History Recap / StarTrekPicardS1E08BrokenPieces

* ShoutOut: The Emergency Engineering Hologram of the ''Sirena'' speaks in a very pronounced Scottish accent.

* BinarySuns: Taken UpToEleven with Aia, a world in an octonary star system. That's ''four'' pairs of binary stars in two pairs orbiting each other with the larger pairs in one large orbit around a planet with the Admonition.

* GodzillaThreshold: Seven could form the liberated Borg on the Cube into a mini-Collective controlled by her, but is reluctant to do so because the feeling of the Collective would be intoxicating to both them and her. When the Romulans start ejecting them into space, however, she has no choice but to do so in order to protect them. The unprocessed Borg are vented anyway, but the surviving xBs rally and overpower the remaining Romulans before their fleet heads for the android homeworld.

* NervesOfSteel: Narissa is shown the horrors in the Admonition and barely reacts beyond a tear.

* WontTakeYesForAnAnswer: Picard keeps talking over Clancy, trying to convince her to send him a squadron that she's already planning to send.

** Once the truth about Maddox's death comes out, Jurati ends up facing charges for his murder.

* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Rios and Picard discuss their Starfleet careers, and it turns out they were only two degrees of separation apart: Rios's old captain, Captain Vandermeer, served under Picard's old Academy classmate [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E14Tapestry Marta Batanides]], who introduced them once.

* AteHisGun: Rios's former captain, Alonzo Vandermeer, blew his own brains out after carrying out Starfleet's orders to kill two people. One of the Zhat Vash does this after expierencing the Admonition.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: When Seven takes control of the Artifact, her eyes turn green and black, the Borg's team colors.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Narissa seems to be genuinely fond of Ramdha, whom she refers to as "Auntie," and who joined the Zhat Vash alongside her.
* EyeColorChange: When Seven activates the Queencell, her eyes first turn into BlackEyesOfEvil, and then become ElectronicEyes as they begin glowing with [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience green patterns]].

* HistoryRepeats: Androids destroyed the long lost civilization, and the Zhat Vash learned (or at least believe) from their [[ApocalypticLog memories left behind]] that any civilization that develops synthetic life will ultimately meet the same end. Picard and Rios discuss this, with Picard insisting that the future isn't set in stone.

** Elnor has met Seven of Nine only once, and when he sees her again, he hugs her tightly and buries his head against her shoulder. He's so grateful to be in the presence of a friendly face again after being trapped alone on the Artifact for ''days'' and struggling to avoid being captured by the Romulans, not to mention he's upset over Hugh's death. Seven is a bit uncomfortable with the sudden close contact, but she recognizes that Elnor is very sensitive and is in need of emotional support, so she tolerates it.

* TheReveal: The secret of the Zhat Vash is the knowledge of a past civilization that was destroyed when they created artificial life. They believe any species which does the same will meet that end, and will do anything to stop it.

* AteHisGun: Rios's former captain, Alonzo Vandermeer, blew his own brains out after carrying out Starfleet's orders to kill two people.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Narissa seems to be genuinely fond of Ramdha, who she refers to as "Auntie," and who joined the Zhat Vash alongside her.

* MythologyGag: Rios' engineering hologram [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries has a Scottish accent]].

* HistoryRepeats: Androids destroyed the long lost civilization, and the Zhat Vash learned (or at least believe) from their [[ApocalypticLog memories left behind]] that any civilization that develops synthetic life will ultimately meet the same end.

* TeleportationRescue: Although the scene cuts away, it's evident that Narissa is saved from being mauled by xBs by a timely beam-out.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: The memories in the Admonishion are so terrible that assimilated Romulans that were exposed to the memories caused the Borg Cube to be severed from the Collective.

* RealityEnsues: Picard dramatically sits down in the captain's chair, brings up the interface, pauses for a moment, then admits he has no idea how it actually works and gets back up.

* TeleportationRescue: Although the scene cuts away, it's evident that Narissa is saved from being mauled by [=xBs=] by a timely beam-out.

* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Rios and Picard discuss their Starfleet careers, and it turns out they were only two degrees of separation apart: Rios's old captain, Captain Vanderbmeer, served under Picard's old Academy classmate [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E14Tapestry Marta Batanides]], who introduced them once.

* AteHisGun: Rios's former captain, Alonzo Vandemere, blew his own brains out after carrying out Starfleet's orders to kill two people.

* BinarySuns: Taken UpToEleven with Aia, a world in an octonary star system. That's four pairs of binary stars in two pairs orbiting each other with the larger pairs in one large orbit around a planet with the Admonishion.
* BrokenPedestal: Rios thought of Vandemere as a father figure, right up until he turned out to be a murderer when he killed an ambassador and his aide in cold blood because Starfleet threatened to destroy their entire ship otherwise.

* EyeColorChange: When Seven activates the Queencell, her eyes first turn into BlackEyesOfEvil, and then become ElectronicEyes as they begin glowing with [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience green patterns.]]

* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: Aia, the Grief World, is home to a device called the Admonishion containing the memories of a long dead civilization which was laid to waste by androids. The civilization felt this message was of such importance that they artificially created an octonary star system just so spacefaring civilizations would find it.
* FreezeFrameBonus: As the members of the Zhat Vash are exposed to the Admonishion, they see images such as a robotic face briefly flashing into Data's face, the same images Oh showed Jurati, and various random things like dead animals and a fetus.

* HistoryRepeats: Androids destroyed the long lost civilization, and the Zhat Vash learned/believe from their memories left behind that any civilization that develops synthetic life will ultimately meet the same end.

* {{Matriarchy}}: The Zhat Vash is led by women, and it would seem only women are allowed contact with the Admonishion.

* NervesOfSteel: Narissa is shown the horrors in the Admonishion and barely reacts beyond a tear.

* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Rios and Picard discuss their Starfleet careers, and it turns out they were only two degrees of separation apart: Rios's old captain, Captain Vandemere, served under Picard's old Academy classmate [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E14Tapestry Marta Batanides]], who introduced them once.

* PrecisionFStrike:

* TeleportationRescue: Although the scene cuts away, it's evident Narissa is saved from being mauled by xBs by a timely beam out.

* WontTakeYesForAnAnswer: Picard keeps talking over Clancy trying to convince her to send him a squadron she's already planning to send.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Seven is done leading the xBs to overpower the Romulans, Elnor asks her if she plans to assimilate him. She tells him that "Annika" still has work to do and disbands the Collective.

* BigDamnHeroes: Seven shows up to rescue Elnor from the Romulans that are about to overpower him.

* {{Flashback}}: A flashback to 14 years ago shows Oh inducting new members into the Zhat Vash, giving context to the insane Romulans she showed Jurati through a mind meld.

* NervesOfSteel: Narrisa is shown the horrors in the Admonishion and barely reacts beyond a tear.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: The hospitality program whispers to Raffi by getting closer and closer to her face until she falls backwards on the bed.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Rios and Picard get to talking about their Starfleet careers, and it turns out they were only two degrees of separation apart: Rios's old captain, Captain Vandemere, served under Picard's old Academy classmate [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E14Tapestry Marta Batanides]], who introduced them once.
* OverrideCommand: When Soji tries to hijack the ship to fly it to her homeworld, Rios recites a nursery rhyme that completely locks out the helm and returns control of the remaining systems to him.

* TeleportationRescue: Though the scene cuts away, it's evident Narissa is saved from being mauled by xBs by a timely beam out.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: The memories in the Admonishion are so terrible that assimilating Romulans that were exposed to the memories caused the Borg Cube to be severed from the Collective.

* {{Flashback}}: A flashback to 14 years ago shows Oh inducting new members into the Zhat Vash, giving context to the insane Romulans she showed Oh through a mind meld.

* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: Aia, the Grief World, is home to a device called the Admonishion containing the memories of a long dead civilization which was laid to waste by androids.