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‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3 Cast and Character Guide (Photos)

Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise embark on one final adventure in space

The crew of the “U.S.S. Enterprise” reunites for one final mission in Season 3 of “Star Trek: Picard.”

It marks the first time the entire cast from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (“TNG”) — Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, LeVar Burton and Michael Dorn — have reunited on screen since 2002’s “Star Trek Nemesis.”

See what your favorite “TNG” cast members look like now.

Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard

Now retired and residing at his family vineyard, the Starfleet admiral is called into action for one final mission after receiving a distress call from Beverly Crusher.

Aside from Picard, Stewart is best known for playing Professor Charles Xavier in the “X-Men” movie franchise. His character recently crossed over to the MCU, appearing as a member of the Illuminati in “Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.”

Jonathan Frakes as William Riker

Picard calls upon his former first officer for assistance. Riker, no longer in command of the U.S.S. Titan and needing some time away from his family, jumps at the opportunity.

After “TNG,” Frakes appeared in numerous shows and hosted “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction.” He’s also a prolific director, with episodes of “Roswell,” “The Librarians,” “Star Trek: Discovery” and even “Picard” under his belt.

Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi

Troi is the former ship’s counselor and is married to Will Riker. They have a daughter, Kestra. As a half-Betazoid, she is able to read the emotions of others.

Sirtis (and Frakes) voiced lead roles in the animated series “Gargoyles.” She’s appeared in numerous shows in the U.S. and U.K. including “NCIS.” She reprised the role of Troi in Season 1 of “Picard.”

Brent Spiner as TBD

Data, the beloved android who served on board the Enterprise and perished in a battle against the Romulan warlord Shinzon. Whether Spiner is playing Data, his evil brother Lore, or some other being is to be determined.

Although his character Data was killed in “Nemesis,” Spiner has played various characters with familial connections to Data in other “Trek” series and films. He’s also known for playing Dr. Okum in the “Independence Day” films.

Michael Dorn as Worf

Worf is the former Enterprise security chief. Despite being raised by humans, his Klingon heritage imparts a strong sense of honor, particularly in battle.

After “TNG,” Dorn joined the cast of “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.” He’s appeared in more “Trek” shows than any other character. He’s also lent his voice talent to numerous shows.

LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge

La Forge is the former Enterprise chief engineer. He is currently running the Starfleet museum. He also has two daughters in Starfleet.

Prior to “TNG,” Burton was the beloved host of “Reading Rainbow.” There was a campaign to have him replace Alex Trebek as the host of “Jeopardy,” and he even guest-hosted. Like Frakes, Burton has directed numerous episodes of “Trek” series.

Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher

Crusher is the former Enterprise chief medical officer. She lost contact with her crewmates but reaches out to them in a time of need. She and Picard had a former romantic relationship that became a close friendship.

McFadden starred in “Marker” and “Mad About You” after her stint on “TNG.” She’s also reprised the role of Dr. Crusher on “Star Trek: Prodigy.”

Jeri Ryan as Annika Hansen/Seven of Nine

After being rescued from the Borg, Seven joined the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager. She later joined the Rangers, a space vigilante group, before re-enlisting in Starfleet. She is currently the first officer on the U.S.S. Titan, where she goes by Annika Hansen, her human name before assimilation.

Ryan wasn’t a part of the “TNG” cast. She joined “Star Trek: Voyager” in 1997. Her character was extremely popular, and she reprised her role in Season 1 of “Picard.” After “Voyager” Ryan starred in “Boston Public.”

Michelle Hurd as Raffaela “Raffi” Musiker

Musiker served with Picard late in his Starfleet career but burned out. She eventually helped him root out Romulan spies. She re-enlisted in Starfleet and joined the U.S.S. Excelsior crew, but has since taken on a special mission.

Hurd is best known for playing Monique Jeffries in “Law and Order: SVU” and Ellen Briggs in “Blindspot.”

Amanda Plummer as Vadic

Very little is known about the villainous Vadic. She captains the warship Shrike and has a grudge against Picard and the Enterprise crew.

Plummer, the daughter of legendary thesp Christopher Plummer, had had a long career on stage and screen. But her most memorable role might be playing “Honey Bunny,” one of the restaurant robbers in “Pulp Fiction.”

Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut as Sidney La Forge

La Forge is the eldest daughter of Geordi La Forge and the helmsman on the U.S.S. Titan.

Chestnut has had recurring roles in “Rap Sh!t” and “NCIS: Los Angeles.”

Todd Stashwick as Liam Shaw

Shaw is the no-nonsense captain of the U.S.S. Titan. He took over command from Will Riker. He previously served on the U.S.S. Constance, one of 40 ships destroyed in the Battle of Wolf 359 against the Borg and an assimilated Picard.

Stashwick is no stranger to the “Trek” universe, having appeared in “Star Trek: Enterprise” as Talok. He appeared in the sci-fi show “12 Monkeys” from 2016-18.

Ed Speleers as Jack Crusher

Speleers’ character is the son of Beverly Crusher and Jean-Luc Picard. He never knew his father while growing up.

Speleers played the title role in the fantasy film “Eragon,” and had a memorable stint playing Jimmy the handsome footman on “Downton Abbey.”

Michelle Forbes as Ro Laren

Ro served aboard the Enterprise as an ensign before defecting to the Maquis. She is back with Starfleet working in the Intelligence division. She is sent to interrogate Picard and Riker for treason.

Forbes previously appeared on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Battlestar Galactica.”

Mica Burton as Ensign Alandra La Forge

Alandra is the youngest daughter of Geordi La Forge who works with her father at the fleet museum. She has an interest in engineering.

Burton is the real-life daughter of castmember LeVar Burton.

Daniel Davis as Moriarty

Moriarity was a hologram created to be a foil to Data’s Sherlock Holmes. He gained sentience and outwitted the Enterprise crew. Eventually, he was placed in a memory module to continue running but appears to have escaped his program.

Davis is best known for playing Niles, the sharp-tongued butler on “The Nanny.”

Tim Russ as Tuvok (doppleganger)

Tuvok was the former security officer aboard the U.S.S. Voyager. Seven of Nine turns to her former crewmate for information about the kidnapped Captain Riker.

Elizabeth Dennehy as Elizabeth Shelby

Admiral Shelby is the commander-in-chief of the U.S.S. Enterprise F during the Frontier Day celebration. She previously served aboard the Enterprise D during the Federation’s earlier encounter with The Borg.

'Star Trek: Picard' Season 3: Release Date, Trailer, Cast, and Everything We Know So Far

Finally, the old gang is back together again.

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Fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation have been patiently waiting for the return of their favorite characters since the first season of Star Trek: Picard . It seems the promise (real or imagined) of finding out what happened to characters such as Beverly Crusher and Geordi La Forge has finally been realized. This time it seems that the old favorites are back and hopefully this time around they will be more than just some fan-service cameos.

