Star Trek Picard Season 3 Episode 6 Review With Special Guest: Showrunner TERRY MATALAS!

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Review, Breakdown, Terry Matalas: Star Trek Picard Season 3 Episode 6, "The Bounty," is a massive Easter egg tsunami with numerous Trek references integrated into the story. Every callback in this episode is canon and organic to the Trek universe, making it a fantastic 101 course on 90s-era Trek
Picard, Worf, Raffi, and Riker break into Daystrom Station to stop terrorist attack. "Bounty" is fan service with Easter eggs, but tightly crafted and expertly delivered. Geordi's return is triumphant with nuanced interplay. Heist sequence weaker, but TNG cast completes. S3 maintains high quality, approaching strong finish to TNG saga. Four episodes left, expect relentless pacing and plot points. "Bounty" marks end of fan service, but all expectations exceeded, so all bets are off.
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[@ThePopcast]

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[@billkeithchannel]

Picard facing down Locutus is the last demon he needs to defeat to be whole. S1 he wrestled with his terminal illness. S2 he faced the death of his mother and the self-coping mechanism by distancing himself from his father. Terry is very subtlety adding value to those first 2 seasons that die-hard fans want to write off.

[@andreanderson8639]

So a question? Commercials for KZbin prime members? Lol Brian

[@coryhowerton1829]

After each of the last 3 episodes, I've said... "That's the best episode in franchise history." This season is just getting better every week. Paramount should turn the franchise over to Terry Matalas full time.

[@Pilot.0101]

100% agree

[@jondorsey2043]

Whoa that's a high bar!

[@jondorsey2043]

I am compelled to ask how much of the 'Berman era' Trek you have consumed.

[@jondorsey2043]

Oh, and i agree. Terry Trek all the fucking way.

[@coryhowerton1829]

@@jondorsey2043 I have seen every episode of every series and every movie.

[@JC_Chappy]

This was my favorite episode so far. Maybe I'm soft, but I appreciated all the fan service. I feel like this was a soft apology to all the legacy fans that felt like they were left behind, and then laughed at by Kurtzman's Trek. Terry needs to take the helm for future Trek shows. Star Trek Legacy sounds amazing.

[@martehoudesheldt5885]

dam right

[@deanag8457]

me too i havent watched anything twice in years

[@Robinjoy45]

Amen!!! Terry M has continued and added on to the Star Trek legacy and future started by Gene Roddenberry...... Lets continue to build on that legacy and not go remake what we already made and change history...

[@gideonsiete1868]

Thanks for the great interview with Terry Matalas. I would have loved to ask Terry how he dealt with such a low budget for Season 3, which had limited him to use only standing sets recycled from the prior seasons (e.g., Guinan's bar) plus only a handful of new cheap sets knocked together and darkly lit to hide detail, and with such a limited budget for CGI (though still well executed), and how he still managed to create such an incredible banger of a story arc given the minuscule resources he was given.

[@adrianvanleeuwen]

The Enterprise here is actually the 1701-A which Jack calls Kirk's ship, which Kirk and crew saw at the end of The Voyage Home, and Kirk was its first captain. The original 1701 exploded in Search for Spock. So it was actually the second version of the 1701 refit (now as dash A but looked similar to the refit version).

[@JamesA1102]

That’s right. Why doesn’t someone fact check these videos?

[@gideonsiete1868]

Everything shown in Star Trek Picard Season 3 Episode 6 about the NCC 1701-A is actually correct because that ship was captained by James Kirk and no one else. The original NCC 1701 was destroyed back in the film The Search for Spock. The ship shown here in the museum is correctly labeled as "Kirk's Enterprise" because he was the only captain of that particular ship (1701-A), so what Jack said in Star Trek Picard Season 3 Episode 6 is actually accurate.

[@captcan78]

Yes... The original constitution displayed in the museum is NCC-1975. USS New Jersey. If you wanna know where that comes from, look up the birth date and place for producer Terry Matalas.

[@JamesA1102]

@@gideonsiete1868 Yes, what Jack said was correct. But what the narrator of this video said was not.

