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The person who sings "Blue Skies" in the Picard finale is a sly surprise

You haven't heard that version of Data's favorite old song before.

Okay, so who sang "Blue Skies" in Star Trek: Picard ? There are two answers.

If you got misty in the final moments of the Season 1 finale of Picard , prepare to cry even more. It turns out that the final rendition of "Blue Skies" featured a surprising voice cameo from an unexpected cast member. It's more than appropriate — it's perfect. Spoilers for the Picard Season 1 finale ahead.

For casual fans, opening the very first episode of Star Trek: Picard — "Remembrance" — with the Bing Crosby version of the song "Blue Skies" might have scanned as schmaltz. But for longtime fans of The Next Generation , this was a lovely deep cut that directly tied the ending of 2002's Nemesis to the events of the new series. At the beginning of Nemesis , the android Lt. Commander Data sang the Irving Berlin-penned song, "Blue Skies" at the wedding of Will Riker and Deanna Troi. At the end of the movie, Data's android "brother" B-4, spoke several lines of the song, hinting Data's memories were preserved.

In the final episode of Picard Season 1, "Et in Arcadia Ego Part 2," we hear a new version of the classic song — previously covered by so many amazing artists, including Willie Nelson, Doris Day and, perhaps, most famously, Ella Fitzgerald.

As Data puts on a record, just before his final "death" inside of his quantum simulation, we hear a lush, loving version of "Blue Skies," sung by a woman. The person singing is Picard actor Isa Briones ! And, as of right now, Lakeshore Records has released Briones' version of the song as a single, from the forthcoming Star Trek: Picard soundtrack album, composed by Jeff Russo.

You can snag that single on iTunes, Spotify AND now, you can also watch Isa Briones recording and singing the song for the soundtrack in this newly-released behind-the-scenes feature from CBS.

In it, Briones talks about her family's history in musical theater (BTW, she was also part of the touring cast for Hamilton ) and how excited she was to be giving a "call-back to Star Trek: Nemesis ." It's an awesome special segment for fans and seeing Briones record the song with Jeff Russo is totally heartwarming. Here it is!

So yes, that's Data's "daughter," Soji singing "Blue Skies" as our favorite android closes his yellow eyes for the last time.

But, for some fans, all this classic crooner stuff could actually be an even bigger reference to actor Brent Spiner moonlighting as a singer of classic oldies. Back in 1991, at the height of Next Generation mania, Spiner released an album of standards, called Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back , referencing Frank Sinatra's nickname as "Ol' Blue Eyes," and Data's yellow eyes, simultaneously. Was the album good? You bet it was! Yours truly owned that sucker on cassette tape at the tender age of 10-years-old.

Brent Spiner's crooner album, from 1991.

Though Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back did not feature Spiner singing "Blue Skies," it did feature a version of "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie," which featured back-up singing from Michael Dorn (Worf), Levar Burton (Geordi), Jonathan Frakes (Riker) and of course...Patrick Stewart.

So, now that the latest member of the family — Isa Briones — has proven that she's perhaps an even better singer than those guys, can we expect a new standards album? Who doesn't want to hear Briones dueting with Spiner? Come on. It would be amazing.

Season 1 of Star Trek: Picard is streaming on CBS All Access .

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In the final battle between the Zhat Vash and the potential harbinger of Synthetic oblivion, Picard may have been allowed to cheat death (with a little help from some very smart friends), but there was one proper goodbye to be had: after mee ting his former c aptain in a cyberspace limbo, Brent Spiner’s Commander Data officially lived his last moments. One of his final neurons used to create Isa Briones’ synthetic heroines, twin sisters Dahj and Soji, made a request for the revived Picard to shut down his neuron for good, giving Data the chance to truly experience the value of his organic life by likewise experiencing the end of it.

And experience it he does. As Picard delivers a touching eulogy back in the real world, Data’s synthetic soul prepared himself for his last moments—complete with a facsimile of his c aptain, a nice robe for his final rest , and “Blue Skies” swelling in the soundtrack, the Irving Berlin song Data sang at Troi and Riker’s wedding in Star Trek: Nemesis .

It was a touching chance to give Data a farewell more befitting than his distant sacrifice in Nemesis (the least of that movie’s problems , admittedly), and a moment Picard ’s finale effectively balanced its nostalgia-trip and character work to make something beautiful. But it turns out it was even more beautiful than we thought: the cover of “Blue Skies” that played over Data’s death was sung by none other than Briones herself. You can now hear her full rendition of it online, now that the episode has released.

A lovely farewell from a distant daughter to her father.

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In the end, the final season of “Picard” was a worthy send-off for the “Next Generation” crew.

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“What began over 35 years ago ends tonight,” Jean-Luc Picard says, standing on his favorite bridge and glaring at his most distasteful enemy. It recalled his “The line must be drawn here!” from “First Contact.”

This was ostensibly a reference to the Federation’s longstanding battle with the Borg, but it also applies to “The Next Generation” franchise. (The show began airing in 1987 and 35 years ago would be 1988.) And if this is the last time we see these characters, that’s OK. Not because this season of “Picard” wasn’t a strong one. Quite the opposite, in fact: It was quite good and recaptured everything that made “Next Generation” what it was.

The characters all used special skills to work together and save humankind. Some of the dialogue was campy. There were plot holes. And there were classic “Star Trek” tropes, like Jean-Luc nonsensically going to the Borg cube, when he was likely the least physically capable of the old crew in fighting off the Borg.

But overall, this season was a worthy send-off for the crew. It wasn’t perfect, but neither were the show or any of the movies. But it was worth doing. The story justified its existence, advancing each of the main characters and filling in some gaps.

And it confirmed one last time that “The Next Generation” was greater than the sum of its parts. That might have been why the first two seasons of “Picard” didn’t work as well. Jean-Luc wasn’t the best character he could be without his old friends. The chemistry wasn’t as fluid, and the story wasn’t as deep.

In the finale, we learn a bit about what the Borg have been up to, though I remain baffled that no one brings up Jurati or the whole Good Borg thing from last season . (Maybe it was for the best.) There was no collective left — only the Borg Queen remained, she claimed, though we know from last season’s events that this isn’t exactly true.

It was Jack who found the Borg Queen, at least in her telling. She speaks in a way that is contrary to what we’ve known about the Borg: She says she was lonely and that the Borg were left to starve. (This kind of undercuts the Borg’s whole message of being the perfect beings.) But now, the Borg want to evolve rather than assimilate, and Jack is the perfect partner to do that. (In order to survive, the Borg Queen, I think, resorted to Borg cannibalism. Yikes! Hope those drones won Employee of the Month or something.)

The Borg and the changelings came to an agreement in which the changelings would be the Borg’s vehicle to carry out some villainous plan to help them procreate. Aside from an ill-fated revenge that they didn’t really need the Borg for, I don’t know what the changelings really got out of this alliance.

Elsewhere, classic Star Trekking happens. Worf and Riker fight off some baddies on the cube. Beverly uses her now finely honed combat skills to fire weapons. (It’s somewhat amusing that Geordi refurbished the Enterprise D for display at the fleet museum and also included a loaded torpedo system. Thank goodness he went above and beyond!) Data shows off his lightning fast piloting skills, assisted by his newly acquired gut instinct.

Beverly is faced with an impossible decision: Blow up her son and save the galaxy, or, uh, don’t. I loved that Geordi is the one who asks her permission, because he now understands a parent’s love for a child. And when it comes time to fire on the beacon, Geordi really, really doesn’t want to do it.

Jean-Luc finds another solution. He assimilates himself so he can get in contact with Jack in the Borg collective. Jean-Luc isn’t human, of course. He is an android — apparently, he can just plug himself in to the network like a flash drive. Jean-Luc tells Jack that he is the missing part of Jean-Luc’s life. (Patrick Stewart plays this perfectly.)

Jean-Luc is finally able to admit to himself how lonely he was outside of Starfleet, and that Starfleet merely covered up that loneliness rather than filling it entirely. Jean-Luc gives his son something he’s craved his whole life: approval and unconditional love. And Jean-Luc also won’t let his son go. He offers to stay in the hole with him so they can climb out together, and Jean-Luc gets to be the father he never knew he wanted to be.

Eventually, Jean-Luc pushes Jack to unassimilate himself and turn against the Queen. And that’s that: The universe is saved again. Our thanks to the crew of the Enterprise for the umpteenth time.

The episode ends in the only appropriate way for the “Next Generation” crew: They sit around and toast one another. Jean-Luc quotes Shakespeare, and then they whoop and play cards just like at the end of “All Good Things…,” the series finale of the original “Next Generation.”

