Beverly's son is definitely Picard's son. You can tell because of the English accent, so you know he's French.

As someone who has never watched an episode of Picard, I was ecstatic to hear that they renewed it for a 3rd season just because I knew it meant that Mike would force Rich to watch it.

I love how 95% of the people watching never saw an episode of this show and are just here to watch Rich and Mike suffer.

I think Seth Macfarlane explained it best why he loved the Enterprise-D: it looked like an office. There were plants, comfortable swivel chairs, etc. It looked like a place people worked in day to day. Could you imagine being stuck on a nu-Trek ship where everything is constantly dark, shiny, and sterile? Having to look at a bright screen your entire day? It would drive you crazy.

It’s sad to see addicts falling off the wagon again. I hope you guys get the help you need. 🙏

Rich's forgetting major characters of the first two seasons is definitely a trauma response

When Rich says Star Trek has no soul, you can visibly see another fragment of what little soul Mike has left, leaving his body.

“This is Star Trek. There is no soul… That shit’s for Star Wars.” All time classic line from Rich.

Gotta love that, despite Will Wheaton's relentless shilling, the writers made an entirely new son for Beverly Crusher, rather than bring back Whesley.

The mixed emotions of watching someone in a bad relationship who genuinely believes that if they're just patient and forgiving long enough their tormentor will change.

These two warriors fighting to find love in a place it used to be is a real episodic journey

Mike saying "I'm gonna go home" at the end really spoiled the illusion for me that they just live in this abandoned warehouse with the wheel in one corner and the Plinketto board in the other

Seeing Rich and Mike start yet another season of Picard feels like when you know Grandma is $200 down and catch her back on the 25 cent slot machines

I saw the headline "Wisconsin wins drunkest state in America award again" and instantly I knew RLM was watching Star Trek Picard season 3.

The moment when Laris is trying to get rid of Picard's old stuff and he grabs the flute from Inner Light and shakes it at her and says "Don't you understand how special this flute is, you ignorant poser? My god, woman, it's the thing from everyone's favorite episode of my adventures, just like that dog from Futurama" was solid

nuTrek is the closest I've ever come to really understanding what it's like to be in an abusive relationship. "I'm sorry I hurt you, baby. I love you." "I love you, too. I'll give you another chance." Things are ok for a few episodes and then BOOM! all of a sudden I'm naked and being beaten with an extension cord.

This is like watching your alcoholic uncle whose 2 years sober reaching for the wine bottle on Thanksgiving.

" *Hanged* himself your father *hanged* himself. Your father was not a tapestry" One of my favorite ASOIAF quotes from the Freys.

I love how they mention the thumbnails of previous seasons and how this one has them looking happy. I'm sure they'll get even happier as the season goes on.

"The best episode of "Picard" yet"; ie "They managed to casually step over the lowest bar possible."

Oh boy! It’s my favorite time of the year - the period of several months where Mike and Rich are drained of what little joy remains in their lives by watching the shambling remnants of their cherished and much-beloved franchise!

The hidden figure talking to Raffi is Worf. The hidden figure referred to Raffi as a warrior. Gotta be Worf.

I clapped like a demented seal when they mentioned the purple space bazooka.

They were so close at remembering the daughter’s name - Her name is Calzone, a reference to Troy and Riker’s love for pizza and a symbol of their marital bliss at the pizza cabin.

I love coming back and rewatching these in order just to see those two slowly realize the season turned out to be more than they could’ve hoped for.

The skull comparing Marina just destroyed me. Very hard laughter, oh my goodness.

As soon as they announced the rest of the TNG cast would be returning I knew Mike and Rich wouldn’t be able to resist. Star Trek addiction is real and it’s devastating, people. Talk to your friends and family before it’s too late.

"In my opinion, Kirk Bones Spock." - Mike Stoklasa 2023

Also Sidney LaForge is played by Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Mica Burton (pronounced mee-cah) is playing Alandra LaForge, and from the stills looks like she works with her father.

