Episode 6 Whistlespeak

Burnham and the team ago to planet Halem’no for the next clue. It’s an arid, storm-tossed place where, 800 years ago, the Denobulan scientist built five huge rain generators. Disguised as naturally occurring towering rock formations, only one of them remains in operation, and the planet’s entire population lives in its vicinity.

Time to get on the planet, create a crisis and resolve it without breaking the prime directive, not to interfere. Well, two out of three ain’t bad.

But it all feels a bit too formula.

Star Trek Discovery

5.05 “Mirrors”

Moll and L’ak have entered an unstable wormhole. Burnham and Book enter in a shuttle and find the debris of Moll and L’ak’s ship next to the ISS Enterprise, an alternate version of the USS Enterprise from the Mirror Universe.

A whole lot of boring stuff goes on, then Moll and L’ak escape in a warp pod.

Just Boring.

Star Trek Picard

9 & 10 “Et in Arcadia Ego”
Et in Arcadia ego (also known as Les bergers d’Arcadie or The Arcadian Shepherds) is a 1637–38 painting by Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665), the leading painter of the classical French Baroque style.

Using a Borg trans-warp conduit, La Sirena arrives at Soji’s home-world, Coppelius, several days before the Romulan fleet.

Enough time to chat about philosophy and  add a few moral lessons from Picard to the natives.

Picard loses the argument, and is taken prisoner. Eventually, the Starfleet armada arrives at the last minute led by Riker.

After he usual threats, the Romulans back down and avoid an expensive GCI battle.

Picard dies after Jurati and Soong transfer his consciousness into a device holding Maddox’s copy of Data’s consciousness. But as there are two more series to go, he is re-animated in an android body.

All is well, and they sail off with  Rios, Raffi, Jurati, Elnor, and Seven of Nine.

Star Trek Picard

7 “Nepenthe”

Picard reunites with his old friends and colleagues William Riker and Deanna Troi. Riker tries cooking and Troi still psychoanalyses everyone.

The family try to help Soji come to terms with being an android, and are able to help identify the location from her dream.

8 “Broken Pieces”

Picard and Soji beam aboard La Sirena, and Rios has a panic attack when he sees Soji. He has seen her before.

Seven of Nine arrives to help Elnor fight the Romulans. She connects with the Cube and the Borg drones that are in stasis on it, but the Romulans kill all of the drones by releasing them into space. The Romulans then abandon the Artifact and prepare to invade the synth world.

Star Trek Picard

5 “Stardust City Rag”

Now we get some backstory for Seven of Nine.

They travel Freecloud, where Raffi learns that Bjayzl has Maddox captive and intends to sell him to the Romulans.

After some elaborate play acting, they retrieve Maddox, only to have Jurati murder him.

6 “The Impossible Box”

Narek realizes that Soji has the same nightmare each night, and plans to use this to find where she was created.

To board the Artifact without causing a diplomatic incident with the Romulans, Picard asks Raffi to procure official clearance from the Federation. Raffi, drunk and high following her son’s rejection, convinces an old Starfleet acquaintance to provide the clearance.

Soji discovers her hidden identity and allows herself to be subject to a Romulan meditation. Only to reveal her origin before escaping.

Hugh reveals to Picard a magical portal that can transport them off the Borg cube. Padawan Elnor stays behind (unnecessarily) so they can cover their tracks.

Star Trek Picard

3 “The End Is the Beginning”

Raffi finds Picard a freelance pilot named Rios. On the Artifact, the reclamation project’s director, the former Borg drone Hugh, allows Soji to interview a Romulan that has been reclaimed from the Borg.

This Romulan declares Soji to be “the destroyer” and tries to kill herself, but Soji unknowingly uses her enhanced speed to stop this from happening.

Shortly after this, Picard is attacked by Zhat Vash operatives who reveal that  Soji is “the destroyer”.

4 “Absolute Candor”
Picard asks Rios to make a detour to the planet Vashti, where he helped relocate Romulan refugees before the attack on Mars. Picard had befriended a young boy named Elnor and promised to return for him, but abandoned the boy after he resigned from Starfleet. Hie picks up his young Padawan to sacrifice at the appropriate time.

Picard asks Elnor to join his quest; Elnor initially refuses, but changes his mind when Picard is attacked by Romulans who resent Starfleet for abandoning the evacuation effort.

Then they pick up Seven of Nine who joins them.