The end wasn’t perfect, but it was proper. And that’s about all you can ask from a season like this. I don’t need any more — I want the Enterprise D crew to Costanza it and leave on a high note. They’ve earned it.

Odds and ends

Somewhat amusingly, Jean-Luc does not express any concern for or otherwise mention Laris throughout this season , another example of the team behind “Picard” trying to erase the first two seasons of the show from existence. But Laris, for her part, actually appeared in the season premiere and, one could argue, help put the events of the reunion in motion.

I keep thinking about that scene early this season with Riker and Jean-Luc at the bar, when Riker has to defend the honor of the Enterprise D. We didn't know it then, but that foreshadowed the whole season.

I would have liked to hear more about what Worf has been up to since the events of “Nemesis.” At the end of “Deep Space Nine,” Worf was named an ambassador to Qo’noS. In “Nemesis,” Worf somehow just becomes a member of the Enterprise crew again with little explanation. In this season, it is implied that Worf helped destroy the Enterprise E — more detail would have been nice.

The “Worf as comic relief” thing, as when he fell asleep on the bridge immediately after he helps to save civilization, also wore thin. But there is a fun callback in the last scene of the episode: Beverly saying Worf should have another glass of prune juice. A warrior’s drink!

Pavel Chekov’s son, Anton, being president of the Federation was a nice touch. Anton is likely a reference to Anton Yelchin, who played Chekov in the rebooted feature films beginning in 2009. He died in 2016 as a result of a car accident .

When Seven and Raffi figure out a way to transport assimilated crew members off the bridge using phaser rifles, it’s quite the deus ex machina. That technology would’ve been helpful all season!

That was a funny moment when the cook is ordered to pilot the Titan. He didn’t even finish flight training, why is Seven making him take the wheel? Have Raffi do it! (Within minutes, the cook executes complicated evasive maneuvers, so that must have been some training.)

At first, I found New Data to be jarring but after a couple episodes, this version grew on me. When he says he hates the Borg, you can see the Lore side of him burst through. It’s a fresh take on Data and Brent Spiner pulls it off.

That was a nice bit of wordless acting from Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis when Riker heads down to the cube for yet another mission with Jean-Luc. The swashbuckling Riker gives the slightest of smiles, as if to say, “You know who you married. You know why I have to do this.” And Troi reluctantly agrees. Later, when Troi tells Riker he will only have a minute or so to save Jean-Luc once the Enterprise fires on the Cube, he responds again with cool confidence in a near death situation.

There will certainly be some disappointment among fans that Kate Mulgrew did not reprise her role as Admiral Janeway this season. The events in “Voyager” presumably are the reason the Borg cube was in such terrible shape when Jean-Luc beams aboard. Given the multiple references to Janeway and what was happening on Earth, it would have been nice to have gotten a glimpse of her. (And man, how gnarly does the Borg Queen look now?)

Ah, there’s Tuvok, offering Seven her own ship. As Vulcan as ever.

In the grand scheme of things, this is still only the second most successful attack by the Borg on Earth. Sure, they get to Earth, bring down the planetary defense systems and attack cities directly, all while using Starfleet ships. But in “First Contact,” they actually went back in time and assimilated all of Earth before the pesky Enterprise crew initiated a do-over. And honestly, if Jean-Luc and his merry band hasn’t been able to rescue Earth from Evil Jack, they could have just done what they did last season or in “First Contact”: Go back in time. It’s easy!

Troi gets to drive the Enterprise D again. It went better than it did last time, when she crashed it.

Beverly is an admiral now? What a promotion, considering the decades she spent out of Starfleet running a rogue operation. I wonder if Riker, Geordi or any of the others were like, “Hey, what about us?”

Ed Speleers did an admirable job as Jack Crusher. It’s not easy to go toe-to-toe with Patrick Stewart, but Speleers fits in seamlessly as Beverly and Jean-Luc’s son. (While we’re here, what’s up with Jack’s brother, Wesley?)

I hope all of you stuck around for the post-credits scene. Q is still alive! Of course he is. We don’t acknowledge last season around these parts.

Sopan Deb is a basketball writer and a contributor to the Culture section. Before joining The Times, he covered Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign for CBS News. More about Sopan Deb

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" Blue Skies " was a 20th century Earth song originally written by Irving Berlin .

In 2379 , Lieutenant Commander Data sang "Blue Skies" at the wedding reception of Deanna and William T. Riker , dedicating it to the happy couple. The performance was enjoyed by all, except Worf , who was not a fan of Irving Berlin. Following the destruction of Data, his "brother" B-4 , who had received all of Data's memories and files, inadvertently began to hum excerpts from "Blue Skies". ( Star Trek Nemesis )

In 2399 , Jean-Luc Picard dreamed that he was playing poker with Data on the USS Enterprise -D in Ten Forward . The Bing Crosby version of "Blue Skies" could be heard over the speakers . ( PIC : " Remembrance ")

In the computer simulation that Jean-Luc Picard was in after his original organic body had died, and was in the process of being transferred into a new synth body , he met a simulation of Data , who was in a room listening to "Blue Skies" on a record player . After Jean-Luc left this simulated world, Data's program finally was shut down while this song was still playing. ( PIC : " Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2 ")

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Never saw the sun , shining so bright, Never saw things, going so right… Noticing the days , hurrying by, When you're in love , my how they fly, oh… … Blue skies … Smiling at me… nothing but Blue skies… Do I see… Bluebirds … singing a song… Nothing but bluebirds… all day long… Blue days, all of them gone… Nothing but blue skies from now on…

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To commemorate the Star Trek: Picard season finally, Lakeshore Records in partnership with CBS All Access has released the single, “Blue Skies” produced by Series Composer Jeff Russo and featuring the show’s Isa Briones on  vocals! The song will also be released as part of the Star Trek: Picard complete season soundtrack, coming your way on April 3.   Trekcore  (spoiler alert) announced the release of “Blue Skies” and you can read all about it here .  See the download and listening links below.  

Do you know why “Blue Skies” is such a meaningful song to the series?  If you haven’t had a chance to watch Star Trek: Picard on CBS All Access,  check out our previous announcement about how to watch this critically-acclaimed season for free! Pre-save the album: [ Digital ]

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So, if we bought “Chapter 1” are we essentially going to pay for those tracks again when we get the complete season, or will there be a “Chapter 2” option to just get the additional tracks? I really hate having (and paying for) duplicate tracks.

Just saw this Tweet from just an hour ago… good show, Lakeshore Records!

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Just days after announcing the March 3rd premiere date for Star Trek: Picard season two, Paramount+ released the fourth (and likely last) trailer . They saved the best for last as this exciting, fast-paced promo is full of clues for what is coming along with revealing a number of nods to Trek lore. Combined with the previous trailers along with what has been said by the cast and crew, a clearer picture is starting to take shape, but there are also new mysteries being unveiled. So it is once again time for TrekMovie to do a trailer deep dive. The following analysis is based on our own observations along with previous reporting, as well as some educated speculation. And it contains potential spoilers .

Instead of presenting the trailer as it rolls, we are going to attempt to re-order it into our best guess as to the sequence of events in season two, which will involve multiple time and universe settings, so strap in…

Starting in Prime 2400

Season two likely starts off after some time has passed after season one, so we will assume it is the year 2400 in the Prime Universe. This may not be a major part of season two, but it serves as a starting point. We see evidence of this in the official photo released earlier this week featuring Jean-Luc Picard back in uniform (a new variant, with a new pin that is an homage to the movie era style) with Laris at his Chateau on Earth. It appears that Picard has rejoined Starfleet as an admiral.

Picard and Laris at his Chateau (photo released earlier this week)

Laris advises Picard

The new trailer includes a moment between Picard and Laris at his Chateau, she tells him “you’ll have to let go,” possibly referring to some of his crew from season one, now that he is back in Starfleet.

Seven in action

We also get a clue as to what the other characters are up to at the beginning of the season, and maybe why Laris is advising Picard to distance himself. There is one quick shot showing Seven of Nine (with her Borg implants) on a Starfleet ship pointing a phaser with Dr. Jurati behind her. It’s possible Seven has returned to her Fenris Ranger ways and is seeking some vengeance. Or maybe she is there to help Jurati, who may be in custody for killing Bruce Maddox in season one.

An earlier shot shows Jurati in the same outfit looking startled, in front of a display showing her to be on a Starfleet ship.

Alternate 2400

Much of the new trailer takes place in an alternate 2400, a much darker one described by Picard in a previous trailer as a “totalitarian nightmare” caused by Q going back in time.

Walled Earth

An establishing shot shows Earth surrounded by a hexagonal defensive grid.

The camera zooms in to France, the location of Chateau Picard.