Editor's Note: This article was last updated on December 31 with the latest clip from the season.

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Star Trek: Picard Season 3 will release on Paramount+ on Thursday, February 16, 2023. This release date is an exclusive date for the residents of the United States. All ten episodes will be released weekly on Paramount+ without any scheduled disruptions. As of the time of this writing, there has been no official announcement on when or where the series will be released internationally. If Paramount+ continues its usual pattern there will be a day lag before it releases on Paramount+ in other countries and on companion streaming services such as Crave in Canada or Amazon Prime Video in the United Kingdom.

The first teaser trailer has been released in celebration of Star Trek Day. The trailer is a short one-minute trailer, but it contains some exciting tidbits for the show to come. The excitement is the fact that our favorite crew members are back. We get our first looks at Geordi, Worf, and Beverly but not so much about the plot. The main theme is that whenever you have a united crew, hope still survives.

An additional sneak peek was released revealing the names of the cast for the upcoming season. This sneak peek shows Picard looking through his old uniforms before suiting up beside Number One for one last “good old-fashioned road trip.” The question is where are they headed on this road trip?

The next trailer was a hefty two-minute and thirty-four-second teaser trailer that confirmed the presence of Lore, Vadic, and other long-term enemies of Picard's former crew. It seems like the villains of the Star Trek: The Next Generation series are coming together to form their own 'injustice league' against the now-reunited crew.

This was followed by a sneak peek into one of every Star Trek fan's greatest moments, the ship reveal. As of now, Seven of Nine is the commander of the USS Titan , one of the most powerful ships in all of Star Trek canon. This looks shows the old crew honoring their bond to Jean-Luc and coming together for one last adventure into the great unknown.

More recently, in an episode of The Ready Room , an aftershow for the whole Star Trek franchise hosted by Wil Wheaton , Paramount released a new clip from Season 3 . Here's the full episode (you can jump to 28:50 to directly watch the clip) and for international viewers, the same is available on the Star Trek website :

So far what we know of season 3 mostly revolves around the cast, and it is as much of an all-star Star Trek cast as could be asked for. We have veterans of Star Trek: Voyager , Star Trek: The Next Generation, and even returning characters from Star Trek: Picard. Sir Patrick Stewart will return as Jean Luc Picard, Michelle Hurd returns as Raffi Musiker, and Jeri Ryan will return as Seven of Nine. Star Trek: Picard veterans Alison Pill (Agnes Jurati), Santiago Cabrera (Cristobal Rios), and Isa Briones (Soji) will not be returning. This makes a distinct step away from some characters built up in the previous two seasons and a step backward in time.

This step backward in time takes Star Trek fans almost 20 years into the past, back almost to the cast of Star Trek: Nemesis . We this the crew of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) is back. Both Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis are coming back as William T. Riker and Deanna Troi. From there on out we have the confirmed return of new old faces such as Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher, Michael Dorn as Worf, LeVar Burton as Geordi LaForge, and even Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher. These are only the confirmed returns, and more have been rumored or wished upon.

Actress Denise Crosby has teased the return of Tasha Yar, the ill-fated security office in the first season of The Next Generation. She also has played the villain Sela, who was in both The Next Generation and Star Trek Online. We don’t know how she will be returning, but Crosby said that “You will see Tasha Yar, but I'm not going to tell you how.” Fans are also hoping that Colm Meaney will return as the veteran Miles O'Brien and give the fans of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine some well-deserved recognition.

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No official synopsis has been released to describe the upcoming season, but a few tidbits can be gleaned from the array of cast statements and sneak pieces as well as other parts of the continuity. There is supposed to be an entirely new (or perhaps best described as unknown) villain for season three. Some speculation was that Sela will be one of the primary villains. She was quite potent in her few Next Generation appearances and the games have entire lore built up with Sela as one of the primary antagonists. This is still just conjectured at the moment, however.

What is sure however are the events of the previous seasons (that's your last spoiler warning). In the first season, we came to know Soji as Data’s daughter and how the destruction of Romulus started a chain of events that ultimately caused the outlawing of all synthetic life. Picard found himself in the middle of that interdimensional kerfuffle and died in the process. Now Picard has a synthetic body and his old nemeses Q (played by John De Lancie ) and the Borg Queen (played by Annie Wersching ) returned. After a fun jaunt through time back to the 21st century, we see Picard come to terms with his past and how he came to be who he is. Dr. Jurati also joined with the Borg Queen and created a collective that is friendly to the Federation, once again uniting with Picard in the present. This leaves Picard missing a few key allies. Either way, we have seen some progress. Seven of Nine has returned a Starfleet uniform and Picard seems to be well again. It seems he is going back to his own crew’s roots.

Producers Rod Roddenberry and Alex Kurtzman are returning for the final season as well as writer and producer Terry Matalas .

Simply put there isn’t a future for Picard . This is the final season for Picard and there have not been any spin-offs announced. Between the aging of the actors and the large amount of content we already have in that period, this seems to be the last time we will see a lot of these characters.

‘Star Trek: Picard’ Reunites ‘Next Generation’ Cast, Announces Return of Classic Enemies in New Season 3 Trailer

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A new trailer for the third and final season of Paramount+ ‘s “ Star Trek : Picard” launched out of New York Comic Con Saturday, revealing new additions to the Patrick Stewart-led show’s cast — including the return of some iconic villains from “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”

But that’s not all: The New York Comic Con panel for “Picard’s” final season unveiled Amanda Plummer — whose late father, Christopher Plummer, once played “Star Trek” villain General Chang — has joined the cast in the recurring role as Vadic, “the mysterious alien captain of the Shrike, a warship that has set its sights on Jean-Luc Picard and his old crewmates from his days on the Enterprise.”

And last but not least in terms of big “Picard” casting news was the reveal that Mica Burton (“Critical Role,” “Vampire: The Masquerade: L.A. by Night”) and Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut (“Cruel Summer”) have also been cast in recurring roles. Chestnut is playing Ensign Sidney La Forge, the eldest daughter of Geordi La Forge (famously played by LeVar Burton)and helmsman of the U.S.S. Titan, while Mica Burton (LeVar Burton’s real-life daughter), is taking on the part of Ensign Alandra La Forge, Geordi La Forge’s youngest daughter who works alongside her father.

The final season of “ Star Trek: Picard ” premieres on Thursday, Feb. 16 on Paramount+. New episodes of the 10-episode-long season will drop weekly on Thursdays.

The Saturday “Picard” panel at New York Comic Con featured Stewart and cast members LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis and Brent Spiner, as well as executive producers Alex Kurztman, Terry Matalas and Rod Roddenberry.

