Picard and the members of his Questing Party encounter old friends, new dangers, a seedy tavern, and the truth that ties several events together.
In a development that will surprise no one, the Romulans planned the attack on Mars!
But how far does the conspiracy reach? And what were their motives?
Coming in like a lion, the Deserted Crowd of Disguise and Costume roar back onto the breakroom boobtube, and Batwoman realizes she should smile a bit more, Supergirl will always love you, Black Lightning finishes his season, The Flash finishes off the Speed Force, and The Legends meet up with a non-spider-powered Mr. Parker. Saul takes up Yoga and finds inner peace. Things are looking up for Neil deGrasse Tyson, as his second season of Cosmos returns with two episodes. The other type of Good Doctor takes two recently broken up doctors and makes them work together on a small problem. Someone does their best to keep the Riverdale “teens” from getting back to the screen. To round out the week, we also get Picard learning what really caused the demise of the red planet.
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It’s a light week, and it is getting lighter as The Doctor ends her season when she takes on the Cybermen. On Better Call Saul, Jimmy’s business enters new territory, our post! Black Lightning goes it alone again as the only show on this week from his Disappearing Compatriots. Our Good Doctor Shaun also ventures into unknown territory with a new mystery disease. Riverdale gets an Alice Copper documentary. Picard works with Soji to let her figure out what she is. Also, if you didn’t rush through it, Altered Carbon’s second season is still out there.
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The week seems severely front loaded, with most of the shows appearing this week, but there is still a surprise on Thursday. Before that, we travel time as Doctor Who races to the future to deal with the effects of the information given out at the end of last week. In calmer settings across the pond, the midwives deal with being homeless and drug addiction. Bet you didn’t see that coming, huh? Then, our Doggedly Caped heroes hit with new villains for Batwoman and Supergirl taking a look back for her 100th episode. Black Lightning (who does not have a cape) returns to Freeland to fight the epic battle, still without his new heroic friends in his new earth. The Flash has some more monkey business with Grodd, and the Legends shout Khan. The Good Doctor autopsies last week’s breakup. The Riverdale teens play the I Know What You Did Last Summer game. On Star Trek: Picard, Jean-Luc has to confront his time as a Borg again. That’s all that’s visible on my weekly schedule, which leaves the rest of the weekend to binge Altered Carbon season 2, this time with Falcon taking over the lead role.
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After the love hangover of last week, The Doctor takes us deep into historic literature, while Trixie works with a mother who can’t see how much help the Midwives are being. The DC shows switch up a bit, while Batwoman has a crisis of sisters, Supergirl continues the visit from Season One Winn, while the Flash brings us an Elongated Man episode, and the Legends try to work Zari back into the show. The Good Doctor keeps pitting his two girlfriends against each other, and our favorite retired Star Fleet admiral, with help from an attractive ex-Borg, visit the exciting site of Freecloud.
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Picard assembles his party of adventurers.
Meanwhile, it becomes clear that some Romulans consider Soji to be “the Destroyer,” a figure of some importance in their mythos.
“Engage!”
This week features many lovely episodes, as it encompasses 💕Valentines Day💗! Life is a dream for The Doctor, while the Midwives deal with outdated (even then) birthing practices. Here my Domestic Continent, The Flash has to deal with an old enemy, but not Cupid for some reason, while the Legends end up in an 80s slasher flick, and Black Lightning chases down his Valentine. The Good Doctor deals with the horrible specter of social media, and the Riverdale “teens” come to terms with the fact that this is season four and they can’t really pretend to be in highschool after this season. Jean Luc Picard gets directed by Number One (Johnathan Frakes, not his dog.)
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With Arrow’s departure, his Devestated Comrades mostly managed to pick up the pieces, except for a few who took the week off for funeral leave. Black Lightning and his kids join the enemies side, while The Flash remembers he’s married and helps his wife while he mourns. The Legends take off for 1947 to be gangsta. The other comic spawned show (Riverdale) tells us a very gender specific tale of honor. In space, The Doctor returns to Earth, but surprisingly it’s in India, not London. I guess The Doctor expects the Midwives to handle any calls without help. It sounds easy enough, since they mostly expect to go see a movie. This leaves Picard to go off into space with his former crew. (Not that one, the crew after that one.)
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We have a review of “Maps and Legends,” which gets Picard one step closer to space.
Given the story-arc heavy nature of this series, we will be posting discussions in future weeks, but likely only a few true reviews that will consider sections of the season.
CBS AllAccess is making the first episode of Star Trek: Picard free for a limited time on YouTube.
If you’re curious about the show before dropping another subscription fee, check it out. (Embedding is disabled for this video, so you have to watch it on YouTube.com).
ETA: Apparently this is for US folks only.