Finally, a date for the long-awaited third season of Star Trek: Picard has been announced on Paramount+. When Season 3 premieres on the streamer on February 16, 2023, with the final ten episodes running once a week on Thursdays, fans of the show can “make it so.” 18 years after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis, Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) is followed by Picard in Picard. Although the entire TNG ensemble is anticipated to reunite for the first time since Nemesis in Season 3, numerous TNG alums have already made appearances in the first two seasons.
The first season was focused on Picard’s return to the action after a long absence and his unsuccessful negotiations with the Romulans. He went back to the stars to guard the nascent synthetic life form Soji (Isa Briones), and in doing so, he contributed to the galaxy’s salvation. The beloved TNG AI Data (Brent Spiner), who yearns for a mortal consciousness, as well as Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis), now a married couple with children, all made appearances in season one. When fate took Picard back to Whoopi Goldberg’s ethereal Guinan and the original trickster himself, Q, in Season 2, he was also greeted by some friendly and wicked faces (John De Lancie). As Picard, his new allies, and a rebellious borg queen were sent back in time by Q in the second season, the show began to resemble an anthology.
With a brand-new antagonist and an eerie message from Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) calling out to Picard from beyond the stars, Season 3 is poised to wrap up a trilogy of sorts. In order to solve the latest mystery, Picard must once again call upon Riker and Troi as well as Worf (Michael Dorn) and Geordi LaForge (LeVar Burton). Spiner is also anticipated to return for the season finale, but in a new role. Denise Crosby, an actor, recently hinted that we might see the long-dead Tasha Yar again, though she’s keeping the specifics a mystery at the moment.
