normal bar in Los Angeles, but if you knew the right thing to do, you could go into the back through the telephone phone booth and that was Rick’s Café, and it was a stopping point for all these different species that were actually there on Earth with a ‘Do not interfere’ thing happening. So you had a lot more Star Trek happening in the backdrop of it. Ultimately, the powers that be at that time were like, ‘This is too much.’ But there were some really good ideas there that were pretty cool.”

Matalas and a group of writers began working on Season 3 before Season 2 was finalized, and while COVID complications and rewrites may have hindered the cohesion between the two, Season 3 brought the show to a profoundly satisfying conclusion. While nothing has been announced yet, fans are still hoping Matalas will return to the world of Star Trek with a Picard spin-off series following Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ) and Jack Crusher ( Ed Speleers ).

While we wait for more Star Trek news, you can watch all three seasons of Picard on Paramount+ now. The franchise returns to the small screen with Star Trek: Discovery 's fifth and final season on April 4.

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Follow-up series to Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) that centers on Jean-Luc Picard in the next chapter of his life.

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Star Trek: Discovery will come to an end with its upcoming fifth season, but can its series finale live up to the gold standard set by Star Trek: Picard ? In 2023, Picard season 3 came to a close with an ending that captured the magic of the original Star Trek: The Next Generation series finale and brought the story of Admiral Jean Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the USS Enterprise-D to a deeply satisfying conclusion. Although Picard season 3 had the benefit of nostalgia and a cast full of beloved returning characters, "The Last Generation" worked as a grand series finale for a number of reasons.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 was not originally meant to be the show's last, but an epilogue was written and shot after principal filming for the series had been completed. Since its somewhat shaky first season, Discovery has steadily gotten better as Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the crew of the USS Discovery came into their own. With its focus on intense sci-fi action and emotional character moments, Discovery has the potential to deliver a poignant and memorable series finale. When it comes to Discovery 's last-minute epilogue , Sonequa Martin-Green says Discovery's writers "knocked it out of the park" and made it feel like a true send-off.

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Star trek: picard's ending is the gold standard discovery's finale must equal, picard season 3 delivered a pitch-perfect finale, setting the bar high for discovery..

Much like Star Trek: Discovery , Star Trek: Picard received mixed reviews when it first premiered, and each of its three seasons took different approaches to storytelling. While its first two seasons may have been inconsistent, Picard season 3 received wildly positive reviews, thanks in large part to its heavy dose of nostalgia. Picard season 3 saw the Star Trek: The Next Generation crew reunite on the rebuilt USS Enterprise-D for one last galaxy-saving adventure. A finale like Star Trek: Picard's "The Last Generation" means future Star Trek finales have a lot to live up to.

With its strong characters and wide-open future, Star Trek: Discovery has everything in place to end on a high note.

Star Trek: Discovery does not have the benefit of TNG 's 35+ years of nostalgia to bank on for its final season, but the show has introduced some of Star Trek's greatest new characters. Discovery has also delivered some of Star Trek 's most fantastic action sequences, and the final season promises no shortage of action. The Picard season 3 finale worked not only because it built on stories from TNG , but also because it offered a glimpse into the future of its characters. With its strong characters and wide-open future, Star Trek: Discovery has everything in place to end on a high note.

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Picard's finale teases future stories, but discovery's finale won't..

Star Trek: Picard season 3 provided the set-up for multiple continuing stories although Picard 's proposed spinoff, Star Trek: Legacy, has not been greenlit. Picard season 3 ends with Seven of Nine's (Jeri Ryan) promotion to Captain of the rechristened USS Enterprise-G , but the audience way not get to see any of her adventures. Seven had a previous romance with Commander Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd), who now serves as the First Officer on the Enterprise-G, but Picard season 3 ends without providing real closure on their relationship. There are also lingering threads regarding Q (John de Lancie) and his interest in Ensign Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers).

According to Star Trek: Discovery executive producer Alex Kurtzman , the epilogue of Discovery season five will resolve all of the characters' stories and will not leave any plot threads dangling. While it's possible characters from Discovery could make an appearance on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy , there are no guarantees that this will be the case. Discovery season 5 is meant as a definitive end for the series and its characters, which may work out better considering the worrisome lack of a payoff for the tease regarding Star Trek: Legacy . Either way, Star Trek: Discovery reinvigorated the Star Trek franchise, and its finale marks the end of an era.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 premieres Thursday, April 4 on Paramount+.

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Jean-Luc Picard : And I am too old for your *bullshit*!

Q : Old. Yes! How unfair time is. So many wrinkles. So many disappointments.

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