Stewart, Burton, Dorn, Frakes, McFadden, Sirtis, Spiner, Jeri Ryan and Michelle Hurd star in “Picard,” which is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.

Executive producers include Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman, Matalas (who serves as showrunner), Stewart, Heather Kadin, Aaron Baiers, Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, Doug Aarniokoski and Dylan Massin.

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Star Trek: Picard Cast - Every Actor & Character in Season 3

The third and final season of Paramount+’s Star Trek: Picard pulled out all the stops and brought in a plethora of new and established characters from the Star Trek franchise.

The first two seasons of Picard , while decently well-rated among the general audience, were somewhat unpopular with longtime Trek fans. Initially, the show chose to focus on   Patrick Stewart 's Jean-Luc Picard as a retired Starfleet admiral surrounded by a cast of newcomers.

The results were mixed, to say the least. So when it was announced last year that the series’ third and final season would reunite essentially the entire main cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation , most Trekkers were over the moon.

So, with not many episodes remaining in the series, here’s a look at each principal and supporting character in Star Trek: Picard Season 3, barring any surprise guests in the concluding installments.

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Picard Season 3 follow.

Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Cast and Character List

1.) patrick stewart as jean-luc picard.

Sir Patrick Stewart Leads the series as the venerable Admiral Jean-Luc Picard.

Upon receiving an encrypted distress call from Dr. Crusher at the top of the season, Jean-Luc launches back into action and follows the coordinates that Beverly left for him.

Roping in his old friend and colleague Will Riker, the pair wind up on the USS Titan-A where much of the season’s action has so far taken place.

2.) Jonathan Frakes as Will Riker

Captain William T. Riker (played by Jonathan Frakes), Jean-Luc’s Number One back in their days serving on the U.S.S. Enterprise, jumps at the chance to assist the admiral on his rescue mission.

It was established in Season 1 that Will and his wife Deanna Troi have had a daughter, Kestra, in the intervening years between the show and their appearance in 2002’s Star Trek: Nemesis. They also had a son named Thad who was tragically lost to a then-incurable disease long prior to the events of Picard . Riker is still having difficulty processing his grief when audiences pick up with him in the third season.

3.) Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher

Former chief Medical officer on board the Enteprise-D and Enterprise-E during the Next Gen -era of Star Trek, it’s quickly established in Picard that Gates McFadden's Dr. Beverly Crusher hasn’t seen or contacted any of her old friends in over 20 years, Jean-Luc included.

In the series, Dr. Crusher has been acting as a sort of spacefaring member of Doctors Without Borders, but she’s been harboring a huge secret from Admiral Picard: Their 23-year-old son Jack.

4.) Michael Dorn as Worf

Worf, son of Mogh, House of Martok, son of Sergei, House of Rozhenko, Bane to the Duras Family. The noble Klingon officer, portrayed by Micheal Dorn, is a man of many names.

In Star Trek: Picard , Worf has been acting on behalf of Starfleet Intelligence, as Raffi Musiker’s handler, as she infiltrates the criminal underworld in search of stolen secrets. Raffi and Worf are eventually forced to team up on their shared mission, which sets them on a collision course with their mutual friend and former commanding officer Jean-Luc Picard.

5.) LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge

In the time since Nemesis , LeVar Burton's Geordi La Forge settled down and become a family man with a wife and two daughters. Because of this, he’s initially unwilling to get dragged back into the adventure.  He has also risen to the rank of commodore and has been heading up the Fleet Museum, in orbit over Athan Prime.

When Jean-Luc and company arrive at his doorstep, they’re met with a slightly grouchier La Forge than fans are used to, but he quickly drops his guard to become his friendly, affable self again after being reminded how important his old Starfleet crew is to him.

6.) Brent Spiner as Data/Lore/Altan Soong

Brent Spiner gives one of his traditional multifaceted performances in the series as he portrays android brothers Data and Lore, who have both been uploaded into an advanced, flesh-and-blood positronic body. Lore, being Lore, is constantly trying to exert control over the good-natured Data in order to wreak havoc.

Spiner also portrays Altan Soong, son of Dr. Noonien Soong, in a holographic recording from Episode 6.

7.) Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi

The empathic, half-Betazoid Deanna Toi (brought to life by Marina Sirtis) hasn’t had a major role in the bulk of Season 3, but showrunner Terry Matalas has sung Sirtis’ praises on Twitter, indicating a larger part for the actress to play during the show’s final episodes.

8.) Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine

Jeri Ryan's Seven, now Commander Seven, is first officer of the USS Titan-A when the third season opens. Unlike most of the other characters in Season 3, Ryan has appeared as the ex-Borg and former Voyager crewmember in the previous two seasons as well.

9.) Michelle Hurd as Raffi Musiker

A longtime confidant to Jean-Luc, Michelle Hurd's Raffi Musiker starts the season as a deep-cover Starfleet intelligence officer, tasked with investigating the theft of highly dangerous items from the Daystrom Institute. When criminals use the stolen tech to commit a heinous crime, Raffi gets in over her head in pursuit.

10.) Todd Stashwick as Liam Shaw

A self-described “dipsh*t from Chicago” , the captain of the Titan-A, Todd Stashwick's Liam Shaw, has a definite chip on his shoulder. Despite his somewhat mean-spirited nature, Shaw quickly became a fan favorite and has proven his worth as a valuable ally to Jean-Luc and co.

11.) Ed Speleers as Jack Crusher

The charming, roguish son of Jean-Luc Picard and Beverly Crusher, Jack Crusher (played by Ed Speleers) seems to have inherited all the best qualities from his legendary parents. One of the season’s most central mysteries is Jack’s mysterious affliction, which has drawn the villain Vadic to him. 

12.) Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut as Sidney La Forge

One of Geordi La Forge’s two daughters, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut's Sidney La Forge sits at the helm of the Titan-A as the ship’s pilot. During her days at Starfleet Academy, she earned herself the nickname “Crash La Forge” due to her propensity for wrecking shuttles.

13.) Mica Burton as Alandra La Forge

Geordi’s other daughter Alandra La Forge (played by Mica Burton) hasn’t seen as much screen as her sister due to her not entering the series until Epsiode 6, but she holds the special distinction of being played by Le Var Burton’s real-life daughter. The elder Burton has spoken on how much of a privilege it was to work alongside his talented kid.

14.) Orla Brady as Laris

Orla Brady's Laris, aka Jean-Luc’s Romulan girlfriend and housekeeper back at his vineyard on Earth, is actually a former agent of the Tal Shiar. But one would never know it due to the character’s gentle, caring nature. Brady has only appeared in one episode this season as Laris but she also cropped up in Picard ’s first two seasons as well.