Q arrives at the new chateau

Picard wakes up in this new reality, aware something has changed. He looks up at the dome of an atrium where you can see the grid pattern in the sky. In voiceover, we hear Q, “Well hello, my friend.”

Picard, now in a different uniform, tours this alternative version of his Chateau in shock, which includes a portrait of a different and much more aggressive-looking USS Enterprise-D in battle against the Borg. He asks, “What is this? What have you done?”

Q appears, telling Picard “welcome to the road not taken.”

An angry god

Later Q is seen angrily snapping his finger, possibly to leave Picard on his own. Q could be angry due to Picard refusing a request. John de Lancie has recently stated in season two, Q has a “very strong internal motivation and a desire to get Picard to do something” and “a real sense that something’s got to get done.”

Seven faces a new reality

Seven of Nine awakens in this new alternative universe, and now her Borg implants are gone. Here she is likely just Annika Hansen, having never been assimilated by the Borg.

In voiceover, she asks, “Do you have any idea what has happened here?” and “Reality has been broken.,” as she inspects where her eye implant should be.

Elnor on the run

Picard’s Qowat Milat guardian Elnor runs through a marketplace, under fire from guards on walkways. This could be some kind of Romulan refugee camp or ghetto for aliens in this fascistic timeline.

Raffi can later be seen upset over a wounded Elnor.

Rios back in uniform

Cristobal Rios finds himself on a slightly modified version of La Sirena, now in an alternative Starfleet uniform.

Later in the trailer, a reverse shot shows La Sirena under attack from what may be a small Vulcan ship (note curved partial ring nacelles), which itself is being pursued by two ships of the same class as La Sirena. The Vulcans could be at war with this new Federation or this could be a renegade faction.

Crew reunited… and fighting

Later Rios fights one of the black uniform guys in the atrium at Picard’s chateau.

Picard goes to 10 Foreward

In voiceover Picard says, “There is a divergence” and “I know someone who could help us understand the change in time.” Picard looks up to see a sign reading “City of Greater Los Angeles” and the “Foreward Avenue Historic District,” explaining why in 2400 the area looks somewhat contemporary, although there are some futuristic touches, like some Cardassian structural elements behind Picard.

Picard heads into the address marked 10, making it 10 Forward Ave, an obvious homage to the Ten Forward Bar on the USS Enterprise-D.

Picard enters 10 Forward Avenue, where an Andorian can be seen at one of the tables.

[ EASTER EGGS: The panels on the back wall match ones seen in Ten Forward, and the sign for Aranis Lager matches one from the McCoy bar scene in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ]

Guidance from Guinan

Like Ten Forward, this 10 Forward is revealed to be run by Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg) who immediately senses Jean-Luc has entered and orders up his signature beverage, “I’m going to need some tea. Earl Grey, piping hot.”

Picard, who has described his relationship with Guinan as “more than friends, more than family” warmly embraces her.

Presumedly, Picard is at this alternative 10 Forward to see Guinan because she is capable of sensing changes in timelines, as revealed in the TNG episode “Yesterday’s Enterprise.” Now seated for a drink, she tells him, “Your answers are not in the stars, and they never have been.”

The trailer concludes with more of their conversation, with Guinan telling her old friend, “I believe you have one final frontier yet to come” as the pair toast.

A plan takes shape

Picard is back on La Sirena with his crew, and in voiceover says “We are stronger, together.”

He says to Jurati, “You must bring us home.”

Escape time

Still in the alternate 2400, the plan is to go back in time, and the previous trailer indicated a big part of that plan was stealing a captive Borg Queen and plugging her into La Sirena. The Borg may have been defeated in this timeline, as indicated in the above painting at Picard’s chateau.

Prepping the ship for a Queen

Seven and Raffi work on La Sirena, possibly to prepare it for the Queen. Elnor stands guard.

Escape from Earth

The new trailer shows La Sirena and the crew escaping from Earth while being pursued by the Alternate Starfleet.

La Sirena is being pursed by what appears to be Alternate Starfleet versions of Steamrunner and Nova class ships.

Onboard are Picard and his crew, with La Sirena’s engine now glowing green due to the Borg Queen being plugged in.

La Sirena has to engage, resulting in exploding consoles and corridors on the pursuing ships.

Slingshot around the sun

PicardVision

The trailer actually starts with this time travel segment, with Picard in voiceover saying, “There are some moments that haunt us all our lives… moments upon which history turns.” We see Picard as time distorts…

This segment includes a series of quick flashes that could be from the moment of time travel or just trailer editing. The flashes include…

A 21st century astronaut reaching for a floating pendant.

Brent Spiner as yet another Soong .

Someone holding a knife.

Picard reaching out to Laris in a tender moment.

… and finally, Annie Wersching as the Borg Queen

Welcome (back) to Earth

And with all that, La Sirena exits the time vortex.

After exiting the time vortex, La Sirena approaches Earth, no longer surrounded by a shield.

This trailer finally gave us a date for the time travel as 2024. We presume this is before the moment of divergence for the alternate timeline, making this still the Prime timeline. It may be unrelated but according to Trek future history, World War III kicks off in 2026 and the first contact with Vulcans comes in 2063, during the post-war period. 2024 is also the same year Benjamin Sisko traveled back in time to San Francisco (around 400 miles north of Los Angeles) and participated in the Bell Riots .

Specifically, the gang is headed to Los Angeles, as made apparent through various contemporary establishing shots of the city.

Revisiting 10 Forward

As we hear the Queen say “Earth, 2024” in voiceover, Picard beams to the same alley as 10 Forward with a few differences. He is now wearing a different outfit and the environment around the alley is even more contemporary. It’s possible there is a younger version of Guinan at this 10 Forward in 2024 Los Angeles. As an El-Aurian , Guinan is very long-lived and she met Picard on Earth in San Francisco in 1893 (TNG “ Time’s Arrow “).   [ UPDATE: The original version of this article placed this moment in the alternative 2400, but upon further analysis, it appears this is a different visit to the same location, albeit in a different time.]

[ EASTER EGGS : Alley includes a Boxing poster homage to “City on the Edge of Forever” when Kirk and Spock traveled back in time to Earth]

The Queen’s warning

The Queen’s voiceover continues, giving us a hint at the team’s goal, saying, “A single change is vastly more dangerous than you realize.”

The Vulcan and the child

The Queen’s warning is cut with shots of what may be at the heart of why they are back in time, showing what looks like a contemporary human boy in a dark forest encountering a Vulcan man who starts a mind meld.

This could be the moment where the timelines diverged, potentially showing Vulcans on Earth earlier than 2063. It could also be a flashback to an earlier time and that boy could be an adult in the 21st century.

A connection to Picard?

However, the shot from the forest is immediately followed up with two quick shots of what appears to be another young boy and an adult Picard, all shown during the Queen’s warning about the dangers of making a “single change.”

Q offers Soong the Blue Pill

Cut to Q in a contemporary setting offering a vial with blue liquid in it to the character played by Brent Spiner, who he (and director Jonathan Frakes) have described as another member of the Soong family .

This Soong is seen later in the trailer inspecting a card with a curious design on it. The design could be in the shape of a Q. It’s possible that Q is passing himself off as a contemporary mortal human in the 21st century.

The woman in the red dress

With more Queen voiceover saying “none of our tomorrows are guaranteed”, Dr. Jurati walks in the middle of a Los Angeles street in a red dress.

Seven and Raffi: buddy cops

Seven drives a stolen police SUV, with Raffi at her side.

[DETAIL: License plate is primarily nines with a seven and a two]

Sevenaffi rescue Rios

The stolen LAPD SUV is likely related to another moment with Seven and Raffi hijacking a prison bus. Raffi uses a device that sends out a pulse, possibly to stun the driver.

Rios uses the opportunity to fight a guard wearing a Homeland Security uniform. He gets a little help from a fellow prisoner.

Seven cuts Rios’ restraint as he says, “This is a very bumpy century… but I think I am getting the hang of it.”

Someone finds the Queen

Possibly related to all the encounters with law enforcement, a contemporary police officer searches a dark (presumably landed) La Sirena, and he finds a Borg surprise.

Later Jurati fends off the Queen, crawling around the ship, possibly freed after the encounter with the cop.

And then there’s this guy

Amongst a series of quick cuts at the end of the trailer is a shot of Picard at a park in Los Angeles, and coming up behind him is a strange-looking guy with scraggly hair and white eyes. We really have no idea what’s going here.

Coming March 3

Picard season two arrives on March 3rd. It will be on Paramount+ in the United States, in Canada it will air on CTV Sci-Fi and stream on Crave, and for the rest of the world, it will be on Amazon Prime Video.

