The Next Generation

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[00:00:36] with an old friend and commandeering a starship. That should be easy right? The amazing final

[00:00:43] season of Star Trek Picard is concluded and now we begin our look at this amazing reunion

[00:00:48] of the crew of the Enterprise D. Beverly Crusher is in trouble and in reaching out to Jean

[00:00:52] Luc Picard she tells him to trust no one, including Starfleet. It's the start of a wild ride

[00:00:59] in season 3 and we're glad you're here to take it with us. I'm Bill Smith and we are Discovering

[00:01:04] Trek Picard. Thanks so much for joining us and welcome to Discovering Trek V Star Trek

[00:01:17] Universe Companion presented by fansets. Star Trek Picard's final season brings together

[00:01:23] some iconic characters for an amazing last mission together and we're going to kick off

[00:01:28] our analysis of it with episode 1 titled The Next Generation. Hey, that's got a really

[00:01:34] nice ring to it doesn't it? Before we get into too much detail about this amazing season,

[00:01:39] I have to introduce my crew here in this lonely little shuttle pod here on Discovering Trek

[00:01:45] Picard. Here to help break down the first episode is my good friend and fellow Trek eeks

[00:01:49] podcaster Jamie Rogers Jamie, welcome to Discovering Trek Picard I have a feeling you might be

[00:01:56] excited to talk about this. You know me I'm always excited to talk about my next generation

[00:02:01] cast you know my trek obviously and I'm excited to break down season 3 where we know we got

[00:02:08] the whole cast back together again. You know one of the nice things is kind of doing this in a

[00:02:14] rear view window. I mean you figured that's what Star Trek podcasts were for years and we kind

[00:02:20] of have the benefit of knowing how this season ends as we talk about these episodes and I think

[00:02:25] that's pretty interesting. We're still going to focus clearly on episode 1 but we may drift down

[00:02:31] the timeline in our discussions a little bit and that's okay but in the meantime let's talk

[00:02:36] about episode 301. The Next Generation is written by Terry Matallis and directed by Doug Arnie

[00:02:41] Koski. After receiving a distress call from Beverly Crusher Jean-Luc Picard and lists help from

[00:02:47] generations old and new for one last adventure, a mission that will change Starfleet and his old crew

[00:02:53] forever. Originally released on February 16th 2023 it is the first episode of Star Trek Picards 3rd

[00:03:01] and final season. Well let's dive right in Jamie I mean there's a lot to dig in here in this

[00:03:07] first of the 10 episodes. A lot of great exposition and a lot of elements that I can imagine they're

[00:03:15] going to call back to in the future. Yeah no absolutely and you know we really see that Terry Matallis

[00:03:22] he's a Star Trek fan I mean he's a Next Generation fan throwing through and it's like not even just

[00:03:28] the Next Generation elements but the Wrath of Khan elements are like all over the place you know

[00:03:34] the Wrath of Khan sound effects, the music it just all I can think of is the nostalgic elements.

[00:03:42] That's how I feel as I'm watching this episode you know especially that opening scene right where

[00:03:47] we see Picards log from Best of Both Worlds. Yeah I'm actually doing a rewatching next-gen right now so

[00:03:53] to hear that log from Best of Both Worlds is awesome. I love the Enterprise painting obviously that

[00:04:00] was you know from the Ready Room. It's just the nostalgic elements really puts me back in my days

[00:04:08] of watching TNG so something I really appreciated watching this episode. You know I kind of get the

[00:04:14] sense that the theme that we kick off here is that kind of everything old is new again you know

[00:04:20] you get the really kind of old-time music to kick off the episode you get the log entries you mentioned

[00:04:26] than nostalgia the music even then that's one of the most important characters in this season.

[00:04:31] We get variations on themes from other Star Trek from James Warner, Jerry Goldsmith, Jay Chattaway,

[00:04:38] Jeff Russo and all with original music kind of wrapped around it which I think is really kind of

[00:04:44] fascinating. It tells us that while this is familiar it's still something very very different when you

[00:04:51] say oh absolutely like I said I love how he's like weaving in Wrath of Khan stuff with next generation.