[@scottb7539]

The refits parts could have been saved and rebuilt on a new frame. What they took off during the 18 month refit so it may still exist. As a kid in the sand box days. I said that every thing the took off the original was sold to a race of scrappers who resold the parts to a race who was using the part to build their own constitution class ships and the refit ended up fighting the ship and eventually captured the vessel. Who knows they could have read my childhood mind don't ask how the Refit and the A ended up serving together. Let's just say time traveling aliens are involved. Spock took the Refit and Kirk took the A the A was the ship in better condition and better crewed.

[@Cthulhuforabettertomorrow]

Just the way he said Gordi and Captain. Damn. I love that Brent got to reprise all his roles, as he has been such a huge part of multiple series. It is a great touch, but seeing Data again got me right in the feels. He is and always be my favorite crew member.

[@procta2343]

I wonder if this is an opening to bring data back full time, so that they could do one more film in the near future.

[@knightrcer]

I know what you mean ever since I saw a small clips of Jordy calling out Lor's name. It made me feel like what if Lor came back even if he's in disguise as Data.

[@neutrino78x]

@@procta2343 the good thing about Data is that since he's an android, a younger actor can play him and they can say he upgraded his body or whatever. But I guess they don't want another to play him....they have to though if Data is to appear in star trek going forward, which I think he should, and Brent Spiner is getting older. 🙂

[@jimmime]

I fear the end is near. But what a way to go. We will always want more....

[@thassil0]

We always want more... :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmSpXnZjp6mJqrc

[@Jim-Mc]

I think the dialogue about passing your best qualities on to the next generation from Soong and Geordie fit well with the museum ships and the fact that the Titan is a mash up of old and new designs, and brought out the theme of the show

[@paulbellino5330]

I really thank the people you made this from the bottom of my heart ❤️. Yes this 60 year old hardened CO had tears streaming down his face during this episode. I can only hope Data gets his wish and turns into a real boy. It was so heart warming to see him and Jordy together. Wow just wow.

[@demariushenderson1802]

What if the changelings (and their angry goo boss) plan to resurrect Locutus using Picard’s original body, and use his Borg connection to assimilate all of Starfleet (which ships are now all networked together)?

[@sjinzaar]

mmmm.... interesting...

[@WickedScott]

So much history being utilized so well in this season. This really broadens Data's arc by making every version of him the necessary components to him becoming human.

[@flavionussbaum9653]

such an amazing episode. i teared up multiple times, this nostalgia hit the righr notes but is never cheap. Fantastic!

[@paulmillbank3617]

The Enterprise we saw was NCC 1701-A. The 1701 blew up in the atmosphere of the Genesis planet and the 1701-A was decommissioned.

[@RGMerkel]

Nooooooooooooo, It was NOT decommissioned then. It was destroyed in ST3 and a new ship renamed. Star Fleet quarter master either renamed an existing ship or they built a new ship. No idea which

[@paulmillbank3617]

@@RGMerkel I didn’t give a time for when the 1701-A was decommissioned, I was simply pointing out that the narrator of the video misidentified which Enterprise was represented in the last episode of Picard. When the Titan arrives at the museum of famous starships the Enterprise 1701-A was represented because the 1701 was destroyed in the movie, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

[@JamesA1102]

@@RGMerkel The Enterprise A was decommissioned at the end of STVI.

[@STho205]

The TOS era ship you saw was: USS New Jersey NCC 1975 a ship the show runner who was born in NJ in 1975 made up. This reviewer just used his own stock shots of series ships, not the shots from the new episode. Did they show NX01 in last week's episode? I didn't recall if they did.

[@paulmillbank3617]

@@STho205 I believe they did from a distance, but I’m not positive I’m correct about that.

[@robertmartinjr.4537]

Kirk's remains housed in a containment unit that had a sounds coming from a medical monitor. Interesting.

[@KnowTrentTimoy]

The Daystrom research facility has been in existence for at least a 150 years. During the Dominion war when the federation was reaching critical junctures and many defeats by the hands of the Jem-Hadar WHY weren't some of these "off-tech" research projects utilized in defeating the Dominion (especially in the earlier days of the war)?? The portal weapon for example. Or the cloaking tech that was tested by the USS Pegasus??

