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Regarding the Jack Crusher storyline: Season 3 of Picard finishes a lot of the story arcs that got left over the runtime of TNG. Take the storyarc that was be

Regarding the Jack Crusher storyline: Season 3 of Picard finishes a lot of the story arcs that got left over the runtime of TNG. Take the storyarc that was begun in TNG S04E02 "Family" and continued in ST:VII "Generations" of the legacy of the Picard family. Both in "Family" and in "Generations" the desire to leave a legacy, to continue the family, is well established. The Jack Crusher storyline continues this very arc. The show doesn't have to explore those feelings, because they've already been explored, this is just the conclusion of a 33 year old storyline. I agree though that it'd be awesome if it was just the old TNG, continued, but I doubt that'd run well nowadays. First, the new showrunners obviously took some time to get the feeling of Star Trek - their seasons have improved one by one. Second, them splitting what made TNG well into multiple shows - Picard resolves the open storylines, Strange New Worlds asks more philosophical monster of the week questions, Discovery explores progressive inclusivity - feels like a deliberate choice considering the fanbase is quite wide, and everyone expects something different. Personally I really like that it's less pure action, a little more grounded, actions have consequences, Starfleet itself is involved again, it's all going in the right direction. Definitely not there yet, but after so many years of going in the wrong direction, this is good.

bena 4y ago
Also, explored in many other episodes. Like the seventh season episode Bloodlines, fourth season episodes Suddenly Human and Final Mission, and countless others. It is heavily tread territory. Picard offers nothing really new to it. But it wants to retread it all over again for some reason. It's not really a continuation, it's a poor rehash. It's not even resolving anything. It's reopening something that's been resolved. Picard Season 2 was considerably worse than Season 1. It doesn't have to be TNG, but it could at least be closer to Strange New Worlds. Picard is way more action-oriented than TNG-era Trek. There hasn't been an episode where physical violence wasn't central to the conflict. Now, Picard's structure is different from TNG-era. It is not episodic. Every episode serves a larger storyline. That necessarily precludes any individual episode being about "a thing". I don't think Picard Season 3 is that different direction. It's just got more window dressing. It's more a continuation of the movies than of the series.

bena 4y ago

Also, explored in many other episodes. Like the seventh season episode Bloodlines, fourth season episodes Suddenly Human and Final Mission, and countless others. It is heavily tread territory. Picard offers nothing really new to it. But it wants to retread it all over again for some reason. It's not really a continuation, it's a poor rehash. It's not even resolving anything. It's reopening something that's been resolved. Picard Season 2 was considerably worse than Season 1. It doesn't have to be TNG, but it could at least be closer to Strange New Worlds. Picard is way more action-oriented than TNG-era Trek. There hasn't been an episode where physical violence wasn't central to the conflict. Now, Picard's structure is different from TNG-era. It is not episodic. Every episode serves a larger storyline. That necessarily precludes any individual episode being about "a thing". I don't think Picard Season 3 is that different direction. It's just got more window dressing. It's more a continuation of the movies than of the series.