![]() Uh, punk rocker with a boombox on the bus…? Checkkkkkk. The Borg Queen is back… again? Yeah, that too. The crew slingshots around the sun to travel back in time in an attempt to fix the timeline? Got it. ![]() ![]() Q’s meddling sends the Picard Squad to a dark, alternate universe? Check. But again, and Q would know this better than anyone, be careful what you wish for…Īfter that fun Season 2 premiere, things began to take a turn for the tropey, if still enjoyable. Oh, and TNG staples Q (John De Lancie) and Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg) were back in recurring roles. He’d accepted a role back at Starfleet Academy as Chancellor and was even circling a potential romance with Orla Brady’s Laris, a fan-favorite character from the prior season. The first season’s cast – the Picard Squad – were mostly reconfigured into more likable, familiarly Star Trek-ian versions of themselves, even while Jean-Luc himself seemed to have a new lease on life. Sure, there was some good stuff here and there, but the result was often a dour, dark, and just kind of confused affair.Īnd so Season 2 seemed to be attempting a course correction right out of the gate, with the opening scene of Episode 1 set on a starship in the midst of a battle. No uniforms, no starships, no Enterprise crew – these were more or less the mandates that enabled Stewart to return to space. ![]() Season 1 of Picard was a mixed bag to be sure, as the series (and Stewart himself) sought to put a parsec’s distance between the title character and his Next Generation days. ![]()
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