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Count me in as very curious.

Does Whoopi age? Maybe she really is El-Aurian.

I know you’re being kind… but Whoopi Goldberg looks a lot older than the last time she played Guinan. Whoopi’s great, don’t get me wrong, but she does look like the 66-year-old woman she is.

Wow. Guinan is back! I am eagerly waiting to watch Season 2. I feel the same excitement that I had when I was in college. Summer of 1990 I believe. Couldn’t wait three to four months to watch “The Best of Both Worlds II.” I have a feeling this season will be a LOT better!

Can’t believe we will have 5 shows this year! It is unreal. After so much waiting after JJ Abrahams movies. So much waiting for Discovery and so much waiting during the Pandemic, this year, this year we will finally be watching new Trek episodes pretty much every week! :D

It gives me so much joy to see Guinan and Picard together. Guinan, Whoppi, she is amazing. All the TNG episodes with her were very VERY good episodes.

(JJ Abrams) :D

It’s really feeling like the 90s again with so much Star Trek on. And even better, a lot of the characters from the 90s are back in the new shows too! It’s so much fun to see so many different shows in multiple centuries and all with their unique story lines happening.

And we still have one more new show, Strange New Worlds, to look forward to!

While I liked the Kelvin movies for what they were, it was agonizing to wait years between each movie with no other Star Trek in that time. But Star Trek on TV is always a much better deal because we get it every week! And now that’s literally every freaking week lol. Between last August when Lower Decks second season started all the way until Strange New World ends in July, we will have had 11 straight months of Star Trek and only 1 week off in that entire time. And Prodigy or Lower Decks will probably start again the week after SNW is done!

It’s a great time to be a fan! :)

It is basically the 90s again. 2009-2016 was like 1979-86 (minus one film due to the mega 4y ID gap). Then you have Disco starting in 2017 like TNG in 1987 then gradually add more series over the next 5years (only more so now). The only difference being there’s no movies now, aside the constant tease of a mythical shapeshifting ST4/XIV

When I first saw that “defensive grid” over earth I thought it was actually the grid that Q used to entrap Enterprise at the beginning of Encounter at Farpoint. Are we sure its really a defensive grid or is it Q grid?

If my memory serves me correctly, Q’s grid was a square pattern.

Call it a “visual upgrade” :))

The grid actually reminds of the defensive grid around Vashti, as seen in the 4th episode of Picard (Absolute Candor).

Candor? You mean the Kryptonian city shrunk by Brainiac and kept in a bottle at Superman’s Fortress of Solitude? Oh, wait……….

Could this Vulcan in the woods be the Vulvan that was left behind from the Carbon Creek Episode of Enterprise? They live about 200 years and he would have been left there in the 1950’s. Timelines match up and being that he was non human he might be living in the woods. Then again all he had to do was cover his ears and then he could just live in a city. He said he was gonig to go to one of the major cities – New York and LA? They seem to be loading the show up with Easter Eggs and wanting to tie up loose ends.

Cool idea, but the only thing I can think is Mestral was from an era in Vulcan history when mind melding wasn’t a common practice and highly taboo, I doubt that is what is going on here

Well, Mestral seemed willing to do a lot of things that other Vulcans would consider taboo. I doubt its him though. I don’t think they’re going to go with such an obscure reference. Besides, I always assumed that he found a cosmetic surgeon and told him that his ears were disfigured in a mechanical rice picker accident the first chance he got.

Wow, this was an amazing analysis and breakdown of the trailer! Thank you Trekmovie!

And it looks like we are in for an INSANE time travel story this season. I am SO excited now!!! Q is back! Guinan is back! The freaking Borg Queen is back! Totalitarian altered timeline. Vulcans are roaming around Earth in the present day. Borgified people hunting down the crew. Another Soong is involved. And finally the creepy guy behind Picard with the white eyes! There is SO much going on and the fun part is we have no clue what is going on! We’re only missing the tribbles to really shake things up! Oh and Romulans.

I don’t want to set myself up for disappointment but yeah I’m really intrigued now. This looks like it’s going to be a really fun and twisty story this season. And I realized we have at least two big time travel stories happening right now. Picard in season 2 and season 1 of Prodigy with the Protostar (apparently) being from the future and Captain Chakotay’s ship (who is somewhere lost in the past??). I just love Star Trek time travel stories and we have two very different versions of it happening now. I also love that the La Sirena is doing the sling shot around the sun time travel! They are going 23rd century old school! :)

I kind of thought after Discovery’s big time travel story jumping 900 years into the future, we would be done with them for awhile. But this is Star Trek, so nope! ;D

Tiger2, knowing how 12 Monkeys rolled, I’m wondering if we’re going to see more than one alternate timeline, with more than one attempt to fix time.

From what we’ve seen already in the trailers, it seems that the costume designers and their team have been given rein to up their game for this season, and the quality looks so much better than the workmanship of season one.

There are definitely production advantages in tweaking with costume changes and redressing sets vs vfx.

I honestly would hope so. I forgot a lot of the details of 12 Monkeys until I rewatched it a few months ago and you’re right, not only would they throw in multiple alternate timelines, they would also travel back to the same scenes at times and you saw them from different angles. Time travel stories are so tough to do in general but that show did it in every crazy way possible.

But since we’re only talking ten episodes (and Matalas said season 3 is a completely different story), they may not go too crazy with it either. It may just be a straight forward go to the past, change back that one thing that caused all the problems and go back home. That’s what most Star Trek time travel stories usually does. But this will be the first time we get an entire season of it and not just one episode or movie, so it could be much more layered. Maybe something in the middle?

I was thinking something in the middle myself.

10 hours gives plenty of opportunities for more convolutions in time than a single theatrical release like First Contact or a two part episodic story of the kinds we saw in TNG and Voyager.

It’s not going to get into the layering of a four season arc that 12 Monkeys achieved either.

What it does have that 12 Monkeys didn’t is an established canon of Prime timeline history for both the universe and the characters. So, it won’t have to carry the same world building load.

By the way, I’m assuming that the content in these trailers doesn’t go beyond the first third of the season. There’s lots of opportunities for further timey wimey twists beyond what’s already been shared.

Yeah these are all my thoughts too. It may go a little beyond just going to L.A. 2024, but so far that’s all the trailers have suggested. But maybe in the season itself they may jump a few other places in the timeline. That would be a lot more interesting of course.

Year of Hell kind of did that as we saw the timeline change multiple times but the ship itself never changed time periods either.

So like you I do hope we get something super twisty. That’s why I love time travel stories, you can be very creative with them and to give Trek credit, they have done their share of creative TT stories, including Prodigy in the last episode.

Happy New Year ;) Quite a lot to unpack from the trailer; the mods here have actually done a fantastic job with all the screenshots and analyis. I’m going to be careful about speculating too much because trailers can sometimes be deliberately misleading as a way of avoiding major spoilers (GoT trailers used that tactic very well, for example). But I’m thinking the kid in the forest scene with the Vulcan might be important to the changes in the timeline:

1. The scene happens in the late 20th or very early 21st century, and the kid grows up to be World War 3’s Colonel Green.

2. The scene happens in 2024, and the kid is Zefram Cochrane.

3. The scene happens in the early 24th century, and the kid is Picard.

That mind-meld may have had “unintended consequences”, with the cascading butterfly effect laying the foundation for the dark alternative future.

PS. Thanks for your message on the Q thread last week — I’m sorry I didn’t get the chance to reply before the weekend. I agree that PIC Season 2 does look very interesting; I’m cautiously excited about it too. Regarding the “other topic” we’ve been discussing — Yes do let me know your thoughts after you’ve finished watching all of it. Try to check out those articles and twitter feeds I mentioned too; there’s a lot more info there. Some helpful folks on Reddit have also summarised LE’s further interviews in recent months, where he went into further details of the possible explanations and the implications of it all.

I had also speculated whether the kid might be Cochrane but according to Memory Alpha he was born several years later. Apparently, he looked much older than he was supposed to be in First Contact.

Interesting. If they keep that as canon, I’m leaning even more towards the kid being the future Colonel Green or someone similar.

shots of what may be at the heart of why they are back in time, showing what looks like a contemporary human boy in a dark forest encountering a Vulcan man who starts a mind meld.

The “dark forest” scene may also be a reference to the “Dark Forest Theory” from the famous sci-fi novels, proposing why humans haven’t openly heard from aliens yet (notwithstanding the AATIP footage etc). The theory suggests that the galaxy is like a dark forest quietly stalked by hunters, where other civilisations have to behave like predators themselves (or at least remain silent) as a defensive tactic to prevent becoming prey.