[@Eagle6Airsoft]

Finally got a voyager mention from 7 ❤ that was a great moment.

[@jondorsey2043]

I still do love that season 1 theme, i have to say. Just great. It gives me this weird post-pandemic nostalgia for the show we didn't quite get.

[@nooneatall8072]

Seven simply saying "Off!" to Jack when he sat in the Captain's Chair was hilarious! Was that a tongue-in-cheek callback to what would happen on set if someone (who wasn't the Captain) did the same? Heh ... And we have Jack The Ladies' Man. Flirting with both Seven and Sidney. 😄 Though much more so with Sidney.

[@Emanon...]

This season has been amazing so far. It's sad it took them 2 full seasons to give us something that deserves the moniker "Star Trek".

[@common_c3nts]

Yes S1 and S2 were a waste and bad writing. Now they have a good S3 and they cancle it with no season 4. So dumb.

[@RGMerkel]

If you say so. If you enjoy it, great. I just hope their are NO more seasons! It's not Star Trek

[@bethanygee6939]

​@@RGMerkel Hmmm... Why do you dislike season 3 so much? It isn't perfect, but I think it's leagues above 1 and 2 and I'd say it's definitely some of the best Trek written in years. I'm interested to know where you think they went wrong.

[@bethanygee6939]

​@@RGMerkel Great username, BTW. Spaceballs was hilarious. 😊

[@tcmusic6429]

@@common_c3nts they didn’t “cancel it,” it was only supposed to be 3 seasons from the start. Learn facts and how to spell.

[@dtremethick8769]

Genesis 2 was also the name of a television pilot back in the early 70s from Gene Roddenberry

[@STho205]

It was a Buck Rogers adaptation from a pair of 1920s novels that are the fountainhead of US grown Sci Fi. Same is true of Andromeda. If some of the movie/episode plots seem retreads of Star Trek, well that's because at least five plots for TOS come from Nowlan novels and comics....such as The Red Hour. Omega Glory is all but copied from Nowlan. "Armageddon 2419" brought you these ideas from 1920: Flat screen video Medical scanner tables Worldwide pocket flip phones Hand held lasers Pax the enlightened HQ of operations built out of a devastating world war in the 21st century.

[@Captain.AmericaV1]

*They need to do a Captain Shaw spinoff.* Todd Stashwick was brilliant.

[@procta2343]

That would open the door nicely, for star trek to move forwards. not sure if jeri be keen on staying on another series. due to getting possibly stereo cast as seven.

[@NviGWarren]

This show makes me want to watch every Star Trek, NG, Discovery, DS9 and all the movies again. I know AI is scary, but I would love to have a personal Data.

[@Wrightmcclure]

Be still my beating heart. I am on the edge of my seat here. I can't wait to see how far the Picard series will go. Awesome.

[@nicholasgendreau1297]

Thanks guys. Please keep the videos coming, they are great

[@Emanon...]

1:30 That specific Vadic scene was a bit weird. She holds a speech about preserving her people and getting vengeance, then promptly shoots one of them for no particular reason. (Assuming they're also changelings of course)

[@ThePopcast]

She's crazy for sure :)

[@billkeithchannel]

@@ThePopcast George Washington hung his own troops for using profanity.

[@Emanon...]

@@HiR0SHi.the.D0G That was my initial thought too, but then why the emotional speech? If anything a Founder would avoid showing any emotions...

[@nooneatall8072]

She did have some reason to have that particular crewmember shot. It was questioning her competence and was in the middle of suggesting that she should be replaced. It was though a very Klingon thing to do.

[@valueofnothing2487]

@@HiR0SHi.the.D0G But why was she giving the speech to them? It sounded like she was including them. Nothing about her makes any sense. Why sound that way? Why the smoking, the human shape, form? Better yet, who care about her? No one knows a thing about her except she acts stoned out of her mind for some reason.

[@banecker1]

So Shatner, wrote himself back to life. Chronically he would be the appropriate age to reprise Kirk one last time. My theory is he will be back, to command the enterprise A. Worf will take the Defiant, Janeway and Seven will be back on Voyager and the rest of TNG cast will be on some sort of rebuilt or refit enterprise “d”. That it will end with a giant fan service show up, just Marvels EndGame. And you know what? It would be bloody awesome.

