Picard: 3 Plots In Season 2 Can Explain TNG Cast's Return In S3
Can a trio of 2024-era plot lines explain how Star Trek: Picard season 3 brings back the entire main cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation? When Patrick Stewart made his eagerly anticipated return with Star Trek: Picard, he brought a few friends. Across the past 2 seasons, Jean-Luc has been joined by Data (Brent Spiner), Riker (Jonathan Frakes), Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis), Q (John de Lancie) and Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg) among others. Alas, the above roster only featured in a guest capacity — little more than cameos in some instances. Star Trek: Picard's main cast is instead populated by original creations - Rios, Jurati, Raffi, Elnor, etc. — alongside a returning Seven of Nine.
That status quo looks set to shift in Star Trek: Picard season 3. According to an official announcement from Paramount, the main crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation will return for Jean-Luc's final adventure. That means in addition to Spiner, Frakes and Sirtis, Star Trek: Picard season 3 will reintroduce Worf (Michael Dorn), Geordi LaForge (LeVar Burton) and Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden). Furthermore, Michael Chabon (Star Trek: Picard showrunner) has confirmed these are not brief cameo gigs — they're substantial, meaningful comebacks. That leaves Star Trek: Picard something of a dilemma. How can these new (old) returnees be accommodated among the existing cast?
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Star Trek: Picard season 2's 2024 timeline may hold the solution thanks to three distinct plot lines - the first concerning Seven of Nine. Though she left the Borg life behind long ago, Seven's ocular implant proved impossible to remove, and since returning to Earth in Star Trek: Voyager's finale,
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