Star Trek: Picard’s Problematic Foundations
![Patric Stewart as Jean Luc Picard, sullen action hero.](https://i0.wp.com/bluemoonrising.com/content/2020/02/star-trek-picard-vanity-project.jpg?fit=300%2C450&ssl=1)
![Brent Spiner as dream sequence Data.](https://i0.wp.com/bluemoonrising.com/content/2020/02/star-trek-picard-prophetic-dream.jpg?fit=300%2C450&ssl=1)
![Isa Briones as the clone that dies, or maybe the clone that lives.](https://i0.wp.com/bluemoonrising.com/content/2020/02/star-trek-picard-disposable-twin.jpg?fit=300%2C450&ssl=1)
![Harry Treadaway as a double plus secret Romulan operative.](https://i0.wp.com/bluemoonrising.com/content/2020/02/star-trek-picard-ddouble-secret-police.jpg?fit=300%2C450&ssl=1)
I’ve been dreading Star Trek: Picard since I first heard it was in the works. I feared it would be a vanity project for a less than gracious actor focusing exclusively on the least engaging member the ST:Next Generation command crew. After two episodes, a heavy reliance on a slapdash collection of potentially crippling tropes have not allayed my fears. Here are my biggest worries:
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