Does Star Trek: Picard's Secret Soong Cameo Reveal What Q Changed?
Star Trek: Picard season 2 just revealed Brent Spiner's new Soong character… is Adam the all-important alteration Q made to Star Trek's history? Wherever Q materializes, timeline shenanigans usually follow, but John de Lancie's immortal troublemaker has outdone himself in Star Trek: Picard season 2. Intervening right at the moment Jean-Luc Picard detonates the remade Stargazer during a Borg confrontation, Q has created an alternate, dystopian timeline by changing a specific moment in history. Picard and his supporting cast (that's convenient!) find themselves trapped on an alternate Earth where the Federation has become a racist dictatorship called the Confederation, and Picard is a bloodthirsty, all-conquering military general.
The Next Generation's Brent Spiner pulled double-duty back in Star Trek: Picard season 1, portraying both a metaphysical echo of Data, and the latest member of the Soong family, Altan Inigo Soong. Spiner has played various Soongs - all renowned for their pioneering work in synthetic biology — and confirmed a completely different one would debut in Star Trek: Picard season 2. Although Spiner doesn't technically appear, episode 2 subtly reveals his new Soong character — and hints he may be involved in Q's butchering of Star Trek history.
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In a long-blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment just before Picard and Seven take to the stage for Eradication Day, a holographic statue of «Adam Soong» is shown outside Confederation HQ. As if the name wasn't proof enough, an uncanny likeness to Brent Spiner confirms Adam is the latest addition to Star Trek's Soong family tree, but that's not where his cameo ends — the ethereal, detached
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