Star Trek: Picard

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Star Trek: Picard. Creators, story, and various scripts: Kirsten Beyer, Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman; see IMDb for complex details.[1] Patrick Stewart, star. USA: CBS Television Studios, Roddenberry Entertainment, Secret Hideout (production) / CBS All Access et al. (distribution), 2020 f.[2] 46-minute episodes. Episode guides: IMDb;[3] Wikipedia, season 1.[4] Concerning season 2, Wikipedia.[5]

SEASON 1: In addition to a cornucopia of Star Trekkian devices for human beings and other humanoid species to interact with and interface with, the over-arching plot centers on "Synthetics," in the line of Mr. Data, but on a spectrum of models from the largely robotic to indistinguishable from humans or post-humans. There is also a significant setting of a partial and at least partially disconnected Borg Cube, and organic species being disengaged from the Borg hive, including shots showing the mechanical/cybernetic in or being removed from intimate contact with flesh (including quick shots of somewhat gory surgical realism). Linguistic note: the Synthetics are spoken of as "Artificial Life," so consider this sense of the term for "AL" and for issues of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

RDE, finishing, 28Nov21