[00:04:59] It's just it's so so good but you're spot on with the music the music was fantastic. I mean

[00:05:06] I cannot say enough good things about the music and the sound effects and it just it really put me

[00:05:12] back in the moment of this is what I've been waiting for when I've watched the first two seasons

[00:05:17] of Picard you know this is what I want. Yeah I want to say. Speaking of familiar but different let's

[00:05:23] talk about Beverly Crusher because obviously her entrance into this episode is very striking

[00:05:30] it's very bold. I think that this probably sets the tone for the entire season and honestly

[00:05:37] this is the most kick-ass we've ever seen Beverly Crusher and this is better than anything she got

[00:05:43] to do in any of the four feature films. Yeah no I 100% agree with you and they it's interesting to

[00:05:49] this you know concept of the fact that she kind of cut out the rest of the crew members too and kind

[00:05:55] of went on. I almost feel she kind of mirrors how Jerry Ryan was you know the seven of nine character

[00:06:02] from season one of Picard you know how she kind of became that mercenary that rogue that pirate

[00:06:10] almost to a certain extent it's kind of what Beverly's become and yeah it's great she's got the

[00:06:15] you know she's got the phaser out she's you know she's kicking butt. I just I did think it was kind

[00:06:21] of a weird story element though too that she kind of cut out the rest of the crew you know and

[00:06:27] obviously we see that you know she had the relationship with Picard and you know it kind of didn't

[00:06:33] go so well so to speak but it was a surprising plot choice for me that she kind of cut out the

[00:06:40] rest of the crew I didn't really see that coming but it set up kind of an interesting you know way

[00:06:46] for her to kind of reach out and you know for Picard to obviously want to help her because he hadn't

[00:06:52] heard from her in so long and there's that bond there is that that connection. Agreed I kind

[00:06:58] of feel like it's in the same way of you know when you have old friends in your lives kind of drift

[00:07:02] apart and maybe you intend to maybe you don't but you you you don't communicate as often or you know

[00:07:09] your lives go sit in such completely different ways that they're not the same as those other

[00:07:14] people anymore. Maybe you feel like you don't have anything in common. I think in Beverly's case it

[00:07:19] was probably a very specific choice because you know in not being with Jean-Luc that means that

[00:07:28] every now and then they got to get the band back together and awkward you know. Well then she's

[00:07:34] got got to explain who her passenger is too right? I know right? The passenger she locks in a

[00:07:43] compartment for some reason which I still haven't figured out but well that's definitely not an

[00:07:48] important detail this episode so I have a question if Picard weren't in the process of packing up

[00:07:55] the chateau would he ever have known that Beverly needed help by hearing that old combat?

[00:08:01] No apparently not. Well no it's you know it's crazy. It's kind of funny I mean it works for me

[00:08:12] don't get me wrong but it made me wonder as I was watching it again I'm like so if he had just

[00:08:17] decided to keep making wine and just live on the chateau in La Bar with with Lairis does he ever

[00:08:23] find out about the combat signal or does it happen too late when Earth is assimilated by the

[00:08:30] Borg skipping ahead sorry spoiler alert. No and I feel like it was like so faint it was like literally

[00:08:39] like he had to be in the right room at the right time yeah you know he had this little

[00:08:43] chirping going on but no I agree with you it was kind of uh you know they had you know and I know

[00:08:49] why they did it because they knew we were gonna just light up when we saw that TNG

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[00:09:06] sponsor plug nicely do yeah they they knew we were gonna love seeing that you know I got excited

[00:09:12] I got excited but no it was definitely interesting we're gonna introduce you know her distress call

[00:09:19] two things that they really grabbed me about this scene and just made me scratch my head as an

[00:09:22] IT professional one Picard's password is still 4.7 alphatanga it's been 30 years dude you

[00:09:31] gotta change that surprise your members as a 95-year-old abnormal I know and that's a great point

[00:09:38] why is a 95-year-old retired admiral in a synthetic body the only person who can save the world

[00:09:45] in every season I love it don't get me wrong no and the interesting part about that too is okay he's

