PICARD! Immensely, supremely enjoyable. CBS All Access is free until the end of April, so if you enjoy Star Trek, I highly recommend watching it.

More random, spoiler-free thoughts:

It doesn't always feel like "Star Trek" (in fact, it frequently felt like The Expanse). Never fear, many Star Trek species and a number of our favorite characters are present and accounted for, but the show comes with neither an Enterprise-style starship* nor all the StarFleet structural trappings. In DS9, we didn't have a starship (for several seasons), but we still had StarFleet; in Voyager, we had a starship but no StarFleet. Both shows stumbled on occasion for the removal of one pillar. Here, we have neither pillar - and Picard doesn't stumble for it, but it means the show doesn't always feel like Star Trek.

*There is a kick-ass ship; it's just not a StarFleet one.

I wasn't expecting to get so many Mass Effect vibes (albeit with a twist), but here we are. To say more would definitely involve spoilers.

So why was it good? The same reasons all good tales are so: entertaining, engrossing storytelling brought to life by memorable characters who make you care about them. Were there flaws? Certainly, but the characters were compelling enough that I'm happy to let them slide. It handled the AI issue with nuance and appropriate moral quandaries on both sides.

Finally, Seven was absolutely fantastic and utterly badass. #MrJennsen wholeheartedly agrees with this assessment.🙄

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