The Vulcan in the scene may have transmitted the sheer dangerousness of the galaxy via the mind-meld, possibly as a warning; or possibly the kid was traumatised by the experience of encountering telepathic aliens in the middle of the night. Either way, since the kid is a critical historical figure, it sets humanity on a different path, eventually resulting in the fortified Earth and more militaristic Federation of the altered timeline, including a human race that may have behaved far more ruthlessly towards hostile alien species such as the Borg. For the sake of survival and self-preservation, humans have become one of the hunter species in the galactic dark forest.

I’m just throwing darts at the board here, of course, but this would make sense.

A bit more speculation, just following on from this:

When the kid grows up, he unites Earth against the perceived “threat from aliens”, and his attitudes are heavily skewed by his traumatic childhood experience. So in this timeline, there is no World War 3 and no global nuclear holocaust — but in terms of attitudes towards aliens, humanity becomes much more warlike and xenophobic. The totalitarianism is another legacy of the dictator this kid grows up to be.

The dilemma for Picard could be the question of how to rectify this, since in a way it’s a “no-win” scenario.

Happy New Year to you too Jai!

Yes, your number 3 theory that it’s Picard seems to be the one I seen the most online. And it would at least make more sense to the timeline in terms of the Vulcan’s presence there.

But it would be much more interesting if those were Vulcans in the 21st century. Cochrane or Green would be crazy if it was either one of them. I don’t know what how changing Cochrane would change the future much in terms of it being more militaristic though. We saw what his Mirror Universe version did on Enterprise and attacked the first contact Vulcans but I don’t think they would repeat something like that.

Green would seem the more obvious choice between the three seeing where the future goes and could follow his Nazi like ideology into the 24th century. But of course it could just be some new character altogether. It could even be the new Soong (I just thought of that as I typed it ;)).

As for our other discussion, yes definitely! As soon as I finish the last few episodes I’ll give you my thoughts. But it’s really good. And I looked up some of LE other interviews on Youtube in the past few months. So will be a lot to talk about when I finish!

But thanks for turning me on to this documentary. It’s been an eye opener to say the least.

For people keeping score at home. Picard is now just one trip behind Kirk for Captains who has time traveled to past Earth! But our crews have gotten around quite a bit!

Captain Kirk four times: 1. 1969 Omaha 2. 1930 New York 3. 1968 New York 4. 1986 San Francisco

Captain Picard three times:1. 1893 San Francisco 2. 2063 Bozeman 3. 2024 Los Angeles

Captain Sisko one time: 1. 2024 San Francisco

Captain Janeway one time: 1. 1996 Los Angeles

Captain Archer two times: 1. 2004 Detroit 2. 1944 New York

That’s a lot of Earth saving of the past! And apparently every major past Earth event they had to correct only happens in America for some reason. ;)

Discovery, Prodigy or Lower Decks haven’t time traveled to Earth’s past…yet. But give it, yeah, time!

I don’t know if Discovery or Prodigy will ever do that, but I will be shocked if Lower Decks never does a time traveling to contemporary earth episode.

It would be harder for Discovery to time travel now given it’s in a century where time travel is banned after the Temporal Wars….but don’t forget they also ran into Carl/Guardian of Forever last season and they could run into him again some day. ;)

As for Lower Decks, it’s kind of crazy they haven’t done a time travel story yet after two seasons. That show is all about reliving every crazy Trek trope out there. If ANYONE is traveling to Earth’s past it seem like it would definitely be that group. We have at least another two seasons for them to make it happen.

They should travel back to 1999 to the time of the Galaxy Quest convention.

Or at least have “Galaxy Quest: The New Adventures” playing on a TV in the background somewhere.

C’mon, all they need to do to save Earth in 1999 is stop the Moon from leaving orbit. Obviously, they succeed!

Wow, obscure reference on line 1! Martin Landau would be proud!

You could also include both Kirk and Picard as going to Earth in the Star Trek Generations movie. I assume the Nexus was Earth. Unless they build log cabins and have horses on some other planet?

It wasn’t really Earth. It was just an illusion.

Yep, time travel definitely occurred in that film as well.

Well no, because they didn’t time travel to Earth, they were simply in the Nexus that whole time. They did end up going back to Veridian III, so yes technically time travel was involved. But in terms of Earth, Legate Damar said it, it was just an illusion. They were never physically on the planet or anywhere near it. If Kirk imagined himself chopping wood on Vulcan then that’s where Picard would’ve found him. Not remotely the same thing.

They exited the Nexus long after it had left the planet–because they’d gone back in time.

Dude, I’m only talking about past Earth time travel stories! I don’t know how much more plainer I can make this lol. They time traveled back to Veridian III, not to Earth. And the Earth scenes were them just being in the Nexus. It’s an illusion of a place, not actual time travel.

I’m not just talking about time travel in general. There are over 50 time travel stories in Star Trek at the moment, so clearly I’m focusing on a narrow part of it.

Hey – I think we can add some.

Didn’t Kirk also go to Florida (Assignment Earth) – 1968

Sisko – Trials and Tribbleations (23?? I’m not good with the whole ST year tracking…)

Yes bmar, I’d been thinking that Tiger2 had missed a couple of instances.

That said, knowing showrunner Terry Matalas other work, I would be very surprised if fixing reality only involves one, single simple travel to another time.

A. Yes, I DID include Assignment Earth. It’s number 3 on the list! I just put New York because that’s where Kirk and Spock originally landed to find Gary Seven. It was just a quick note to reference the episode overall, that’s all, not to mark every location in the episode.

B. Trials and Tribbleations had nothing to do with Earth. They time traveled back to the the original Enterprise and the K-7 station only. So why it’s not included.

To make this clear I’m only listing their time travel journeys to Earth, because it’s something literally all the shows had one thing in common, at least the classic shows. Obviously all these shows did tons of time travel beyond what I listed. Janeway/Voyager would probably win the record of biggest time traveler if I was including all the jaunts through time.

And yes there are some technicalities I didn’t include like Sisko going back to 1950’s New York in Far Beyond the Stars because it was really a vision by the prophets and not real time travel (and it wasn’t included in Memory-alpha). Or Archer traveling back to San Francisco in one scene a few years before he took command because it was done through Daniels for a few minutes and wasn’t mission based, etc. I just included direct time travel stories where they went to Earth and had to change something to save a future timeline or stop someone from exploiting the past.

I even thought of adding several instances of time travel forwarding in time like Archer going to the 31st century or Picard being on Earth 25 years into the future in All Good Things, but decided to keep it about going back in time. Yes I thought hard about this. ;)

If you go beyond the captains you might add Quark, Rom, Nog and Odo going to Earth in 1957 in “Little Green Men”.

Sure of course! I was only comparing the Captains since they do the most time travel overall (and usually followed by their trusted Vulcan first officers ;)).

What about Picard travelling back to Earth with Q when life begun in All Good Things?

Sorry, I should have read your post till the end. Doh’

No worries! :)

A Spaceship from 2400 and its not possible to lock the doors so some Primitives like that Cop can not enter ?

Maybe the Queen unlocked them.

The way I became excited when I realised the ships from the trailer were two Novas and a Steamrunner!

So what, Jurati is brainwashed by a malign influence once again? She does appear to be the weak link doesn’t she? (sigh) I’m still not over the gut punch of anger I felt after watching season one-all those weeks yelling at my TV like Grandpa Simpson-but what the hell, since I have Amazon Prime I’ll watch this for ‘free’. But I don’t for one second expect it to be good.

UPDATE NOTE: We made a small but significant update to the article. It appears that Picard visits 10 Forward twice. Once in the Alt 2400, where we see him talk to Guinan, and then again in 2024 LA, where we only see him beam down outside the alley. But based on his outfit and the environment it does appear these are two different visits

The license plate is clearly some reference to 7 of 9. If you add the 7 and 2 together, you get 7 9s? 7 out of Nines? Something like that.

Does anybody have any speculation as to what the Walking Dead extra is doing stalking Picard in that last photo?

Speculation: It isn’t Q who changes history, but this Walking Dead race. Q just gives Picard a chance to right things.

I absolutely cannot wait for this. Discovery became great in season 2 and Lower Decks is great, my hopes are pretty high for SNW but Picard is the special one.

I can understand why it wasnt everyones cup of tea, hell maybe my brain was completely overode by nostalgia, but I found the storytelling of season 1 to be fantastic. It had action and all this and that but the way it was delivered being so much intimate and grounded in the core of its characters really worked for me. And it does its ensemble justice which many Trek shows dont do, a lot of characters get forgotten and are just there.

None of the other shows no matter how much I love them can make me as excited beyond words as this can and the trailer only served to amp up my enthusiasm.

