Happy Picard Day, treks! Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Episode 2, “Disengage”, debuted early this morning, and the series has new and old fans looking forward to what’s next with Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the rest of the USS Titan crew. To celebrate the return of the series, Paramount made the third season premiere available to watch for free on YouTube for viewers in the United States.
Picard Season 3 Episode 1, “The Next Generation”, sees the retired Admiral return to action when he receives a wake-up call from his dear girlfriend (and former lover) Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), telling him not to trust anyone. The premiere episode also reunites Picard with his former number one Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes) when they team up on a rogue mission to save Beverly. In addition to returning some friendly faces, The Next Generation also introduces some new heroes and villains, including Ed Speleers like Jack Crusher Todd Stashwick as Captain Liam Shaw, Ashley Sharp-Chestnut like Sidney LaForge, and Amanda Plummer like Vadic.
In addition to Stewart, Frakes and McFadden, the third season will see the return of New Generation actors Marina Sirtis like Dina Troy Michael Dorn like Worf, LeVar Burton like Geordie LaForge, and Brent Spiner who would reprise his role as Data Lore’s evil twin brother.
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After the premiere, own Collider Maggie Lovitt spoke to the showrunner for Season 3 Terry Matalas to reveal all the little details introduced in Episode 1. During their conversation, Lovitt asked Matalas about the opening scene aboard Crusher’s ship, which features numerous Next Generation-related memorabilia. The details should show that the ship we find her on was “her home, which [she’s] lived for a while.” He explained:
“It all came from [David] Blass, our production designer, who just ransacked [Star Trek: Next Generation] everything from masks, dramatic masks to flowers, Jack Crusher, her husband’s road team kit, and the blue Romulan ale she probably drank before passing out.”
New episodes Star Trek: Picard The third season is available on Paramount+ every Thursday. US readers can watch the first episode in its entirety below, and if you’re all in the know, check out our recap of the second episode, “Disengage.”
Source: Collider
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