Star Trek Star Jonathan Frakes Reacts to Directing New Picard Episode
Jonathan Frakes has reacted to reuniting with his Star Trek: The Next Generation co-stars when directing the newest episode of Star Trek: Picard. Frakes is best known for playing the character William Riker, the first officer of the USS Enterprise beneath Captain Jean-Luc Picard, played by Patrick Stewart. In addition to his acting career, Frakes has become a notable director in his own right, helming the TNG films First Contact and Insurrection as well as episodes of many different Star Trek series, including 8 episodes of The Next Generation.
Although he has already reprised the role of Riker on two episodes of Picard season 1, he returned to season 2 in an entirely different capacity, directing the new episode «Fly Me to the Moon,» which premiered on March 31, 2022. The episode, which features the Borg Queen (now played by Annie Wersching), is a callback to his film First Contact, which is the first appearance of the original Borg Queen played by Alice Krige. It also gave him another chance to reunite with his TNG co-stars Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, and John de Lancie (returning as his character Q).
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Following the release of his Picard episode, Frakes sat down with THR to discuss returning to the director's chair. He compared directing Star Trek to "putting on your favorite pair of shoes" and reminisced that shooting with DeLancie and Spiner "was a gift." He also gushed about the new Borg Queen, saying that while he "was a huge fan of the Borg Queen with Alice," Annie "expanded on [her] brilliantly." Read his full quote below:
I was thrilled. I was a huge fan of the Borg Queen with Alice. I always liked the Borg story. Alice, because
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