Problem number one is that all the important character development happened off-screen between seasons. Problematic developmentsīut even from this first episode, the cracks in the storytelling are already exposed. Season 2 starts off promising, with the Federation looking more like what I'm used to,Īnd the opening episode seemingly including an "anomaly of the week". This actually kind of sort of looks like Star Trek. The first episode is even about a starship investigating a strange anomaly in space. We still see a version of the Federation that is racist and xenophobic, but this time, it's in the form of a parallel reality fascist Confederation.
In fact, they give long speeches about the duty of Starfleet to explore the unknown and about the value of diversity and inclusion. This time around, the Federation is not depicted as racist cowards who are unwilling to help a refugee population fleeing from a natural catastrophe.
The first 2 episodes were actually not bad, and seemed to go out of their way to try to rectify some of the complaints that were levied against season 1. I was actually kind of optimistic at the start. But I don't think I can do that for this season of Picard because nothing in this show makes any sense. I previously wrote an outline of my ideas for re-writing the first season of Picard to retain all the good ideas, get rid of the bad, and create something that more closely resembles the type of Star Trek that I want to see. Not only does the second season of Star Trek: Picard fall apart due to sloppy, incoherent plotting, but it also seems painfully unaware of certain parts of Trek canon and also of how metaphor and allegory are supposed to work. And furthermore, the TV writers in the room need to listen to those sci-fi writers and consultants. Paramount needs to get some actual science fiction writers (preferably ones who have worked on Star Trek in the past) and science and technical consultants into the writing rooms for their Star Trek shows. I want to get it out of the way right up front. I'm not going to wait till the end of the review this time to say this.
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