And amongst the people that Picard could have killed when he was Borg included Jack's mother as well...and imagine if the Borg queen had such an intense amount of interest in Picard (similar to that of a jilted ex-wife) imagine if the Borg queen had run into Beverly Crusher...
@@Cwebbussenterprise Agreed Picard not only blames The Borg but also himself for what he did as Locutus a good example of the damage he did when Picard was a Borg is in STDS9 first episode when Picard meets Sisko for the first time
Yes because one thing has plagued Picard since his assimilation. The deaths of over 11 thousand at Wolf 359,.and all the information about Starfleet Picard possessed at the time. This gets the Borg nearly the ability to conquer Earth. And with only ONE of its lower class cubes. They didn't send any of their top of the line Tactical Cubes or V'Ger style ships. So with all this weight on Picard. Plus his exposure to what Q showed him. The vile monster Picard was with the "Confederation" and his ship the CSS World Razer. The collection of skulls at his Chateau. It's a miracle Picard didn't fracture. So much pain, and then to have a son from the woman who was married to his best friend Jack Crusher. And the pain of never knowing. Being hidden from him by Beverly (To protect him). So much for one man.
Indeed it's a miracle picard is even sane behind that. If you really look at it all of this is everything that we've seen with him coming full circle. Even things from before we got to see him. It makes what his brother said in TNG about it being with him for a long time and understatement.
Jack managed to describe what the Borg are offering in assimilation and actually make it sound like it's what's needed in a disconnected and chaotic world of suffering.
It has it's appeals. I mean obviously being forced against one's will to embrace it is a no go. But the idea of everyone working towards what is best for everyone without petty disagreements or ego getting in the way has a basic appeal.
Seven also did that in Voyager, she came to value individuality, but at first she wasn't used to being alone with her thoughts and not being in unity with many others. And she viewed some non-Borg ways of doing things as inferior and inefficient.
The questions that Jack is asking, those existentialist questions, as to how much of him is him, have probably been what his father had been asking himself since he was rescued from the Borg. Jean Luc should have said that.
Big Boy there's got a hell of a track record and a hell of a heart; I don't blame him for going in to try and protect his loved ones while thinking he might have a shot. Hindsight is 20/20 after all -- how many versions of Doomguy lost to the Icon of Sin and ended up dooming their timelines?
@@CoralCopperHead Only problem is Picard & his crew have more of a history dealing with the Borg than Jack does. So unless Wild Jack has a better plan to deal with the Collective, its not cool to make himself to be more stupid than this.
Apart from Jean Luc Picard and Jack Crusher, there is another person who was in direct contact with the Borgs nanoprobes of Locutus, it's Beverly Crusher during the conception of her child, nevertheless the Borgs feared the presence of mind of Beverly which could eviscerate the Borg's revenge plans.
the only scene I disliked in this entire epic mind-blowing third season of picard. some of the best and most emotional Star Trek ever written. I wish they could have found another way to get Jack into the hands of the board then the route they chose here. I do not see Picard doing this to his son after everything. it was ugly and I understand a means to get him where he needed to go for the plot. but this makes me feel so nasty inside. but this is still the most legendary, I don't even have the words for how great this goodbye for the TNG cast was. I watched it at least once every few weeks.
"The board" lol. Maybe you're right, but my only problem with that season was the idea that they could run the Enterprise with only a handful of crew members.
Hell of an episode this!. So much of this must've influenced the dream I had last night of my own dad. I mind I saw a vision of him...not the feeling of him being there...just a vision but I think watching the episode last night set me off. The sins of the father visited on the child... And it's hidden in the DNA and that wasn't the only connection I was thinking about in this episode either...
Wait... I think I saw this episode, but I guess I didn't internalize it at the time. Why don't all the liberated Borg, including Seven, suffer from the same symptoms as Picard, including the "eremotic syndrome"? Picard was, after all, only briefly and partially assimilated.
When you're young and you don't know who you are, you try to hold on to what you can pinpoint about yourself as if it is something permanent, just so you can retain a sense of control over your identity. Even if that thing hurts you. And so you become threatened by treatment, or by other people trying to help you, because you think they're doing it because they don't like who you are. But sometimes, they do know better. And they love you. So let them help. Go to rehab. Go to the hospital. Get therapy. It's okay.
"sometimes, they do know better" If they knew better, they'd back the hell off. As a 'Sinker' myself, some of us need to sink or swim on our own, and any 'help' will just drag us down. I'd know -- it's why I'm sinking.
If it were me I would be on my knees and thanking Picard for giving me over to people who could help me actually be me. I have autism, and my parents instead of punishing me for it or abandoning me for it, gave me the guidance I needed to qualify as a human being and not a dumb animal. Its not the same, but the principle is identical. And "I can handle it" is just Jack being selfish and self-deluded. Picard taught me a lot, but the best thing he taught me was to never confuse want with the truth.
omg I am so sorry you feel that way. I don't know who made you believe that, but the fact that you have autism doesn't make you any less of a human being. You are not a dumb animal, you don't need other people to tell you what you should be, you are your own person with your own unique mind. What you want is the only thing that is important. That is the truth of the matter.
This reminds me of a homophobic father being disgusted by how his son was born different and trying to fix him. Jack said it himself, he has sympathy while the Borg don’t. By treating Jack different they pushed him to the Borg. They have no one to blame but themselves. I mean Picard couldn’t even look at his own kid and when Jack asked him what he saw, Picard pretty much told him that he saw someone not meant to be alive.
I watched this with my son on paramount I'm glad Disney didn't get their hands on this and turn it into a bad Star Wars sequel because that was lame the sequels I mean the first Lucas ones 1-3 were good but then......😱🐂💩. I like Samuel J. But after that....... Nothing!!
@@superscott9780 , yes, it is. And how many kids just got traumatized for life being assimilated by the Borg and killing people? Remember Sidney's reaction when Jack told over her mind for a minute to save her life and killed someone? Fine. Now multiply that times all the kids who got assimilated against their will and killed Starfleet officers, crews, & ships? You were either too dumb to think of that or too soulless to care. Neither makes you worth my time.
