Picard Proves A Long-Standing Star Trek Replicator Claim
Warning! SPOILERS for Star Trek: Picard season 2.
Star Trek: Picard's trip back to the 21st century has proved a long-standing claim about Star Trek's replicators. Season 2 of Picard has seen the former Enterprise captain and the crew of the La Sirena travel back to 2024 in order to avert a devastating change to the timeline. On arriving in the 21st century, the crew have had to deal with racism and paranoia while bearing witness to the environmental problems threatening to tear the planet apart.
However, Star Trek: Picard's history trip isn't a complete nightmare, and the crew have also enjoyed the benefits of a simpler time. While Rios has experienced the full weight of the 21st century's overbearing immigration enforcement, he has also formed a bond with Teresa Ramirez, a local doctor and her son, which may lead to something more as this season continues. Seven, meanwhile, has been able to blend into society in a way that she's unable to in the future. Q's meddling with the timeline has removed her Borg implants, and she can walk around 21st Century Los Angeles without drawing the fearful attention of others. On top of this, the crew have been able to experience a world without replicators, proving an old Star Trek adage in the process.
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In season 2, episode 6 «Two of One,» the crew attend a party to honor the Star Trek's Europa mission's astronauts before they go into pre-flight quarantine. There's champagne, cigars, and canapes and the crew are clearly enjoying themselves despite their vitally important mission to correct the timeline. Raffi notes how much Rios is clearly enjoying blending in when he highlights his real cigar. He notes that
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