‘It Was Terrible’: Star Trek: Picard Showrunner Reflects on Replacing Original Cast With TNG Stars in Season 3
The third season of Star Trek: Picard memorably brought back the majority of the cast of The Next Generation, a move that was celebrated by fans. Season 3 drew a near-perfect score of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, which was firmly the highest of all three seasons.
There was a downside to bringing back the stars of The Next Generation, even if it resulted in very high acclaim. Per ScreenRant, Terry Matalas was doing an interview for The Sackhoff Show when addressed becoming sole showrunner for Season 3 after serving as co-showrunner alongside Akiva Goldsman for Season 2. He remembered having a vision to make Season 3 feel more like The Next Generation, and from there, all it took was getting Patrick Stewart on board. Unfortunately, the budget would not allow for Stewart’s co-stars from the first two seasons to return, meaning that “sacrifices” had to be made.
“We got to the end of [Picard Season 2], and Akiva’s like, ‘It’s your turn. What do you want to do?’ And I was like, ‘I want to bring back the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation,’” he said. “And they said, ‘Look, if you can convince Patrick, then we’ll consider this.’ And it was tough because there was a whole cast in Season 1 and 2 that were wonderful, but there was not the budget to carry them all. So there were sacrifices. It was terrible. It was a terrible place to be in.”
It was a terrible place to be in.
Once the decision was made, Picard had to say goodbye to several cast members, including Alison Pill, Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera, and Evan Evagora. Their dismissal, however, allowed for the return of actors like Jonathan Frakes (Riker), Marina Sirtis (Troi), Michael Dorn (Worf), LeVar Burton (Geordi), and Gates McFadden (Crusher). Other familiar Trek stars who appeared in Season 3 included John de Lancie (Q), Daniel Davis (Professor Moriarty), Michael Forbes (Commaner Ro Laren), and Alice Krige (Borg Queen).
Will Patrick Stewart Return as Jean-Luc Picard?
There have been considerations to do more with the cast of Picard, though nothing is guaranteed at this point. Many fans have been calling for Star Trek: Legacy to be made, which would be a new show that further utilizes the legacy characters. Though there was a popular petition with various Star Trek alums offering support to the idea, Legacy still has yet to come to fruition. There had also been talk about doing a feature film follow-up to the third season of Star Trek: Picard, though this may have hinged on the success of Star Trek: Section 31, which underperformed when it was released on Paramount+.
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