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I see lots of negative reviews who say this is not Star Trek. Well, yes and no. This is Star Trek for grown ups. I first watched TOS in the 70's and many times since. I loved TNG and Voyager. At the start of every episode, everything is "reset" to normal, a great adventure arises, and by the end everything is normal again. In around 45 minutes. Yes, I know there were movies and continuation episodes and story arcs, but mostly everything was very clean and tidy and the Federation was a force for good.

But Picard is different. It develops more slowly. We already know some of the characters, but times have changed and they are different now. Deeper. A bit scarred. The galaxy is darker. This new landscape drew me in very quickly!

I'm 5 episodes in and loving it, every delicious drop. There are some great new characters as well as some old characters, one in particular whose appearance made my heart almost burst: she's not who she was, but I totally understand how she became what she is ;-).

Please, give it a go. Ignore the haters: they will just have to rewatch the old series again, they'll never be happy with something new and bold. But I think it's brilliant!