We're back with extensive coverage of the fourth episode of Star Trek: Picard, Season 1 Episode 4, titled Absolute Candor. This episode was written by Michael Chabon, and it was directed by Jean-Luc Picard's former Number One, Jonathan Frakes. This is our longest episode to date!
Fred from The Netherlands was kind enough to send us images for this episode, and we used many of them here!
First, we have feedback for the premiere episode, S1E2 Maps and Legends, and S1E3 The End is the Beginning. Discussion about Absolute Candor begins at 26:08 with "Spot the 47". We have used chapters again this week. If your podcast app supports them, skip ahead to the section you want easier.
00:00:21 Intro
00:01:06 Feedback for Prior Episodes
00:26:08 Spot the 47
00:26:27 About Absolute Candor
00:27:46 Ratings
00:30:36 Yesses
00:43:56 Nos
01:32:01 Not Good Enough!
01:59:25 Feedback Section
02:56:24 Shipwide Announcements - News & Info
03:03:22 Wrap Up
We will be recording another Patreon call on Saturday, February 22nd at 6 PM Eastern to discuss a few things:
First, as has been true with the second and third episodes, the fourth episode begins with a flashback. We meet a young Elnor and Zani of the Qowat Milat.
The two Elnors don't match up. He had blue eyes and has an American accent as a child, but has brown eyes and talks in an Australian accent as an adult. Where does the accent come from? No one else had that accent. I tried three times to make this point in the podcast, but Ruthie didn't seem to understand my point. It's not the accent, but that he didn't have it as a child AND no one else in the village had it. Laris has an Irish accent, but we don't meet her as a child and don't meet people with who he grew up, so it works. In Elnor's example, we see his past and get the context of where he grew up. It's not a huge deal, but it did take me out of the episode a tiny bit.
With just seven minutes before the beam out, Picard sees a Romulans Only sign hanging at a cafe. First, he takes it
