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Star Trek: Picard
Season 3
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ShowrunnerTerry Matalas
Starring
No.of episodes10
Release
Original networkParamount+
Original releaseFebruary 16(2023-02-16)
April 20, 2023(2023-04-20)
Season chronology
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Season 2
List of episodes

The third and final season of the American television seriesStar Trek: Picardfeatures the characterJean-Luc Picardin the year 2401 as he reunites with the former command crew of theUSSEnterprise(Geordi La Forge,Worf,William Riker,Beverly Crusher,Deanna Troi,andData) while facing a mysterious enemy who is hunting Picard's son. The season was produced byCBS Studiosin association withSecret Hideout,Weed Road Pictures,andRoddenberry Entertainment,withTerry Matalasserving asshowrunner.

Patrick Stewartstars as Picard, reprising his role from the seriesStar Trek: The Next Generationas well as otherStar Trekmedia.Jeri Ryan,Michelle Hurd,andEd Speleersalso star. The season features guest stars who also reprise their roles from previousStar Trekmedia, including Stewart'sNext Generationco-starsJonathan Frakes(Riker),Gates McFadden(Crusher),LeVar Burton(La Forge),Michael Dorn(Worf),Marina Sirtis(Troi), andBrent Spiner(Data). A third season ofPicardwas informally green-lighted by January 2020, allowing it to be filmedback-to-backwith thesecond season.Some third-season scenes were filmed during production on the second, which began in California in February 2021, before filming segued fully to the third in September. Stewart officially announced the season soon after, and filming ended in March 2022. The return of the otherNext Generationcast members was confirmed a month later. Matalas hoped to make the season a satisfying ending for Picard's story and the wholeNext Generationcast.

The season premiered on the streaming serviceParamount+on February 16, 2023, and ran for 10 episodes until April 20. It was praised by critics and nominated for twoPrimetime Creative Arts Emmy Awardsas well as several other awards.

