The End is the Beginning
The third episode. Picard gets his crew together, and more ocurrs at the reclaimation facility (including the revelation that Hugh is involved.) The background between Picard and Raffi as established was well done. (And it would be just like Picard to do what he did, resign rather than be part of a Starfleet that was withdrawing from the evacuation effort.) No doubt, more will be told about how Raffi ended up the way she did. There's more to it than that Picard hadn't been in contact...
At the reclaimation facility, Soji has drawn Hugh's interest. Especially so when she requests to interview a Romulan who was aboard the last ship the Cube assimilated. (The mythology/socially important narrative angle is interesting, but I'm not sure where they are going with that.) Soji as the Destroyer? Her realising that she didn't know how she came by the knowledge about that ship that was assimilated, was done rather well. But whether it will lead to her figuring out her nature by herself?
Narek is still engratiating himself into Soji's life, and it seems Rizzo has quit her undercover job in Starfleet. (Maybe?) Certainly there are more developments there. Commondore Oh confronts Jurati at the Daystrom Institute. Certainly there is more to the situation than Jurati would let on at Chateau Picard. That the Zhat Vash would attack there, is believable. Clearly, Picard and the housekeepers are prepared for such an attack. Jurati coming in straight afterwards, saying that she had spilled the beans to Oh, certainly pushes Picard to go straight away.
Risso and La Sirena. Certainly an interesting character. A former Starfleet Commander who is recovering from a past trauma. (Certainly has that in common with Raffi, and Picard himself). The two Emergency Holograms were also well done. Overall a good episode, even if a little heavy on the exposition, and an effective conclusion to the pilot trilogy. 8.8/10.
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