[@TheTaskmaster]

Bless you, Terry Matalas

[@monch1466]

Best episode of all ST PICARD seasons! 🥰

[@scott1747]

Its absolutely epic. Its motion picture quality every week.

[@zeno_aratus]

any show with worf in it is great. and I enjoy the klingon music they play when he turns up

[@SternLX]

Now all we need is another Surprise appearance by Wesley Crusher. You would think Travelers and Supervisors would step in somewhere to stop the Founders.

[@OptimusNiaa]

Pic S3 is, honestly, even better than I was hoping. With you guys, Dave Cullen, and RMB all speaking highly of the season, I was confident this would be enjoyable. But I didn't think it would (or could) feel this right.

[@stonebear]

"And fearful be the g-d, or man, or beast that stands in my way." Look out, Universe, Worf son of Mogh is ON THE WARPATH... and were I the entire cast of Götterdämmerung in the spirit, I'd be gettin' the heck out the way.

[@anthony0358]

I predict that I will end up rating this season 9 out 10 stars. It’s fantastic

[@fadimelki6248]

I've been loving it!!!!! I've been amazed every week. The 1st 2 seasons were very disappointing but this season is phenomenal!!! I look forward to the next episode.

[@francoisgiannini6548]

I cried with every scene with DATA and the ENTERPRISE FROM GENERATION SEASON 1..........I AM DIEHARD TERRY TREK FAN...PLEASE DONT LET IT END THIS WAY....

[@KaySan666]

I hope that, once the season is over and the series is done, that Jack Crusher survives and him and Sidney Laforge, as well as her sister, might become part of a crew on another starfleet vessel. I would watch that show.

[@internetabyss]

I’m so happy that the powers that be made a 3rd season of Picard to actually be the Star Trek generations we always wanted.

[@Mogget01]

The fact that they still continue to withhold the Ambassador class ships, has me convinced that we’re getting a lost era series in the near future.

[@CoJampee]

Great now I want a spin-off with the “offsprings” as crews of the new Voyager under Captain Seven

[@FernandoTRA]

"what turned Jack into Jason Bourne" hahahaha, very good!

[@STho205]

Kirk's DNA. Bet ya a glass of Sorian Brandy.

[@nathanwilkins3039]

You mentioned that the TNG cast seem complete now they are together in some capacity. In my opinion, it doesn't seem complete without the Enterprise D. Many will say that it's just a ship, but it is in a sense a character just like the rest in TNG. I was hoping to see it in this episode since Picard season 2 states that the saucer is housed at the Fleet Museum. My prediction is that the Enterprise D will be restored by Geordi. A few clues I noticed. One is that Picard wanted to give the Enterprise D painting to Georidi stating he would love it. Another clue is that in the first episode, Riker notices the many Eaglemoss Ds in Guinan's bar and is offended when the bartender says nobody wants the fat one. A third clue I noticed is when Geordi's daughter asks her dad about what is hidden in one of the Fleet museum's bays. Geordi quickly quiets her. My prediction is that the Enterprise D will be restored and unveiled at Frontier Day and join the rest of the legendary ships at the museum.

[@gideonsiete1868]

Given the hints we have seen so far (the painting in ep 1, "What is in hanger 12?"), I suspect you will be right in your prediction. Another big hint: We are told that all current starships are networked together at close range, creating a vulnerability similar to what wrecked the other ships in Battlestar Galactica (2003) during the Cylon blitz, where only the Galactica survived because it was so old that it had no network capability. This puts the Enterprise D in the same position as the Galactica to be the only ship capable of mounting a defense.

[@johnpglackin345]

Enterprise D was destroyed in Star Trek Generations movie. The new Enterprise is E. Which is a better looking ship.

[@robertosaborido9874]

@@johnpglackin345the saucer section was recovered from veridian iii. The Ent-E is a great ship design, but it hasn’t got the charisma or the hostory of the Ent-D.

[@johnpglackin345]

@@robertosaborido9874 Enterprise D looks like tea pot. Not serious looking ship.