15.) Michelle Forbes as Ro Laren

Before guest starring on Star Trek: Picard , Michelle Forbes' Ro Laren was last seen joining up with the Maquis in The Next Generation ’s penultimate episode, “Preemptive Strike.” It’s revealed in Season 3 that Laren’s betrayal broke Jean-Luc’s heart, but the two were ultimately able to mend old wounds.

16.) Daniel Davis as Moriarty

Sherlock Holmes’ arch-enemy Moriarty (played by Daniel Davis in the series) was originally brought to life as a holodeck character on Next Gen when Geordi tasked the computer with creating an adversary capable of matching wits with Data for their reenactment of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories. Davis made a brief appearance in Picard Episode 6 as Daystrom Station’s security hologram.

17.) Tim Russ as “Tuvok”

Episode 7’s cold open brought back fan-favorite Star Trek: Voyager character, Tim Russ' Tuvok. It appeared that the Vulcan former chief of security was now a captain, but things were not as they seemed. This Tuvok was actually a Changeling in disguise, attempting to lure the crew of the Titan-A into a trap.

18.) Amanda Plummer as Vadic

The mysterious Changeling captain of a warship known as the Shrike, Vadic (played by Amanda Plummer) will stop at nothing to get what she wants. And what she wants, for some yet-to-be-revealed reason, is Jack Crusher. She’s also played by the daughter of late Hollywood veteran Christopher Plummer, who, among other roles, portrayed General Chang in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country in 1991.

It’s fitting that father and daughter would play the antagonists in the send-offs for both the crews of Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation .

A Generation’s Final Voyage?

Star Trek: Picard ’s third and final season is billed as a grand send-off to Jean-Luc Picard and his old crew, but the story doesn’t necessarily have to end here.

Patrick Stewart has gone on record as saying he might be interested in reprising his character in another Star Trek movie. And what’s more, executive producer Terry Matalas has been garnering interest in a follow-up series that he’d like to make.

In his words, that show would be called Star Trek: Legacy and would be set in the same early-25 century time period as Picard , even using certain characters from the soon-to-end show.

Whether or not Star Trek: Legacy gets made is another story but fan support helps a great deal. Matalas has stated that more viewers watching and discussing Picard and making noise about a follow-up will only help increase chances.

Star Trek: Picard drops new episodes on Thursdays only on Paramount+.

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Star Trek: Picard season 3 — next episode, trailer, cast and everything we know about the final season

The Next Generation cast reunites as Star Trek: Picard heads into the Final Frontier in its final season.

The final season of Star Trek: Picard promises to boldly go where no other Trek franchise has gone before as members of the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast join Patrick Stewart on one last adventure to the Final Frontier. 

Details about Star Trek: Picard season 3 were revealed during Star Trek Day. The Paramount Plus celebration of all things Star Trek on September 8 commemorated the anniversary of the original series’ premiere in 1966.

Here’s what we know about Star Trek: Picard season 3.  

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Next episode of Star Trek: Picard season 3

The series finale of Star Trek: Picard airs Thursday, April 20. The title is "The Last Generation" and here's the episode description: "In a desperate last stand, Jean-Luc Picard and generations of crews, both old and new, fight together to save the galaxy from the greatest threat they've ever faced."

Star Trek: Picard season 3 episode guide

Keep track of all the episodes of Star Trek: Picard season 3 right here:

Star Trek: Picard season 3 episode 1: "The Next Generation" "After receiving a cryptic, urgent distress call from Dr. Beverly Crusher, Admiral Jean-Luc Picard enlists help from generations old and new to embark on one final adventure: a daring mission that will change Starfleet, and his old crew forever."

Star Trek: Picard season 3 episode 2: "Disengage" "Aided by Seven of Nine and the crew of the USS Titan, Picard makes a shocking discovery that will alter his life forever, and puts him on a collision course with the most cunning enemy he's ever encountered. Meanwhile, Raffi races to track a catastrophic weapon, and collides with a familiar ally."

Star Trek: Picard season 3 episode 3: "Seventeen Seconds" "Picard grapples with a life-altering revelation, while the Titan and her crew try to outmaneuver a Vadic in a lethal game of nautical cat and mouse; Raffi and Worf uncover a nefarious plot from an enemy Starfleet has long since forgotten."

Star Trek: Picard season 3 episode 4: "No Win Scenario" "Picard, Riker and crew must confront the sins of their past as the Titan drifts helplessly in a mysterious space anomaly."

Star Trek: Picard season 3 episode 5: "Imposters" "Caught by Starfleet and facing court martial, paranoia grows as Picard struggles to uncover whether a prodigal crewman from his past has returned as an ally or an enemy hellbent on destroying them all."

Star Trek: Picard season 3 episode 6: "The Bounty" "Now on the run, Picard and the skeleton crew of the USS Titan must break into Starfleet's most top-secret facility to expose a plot that could destroy the Federation. Picard must turn to the only soul in the galaxy who can help: an old friend."

Star Trek: Picard season 3 episode 7: "Dominion" "Crippled, cornered, and out of options, Picard stages a gambit to trap Vadic and reveal her true motive, a gamble that puts the Titan in the crosshairs and forces Picard and Beverly to question every moral code they've ever held."

Star Trek: Picard season 3 episode 8: "Surrender" "Vadic forces Picard to make an impossible choice: deliver what he can never give or watch his crew perish."

Star Trek: Picard season 3 episode 9: "Vox" "A devastating revelation about Jack alters the course of Picard's life forever - and uncovers a truth that threatens every soul in the Federation; the final battle begins as Picard and his crew race to save the galaxy from annihilation."

Star Trek: Picard season 3 release date

During the Star Trek Day event, Patrick Stewart revealed that Star Trek: Picard season 3 would be beaming onto Paramount Plus on February 16, 2023. 

Great news for UK Trekkies: you can watch the new season on Paramount Plus.

Who is in the Star Trek: Picard season 3 cast?

As soon as Picard was initially announced, Star Trek fans wondered whether it would present an opportunity for the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast to reunite. Brent Spiner returned as Altan Soong and Adam Soong, along with reprising his role as Data. 

In season 3, the entire Star Trek: The Next Generation cast is back together again in a reunion for the ages.

There was a bit of controversy when Wil Wheaton wasn’t announced as part of the TNG reunion. Wheaton, who played Dr. Crusher’s son Wesley Crusher, was a big part of the series in its early seasons. Wheaton currently hosts the Ready Room aftershow and remained mum about being left out until the Picard season 2 finale revealed that Wesley was back in his role as the Traveler, picking up where his character left off in his final TNG appearance.

Here is the Picard season 3 cast so far:

• Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard 
• Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine 
• Michelle Hurd as Raffi 
• Jonathan Frakes as William T. Riker 
• Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher 
• Michael Dorn as Worf 
• LeVar Burton as Geordi LaForge 
• Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi 
• Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher 

What is Star Trek: Picard season 3 about?

