We view ‘Picard’ as one of the rare shows that came as close to TNG as it could. The series appears to be as original in many ways as its mother series, but with the added intensity that is needed nowadays to keep the fans pleased and engaged. It really is perfectly fitted to the present-day environment where episodes of the whole season are combined to create a whole.

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The show takes time to develop the story. We watched how it progress, first hooking us up with the familiar face of Patric Steward and his great portrait of celebrated Captain Picard. Then, it was all just a slow acceleration in tension that culminated in the last two episodes to a completely unexpected (to us) ending.

The show is set in the universe that is quite different than the other series. It’s not any more optimistic Be-The-Best-You-Can-Be setting where humans are trying to improve themselves and progress positively in their evolution. The United Federation of Planets has changed as has Picard, not just because he has retired. There are politics and corruption in the system, and portraying such situations perfectly induces the feeling of the present-day environment.

There are a lot of things to like about the show. The storyline is original as it shows the continuation of what happened with the Enterprise crew years later. Actors look older and they act older. It’s very fitting and nice to see. Old Picard is not young anymore and he shows that. Actually, the acting of the whole crew is superb. Also, all the characters in the show are very colorful, even the ones that you decide to despise. And the show still keeps its original element of being intellectual and sociology-oriented, asking a lot of interesting questions and providing some possibilities of its own. We are glad this installation of StarTrek kept that to its roots as it always was more than an action show in a Sci-Fi setting.

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Interestingly, the biggest question is the one that we are to face very soon, what are we to do with AI and droids that will one day, without a doubt, look just like us? It’s quite different than the question we asked in the ’80s about what it would be like to be a droid. Now it is, how are we really going to treat droids and deal with them? If left unregulated, is it possible that they will be created to reflect the lowest of human trails and portray human nature at its worst? Or can we truly make them better than us? Those are some interesting questions that this show has made us discuss. And you know the show is good when days later you still discuss dilemmas that it helped raise.

All taken into consideration, “Picard’ was very refreshing to watch due to its indisputable quality and originality, and we consider it a very worthy addition to the StarTrek universe, the one that is perfectly fitted to the present day. We sincerely hope more of the similar shows are to follow.