Episodes

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211"The Next Generation"Doug AarniokoskiTerry MatalasFebruary 16, 2023(2023-02-16)
In the 25th century, Dr.Beverly Crusherand her son Jack are attacked aboard the SSEleos.Beverly is injured and sends an emergency message to her formerStarfleetcaptain, the retired AdmiralJean-Luc Picard.Picard and his romantic partner Laris are planning a trip to Chaltok IV when he receives the message, and she encourages him to go. Beverly had told Picard not to involve Starfleet, so he goes to his former first officer, CaptainWilliam Riker.Riker and Picard stage a surprise inspection of the USSTitan-A, the successor to Riker'sformer ship,planning to convince its captain, Liam Shaw, to go to Beverly's location without revealing why. Shaw declines, but his first officer is Picard's friendSeven of Ninewho ignores Shaw's orders and changes theTitan'scourse. On M'talas Prime, Starfleet intelligence officer Raffi Musiker searches for a stolen portal device that her mysterious handler fears will be used in a terrorist attack; she fails to find it before it is used to destroy a Starfleet facility. Picard and Riker board theEleosviashuttlecraftand find Beverly in stasis. They meet Jack as a large ship appears.
222"Disengage"Doug AarniokoskiChristopher Monfette & Sean TrettaFebruary 23, 2023(2023-02-23)
Picard stops the large ship, theShrike,fromtransportingJack off theEleos,but it captures theEleositself with atractor beam.Seven persuades Shaw to intervene, and Beverly is transported to theTitan'smedical bay while Picard, Riker, and Jack are brought to the bridge. TheShrike'scaptain, a bounty hunter named Vadic, reveals that Jack is an intergalactic criminal with a large bounty on his head. Shaw has Jack arrested and intends to turn him over to save the crew, despite the protests of Picard and Riker. Raffi's handler orders her to stop investigating the attack, but she meets with theFerengicriminal Sneed in hopes of finding those responsible. Sneed almost kills her but is killed himself by Raffi's handler,Worf.Jack escapes from custody and attempts to transport himself over to theShrikein an effort to save his mother, but Riker helps Beverly to the bridge, and when Picard sees her he realizes that Jack is his son from a brief relationship he had with Beverly decades earlier. Knowing that Picard will not hand over his son, Shaw orders theTitaninto a nearby nebula as a delighted Vadic gives chase.
233"Seventeen Seconds"Jonathan FrakesJane Maggs & Cindy AppelMarch 2, 2023(2023-03-02)
TheShrikeattacks theTitan,injuring Shaw who transfers command to Riker. Beverly says she did not tell Picard about Jack to keep their son safe from his enemies. Riker attempts to escape the nebula but they are cornered by theShrikeusing portal technology. Picard advises Riker to lure theShrikeinto a trap, but Riker wants to flee and prioritize saving the crew. Jack and Seven deduce that Vadic is tracking a gas leak on theTitanand find an ensign sabotaging the ship. He is revealed to be aChangelingand escapes their custody. Using the freighterLa Sirena,Raffi and Worf capture a criminal that they believe is responsible for the attack on M'talas Prime. They discover that he is also a Changeling, part of a group that has been fighting theFederationsince the end of theDominion War,and realize that the attack was just a distraction. Convinced by Picard's insistence that they fight back, Riker fires on theShrike.Their weapons are redirected back at them with a portal and theTitansustains heavy damage. Riker blames Picard and orders him off the bridge as they drift towards a gravitational anomaly in the nebula.
244"No Win Scenario"Jonathan FrakesTerry Matalas & Sean TrettaMarch 9, 2023(2023-03-09)
With only a few hours of power remaining on theTitan,Riker admits Picard was right and suggests he spend his last moments bonding with Jack. In theholodeck,Picard and Jack tell each other some of their experiences. They are joined by Shaw who bitterly recounts his experience as a Starfleet engineer during theBattle of Wolf 359,when Picard had been assimilated by theBorgand was attacking the Federation as "Locutus of Borg".Vadic, who is a Changeling, is ordered to pursue theTitanat all costs. Doing so within the nebula requires disengagement of the portal technology. Jack, Riker, Beverly, and Picard form a risky plan to use an energy pulse from the nebula to recharge theTitan'ssystems. Shaw and Seven help them succeed, and Seven identifies and kills the Changeling impostor. TheTitandamages theShrikeon its way out of the nebula, which "gives birth to" many jellyfish-like space creatures. As they warp away, Picard realizes that he briefly met Jack five years earlier and inadvertently dismissed his attempt at connection. Alone, Jack has vivid hallucinations and hears voices calling to him.
255"Imposters"Dan LiuCindy Appel & Chris DerrickMarch 16, 2023(2023-03-16)
Riker returns command of theTitanto Shaw, who contacts Starfleet. The USSIntrepidarrives to arrest Picard and Riker, led by CommanderRo Larenwho betrayed Starfleet and Picard years earlier but has since returned from imprisonment. Ro forces Picard into the holodeck where she reveals her suspicions that the Changeling conspiracy has compromised Starfleet's highest levels. Picard reconciles with Ro and she gives him her treasuredBajoranearring. As Ro returns to theIntrepidvia shuttle, she discovers a bomb planted by Changeling saboteurs and decides to fly into theIntrepid,sacrificing herself and damaging that ship. The saboteurs attempt to transport Jack off theTitanbut his visions influence him into killing them. Picard and Riker realize the earring contains the intelligence Ro gathered on the Changelings and is also a communicator. Worf and Raffi learn that something besides the portal technology was stolen from Daystrom Station. Worf attempts to contact his own handler, Ro, and reaches Picard and Riker. As theTitanflees the damagedIntrepid,Jack reveals his visions to Beverly.
266"The Bounty"Dan LiuChristopher MonfetteMarch 23, 2023(2023-03-23)
Worf and Raffi join theTitanand transport to Daystrom Station with Riker. At the same time, several Starfleet vessels arrive and Picard is forced to flee with theTitan.He seeks help fromGeordi La Forge,his former chief engineer, who is now a commodore in charge of the Starfleet Museum. The away team on Daystrom discover a synthetic being created by the lateAltan Inigo Soongthat contains his memories along with those of former androidsData,B-4,Lal,andLore.Jack and La Forge's daughters Sidney and Alandra take acloaking devicefrom a Klingon ship at the museum so theTitancan hide from Starfleet, and Geordi reluctantly agrees to join them. They return to Daystrom and recover Worf, Raffi, and the synthetic being, which Geordi reactivates. Data reveals that the Changelings stole Picard's original body, which died of the neurological disease Irumodic Syndrome; Picard's mind was transferred into his own synthetic body. Beverly believes Jack inherited Irumodic Syndrome from Picard. Riker is captured by Vadic who reveals that she has already captured his wife,Deanna Troi.
277"Dominion"Deborah KampmeierJane MaggsMarch 30, 2023(2023-03-30)
Picard believes that the Changelings want to create a perfect replica of himself to target Starfleet's upcoming celebrations for the 250th Frontier Day. Geordi attempts to maintain Data's control of the synthetic body as it is overcome by the devious Lore. Picard devises a plan that traps Vadic and her crew on theTitanwith force fields, using Jack—who is developingtelepathy—as bait. Picard and Beverly interrogate Vadic and she reveals that she is hunting Jack for someone else. She also explains that she was one of ten Changelings whom Starfleet doctors experimented on to develop a breed of super-spies. Upon their escape, she swore revenge and formed the rogue Changeling faction, taking her torturer's form. Beverly confirms these facts, and Picard decides that he has to kill Vadic. However, Geordi fails to revive Data in time to stop Lore from taking over theTitan'scomputers and disabling the force fields, allowing Vadic and her underlings to escape. They capture Seven, Shaw, and the rest of the bridge crew. Vadic tells Jack that she knows his true nature and asks him to come to the bridge.
288"Surrender"Deborah KampmeierMatt OkumuraApril 6, 2023(2023-04-06)
Vadic threatens to execute the crew if Jack does not surrender, which he does after she kills a lieutenant. Data realizes that he cannot overpower Lore and instead surrenders his memories, which consume Lore and allow Data full control of the body. The rest of the crew rush to the computer core to plug Data into theTitan'ssystems, which he reprograms to protect Jack and vent the bridge, killing Vadic. On board theShrike,Worf and Raffi rescue Riker and Troi, who spent much of their detainment discussing their marital issues. They find Picard's original body and discover that the Changelings have removed portions of theparietal lobe—specifically those supposedly infected with Irumodic Syndrome. After downloading theShrike'sdatabase, the group are transported to theTitanand theShrikeis destroyed. The reunited crew of Picard'sUSSEnterprise-Dgather in theTitan'sbriefing room to discuss their next moves. With Frontier Day mere hours away and the full extent of the Changelings' plan still not known, Troi attempts to help Jack discover the truth behind his visions using her own empathic abilities.
299"Võx"Terry MatalasSean Tretta & Kiley RossetterApril 13, 2023(2023-04-13)
Troi discovers that Jack's visions are coming from the Borg and Picard's supposed Irumodic Syndrome was actually undetected, organic Borg technology from his time as Locutus. This was passed to Jack and activated while his frontal cortex developed. The Changelings stole Picard's original body so they could copy this technology into Starfleet's transporter systems and infect officers under the age of 25. Jack uses his visions to find theBorg Queen,intending to kill her, but is assimilated. Above Earth, Fleet AdmiralElizabeth Shelbyon theUSSEnterprise-Fbegins the Frontier Day celebrations and initiates the new "Fleet Formation" protocol that connects all Starfleet ships. The Borg Queen uses Jack to activate the technology in Starfleet's youth, assimilating them and seizing control of the fleet; Shelby is killed. Shaw sacrifices himself to allow Picard and the formerEnterprise-D crew to escape, and hands command of theTitanto Seven before he dies. At the Starfleet Museum, Geordi reveals that he has restored theEnterprise-D which is now the only functioning Starfleet ship not controlled by the Borg.
3010"The Last Generation"Terry MatalasTerry MatalasApril 20, 2023(2023-04-20)
TheEnterprise-D crew find the Queen's Borg Cube in the clouds ofJupiter.Picard, Riker, and Worf board the Cube and find it filled with dead Borg drones that the Queen has been sustaining herself on. The assimilated fleet destroys Earth's planetary shields and starts targeting major cities. Picard connects himself to the Borg collective and rescues Jack from the Queen's influence. Data flies theEnterprise-D through the Cube so they can retrieve Picard, Jack, Riker, and Worf. They destroy the Cube, killing the Queen and returning the assimilated Starfleet personnel to normal. Picard and his crew receive full pardons and theEnterprise-D is returned to the museum. Crusher modifies Starfleet's transporters to remove the Borg technology and expose the remaining Changeling infiltrators. One year later, theTitanis rechristened theUSSEnterprise-Gwith Seven as captain, Raffi as first officer, and Jack—now a Starfleet ensign—as special counselor. TheEnterprise-D crew reminisce over drinks and a game ofpoker.Later, Jack is visited by the extra-dimensional beingQwho says Jack's trial has just begun.

