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@CutForTime What you said on #GreatestDiscovery about how you felt about the character of Picard mirrored a lot of what I felt about this. For me, this series feels like an alternative reality where Picard kept his season 1 attitude.
The Picard we followed for decades was constantly working on his ability to personally connect with people. His aloofness gave way to respect, friendship and even love for his crew. He grew to become a more humanized captain every year.
The Picard we get in this new series is not that man. Maybe that's a combination of the 21st Century writing mixed with wanting to tell this particular story. To believe this is "our" Picard we have to accept that he's tossed a lot of that growth aside and that's a hard leap.
Picard feels to me very much a secondary character. He isn't all that important to a lot of these plots and a lot of what made him a legend isn't put to use. It feels like on wanting to not do the same Picard Stewart had made him a Picard we only partially recognize.
This series didn't set out to be TNG and that's fine. But it does suffer from the paradox every series hits that tries to be new but stay connected to it's past when characters we know intimately act against or diminish their core nature. (Looking at you, Star Wars)
My hope for season 2 is, in Star Trek Beyond style, this show jettisons as much fan service as possible and does it's own thing. It can't do both and PiClone's story is just beginning, so just take these great actors and make a new path like all Trek series have done.
I've fiercely enjoyed tandem watching this series and getting all the #GreatestDiscovery breakdowns. I'd have preferred to see the Picard I remember dealing with things as an older man, but I'm eager to see where this story goes. It just lives as it's own thing for me.
