If that line was in fact written by Sean Tretta and Kiley Rossetter, and not actually just tossed out by Patrick – the change in his diction for “the carpet” is either Terry Matalas catching Patrick fucking with his friends or a perfectly weighted reading of a nice joke – then I applaud them for that as well as the structural grace of this episode and the other well placed quips.
It feels like it took the creators and producers of PICARD a couple of seasons to steel themselves to do this season — the one where the old gang is put back together. That said, the previous two seasons gave this season the always authentically raw-nerved Michelle Hurd and the regal intelligence of Jeri Ryan. But it’s really all about STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION and revisiting those characters. Which leads me to thank the creators for giving Michelle Forbes the space and script to stop the fucking show with her appearance: it pleased me on personal and professional levels to watch an older Michelle go toe to toe with Patrick in tight, tense scenes and emotionally burn the room down.
All credit to Matalas and his team for pretty much landing a season of television that could so easily have been a complete disaster. I note also the QUATERMASS tones of the young people becoming the threat and the old people being the last chance.
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