Cast and characters

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Production

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Development

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In February 2019, during development of the seriesStar Trek: Picard,starPatrick Stewartsaid "we are set up for possibly three years of this show".[16]ShowrunnerMichael Chabonand the writers were reported in January 2020 to have begun work on a second and third season, withTerry Matalasjoining them to fill the void that would be created by Chabon's planned departure later that year. CBS officially announced thesecond season,but did not confirm an informal green-light for the third season. The second and third seasons were set to be filmedback-to-back,[17]to save costs and simplify scheduling.[18]Matalas became co-showrunner of the second season with executive producerAkiva Goldsman,but half-way through production on the season Matalas switched to being sole showrunner of the third.[19]This happened later than planned because of theCOVID-19 pandemicand issues with writing the second season.[20]Matalas brought several creatives from his series12 Monkeysto work on the third season, including writers Christopher Monfette and Sean Tretta, editor Drew Nichols, composerStephen Barton,and several actors.[21]Stewart officially announced the third season in September 2021,[18]shortly after filming had begun.[22]In February 2022, Goldsman confirmed that the third season would be the last for the series.[23]

Writing

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The third season begins just over a year after the second.[24]It tells a new story, despite the two seasons being developed together,[25]and Matalas said the third season was "incredibly different" from the first two.[26]He hoped it would be a satisfying conclusion for Picard's story,[26]and said it would be less intimate and have some "game-changingStar TrekUniverse ideas ". Matalas added that some elements fromStar Trek: The Original Seriesand the films starring theOriginal Seriescast would be used in the season to "tie someStar Trektogether ",[27]including the Spacedock and boatswain's whistle from those films.[28]The season also has references to the films' "more nautical, cat and mouse submarine-movie" ideas.[26]Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan(1982) was a "major touchstone" for the season, which features mind games between Picard and a new villain.[29]