[00:09:52] a he's an admiral he's been around forever he's a legend why can't he just go to I know she said

[00:09:58] don't involve Starfleet but it's like he's got no pull at all with anybody in Starfleet you

[00:10:05] know I mean like Rafi in season one when they were trying to get a ship like she had more pull than

[00:10:11] he did I mean yeah I don't know that that part was kind of crazy to me that they got to sneak

[00:10:16] around like he should have had some I mean he should have some people other than you know the cast

[00:10:23] and crew of the 1701 day that that should be able to help him speaking of which I mean we see the

[00:10:30] return of Will Riker again you know I got to say if we had to pick an MVP for this episode and

[00:10:38] maybe even this season for me I think Jonathan Frakes has to be right up there this version of

[00:10:43] Riker I think probably is my favorite I didn't think this was possible but Riker is even warmer

[00:10:51] and more charismatic than I think ever before and I think Jonathan you know who only a couple of

[00:10:57] years ago had some some nervousness about coming back to the role really just knocks it out of

[00:11:02] the park he was fantastic and and it's funny you know I mentioned that I'm doing a rewatch a TNG

[00:11:08] and I I just got to best of both worlds and you know there's that scene between between Diana

[00:11:16] and and and Riker where she says oh you're a little more seasoned and I I thought of that scene

[00:11:22] you know when I was watching for Cart season three that scene was playing through my head he

[00:11:26] looks seasoned he looks seasoned as an actor even though he's been out of the game for a while but he

[00:11:32] just the character is just matured in a way that I liked the progression I mean I like seeing him

[00:11:40] in season one don't get me wrong I love that episode to Pente but um you know he's making pizza it

[00:11:46] just this was the type of Riker that I wanted to see um as we start you know this that first

[00:11:52] episode of season three I feel like despite some obvious potential family problems Riker is more

[00:12:00] comfortable in his own skin um I feel like he's more at ease you know he doesn't have to make all

[00:12:06] the decisions he doesn't have the lives of everybody body on his ship you know riding on his every

[00:12:11] you know decision in the moment he's just Will Riker um you know and I think that I think that

[00:12:19] freaks wears it well and I think that the scenes with Jonathan and Sir Patrick together are just

[00:12:24] gold in this episode yeah no absolutely absolutely I um I I think it's great also speaking of

[00:12:32] other returning characters it's always awesome to see Jerry Ryan in Star Trek it's even better

[00:12:38] that seven looks thoroughly miserable when we meet her on the Titan a and like she's regretted

[00:12:45] putting on that uniform ever since she was talked into doing it um you just they walk out of

[00:12:50] the shuttle bay and there she is looking like yeah maybe I really would rather be somewhere else but

[00:12:56] here's my friend yeah absolutely yeah it's funny though it it seems like she's been miserable throughout

[00:13:03] Picard yeah in general yeah you know she was miserable in season one um kind of miserable in season

[00:13:11] two you know so I think I don't know I like to see how our character obviously of what we kind

[00:13:18] of we do see how she evolves throughout the season but um it is interesting and it kind of plays

[00:13:24] into you know Captain Shaw too is what what are we getting from this this captain that we got here

[00:13:30] on the ship you know and for me you know I feel like they're kind of and I and I like it I like it

[00:13:37] and I know we see Captain Shaw developed throughout the season but I love the fact that he comes right

[00:13:43] out as almost like the badmoral character that we remember from the original series like

[00:13:49] like boy man he just he doesn't care who's sitting in front of him he doesn't care what they've done

[00:13:56] it doesn't care he's gonna say what he feels and this guy's got some bitter bitterness towards the two

[00:14:04] people that are in front of him for sure really the three if you count seven yeah um at well

[00:14:09] this picks up a good point I mean because Shaw obviously is created in a way where we're designed to

[00:14:14] not like him off right off the bat yeah I mean he starts dinner without everybody right there

[00:14:20] telegraphs that this guy is is a jerk um but is he bad or do we just perceive him that way

[00:14:29] because he's not immediately acquiescing to Picard and Riker yeah you know he's not

