History Recap / StarTrekPicardS1E10EtInArcadiaEgoPart2

* Once again, hyperpowerful AI has [[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryS2E07LightAndShadows a thing for tentacles]].

* FamousLastWords: When Picard passes away in his original human body, his final words to Raffi are:
-->'''Picard''': You were quite right.

* UnfoldingPlanMontage: The scene switches between Narek, Rios, Raffi and Elnor discussing how they will gain access to Coppelius Station and being inspected by the andriod guards at the entrance. [[UnspokenPlanGuarantee It fails when Soji grabs the solvent detonator and throws it away from the transmitter before it goes off.]]

%%* TakeMeInstead: Discussed.

%%* TakeMeInstead: Discussed

* TakeMeInstead: Discussed; see HowDareYouDieOnMe

** Commodore Oh (a.k.a. General Nedar) gets away free despite being the mastermind of the destruction of Mars (although her usefulness as TheMole within Starfleet has come to an end). It should be noted, however, that had she continued the battle after Soji deactivated the beacon that was summoning the higher synths, it's likely she wouldn't have gotten away with it, she's almost certainly PersonaNonGrata in Federation space, and her life's work is ruined in the Federation because Starfleet knows the [=A500s=] were hacked.

-->'''Rios:''' Have you been, uh...hitting the horgl again?

** Commodore Oh (a.k.a. General Nedar) gets away free despite being the mastermind of the destruction of Mars (although her usefulness as TheMole within Starfleet has come to an end). It should be noted, however, that had she continued the battle after Soji deactivated the beacon that was summoning the higher synths, it's likely she wouldn't have gotten away with it, and she's almost certainly PersonaNonGrata in Federation space.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's uncertain whether Altan Soong simply deactivated Sutra or terminated her.

** Commodore Oh (a.k.a. General Nedar) gets away free despite being the mastermind of the destruction of Mars (although her usefulness as TheMole within Starfleet has come to an end). It should be noted, however, that had she continued the battle after Soji stopped the higher synths, it's likely she wouldn't have got away with it, and she's almost certainly PersonaNonGrata in Federation space.

** Commodore Oh (a.k.a. General Nedar) gets away free despite being the mastermind of the destruction of Mars (although her usefulness as TheMole within Starfleet has come to an end).

* BackInTheSaddle: Riker has returned to Starfleet as an acting captain for the rescue mission.

* HowDareYouDieOnMe: How Picard told Data he felt about the latter's sacrifice in the ''Scimitar'' incident [[Film/StarTrekNemesis so many years before]].

-->"It says a great deal about the mind of Commander Data that looking at the human race, with all its violence and corruption and willful ignorance, he could still see kindness, immense curiosity, and greatness of spirit, and he wanted more than anything else, to be part of that. To be a part of the human family. We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep."

* DisneyVillainDeath: Seven kicks Narissa down a chasm in the Cube, proving once again the importance of safety rails.

** We don't see what happens to Narek after the synths subdue him; [[invoked]]WordOfGod is that [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RLxIIKV6OaU/Xo7e5UaLR7I/AAAAAAABBIg/40CSSaYET58DSfezIme1L37NTWjyHCaJQCKgBGAsYHg/s1600/Michael%2BChabon%2BStar%2BTrek%2BPicard%2BInstagram%2Bstory%2BNarek%2BQ.jpg he was taken into Federation custody,]] but this was cut for time. Nor what became of the xBs and the Artifact (although Creator/MichaelChabon would later clarify that a DeletedScene had [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S_Wd39M9HpM/Xo7e5aosbRI/AAAAAAABBIg/3ej0OU6tBAAF3W8wfptjNSYT-0_JTlM6ACKgBGAsYHg/s1600/Michael%2BChabon%2BStar%2BTrek%2BPicard%2BInstagram%2Bstory%2BXB%2BQ.jpg Ramdha and the other former drones join the synth colony]]), as Seven has joined Picard's crew. No update on Laris, Zhaban and Number One, either, although one assumes they wouldn't be in any trouble on Earth.

** Dahj, Bruce Maddox, Hugh, Saga and a lot of the xBs are dead, and knowing the truth about what happened on Mars doesn't change the fact that thousands of people died, and one of the Federations's oldest colonies was destroyed during the Zhat Vash's crusade. Picard succumbs to his brain abnormality, but his mind is transferred to the golem Altan Soong built, allowing him a chance to say goodbye to Data's consciousness in a quantum simulation, who is allowed to die shortly thereafter. Nedar escapes with the Romulan fleet, and while her "Commodore Oh" identity is completely burned and she can no longer influence Starfleet policy, she's still free to pursue the Zhat Vash's agenda. Worst of all, the Higher Synthetics are still out there, and nothing is stopping them from investigating this attempt to call them.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Narek describes the Orchids that disabled his vessel as "Ship-killing flowers that fly."