[@robertosaborido9874]

@@johnpglackin345 that’s your opinion. As I agreed with you, the E has a better look, but it hasn’t got what the D had, charisma and history (179 episodes and one film)

[@RodgerDodger196]

Your Explanation of what's going on is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!😎

[@ThePopcast]

Wow, thanks!

[@CaptRobertApril]

The original Constitution class we see is the USS New Jersey NCC-1975, the last original ship of the class.

[@michaelstorm2165]

Back to Trek; about damn time 😎

[@kewlztertc5386]

The original Enterprise isn't seen in this scene. It wouldn't be anyway as it was destroyed. What's shown is the 1701-A (refit from movies)

[@sabersaw2004]

Right The original Constitution class we see was the New Jersey. Regardless though it was awesome to see

[@ekb077]

Awesome episodes so far and I expect nothing else going forward.

[@richardbrandon6313]

Fantastic re-integration of all the characters. The best year for Picard and would love Seven as a Captain in her own series. She holds the con like a Captain.

[@johnnynothumbs]

"Deanna" is a changeling. How did they know it was Riker they would capture?

[@firstnamelastname2552]

This episode got me dangerously close to releasing one man-tear out of my eye. It didn't happen because I'm saving it for when my mom dies.

[@tonydagostino6158]

The entire fleet in one place. All ships talk to each other if they're close enough. Sounds like a recipe for disaster similar to what we saw in Prodigy.

[@STho205]

That was the flaw in Battlestar Galactica version 2. Galactica survives because it is being decommissioned and didn't get the new SkyNet style computer systems. A great plot device to allow producers to use 20th century bridge equipment as props instead of fancy TNG style computer props.

[@mattpyfe]

It wasn't the old USS Enterprise, NCC-1701. That was refitted and destroyed over Genesis. This one was the USS New Jersey NCC-1975.

[@jonpulling]

16:36 I don't think the Vadic changeling kills two other changelings here as you state, which doesn't make sense: I believe they are more likely genuine Starfleet Security officers (and "solids")

[@boba6890]

When Seven showed Voyager she should have said: "Harry Kim put moves on me on Voyager. He asked me to join him on the holodeck to watch a sunset and I noticed his eyes kept dilating every time he looked at my body, and so I asked if he was in love with me or whether he only wanted to "copulate". I definitely wanted to copulate and so I told him: "Take off your clothes; don’t be alarmed I won’t hurt you", but he freaked out and said no. That's why he's still an ensign stuck on Voyager, and why he keeps banging his head against bulkheads and muttering 'idiot!''"

[@drewferguson8324]

Seeing data was the best thing in Star Trek in years….

[@Captain.AmericaV1]

*What was the purpose of Vadic taking Picards' original body? Is their intention to somehow reactivate Locutus to be their avatar of war and vengeance, enabling a changeling can take his form and biology to further strengthen their control over the federation, or some other nefarious plan?*

[@kennethwu115]

Fab review of episode 6.

[@nooneatall8072]

[I had posted this in the Popcast Unleashed's 2-hour review video for Episode 6 just a bit ago.] Hmmm...I was looking at the end credits for episode 6 and I noticed something that I hadn't before. One of the LCARS shows Starbase 1 with a small group of ships in what looks like orbit around it. Judging by what we see they are the Defiant, the Enterprise-A, the Voyager, and one other ship (the NX-01 or more likely the Titan-A). (Most of) These ships we were specifically shown at the Museum in this episode. Will these ships be 'mobilized' by our heroes on the Titan and sent to Starbase 1 to interfere with whatever is being planned for Frontier Day? If I recall from the trailers, the entire active Starfleet was shown at Starbase 1, along with some fireworks, which has to be for Frontier Day

[@procta2343]

It was nice to see voyager there, and a bit of a throw back from seven, it would be nice if we have another visitor from voyager in season 3, I have to say so far this is been worlds better than the 1st two.

[@orioguy9]

Wasn't Spocks resurrection a result of his corpse being reborn by the genesis weapon? If we're seeing Kirk and Picards corpses and a genesis weapon, 1 +1 = 2?