[00:14:34] finding over them and bending over backwards um you know if we if we juxtapose it if if their roles

[00:14:40] were reversed and Shaw were an admiral coming on board the enterprise to ask them to change

[00:14:47] you know tell them he wants to change course what would Picard's in and pretty sure he'd say no

[00:14:51] yeah absolutely and and I like the fact that you know when I had to put myself in the in the minds

[00:14:58] of a captain too is you know he's he's thinking about his crew he's thinking about his ship and

[00:15:03] he's saying himself okay uh these guys gonna put me in a position where I'm gonna put my crew at

[00:15:08] risk or my ship at risk or my command at risk what are they asking me to do right and and that's

[00:15:15] maybe he's being a good captain you know just his approach and his bedside manner is you know

[00:15:21] leaving something to be desired but the actor plays it so well and it's so believable you know

[00:15:28] it's like you said you want to hate him in the beginning but you're like man he's a good actor doing

[00:15:33] it you know Todd Stashwick is just so fantastic I mean even in just this first scene we see him

[00:15:39] is Shaw he clearly you know sets a tone of what this character is going to be but you know that

[00:15:47] there's going to be more you don't want to hate him because he he's a Starfleet guy he's generally

[00:15:52] not bad but he's treating the people we admire like dirt I mean he's petty right he puts Picard and

[00:16:01] Riker in bunk beds you know a retired admiral and a captain who have saved the planet

[00:16:09] and the galaxy countless times over and he sticks him in bunk beds like they're like their cadets

[00:16:15] yeah that says something about who Shaw is yeah and there's some room for growth

[00:16:22] oh absolutely but you know once again like I think back to how TNG started you know in Gene

[00:16:27] Ron Berry's vision of that original TNG it's gonna be no conflicts between any of the main

[00:16:32] characters it was like you know we hadn't really seen the baddie yet that we're going to see in

[00:16:37] the season but we had to give some sort of counterpoint we couldn't just have the admiral we couldn't

[00:16:43] just have this you know captain say yeah let's go on this mission then I don't nothing about and

[00:16:49] you know they had to have some sort of counterpoint there to our beloved characters of Riker and Picard

[00:16:56] I mean essentially they're trying to commandeer a starship you know take it somewhere other

[00:17:01] than it's really supposed to go and yeah like you said they're putting the crew of that entire ship

[00:17:06] at risk that that's a potential problem but I'm sure that's on Shaw's mind yeah um I have a feeling

[00:17:15] that we're gonna love Shaw more and more as the weeks go on as much as we really hate the things

[00:17:20] he does one of the things I saw that was interesting where people were comparing him to like

[00:17:26] captain jellico and I think that that's not even a fair comparison because it's a completely

[00:17:31] different situation you know something else I was wondering bill two is I wonder how much of the crew

[00:17:38] served under Riker as well right because yeah if you think about it and you brought up jellico as

[00:17:45] an excellent comparison was jellico necessarily a bad captain we didn't really see enough to

[00:17:52] really make that judgment I mean some people say yes some people say no you know his approach

[00:17:57] but his approach was so different than Picard you know that the crew bristled against it you know

[00:18:03] they were used to Picard style so this maybe a similar situation here right he's coming

[00:18:09] into a crew that had Riker as their captain or maybe some of the crew had Riker as their captain

[00:18:16] and he's got to fight against that and he's got a different way about him a different style and

[00:18:21] you know maybe people aren't warming up till we don't know we don't know what the situation is but

[00:18:27] you know I was kind of thinking about that as we're having this discussion about Shaw's

[00:18:31] you know maybe that's another thing maybe he sees Riker and he's just like you know

[00:18:34] you're the guy that I've had to undo or change certain things because you had it a certain way

[00:18:41] and you were Lucy Goosey and how you did stuff and you know Mr. Jazzman and all that all the

[00:18:47] same Mr. Jazzman whatever whatever derogatory insult he was hurling his way yeah you know

[00:18:53] it's interesting because I think that at this point I mean we're one one episode in on Picard season