In April 2022, when it was revealed that otherStar Trek: The Next Generationcast members would be starring in the season, Matalas recalled watching that series as a child and said it was "most fitting that the story of Jean-Luc Picard ends honoring the beginning, with his dearest and most loyal friends from the USSEnterprise".[1]The producers felt the group's final appearance in the filmStar Trek: Nemesis(2002) had not been a proper send off and wanted to use the final season ofPicardto "send [them] off the right way",[30]similar to what the filmStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country(1991) had done for theOriginal Seriescast.[31]This was Matalas's corepitchto Stewart and the other returning actors, and he developed each of their storylines with them to avoid telling a story that they were not happy with.[28]He aimed to create endings that also promise more story for the characters.[32]Kurtzman said the season would take its time showing where each character is before bringing them all together,[29]which Matalas compared toStar Wars: The Force Awakens(2015) revealing where the originalStar Warscharacters are after many years.[32]Matalas also compared the season to a serialized version of a theoreticalThe Next Generationseason eight,[33]and said it was "passing the torch from one generation to the next" like when actors fromThe Original Seriesguest starred onThe Next Generation.[28]He suggested that a more appropriate title for the season would beStar Trek Legacyrather thanStar Trek: Picard,but still felt it was "truly a Picard story".[34]

There were discussions about using the newBorgcollective that are introduced at the end of the second season, including clarifying who that group is in relation to the original Borg, exploring the anomaly they discover in the second season, and having them help defeat the originalBorg Queenin the third-season finale. Matalas said they avoidedexposition-heavy scenes that explained who the new Borg collective are because they felt these would be uninteresting to audiences. The anomaly was not included because the third-season scripts were too far along by the time that idea was introduced to the second-season scripts, and he disliked the idea of the new Borg fighting the original Borg. For the latter, he also questioned the use of resources for such a small moment, and felt it would take away from the storytelling being done with Seven of Nine and theEnterprise-D in the finale.[20]

Casting

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When originally developing the series, the creative team discussed not bringing back any other characters fromThe Next Generationto allowPicardto stand alone and not become reliant on nostalgia. Part of this was to allow newcomers who had not seen the previous series to enjoyPicard.However, the writers wanted to be respectful to longtime fans ofStar Trekand felt they were missing opportunities by not including certain characters, so they decided to add some returning guests who organically served the new story.[35]In January 2020, Stewart said it was his hope that all of the main cast ofThe Next Generationwould appear onPicardbefore the end of the series.[36]

In April 2022, members of theNext Generationcast were confirmed to be starring in the third season with Stewart:LeVar BurtonasGeordi La Forge,Michael DornasWorf,Jonathan FrakesasWilliam Riker,Gates McFaddenasBeverly Crusher,Marina SirtisasDeanna Troi,andBrent Spiner.[1]Matalas confirmed that these would not be briefcameo appearancesand said all of the cast would appear together in the season.[37][38]After initially avoiding bringing back the full cast, executive producerAlex Kurtzmansaid they had a good story reason to reunite them in the third season and the producers felt that they had earned the right to do so after the first two seasons.[39]McFadden said she loved the story that had been written for the cast in the season,[40]while Sirtis said they had been "cherished" by the producers in contrast to their experience onNemesis.[30]Burton said he would be happy if he did not portray La Forge again after getting to "put a period at the end of this sentence and close the book" on the character with this season.[41]After Spiner decided that he would not portray hisNext GenerationcharacterDataagain after thefirst season,[42]Matalas said he would play a "new old character that you have seen and never seen before" that connects to the plot of the third season.[32]This was revealed in October 2022 to be a version of the androidLore,Data's evil twin.[6]

Wil Wheaton,who starred asWesley CrusherinThe Next Generationand made a cameo appearance in the second-season finale, was not included in the season. After the second-season finale was released in May 2022, series regularsSantiago Cabrera,Alison Pill,Evan Evagora,andIsa Brionesrevealed that they did not return for the third season.[2]Jeri Ryan,Michelle Hurd,andOrla Bradydid return asSeven of Nine,Raffi Musiker, and Laris, respectively.[2][7]Matalas said budget and time limitations meant some "hard choices" had to be made about which characters to bring back for the season, especially with the need to sign on all of the returningNext Generationactors.[28][31]

