Picard's Worf Easter Egg Makes His Season 2 Absence Worse
A Star Trek: Picard Easter egg highlights the weirdness of Worf's absence throughout Jean-Luc's solo series so far. Since premiering in 2020, Star Trek: Picard has brought back a curated selection of favorites from Star Trek: The Next Generation. There's Patrick Stewart's Jean-Luc himself, of course, as well as Brent Spiner's Data, Jonathan Frakes' Riker, Marina Sirtis' Troi, and in season 2, John de Lancie is back as the brilliantly infuriating (or infuriatingly brilliant?) Q.
Others have been conspicuous by their absence. In Star Trek: Picard season 1 — as Jean-Luc faced a near-insurmountable challenge against a secret Romulan cabal — Zhaban suggested recruiting some old friends, "Riker. Worf. LaForge." Ultimately, only Number One turned up for the occasion, making the whereabouts of Michael Dorn's Worf and LeVar Burton's Geordi something of an elephant in the ready room. Of all the Star Trek: The Next Generation alumni who haven't yet beamed into the sequel series, Geordi and Worf are by far the most notable absentees.
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Following on from season 1's nod, Star Trek: Picard season 2 continues to reference Worf — this time in the distant past. «Fly Me To The Moon» introduces Brent Spiner's Adam Soong pitching his genetic research to a panel of doctors deciding his future. You might recognize the woman in the center as Marty McFly's girlfriend (Lea Thompson is among the directors for Star Trek: Picard season 2), but to her left is a character whose name plaque reads «Dr. Vasiliy Rozhenko.» In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Worf's adopted human parents were Sergey and Helena Rozhenko. The surname could represent nothing more than a simple Easter egg… but Dr.
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