History Recap / StarTrekPicardS3E06TheBounty

** Geordi transporting onto the ''Titan''-A is accompanied by an excerpt of Jerry Goldsmith's "The Meld and A Good Start" from "The Motion Picture". Similarly, Worf's arrival with Raffi is likewise heralded by Goldsmith's "Klingon Theme".

-->'''Riker''': You used to poke back [at my teasing]! What happened to you?!

* GenreBlind: Downplayed, but as they're running from a Changeling conspiracy that's compromised Starfleet, neither Picard, Beverly, or Sidney thinks to do a BluffTheImposter just to be safe and to ascertain if this is indeed Geordi and not an imposter. It may be possible, however, that Sidney [[CallingTheOldManOut confronting her father]] doubled as her BluffTheImposter moment.

* GenreBlind: Downplayed, but as they're running from a Changeling conspiracy that's compromised Starfleet, neither Picard, Beverly, or Sidney thinks to do a BluffTheImposter just to be safe and to ascertain if this is indeed Geordi and not an imposter. It may be possible, however, that Sidney [[CallingTheOldManOut confronting her father]] may have doubled as her BluffTheImposter moment.

* GenreBlind: Downplayed, but as they're running from a Changeling conspiracy that's compromised Starfleet, neither Picard, Beverly, or Sidney thinks to do a BluffTheImposter just to be safe and to ascertain if this is indeed Geordi and not an imposter.

* ApeShallNotKillApe: Subverted. Given how sacrosanct this commandment was for [=DS9=]-era Founders, you'd expect this would be the norm among Vadic and the rest of the renegade Founders. Instead, it's a sign of just how extremist and divergent the Dominion RenegadeSplinterFaction is that Vadic has ''no'' compunctions whatsover about killing one of her Changeling underlings.

* CanonDiscontinuity: [[https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-picard-theory-enterprise-series-finale/ This episode retcons the widely-despised Enterprise finale "These Are The Voyages..."]], as we see in the Federation fleet museum shows that [[https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/nxenterprisebright-900x390.jpg the NX-01 got refit with a secondary engineering hull]] similar to the original USS Enterprise NCC-1701, which was the intention had this series gotten renewed for a fifth season.

* FailedASpotCheck: When Picard accepts the Fleet Museum's hail, he's initially relieved and focused on reuniting with his old Chief Engineer and coming up with plan to rescue the Away Team from Daystrom. It thus doesn't immediately register with him that Geordi ''doesn't'' look at all happy to see him.

** Speaking of the front half of the ''Enterprise'', iot's been confirmed in previous episodes that it's here at the museum, but she isn't seen with the rest of the ships. This will be important later.

** Data's reactivation and reunion with his old crew-mates is reminiscent of [[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock Spock's own resurrection and reunion with the 1701 crew]]. Similarly, Data's inquiries of "Geordi? Captain?" are similar to his prior reactivation reaction from ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection''.

* ShoutOut: Shaw's reaction to meeting Geordi La Forge [[Recap/CommunityS2E16IntermediateDocumentaryFilmmaking recalls a meeting with another superfan who struggled to speak in LeVar Burton's presence.]]

** The NX-01 Enterprise from ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' can be seen in the background but might be easy to miss, as it appeared post-SeriesFinale it had the secondary hull refit that debuted in the "Ships of the Line" calendar.

** Kirk's corpse was last seen on Veridian III, where Picard buried it (''Film/StarTrekGenerations''). Other pieces of modern technology were left there as well (in violation of the AlienNonInterferenceClause, which was used in the not-precisely-canon Creator/WilliamShatner novel ''[[Literature/StarTrekShatnerverse The Return]]'' to justify Kirk's corpse being disinterred in the first place), and some of it will appear later in the season.
** It's been confirmed already that the saucer section of the ''Enterprise''-D is at the museum, but she isn't seen with the rest of the ships. Turns out she's closer than one might think...
** When the ''Titan'' Away Team beams over to Daystrom and the AI tags them, it focuses on Riker. As soon as it does, the broken music notes start playing on the Station speakers. It's almost as if...the AI knows that Riker is an amateur musician, that he might recognize the musical notes, and is trying to communicate something musically.

* EverythingIsOnline: Geordi reveals that modern Starfleet ships instinctually talk to each other, so even discarding their overt transponder other ships are capable of getting some sort of lead where the Titan has gone.

* BrickJoke: Back in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', Geordi enthusiastically discussed Zefram Cochrane's Bozeman statue with the legend-to-be (something which Riker gave him grief for after it caused a panicked Cochrane to try and make a run for it). 30 years later, Geordi now has a replica of said statue in his office. In this week's ''Ready Room'', Production Designer David Blass [[https://youtu.be/mEIipPrg-pA?t=264 confirms]] this was an intentional Brick Joke.

* CanonImmigrant: Elements of David Mack's ''Literature/StarTrekColdEquations'' (part of the now non-canon ''Literature/StarTrekTheNextGenerationRelaunch'') are formally canonized with Data's resurrection. B-4's copy of Data's memories are, just as in the novel, part of the basis for resurrecting Data. Similarly, it's not Data ressurrected, but a completely new and distinct being that's an amalgam of Data and Soong (or at least Altan, rather than Noonien in the book's case).

* ContinuityCalvalcade: The Daystrom Institute Station is basically an {{Area 51}}-esque black site for Starfleet, with corridors and corridors of dangerous tech and other top secret icons. Among them include a Genesis II Device, the remains of James T. Kirk and a genetically modified "Attack Tribble." In conjunction with this was the Titan crew visiting the Fleet Museum, among which contains the Enterprise-A, Voyager and the HMS Bounty, the Klingon Bird-OfPrey that crashed in the San Francisco Bay.

* CentralTheme: Legacy through what parents pass on to their children. Parents hope to pass on the best, but it's often a mix, and they can only hope that what results is better than what came before.

* MythologyGag: One of the items in Daystrom is a Tribble with sharp teeth. In ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'', one of the Tribble breeds is the "Cannibal Tribble", which would eat other Tribbles in a player’s inventory.

* {{Flashback}}: When putting the pieces together about 'Moriarty' and Daystrom's AI, Riker flashes back to [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1EncounterAtFarpoint "Encounter at Farpoint"]] and his and Data's very first meeting.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Downplayed, but as soon as Worf hears the all-too familiar sounds of Tribble cooing from one of the Daystrom vaults, there's a look of quiet resignation on his face.

* TheLastDance: Non-combat variation with the ''Enterprise''-F during Frontier Day. With the current Federation flagship set to be decommissioned following the holiday celebrations, the ''Enterprise'''s role as the "Master of Ceremonies" and representation of the ''Enterprise'' lineage on the 250th anniversary of the NX-01 is intended to an honorable final sendoff for the latest ''Starship Enterprise''.