Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2
- Episode aired Mar 26, 2020
- TV-MA
- 56m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
4.9K
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Picard and his team are pitted against the Romulans and the synthetics of Coppelius in a final confrontation.Picard and his team are pitted against the Romulans and the synthetics of Coppelius in a final confrontation.Picard and his team are pitted against the Romulans and the synthetics of Coppelius in a final confrontation.
Kay Bess
- La Sirena Computer
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhile it has long been speculated that Picard is older than Patrick Stewart (the reasoning being that people age slower in the 24th century thanks to medical advances), his age is revealed here for the first time. Picard is 94, or born in 2305, while Stewart was 79 when this episode aired. His age had been implied in numerous episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), stating that Picard graduated from Starfleet Academy in 2327, presumably at age 22.
- GoofsWhen Picard leaves the quantum simulation of the vineyard's living room, contemporary light switches can be seen next to the door. Provided that they are there for lending a vintage feel to the house, it's very strange that these are clearly American style switches, despite the fact that the vineyard is supposed to be in France.
- ConnectionsReferences 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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Star Trek at last
Don't listen to the naysayers, the finale is pure unadulterated Star Trek. Star Trek is entirely about philosophical questions and what it means to be "human" - this nails that. No spoilers, but it essentially boils down to the dangers of fear. And the characters are all great. Star Trek needs literally nothing else to be good; things like being consistent with the overall timeline or explaining every single detail are such insipid things to worry about (City on the Edge of Forever has plenty of inconsistencies; you bashing it for them?)
Some other notes: each character gets enough screen time to give them a satisfying conclusion to the season; there are no stupid never-would-have-seen-that-coming twists like pretty much every other streaming show; the tone/style of the episode really capture the atmosphere of TOS/TNG well
For those who say it violates the utopian vision of Trek: sure it dims humanity's prospects a bit, but something a lot of reviewers seem to gloss over is that this is the first Star Trek series where every race we see is working to accomplish a greater good (however misguided their understanding of what that means); literally no other Trek show to this point has done that
As for the so called unresolved details... why do you care? Star Trek is not a suspense-driven mystery thriller where every detail needs to be wrapped in a bow. Every plot-relevant point was addressed, the others are just world building and spending time on them would have taken away from more important parts. Some reviewers act like they won't be satisfied until they get Soong's detailed notes on how to construct an android from scratch.
I think there is some validity in wishing the new characters got more time to develop, but this is just season one and there's plenty of time for them to do so. In fact my complaint here is that we got a little too much backstory on some of them (think about it, we know more about Rios' history prior to this show than we really do of most major characters, like Geordi prior to Next Gen)
Some other notes: each character gets enough screen time to give them a satisfying conclusion to the season; there are no stupid never-would-have-seen-that-coming twists like pretty much every other streaming show; the tone/style of the episode really capture the atmosphere of TOS/TNG well
For those who say it violates the utopian vision of Trek: sure it dims humanity's prospects a bit, but something a lot of reviewers seem to gloss over is that this is the first Star Trek series where every race we see is working to accomplish a greater good (however misguided their understanding of what that means); literally no other Trek show to this point has done that
As for the so called unresolved details... why do you care? Star Trek is not a suspense-driven mystery thriller where every detail needs to be wrapped in a bow. Every plot-relevant point was addressed, the others are just world building and spending time on them would have taken away from more important parts. Some reviewers act like they won't be satisfied until they get Soong's detailed notes on how to construct an android from scratch.
I think there is some validity in wishing the new characters got more time to develop, but this is just season one and there's plenty of time for them to do so. In fact my complaint here is that we got a little too much backstory on some of them (think about it, we know more about Rios' history prior to this show than we really do of most major characters, like Geordi prior to Next Gen)
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- michaeljimmcdonald
- Mar 26, 2020
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- Runtime56 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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