Bloodlines

Season 7, Episode 22, Aired

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Stardate: 47829.1 Picard tries to save his newly-discovered son from the retaliation of a vengeful Ferengi whose only son was killed by Picard buring the Battle of Maxia many years before.
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  • Tedious, pointless sequel.

    6.5
    "Fair"
    By pharoahsdance, Jun 21, 2011
    The first season episode "The Battle" was by no means a classic episode, but it was among the highlights of a pretty weak season. Unfortunately, its sequel doesn't deserve even that much credit.

    This episode isn't painfully bad, but Picard's "son" is an arrogant twit and we're really banking on Patrick Stewart to carry things. He does an OK job (including a good joke about his son's hairline), but ultimately an episode that could have given some insight into Picard's character completely fails to do so.

    The Ferengi subplot is meant to inject some excitment, but just reminds us why the Ferengi were much better as comic relief than evil adversaries.moreless

  • Wow. Seriously?

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    By adarascarlet, Jun 21, 2011
    Let me make sure I've got this right... Picard's "son" is 23, he was with his mother 24 years ago, the only thing the guy knows is that his father was in Star Fleet, and Picard is NOT his father? Don't get me wrong... I'm glad they didn't really throw a son at Picard near the very end, but what's up with this kid's mom? The woman is supposed to be so saintly that she took in 40+ kids and died because she wouldn't hand over their food, yet she managed to bang 2 Star Fleet officers within the same couple of months, and didn't keep a relationship with either of them? It seems Mother Theresa sure gets around. And if Picard wasn't the father, where the Hell was the real one? Does this woman just have a thing for sleeping with men she'll never see again and then saving starving children? I guess even the purest of the pure have a depraved side... Either that or the writers just kinda gave up.moreless

  • Picard starts getting threats from DaiMon Bok. He accuses Picard of killing his son 15 years ago. Now DaiMon Bok wants revenge. He says he will kill Jason Vigo, Picard's son. Picard is unaware he has a Son.moreless

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    By Pink_Floyd_AL, Aug 18, 2010
    Picard starts getting threats from DaiMon Bok. He accuses Picard of killing his son 15 years ago. Now DaiMon Bok wants revenge. He says he will kill Jason Vigo, Picard's son. Picard is unaware he has a Son. Picard does remember a romantic fling with some woman with the last name Vigo. So he sets out for Camor V where he last seen Jason's mother. Enroute Bok shows up in Picard's quarters again he is making threats. Picard does locate Jason Vigo and beans him aboard. Dr Krusher runs DNA tests on Jason to find out who's the daddy?moreless
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    • Somehow Bok secretly beams in and out of Picard's quarters without his transporter beam lighting up the room (it does later in the episode once we and Picard know what he's up to).
    • Bok's plan doesn't make much sense. He had to find someone who had an affair with Picard and another guy in close proximity time-wise, and have it also be a woman who chose not to reveal to Picard or her son the father of that child. Then Bok had to get a sample of Picard's DNA, then sneak in and resequence Jason's DNA without anyone knowing. How likely is any of this?

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    • Jason: If I'm not your son... is this person still going to want to kill me? Picard: Once he's made aware of the fact, I expect he won't... Jason: In that case you won't mind me saying that I hope you're not my father...
    • Picard: (to his son with hair) One thing is clear - you'll never look at your hairline in the same way again.

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    • Peter Marx has been a Ferengi on TNG three times. His prior appearances were as Nibor in "Ménage à Troi," and as Dr. Reyga in "Suspicions." He also played the Krenim Commandant on Voyager in "Year Of Hell" parts 1 & 2.
    • The character of DaiMon Bok appeared first in episode 9 "The Battle". The character was played by a different actor in that episode.
    • The script name for Jason was Cristof and was changed since Cristof is Patrick Stewart's real life son's name.

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