I hope there are as many seasons of Picard as there can be.

The devoted Trekker in me is going to watch this, but I will have no qualms spewing my dissatisfaction across the internet if it sucks!

🤦🏽‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦🏼🤦🏽‍♀️

Is the code to the shield that surrounds Earth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5?

That’s the kind of password an idiot would put on his luggage.

Why do these new shows make the space scenes so dark? I can’t see any of the ship designs. Please make it bright a la TNG and TOS (not remastered TOS). I don’t care if we don’t know where the light source is coming from. Let’s say it’s coming from ‘hope.’

Couldn’t agree with you more. To borrow from Alien a bit – “In space, no one can (see).”

FYI, a short version of this trailer ran during the NFL AFC game (on CBS) this evening.

Anyone know 7’s age?

Do the Borg nanites extend her life by repairing DNA and tissue degradation that normally come with aging? Just curious to know if she will live for a few hundred years.

Also in all of this, am I right in saying that Soji / Isa Briones is not seen anywhere in this trailer? Is there a reason?

She was in the first trailer if I recall correctly.

Perhaps more would be too much of a spoiler.

According to Memory Alpha, she was born in 2350, so that would make her about 50 in Picard season 2.

Don’t you know 50 is the new 30 in the 24th century? ;-)

TG Legs Dave

Thanks all!

blue vial, woman in a red dress…..

see what they did there…..

So, it’s look like 2024 the begining of that Terran Federation of year 2400.

The grid around Earth actually reminded me of the planetary shield from Buck Rogers.

I mean, I’m glad that new Trek is getting made, but I’m really looking forward to SNW and a return to a weekly, hopefully non-serialzed storytelling of Trek tv. Disco and Picard are really just long form movies. Which is ok, but it’s not the idealized form of Trek (historically speaking). Sure DS9 ended up serializing to a degree, but not to this current degree. But also, times change and the viewing expectations of the audience changes. But just thinking, how would you cut a trailer for say, Season 3 of TNG? Would it be THIS intense and explodey? If it was cut that way and you wanted that, you’d end up being veery disappointed :D

This has been worth waiting for! We will open up a bottle of Chateau Picard to enjoy while we watch the first episode. We have friends who will be on the Star Trek Cruise V so I hope they get to see it aired while aboard.

Where’s Dahj?

Rewatched season 1 and really thought it was excellent. Second viewing certainly helped pick out the nuances of the writing (which I initially thought had a lot of plot holes). Bring on season 2

it’d be great if everything shown in the trailers was only from the first 2-3 episodes and the rest of the season takes an unexpected turn…..i’m not really up for 8-9 episodes of season 2 being in 2024 Los Angeles.

[[Presumedly, Picard is at this alternative 10 Forward to see Guinan because she is capable of sensing changes in timelines, as revealed in the TNG episode “Yesterday’s Enterprise.”]]

Didn’t the crew have no memories of the alternate timeline, even that it existed? From Picard’s point of view, Worf said something was emerging from the rift, then said something like, “Whatever it was, it’s not there anymore.” Picard also couldn’t figure out any possible way Sela could be Yar’s daughter. Even Guinan didn’t seem to know all the facts — she said she knew that Picard had sent Yar into the past (or onto the Enterprise-C), but she didn’t know the circumstances. How would Picard know that there even was an alternate timeline, let alone that Guinan knew about it?

10 Best Star Trek: Picard Episodes, Ranked

After Patrick Stewart agreed to reprise his role as Jean-Luc Picard for a sequel series, fans of Star Trek were cautiously optimistic. However, much of the series was nothing like Star Trek: The Next Generation , even when the third and final season brought back the principal cast of the show.

When looking at the highest ranked episodes of Star Trek: Picard , it's hard to overlook how beloved the third season is. Just looking at IMDB user ratings, and the majority of fans' "Top 10" Star Trek: Picard episodes, it's no surprise to see many from Season 3 hit their lists. This is because no series is ever about just one character. In fact, the only episode not from Picard's final season represented here is one that features no fewer than three classic USS Enterprise-D crewmembers.

'Dominion' Showed the Effects of Starfleet's Last War Still Resonated

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Because of a regime change in the executive suites at Paramount, the second wave of Star Trek came to an unceremonious end after Star Trek: Nemesis failed to make a profit and Star Trek Enterprise's network failed to survive . Thus, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine never got the epilogue the groundbreaking show deserved. At least, not until "Dominion," in which the mysterious villain Vadic was revealed to be a prisoner of war captured and experimented on by the nefarious Section 31.

The black ops division of Starfleet made the captured Changeling Founders even more powerful. When Vadic escaped, she was able to share her "upgrades" by creating the perfect operatives to infiltrate and take down Starfleet . Contracted by the Borg, who had their own vendetta, she was all too happy to hurt Jean-Luc Picard, his crew and family in the name of revenge. Luckily, thanks to Picard's newly-discovered son, Jack Crusher , Vadic and her soldiers were defeated. Of course, Starfleet's problems were just beginning.

'Nepenthe' Brought Back Classic Star Trek: The Next Generation Characters

Jean-luc picard was reunited with will riker and deanna troi.

The first season of Star Trek: Picard was very different from what fans expected, presenting the beloved former captain of the USS Enterprise as a disillusioned and bitter man. Only after discovering Data's "daughter," a synthetic lifeform named "Soji," Picard was able to rediscover a purpose. However, because she was being hunted by a dangerous group of Romulan anti-synth zealots, Picard and Soji had to take refuge somewhere lest they be captured or killed. That brought them to Nepenthe, the planet where William Riker and Deanna Troi retired to in an effort to save their dying son .

Not only did Jean-Luc reunite with his beloved Number One and his most trusted advisor Deanna, he also got to meet their surviving child. Kestra (named after Deanna Troi's deceased sister) became fast friends with Soji. Even with the loss of their child, this was a lighter episode in Season 1 that showed for all the changes Picard endured, some things remained the same. Troi and Riker were forever loyal to their friend and captain, with Riker eventually assembling the fleet to save Picard , Soji and an entire planet of Data's synthetic "children."

'The Next Generation' Brought Jean-Luc Picard Back to His Roots

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The Season 3 premiere of Picard was the beginning of a new era even as the series itself began its swan song. Picard was originally planned to only run three seasons, but thanks to Star Trek veteran and showrunner Terry Matalas , the final season was the Star Trek: The Next Generation movie fans never got but always wanted. It kicked off the season's story by introducing Captain Liam Shaw, a traumatized officer who was not swayed by Picard's and Riker's reputations. It also put Star Trek: Voyager -alum, Seven of Nine, into a Starfleet uniform for the first time, which is where she always belonged .

Despite the excellence of this cast's first series, Beverly Crusher was underserved by The Next Generation , never reaching her full potential. From the first scene of "The Next Generation," this was changed. Dr. Crusher was no longer just a doctor, but a more valued member of Starfleet. She was also once more a mother . Even though audiences wouldn't learn her son Jack's identity until later, it helped explain why Dr. Crusher would cut herself off from Picard and the rest of her crewmates. It was a thrilling start to an incredible season that delivered what The Next Generation fans wanted from the moment Picard was announced.

'Seventeen Seconds' Challenged Picard Like Never Before

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After learning that Jack Crusher was his son (and that Beverly kept him a secret from Jean-Luc ), Picard wasn't sure how to feel. On the run from Vadic and her overpowered warship, The Shrike, Picard had to figure out how to protect Jack and the crew of the USS Titan-A who weren't even supposed to be in this mess. The title of the episode ties into the "seventeen seconds" it took the turbolift to go from the bridge to sickbay. Riker first mentions it when talking about being summoned because of difficulties during the birth of his late son Thaddeus. It was also how long it took Picard to get to Jack after he was almost killed by a Changeling imposter.

The episode was emotionally taxing, with the USS Titan-A outmatched and outwitted by Vadic and the crew of the Shrike. After Admiral Picard agreed to serve as Captain Riker's "Number One," the two friends and allies had a bitter, heartbreaking argument. When the ship is seemingly disabled beyond repair, Riker throws Picard off the bridge , declaring Jean-Luc "just killed us all." It was the kind of conflict fans never got to see before, largely because of the so-called "Roddenberry Box" from the The Next Generation era. It elevated the series and the overall story with dire stakes in a hopeless situation.

'Surrender' Was a Low Point for Picard and the USS Titan Crew

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The crew of the USS Titan-A set a trap for Vadic and her Changeling soldiers, that backfired thanks to the return of classic The Next Generation enemy, Lore. The heroes surrendered, and the villains took control of the ship, killing crewmembers, including the incredibly cool Vulcan science officer T'Veen. However, Jack Crusher discovered a mysterious and spooky ability, allowing him to see through and control the minds of certain Starfleet officers. With a classic risky gambit, Jack and Seven of Nine were able to wrest control from Vadic sending her to her death in the cold vacuum of space.

