Picard Show: Plot Hints

[picardjean-luc]

As fit as Patrick Stewart is for his age, we can't look past the fact that he is 78. It will be difficult for him to play a more action-packed Picard without the generous use of stunt doubles.

I'm very hopeful about this series as some of my favourite TNG episodes were ones where Picard was more than just a Starfleet captain.

Think Redemption where he wass the Arbiter of Succession for the Klingons and Chain of Command or any other episode where he goes on covert missions.

How about Starship Mine where he became the Die Hard Picard??

At 78, could he still put up a few kicks and punches??

 

[SpocksOddSocks]

I have yet to see it, but the Short Treks minisode "Calypso", by The Picard Show writer Michael Chabon has this to say about the Federation's future...

Spoiler: HUGE spoiler

By 3257 there is no more Federation, and human colonies are fighting decades-long wars with each other.

Could The Picard Show be...

Spoiler: speculation tied to above

The fall of the Federation??

Or at least the beginning of it. Patrick Stewart is very political. He was a member and supporter of the UK Labour party until he recently left due to them not doing enough to challenge brexit. Seeing as he's been involved in the "putting out ideas" stage of the writers room, perhaps we'll have Federation member states in the process of trying to leave.

 

[rahullak]

Yeah, I can see it being the politics of our current times. Though I would not want to see it just being about politics alone. Broad spectrum of contemporary issues, touches of darkness, healthy dose of Gene's Vision, and....lens flares of course

 

[Vger23]

If you saw his speech when the show was announced, he ended it with "This may not be the Picard you remember."

I would hope not. It's 20 years later. I'm certainly not the Vger23 (people) remember from 1998. I don't even know the point of doing the show if it's just going to be the same old shit.

 

[PicardSpeedo]

I really want it to be the fall of Picard, as his iromodic syndrome destroys him. Messing with our perspective like Hannibal when Will was being drugged.

And then of course something does come up and like "All Good Things" it's one last adventure....

Me too. A series with Picard slowly going insane due to his brain disease could actually be really entertaining to watch.

 

[Dukhat]

Me too. A series with Picard slowly going insane due to his brain disease could actually be really entertaining to watch.

That would be an incredibly depressing show to watch. No thanks.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I have yet to see it, but the Short Treks minisode "Calypso", by The Picard Show writer Michael Chabon has this to say about the Federation's future...

Spoiler: HUGE spoiler

By 3257 there is no more Federation, and human colonies are fighting decades-long wars with each other.

Actually, no, Chabon never said anything even remotely like that.

Spoiler: Calypso

He said that the name "V'draysh" was based on the word "federation". That is literally all he said. He didn't say whether it was the United Federation of Planets, or the First Federation, or any number of other entities that just happened to have the word "federation" in their name, or even if it was just some random group that appropriated the term.

It's certainly no implication that the Federation is destined to fall, or anything like that. Indeed, as we know the Federation still exists in the 31st century - Daniels' home time - it's hardly likely that it will fall a mere two centuries AFTER that.

As for Picard: The new show doesn't have to deal with his Irumodic Syndrome. The whole future in "All Good Things" was an illusion generated by Q, anyway. So that's not binding on canon, either.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I wrote that based on other comments, before actually seeing the episode

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

I really hope they call it The Picard Show.

EDIT: Although with a name like that, it sounds more like a chat show. Or maybe even a one-man show with Patrick Stewart playing all the roles?

I did this a few months ago.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

I just watched that clip from The Ensigns Of Command, where Picard "owns" the Sheliak. He could have become their chief negotiator at some point.