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The Prince's Runaway Lover (Men of the Zodiac #7)

Robin Covington

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Crown Prince Nicholas Lytton was never supposed to be ruler of Callanos. He was the “spare to the...

Contemporary MM Romance

Diving & Snorkelling Guide to Thailand

Frank Schneider

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Thailand has a wealth of dive sites for both beginners and experienced divers. Its mixture of corals...

The Homeward Bounders

Diana Wynne Jones

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"You are now a discard. We have no further use for you in play. You are free to walk the Bounds, but...

The Clockmaker's Tale: and other stories

Ian Williams

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In The Clockmaker’s Tale: and other stories, Ian Williams takes us to the near future and beyond....

Science Fiction Short Story Collection

The Secret of Shadow Ranch

Carolyn Keene

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Nancy Drew arrives in Phoenix, Arizona, eagerly looking forward to a fun-filled vacation at Shadow...

Letters to Strabo

David Smith

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Set in the late 1970s, Letters to Strabo is the fictional autobiography of Adam Finnegan Black, or...

Banking on Words: The Failure of Language in the Age of Derivative Finance

Arjun Appadurai

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In this provocative look at one of the most important events of our time, renowned scholar Arjun...

Ross (3284 KP) rated Star Trek: Picard - Season 1 in TV

Apr 2, 2020

Star Trek: Picard - Season 1

2020 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

6.3

(6 Ratings)

TV Season Rating

High hopes let down

I'm sure we all had a vision of what the triumphant, long-awaited return of Captain Jean-Luc Picard would look like. The series starts and ends in that vein, being exciting, thoughtful and with a moral lesson, but with a lot of padding throughout the series. Much like Discovery, the series decided to throw a lot of side adventures in the mix and while Picard is much more focussed than its Netflix cousin there are still times when it drags.
Stewart tries well to play his most famous role, but his age shows at times and I felt the makers missed the chance to sensitively keep his character but replaced with a younger actor in the last episode. This would have allowed Stewart to bow out gracefully and show more promise for the future series of his life.