PIC · SEASON 33×08

Surrender

NOMADIC PICK · FAN FAVOURITEThe whole crew finally back together.
FIRST SHOWN (US)
6 April 2023
ON
Paramount+
STARDATE
None given
DIRECTED BY
Deborah Kampmeier

WRITTEN BYWritten by Matt Okumura

IN BRIEF

SPOILER-FREE

With Vadic holding the Titan's bridge, Jack faces an impossible choice, Data fights Lore for control of their shared body, and Riker and Troi find themselves prisoners together.

SYNOPSIS

SPOILERS
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Vadic threatens to execute the bridge crew unless Jack gives himself up, and after she kills Lt T'Veen, he surrenders. Inside the synthetic body, Data realises he cannot beat Lore by force and instead gives up his memories; the experiences overwhelm Lore and leave Data in full control. The crew rush to the computer core to connect Data to the Titan's systems, and he turns the ship against Vadic, venting the bridge and killing her. Aboard the Shrike, Riker and Troi, held captive together, work through the strains in their marriage until Worf and Raffi rescue them. They find Picard's original body and learn that the Changelings removed parts of its parietal lobe, the areas supposedly affected by Irumodic Syndrome. After downloading the Shrike's records, they return to the Titan and the Shrike is destroyed. With Frontier Day only hours away, the old Enterprise-D crew gather around a table, and Troi offers to help Jack explore his visions.

DID YOU KNOW?

  1. 01Riker and Troi talk about their son Thaddeus and their home on Nepenthe, picking up threads from the season 1 episode “Nepenthe”.
  2. 02Brent Spiner plays both Data and Lore as they fight over the same body.
  3. 03The closing scene gathers Picard, Riker, Crusher, Worf, Troi, La Forge and Data around the Titan's briefing-room table.
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