There’s no official synopsis for Star Trek: Picard season 3 just yet, but it’s safe to say that the events of Star Trek: Picard season 2 will trickle down into the final season. In season 2, Star Trek villain Q (John De Lancie) returned to wreak havoc with the timeline. 

Based on what’s revealed in the sneak peek teaser, Beverly Crusher sends a message to Picard asking for help. Picard goes to Riker and they devise a plan to find a ship and go on their new mission to help their friends.

It's possible we'll learn more about the new season when several members of the cast, including Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Marina Sirtis and Brent Spiner travel to NYCC to celebrate the final season. Deadline reports that the entire TNG cast, minus Wil Wheaton, will be together for this special occasion. 

Is there a Star Trek: Picard season 3 trailer?

The latest look at Star Trek: Picard season 3 aired during the AFC Championship game. Give it a look below.

The first official sneak peek for Star Trek: Picard season 3 was introduced by Patrick Stewart during the Picard panel at Star Trek Day. Seeing the entire TNG cast makes us emotional. Not only that, but newly minted Starfleet officer Seven of Nine utters Picard’s iconic "engage" command to the delight of fans everywhere.  

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How Picard Season 3 Finally Broke a Classic Star Trek “Mandate”

The New Next Generation is here.

It’s hard to believe, but 30 years ago, as The Next Generation began its seventh and final season, there were still vocal Trekkie haters who claimed the show wasn’t really Star Trek. How times change. What was once the “new” Star Trek — a 1987 sequel to a 1960s sci-fi series — is now retro.

In 2023, Picard Season 3 is the second coming of The Next Generation. But, according to the people who made it, this season isn’t just about looking back. The callbacks may be tied to the ‘90s, but for showrunner Terry Matalas, his cast, and crew, this season is all about pushing the franchise into a brave new style of Star Trek storytelling.

Launched in 2020 , Star Trek: Picard sought to tell ruminative down-to-Earth stories about the struggles and further adventures of a much older version of Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). Often called the Star Trek version of Logan , the tone of Picard has always been more earnest and darker than in The Next Generation. Despite its merits — including nuanced writing from Pulitzer-Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon — aspects of Season 1 rubbed fans the wrong way. And while most hardcore fans loved the new Stargazer in Season 2, there’s debate on whether or not that season stuck the landing.

But now, it seems with Picard , the third time’s the charm. The advance buzz for Season 3 is overwhelmingly positive, with all critics noting there’s a pretty big tonal shift here. But how did it happen?

A new Picard story

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, and Jeri Ryan in 'Picard' Season 3.

“This season came to me very fast,” showrunner Terry Matalas tells Inverse . “I knew what all the big moves are and I had to sell it to Patrick [Stewart], to Secret Hideout, and to Paramount+ very quickly.” Matalas joined the Picard creative team after Season 1, and the tonal and aesthetic differences with Season 3 are all the result of his vision. Before joining Picard , and before helming the SyFy reboot of 12 Monkeys , Matalas was a production assistant on Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise . His nerd street cred is clear.

Although series star Patrick Stewart had initially been resistant to bringing back too many TNG characters just for the sake of it, Matalas won him over with the overall pitch for the season. Johnathan Frakes, who returns as Riker, and directs two episodes this season, was there when Matalas outlined his vision to Captain Picard himself.

“Before we started, Terry had lunch with me and Patrick [Stewart], and was very upfront about what he wanted to do,” Frakes says. “He asked if Patrick was cool with it, and Patrick was all in.”

Conflict on the Bridge

LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: Picard Season 3

In Picard Season 3, the stakes are bigger, and the tone is closer to classic Star Trek feature films. “We wanted this season to be something monumental for this crew,” Matalas reveals. “It had to feel big, the same way The Undiscovered Country was for the original crew. The stakes have to be high because this is the last go at it.”

By now, most fans know that all seven cast members from The Next Generation are reunited in this season, along with a few secret surprises from the ‘90s Trek yet to be revealed. But, for the returning cast, there was a big difference between Picard Season 3, and the heyday of The Next Generation . In the ‘90s, the crew of the Enterprise didn’t argue with each other. In Picard Season 3, conflict is everywhere.

“In the original Next Gen the mandate was no conflict among the main bridge crew,” LeVar Burton says. “And that was tricky and unnatural. So, this was delicious to play, it was great fun.”

Because the show is still called Picard , you can easily guess which character Geordi La Forge (Burton) finds himself in conflict with. But he’s not the only one. Jean-Luc’s reunion with Beverly Crusher is also brimming with down-to-Earth conflict. For McFadden, the material in this season was bigger than anything she was ever able to do on TNG .

Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher in Picard Season 3.

“I wish we'd had more scenes like this earlier on,” she says. “It was fantastic because Patrick and I are both theatre actors. So, it’s wonderful to just have a scene where you can really go for it.”

Stewart agrees with McFadden and notes that part of why he even agreed to do Picard at all, was because of the tonal difference of the series. “Some experiences that these characters have had, some are good. Some are not so good,” Stewart reveals reflectively. “And that had a strong effect on me and made it possible for me to sometimes sink a bit low in mood and temperament. I think it’s closer to real life.”

A new Star Trek ship, a new crew

While the final season of Picard creates an exciting story that allows The Next Generation cast to shine in bold new ways, it’s not only about the old gang. Raffi (Michelle Hurd) and Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) — who appeared in the two previous seasons of Picard — return here. And through these characters, the future of Star Trek beyond this moment might be glimpsed. Seven, of course, originated on Star Trek: Voyager , but her arc in Picard has turned her into a much more well-rounded character. And this time out, she’s finally in Starfleet, the first officer on the USS Titan , and constantly sparring with Captain Liam Shaw, played by Todd Stashwick, probably famous to sci-fi fans for his role in the TV version of 12 Monkeys.

Todd Stashwick as Captain Liam Shaw.

In the first episode, fans will notice that Shaw and Seven don’t get along. Like, at all . But Stashwick says this isn’t a mistake. It’s by design. “When choosing a first officer, you don't want someone who agrees with you,” he explains. “You want to have a dissenting opinion. You want to have someone who is the things you aren't.”

The Titan bridge is rounded out by several newcomers, too, perhaps most notably, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut as Sidney La Forge, one of the daughters of Geordi La Forge, who is the helmsman of the new USS Titan . Chestnut tells Inverse she decided to create a consistent way to control the Titan , by repeating certain patterns with her hands. “There’s a method to my madness if you look closely at my hands!” she says with a laugh. Sidney’s journey is also bigger than it might seem. But, detailing too much about her character, or, for that matter, Ed Speleers' new role, might be a spoiler. For now, let’s just say, there are plenty of new Starfleet heroes in Picard Season 3.

