The penultimate episode of Star Trek: Picard attempted to make up for a lack of action and a lack of movement towards the end of the story in one big swoop. As is usually the case, that tends to make for a hurried and harried episode. There were quite a few episodes of Picard that came before where it feels like a little less time-wasting could have made Episode 9 that much better. Having said that, despite some bumps and cringe-worthy moments, it's not a stretch to say that this was one of the best episodes of the season. It's certainly the best of the last few.
There was a running theme throughout the episode, and it wasn't all that hard to break down the code. «Love conquers all» was certainly a saccharin idea that did in fact, make things even more cringe-worthy at certain periods of the show. However, there's also something to this, especially when talking about dealing with a race of aliens like The Borg, who have long been one of the big evils of the entire Star Trek universe. Those kinds of villains usually don't think about something like love as a power. In fact, the Borg Queen makes it very clear that they see it as a weakness. It might have been a bit heavy-handed, but this episode did manage to show that it can be a strength in a way that wasn't entirely poorly carried out.
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«Hide and Seek» picks up where the previous episode of Picard left off, with the Borg Queen launching an assault on the crew as they work to try and get back to the future. She's managed to transform several soldiers that she got with the help of Soong into Borg troopers and appears to have the crew easily outnumbered. On the other hand, this is also the
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