This is a frustrating episode to watch. It's designed 100% to setup cliff hangers and leave you feeling completely unsatisfied. It's the kind of episode you wish you hadn't watched until the series was fully available.
Not everything needs to be Game of Thrones. In a lot of ways, GoT ruined a lot of the shows that came after it because every other show feels the need to do these totally over-done cliffhanger setups and I am so sick of it. It's completely against how ST has always worked aside from a small handful of two part episodes.
Season 3 has so far been the only season of Picard that is worth watching at all, but if we hadn't been so thoroughly beaten down by seasons 1 and 2, season 3 would not be nearly as well received. People have lowered their expectations to the point that just seeing OG characters not completely abandoning their background is enough. It's too bad we had to wait 3 seasons to get a small handful of worth-while moments spread out with filler and over the top cliff hangers.
Not everything needs to be Game of Thrones. In a lot of ways, GoT ruined a lot of the shows that came after it because every other show feels the need to do these totally over-done cliffhanger setups and I am so sick of it. It's completely against how ST has always worked aside from a small handful of two part episodes.
Season 3 has so far been the only season of Picard that is worth watching at all, but if we hadn't been so thoroughly beaten down by seasons 1 and 2, season 3 would not be nearly as well received. People have lowered their expectations to the point that just seeing OG characters not completely abandoning their background is enough. It's too bad we had to wait 3 seasons to get a small handful of worth-while moments spread out with filler and over the top cliff hangers.