Oh no, its Generations all over again. They got a second almost perfect ending. Thats a rare thing. Most shows dont even get one, and nobody but Futurama gets three.
(Hopefully 4 now)
Yeah, no. They should leave well enough alone and retire the TNG cast. They did the “All good things…” poker shot, it’s time to move on.
That being said, there’s lots of untapped potential to revisit characters from DS9 and Voyager… key word is revisit, not brutally murder on screen please. Picard S3 didn’t feel the need to kill off one of the TNG cast members for shock or emotional value.
@fci @ValueSubtracted I agree with the greater potential with DS9 and Voyager. I remember a documentary on DS9 where Ira Steven Behr got the writers together and made them brainstorm a new DS9 season pilot and thought it sounded awesome. Unlike many, I was really, really, not enthused with Picard S3.
Poor man.
He signed on thinking TNG would bomb (which it almost did), he’d make some quick cash, get out, and go back to doing theater like he really wanted.
Instead, TNG ran for the better part of a decade, it is by far his best-known role, and the show spawned several movies and a whole 'nother TV series focused on his character multiple decades later.
Patrick Stewart’s career did not proceed as planned.
I actually disagree. While that was his initial goal, his career spanned more and went farther than I’m sure he could have ever imagined. I think he’s rather proud of the roles that he’s been in and there’s a reason why he’s fought for, and been a champion of, Star Trek.
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Oh, let’s not. I think the PIC season 3 finale is a fine farewell to TNG crew all being together. I’d love to see individual stories about the TNG main cast, post-PIC. Riker and Troi, and Kestra. Geordi La Forge and his never seen wife. Worf being Worf – pondering, fighting, snoozing after fighting. Data redux. And, I’m always up for more of Picard. So, I’m a “yes!” for seeing more individual stories of TNG main characters. I can do without another “getting the band back together,” curtain call for the TNG main cast as a whole.
I’m very torn on this. Ordinarily, I’m in the camp that more Trek is always a good thing. But then Picard season 3 felt like such a special send-off to the TNG crew - it took them two decades but they finally fixed the mistakes of Nemesis and gave us a sense of closure on the TNG story.
If they made another movie then I would totally watch it, but I can’t see how they would give us an ending that’s better than what we got, and I fear trying to hit the same nostalgia notes once again would just end up cheapening where Picard left off.
Or, how about that, maybe consider not doing that.
Picard left the TNG storyline state in such a decent and settled place, feels like another story would only risk ruining things. Feels like the series is already in a good-as-it-gets state and can only go down from here, unless they go for total spin-off.
But I’ll still watch it even if it sucks, which the people with $$ in their eyes know so…