Yet, "Surrender" is a title with a double meaning. The highlight of the episode was the internal conflict of the new Soong-type synthetic lifeform that contained the consciousness of both Data and Lore . In trying to erase his brother, Data seemingly surrendered his memories to Lore. Yet, by doing so, Data was able to "overwrite" his villainous brother's consciousness and regain control of his body . Once he was back in charge, his technological abilities helped regain control of the ship. This episode also marked the first time all the principal The Next Generation characters were reunited on the USS Titan-A.

'Imposters' Closed a Long Dangling TNG Story Thread in a Tragic Story

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After rescuing Picard's best new character, Raffi , from a villainous Ferengi, she and Worf teamed up. Working together outside of Starfleet, the two investigated the plot threatening Starfleet. Worf and Raffi became a truly delightful team, at least until a Vulcan crime lord forced them to fight to the death. However, Worf survived, and he and Raffi uncovered the crucial piece of information they needed to get to the bottom of the mystery. This was also the episode in which the USS Titan-A crew learned about the new, more dangerous Changelings and their infiltration of Starfleet.

The episode also brought back Ro Laren, a former crewmember of the USS Enterprise-D who eventually betrayed Picard by joining the Maquis. After escaping Vadic, Ro showed up to investigate Picard and Riker for treason, specifically for stealing the USS Titan-A. However, she was working her own angle. She'd been both Worf's and Raffi's Starfleet handler trying to unravel the conspiracy. The episode allowed Picard and Ro to get closure after her betrayal, preparing the (retired) Admiral for his mission to save Starfleet from the Changeling threat. This episode also features the most tragic death in Star Trek: Picard , when Ro Laren's shuttle is destroyed .

'The Bounty' Reunited the Enterprise Crew and Other Classic Ships

Star trek: picard's big finish kicked off in this thrilling episode.

One complaint some viewers had about Season 3 was the perceived fan service in Star Trek: Picard . While this is true, it didn't manifest the way people expected. The producers, directors and everyone else involved are fans of this universe and that drove some of the storytelling. The most blatant (and rewarding) instance of this came when the USS Titan-A went to the Fleet Museum, the old Space Dock introduced in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock . Commodore Geordi La Forge was the curator, overseeing the place where some of the most important vessels in Starfleet history were stored.

There are many Star Trek Easter eggs in "The Bounty," but the title was itself a spoiler. The HMS Bounty was the captured Klingon Bird of Prey used in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home . In order to avoid detection by Starfleet, Jack Crusher, Sidney and Alandra La Forge stole the ship's cloaking device to install on the Titan. Meanwhile, in the Daystrom Vault, Worf, Raffi and Riker discovered the newly-constructed synthetic body housing Data and Lore . While they were able to rescue the beloved android, Riker was taken captive by Vadic and her Changeling imposters.

'No Win Scenario' Put Picard and His Crew to the Ultimate Test

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The USS Titan-A was immobilized by the Shrike and left to drift in what everyone thought was a nebula. However, this area of space was actually a kind of gestational cloud in which an alien lifeform (not unlike the creature in The Next Generation 's pilot episode) was ready to give birth. While there was some great ship-to-ship combat, including Riker "throwing an asteroid" at the Shrike, Dr. Crusher saved the ship with some good, old-fashioned Star Trek sci-fi technobabble. It proved that even with the previous episode's conflict, no group can unite to do the impossible like a Starfleet crew.

The final scene of the episode is one of the series' best, in large part due to the beautiful score from Stephen Barton and Freddie Weidmann. After escaping the Shrike and their dire situation, the crew of the Titan watches in awe as the countless "space babies" emerge from their tumultuous womb and take to the stars . The episode began with the characters at their most hopeless, and it ends with a reminder of why these nerdy space adventurers risk their well-being to seek out new life.

'Vx' Sent Star Trek: Picard Headlong Into Its Endgame

The penultimate episode brought back the borg and the uss enterprise-d.

The penultimate episode of Star Trek: Picard reveals the Borg's involvement in an insidious plot to assimilate Starfleet. The Changeling imposters used transporter trickery to rewrite the DNA of younger officers to effectively instantly assimilate them all when they receive an activation signal. This signal was destined to come from Jack Crusher, explaining his mysterious ability to enter the minds of some of the crew on the Titan. Yet, the big moment in this episode was the revelation that over the past decades, Geordi La Forge restored the USS Enterprise-D, after it was mostly destroyed in Star Trek: Generations .

The final moment of the episode put these iconic characters on that iconic bridge for one final adventure. In the series finale of The Next Generation , Jean-Luc Picard was diagnosed with "Irumodic Syndrome" a neurological affliction that killed him in Season 1. However, "Võx" reveals this was left behind by the Borg after Picard was assimilated and became Locutus. It was passed on to Jack , making him the vessel through which the nearly-decimated Borg could make one last attempt to assimilate Starfleet and, eventually, Earth.

'The Last Generation' Was the Perfect Sendoff for TNG's Crew

The episode said farewell to picard and company while kicking off the future.

The series finale of Star Trek: Picard is unsurprisingly the best ranked episode of the show. As the 12 Monkeys series finale proved , Terry Matalas knows how to end a story in a satisfying, uplifting way. The USS Enterprise-D goes back into action, flying through a gigantic Borg cube to destroy these villains once and for all . There's even an incredible shot when the gigantic Galaxy-Class vessel swoops in overhead to rescue Worf, Riker, Picard and Jack at the last moment. Meanwhile, Seven of Nine proves why she deserves to command the USS Enterprise-G, by retaking the ship from the Borg without killing one assimilated crewmember.

Still, for all the breathtakingly cinematic action, the true climax of the episode is an emotional one. Distant from people all his life, Jean-Luc Picard is willing to sacrifice himself by refusing to leave his son. Consumed by the Borg, Jack doesn't want to disconnect from the hive mind, and Picard simply says he'd stay with him, knowing his crew is certain to destroy them both. Star Trek endures not because of the ships or technology. Rather, it’s the familial relationships of the characters that allows it to remain fresh, even decades later, in the hearts of audiences .

The complete Star Trek: Picard is available to own on DVD, Blu-ray, digital and is available to stream on Paramount+ .

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Retired Admiral Jean-Luc Picard is drawn back into action when a mysterious young woman seeks his help, triggering a journey that leads him to confront the ghosts of his past. As he assembles a new crew to uncover the truth behind a dangerous conspiracy, Picard navigates a galaxy that has changed significantly since his days aboard the Enterprise.

Release Date January 23, 2020

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• Patrick Stewart's autobiography reveals that Brent Spiner, not the writers, came up with the iconic last line of dialogue in the series finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
• The series finale, "All Good Things...", is widely regarded as one of the best TV series finales ever, with a memorable and quotable final line.
• In his memoir, "Making It So", Patrick Stewart discusses his years playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard and gives credit to Brent Spiner for the brilliant final line of scripted dialogue.

Every Star Trek: The Next Generation fan knows the last line from the series finale, and Patrick Stewart reveals who invented the classic dialogue: "Five card stud, nothing wild. And the sky's the limit." Stewart's new autobiography, "Making It So: A Memoir" recounts his years playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard on TNG . The beloved series finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "All Good Things...", was written by Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga, but they did not come up with the brilliant last line of the series according to Patrick Stewart.

Star Trek: The Next Generation 's series ender is widely hailed as one of the best TV series finales of all time, with one of the greatest and most quotable final lines of dialogue. In "Making It So: A Memoir," Patrick Stewart tells who invented "Five card stud, nothing wild. And the sky's the limit." Read the quote from page 375 of "Making It So" below:

Picard is given the honor of dealing the cards. It was Brent Spiner, rather than the writers, who came up with the final line of scripted dialogue, so brilliant in its larger resonance. As he deals, Picard says brightly, “So, five card stud, nothing wild. And the sky’s the limit.”

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Star Trek: Picard's Finale Recreated & Topped TNG's Poker Scene

Star Trek: Picard season 3's finale recreated Star Trek: The Next Generation' s poker scene and even topped it. Showrunner Terry Matalas, who wrote and directed Picard 's finale, "The Last Generation," ended the show with the USS Enterprise-D crew playing another poker game at Ten Forward. But this time, Matalas let the camera run to capture the real-life joking and camaraderie of Patrick Stewart and his fellow cast members.