Mike complaining about this Picard being a clone of the original Picard is really funny to me, because the Picard he loves is already a copy of the actual Picard that died in TNG when he beamed himself into space, and they re-materialized a backup of him from the transporter. The real Picard is still floating out there as a bloated corpse Mike!!

The problem I have with modern Star Trek is the same as what I have for most modern television shows. It’s that style of TV show that cropped up in the wake of JJ Abrams LOST which consist of… - Labyrinthine plots that layer in so many threads that by the end not even the shows own writers can possibly keep track of them all to wrap them all up. - Cryptic dialogue designed to sound mysterious but doesn’t actually mean anything when you think about it. - Cheap visuals attempting to look “cinematic” without actually understanding visual storytelling. - Plot structure that prioritises creating interest through mysteries, but rarely actually movies the story forward or changes the status quo. Much less provides answers for the mysteries. - Actors giving performances designed to be melodramatic and super serious, but rarely feel like naturalistic real people. It’s why I’ve all but given up on watching modern TV.

I really didn't think you guys would do this. This is like watching your loved ones slowly walking toward the edge of a cliff

Seeing these two beaten into submission but still remaining optimistic due to astronomical levels of Stockholm syndrome and nostalgia makes me feel not so bad about being a Star Wars fan

Every time I see Riker and Picard in a scene, I always think it looks like and old man and his carer. That's really the vibe they give off. Picard looking all happy, telling stories and Riker leaning forward, trying to hear what the demented old man is saying, or explaining to him that he can't/shouldn't do something.

Mike "Kirk turned into a bloated space balloon." Shatner is gonna love you guys even more.

This is like the television critics equivalent to battered spouse syndrome.

First bad sign from the first episode is that 7 of 9 had ANOTHER status quo change. Voyager: science officer trying to be more human with scary past. That was her in most of the show and arguably where she goes from there, she either still struggles with the dark past or moves forward in her direction from it. "Destiny by character consistency" if you will. Picard 1: Now she is a super hero ranger on the frontier.......then rejoins the collective as a temp queen......then sudden relationship with Raffi. Picard 2: Married arguments with Raffi. fighting her tiny husband in a fascist present, deborged, antiborg (As if 7 of 9 would ever tell PICARD to never give a borg a chance for redemption), and then reborged again. (and a hilarious fear of lithium scene I will not get over). Picard 3 episode 1: SUDDENLY Star Fleet again, Raffi is an ex, number 2 on a ship, and is now ready to rebel again to be a space super hero. Bipolar borg on a drug withdrawel is my only explanation (aside from shitty writers). Also.................there were kid characters on TNG, DS9, and Voyager. The smartest choice no one has made is to just make a crew of those kids as 40 year old adults now. Wesley crusher as the ship's councelor with a cosmic perspective of the universe. Alexander son of Worf as the ship's science officer unable to be a warrior. Nog (played by a new actor, sadly) as an experienced ferengi star fleet captain facing discrimination. Jake Sisko as a journalist working on the ship butting heads with the crew trying to hide controversial decisions in first contacts. Molly O'brian, Miral Paris, and Namomi Wildman all taking up other important crew roles. Just............LITERALLY, the next generation. We already got their backstories, YET, they had whole lives we did not see that redifned many of them. BUT KNOWING Kurtsman's writing staff. all of them became ninjas in section 31, but they were secretly mind controlled by romullans that were all controlled by Brent Spiner playing Zombie Dr Sung.

Did we just forget that Dr Crusher blasted a hole in the middle of a dude before vaporizing him? When she steals a shuttle to prove the ferengi scientist's shield theory. Dr Crusher got quite a bit of development in season 7 that I think a lot of people tend to forget. When Troi gets her promotion to Cmdr she and Crusher talk about it. Crusher didn't need to be a full Cmdr for her position as CMO (apparently), but Crusher wanted to be a qualified bridge officer. We learn that Dr Crusher has apparently all this time behind the scenes kept up in procedures and policies as well as been in the regular command shift rotation of the Enterprise. She kept up her "quals" so to speak. While not stated in dialogue, iirc, but after they lose contact with the away team on earth in First Contact she seems to be acting first officer. That would seem to put her in line of command somewhere around Worf. The XO, 2nd officer, and Chief Engineer are missing, the Security Chief is busy fighting and coordinating against the Borg, making her acting XO. She gets her own ship in All Good Things. All these make you think that Crusher really considered herself to be a well rounded Starfleet officer second only to being a doctor.