Matalas stated in late May that the season's villain was portrayed by a well-known actor who had not appeared inStar Trekbefore, and said they had given "one of the all-time greatStar Trekvillain performances ".[38]That June, Burton revealed that his daughterMicahad been cast as one of La Forge's daughters in the season.[41]In August, Matalas said there would be more "legacy characters" appearing in the season beyond the mainNext Generationcast. The writers considered including a grown-up version of theStar Trek: VoyagercharacterNaomi Wildmanfor a specific sequence that was ultimately deemed too expensive to film.[7]Also that month,Denise Crosbysaid herNext GenerationcharacterTasha Yarwould appear in the season, despite the actress previously stating that she was not involved in the series during filming.[43]Matalas soon confirmed that the character would appear in the season as a reference to herNext Generationrole.[44]AtNew York Comic Conin October,Amanda Plummerwas revealed to be portraying the season's villain, Vadic. Her fatherChristopher Plummerhad previously played an unrelatedStar Trekvillain,General Changin the filmStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country(1991). Additionally,Daniel Daviswas announced to be reprising hisNext Generationrole as a sentient hologram ofArthur Conan Doyle's literary characterProfessor Moriarty,Mica Burton's casting as La Forge's youngest daughter Alandra was confirmed, andAshlei Sharpe Chestnutwas revealed to be portraying La Forge's oldest daughter Sidney.[5]

In January 2023,Ed Speleerswas announced as playing a new series regular.[45]This was revealed to be Jack Crusher, the son of Picard and Beverly Crusher.[46]At the same time,Todd Stashwickwas revealed to have a recurring role as the captain of the USSTitan,[45]Liam Shaw.[4]Stashwick previously starred in12 Monkeysand also had a guest role inStar Trek: Enterprise.[47]Other members of theTitancrew include Chestnut as helm officer Sidney La Forge, Stephanie Czajkowski asVulcanscience officer T'Veen,Joseph LeeasBajorantactical officer Matthew Arliss Mura, andJin Maleyas Haliian communications officer Kova Rin Esmar.[4]Thomas Dekker,who portrayed Picard's imaginary son Thomas in the filmStar Trek Generations(1994) and had a guest role inVoyager,appears as aChangelingposing as the criminal Titus Rikka.[8]

Design

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Matalas said each season ofPicardwould be differentiated visually, but he and production designerDave Blasswanted the second and third seasons to return to the visual style of theNext Generationera.[26]In April 2022, Blass announced that several crew members fromNext GenerationeraStar Trekhad returned to work on the design team forPicard:computer graphics engineer Ben Betts, visual effects producerDan Curry,set designerDaren Dochterman,concept designer and visual effects artistDoug Drexler,starship designerJohn Eaves,graphic designer Monica Fedrick, graphic designer Alan Kobayashi, production designer Geoffrey Mandel, video engineer Larry Markart, computer playback supervisor Todd A. Marks, production illustrator Jim Martin, art director Karl J. Martin, and graphic designerMichael Okudawho designed theLCARScomputer system forThe Next Generation.[48]

Kurtzman said Dorn's prosthetics for theKlingoncharacter Worf would match hisNext Generationappearance and not be changed to match the new Klingon designs fromStar Trek: Discovery.[49]Worf uses a new weapon in the season called a "kur'leth", which was designed by Curry who designed other Klingon weapons forThe Next Generationsuch as thebat'leth.[50]

The sets for the USSStargazerfrom the second season were re-dressed to portray a different starship in the third,[50]the USSTitan.[51]TheTitanpreviously appeared in the animated seriesStar Trek: Lower Decksas aLuna-class ship designed by Sean Tourangeau, but Matalas felt that design was specific to theNext Generationera and wanted to consider new designs that aligned with thePicardera'sStargazerdesign. He worked with Blass, Drexler, and Eaves to determine what the design could be based on potential fictional events that would impact Starfleet design decisions. They decided that some older design elements from before theNext Generationera could be brought back for the new period of scientific exploration, which led to them creating the USSTitan-A, a new version of the ship that was refit to featureConstitution-class design elements (based on the starships from theOriginal Seriesera) after the original was retired. The new ship is aNeo-Constitution- orConstitution III-class ship, and was based onStar Trekfan Bill Krause's designs for anOriginal Series-eraConstitution-style ship called theShangri-La-class. The season also reveals that before theNext Generation-eraLuna-classTitanthere was an earlier version of the ship that wasShangri-La-class. Matalas described the USSTitan-A as a "long-range workhorse of a ship. Harkening back to theConstitution-class that was designed for the long 5-year missions. It is an exploratory vessel with some serious maneuvering capabilities. "He compared the use of an older-style ship toTom Cruise's Pete "Maverick" Mitchell flying aP-51 Mustangfighter plane from the 1940s inTop Gun: Maverick(2022).[52]

The season also introduces the SSEleos,a former Starfleet science and medical ship that Beverly Crusher uses, as well as a new Spacedock based on the one that was first introduced inStar Trek III: The Search for Spock(1984).[52]Matalas added that theUSSEnterprise(NCC-1701-F)would have a role in the season.[50]The lastEnterpriseto appear in the official timeline was theUSSEnterprise-EinNemesis;theEnterprise-F is anOdyssey-class starship that was designed by Adam Ihle for 25th-century stories in theStar Trek Onlinevideo game.[53][54]Star Trek Onlinedesigner and associate art director Thomas Marrone built the digital model of theEnterprise-F, which he provided toPicard'svisual effects team just as he did with other starship models for the previous season.[54][55][56]

