![]() ![]() But other than that, the crew of the Enterprise-D has mostly been ignored by the show as part of the mandate to keep Jean-Luc out of uniform, off of starships, and generally not going where he has gone before. And indeed, Riker and Troi got a standout episode in Season 1, and of course the late Data and his Soong android ilk were central to the story – even John de Lancie’s Q and Wil Wheaton’s Wesley Crusher had their brief turns in Season 2. So when the Picard series debuted, it seemed like a good chance to give the old Admiral’s friends some more time to shine. And when the movies came around, the supporting cast were essentially relegated to the age-old “hailing frequencies open” capacity. Remember, when TNG ran in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s, each character would periodically get their own stories and episodes, but the bulk of the good stuff went to Picard, Brent Spiner’s Data, and often Worf. Certainly, Star Trek: Picard offers a chance to really dig into the lives of Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), and Worf (Michael Dorn) as they rejoin returning co-stars William Riker (Jonathan Frakes), Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis), and of course Patrick Stewart’s Jean-Luc himself – potentially in a way that’s never been done before. After all, this is the first time we’ve seen this entire group reunited since Nemesis, and could very well be the actual last time. ![]() For the more casual observer, however, these moments may pass by unnoticed or even feel inspired.īut the real game is in the season’s potential for new adventures and the continuation of these characters’ stories. This first episode of Season 3, appropriately dubbed “The Next Generation,” proves that the nostalgia stuff is easy… perhaps too easy, as the show throws in a lot of familiar Trek sound effects, music cues, visual gags, and story turns – so many as to almost be jarring to anyone who is well acquainted with Star Trek of yore (we’re talking about the Trekkie, of course). And now with Picard Season 3, Jean-Luc, Riker, Beverly, Worf and the rest are all getting one more chance to tie their adventures up in a bow of, one hopes, galactic nostalgia as well as forward-facing new adventures and character complexity. Eight years later, the crew signed off again in the movie Star Trek: Nemesis, which while disappointing and disjointed, did offer some emotional closure at least. It was an exciting, charming, and emotional climax to the seven years of episodes that preceded it. The Star Trek Next Gen crew’s best “ending” came with the first TV series’ finale, “All Good Things…”, which aired all the way back in 1994. But now, as Star Trek: Picard enters its third and final season, the Starfleet legend is off to a promising start to what could finally be the send-off that he deserves. The return of Jean-Luc Picard to the small screen was a cause for great celebration when the series debuted three years ago, but it’s been a rocky road since then, with an inconsistent first season and a very rough second. ![]()
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