The final line of Star Trek: Picard is also uttered by Patrick Stewart as Admiral Jean-Luc Picard when he tells his friends, "I've come to believe that the stars have always been in my favor." It's a line as knowing and brilliant as "Five card stud, nothing wild. And the sky's the limit." Terry Matalas credits writer-producer Cindy Appel with inventing Picard's last line, so she and Brent Spiner literally gave Patrick Stewart and Jean-Luc Picard their famous last words in Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: The Next Generation .

Source: "Making It So: A Memoir" by Patrick Stewart

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Explore the stars of Star Trek from your backyard

By far, however, the TV show that gave the most astronomy buffs their start exploring space was Star Trek , which began a three-season run at 8:30 P.M. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 8, 1966. This groundbreaking television show was followed by Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Star Trek: Voyager (1995), Star Trek: Enterprise (2001), Star Trek: Discovery (2017), and Star Trek: Picard (2020), along with various movies, animated series, and lots of books and comics.

During the five and a half decades that followed the first show, now often referred to as The Original Series, the Enterprise has visited hundreds of planets. Of course, each one originated in some writer’s imagination. But I wondered how many of those destinations were placed in a star system visible in our sky. A lot, it turns out. I stopped counting at 50.

What follows is a list that combines some of the brightest stars in our sky with several not-so-bright ones, all of them important in the Star Trek universe. The next time you look at one of these stars, let your mind drift back to 1966, when people — through their television sets — voyaged to distant worlds. Indeed, with all the recent exoplanet discoveries, it’s not hard to imagine that an alien civilization might exist where no one has gone before, on a planet revolving around one of the stars of Star Trek .

Strange new worlds

Besides Earth, probably the most important planet in Star Trek is Vulcan, homeworld of Mr. Spock. Early on, some official reference books listed magnitude 3.7 Epsilon (ε) Eridani as the star around which it orbited. During an episode of Enterprise , however, Chief Engineer Tucker states that Vulcan is 16 light-years from Earth. And Epsilon Eri is only 10.5 light-years away.

Current Trek star maps place Vulcan in the Omicron 2 (ο 2 ) Eridani system. This triple star, also known as Keid and 40 Eri, is some 16.3 light-years from Earth. Its primary glows at magnitude 4.4. To find it, look 15° west of Rigel.

The brightest star visited by any Star Trek crew on television or film is Canopus (Alpha [α] Carinae), which observers can spot from the southernmost states. Shining at magnitude –0.7, it’s the second-brightest star in our night sky. It featured in The Original Series episode “The Ultimate Computer.” In the episode, which takes place in 2268, the scientist Richard Daystrom installs a tactical computer aboard the Enterprise . The device can control the ship with some 5 percent of its normal crew. Its first task is to survey the inhabited planet Alpha Carinae II.

Note that the brightest nighttime star, Sirius (Alpha Canis Majoris), also has a planetary system whose members served as settings for stories, but only in Star Trek books or video games.

The third-brightest star in our sky, Alpha Centauri , is a triple system that’s famous as the nearest star system to our own. It’s also famous in the Star Trek universe, hosting no less than 22 planets. Thirteen of them circle Rigil Kentaurus (Alpha Cen A), five orbit Alpha Cen B, and four more travel around Proxima Centauri (Alpha Cen C).

What’s more, three of these planets are populated. Including outposts and space stations, this system supports some 21 billion inhabitants. When you spot Alpha Centauri (only visible from latitudes south of 30° north), imagine how cool it would be if, in reality, any planets around those stars contained the simplest form of life, let alone intelligent life.

Our next entry is one that requires some searching to see. In the Star Trek universe, more than 150 planetary civilizations belong to a democratic society known as the United Federation of Planets. Such a body often needs neutral ground for negotiations: a planet named Babel, which orbits the star Wolf 424 . This star, also known as FL Virginis, is a system of two red dwarfs a bit more than 14 light-years away that together glow just brighter than a meager 13th magnitude. You’ll need an 8-inch or larger scope, a dark site, an excellent star chart (or software), and lots of patience to track it down. But for a true fan of Star Trek , that’s a small price to pay to spot a star whose planet has two episodes — “Journey to Babel” and “Babel One” — named for it.

The stellar moniker Menkar may not be familiar to Star Trek fans. But call this star Ceti Alpha , and it will immediately conjure up the image of Khan Noonien Singh. This character first appeared in The Original Series episode “Space Seed,” and then in the movies Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek Into Darkness .

Though referred to in Star Trek as Ceti Alpha, a luminary that has at least six planets in orbit, it’s more correct to call this star Alpha Ceti. However, Star Trek’s writers aren’t the only ones to break convention regarding the star’s designation. The alpha star is usually the brightest star in a constellation. Not in Cetus the Whale, though. That honor goes to Diphda (Beta [β] Ceti), which, at magnitude 2.0, is 58 percent brighter than magnitude 2.5 Alpha. Both stars are easy to spot in the Northern Hemisphere’s autumn sky.

Three to beam up

A triad of stars well known to amateur astronomers is the Summer Triangle: Vega (Alpha Lyrae), Altair (Alpha Aquilae), and Deneb (Alpha Cygni). In Star Trek , Vega hosts at least nine planets, the main one being Vega IV with a mostly human colony of nearly 5.8 billion inhabitants. This system is referenced in The Original Series episode “Mirror, Mirror.” Captain James T. Kirk learns that one of the first actions his mirror counterpart took after assuming command of the Enterprise (via assassination) was to execute 5,000 colonists on Vega IX.

Now, on to Altair. The most famous planet in the Altair system is Altair VI. In The Original Series episode “Amok Time,” the Enterprise is headed to this planet to attend the inauguration of its new president when it has to divert to Vulcan for Spock’s mating ritual.

In Star Trek , the name Deneb is used to refer to the “true” Deneb (Alpha Cygni) and also as shorthand for Deneb Kaitos, which is another name for the star Diphda in Cetus. The latter has no less than six planets, while the former hosts nine planets, the most important of which are Deneb II and Deneb IV. This second world is the site of Farpoint Station, where the crew in the very first The Next Generation episode, “Encounter at Farpoint,” meets the ultra-powerful being known as Q.

Tribbles, the Borg, and Denobulans, oh my!

Midway on the sky between the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and the Pleiades (M45), you’ll find the tiny constellation Triangulum. Of its three brightest luminaries, the least apparent is 4th-magnitude Gamma (γ) Trianguli. In The Original Series , the Enterprise visited the planet Gamma Trianguli IV during the episode “The Apple,” finding a civilization controlled by a supercomputer named Vaal.

Every Star Trek fan — and probably most non-fans — have heard of Tribbles, which debuted in “The Trouble With Tribbles” in the second season of The Original Series . Brought aboard the Enterprise by merchant Cyrano Jones, they nearly overwhelmed the ship’s operations. The homeworld of the furry creatures is Iota Geminorum IV, whose central star, Iota (ι) Geminorum , glows at magnitude 3.8 about 4.5° from both Castor and Pollux.

On the other end of the brightness spectrum from most of the stars I’ve mentioned, Wolf 359 is incredibly faint. Although it lies less than 8 light-years away, this red dwarf glows meekly at magnitude 13.5. Wolf 359 lies in southern Leo, almost directly on the ecliptic. In The Next Generation two-part episode “The Best of Both Worlds,” a disastrous battle takes place in this star system between the Federation and the Borg. The real kicker is that the Borg ship is under the guidance of Locutus — formerly the Enterprise ’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who was captured and assimilated into the Borg collective, losing his individuality and prior allegiance in the process.

Only an observer familiar with the series Enterprise will know the planet Archer IV, named for the captain of the NX-01. It’s an important one, however: the first M-class (meaning Earth-like and habitable) planet discovered by humans. To see the luminary around which this fictional world revolves, look toward the southernmost part of the constellation Ursa Major. There, you’ll find the Sun-like star 61 Ursae Majoris , glowing at magnitude 5.3 — just bright enough to spot without binoculars from a dark site.

Enterprise also gave us the wonderfully named Denobula Triaxa, the star we know as Iota Boötis . In fantasy, this is a triple star, but reality shows it is binary. Its components glow at magnitudes 4.8 and 8.3. You can spot them easily through any size telescope because their separation is a worthy 39″. They also show a nice color contrast, with a yellow primary and the secondary a blue-white. In Enterprise, this system is notable as the homeworld of Chief Medical Officer Dr. Phlox.

Resistance is futile

As you can see, a lot of stars in our sky — some familiar, some not — have found their way into the lore of Star Trek . The next time you encounter one, let your mind wander a bit and consider that the prospect of life in the universe is a lot more possible now than it seemed in 1966. Live long and prosper!

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