Filming

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Filming for the second season began on February 16, 2021,[57]with some third-season scenes being filmed at the same time.[58]Production was taking place in California where the series received tax incentives to continue filming there after the first season.[59]The second and third seasons had one of the largest television series crews at the time with more than 450 crewmembers.[60]Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, strict guidelines were followed on set and cast and crew members were regularly tested.[58]Principal photographyfor the second season ended on September 2, and the production then segued fully into filming the third.[22]

As with the previous seasons, filming was divided into two-episode blocks.[32]Picard'sproducing directorDoug Aarniokoskidirected the first block.[32]Matalas wantedJoe Menendez,whom he worked with on12 Monkeys,to return as a director from the second season ofPicardbut Menendez was unable to due to a scheduling conflict with his seriesKung Fu.[61]: 12:10–12:55 FrequentStar Trekdirector Frakes, who the producers initially wanted to focus on his acting rather than direct for the season, stepped in to direct the second block,[62]and completed filming for his episodes by the end of December 2021.[63]There was a break in filming for the Christmas holidays and production resumed on January 3, 2022, but more than 50 members of the production crew and main cast tested positive for COVID-19 on that day. Filming for the season was immediately shut down,[60]but resumed on January 7.[64]Dan Liu andDeborah Kampmeierdirected the next two blocks of episodes, and Matalas directed the last block.[32]He was filming the series finale by February 28.[65][66]Production on the serieswrappedon March 8.[67]

Visual effects

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The user interfaces for the starships were created by visual effects company Twisted Media, based on the LCARS computer system. They referenced the designs fromThe Next Generationand the films of that era, as well as theStar Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual(1991) reference guide byRick Sternbachand Michael Okuda. Okuda consulted on the company's LCARS designs, as did Drexler who also provided digital models that were integrated into the interface screens.[68]For two episodes in the second season, Todd A. Marks and his video playback company Images on Screen used a combination ofLGOLEDscreens and Screen Innovations' FlexGlass projection screens (paired with rear screen projectors) to display the user interfaces on set during filming. The success of the FlexGlass projection technology led to it being used much more in the third season.[69]

Music

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Stephen Barton, returning to work with Matalas from the series12 Monkeys,replaced composerJeff Russofrom the first two seasons.[70]Barton and Matalas began work on the season's score by April 2022,[71]composing new themes together including the theme for the USSTitan-A.[72]Frederik Wiedmannprovided additional music for the season, which Matalas said was necessary due to the scope of the score for the later episodes.[34]

Matalas said the music for the season was strongly influenced by the work of composersJerry GoldsmithandJames Hornerfor theStar Trekfilms.[28]He added that themes from four different iterations ofStar Trekwould be used together in the score,[30]which Barton described as a "6 1/2 hour love letter in music" to Goldsmith, Horner, and theNext Generationcomposers.[73]At the end of July, Barton and Matalas were recording the score with an 80-person orchestra at the Eastwood Scoring Stage atWarner Bros.Studios in California.[70]Craig Huxleycontributed performances on theblaster beam,an instrument that he invented and previously played on the soundtrack ofStar Trek: The Motion Picture(1979).[71]

In January 2023, Matalas said they were discussing whether to release the soundtrack album before the season premiered or wait to avoid it spoiling the ending. They were unable to release the soundtrack in different volumes, as was done for other television series, due to union rules.[74][75]The soundtrack was ultimately released on April 20, coinciding with the release of the final episode. All music by Stephen Barton and Frederik Wiedmann:[76]

Star Trek: Picard– Season 3 (Original Series Soundtrack)
No.TitleLength
1."Beverly Crusher"3:02
2."Old Communicator"1:59
3."Hello, Beautiful"1:57
4."Leaving Spacedock"3:45
5."I Like That Seven!"3:29
6."Breaking the Beam"3:59
7."The Shrike"3:35
8."Picard's Answer"4:09
9."Riker and Jack"2:09
10."Call Me Number One"2:02
11."No Win Scenario"3:57
12."Blood in the Water"2:58
13."Let's Go Home"3:24
14."Flying Blind"5:51
15."A New Family"4:16
16."Klingons Never Disappoint"5:32
17."I Do See You"5:27
18."Legacies"3:16
19."Evolution"2:44
20."La Forges"2:08
21."Invisible Rescue"3:34
22."Catch Me First"2:33
23."Proteus"3:46
24."Dominion"7:05
25."Lower the Partition"3:39
26."Get Off My Bridge"4:26
27."Family Reunion"3:18
28."Impossible"1:37
29."Frontier Day"2:44
30."Hail the Fleet"4:03
31."You Have the Conn"3:44
32."Make It So"6:02
33."This Ends Tonight"3:08
34."Battle on the Bridge"2:59
35."All That's Left"2:02
36."Annihilate"3:06
37."Trust Me"2:06
38."The Last Generation"2:51
39."Where It All Began"2:19
40."The Missing Part of Me"4:31
41."Must Come to an End"1:33
42."A New Day"3:22
43."Legacy and Future"1:44
44."Names Mean Everything"1:44
45."The Stars – End Credits"3:00
Total length:2:30:00