I'm gonna keep an eye on Mike's shirt to see if it eventually morphs into "make it stop".

i love how mike quotes word for word the next generation and the original series but misquote the episode they just watched constantly

one thing I love about Picard Every time they're on a Starship and a captain says 'open a channel' ...It makes the original sound from the next generation of opening the channel. It's a very distinct sound. Every time I hear that ring throughout the bridge it has to make me smile

I would be happy to see Mike and Rich discussin every season of Voyager in detail.

I'm glad wil wheaton said "this is really exciting" otherwise I wouldn't know what emotion I'm supposed to be feeling.

I get unreasonably excited to watch 2 men I don't know talk about a bad show I will never watch.

Mike got pranked by Picard 3 times now. He's like the Nute Gunray of RLM.

The lighting of the ship's interior is as bright as the souls of the writers

Even a quick plot summary of Picard feels like a fever dream.

“It’s just too painful, I can’t do it anymore.” - Mike “Yeah, I mean we don’t have to review Season 3. I wasn’t really planning to either.” - Rich Never change lads

Watching the light leaving Mike and Rich’s eyes is truly entertaining

It’s so juvenile but the added fart sounds to the Picard reviews always make me laugh

Mike: That's it, I'm done. We're not watching Picard season 3. "The gang watches Picard season 3..."

I thought Rich and Mike would never do this again. But no one's ever really gone....

The fact that they could not remember Christopher Plummer played General Chang and just called him bald Klingon is more shocking to me than all of Season 1 and 2 of Picard.

I can see an old retired military man growing softer and finally allowing himself to show emotional attachements, remember his golden years with a warm and love he couldnt allow himself when he was in command and had to be professional, unflappable, the rock the rest of the crew could stand on at all times. What I cant get is that whole second season of "no, that all was trauma, trauma so big one wonders how he passed any psychological examination to become Starfleet"

"I am knowingly watching a show that makes me miserable as I am perfectly aware it ruins a thing I love. How could this happen to me?"

I'm happy that Mike is opening up his heart and is willing to get hurt again for true love.

You know what this means. We'll need another 10 favourite TNG episodes as a palette cleanser.

Watched this re:view at least 3 times before I actually watched the show. I love rewatching these two now, knowing how well it all turned out.

This was one of my favorite RLM videos in a while. You guys were firing all cylinders. Multiple times I laughed out loud.

The worst part isn't watching your favorite media franchise shoot itself in the feet, devolve into self-parody, and be repeatedly refused the sweet release of cancellation. It's the cries from your fellow fans of "It's alive! it's gonna be good again! The new showrunner knows what he's doing!" every time they dig up the dead horse to start beating again.

I could listen to them do the lofty schlocky S1/S2 Picard dialogue for hours lol

All the fanbase ever wanted was an episodic and modern TNG. Strange New Worlds I think got that message. We'll see with SNW season 2.

The leather chairs making microfart sounds really elevated my whole experience of watching this video.

The "All Good Things" Troi side-by-side has my sides in standard orbit

Just when Mike and Rich thought they were out, the show somehow pulls them back in, like a demon dragging them into hell or something.

You know what the Picard show should have been. Picard training cadets. With a full young cast and Picard is the headmaster of the academy. Then they go on training missions together that always get out of hand. And there is drama between students etc. Would have been a great episodic show. 5-7 seasons at least.

17:16 The Ink Spots are such an awesome old timey band. Glad so many shows, movies, and games are using them

How to retcon that Picard is (not) a robot: "Hey, Picard, remember that day when we all told you, you are now a robot?" "Yes, I remember it exactly, it was the first of April three years ago. ... first of April! You bastards!"

Mystery person is Worf . The short responses and specifically “You are a warrior” is spot on Worf dialogue.

