[PIC] Vox

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[PIC] Season 3, Episode 9: Vox

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All has been revealed, with only the final conflict left to resolve. I get that the Federation’s decision making processes have been compromised by the enemy, but still, the idea that the *entire fleet* of the federation would go to one location is outrageously stupid and nakedly pure nonsense set up. How would that be remotely logistically possible, let alone that seemingly no one would be like “this seems like a very dumb thing to do.” None of our heroes even thought it was kinda weird before they learned of the conspiracy. Frontier Day, why not, lets all look at space fireworks it’ll be fun!!

Ok ok on to more pressing things. The show has been building up to the reveal of what Jack really is for almost the whole season, a move you do when you’re fairly confident you’ve got a good hand to play. I think the reason the show is so confident is because of how intricately they constructed all the threads and teases, which they go to lengths to explain in this episode. But it’s all just for the Borg to show up again, an enemy we’ve seen over and over and over despite their central interesting hive mind concept not really being present for like 30 years. Like with the Changelings, the show has evolved the abilities of the Borg, this time shifting their zombie powers into a mind virus type thing. It’s not much of an idea, but it does allow them to up the stakes to an insane level for the finale. That’s where the stupid Frontier Day plays its role. It’s completely unbelievable, but maybe still a better end goal than we’ve seen on Picard so far if only because it’s scary to think of the entire fleet assimilated? We’ll see how our heroes win the day, I’m sure it’ll be just as plausible as the problem they face.

On a similarly ridiculous but more positive note, the real twist of the episode is that the show set aside its Enterprise D slander and movie love and pandered to us by getting the crew together on the ol bridge of the D. It’s dumb and I’m happy about it. Why not at this point! My only remaining question is do we get to see Picard’s ready room. what about engineering. how many sets did they rebuild I want to see them all!!

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Notes:

If they would have managed to artificially put off revealing what’s through the red door for another episode I think I would have been legitimately impressed.
It’s a borg cube. The borg and changelings had an alliance, also forget about the changelings. I guess they did their part and are out of it now remember the borg its the borg again
Picard figures he’d better tell Jack about the borg cube in his head. It’s not like he would immediately run home to the borg or something, right?
Shelby shows up, is killed. A tradition for this season’s cameos.
She introduces a new technology. In the case of fleet-wide incapacitation, all the ships can be controlled remotely now. If you’re in starfleet, you should be worried about your job
Jack meets the big bad AKA basically the villain from last season.
He was going to shoot her, but then he “can’t,” so he shouts instead.
The borg send some kind of signal that assimilates all young people. It only works on young people because the main characters are old.
whoops the entire federation is assimilated
quit your jokin’ Data this is serious!!
This show keeps killing characters that aren’t Raffi for some reason.
All they need is one single ship that hasn’t been integrated with the new borg technology to fight the entire Federation fleet. Turns out Geordi has been tinkering with something in his garage.
The ship (and the series) finally turn the dang lights on.

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