Marketing

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Unusually for a television showrunner, Matalas was able to collaborate with the Paramount+ marketing department and editor Drew Nichols on the trailers for the season so he would be happy about how much information was released early.[77]A teaser was released on April 5, 2022, celebrating "First Contact Day" which marks the fictional holiday when first contact between humans and aliens was made in theStar Trekuniverse. The teaser included the announcement of the returningNext Generationcast members with voiceover from those actors and footage of Picard looking at an old uniform.[1]Another teaser was released during theStar TrekUniversepanel atSan Diego Comic-Conin July 2022, giving a first look at the returningNext Generationcast members in costume.[29]Character posters for Stewart, Ryan, Hurd, and the returningNext Generationactors were also released.[78]

On September 8, Stewart, Ryan, and Hurd promoted the series at a "Star TrekDay "event where the season's premiere date was announced and a new teaser introducing the USSTitanwas revealed.[51][79]A month later, at New York Comic Con, the season was promoted during aStar TrekUniverse panel with Stewart, Sirtis, McFadden, Dorn, Burton, Frakes, Spiner, and executive producers Matalas, Roddenberry, and Kurtzman.[5]A new trailer was released at the panel, revealing Plummer's casting as the villain as well as the returns of Lore and Professor Moriarty.[6]James Whitbrook atGizmodopraised the trailer for teasing what will happen in the season beyond the nostalgic returns of theNext Generationcast that the previous teasers focused on. Whitbrook described the new trailer as "absolutely bananas", mostly because of the Lore and Moriarty reveals.[80]AtDen of Geek,John Saavedra said there was "plenty to point out" in the trailer and also highlighted those two characters.[81]Samantha Coley atCollidersaid the trailer was "jam-packed with action, emotion, and new and returning characters".[6]

A final trailer for the season was released on January 29, 2023, during theAFC Championship Game.It revealed the involvement of Speleers and Stashwick. The key art for the season was also released at that time.[45]Ryan Britt ofInversesaid the trailer "doubles-down" on the previous trailers' reveals. He felt the stakes were closer to a film than a normal season ofStar Trektelevision, and said the end of the trailer, with the returningNext Generationcharacters all together, felt "momentous".[82]Ben F. Silverio at/Filmsaid the trailer "shines some light on the mission that brings this iconic group back together",[83]and Whitbrook said the season looked "apocalyptic".[84]On April 19, before the finale was released on Paramount+, the last two episodes were screened inIMAXtheaters in Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle, Orlando, Atlanta, Dallas, and Washington, D.C.[85]

Release

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Streaming and broadcast

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The season premiered on Paramount+ in the United States on February 16, 2023, and ran for 10 episodes until April 20.[51]Matalas said in August 2022 that the season would be ready for release later that year and he tried to move the premiere to Christmas 2022, but Paramount+ wanted to release it in 2023.[32][86]Each episode ofPicardwas broadcast in Canada byBell Mediaon the same day as the Paramount+ release, on the specialty channelsCTV Sci-Fi Channel(English) andZ(French) before streaming onCrave.[87]Amazon Prime Videoreleased each episode within 24 hours of its U.S. debut in over 200 other countries and territories around the world.[88]

In February 2023, Paramount made a new deal with Prime Video for the series' international streaming rights. This allowed the season to be streamed on Paramount+ in some other countries, within 24 hours of each episode's U.S. debut, alongside its Prime Video release. The first two seasons were also added to Paramount+ internationally in addition to remaining on Prime Video.[89]In August 2023,Star Trekcontent was removed from Crave and the season began streaming in Canada on Paramount+ instead. The series would continue to be broadcast on CTV Sci-Fi and would be available on CTV.ca and the CTV app.[90][91]

Home media

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The season was released on DVD, Blu-Ray, and Limited Edition Steelbook formats in the U.S. on September 5, 2023. The release includes all 10 episodes as well as more than two-and-a-half hours of special features, including deleted scenes, a gag reel, audio commentaries, a discussion panel with cast and crew, the raw footage of the final poker scene, and behind-the-scenes featurettes on theNext Generationcast, reconstructing theEnterprise-D set, and Vadic.[92][93]Also released on September 5 was a box set featuring the complete series and over seven hours of special features.[92]Both releases included an older version of a visual effects shot from the finale, featuring theEnterprise-D flying towards Earth, which had been updated on Paramount+ soon after the episode was released to use an "enhanced" version created for the finale's theatrical screenings. After fans and journalists pointed this out, Paramount said the updated version of the effects shot would be used for future home media releases instead.[94][95]A 54-disc Blu-ray "Picard Legacy Collection" that includes this series was released on November 7.[92]

