'Star Trek: Picard' Season 1 Episode 4 Preview: Picard reunites with a long lost Romulan friend
Live long and prosper friends, because the fourth episode of 'Star Trek: Picard' will air in a day. After what seems like an eternity, Picard finally got back to where he belonged: On a spaceship.
He also finally uttered the words we have been waiting for him to say from the beginning of the show. "Engage," he says in the previous episode. He also managed to assemble a crew mighty quickly, including his former First Officer Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd).
It took a while after some exposition-heavy episodes, but we got there. The next episode titled 'Absolute Candor' will see Picard and his new team going on a little detour before arriving at Freecloud, as planned.
The synopsis reads: "The crew's journey to Freecloud takes a detour when Picard orders a stop at the planet Vashti, where Picard and Raffi relocated Romulan refugees 14 years earlier. Upon arrival, Picard reunites with Elnor (Evan Evagora), a young Romulan he befriended during the relocation. Meanwhile, Narek continues his attempts to learn more about Soji while Narissa's impatience with his lack of progress grows."
The Romulan relocation failure during the Supernova was one of the primary reasons why Picard estranged himself from Starfleet.
After a rogue synthetic attack on Mars, there was a ban on synthetics and the Romulan evacuation mission was called off. A shattered Picard returned to the isolated vineyards of France, far from the intergalactic action. A meeting with his close friend Data's daughter Dahj, who is later killed, makes him realize that Starfleet's security is compromised and that there are rogue Romulans working to bring it down. Dahj has a twin named Soji, who works in a Borg cube.
There is betrayal and distrust lurking at every corner, and it is up to Picard to navigate this minefield carefully.
'Star Trek: Picard' airs on CBS- All Access on Thursdays at 12.01 am.