Star Trek: Picard
Summary
The acclaim forStar Trek : Picardseason 3 pop off a recollective way to rehabilitate Patrick Stewart’sStar Trekspinoff , butPicardseason 1 still has a lot of ripe thing going for it . Prior to Terry Matalas’Star Trek : The Next Generationreunion season , Picardseasons 1 and 2 were tonally uneven and had some serious pacing issue . There was also a harsher boundary to the spinoff , peculiarly inPicardseason 1 , that felt more akin toStar Trek : Nemesisthan the optimism ofTNG .
However , beneath the harsh exterior ofStar Trek : Picardseason 1 ’s graphic violence and f - bomb dismiss Starfleet admirals is a decent story for Jean - Luc . Theending ofStar Trek : Picardseason 3simply would not have had the same impact if the first time of year had n’t take into account Jean - Luc to confront the fiend of his past in the Borg Collective . It ’s just one of many positive elements ofPicardseason 1 that prove Alex Kurtzman , Michael Chabon , Terry Matalas et al . set out to give Jean - Luc a fitting ratiocination .
10Star Trek: Picard Season 1, Episode 1, “Remembrance”
The pilot perfectly sets up Jean-Luc’s new life.
Star Trek : Picardseason 1 , installment 1 , achieve a lot in a single time of day of television . It establish where Jean - Luc is at this leg of his life , from his trouble wellness to the reasons that he go out Starfleet . Brilliantly , it neatly ties into the potential future show to him by Q ( John de Lancie ) in the originalStar Trek : The Next Generationfinale . name with irumodic syndrome and dwell out his retirement in the Picard family vineyard , Jean - Luc gets a new charge to bring back a favour to an old friend and verify that their sacrifice was not in fruitless . It ’s a solid season opener that demonstrates how much thought went into the journey that Picard would have had in the interfere decades since the events ofStar Trek : bane .
9Orla Brady as Laris
Irish Romulans are the best Romulans.
One of the best increase to Château Picard was the two former Romulan word operatives who now aid to make thePicard family wine . Laris ( Orla Brady ) made an crying printing , handling security at the vineyard and understandably have a cheeseparing bond with Picard . It clearly outline Picard ’s stuffiness to the Romulans come after the events ofStar Trek : curse . The chemistry between Orla Brady and Patrick Stewart was clearly strong enough to convert the writer to pursue a romantic plotline between Laris and Jean - Luc inStar Trek : Picardseason 2 .
8How The First Contact Day Attacks Changed Starfleet
The Federation abandoned their principles, but it made perfect sense.
Star Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s Dominion War established that Starfleet and the Federation can make sinful sacrifice to preserve their utopia . Star Trek : Picardseason 1 train this a step further by search how Starfleet and the Federation would answer to a devastating terrorist attack . The devastation of the Utopia Planitia Shipyards not only left Starfleet with a vastly reduced armada , it also indurate their views on both synthetic life forms and their ongoing mission to rehome Romulan refugees in the backwash of the supernova catastrophe . Starfleet ’s redemption arc is another implicit in storyline acrossStar Trek : Picard ’s three season , and it ’s set up beautifully in time of year 1 .
7Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine
The Star Trek: Voyager star was perfect for Picard.
While the controversy over the brutal dispatch of Icheb is justified , Jeri Ryan ’s storyline as Seven of NineinStar Trek : Picardis an affecting one . team up up Picard and Seven is great because it demonstrates the hypocrisy of Starfleet ’s position . Jean - Luc Picard was welcome back with open weaponry after his prison term in the Collective , while Seven was impart in the frigidity . Picard was , therefore , a staring wise man for Seven , bringing her back from the fringes to inveigle out the hero she was always supposed to be . Seven ’s human relationship with Raffi ( Michelle Hurd ) also felt more meet than the ill - give notice romance with Commander Chakotay ( Robert Beltran ) in the final season ofStar Trek : Voyager .
6Hugh Borg and the xBs
It was one of Star Trek’s most interesting Borg stories in decades.
