Episode:104
Absolute Candor

Jack's Rating:

The crew's journey to Freecloud takes a detour when Picard orders a stop at the planet Vashti, where Picard and Raffi relocated Romulan refugees 14 years earlier. Upon arrival, Picard reunites with Elnor (Evan Evagora), a young Romulan he befriended during the relocation. Meanwhile, Narek continues his attempts to learn more about Soji while Narissa's impatience with his lack of progress grows.

Features: The Romulans
Stardate:
Air Date: 02/12/20
Director: Jonathan Frakes

Jack's Review
And just when Picard seems to be off on a new space adventure we have to derail the story with yet more useless backstory. I guess the writers were fans of Lord of the Rings and wanted Picard to have Legolas as a crew member? I enjoyed the wide-eyed kid aspect to the Elnor character but let's face it, he's worthless.

Episode:105
Stardust City Rag

Jack's Rating:

The La Sirena crew begin an unpredictable and lively expedition on Freecloud to search for Bruce Maddox. When they learn Maddox has found himself in a precarious situation, a familiar face offers her assistance.

Features:
Stardate:
Air Date: 02/19/20
Director: Jonathan Frakes

Jack's Review
Man o man, the hits just keep on coming. The fact that Frakes directed this episode blows my mind. It's silly beyond words. So there is a rave planet out there with exclusive nigh clubs and free subspace wifi? And Raffi is an ex-junkie and deadbeat mom?!? I know Goldsman and Chabon wanted to display the seedy side of the galaxy but if you are going to do that you need to understand what a seedy side is. This hipster space bar and drama-series tropes are not seedy. The other thing that made me angry was the rather pointless waste of a terrific character...Icheb, you deserved SO much better. I will give the writers a lesson here. If you intend to use characters from a past series and the actors that originally played those roles are alive and able to reprise their roles and you can't get them for the show, or they don't want to be on the show....maybe you should come up with a better story using NEW characters. That wasn't Brian Brophy so that wasn't Bruce Maddox. That wasn't Manu Intiraymi, so that wasn't Icheb.

Episode:205
Fly Me To the Moon

Jack's Rating:

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:206
Two of One

Jack's Rating:

With Tallinn's help, Picard and the crew infiltrate a gala on the eve of a joint space mission, to protect an astronaut they believe to be integral to the restoration of the timeline.

Features:
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 04/07/22
Director: Jonathan Frakes