Yet the warm rush of nostalgia is clearly the best recommendation for "Star Trek: Picard" -- the latest spinoff beamed up by CBS All Access -- a show that slowly goes where the franchise has gone before. Patrick Stewart is back, 33 years after "Star Trek: The Next Generation" launched, and 18 years since last suiting up for a "Trek" movie as Jean-Luc Picard, the eloquent captain of the Enterprise. The sluggish pace thus begins to drain interest, at least for those who didn't hang on "Next Generation's" every wrinkle. At least initially, this feels like a different "Star Trek" iteration, with Picard having resigned from Starfleet, and taken up residence -- a bit restlessly -- at a serene vineyard in France. (Much of the early action takes place on Earth, and the shimmering glimpses of the planet's future are hopeful, even by "Trek" standards.)

Source: CNN January 23, 2020 14:26 UTC