Picard

Image: ParamountOver two wildly different seasons so far, Star Trek: Picard has tried to navigate just what it wants to say about its titular legend. Are our memories of Jean-Luc Picard justified or warped through rose-tinted recollection? Is he too tied to the past, or the only figure Starfleet could turn to to navigate a tumultuous future? Its third season opens in much the same way; it’s just that this time, it’s not just Picard dealing with the weight of legacy.“The Next Generation” is pointedly named—knowing that,…

The following contains spoilers for Star Trek: Picard, Season Three, Episode One: “The Next Generation.” In the 25th Century… There’s a wounded starship playing possum in the beautiful, merciless vastness of space, and inside, is a museum. The captain’s quarters holds a trove of props from that old TV show you watched when you were a kid, maybe you still do as an adult. There’s a hypospray, a ready room terminal playing the logs from “The Best of Both Worlds: Part One” and the captain’s dead husband’s personal effects.…

Sitting in a booth at a Hollywood coffee shop across from LeVar Burton, there’s no denying the passion in his eyes when he talks about literacy and how reading is not only a tool that unlocks doors to success but also a civil right.Burton is one of the executive producers behind the documentary “The Right to Read,” directed by Jenny Mackenzie. The movie, which premiered last weekend at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, follows NAACP activist and educator Kareem Weaver, first-grade teacher Sabrina Causey…

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,…

After two middling but slowly improving seasons of Star Trek: Picard, the show has returned for one last hurrah — and god damn, was it worth the rest. If you have ever considered yourself a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation (or even, to a lesser extent, Deep Space Nine or Voyager), then get ready for the love letter coming your way on February 16th.While this season puts its characters in terrible spots, and there are rumors a few will die by season’s end, this wild ride has a real genuine affection for all the…

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Screenshot: ParamountJean-Luc Picard has one more fight left in him—and he needs some help from his friends to make sure he can win it.Paramount has released the final trailer for the final season of Star Trek: Picard, teasing the tumultuous events that will force Patrick Stewart’s legendary TNG Captain to play his last hand. After all, you better need something apocalyptic to get the bridge crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise back together.Star Trek: Picard | Season 3 Official Trailer | Paramount+And apocalyptic things do…

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