Episode:106
The Impossible Box

Jack's Rating:

Picard and the crew track Soji to the Borg cube in Romulan space, resurfacing haunting memories for Picard. Meanwhile, Narek believes he finally found a way to safely exploit Soji for information.

Features: The Borg The Romulans
Stardate:
Air Date: 02/26/20
Director: Maja Vrvilo

Jack's Review
I will admit, Picard meeting Hugh was a huge high point for the series. Picard was haunted by being on the cube and finding a friendly face was actually a well written scene. The rest of the episode is like a D&D dungeon crawl with a first-time dungeon master.

Episode:109
Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1

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Following an unconventional and dangerous transit, Picard and the crew finally arrive at Soji's home world, Coppelius. However, with Romulan warbirds on their tail, their arrival brings only greater danger as the crew discovers more than expected about the planet's inhabitants.

Features: The Borg The Romulans
Stardate:
Air Date: 03/18/20
Director: Akiva Goldsman

Jack's Review
This one is pretty good. I don't have a lot of issue here. It sets up what should be a decent finale.

Episode:201
The Star Gazer

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Starfleet must once again call on Jean-Luc Picard after members of his former crew- Cristóbal Rios, Seven of Nine, Raffi Musiker, and Dr Agnes Jurati- discover an anomaly in space that threatens the galaxy.

Features: The Borg Time Travel The Q Entity The Romulans
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 03/03/22
Director: Doug Aarniokoski

Jack's Review
The first episode of season two is better than all of the first season. We get Starfleet ships, Picard is part of Starfleet, a huge anomaly, Guinan, and Q. While it does have some of the annoying camera angles and pacing issues that plague modern cinema, it does a really good job of setting the story and pointing the season down a specific path.

Episode:202
Penance

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Picard finds himself transported to an alternate timeline in the year 2400 where his longtime nemesis, Q, has orchestrated one final trial.

Features: The Borg Time Travel The Q Entity
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 03/10/22
Director: Doug Aarniokoski

Jack's Review
A terrific episode! Fun, exciting, and with a similar feel to one of the TNG films.

Episode:203
Assimilation

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Picard and the crew travel back to 2024 Los Angeles in search of the "Watcher," who can help them identify the point at which time diverged.

Features: The Borg Time Travel
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 03/17/22
Director: Lea Thompson

Jack's Review
This one is terrific. Another fun romp getting the cast where they need to be. Parts of this season remind me of Voyager's "Future's End". Stranded crew. Trying to blend in. Overall, a really good episode.

Episode:204
Watcher

Jack's Rating:

With time running out to save the future, Picard takes matters into his own hands and seeks out an old friend for help. Rios ends up on the wrong side of the law. Jurati makes a deal with the Borg Queen.

Features: The Borg Time Travel The Q Entity
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 03/24/22
Director: Lea Thompson

Jack's Review
I could have given this one a full five pips for the interplay between Raffi and Seven as well as the greatest cameo in Trek history - but the episode does lean towards being preachy. Old Trek would tackle modern issues by using allegory with alien cultures. Modern Trek just throws it right out there. Don't show us how bad things are. We know. Show us how to solve them. Last gripe for me is...why didn't Guinan recognize Picard? They met in 1893. Same timeline they are in now. They jumped back in time before the timeline skewed off....She should know who he is.

Episode:205
Fly Me To the Moon

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Picard discovers an important person from his past may be integral to the divergence in the timeline; Q continues his manipulation of the timeline; Seven and Raffi attempt to rescue Rios; Jurati faces the consequences of her deal with the Borg Queen.

Features: The Borg Time Travel The Q Entity
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 03/31/22
Director: Jonathan Frakes

Episode:209
Hide and Seek

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With time running out before the launch of the Europa Mission, Picard and Guinan must free themselves from FBI custody; Seven and Raffi come face-to-face with Jurati and the horror of what she's become.

Features: The Borg
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 04/28/22
Director: Michael Weaver

Jack's Review
The last of the filler episodes, thankfully. Hide and Seek gives us some new and surprising possibilities for future Borg interactions. There are some rather silly moments - I mean, the Borg-ified bad guys are basically worthless as soldiers and the green pointer lasers might as well be flashlights.

Episode:210
Farewell

Jack's Rating:

With just hours until the Europa Launch, Picard and the crew find themselves in a race against time to save the future.

Features: The Borg The Q Entity
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 05/05/22
Director: Michael Weaver

Jack's Review
I admit it - this episode made me cry like a baby. Three times. A surprise character return, a shocking bit of tenderness, and a well rounded finish, give this episode a well deserved mark as a favorite. It's a fitting and incredibly well done end to a story that sagged in the middle and came up for air at just the right moment.