Deanna Troi

It is a banner week for questionable Star Trek anniversaries, but while earlier this week we found at least something to admire in Voyager’s bold exploration of the Warp 10 threshold and space-amphibian evolution, there is very little to admire in the other major milestone. Thirty years ago today, The Next Generation took us to Planet Scotland in “Sub Rosa,” where Beverly Crusher exchanged all thought of character agency for 40 minutes in exchange for some generational family ghost lovin’.Star Trek: Picard Season 3…

Star Trek: Picard has felt very different in its final season to either the spartan, melancholy tone of its first, or the balls-to-the-wall wildness of its second. But as it prepares for one last hurrah with the TNG crew in its penultimate episode, it has borrowed a little bit of that energy of season two to prepare for what will be its ultimate battle: a tale of the old saving the new.The Woman Who Would Be Photon“Võx,” a title whose meaning we will get to soon enough, kicks up the scale of Picard’s finalseason with not…

Star Trek: Picard’s third season has felt like such a departure from its first two at times that it has felt almost standalone, the rare character beats and plot points that have mattered to its nostalgic tale of changelings and family mattering little more than a footnote. But this week saw the series try to relate to its past self—and clear the board for its finale in a rare clumsy misstep.Mica Burton on Which La Forge Character She Related to More“Surrender” acts as a coda to last week’s Titan invasion subplot, and…

Much of Picard’s third season has examined the legacy and lineages of its heroes—with Jean-Luc discovering his son with Beverly Crusher, Raffi and Seven combatting their loneliness in different ways, and Riker still grappling with the loss of his own child. But its latest episode finds much more solace in the families you find, rather than the ones you’re born into.“The Bounty,” the sixth episode of Picard’s final season, ushers in the back half of the show’s swan song with a call to action Jean-Luc and the crew of the…

Image: ParamountQ in part did all this to help tweak a temporal paradox that led to one of Picard’s allies, Dr.Agnes Jurati, joining a reformed Borg Queen in the past to create a less-aggressive collective. This culminated in Borg-Jurati coming to the aid of the Federation when a massive Transwarp Conduit (just like the subspace corridor system the Borg used to advance their cybernetic civilization) opened up in the Sol system, threatening to destroy billions of people for... reasons. After that got dealt with in like,…

Screenshot: ParamountGood news if you liked the unhinged vibes of Picard’s season 2 finale: if this new trailer for the third and final season is anything to go by, that vibe is continuing strongly.Paramount just wowed New York Comic Con with an explosive new trailer for Picard’s final season. While our previous looks have focused on the nostalgia-laden return of The Next Generation’s primary cast—Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher, Jonathan Frakes as Will Riker, Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi, Michael Dorn as Worf, and…

Officers to the bridge!Gif: ParamountWe knew they were coming back, but at last, they’re here! Just revealed at San Diego Comic-Con in today’s Star Trek Universe panel, Paramount+ dropped a brand new series of posters for the third and final season of Picard, giving us our first proper look at the return of the legendary crew of The Next Generation.At Comic-Con today, Paramount revealed the first teaser for Picard season 3, unfortunately not revealing footage from the final season of the show, but a specially-shot promo…

There’s quite frankly a LOT of boldly going going on.Gif: ParamountTrying to keep track of what Star Trek is coming right now feels like trying to stop a tribble from procreating. Before even more new series get announced, here’s our guide of when to expect all the new Star Trek shows, the returns of familiar favorites, and what else is in the works right now. Engage!Star Trek Shows Currently Airing and Coming SoonStar Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1A prequel-sequel series—a prequel to the original Star Trek, a sequel…