Nepenthe
The
seventh episode. Picard and Soji arrive on Nepenthe and meet Riker,
Troi and their daughter, Kestra. La
Sirena escapes from the
Artefact, where Hugh and Elnor find themselves in over their heads.
On La Sirena
Jurati struggles with what she knows... Flashback, three weeks
earlier. Commodore Oh mind melded with Jurati, showing her something
similar to Spocks vision of CONTROL's apocalypse. (Of course,
whatever the Zhat Vash are afraid of would be something different.)
However,
the whole scene was very well presented, leading into the chase of La
Sirena later in the
episode. The struggles of the La
Sirena crew in escaping
from the Artefact were done very well. But the main focus of the
episode was on Nepenthe. Picard and Soji arrive on the planet and are
greeted by Kestra. (A rather good easter egg there, and a there is a
thematic link when it's revealed that Kestra wasn't always an only
child.) Picard's line about his heart being pure duratanium was a
good call back to the fact he has an artificial heart.
Meeting
Will and Deanna again was very nostalgic. The way their characters
were developed for the episode was consistent with their characters
in the series and movies. The following scenes were also well done.
Of course, Soji would be questioning her existence, and be uncertain
as to the reality of the situation. That it would be Kestra who would
help her through it was obvious. Kestra having an older brother who
died to a disease that couldn't be treated after the Synth ban was an
interesting way to connect the situation to the overall themes of the
series.
(And Thad wanting a
homeworld of his own and coming up with constructed languages was
also well conceived.) The interactions between Hugh and Elnor as they
try to evade the Narissa and the other Romulans were very well done.
But Hugh getting it, as it were, is definitely a missed oportunity.
More could have been done with his character. But there is a very
effective lead in to the next episode with the Fenris Ranger beacon.
Back to La Sirena, they discover that Narek is following
them...
Rios suspecting
Raffi before Agnes doesn't seem that believable, but then she didn't
say why she was down there. The way Agnes deals with the issue shows
her desperation in the situation she has found herself in and it was
very well depicted, showing that she didn't have much choice. 9/10.
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