[00:19:00] I think it's at this point it's safe to say that both Jelico and Shaw may not be the best people

[00:19:04] managers but as far as their status as captains it's really hard to say yeah we have to believe

[00:19:12] that they're competent because they are the masters of their vessel but I have a feeling there's

[00:19:18] more complex things regarding both of them we didn't get that deep dive into Jelico because

[00:19:23] he's really only you know portions of two episodes but we're gonna build on this with Shaw and

[00:19:29] learn much more about him and and I'm really excited for this journey because like we said Todd

[00:19:35] Stashwick just kills it you know even in the very first episode so we know there's even more

[00:19:40] better stuff coming yeah it's fantastic speaking of fantastic let's talk about Rafi I love to see

[00:19:46] Rafi back I don't know about you but I didn't buy for a minute that she had fallen off the wagon

[00:19:53] no I didn't either because I felt like if they wanted to go down that route it was gonna take too

[00:20:00] much of the season to kind of unravel that web so I didn't buy it for two seconds and it looks

[00:20:06] like she's doing you know special investigations for Starfleet Intelligence which I think is fantastic

[00:20:13] I think that suits her I think it's a good role it's weird that she's the only person to board the

[00:20:18] lost Serena okay I'll take it yeah but she is quite the quandary on her hands trying to figure out

[00:20:25] this whole red lady thing at the beginning of the episode and then by the end it looks pretty dire

[00:20:31] yeah absolutely yeah I mean I like turn that section 31 roll two because if I if I remember correctly

[00:20:38] even an episode one we kind of saw him things that she was part of Starfleet Intelligence before

[00:20:44] and you know if she got kind of roped into you know doing the the Romulan piece mission with

[00:20:50] Picard and stuff like that so I definitely think it's a role that suits her and you know obviously

[00:20:57] we know how the season progresses and develops here but I think it was the perfect role a perfect

[00:21:03] transition from where she was in season two to season three I think so too I appreciate that

[00:21:09] it gives her the moment to you know after she purchases the the the drug of some kind it gives

[00:21:16] her the perfect moment to make a clear decision you know and to show that you know she's really

[00:21:21] still in control yeah for those people who who did buy into it and that's fine but it clearly

[00:21:28] declares that she has you know her wits about her she's clearly still on the wagon you know and

[00:21:33] she's she's doing some really really tough work for Starfleet with a handler that's not very cooperative

[00:21:40] yeah absolutely wonder what that I know who could that be it must be it must be Tiana yeah no

[00:21:49] did now when we were watching this first run did you did you think you knew who the handler was

[00:21:54] right off the bat did you have any guesses now I mean I felt it would be somebody in in the main cast

[00:22:01] and crew but I I couldn't guess who it was by any stretch I'm gonna fess up to thinking it was

[00:22:11] Janeway at first oh because it was a good way to sneak in a cameo from Janeway yeah I was obviously

[00:22:18] wrong yeah and I'm happy to be wrong I did wasn't thinking along the lines of Terry Metallis clearly

[00:22:25] and it was a much better decision on his part because mine wouldn't have been as good no absolutely

[00:22:31] I love who it who it turned out to I know you kind of alluded to the fact that you know

[00:22:36] Riker was your favorite character this season I love Warf this season I know we haven't seen him yet

[00:22:42] in this episode but he's my favorite this it's like Riker's like a close second to Warf I just

[00:22:50] think his deadpan comedy the season's phenomenal and I can't wait to start talking about him

[00:22:55] in some of the later off discovering truck episodes for sure one of the one of the things I'd like

[00:23:00] about this episode in this season overall is that we let our characters age gracefully you know

[00:23:08] this is something we did really well with the original series cast and in Star Trek's you know

[00:23:13] two and four and six um you know we we pointed out that yeah they're older but I mean

[00:23:21] when stuff is happening I mean they're gonna do what Starfleet officers do

[00:23:26] this this episode is telling us that that these people still have things to do you know their

[00:23:32] adventures are not over and I think that's an important lesson you know as I look at this episode

[00:23:38] you know as a guy in my 50s now um I'm definitely not as young as I was when I first started

