Spoilers Interesting Comments by Gates McFadden about Appearing in Picard

Which other main characters have appeared / been addressed so far? From memory:

Picard, Data, Riker, Troi, Q (S2; also mentioned in S1), Worf (still image in news montage), Guinan (S2)

Am I imagining that Geordi and/or Worf were mentioned in dialog? It does seem odd that both Crushers -- Bev and Wesley -- are missing from the show. Is there some reason Bev wasn't the doctor visiting Picard to talk about his prognosis (esp. since she diagnosed it in the first place)? I know Gates McFadden was undergoing cancer treatments, and thought I'd read this was why she didn't appear.

 

Yes Geordi LaForge and Worf were mentioned season in one and in the Picard novel by Una McCormack Last Best Hope.

 

Briefly. When Picard announced his intention to search for Soji, Zhaban tells him "you'll need a crew. Riker? Worf? La Forge?"

 

Picard: Funny thing is Guinan, this means you've always known how Beverly was going to die. All the time we've been together, and you didn't even try to stop it!

 

Spoiler: Prodigy

What do people think now Gates has showed up in Prodigy? More of a chance?

 

0%.

 

Why 0%?

Speaking personally, I don't care one way or the other. However the Crusher/Picard thing is as ripe for a revisit as Riker/Picard was.

 

Just a gut instinct.

 

Spoiler: Prodigy spoilers

Gates McFadden is in the new episode of Prodigy show Kobayashi Maru and Gates Recorded her lines last year. I'm glad she at least appeared in one of the new Star Trek series.

 

Spoilers, man.

 

Sorry about that it's now under spoiler tags.

 

Spoiler: PRO spoiler

So no Beverly in PIC, I guess

https://blog.trekcore.com/2022/01/interview-star-trek-prodigy-aaron-waltke-kobayashi-interview

 

Not really surprising.

 

Why is this an issue when...

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... Q, Riker and Troi have appeared in PIC and LDS? Is this specific to Prodigy's production staff?

 

Probably.

 

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But Spock has also already been on a Paramount+ / CBS All Access show (Short Treks). So, that doesn't completely mesh. Anyway...
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Yes, but things changed. With the new slate of shows it is likely creating specific spaces for each show to operate within, vs. short Treks which were more for filler in the in-between.

 

They wanna avoid doing conflicting or repetitive things with them, I guess. The writers on PIC and LDS didn't know that the other show also has Riker coming to the rescue at the end of their S1, that's why they started talking to each other now XD

 

I don’t think that was probably meant as a hard and fast rule, just a reference to an example of the type of constraints they have to deal with.

It doesn’t seem at all unlikely that there would be instances where there would be conflict preventing overlap, and instances where there wouldn’t be.

 

It probably isn't. It is these new shows ironing out the details as they explore this new era of Trek, which wasn't present when Short Treks were being present, and new shows were in development. Each show setting its clear path forward is a good thing in terms of production values.

And, Beverly not appearing is a nonissue.