When “Star Trek: Picard” was first introduced it was made clear by the showrunners, and its main man Patrick Stewart in interviews, that it was not a revival of “Star Trek: The Subsequent Era”.
As a substitute, it might be a sequel/spin-off collection specializing in the Jean-Luc Picard character. Because of this, just a few acquainted faces returned in visitor spots, corresponding to Riker, Troi and Knowledge within the first season together with Q and Guinan within the second. Each seasons have been met with blended critiques.
By the point of the third season, underneath the helm of showrunner Terry Matalas, the producers determined to desert any pretence and simply straight up do this “Star Trek: The Subsequent Era” reunion/revival they have been initially railing in opposition to.
Showing on The seventh Rule podcast just lately, Matalas revealed that he wished to convey again extra of the unique forged members from TNG when he joined the collection within the second season.
Seems it wasn’t simply the writers and producers, but additionally Stewart himself, who have been apparently in opposition to the concept of reintroducing so many legacy characters… at first:
“They stated, ‘No, we’re by no means going to try this.’ However alongside the best way, I believe Patrick warmed as much as the concept. The extra his mates got here again to the present, Jonathan [and] Marina got here again, de Lancie got here again, and Whoopi got here again … These days on set have been so heat and so completely happy for him, that he began to say by the top, ‘We’ve bought to have all people.’”
The consequence spoke for itself, with the latest season leading to an overwhelmingly optimistic response. The run was nominated for 2 Primetime Emmy Awards in addition to a number of different awards. It additionally sits with a 98% approval rating and a mean ranking of 8.6/10 on Rotten Tomatoes and an 83/10 on Metacritic.