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Star Trek: Picard – Season 1, Episode 6 The Impossible Box

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Star Trek: Picard – Season 1, Episode 6

The Impossible Box

Aired Feb 27, 2020

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Picard and crew track Soji to the Borg cube in Romulan space, resurfacing haunting memories for Picard; Narek believes he finally found a way to safely exploit Soji for information.

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Marked by a wealth of revelatory character moments, "The Impossible Box" brings a strong psychological element to the forefront of Picard's continually gripping story.

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Patrick Stewart

Jean-Luc Picard

Isa Briones

Soji Asha

Alison Pill

Agnes Jurati

Santiago Cabrera

Cristobal "Chris" Rios

Michelle Hurd

Raffi Musiker

Harry Treadaway

Narek

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Christian Blauvelt

IndieWire

02/28/2020

B+

"The Impossible Box" was an exceptionally well written and directed installment. It wasn't perfect: but the thrill here was not so much in what happened, but how it happened.

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Nick Schager

Entertainment Weekly

02/28/2020

Though the Artifact has served its narrative purpose well, it'll be nice to see Soji - and the show - explore a somewhat different environment.

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Sopan Deb

New York Times

02/27/2020

I thought this was the best episode of the season, with some caveats. "Picard" has a tendency to rely on some clumsy exposition to help viewers remember details or to fill in back stories for plot lines to come.

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Andrew Gaudion

THN

08/28/2020

3/5

Once again, this is an episode of Picard that thrives more on a sense of frenetic pacing, combining elements of Picard's past to drive both his mission and much of the drama at the focus.

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Hayden Cornmell

Film Inquiry

03/06/2020

While it should be noted that "The Impossible Box" does make strides towards the franchise's core ideas and is significantly more ambitious than "Stardust City Rag", it still struggles to know what to do with itself.

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Samantha Coley

Tell-Tale TV

03/02/2020

"The Impossible Box," brings us to the convergence of the two overarching season arcs, along with sweeping nostalgia, thrilling high stakes action, and moving character moments.

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Synopsis

Picard and crew track Soji to the Borg cube in Romulan space, resurfacing haunting memories for Picard; Narek believes he finally found a way to safely exploit Soji for information.

Executive Producer: Alex Kurtzman, Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman, James Duff, Patrick Stewart, Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth
Network: Paramount+
Rating: TV-14
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Feb 27, 2020