Reception

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Viewership

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Eric Deggans ofNPRincluded the season on his list of most anticipated series of early 2023,[96]and staff atColliderincluded it on their list of most anticipated series of the whole year.[97]

The season was listed among theNielson Top 10 Streaming Original Programs in the U.S.three times, the weeks of March 13–19, April 10–16, and April 17–23, 2023.[98][99][100]

Critical response

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Star Trek: Picard(season 3): Critical reception by episode

Season 3 (2023):Percentage of positive critics' reviews tracked by the websiteRotten Tomatoes[101]

Thereview aggregatorwebsiteRotten Tomatoesreported a 98% approval score with an average rating of 8.6/10 based on 100 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Finally getting the band back together,Picard'sfinal season boldly goes where the previous generation had gone before—and is all the better for it. "[101]Metacritic,which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 83 out of 100 based on reviews from 16 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[102]

Accolades

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Patrick Stewart and Gates McFadden were namedTVLine's"Performers of the Week" for the week of February 26, 2023, for their performances in the episode "Seventeen Seconds". The site focused on the scene in which Picard confronts Crusher about their son, saying Stewart "did some of his best work ever as Jean-Luc in those moments, and McFadden matched him beat for emotional beat... plumbing depths thatTrekshows rarely attempt to reach ".[103]The site also named Amanda Plummer and Michelle Forbes as honorable mentions for their performances in "Disengage" and "Imposters", respectively. They said Plummer was "deliciously evil as Vadic" and the first memorable villain of the modernStar Trekseries, while Forbes was a "jaw-dropping blast from the past" who let the audience see "the decades of pain buried deep inside Ro" in her scenes with Stewart.[104][105]

In June 2023,Alan SepinwallatRolling Stonenamed the season as one of the best series of the year so far.[106]Brady Langmann and Adrienne Westenfeld ofEsquiredid the same a month later.[107]At the end of the year, the series was named on best television series lists for 2023 byThe Salt Lake Tribune(1st),[108]Den of Geek(10th),[109]andTotal Film(19th),[110]as well as byColliderandTheWrapon unranked lists.[111][112]

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2023 Astra TV Awards Best Streaming Drama Series Star Trek: Picard Nominated [113][114]
Best Actor in a Streaming Drama Series Patrick Stewart Nominated
Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Drama Series Brent Spiner Nominated
Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Drama Series Jeri Ryan Won
Best Writing in a Streaming Drama Series Terry Matalas(for "The Last Generation") Won
Best Directing in a Streaming Drama Series Terry Matalas(for "The Last Generation") Nominated
Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series Michelle Forbes Nominated
Hollywood Professional Association Awards Outstanding Sound — Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature Matthew E. Taylor, Michael Schapiro, Todd Grace, Ed Carr III, and Ian Shedd (for "The Last Generation") Nominated [115]
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) Silvina Knight, Tanya Cookingham, Allyson Carey, Peter De Oliveira, Hanny Eisen, and Kim Ayers (for "Võx") Nominated [116]
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup James Mackinnon, Hugo Villasenor, Bianca Appice, Kevin Wasner, Afton Storton, Kevin Haney, Neville Page, and Vincent Van Dyke (for "The Last Generation") Nominated
2024 Critics' Choice Super Awards Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-For-TV Movie Star Trek: Picard Nominated [117]
Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-For-TV Movie Todd Stashwick Nominated
Patrick Stewart Nominated
Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-For-TV Movie Jeri Ryan Nominated
Best Villain in a Series, Limited Series or Made-For-TV Movie Amanda Plummer Nominated
Golden Reel Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Long Form Effects and Foley Matthew E. Taylor, Michael Schapiro, Harry Cohen, Alex Pugh, Deron Street, John Sanacore, Clay Weber, and Rick Owens (for "The Last Generation") Nominated [118]
ICG Publicists Awards Maxwell Weinberg Award for Television Publicity Campaign Star Trek: Picard Nominated [119]
Television Showperson of the Year Patrick Stewart Won [120]
International Film Music Critics Association Awards Composition of the Year "Leaving Spacedock" (music byStephen BartonandFrederik Wiedmann) Nominated [121]
Best Original Score for Television Star Trek: Picard(music byStephen BartonandFrederik Wiedmann) Nominated
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards Best Special Make-Up Effects in a Television Series, Limited or Miniseries or New Media Series James MacKinnon, Hugo Villasenor, Bianca Appice, and Vincent Van Dyke Nominated [122]
Saturn Awards Best Science Fiction Television Series Star Trek: Picard Won [123][124]
Best Actor in a Television Series Patrick Stewart Won
Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series Jonathan Frakes Won
Ed Speleers Nominated
Todd Stashwick Nominated
Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series Jeri Ryan Won
Best Guest Star in a Television Series Amanda Plummer Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards Episodic Drama Terry Matalas(for "The Last Generation") Nominated [125]

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