The future of 25th-Century Star Trek

(Picard) Patrick Stewart, Seven (Jeri Ryan), and Riker (Jonathan Frakes) on the bridge of the USS Titan in the debut episode Picard Season 3, “The Next Generation.”

Whether or not Star Trek: Picard Season 3 leads to a new season of a different Star Trek series remains to be seen. For now, this is the ending of this series and the ending of the story of The Next Generation crew. And the feeling will remind fans of the 1987-2005 era of Star Trek. But, Picard Season 3 is also a contemporary television show, and that means massive twists are coming, and the drama won’t unfold in the style of ‘90s Trek.

“I’m really interested in telling human stories,” Matalas says. “In terms of television, one influence on me is very much Ron Moore’s Battlestar. I like those situations where everybody's right and everybody's wrong. It’s really great dramatic territory.” Matalas explains his views on how to write effective twists and mystery boxes slightly differently than other showrunners in the business: “There is a practice in some writers' rooms that, if the audience can guess what you're doing, don't do it. And I don't subscribe to that. You have to accept the fact that the audience may guess what's going on, but they have to like it, too.”

Matalas is quick to point out he didn’t write the season by himself. He reteamed with two of his 12 Monkeys collaborators, Sean Terretta and Chris Monfette, and sings the praises of the other Picard writers, Cindy Appel, Jane Maggs, and Matt Okumura. “I had a tremendously brilliant writing staff. They worked really hard under difficult time constraints and a lot of pressure. And they shined through it all.”

Will team Matalas continue to tell stories set in the 25th Century era of Star Trek? The showrunner reveals that when one fan told him that this felt like the “beginning of the Terry Matalas era of Star Trek,” at first, he “winced.” At first.

“But, then, after I thought about it, I understood what they meant,” he says. “There is a different kind of tone here that blends a lot of different kinds of storytelling. I just hope people respond to it.”

Star Trek: Picard Season 3 debuts on Paramount+ on February 16, 2023. It will consist of 10 episodes.

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Entire ‘The Next Generation’ Main Cast to Return for ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3

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They’re back!

What fans have hoped for since “Star Trek: Picard” was first announced four years ago, has come true: all of the main “Next Generation” cast will be returning to the “Star Trek” universe for the final season of “Picard.” LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn , Jonathan Frakes , Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis and Brent Spiner will all star opposite Patrick Stewart ‘s Jean-Luc Picard in what showrunner Terry Matalas is billing as a final send-off for the characters. Watch the announcement video below.

“I remember watching the premiere of ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ almost 34 years ago with my father like it was yesterday. It was the spark that ignited my love for science fiction,” said Terry Matalas, season three showrunner and executive producer. “So, it’s most fitting that the story of Jean-Luc Picard ends honoring the beginning, with his dearest and most loyal friends from the U.S.S. Enterprise. It would be an understatement to say that giving these characters a proper send-off is an honor. The entire ‘Star Trek: Picard’ team and I can’t wait for fans to experience this final, high-stakes, starship-bound adventure in season three!”

“Star Trek: Picard” Season 2 is currently streaming each week on Paramount+. Frakes and Sirtis appeared in Season 1, alongside Jonathan Del Arco as recurring “Next Gen” guest star Hugh and “Star Trek: Voyager” alum Jeri Ryan. But the cast of new characters on “Picard” has won fans over, as well. Santiago Cabrera, Allison Pill, Isa Briones, Evan Evagora, and Michelle Hurd have been developed in very intriguing ways this second season.

Fans, though, have always wanted to see “what the ‘Next Gen’ cast are up to,” though. Other series have given us a glimpse, though often via alternate realities or hypothetical futures that made us doubt if these characters would actually end up that way.

The announcement comes on April 5, which in “Star Trek” lore is First Contact Day, the occasion 41 years from April 5, 2063, when humanity makes first contact with the Vulcans and puts Earth on a path toward peace, unity, and exploration. We can only hope. In honor of the occasion, Paramount+ and CBS will donate $1 for every tweet (per handle) that includes the hashtag #StarTrekUnited, giving to charities that support LGBTQ+ equality, as well as veterans and humanitarian aid.

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Picard will wrap with season three, which premieres Feb. 16 on Paramount Plus, and will be a reunion for the cast of Next Generation , the series which ran for seven seasons from 1987-1994 and spawned four feature films. Next Gen castmembers returning include Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis and Brent Spiner, who will play Lore, who in Next Generation was the villainous brother of Spiner’s android Data. Jeri Ryan and Michelle Hurd also star in Picard. The trailer featured one more surprise: Daniel Davis is returning as Professor Moriarty, the holographic character who became self-aware and starred in two fan-favorite episodes.

In addition to the fresh look at Picard , the Star Trek panel showed off the first look at Discovery season five, and included the news that new castmembers will include Callum Keith Rennie as Rayner, a gruff Starfleet captain, as well as Eve Harlow as Moll and Elias Toufexis as L’ak, with both characters described as former couriers turned outlaws.

The panel, hosted by MTV’s Josh Horowitz, also unveiled the mid-season trailer for Star Trek: Prodigy and revealed the news that Ronny Cox will reprise his Next Generation role of Edward Jellico, who has been promoted from captain to admiral in the years since audiences last saw him. The first season returns Oct. 27.

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Star Trek: Discovery's Alex Kurtzman & Michelle Paradise Talk Final Season

The fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery finds the USS Discovery continuing to rebuild the United Federation of Planets in the 32nd century. But the crew are tasked with a secret mission that could shake the galaxy to its core. And as Discovery embarks on its final voyage, it brings the characters and series full circle. The season is filled with plenty of action and emotional moments for new viewers and longtime fans alike.

In an interview with CBR before the April 5, 2024 season premiere, Star Trek: Discovery showrunner/executive producer Michelle Paradise and co-creator/executive producer Alex Kurtzman talk about the evolution of the series. They also reflect on shifting to make Season 5 close out the show and explain the creative joys of moving to the 32nd century.

CBR: Star Trek: Discovery started as a war drama and became a series focused on rediscovering hope. How has it been charting the show's evolution?

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Alex Kurtzman: It's been a wonderful experience! It's funny that you characterize it starting out as a war show. It's true that we started out in the middle of the Klingon War, but that was never really the intention of the show long-term. Really, the purpose was for Burnham to start out as a mutineer and come full circle as who she is at the end of Season 1 -- facing her demons and coming out the other side of it.

What it did was it also set a compass for us in terms of exploration, in the kind of show we wanted to make. We always knew we wanted to get Burnham into the captain's chair . That's what was always so exciting – how do you get from mutineer to captain? We knew that it was going to take multiple seasons to get there. The more the characters have grown and our relationships with the actors have grown, the two become very symbiotic.

