The episode takes place at the top security gala given for the Europa astronauts. Everyone is elegantly dressed, with top style honors going to Agnes Jurati, Borg Queen infused young scientist in a stunning red gown.
Luckily Picard gets a chance to talk to Renee Picard, giving her a strengthening talk about melancholy, and fear being a safety mechanism that keeps us alive. Something like that.
I've seen a fair few write ups about this episode having plot holes.
To me, the largest is that Agnes is left behind by everyone all the time. Picard has Tallin, Rafi has Seven, and Agnes should have Rios, with whom she has a complex relationship.
However they have Rios improbably falling for a 2024 doctor in a plot thread that really hasn't made much sense besides giving him screen time and isolating Jurati to be taken over unnoticed by the Borg Queen.
There are of course pros to having a Borg Queen helping you out. There's an emp burst that takes out the lights, then Agnes appears on a balcony, belting out Pat Benatar's Shadows of the Night in a strong voice.
It does give Picard the opportunity to follow and speak with Renee.
She also, egged on by the Queen, grabs Rios for a big kiss before leaving the gala, striding down the street, dress flowing, taken over by the Borg Queen after having produced sufficient endorphins.
Soong has a few cheesy moments, somehow a jolly fellow at the gala for a large donation to the Europa program. Wasn't he just tossed out of his job?
Failing there, he tries to run Renee down, but she's pushed to safety by Picard.
The episode goes to Agnes and her scaly girl pal!
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