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missed and please stay tuned to the end to get a special inside look at this episode directly
from the mouth of showrunner Terry matalis himself so you don't want to miss this episode
last week's episode Ended as we learned Beverly has a son and they are being hunted the show ends
with the intimidating shrike engulfing the Elios ominously this episode begins two weeks before the
events of the last episode and we see Beverly's son jack Crusher has brought the Elios to Sarnia
Prime which is in a quarantine Zone Fenris Rangers appear and force him to submit to an inspection we
learned that they are trying to deliver medical supplies to people in need but to get through
the political red tape he's bribing inspectors with Romulan ale and weapons at a bribe what Jack
doesn't know is these Fenris Rangers were looking for him and report his location to someone unknown
later we learn this is only the beginning of a series of unexpected visitors hunting them
it's bad guys shooting bad guys back to present day we are once again looking at the menacing
shrike facing off with the Elios and we get bad guy music that is a throwback to the original
series episodes Jack tells Picard and Riker that the Elios has been close to the nebula for too
long and it's fried their systems Picard wants to negotiate but the shrike doesn't seem to be
there to negotiate Beverly is in need of medical attention and they want to get her back to the
Titan but the Titan is out of range back on the Titan the bridge has registered the shrike on
their sensors and realize it is dangerous seven starts prepping to go in and save Picard but Shaw
says to belay that order remind seven of her place then points out that the Titan is an exploratory
vessel and that they are outgunned and he doesn't want to risk the lives of 500 crew members back
on the Elios Jack is desperately trying to get his mother prepared for the shuttle and we get
our first interaction between Picard and Riker about Beverly's son Riker tells Picard there is
something very familiar about him and Picard looks uncertain to say say the least the shrike disables
its prey and destroys the shuttle with Beverly's life support failing they seem to be doomed we get
an external shot from the debris of the explosion and we see a piece of Hull fly at the screen with
the name of the shuttlecraft the savic Star Trek Picard season 3 has many overtures to the original
series movies and of course we remember savic as the Vulcan Starfleet Cadet mentored by Spock who
underwent the Kobayashi Maru at the beginning of the Wrath of Khan movie originally played
by Kirsty alley who would go on to be a star in cheers and who passed away just a couple of months
ago savic would go on to be played by Robin Curtis during the Search for Spock and Voyage
Home Movies the scene ends with that wonderful blasterbeam sound we remember from the vijer
flyover in Star Trek the motion picture the sound was created by child star turned musician Craig
Huxley who ironically played Kirk's nephew in the original series back to Rafi we find her berating
herself for not being able to stop the people that stole the secret weapon from days Trump
before they could use it we find out 117 lives were taken in the attack rafi's Handler tells her
the investigation is over as they now believe a Romulan named Lorac taluko was responsible for the
attack but Rafi isn't convinced and becomes angry as she decides she will talk to an underworld drug
boss Ferengi named Sneed to uncover the truth her Handler tells her to stand down but Rafi refuses
back on the Titan seven goes to Captain Shaw and reports that Picard is under attack Shaw still
angry that she helped them take the shuttle won't help but seven leaves him with a sober thought sir
you could be the hero or you could be remembered for being the captain who let two legends die
over on the Elios Picard is already one step ahead as he starts placing transport Inhibitors on the
walls and just in time as the shrike tries to beam jack off the ship as a tractor beam locks
onto the Elios Beverly's life support is draining and all seems lost in what is the first of many
moments to come this season that will make you stand up punch the air and scream yes the Titan
screams in from off screen and blocks the tractor beam with the hull of the ship it's an incredibly
exciting moment that you just don't see coming Shaw against everything he believes has come
to save the day thanks to seven speech and it's important to note here in what would have been a
thoughtless plot mistake in Picard seasons one and two the Titan can't beam everyone off the Elios
but Jack remembers that the transport Inhibitors are still on it is small moments like this all
over this season that remind us the writers have left no detail forgotten with everyone safe for
now back on the Titan we get back to Rafi who has returned to matalis Prime to meet with her
ex-husband Jay who is now an artist but still has connections to the crime underworld we get
an update from season one of rafi's relationship with her son and granddaughter disappointed that
Rafi has prioritized conspiracies over her son Jay tells her he will help her connect with her child
or the Underworld for Angie boss but not both Rafi reluctantly chooses the conspiracy and it's
not hard to imagine she realizes this will have future ramifications on her back on the Titan the
shrike circles the smaller Starfleet vessel like a shark sizing up its wounded meal in the ocean
we meet vatic for the first time she knows who Captain Shaw is and hints that she's surprised
he remains functional considering his Starfleet psychological profile Picard takes charge of
the situation reminiscent to the last time we saw him in TNG vatic reveals that she wants
Jack Crusher that there is a bounty on his head and she will have him in a moment that makes it
clear she has no fear of the Titan she makes the shrike vulnerable by lowering her Shields so they
can see what she plans on destroying them with including an unknown technology in the primary
position what could that be that it gives them an hour to hand Jack over to her and demonstrates
her power by using her tractor beam to throw that's right I said throw the Elios at the Titan
invasive Maneuvers there's a first in Star Trek storytelling and we say give us more the Elios
leaves a scar as it breaks up along the whole of the Titan we find out that everything vatic said
