Every TNG Character Not Returning For Picard Season 3 (And Where They Are)

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Not every main character from Star Trek: The Next Generation is making the trip for Star Trek: Picard season 3, but what has each missing crew member been doing since their Enterprise days? The Star Trek universe finds itself energized by Paramount's Star Trek: Picard season 3 cast announcement, which reveals Michael Dorn (Worf), LeVar Burton (Geordi LaForge) and Gates McFadden (Beverly Crusher) join previous returnees Jonathan Frakes (Riker), Marina Sirtis (Troi) and Brent Spiner (Data) in Patrick Stewart's solo series. The reunion promises sorely needed insight into these beloved figures' lives post-Enterprise, and resolution to lingering plot threads from Star Trek: The Next Generation's era.

While the Star Trek: Picard season 3 payroll does name all the biggest hitters, it doesn't account for the full complement of primary Star Trek: The Next Generation crew members. A handful of major names are notable by their absence, and while there's still time to beam them aboard before departure, their omission from the initial announcement is not especially encouraging.

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Mercifully, some of these absent favorites have appeared elsewhere in Star Trek lore, their stories continued via animation, spinoffs, or supplementary additions to the captain's log of Trek. Others we know considerably less about, while some actors have even addressed their Star Trek: Picard status publicly since Paramount's landmark season 3 unveiling. Here's what became of the Star Trek: The Next Generation main crew members not invited to Jean-Luc's leaving party.

Star Trek has come a considerable way since, "Shut up, Wesley!" Once renowned for playing the most maligned member of Star