[@dannylesbile8592]

I wore chained so called biker wallets since I was 14 I'm now 54 n will wear them for the foreseeable future

[@mrjoshharvey7017]

Picard season 3 is finally good. There were parts of the first 2 season that were kewl like seeing Q

[@sr3473]

Welp...looks like Kurtzmans gonna stay forever now. Great job........

[@spectrelayer]

The Daystrom "trinket' is probably the Tox Uthat.

[@davidcovert4915]

So far, it's been great. However, I can't shake the feeling that we're going to lose a couple main characters....and that is going to hurt...really, really hurt...😢

[@mr.horseshoe2301]

Most of them are geriatrics. Best to let them exit in a blaze of glory instead of a nursing home.

[@jplonsdale7242]

Hope it's Troi

[@DJ-Dreaming]

A thousand percent positive for me. I'm sure Gene would be proud of the team behind Picard.

[@andremarc1275]

i would like Picard season 4 with the same writers, directors and producers of the season 3!!!

[@Cthulhuforabettertomorrow]

And the lines that Worf is dropping are just perfect.

[@stevesifers7431]

ALL GOOD, INJOY, I DID.

[@John-es7zn]

I really liked all the seasons of picard,they all had their special moments like Riker making pizza. Season 2 saw a great return for Q and Brent spider playing a nasty soong. I don't get all the negative comments on kurtzman.imo all seasons are great

[@pcmdenault5391]

Gosh I LUVVVVVVED PICARD SEASON3 ...HIW CAN WE GO BOLDLY INTO THE FUTURE AND INTO THE GALAXY WITHOUT PICARD AND THE ENTIRE PICARD TEAM ....NEED MORE PICCARD ...PLEEEEEASE

[@offendedsnowflakedud]

Hmm Jack with red eyes, maybe these changelings are working with the Pah-wraith from DS9

[@tonyeppes2032]

Apparently the Constitution in TOS was a refit herself based on the SNW Enterprise so.... The enterprise a is a THIRD REFIT design of the original constitution class

[@houseofno]

Please fix the errors in your video. The Constitution class ship in the fleet museum is the New Jersey, not the Enterprise. Secondly, the HMS Bounty, while it appeared in Star Trek III the Search for Spock, it didn't actually arrive on Earth until Star Trek IV The Voyage Home. That movie came out in 1986, not 1984.

[@bigd4998]

I wonder if they will ever put TNG in letter box like we saw with Riker meeting Data in this episode

[@billkeithchannel]

It was originally filmed in 4:3 so they would have to cut off areas of the screen to simulate that.

[@bigd4998]

@@billkeithchannel but that scene they made look in the same ratio as current series

[@danielhall5364]

It's amazing that the powers that be turned the the detractors of Nu Trek properties in to access media by allowing them advance access to the series.

[@evilfingers4302]

Damn it, just when this season was getting better, soon it will be the last season of Picard, I wanna see more by adding more episodes in Season 3

[@curtrogers1715]

If the changelings are trying to adapt themselves making hybrids when they use something or familiar to them like a gym header so I think the master head thing is talking vadick is a hybrid of changeling and Jimador

[@billkeithchannel]

Jem'Hadar I had to startpage it to get the correct spelling so...

[@ryanmonument3992]

We don't see the original NCC-1701. We see the TOS era Constitution class USS New Jersey. What we do see is the NCC-1701-A.

[@The300ZXGuru]

16:56 not everyone. wesley crusher isnt there.

[@serge9786]

If only they would step up Strange New Worlds to the same standards of Picard season 3. I don't believe it would ever happen, so alas SNW will remain subpar at best. Thanks for the video Popcast.

[@babbyfacerevocation2740]

I love the show it's addicting fantastic 😊💝😊

[@KaySan666]

do we know that the three starfleet officers beating up Riker were all changelings? we only see one turning and shooting the others. Might be that the other two were actual security personell

[@TonyGingrich]

It's very curious that both here and on the "Unleashed" channel, Alton Soong's blurb about "addition" is either dismissed, or outright left out. I strongly suspect that to be a clue for things to come. Addition is another word for assimilation. The best information we have on the chain of custody for Picard's body since season 1 is Soong and Daystrom. In his biological form, Picard was also a combination of 2 personalities: himself and Locutus. The new android seems to have rapidly engendered enough trust to serve as the keeper of a sensitive manifest of Daystrom inventory. Such a new, buggy, and untested device could have been trusted only by the arrogant confidence typical of the Soong family. So Alton has a relatively recent association with Section 31. And he died relatively soon after we last saw him as a perfectly healthy and active cyberneticist. That's a lot of dots for an incorrect plot theory...

