History Recap / StarTrekPicardS1E09EtInArcadiaEgoPart1

* TheReveal / OnceMoreWithClarity: Sutra extracts the message of the Admonition from Jurati's mind.

* MythologyGag: One of the android women is wearing an outfit clearly inspired by (though not as revealing) the outfit worn by android girl Andrea in "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E7WhatAreLittleGirlsMadeOf What Are Little Girls Made Of?]]".

* AlienBlood: Narek has a large cut on his cheek, so there's green blood on the left side of his face.

* TheAtoner: Anges decides to continue Maddox's work to atone for killing him. Picard is accused of wanting to help the synthetics to atone for his failure to help the Romulans, rather than because his help will actually achieve anything.

* DopplegangerSpin: Narek rigs his cloak to project a false image of his ship having taken damage, along with a faint life signature to convince ''La Sirena'' that he's [[WoundedGazelleGambit seriously wounded]].

* FanserviceExtra: Some of the well-toned male androids are shirtless.

* GreaterScopeVillain: the extragalactic synths end up being this. Not only did their Admonition cause the ''Zhat Vash'' to kick off the plot, but they explicitly declare themselves to be [[OmnicidalManiac Biocidal Maniacs]] who are ready, willing and able to swoop in and kill every organic they can get their hands on.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: Rios [[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E07Nepenthe previously mentioned]] that Romulan Snakehead ships have "massive firepower for their size". Narek demonstrates this by giving ''La Sirena'' a serious pounding.

** The Romulans have assembled 218 warbirds for their assault on the synth homeworld. This means that, even if Picard has gotten Clancy's squadron of Starfleet ships, they would have been laughably outnumbered by the Romulans.

* DopplegangerSpin: Narek rigs his cloak to project a false image of his ship having taken damage, along with a faint life signature to convince ''La Sirena'' that he's seriously wounded.

* TheReveal: Sutra extracts the message of the Admonition from Jurati's mind.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear whether it was Narek or Sutra who murdered Saga. [[spoiler: The next episode reveals it was both of them]]

* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear whether it was Narek or Sutra who murdered Saga.

--> '''Picard:''' ''(barely conscious)'' Thank you for coming...everyone...

--> '''Sutra:''' Are you and your Federation any different from the Romulans? Banning synthetics was just a way of exterminating us in advance.

--> '''Raffi:''' After everything that you've done for me, I need to say thank you. I love you, JL. … Oh, you-you don't have to say it back to me.\\

* RememberTheNewGuy: Brent Spiner plays Altan Soong, the never-before-mentioned biological son of Dr. Noonien Soong.[[note]]The fact that Altan seems to come from out of nowhere has led some fans to speculate that he too is an android created by Maddox and, like Dahj and Soji, is unaware of his true nature.[[/note]]

--> '''Altan:''' What you did...shame on you, Agnes. You put out a small, bright candle shedding its light in a vast darkness.

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Sutra muses to Narek that her desire to kill him might have outweighed her need of his services. Lucky for him, the latter won out.

* DopplegangerSpin: Narek rigs his cloak to project a false image of his ship having taken damage, along with a faint life signature to convince ''La Sirena'' he's been seriously wounded.

* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Sutra, a sentient android, is passionate about Vulcan culture. She has read Surak's texts, she plays the Ka'athyra beautifully, and she somehow taught herself the ability to perform a MindMeld.

** One of Data's children uses a Vulcan technique, though this time it's a mind meld instead of a nerve pinch.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Bruce Maddox, in his heroic capacity as creator of the synths, decided to be devious and lock away the knowledge of the synth homeworld in Soji's mind. Which meant she didn't know she had to keep it a secret, and gave it away to Narek and the Romulans. She earns forgiveness for bringing the Romulans down on the synths' heads for precisely this reason.

** Raffi says that "homicidal fungi" is a thing. Does she know about ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery May Ahern]]?

* ContinuityNod: Some of the synthetic beings have golden skin like Data, evidently being earlier models.

* GeniusBonus: The translation of the episode's title is "Even in Arcadia, there am I." The phrase is generally regarded as a ''[[WeAllDieSomeday memento mori]]'', the "I" in question being Death (represented in this case by the Romulan fleet), and Arcadia meaning some utopian land like the synth compound on Coppelius.

* GeniusBonus: The translation of the episode's title is "Even in Arcadia, there am I." The phrase is generally regarded as a [[WeAllDieSomeday ''memento mori'']], the "I" in question being Death (represented in this case by the Romulan fleet), and Arcadia meaning some utopian land like the synth compound on Coppelius.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear where it was Narek or Sutra who murdered Saga.

* GenerationXerox: Once again, Creator/BrentSpiner plays a member of the Soong family, much as he did decades before in ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'' and centuries earlier in ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]''.
** In addition, Altan's extreme protectiveness of his creations mirror that of his ancestor Arik.

** The Romulans have assembled 218 warbirds for their assault on the synth homeworld.

* VillainHasAPoint: The Zhat Vash aren't entirely illogical in their crusade to prevent the development of synths. Even if they had correctly understood the message centuries before, it would have still have given them justification to stop the development of synthetic life in order to prevent such a situation from arising in the first place. Additionally, there have already been synthetic intelligences in the past of the Star Trek universe who would have called the synthetic alliance had they known of them.