A stunned Picard is greeted by Dr. Altan Inigo Soong (Brent Spiner), who knew his appearance would have this effect on the captain since he looks like “Data if he’d gotten old and gone soft.” Soong describes himself as a “mad scientist," explaining, "My father had me but he created Data. Agnes convinces the synths not to arrest her. The penultimate episode does away with the traditional flashback to pick up right where we left off, as Soji pilots the La Sirena through a warp to beat the Romulan fleet to the punch. Soji recounts her story to Soong, and then everyone is introduced to Sutra, who’s Jana's sister, and the golden-skinned spitting image of Soji. Soji wonders if all killing is driven by fear. He heads back to La Sirena along with Raffi, who gets emotional as she and Picard admit their care for each other. Arcana gives Raffi and Rios a device that will repair La Sirena. In his lab, Soong tells Jurati she owes a “great debt” for offing Maddox and grants her the opportunity to repay it by giving a life versus taking one. You will become the destroyer after all.”, Picard pleads with them to abandon this course and escape with him on La Sirena. Sutra is happy about this encounter because she thinks Soji and her friends have brought her vital information — namely, the Admonition. There’s another interesting connection between this painting and Picard. A one-stop shop for all things video games. Picard's two-part Season 1 finale ends with humanity on the brink, Romulans on the warpath and our ... [+] heroes caught up in the middle of an epic showdown. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. Sutra approaches Soji's situation optimistically, seeing this as an opportunity to get answers. In Thursday’s penultimate episode of Picard, our rag-tag crew finds itself in orbit around Soji’s home world. She uses this murder to convince the others that they have no choice but to seek out help, even if it means total annihilation.

Summon us and we will come. But like the inhabitants of the planet, underneath the skin, there's a cold, hard reality. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. And Narek has escaped and may become an unlikely ally to the rest of Picard’s crew, still free at the moment back on La Sirena. Soji replies, “I know. All Rights Reserved, This is a BETA experience. Beyond the boundaries of time and space, we stand. These ancient synths somehow exist outside of time and space and are waiting for a call for help. He counters with his own speech, trying to unite his audience around an escape plan and promising he would speak on their behalf. Seven is less sentimental.

This reminds me, however unintentional it may be, of Data’s two very similar paintings—one in Chateau Picard and one held under lock and key at Starfleet Archives. Star Trek: Picard ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 1, Episode 9 Recap: Split Personalities Much of this series has been set up to end in a battle between the Romulans and Picard. that has been the cornerstone of the Zhat Vash, was actually not meant for the Romulans. WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Season 1, Episode 9 of Star Trek: Picard, "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1," now streaming on CBS All Access. Soji learns that her long-sought synthetic family may not be ready to listen to reason in Star Trek: Picard’s penultimate season 1 installment, “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1.” And that puts Picard — and the rest of the galaxy — in grave danger. This murder is the pretext Sutra needs for her true scheme, which she reveals to a public audience. The predicament has Soji confiding in Picard about the logic of sacrifice, and how killing someone is made out of fear of that being the only choice.

You disgust me, Narek. But not as much as I disgust myself for pitying you.” He says he pities her since the approaching Romulan forces will kill her and everyone else on the planet. “I’m very, very proud of you,” he tells the young warrior. We’re too busy trying to survive." Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want.

An alliance of synthetic life. With their support, she feels they can have the support to take on the Romulans and prevent eradication. The crew arms itself for a trek across the desert to that outpost. The phrase is Latin and means "Even in Arcadia, there am I" and is generally interpreted as a memento mori, or reminder of death. RELATED: Star Trek: Picard: Has Jean-Luc Forgotten He Once Had Kids? The hard landing not only knocks out the La Sirena's systems, but also Picard himself. She’s mastered the Vulcan mind meld, and uses it on Agnes. But Narek turns Soji's attention back to the matter at hand, warning his people are on their way to rain fire and kill every living thing on this planet. Picard naturally doesn’t like the sound of that, saying, “You will become mass murders … You will fulfill their [the Romulans’] prophesy. In Thursday’s penultimate episode of Picard, our rag-tag crew finds itself in orbit around Soji’s home world. Though the two look the same, they do not approach this situation similarly, as Sutra is insistent there is not a solution that doesn't end in multiple deaths. Star Trek: Picard Episode 9 Recap / Review - "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1" 6. okay. Another was painted in 1627. Star Trek: Picard stars Patrick Stewart, Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera and Harry Treadaway. When they realize their creations do not age or become sick or die, they will seek to destroy them. Elnor wants to join Picard on his quest, but he says Elnor is needed on the Artifact to get its defense systems online and to help the XBs. In fact, he never let me forget.”.

