Introduction

Star Trek: Picard is an American web television series created for CBS All Access by Kirsten Beyer, Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon and Alex Kurtzman.

It is the eighth series in the Star Trek franchise and centres on the character Jean-Luc Picard.

Set at the end of the 24th century, 20 years after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), the storyline focuses on the impact of the destruction of the android Commander Data, which occurred in the climax of that film, as well as the destruction of the planet Romulus, which occurred in the 2009 film Star Trek.

Patrick Stewart is the executive producer of the series and stars as Picard, reprising his role from Star Trek: The Next Generation as well as other Star Trek media. Santiago Cabrera, Michelle Hurd, Evan Evagora, Alison Pill, Harry Treadaway, and Isa Briones also star. Several actors from previous Star Trek series also reprise their roles, including Brent Spiner, Jeri Ryan, Marina Sirtis, and Jonathan Frakes. Rumours began to circulate in June 2018, when Kurtzman began his expansion. The official announcement came in August of that year, after months of negotiations with Stewart. He had previously said that he would not return to the franchise after Nemesis. Filming began in California in April 2019; the series’ official title was announced a month later.

Star Trek: Picard premiered on 23 January 2020; its first season consists of 10 episodes. Before the launch, CBS All Access renewed Star Trek: Picard for a second 10-episode season.

Outline

In 2399, retired admiral Jean-Luc Picard is interviewed about his retirement: In 2385, two years prior to the Romulan supernova, an attack on Mars by rogue synthetics resulted in the destruction of the armada tasked with evacuating the Romulan system’s inhabitants; Starfleet banned synthetics and reneged on its promise to aid the evacuation, prompting Picard to resign and retire to his vineyard.

A woman named Dahj kills Romulan assailants after they infiltrate her apartment and murder her boyfriend. She experiences visions of Picard; after seeing his interview, she seeks him out.

Picard visits the Starfleet Archive Museum, where he examines a painting by the late Lieutenant Commander Data that features a woman who resembles Dahj. Dahj asks Picard for his help, but is killed by the Romulan assassins.

Picard questions scientist Agnes Jurati about the possibility of creating a sentient organic-passing android, deducing that Dahj is actually Data’s daughter; Jurati tells him Dahj must have an identical twin sister.

At a Romulan reclamation site located inside a Borg cube, Romulan Narek meets Soji Asha, the sister in question.

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Production & Filming Details

• Creator(s): Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, and Alex Kurtzman.
• Director(s): Hanelle Culpepper.
• Producer(s): Patrick Stewart, Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman, James Duff. Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry, and Trevor Roth.
• Writer(s): Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman, and James Duff.
• Music: Jeff Russo.
• Production: Secret Hideout, Weed Road Pictures, Escapist Fare, Roddenberry Entertainment, and CBS Television Studios.
• Distributor: CBS Television Distribution.
• Release Date: 23 January 2020.
• Running Time: 46 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.