"I would like for Shaw to have a complex depth to his character." He was honestly the best part of the season, to me. Jelico meets Sisko.

I'm kind of amazed at how I remember the plot of the previous seasons about as well as Mike even though I've never watched the show myself.

Considering Mike’s love for old people, I’m surprised he doesn’t love every second of this show

I thought this franchise was dead but five minutes into this episode Beverly Crusher executes a man by shooting him as he lays unconscious on the floor. In that moment I knew Star Trek was back. Thanks Terry Matalas.

"Former ex-Borg" - So Captain Shaw is implying that Picard is no longer an ex-Borg and is in fact a Borg?

49:07 I love the tone in Rich’s voice as his Trek awareness is doubted slightly

„She‘s pretty one-dimensional“ „That’s giving her too many dimensions, Mike“ 😂 Savage Rich, just savage 😎

Mike talking about leaving the Space Dock in Star Trek 6 is so endearing. That’s pure love.

That scene of 1701-A leaving ESD in Undiscovered Country still gives me chills.

@32:50 Riker just won't stop playing jazz no matter what's going on.

15:56 It took me way too long to realize Mike was saying "Kirk, Bones, Spock" and not "Kirk bones Spock" .

Seasons 1 and 2 of Picard were a nightmare, but... They made Red Letter Media shine.

It's not the ship that Picard has fondness for it's the comradery he felt with his crew and the time they shared on the Enterprise D Picard has shown throughout TNG he collects physical objects that have an emotional attachment, him keeping a painting of Ent-D is along the same lines The way that Picard acts towards Riker, even in Encounter at Farpoint, has been consistent Picard treats Riker professionally when it comes to matters of Starfleet but then treats him as a friend when off duty or when it is prudent

We all know that with transporter technology you basically die and are reassembled every time you use one so no character keeps their soul in that case.

YESSSSSS!!!!!! i'm disabled as of last year I'm just glad I live long enough to see you guys do this! you've got me through a lot of hard times. I love you guys! and I Love Star Trek. Be safe and take care of yourselves!

Just when you thought they were out... THEY GET PULLED BACK IN

"This is Star Trek, there is no soul". At that moment, Dick the Birthday Boy killed Mike's spirit.

If I remember correctly, Valeris’s face isn’t showing wonderment so much as thinking they’re all about to die because Kirk is hauling ass out of the space dock at impulse speed.

I can't wait to see what eldritch horrors Rich and Mike turn into by the end of this season.

I thought out loud, "no way they're still actually reviewing this show it has to be a joke", but it looks like they are actually giving it another chance. I want this show to be good *for them* at this point, I can't imagine having hope about something I love and it getting dashed three times in a row.

Great review, as usual. Probably mentioned elsewhere in the thousands of comments, but Valeris’s look in ST VI was as much a reaction to Kirk having them fly out of space dock faster than usual as it was a clue about her being the traitor.

On one hand I want it to be good so that these guys can escape hell, but on the other hand I really want to keep hearing Mike's impersonation of picard's speeches.

That Deanna Troy side-by-side😂😂😂

I think Raffi’s handler is Worf. When she was doubting herself and wanting to leave, the response was something like “Stand strong. You are a warrior.”

Therapists do not "help you bury" past traumatic events. Patients often suffer amnesia of the event and the therapist help them remember. Thanks Mike and Rich for confronting this terrible trauma on behalf of all of us.

If we're not gonna (ever?) get any more Plinkett, it's still extremely satisfying watching the guys talk about Star Trek

The set falling apart part way through this re:View kinda feels like a premonition for Picard S3 writing.

Picard would recognise Jack Crusher immediately if he was a clone... He and Picard were close friends in their youth, but the writers might have forgotten about those details!

Just watching ep4 now. Picard just said. "10 fucking hours!"

I've never seen an episode of Picard yet totally laughed when they goofed on Elnor. because I know him from watching these videos.

Damn, how'd y'all get through the whole Season 1 recap without mentioning Data confessing his love to Picard before saying "please let me fucking die?"