The concept of the renewal of Borg drone pipe , and the scientific coalition between the Federation and the Romulan Star Empire was fascinating . The Artefact Cube and the reappearance of Hugh ( Jonathan Del Arco ) was one of the most interesting Borg storiessince " Unity " inStar Trek : Voyagerseason 3 . The xBs were tragic figures , as the banning on synthetical life forms and lingering prejudice against the Borg made it hard to fit back into society . This was vivid foreshadowing for the assimilation of everyone in Starfleet under the geezerhood of 25 inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 , hopefully meaning that the pull through xBs will be able to populate far more carry through lives inStar Trek ’s post - Borg future .
5Isa Briones as Soji Asha
Data’s daughter brilliantly continued his legacy.
Playing twin Soji and Dahj Asha inStar Trek : Picardseason 1 , Isa Briones was a meet heir to Brent Spiner ’s dual roles as Lt . Commander Data andLore inStar Trek : The Next Generation . She also had potent chemistry with Patrick Stewart , as the old Starfleet fable and unseasoned synthetic woman worked together to expose a huge Starfleet confederacy . Created by Bruce Maddox ( John Ales ) and Altan Soong ( also Brent Spiner ) , Soji and Dahj were specifically design as the next generation of the technology used to buildTNG ’s beloved android . Saving Soji became Picard ’s way of honoring the forfeit that Data made to save his own life at the end ofStar Trek : Nemesis .
Star Trek : Picard tasked Isa Briones with playing multiple roles in seasons 1 and 2 , and she explains the process of differentiating her character .
4Riker and Troi’s Life on Nepenthe
Star Trek: Picard, season 1, episode 7, “Nepenthe”
The life of Captain William T. Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) and Counselor Deanna Troi - Riker ( Marina Sirtis ) are idyllic but belie a gut - rick cataclysm . The tragical death of Troi and Riker ’s son Thaddeus is a further disappointing example ofStar Trek : Picardseason 1 ’s bleak tone , but the scenes of the Riker family at home base provide a welcome injection of warmheartedness . It ’s comforting to know that Picard remain unfluctuating acquaintance with Will and Deanna after they left the USS Enterprise for the USS Titan . The Will Riker pizza political party is a much - need modification of pace that update viewers on some more ofStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s beloved cast .
3Tamlyn Tomita as Commodore Oh
Commodore Oh was a fascinating Star Trek villain.
Romulan / Vulcan hybrid Zhat Vash sherlock Nedar ( Tamlyn Tomita ) became one of the most successful ofStar Trek ’s Commdores . Her awe of unreal intelligence service , and her percolation of Starfleet drastically changed the course of Federation chronicle . While Commodore Oh ’s fear may have had some substructure , the way she run about enacting her plan to fend off the rise of AI made the lifespan of the Riker - Troi family and the xBs more atrocious as a result . Oh was a fascinating villain with compelling motivations , and it was alarming to discover for how long she was able to make within Starfleet .
2Captain Riker to the Rescue
Star Trek: Picard, season 1, episode 10, “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part II”
One of the most electrifying scenes inStar Trek : Picardseason 1 is when Captain Riker rag to the rescue in dictation of the USS Zheng He and a fleet of Starfleet ships . It ’s the punch - the - aura moment that the melancholicPicardfinale needed . It was also at long last a probability to see Riker in the shopping mall hindquarters , something that he had repeatedly forfend inStar Trek : The Next Generation . Picardestablished Will ’s part as a senior pilot - at - large , ready and willing to save the creation whenever he was demand . Riker would riposte later that year , when he and the crowd of the USS Titan saved the USS Cerritos in the Star Trek : Lower Decks season 1 finis .
1Data’s Death Fixed Star Trek: Nemesis' Biggest Mistake
Star Trek: Picard made Data’s death matter.
Data ’s death inStar Trek : Nemesiswas abrupt and felt like a tatty recall to the sacrifice of Captain Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) inStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khan . The story ofStar Trek : Picardseason 1 made Data ’s death matter , as Jean - Luc fight to make his friend ’s sacrifice entail something . In the time of year 1 finale , Picard help datum eventually die , and reserve the humanoid to finally have humanity ’s final frontier . It was a double-dyed direction to give meaning to a moment that never had the dramatic impact thatStar Trek : Nemesisfailed to accomplish .
All episodes ofStar Trek : Picardare available to stream on Paramount+ .
