10 Most Uplifting Star Trek Moments

Picard has done a lot right. Its slower than Discovery while still addressing the action that modern audiences have come to expect. There are moments of brilliance and there are moments that fall a little flat. The relationships are developing - a complaint that every series faces. Mostly, the first season of any show is subject to extreme scrutiny and therefore receives some of the heaviest criticisms.

Picard is both a sequel to the Next Generation and not - it certainly follows the characters from that show but it exists in its own universe. This is not the crew that the audience came to know over seven seasons and those that we meet are damaged in a way that has rarely been seen in Trek before. Discovery, while fun, has not yet taken the proper time to breathe to let the characters become who they will eventually be.

The first six episodes of Picard move along swiftly, peppered throughout with uplifting moments of hope. But the seventh episode, Nepenthe, rewards every single person who joined this show with memories of the Next Generation.

While the whole episode could be included here, a single scene stands out above the rest. The mission is discussed and Picard has the help he needs. He and Riker walk to the pond, sitting and relaxing as two old friends. Picard, in a show of emotion rarely seen between them, shows him just how much he values Riker's opinion. Riker, in turn, affirms his belief in his old captain. It's short. It's sweet. It's everything that we wanted.