Some androids are just plain bad. The trick is figuring out which ones.
And it turns out that the Romulans were actually right, but not about all Androids. Just about one particular android. But it wasn’t Soji.
It seems a lot of this was about choice. Narek could have been lobbing plasma grenades at Rios’ ship. But instead he threw rocks, and subjected himself to abuse from Raffi and Rios. And he chose not to die by Elnor’s Sword.
Just like Narek’s sister chose to be a grade-a Da'oghlaHneSchugh nga'chuq tugh, and chose to reap her just desserts at 7’s hand.
Everybody has been so paranoid about what would happen “should artificial life be allowed to exist“, well, Data was alive for a certain number of years without anything really diresome happening. And obviously this planet with the android colony has been there for a while as well, also with no bad after effects.
if bad guys show up when a certain signal is sent...
If your elbow hurts when you move it “that way“, don’t move it “that way“.
In this season finale, Picard gets to give back to Data what Data gave him at the end of Nemesis. Data has always said that he was comfortable with the idea of death, because it made his journey toward humanity complete, he could enjoy a limited existence just like people do. And because of that, things like love, peace, joy, friendship, all have more meaning, simply because they are temporary. This sounds so much like Data.
In fact much of this series appears to be closure for the events at the end of Nemesis.
And, I had been waiting, hoping to see if Picard actually got to see Data face to face one more time.
Well, kind of.
“Nothing is as it seems”, including this season finale. There is much more here than the action depicted, or the Romulan mythology, and even the intersection of all of these disparate characters.
In fact, this is Picard’s new ship and his new crew. But nothing will ever be the same after this point. Where to next?
Listen for a rendition of “blue skies“ at the end of this episode, sung by “Data’s daughter“
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