Jeff and I are Star Trek fans. In our 35 years together, we've watched the series: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery, Picard, and Strange New Worlds and various films. Last night we watched the first two episodes of the third season of Picard.
Jean-Luc Picard receives a message from his former medical officer Beverly Crusher asking for his help without Starfleet. Picard recruits his former first officer Will Riker to help. It's revealed that Beverly had previously cut off contact with her shipmates. Eventually, Picard and Riker find Beverly's ship and find her injured and in stasis. Then they discover her previously unknown son Jack is on board.
Uh-oh I thought. Is he going to be Picard's son? No, they won't go there. I thought of the Indiana Jones Crystal Skull movie and innumerable soap opera plots. In the soaps, anytime someone has a rare disease and needs special blood (or whatever) a new sibling or child conveniently pops up.
Spoiler alert: they did go there.
It's lazy writing and makes me mad.
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