IR TV Review: STAR TREK - PICARD - EPISODE 2 (“Disengage”) [Paramount+-S3]

The motion of fate always continues in less than undeniable fashion in Jean-Luc Picard's direction. And while certain part of the context of "Star Trek: Picard" Season Three works in the terms of the idea of what legacy is, the undeniable element here is what dictates a coda and what stories are left to tell. With Episode 2 of Season 3 entitled "Disengage", the aspect of deductive reasoning plays into the reveal of sorts aboard Beverly Crusher's ship and what she is protecting. However, the inevitability of it actually throws a little bit of the lore on its ear and not the best reason. It makes sense in certain perspectives but the idea of what is being fought for is not clear. It also upends something revealed briefly at the end of Season 2 (unless this is part of it). People who were once confidants are keeping secrets and it seems like the current captain of the Titan, who has now been placed in a certain lane of fire, is simply the latest of what he refers to as cowboy antics of the former heads of the flagship Enterprise.

This in a way demeans in certain contexts what Picard and Riker did before. That said, they are different men and, by extension, Seven (who now goes by Annika in her new post) is a different woman. However the idea is always to skirt the rules which is mostly hypocritical in a certain. Riker and Picard would have acted the way the current captain of the Titan did before because it is a matter of principle and regulations (no matter what Picard thinks of the current Starfleet). What this episode does is both display the obvious while still pulling inspiration from the TOS movies: "Wrath Of Khan" and "The Undiscovered Country" (which the showrunners know will work). A late episode introduction is a cool one with an actor that has presence but has a different approach. Whether or not her pertinence has a real reason o exist also reflects in the fugitive that is taken into custody. Picard needs not to be immortal. He just needs a reason to live. The question with this season was the necessity of it. The circle of Q in Season 2 was a beautiful coda despite the season being a little less than elative (save for Alison Pill's beautiful arc). How the mythology spins from here will create a debate of what is original and what becomes nostalgia. It is too early to tell. B-