Star Trek: Who Was Captain Picard’s Greatest Nemesis?
The universe of Star Trek is filled with a vast array of friends and foes to the various captains that act as the protagonists throughout the franchise. These tend to vary from series to series, switching between individual characters to entire races.
The Original Series had the Klingons, but Kirk had the infamous Khan. Deep Space 9 had the Dominion, but the morally ambiguous Captain Benjamin Sisko's specific nemesis was Dul Dukat, a pesky and slimy Cardassian who was constant pain in the backside for the poor captain. But what about Captain Picard from The Next Generation? The answer changes depending on who is asked, and it makes for an interesting study into what the TV shows were trying to suggest, and what the movies wanted.
Star Trek: Picard's Biggest Mistakes & Failures
When the aptly named movie Nemesis came out, Paramount were desperately trying to recreate the good old days of Star Trek, and felt the need to introduce an antagonist with the same Khan level of rivalry for captain Picard. They introduced Shinzon, a Romulan-made clone of Picard himself, played by a very young Tom Hardy. The Romulans created him using some ill-gotten DNA from the dear captain, in a convoluted plan to replace Picard with their clone agent. Things go awry, as they often do, with Shinzon becoming the leader, but what Paramount were trying to do with his character was create the ultimate nemesis for Picard.
For a lot of fans, however, they failed to carry this through. Shinzon felt like just another one-off villain, having no pre-established history with the other films or TV shows to hammer in his deep connection with Picard. Khan at least was introduced in The Original Series prior to the film, so there was an existing understanding of
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