Picard Season 3 – good but not great

The first two episodes were just a retread of the opening of Discovery with nostalgia bait actors:
-Anomalous craft just out of range of the main ship forcing an away mission
-First officer commits an act of mutiny against their captain after speaking with a more experienced one
-Smaller ship gets saved by larger ship’s tractor beam/Smaller ship gets saved by larger ship blocking enemy tractor beam
-Character leaves sickbay prematurely to arrive on the bridge
-Character is clever enough to break out of force field cell
-The “trust no one” line potentially setting up another Voq/Tyler arc

I’ve also seen a number of comparisons to 24, from Raffi’s drug-abusing agent arc, to insubordination against a weak boss for the greater good, waking up an injured character to gain critical information, even the dim lighting of the Titan having meant to evoke the CTU office.

Also, why the need for another thread after having not only been aware of, but posting in the previous one?

As an old school Trekkie, I am liking it a lot. I watched episode one twice, never done that before. This is the best Trek since Enterprise went off the air imo.