We’re too busy trying to survive.”. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. Picard passes out and starts talking in his stupor and when he wakes, Agnes is there. Welcome to Synthville. Given that Jurati is the figurative mother of the synthetics, Sutra asks her if, like a true mom, she’d die for her children. Humanity is on the brink.

First, though, comes a Detour to the Artifact. The retired admiral, meanwhile, is still attempting to contact Starfleet to recruit them against the Romulan invasion, to no avail. Before they can proceed forward, though, they're ambushed by a tailing Narek. This would mean the end of all organic life in their galaxy. Watching you. The two-part finale of Picard season one continues the Star Trek tradition of Latin episode titles. Meanwhile, Sutra approaches Narek in private. Having traveled 25 light-years in 15 minutes via a transwarp conduit, La Sirena arrives at Soji’s homeworld: Coppelius. Sound familiar? In Picard, it appears that the Romulan secret society the Zhat Vash were both right and wrong in some ways about the “destroyer”—the synth threat that they’ve been attempting to ward off for hundreds of years thanks to a mysterious warning—the Admonition—they happened upon centuries prior. You can follow me on this blog as well or sign up for my posts via email. A scream brings Soji and Picard running to Narek’s cell, where they discover that he’s escaped and killed Saga in the process. The message talks about organic life creating androids, eventually destroying them for fear of becoming a threat. She allows Narek to go free and kills one of the other synths in order to make it look as though he did the deed. Soji is finally home, greeted by name by one of the androids, Arcana. This news understandably shocks Picard. I’m not sure about this, but I think she’s tricking them and that she’ll work to help Picard, helping redeem herself in the process.

“I love you too, Raffi,” he confesses before leaving. Hopefully these questions are answered next week. (I think maybe the fact that Picard can show that Commodore Oh was behind that attack might be a good reason, but he isn’t given the chance to argue his point).

On the one hand, they’ve found something of a paradise, their quest’s final goal and also perhaps brought upon themselves the total destruction of the galaxy. Her hypothesis is the Admonition, an artifact from a civilization allegedly destroyed by A.I. All alone, Picard is placed under house arrest, escorted away from the group. They call us abominations.” Narek is then dragged in and put in a containment cell overseen by Saga. But the Zhat Vash can hardly be blamed for fearing them. Star Trek: Picard/CBS All Access ‘Star Trek: Picard’ episode 9 recap: ‘Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1’ Picard arrives on the planet of the synthetics for a TNG-style adventure.

RELATED: Star Trek: Picard - The Romulan Conspiracy, Explained. Soji learns that her long-sought synthetic family may not be ready to listen to reason in the penultimate installment of 'Star Trek: Picard' season 1, 'Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1.'

Elnor and Seven of Nine stay to get the cube’s systems up and running—it may be instrumental in the fight against the 218 Romulan warbirds on their way to the planet. Raffi ignores Picard’s prior warning about discussing his condition and, after hugging him, tells him she loves him. Going along with Sutra, Soji tells Picard, “We can’t be your means of redemption. Had they never encountered the Admonition, of course, none of this would be happening at all, so it’s really this other ancient synth entity/entities that have planted these seeds of destruction.

First, though, everyone agrees to visit the Artifact to see if Hugh and Elnor are still alive. His eyes closed and his head titled backward, a seated Picard mutters, “Thank you for coming, everyone,” and then passes out. You disgust me, Narek. Now, it’s looking more and more like we might be too late to avert disaster. And though she's initially compelled to kill him, she tells him she needs his services, freeing him from his cell and killing Arcana's twin to frame him. Anyone who treats me like a dying man will run the risk of pissing me off. All told, a very exciting episode that seemed to be over in a flash. What a sad and twisted thing you are. It deposits them in front of the synth homeworld, a planet internally referred to as Coppelius. Fearful for her home planet, Soji tells him, "This isn’t the Romulan rescue. 0; No flashback this week. Narek’s ship follows in short order, and a ferocious dogfight ensues. Organic life evolves. His fatal medical condition is finally revealed to the rest of the crew, as he casually tells them about the brain abnormality that will eventually take his life.



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