[00:23:43] watching Star Trek but I feel like I still have stuff to do and so I can appreciate the roles

[00:23:48] that these characters are on yeah and and they're doing things of substance too you know like it's

[00:23:54] not yes it's not just stuff to keep busy and and you're absolutely right that how Terry Metallis has

[00:24:00] kind of bridged that gap of I don't want to say he's almost made season two not exist but it's

[00:24:06] like he kind of just he kind of almost skipped right over that and I like how he's kind of grounded

[00:24:11] the characters and you know kind of retirement but still with things to do in a purpose out there

[00:24:19] well it goes back to what I said at the top everything old is new again you know um but more

[00:24:24] importantly everybody has value to add and I think that's equally an important lesson here

[00:24:30] um you know whether it's Riker or Picard or or Raffi or Seven or whoever or even you know

[00:24:37] that the Ensen La Forge at the helm you know you get Sidney La Forge crash La Forge you know

[00:24:44] the the next generation if you will everybody has something to contribute and I think that that's

[00:24:49] one of the things that Star Trek has always tried to teach us and I think it's really on display here

[00:24:54] yeah no absolutely and you brought up Sidney La Forge too I love that that's kind of like a

[00:24:59] almost a callback to generations I know your feelings on generations but it's almost a callback

[00:25:05] to Sulu and his daughter you know his daughter being at the helm of the Enterprise B you know it's

[00:25:10] like it's just kind of you know this is what I love about what Terry Metallis is bringing he's

[00:25:16] bringing somebody who has a real in-depth knowledge of Star Trek lore and he's just he's pulling these

[00:25:23] elements that you know your hardcore fans are gonna just immediately gravitate to you know and I

[00:25:31] immediately saw that connection I was like oh man that's great you know another you know another

[00:25:37] your daughter from a you know a famous character absolutely let's talk about that portal weapon

[00:25:45] for a second because that could mess up somebody's whole day um what you know Raffi's investigating

[00:25:51] of these these weapons these experimental weapons stolen from Daestrim station um when you see that

[00:25:57] portal weapon you know kind of go off for the first time and sort of destroy that entire complex

[00:26:03] in District 7 I'm not gonna lie my jaw might have dropped a little bit yeah because it essentially

[00:26:09] took what amounts to or looks like something stadium sized and picks it back up and drops it

[00:26:16] yeah um that's pretty scary no it it definitely was definitely an interesting um

[00:26:23] interesting thing that we're gonna see kind of develop throughout the season here but yeah no I

[00:26:27] kind of uh gave me chills and kind of sent me back for a second when I saw that too like oh boy

[00:26:33] this is gonna be something uh paramount in this season for sure yeah paramount I see what you did

[00:26:40] there so and and kind of lastly um how do we feel about the neo constitution class titan a

[00:26:49] let's talk about that ship for a little bit because we talk about everything old is new again um

[00:26:54] let's talk about that ship design fantastic it's fantastic I love it I think it looks great um

[00:27:03] yeah don't I don't know what else to say about it I think it looks fantastic

[00:27:08] the tmp refit is probably my favorite starship ever I mean I I love you know a lot of ships but

[00:27:16] you know the tmp refit not the 1701a mind you I mean the 1701 for Star Trek the motion picture

[00:27:24] um holds a special place in my heart and to kind of see a little bit of a redesign on it see

[00:27:30] you know that thing is bulked up on impulse engines my word um that's a lot of impulse power

[00:27:36] that that ship is packing yeah but um it's it's big yeah that titan is a piece of machinery

[00:27:45] and I got to say it I was kind of surprised that they kind of went with that sort of new retro design

[00:27:51] but it really really works in this episode it really uh absolutely does and and you know I'm

[00:27:57] in the same boat as you that refit enterprise I mean like I know you know I've told you this in the

[00:28:03] past motion picture was the first thing of Star Trek I ever saw first yeah thing I ever saw and

[00:28:11] that scene of AndriDoc was like you know that made me feel like it was real like Star Trek was

[00:28:18] react to me and so seeing that in that huge space dock too was was phenomenal too like these massive

