Customs like to label people as illegal (people are not “illegal” – ever) and the message is pure, if not overtly delivered.
Detention Center, as well as the police chase, help to frame an effort by the production team to make a statement about the indiscriminate way in which ICE and U.S.
The dynamic between those two characters is the highlight of all the scenes involving Seven, Raffi and Rios, especially when Rios rattles off a very meta 45-second breakdown of Picard’s motley crew. Seven and Raffi are on that bus, making their way to track down Rios (Santiago Cabrera), picked up in an ICE raid along with his new friend Dr. The hilarious nod to Spock and Kirk’s experience in Star Trek VI: The Voyage Home personifies the playful way showrunner Terry Matalas has defined his foray into the Star Trek universe as the boss Thatcher performed the original Star Trek IV bus song, I Hate You, and the new bus ride features a sequel song called I Still Hate You. If you thought last week’s “Assimilation” was all about setting up whatever’s yet to come in Picard Seaosn 2, there’s a good chance you will think the same thing about “Watcher.”Īnd for sure, a protracted (and not entirely successful) police chase at the center of this installment is here to mostly move the pieces across the 21 st century game board, but by the time we pass “Go” at the end of the episode we also get tantalizing threads featuring the history of Chateau Picard, a visit with a surprising old friend and another unpredictable showdown aboard La Sirena, and a mysterious Qliffhanger that will have you snapping for the next episode.īut before breaking down those elements, we would be remiss to not immediately highlight the most important scene in Star Trek history: the delightful return of San Francisco’s most famous bus punk (Kirk Thatcher), this time finding himself facing off with - and apologizing profusely to - Seven (Jeri Ryan) and Raffi (Michelle Hurd) for playing his music too loud.
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