about Jack is true he is a wanted criminal as a result of his acts of operating on the edge of
federation space Shaw wants to turn Crusher over to protect his crew but Riker and Picard talk him
into using their time to learn as much as they can Riker finally confronts Picard about Jack
and asks him are you not seeing what I'm seeing Picard tells Riker not to speculate but you can
see this is weighing heavily on John Luke a visit to the brig allows Jack a chance to explain his
actions to Picard and surprises him by saying Beverly was right there with him doing these
things the whole time Picard accuses him of lying and this leads to an escalating argument that ends
with Picard asking who his father is and Jack saying I never met my father the uncomfortable
silence that follows is played excellently by both actors and leaves us thinking whoa
Jack then says he wants to give himself up to give his mother a future but Picard won't turn
him over without his day in court back with Rafi on the tallest Prime she arrives in Snead's drug
Lair if you thought the Ferengi we met here seems familiar you would be right he is none other than
12 Monkeys James Cole himself matalis pulled in more than Todd stashwick from his successful 12
Monkeys time travel show Aaron Stanford stands in as a very believable and treacherous Ferengi
as Rafi tries to pry information from the underworld boss he forces her to use drugs
to prove she's not Starfleet Rafi reluctantly complies but Sneed is still one step ahead of
her the 12 Monkeys Picard season 3 team had a little fun here by naming the drug she takes
Splinter as a riff on the effect that happens to Time Travelers over multiple time travel trips in
the 12 Monkeys Universe hearing Stanford deliver the line was a delicious thrill for fans of both
universes Sneed reveals her Lies by showing her the head of the Romulan she claimed to work for
and all hell breaks loose as Rafi stabs Sneed in the hand and then occur left comes through
the chest of one of his henchmen another Standing Ovation moment happens as Wharf son of Moog tears
through the bad guys like a hot knife through butter and behead Sneed Klingon music plays
as he helps a drugged out Rafi and utters his first lines I told you do not engage
that's right Wharf is her Handler yes we heard some of you guessing after episode 1 after the
Handler told Rafi she was a warrior there is no better way Worf could have been introduced to the
series except in battle back on the Titan time is running out for Jack Picard and Riker try to
convince Shaw to change his mind he's not even convinced he's Beverly crusher's son and with
her still unconscious there is really no way to prove it Jack manages to escape from the brig in
a clever Starfleet Tech way while at the same time Riker is giving Beverly a hypo spray against the
wishes of her doctor that it comes on long enough to taunt Picard and Shaw giving them the meaning
of her ship's name and threatening to Peck away at them little by little until there's nothing
left it nearly works as Shaw is about to turn him over but discovers Jack has escaped seven finds
him and we learn he's trying to transport himself off the ship and turn himself over to vatic Shaw
still unconvinced is about to hand him over when will escorts Beverly onto the bridge she looks
at card he looks at her and suddenly we all know Picard takes command and orders the boy to stay
on board boy stays here and then he tells Shaw why because he's my son this is finally enough
to get Shaw to come along showing us the captain has more feelings about him than we realize the
Titan launches everything she's got at the shrike as vatic laughs at the measly attack and follows
them into the nebula the episode ends with vatic's menacing laugh this reveal of Picard's son is sure
to keep Star Trek fans talking all week if not weeks on end and we may be talking about that
moment between John Luke and Beverly for years to come it was a poignant and historical moment
in the Star Trek universe more details of Jack and his relationship with his father will be revealed
in future episodes that and many more questions will still unfold what is the story behind Shaw's
psychological profile what is worth doing working for Starfleet intelligence when exactly did
Beverly and John Luke have a son and when will we see the other members of our TNG crew all will be
revealed as the showrunner and his team leave no stone unturned and every plot Point earned are you
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the link is in the description below and now Star Trek Picard season 3 showrunner Terry matalis so
the idea for Wharf this season when we talked to Michael and when we were breaking it was that he
was a little bit more of a samurai that he was out there chasing down leads uh from the Dominion War
um and that uh even though some of the canon books had him as captains of Starship We didn't want to
negate and say that those things didn't happen we're just saying that's not where he was now
well as an archetype it we knew we wanted a classic Star Trek Larger than Life villain
um and um without going into spoiler details as to who and what she is
um we knew that she would have some deep-rooted uh feelings towards the Federation and Starfleet in
particular and uh there there was an erratic sensibility we wanted to give her men Amanda
Plummer was I think the first and almost only name that was ever brought up in that writer's room why
I'm just curious I've just always been a fan of a menopause I love Amanda Plummer um uh and uh and
there's also the Star Trek DNA in in there as well um but that wasn't uh at all a deciding factor
or or or or a really strong contributing factor at all it was mostly about Amanda
um Amanda has the ability to show um certainly that erratic sensibility but
also great sensitivity and um unpredictability uh that we thought was right for the character
what would they say you know they're they're the is it my son yes it is John Luke like there's
it's it's so much more powerful than these are these actors can just pull that off um
I I think the looks the score the moment itself says everything
um that you don't you don't need it um and if you built the episode right uh I felt like it
could work I was worried it couldn't word it wouldn't for sure because he's my son [Music]
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