Season two of Star Trek: Picard opens with Picard working through some emotional issues, exploring bits of his past, and warping to investigate a mysterious spatial anomaly that appears to be Borg in origin. He’ll have some help from some old friends and some even older friends, and he’ll have to hit the ground running to outrun time.

The time for First Contact has come, but Burnham must take Discovery through the Galactic Barrier safely first. Burnham and Rillak come to a sort of agreement, and Saru makes a move. Kind of. This week: “The Galactic Barrier.”

Book and Tarka continue their plans to destroy the controller at the center of the DMA. Vance sends Burnham to intercept and hopefully convince Booker to stop. Meanwhile, they also have to figure out a way to traverse the galactic barrier, which poses a whole host of complications. This week: “Rubicon.”

As Michael Burnham and Joann Owosekun head off to a mysterious pleasure barge owned by a former contact to acquire valuable sensor data, Book and Tarka seek out the same individual to acquire illegal isolynium. Burnham must prevent Book from getting the isolynium, and they settle down to do battle for it over a high stakes game of poker.

After being marooned on Tars Lamora, Dal and his companions must rescue the Unwanted, and Gwyn must face her father. Most importantly, we finally learn the truth about the Vau N’kat. This week: “Moral Star, Part II.”