Beverly shows up with her 20-something son: what would be most cliché? He’s Picard’s son. And yep, he is indeed Picard’s son. The first time Shaw refused to call Seven by her preferred name, I thought, “He’s going to die and the last thing he’ll do before he dies will be to call Seven ‘Seven’” – and yep, that’s exactly what happens.
Borg-Jack is about to destroy the world, so Picard will risk his own life to find him, he’ll give Jack a hug and everything will be okay – and yep, that’s what happens.

So much of it was so predictable! Which was bizarre, because I loved 12 Monkeys, Matalas' earlier show, and that was tightly plotted. But a lot of the personal conflicts and even the bigger plotlines were so....cliched.