Star Trek: Picard - 7 Ups & 5 Downs From Season 1

1. Disposable Stakes

And, yes, sorry, once more. This time on the subject of the show's three main antagonists...

First Commodore Oh, the shadowy Romulan double-agent who is responsible for both the Synth attack on Mars and the subsequent ban on synthetic life that forms the dramatic core of the story. Then Narissa, her deadly right-hand woman who's shadowy, sinister, and lethal in combat. Finally Sutra, an earlier model of Andriod to Soji who, through killing one of her own sisters, has manipulated the entire colony into bringing about a mechanical armageddon that'll wipe out all organic life in the galaxy. Just to clarify for you all how these three primary antagonists were ultimately defeated. The political mastermind was sent packing by quoting a treaty, the lethal weapon had a short fistfight followed by a long fall, and the Synth harbinger of doom came face to face with the off button on a remote control.

Yes, this is by no means final for any of them (in science fiction, falling down a bit hole never automatically means you're dead, does it Darth?), but the season played out in hugely underwhelming fashion for its three biggest threats. The manner in which they were seen off makes it hard to get excited about them coming back next time as well.