Spoilers Star Trek: Picard General Discussion Thread

[Detached Nacelle]

I was just reminded that Season 1 implied Vulcan wasn't the original homeworld of the Vulcans

I just assumed it was an actor flub and he meant from Vulcan.

DS9 accidentally had the eugenics wars being in the 22nd century.
Discovery accidentally called Saru admiral instead of ambassador.

Errors happen that someone should have been paying more attention to.

 

[Tuskin38]

The sketch looks terrible; the ship appears to have no height, making it seem fragile, like a cookie to be broken.

It’s just the saucer and neck, not the entire ship

 

[Firebird]

Perhaps that's what matters most with a cast of this caliber and seven seasons of exceptional storytelling

Not really. What matters is having a good story, which season 3 didn't have. It was set pieces strung together with fan service amongst a paper-thin plot.

 

[GhoulEddie74]

This is still the GOAT moment of Season 3. Hate Shaw or like him, but damn, Todd Stashwick owned this entire sequence and I wish more of PIC Season 3 as well as the entire series had been remotely this good.

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[Firebird]

This is still the GOAT moment of Season 3. Hate Shaw or like him, but damn, Todd Stashwick owned this entire sequence and I wish more of PIC Season 3 as well as the entire series had been remotely this good.

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The first four episodes of the season feel like an entirely different show from the back six.

 

[GhoulEddie74]

They do. I unapologetically had fun with Season 3, but yeah, the first half feels like a different story than the second half. The minute the Borg Queen and the other remnants of Admiral Janeway's scorched earth plan became the Big Bad of Season 3 it made me sigh. If Amanda Plummer and Dominion Changelings aren't good enough antagonists then maybe don't have antagonists.

 

[Quantum21]

They do. I unapologetically had fun with Season 3, but yeah, the first half feels like a different story than the second half. The minute the Borg Queen and the other remnants of Admiral Janeway's scorched earth plan became the Big Bad of Season 3 it made me sigh. If Amanda Plummer and Dominion Changelings aren't good enough antagonists then maybe don't have antagonists.

I think the producer edict was to squeeze as much in as possible, as dark as possible so we couldn't tell what was happening.

 

[No Grave Dug]

This is still the GOAT moment of Season 3. Hate Shaw or like him, but damn, Todd Stashwick owned this entire sequence and I wish more of PIC Season 3 as well as the entire series had been remotely this good.

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Yeah, this scene as well as the return of Ro Laren and their interactions with Jean Luc Picard were the height of the series. I never liked tehb Hotel Lobby that was the 1701-D Bridge set; so its recreation meant nothing and the whole 'Borg Queen from ST:FC' is behind everything was just (IMO).

 

[GhoulEddie74]

"Oh, look, Future Admiral Janeway's neurolitic pathogen deformed and warped the Queen into a zombie-like shell of her former self, but didn't kill her."

I'd have rather had pissed off Changelings mad about their defeat in the Dominion War showing up at the very end. At least the Dominion wasn't done to death outside of its origin series.

 

[Headless_Hysteria]

They do. I unapologetically had fun with Season 3, but yeah, the first half feels like a different story than the second half. The minute the Borg Queen and the other remnants of Admiral Janeway's scorched earth plan became the Big Bad of Season 3 it made me sigh. If Amanda Plummer and Dominion Changelings aren't good enough antagonists then maybe don't have antagonists.

Knowing that PIC was supposed to be a Borg show makes me feel better about it.

But it also makes me wonder why they killed off Hugh instead of making him main cast.

 

[Tuskin38]

IIRC Terry said Season 3 was based off a rough idea he had like a decade ago if he were to make a TNG sequel.

 

[The Gatekeeper]

The cover image of a new Picard novel being released in 2026 has just been revealed, suggesting it's a post-finale novel set aboard the Enterprise G, as the cover shows Seven with four pips on her collar and Raffi wearing command red.

If S&S is now allowed to do novels post finale novels set on the Enterprise G, that would strongly suggest Star Trek Legacy is most certainly not going forward.

 

[Zombie Cheerleader]

The cover image of a new Picard novel being released in 2026 has just been revealed, suggesting it's a post-finale novel set aboard the Enterprise G, as the cover shows Seven with four pips on her collar and Raffi wearing command red.

If S&S is now allowed to do novels post finale novels set on the Enterprise G, that would strongly suggest Star Trek Legacy is most certainly not going forward.

Horrible likenesses for Seven and Raffi. Wes is almost as bad.

 

[The Gatekeeper]

Horrible likenesses for Seven and Raffi. Wes is almost as bad.

I dunno, Seven and Raffi are at least recognizable. Which is more than I can say about Wesley.

 

[Telltale Hearts of Qo'noS]

Horrible likenesses for Seven and Raffi. Wes is almost as bad.

It is kinda nice to see illustrations instead of bad photobashing or generic looking starship shot on the covers tho. I wonder if this was AI or not.

I might check this out since it's post-series and I miss the previous litverse. If Legacy isn't going to be a thing I wouldn't mind the 25th century getting fleshed out.

 

[The Gatekeeper]

It is kinda nice to see illustrations instead of bad photobashing or generic looking starship shot on the covers tho.

Tru dat

 

[Tuskin38]

I recognized all of them instantly

Seven is the most off tho

Interesting if the novel is indeed Post-Season 3.

Also interesting how different tie-ins work. Star Trek Online isn't allowed to show Seven in starfleet for some reason, but the novels can?

 

[Danja]

Horrible likenesses for Seven and Raffi. Wes is almost as bad.

Seven and Raffi both have streaks of gray hair.

Alternative timeline? Time travel?