"Good Morning, Plastic People."
The CBS writer overdid themselves with the second episode introduction. It is funny as hell. Figuratively speaking, as the show they put up turned Mars to a hellish environment. It is intriguing that they haven't shown us a smouldering piece of rock covered in water vapour. In theory, if they could heat up that frozen rock so much, it could eventually turn back to a green and blue planet. There is enough of water to do that... if the scientists didn't lie
Maybe the biggest mystery is the Romulan myth about a secret cabal witch simply could called the Dead. For the sake of avoiding the spelling mistake, I'm going to continue using that term. It surprised me that Picard's guests are the Romulan refugees. I was more amazed that they hate synthetics. So, in a sense they managed to somehow create a situation, where the cabal caused through a hack a galaxy wide ban on the synthetic lifeforms.
It is kind of remarkable act, when you think about it.
Poirot could be call it a galactic crime, because in the essence that's what happened. They compromised the Federation cybersecurity and caused an incident that made them ban their most advanced members. The species that had saved them literally from the Borg apocalypse!
Oh man, how the mighty have fallen!
I love that Picard is written seriously, and the actors take the whole business professionally by delivering us top class SciFi. I love more that Picard has old man problems, with the inevitable death lurking in the future. There is no escape. It happens to all of us. Even to so called immortals. Species that has lived centuries, millenniums. Even the Q had one coming for him, when the Continuum took away his powers and rendered him human.
But it fascinates me that the Borg cube isn't just a cube, but some sort of archive that has severed the connection from the Collective. And the Dead are exploiting its technology, even selling it to the highest bidder. In theory, synthetics should be available in the intergalactic black market. Same that it has always worked, as the Federation didn't leave Picard other choice, but to go rogue.
"Request Denied," the Federation said. "Do what you are good, which is nothing. Go home!"
Thing is, he caused stir in the ranks with his allegation over the Romulan plot. But what I don't understand who is this Narek person? A vulcan separatist, because he does not look like Romulan. Did he sneak into Earth and acted as Maddox?
Was the virus that caused the synthetic incident Borg or Romulan or something else?