The sheer number of threads in the pilot was my main issue. So we have the girl who is the key to everything until she gets blown up before we even care who she is but then guess what she has a sister and guess what she's data's daughter, then we have the Romulan/Borg plot, the malfunctioning synthetics plot, the Bruce Maddox plot, the isolationist Starfleet plot did I miss anything?

This is all revealed in 40 mins.

I mean, why not kill data's daughter after 4-5 episodes when people might actually care or be shocked? Why not sit on the reveal that's she's data's daughter for longer than 10 mins?

Proud to say the only one I missed is the episode where Data started painting/dreaming.

My guess on why Dahj got offed so quickly is they were slamming the show with special effects and fight scenes and someone, Stewart himself possibly, decided to just purge all the unnecessary pyrotechnics and we're left with this episode 1 that sets up a huge number of subplots all tied to a single thread: Picard's journey to... whatever.

This seems pretty straightforward. For some reason, androids "have to be build in pairs" (whatever, it's their world, they make the rules), so Dahj is basically just a piece of mail that Picard gets saying "Hey, there's an adventure out here". He sister is the real character, she's just a MacGuffin of sorts. The reveal that she's connected to Data isn't meant to be a twist really, just a continuation of episodes like "The Offspring" as Data was always trying to replicate himself.


This was referenced (and then cut) from the 2009 reboot. Nero's mining ship was supposed to use Borg tech for its refit, but it's only mentioned in a deleted scene I think. It seems like they're introducing it here to give Picard and his group a "fort knox" to have to break into to save Data's remaining daughter. Not sure it's going to be more than that, but Hugh is coming back, so who knows.

Again, this just seems like world building. It helps explain why Picard resigned and then also explains why there's a group trying to kill Data's daughters: they're Romulans with a grudge.

Seems pretty clear they're setting him up to be either the leader of the Romulan "kill all androids" group or the guy who's going to unlock the science of Data's work later in the season. I haven't seen the actor from "Measure of a Man" cast, but I can't imagine they plant those seeds and don't pay them off.

Yeah, that seems a little clunky to me too, but I wrote it off as more world building.

Episode 2 showed why they had to reshoot. The actors for the villainous Romulans are absolutely atrocious that seem to have difficulties delivering their lines with straight faces.

I can live with it. The story is taking shape and Picard is Picard. This is undoubtedly TNG continued. Passing of the batons to the 3rd generation. About frigging time.

The ever so familiar troupe of villainous/incompetent admirals has already made an appearance. That sure felt familiar.