Rios It’s not that he sees anyone other than Ramirez – so much so that his madness drives him to make decisions you’ll never find in the Starfleet Captain’s Handbook. While Seven worries about witnessing the birth of a new Borg Queen with the power to assimilate an extremely unprepared planet Earth, Raffi seems more worried about Agnes and Rios getting back together.ĭr. However, if someone started a joke with “an all-powerful cybernetic organism broke into a bar”, few would joke that “it broke a window to produce endorphins which would help the queen to sleep. Yet for all the fantastical adventures, Picard’s brainchild is one of the less bizarre aspects of “Monsters.” Indeed, it’s downright bizarre that the Borg Queen/Agnes hybrid, who is arguably the show’s most exciting and watchable character(s), has been reduced to minimal screen time. still hiding behind that metaphorical locked door. Considering the time spent on the footage, we learn surprisingly little about how Picard’s years of development were responsible for the well-documented connectivity issues in the future – even now important pieces of the puzzle are missing as there are has something great from its past. The big reveal – that the mysterious character played by Callis is actually Jean-Luc’s father – also seems pretty anticlimactic. Sure, bits of dialogue from her past keep things tied to the Next Generation era, but reimagining her mother as a fiery, red-haired queen diminishes the emotional force and tragedy of her mental illness and loss. There’s no doubt that watching a few quality actors take to the breeze would be preferable to the more esoteric approach the episode ultimately took.īecause if Earthbound can understand showmen who want to bring an otherworldly feel to a show, imagine Picard’s inner spirit as a gothic fairytale castle filled with monster jars filled with everything we know about the scientist Jean-Luc Picard. When he appears as the first psychologist in his Deep Space Nine-era suit, it’s hard to tell if Picard was there to help or hinder his journey of self-discovery – but you can’t help but wish that he continues to ask questions rather than command. He made Gaius Baltar one of the standout characters in the great Battlestar Galactica, and this episode builds on his deep-rooted ability to keep his characters ambiguous. It’s a welcome addition to the cast, at least, that Picard guides through his memoir.
What happened to the good old days of minds merging and flashbacks?
Journeys into inner consciousness are always difficult to achieve – how do you visualize the inner workings of something as obscure as the human mind? - and here the near-fantasy story unfolding in Jean-Luc’s cerebellum is a clichéd, unimaginative way of digging up past trauma. Taking a trip inside the mind of Jean-Luc Picard feels like a major tonal shift from the rest of the season, in addition to being a narrative dead end. the show arc in directions we don’t really want or need to go.
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Few shows manage to skip an entire series for a second, and while Picard’s second season has always been entertaining so far, “Monsters” is the episode that brings the story down to earth – if not quite by a crash is definitely an unplanned landing.Īfter last week’s build on a double whammy of potentially season-defining moments – Renée Picard’s decision to stay with Mission Europa and the Borg Queen/Agnes Jurati hybrid in Los Angeles – it’s an unnecessary distraction, a redirect.
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