[00:28:26] ships are inside this massive space dock was was really cool to me just gave me scale and you know

[00:28:34] really put me in the moment but yeah it definitely harkened back to the motion picture there kind of

[00:28:39] see in that ship it was really kind of cool well you know the the nice thing about the

[00:28:44] the motion picture refit enterprise is that it it truly looks good lit from any angle

[00:28:50] you can look at it you know in every shot in the motion picture and it's gorgeous no matter

[00:28:55] you know whether they're looking from you know the the back of the Nesele back over the secondary

[00:29:00] hull in the saucer you know in that one shot from the aft view or straight on or you know dorsal

[00:29:05] view it doesn't matter the ship is gorgeous and the Titan A I have to say is just as beautiful

[00:29:11] and I think it it has the same compliment every angle you look at this ship from it is really

[00:29:18] beautiful to look at and I have to believe that that was part of the calculus yeah no absolutely

[00:29:23] yeah yeah I it makes me wish eagle moss were still around because I need me a a Titan A for sure

[00:29:32] yep no for sure if they ever released that as a model I might have to actually try model building

[00:29:39] um but that might be a disaster well GBS always we want it now it's gonna have a go if it goes

[00:29:48] as well as my enterprise debelt here I know right yeah so well as always we want to take a moment

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[00:31:27] gonna put you on the spot here because this isn't in the outline and I like to do this every now

[00:31:32] then I like to go call it crazy Ivan and just do something absolutely nuts if you had to pick one

[00:31:38] favorite element of this first episode of Picard's third season. What would it be for you?

[00:31:45] what stands out the most is a performance is it a thing is it a scene is it a ship what is it

[00:31:52] for me for me it's the opening scene the opening scene where we get introduced to Beverly Crusher

[00:31:59] all the nostalgic elements that get introduced you know we even see like her

[00:32:05] dedication plaques and her awards over the years and things that just bring us back to TNG

[00:32:13] the sounds the elements so those nostalgic factors in that opening scene are really my home run for

[00:32:20] this first episode. Well I can't agree I can't I mean I can't argue with that one bit I'm

[00:32:26] gonna pick one of my own I have to say it's gotta be Todd Stashwick's performance in those first

[00:32:30] scenes of Shaw around the dinner table. I like Malbec myself but I don't mind Shatsop Picard

[00:32:40] Todd just really delivers an amazing performance right off the bat and it really makes me want

[00:32:46] to know more about the character you know we know that there's something not quite right about Shaw

[00:32:53] and the way it gets uncovered really is just something to savor for the whole season.

[00:32:58] Absolutely. I love this character already as much as I think that he's a giant jerk in the first

[00:33:05] episode but it really makes me glad that they gave that character this introduction because it's

[00:33:13] just it's amazing to watch. Yeah no it just he puts you right on edge right in the beginning you're

[00:33:19] like okay is he bad or is he just you know a jerk what is he you know and what do we got here?

[00:33:27] Yeah yeah what do we got and that's I remember that's how I felt I felt seeing this like whoa

[00:33:33] this guy is something else but I immediately recognize man this is gonna be a strong character

[00:33:38] throughout the season like I could just tell he was gonna be a home run you know for sure.

[00:33:44] Well I gotta say Jamie season three is off to a solid start and we look forward to covering

[00:33:49] the rest of Picard's final season why don't you tell us what's coming up next time here on

[00:33:54] Discovering Track. On the next Discovering Track Picard aided by seven of nine in the crew of

[00:33:59] the USS Titan Picard makes a shocking discovery that will alter his life forever and puts him on a

[00:34:07] collision course with the most cunning enemy he's ever encountered meanwhile Rafi races to track

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[00:35:43] it for episode one of Discovering Track Picard season three Jamie thanks so much for joining me

[00:35:49] this week I have a feeling we'll have more the crew in with us as the season progresses but where can

[00:35:53] folks find you on social media. I can be found at JMR OG 84 on Twitter and Instagram. Awesome

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[00:36:13] That'll do it for this episode Discovering Track Picard we'll be back next time as we look at

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