The final season of Star Trek, the Next Generation gave us some splendid episodes and also a fair share of stinkers. Everyone knew by this stage that they would not be renewed and attempts were made to wrap up various story lines before they said their final goodbyes. There is still a great deal to be enjoyed.
Another unexpected relation turns up in Season 7 courtesy of Picard's old adversary, an embittered Ferengi by the name of Bok. This time it is the Captain's previously unknown, long-lost son. The young man, Jason, is played by Ken Olandt who was already well known for his part in the Sci Fi series Super Force and in reality considerably older than the character he portrays here. I like that the young man has such a chequered past and shows unfeigned disinterest in forming any sort of bond with Picard. Somehow, it makes him more plausible.
Of course, it all turns out to be a scam and we find out that Boc has secretly altered Jason's DNA to be a match for Picard with the intention of doing away with this "son" in revenge for the Captain's killing of his own son during a battle twenty years before. Unusually for Star Trek, Boc was a returning character played by a different actor this time around. However, both actors, Frank Corsentino and Lee Arenberg, had a number of Star Trek appearances to their credit, due in no small part to their ability to sustain all that heavy prosthetic.
We find out very little about Picard's brief relationship with Jason Vigo's mother, Miranda. In fact the whole back story seems to have been contrived to let him off the hook for not keeping in touch with her. Nor do we get any idea about who was the real father or why he was kept from the child. It is all a bit unsatisfying and something of a waste of time.
Senior Trekker scores every episode with a 5.
Another unexpected relation turns up in Season 7 courtesy of Picard's old adversary, an embittered Ferengi by the name of Bok. This time it is the Captain's previously unknown, long-lost son. The young man, Jason, is played by Ken Olandt who was already well known for his part in the Sci Fi series Super Force and in reality considerably older than the character he portrays here. I like that the young man has such a chequered past and shows unfeigned disinterest in forming any sort of bond with Picard. Somehow, it makes him more plausible.
Of course, it all turns out to be a scam and we find out that Boc has secretly altered Jason's DNA to be a match for Picard with the intention of doing away with this "son" in revenge for the Captain's killing of his own son during a battle twenty years before. Unusually for Star Trek, Boc was a returning character played by a different actor this time around. However, both actors, Frank Corsentino and Lee Arenberg, had a number of Star Trek appearances to their credit, due in no small part to their ability to sustain all that heavy prosthetic.
We find out very little about Picard's brief relationship with Jason Vigo's mother, Miranda. In fact the whole back story seems to have been contrived to let him off the hook for not keeping in touch with her. Nor do we get any idea about who was the real father or why he was kept from the child. It is all a bit unsatisfying and something of a waste of time.
Senior Trekker scores every episode with a 5.