You'll see that the last season of Discovery comes back to a fundamental question of Discovery , which is "Where did we come from?" It feels like a very fitting way to go.

How was it pivoting during production on Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 -- going from finishing the story in Season 5 to telling a coda for Discovery as a whole?

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Michelle Paradise: We found out after we finished shooting the entirety of the season that this would be our final season. We are so appreciative to CBS and Paramount+ for giving us the opportunity to go back and shoot some more material... It will feel like we planned it all out this way because it's thematically so resonant.

Like Alex said, it comes back around, in many ways, to the basis of Discovery , which is about ourselves. Getting some additional material to wrap it up in a way that feels satisfying to the series, feels satisfying in [and] of itself.

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Kurtzman: It's really fun! We knew that, by jumping to the 32nd century, we were able to remix Star Trek in a way. All the enemies would be allies, all the allies would be enemies, everything would be upside-down. Ultimately, I think the thing we never wanted to betray was the core of Star Trek and the core of who those characters and species were. It was fun to play with it because it was suddenly fresh snow. You're not necessarily married to one way of doing things because a show that's already come 100 years ahead tells you that this is what happened to the Romulans, so you can't necessarily deviate. Now, we're in a new era.

Created by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman, Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 premieres April 4, 2024 on Paramount+, with new episodes released Thursdays.

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Behind-the-Scenes of Star Trek: Picard's Third and Final Season

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With the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard all out now, we're really missing our Next Gen crew.

To fill the void and remember the good times, here are a couple shots of the cast embracing the season and each other! You can really feel all the magic and the love established over three decades.

In addition to streaming on Paramount+ , Star Trek: Picard also streams on Prime Video outside of the U.S. and Canada, and in Canada can be seen on Bell Media's CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave. Star Trek: Picard is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

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Star trek: discovery brings back picard season 3’s portal weapon with a twist.

Star Trek: Discovery introduced an updated version of the portal weapon used by Vadic in Star Trek: Picard season 3.

• A handheld portal weapon featured in Star Trek: Discovery season 5 premiere is a portable version of a Vadic's Star Trek: Picard season 3 technology.
• Moll and L'ak use the portal weapon against Captain Burnham, setting the stage for an action-packed galactic treasure hunt.
• Uncertainty surrounds the fate of Section 31 in Star Trek: Discovery's 32nd century.

Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 1 - "Red Directive" A new version of the portal weapon from Star Trek: Picard season 3 made an appearance in Star Trek: Discovery season 5. In Picard season 3, a portal weapon was used by Vadic (Amanda Plummer) and her renegade Changelings in their attack on the United Federation of Planets. The Changelings stole the experimental technology from Starfleet's Daystrom Station and used it to destroy a Starfleet Recruitment Center as a precursor to a much larger attack. Vadic's powerful warship, the Shrike, was also equipped with a portal weapon that Vadic used in a battle against the USS Titan-A.

With Star Trek: Discovery's 32nd-century setting, technology has improved significantly since the 25th century of Star Trek: Picard . Although the Federation of the far future was nearly destroyed by the Burn, they managed to hold onto and continue to develop much of their technology. Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and her crew, for example, regularly use advanced personal transporters, phasers, and programmable matter. Discovery season 5, episode 1, "Red Directive" reveals that even the non-affiliated couriers of the 32nd century have access to advanced technology, including a handheld portal weapon.

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Star trek: discovery makes picard’s portal weapon portable & handheld, moll & la'k use a handheld portal weapon against captain burnham..

Star Trek: Discovery's season 5 premiere sends the USS Discovery on a galactic treasure hunt in a race against two couriers, Moll (Eve Harlow) and L'ak (Elias Toufexis). After Moll and L'ak raid an 800-year-old Romulan ship, they find a traditional puzzle box containing a book that could lead to the creators of humanoid life, introduced in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Chase." Captain Burnham and her team arrive just after Moll and L'ak have taken the artifact, but not before they have made their escape. The two groups exchange phaser fire, but Moll and L'ak possess more advanced weapons.

In Star Trek: Picard season 3, Vadic used her portal weapon to send the Titan back into a dangerous nebula and to send the Titan's photon torpedoes back at them, causing massive damage.

When Captain Burnham tells the two couriers to hand over the puzzle box, L'ak pulls out a small disc and tosses it at Michael. As Moll and L'ak make their escape, the disc explodes, creating a portal and a massive hold in the deck of the Romulan ship. Burnham is sucked out into space, but her programmable matter suit deploys just in time. Moll and L'ak's portal weapon works a bit differently than Vadic's and, thankfully, only delays Michael, but it remains to be seen what other unique tech the two couriers may possess. See Moll and La'k's portal weapon in the clip below:

Does Section 31 Still Exist In Star Trek: Discovery’s 32nd Century?

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The portal weapon used by Vadic in Star Trek: Picard season 3 was housed at Daystrom Station, a Starfleet black site where Section 31's most dangerous technology was kept off-the-books. The weapon Moll and L'ak possess do resemble those of Section 31. Although Star Trek: Discovery explored the Section 31 of the 23rd century in its first two seasons, the show has not acknowledged whether Section 31 exists in the 32nd century. Emperor Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) joined Section 31 in Discovery season 2, but her upcoming film, Star Trek: Section 31 , will take place in the early 24th century, also known as Star Trek's "lost era."

One of the most mysterious characters in Star Trek: Discovery , Dr. Kovich's (David Cronenberg) exact role remains unclear, leaving the possibility open that he could be involved with Section 31 or its 32nd-century equivalent.

Considering the Burn destroyed numerous Starfleet ships and decimated the Federation in 3069, it seems unlikely that Section 31 would be a priority as the Federation rebuilds. None of the higher-ups introduced so far in Discovery have made any mention of Section 31, even with the multiple galaxy-threatening events the Federation has faced. The black market appears to the thriving in the 32nd century, however, so a covert Starfleet Intelligence organization would likely prove useful. Star Trek: Discovery season 5 could still reveal something about Section 31, but perhaps the black ops organization has become a thing of Star Trek's past.

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This Underrated Star Trek: The Next Generation Season is Actually the Show's Best

While there are many great seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the final outing for the crew of the USS Enterprise-D might be the series' best.

• Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 received critical acclaim and high ratings.
• The Next Generation's series finale, "All Good Things," is considered one of the best Star Trek episodes.
• Challenges faced during The Next Generation Season 7 led to character growth and excellent storytelling.

When Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted, it was a series that wasn't supposed to succeed. No sequel show ever ran longer than or surpassed the original in popularity before and is still a rarity. While fans will point to one of the middle seasons as the best of Star Trek: The Next Generation , a case can be made for Season 7, the final for the ensemble cast. The Next Generation could've gone past Season 7, but it might have had to do so without Captain Jean-Luc Picard , as Patrick Stewart was eager to move on. In fact, according to The Fifty-Year Mission by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman, there was a tense period of negotiations between Stewart's representatives and the studio to get him back for Season 7.

A big part of what sold his return, apparently, was the plan for the cast to finish the show and immediately begin filming the seventh Star Trek movie that became 1994's Generations . This led to three more films and, after a break of about 20 years, Star Trek: Picard . While many of the most iconic storylines involving the crew of the USS Enterprise-D happened in The Next Generation Seasons 3, 4, 5 and 6, the seventh doesn't get enough credit. The finale, "All Good Things," is unquestionably one of the best Star Trek finales of any series, even Picard 's award-winning final episode. However, there are plenty of wonderful things throughout the season, the ill-advised romance between Troi and Worf notwithstanding.

Why Star Trek: The Next Generation Ended With Season 7

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Star Trek: The Original Series only got three seasons in which to make itself an unforgettable pop culture icon. Even without the requisite 100 episodes, The Original Series became the highest-rated scripted series in syndication for two decades, supplanted only by The Next Generation . Seven seasons was a dream the producers dared not even hope for, but circumstances aligned that made it the "right" year to end the series . While fans and cast didn't understand the decision, it wasn't necessarily unwelcome. "Everybody pretty much would agree…the seventh season got off to a…rocky start," story editor Naren Shankar said in The Fifty-Year Mission , adding, "we went out of the sixth season on a real roll, and it was creatively very exhausting."

A feature in Entertainment Weekly published in 1994 quoted castmembers like Jonathan Frakes who simply didn't understand the move just the same. In the same article, executive producer Rick Berman offered up an answer. "All I can tell you is that the decision to end Next Generation after a seven-season run was made at least two years and two Paramount regimes ago," he said . With the perfection of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country ending the run of the The Original Series actors, Paramount simply believed a feature film series with these characters at the height of their popularity would be more profitable.

Additionally, the budget for The Next Generation kept going up as the actors commanded higher quotes and the stories became more elaborate. The writers were also exhausted. There was no break between the final seasons. Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga were writing multiple episodes of the series and the script for Generations . Showrunner Michael Piller was overseeing Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , developing Voyager with Jeri Taylor and said he felt like "an absentee landlord" when he worked on The Next Generation , in The Fifty-Year Mission . In the same book, Taylor said every "year it got harder…to find things that haven't been dealt with" on the series before. The most heavily featured actors, Stewart and Brent Spiner, were also reaching exhaustion. Yet, despite all these challenges, Season 7 was excellent.

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As any passionate Star Trek fan will admit, every season has some episodes that simply aren't very good. Of course, one of the ironies of this is that fans will never agree on which episodes they are. One such episode in contention for the "worst" is Season 7's "Masks," in which an ancient space-library transforms Data and the ship itself into a version of their society. Yet, while the episode is, as Moore said, "pretty out there," he also agreed the series had to "take those risks and…do something bizarre." (And it's still not as bad as Season 6's "Aquiel," where Geordi's dog is an evil shapeshifting alien.)

While the "bad" episodes were at least centered on interesting concepts, the better-received episodes were some of the series' best . "There were about five episodes in the middle of the seventh season that were as strong a group of episodes as I have ever been a part of, going from "Parallels" to "Pegasus" to "Lower Decks," which was really one of the wonderful shows of the year," Piller said in The Fifty-Year Mission . He even included "Sub Rosa" in which Beverly Crusher has an affair with a ghost. Piller is right, as these stories stuck with Star Trek fans, including Mike McMahan, creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks . They played with sci-fi concepts, like time travel, and Star Trek sacred cows, like the Prime Directive.

Another episode seen as a low point, "Force of Nature," doesn't really deserve that reputation. The writers wanted to play with the idea that warp drives were harming spacetime, creating an environmental allegory that's one of the most heavy-handed in the show. Still, the episode features great character moments like Data's training of his cat Spot. The episode even brought back the Ferengi, which were originally hated by fans , with a DaiMon character that felt like a real person and not just a sinister villain. Even exhausted, the writers, directors, cast and crew were turning in excellent work week to week.

'All Good Things' Is a Great Series Finale, and May Be TNG's Best Episode of All Time

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It's no accident the final scene of Star Trek: Picard evokes the final scene of The Nexte Generation's "All Good Things," with Picard and his Enterprise family playing a friendly game of poker. It was the perfect way to end those characters' stories, and after the films and the series, refocusing the final moment on their friendship was the right call. "We knew we wanted it to be special and the culmination of everything that makes Star Trek special," co-writer Brannon Braga said in The Fifty-Year Mission . While everyone loves a starship and cool alien species, what makes Gene Roddenberry's universe stand apart from others is all too human.

The series finale wasn't just a story about Picard slipping through time, but how his connections to the crew were his constant. While Picard is distant from the crew because of his position as captain, he's actually more involved in their lives than Captain Kirk ever was for Chekov, Sulu and Scotty. In "All Good Things," that dynamic changes as an increasingly angry Picard becomes more confused as he's unstuck in time. He shows the vulnerability it took Kirk three movies (and losing his son) to uncover. Meanwhile, the rest of the characters realize their potential, but in their success, it's still not as "good" as when they were all serving on the Enterprise together.

Why Star Trek: The Next Generation's Final Season May Be Its Best

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Like any series, Star Trek: TNG struggled in early seasons , but it faced pressures no new series does. The Next Generation had to stand on its own as a worthy science fiction series, while also living up to Star Trek 's place in American culture. Perhaps because of all the hurdles in their way, the cast and producers pushed themselves to live up to both standards. Things were even more difficult in The Next Generation Season 7, and perhaps the new level of pressure "made diamonds," as Braga put it.

The journey to its final season was satisfying and full of important, wonderful Star Trek stories. However, if overseen by different executives with different priorities, The Next Generation might have joined the ranks of series like Smallville or Supernatural in terms of longevity. Season 7 delivered as many excellent episodes as previous seasons, but it also allowed characters to grow and change. Deanna Troi seeks a promotion , and she starts a committed relationship with Worf. Data continues to evolve, and Wesley Crusher goes off to become a traveler. Ro Laren defects from Starfleet.

The Next Generation never really leaned into lasting change for its characters. As a first-run syndicated series, audiences were not guaranteed to see the episodes in order. There were emotional and character arcs throughout seasons, but with the end coming, the writers made much bigger moves. Season 7 of Star Trek: The Next Generation didn't feel like a final season so much as it felt like an evolution . It promised change and bigger stories that might have been easier to deliver on television than in feature films.

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Set almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before.

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