[@paulbostani3799]

I am amazed how spectacular this season is, given how bad the first 2 were (I didn't even finish watching the second season). Terry Matalas and the writers are geniuses this season. Paramount better realize this , and give Alex Kurtsman the boot!!!!

[@Jamesalec63]

Just wondering if Kirks remains were there to isn't possible that whole thing is so much more than taking one item?

[@harcomou8395]

10:00 We see the USS New Jersey, not the 1701. Yet we do see the 1701-A.

[@peterl.104]

“Terminal Diagnosis”…it’s a (computer) terminal for diagnosis. J/k, makes me think of a joke they would have on The Simpsons.

[@mcrobielord1503]

About the changelings are after the Borg nanoprobes in the remains of Admiral Picard

[@sgransar]

I wonder if Data can still do many calculations simultaneously.

[@robertmartinjr.4537]

The Star Trek TOS accurate canonical constitution class is the The USS New Jersey NCC 1975. Kirk's Enterprise the USS Enterprise NCC 1701-A was displayed.

[@STho205]

A ship the showrunner wrote up because he was born in NJ in 1975...NCC 1975

[@robertmartinjr.4537]

@@STho205 all I care about is the canonical accuracy of the ship.

[@Pilot.0101]

Locutus in the last episode, calling it

[@billkeithchannel]

Or sooner.

[@stanjohnson5767]

Anyone else wonder what's in Hanger Bay 12? Would they dare to bring her back in some form? D?

[@FerdinandCesarano]

3:38 - If you had read the prequel book "The Last Best Hope" by Una MacCormack, you'd understand Picard's and Raffi's relationship, and why it's appr6for her to call him "JL". That book is absolutely required reading.

[@ThePopcast]

You should never be required to consume outside media to understand a tv series or movie.

[@FerdinandCesarano]

@@ThePopcast - Absolutely not true in this case. The story in the book is too rich to ignore. There's the history of Raffi's and Picard's trusting relationship, which explains why Raffi was so angry with Picard for resigning, and blowing up Raffi's career. And then there's the history of Picard's fractious relationship with Admiral (then Captain) Clancy, which gives more depth to their conflict in the first season. EVERY fan must read "The Last Best Hope". No excuse not to. What's more, the book's events are canon. It's from this book that we know that Worf was at one time captain of the Enterprise.

[@itzdcx7991]

I need a new season of Discovery I honestly miss seeing crazy over the top stuff happening

[@stepstv4466]

Its not the NX-01 but likely the Columbia

[@criticPG]

Get well soon my friend you sound a little sick. I hope you'll soon bring back calm speculation videos with lots of questions about Star Trek Picard and future series.

[@ThePopcast]

Thanks Critical! You heard it for sure. Voicing through the flu is a bad idea but the show must go on. Have an amazing week!

[@billkeithchannel]

@@ThePopcast Now that you know what it is like you can confidently say "Thank but no thanks" to full access to a future season ahead of official release. Let the fan theories commence again!

[@PIXX3L5]

That Connie is the New Jersey not the Enterprise

[@AstroNerdBoy]

Incorrect. It isn't the 1701 that's in the Fleet Museum. It is the 1701-A. And the OG Constitution class ship was the New Jersey.

[@sam21462]

Is it all just fan service? Yeah, a lot of it has been. From the perspective of a long lifetime fan all I can say is this, I like to be serviced, oh yes I truly do. 😎

[@ThePopcast]

🤣🤣

[@dkfavs]

How did Captain Kirk’s body get to the Daystrom institute?

[@STho205]

Same way Picard, Riker and the rest did. Recovered by Starfleet rescue ships, since they stopped Malcom McDowell.