Monsters Run Amok in Episode Seven Of Star Trek: Picard

So here we are, all dressed up and with no one to assimilate with.

I’d also like to point out that being assimilated means that sure, you hear voices and you’re not exactly in control of the original you, but holy cow you’re wardrobe choices become the stuff fashion legends are made of. When you can pair the beauty of an evening gown with the functionality of real-world boots it’s a win for everyone. I’m kidding, Agnes is in crisis which means the fate of the galaxy is too.

Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: PICARD. Photo Cr: Trae Patton/Paramount+ ©2022 ViacomCBS. All Rights Reserved.

In episode 7, Monsters, Jean-Luc Picard becomes finds himself stuck in his own mind battling the secrets of his past which include monsters of the labyrinth both perceived and real while the Watcher injects herself into Picard’s internal reality to help him and his past self escape. Agnes is nearly fully assimilated with the Borg Queen and needs something more to fill her own emotional/physical emptiness which for this hybrid means car batteries and one night stands with a stranger (although the outcome isn’t sustainable for said stranger, ehem) the aftermath leads Raffi and Seven to a pivotal conflict with Jurati that will probably lead to someone visiting a chiropractor very soon. Just throwing it out there. And Then there’s Rios, but you all know exactly where this river is leading.

Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: PICARD. Photo Cr: Trae Patton/Paramount+ ©2022 ViacomCBS. All Rights Reserved.

Get ready for a brilliant episode that not only explores Picard’s past but illuminates a potential future where everyone in this galaxy can profit from and enjoy on every level, or become violent, subservient subjects to. The human ego is very much on display here with Soong being outed by Cory for trying to play Zeus as his Persephone progeny die one by one on camera for the world to see (but more importantly for her to see and understand) which frees his current experiment to look for a way out. It’s an emotional rollercoaster that will leave you reliving what you saw throughout your day maybe even your week.  All previous and current episodes of Star Trek: Picard can be seen here which I highly recommend exploring!