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

Picard and his crew, pursued by Narek, arrive ahead of the Romulan fleet at Soji’s homeworld, Coppelius; Seven brings the Artifact there as well. The planet’s defence system causes all to crash-land on the planet’s surface.

The crew discover a village inhabited by synthetics, as well as by Altan Inigo Soong, the son of Data’s creator Noonian Soong, and warn them of the approaching Romulan fleet; Narek is captured and imprisoned.

Sutra, another doppelganger of Soji, mind-melds with Jurati and reveals that the Admonition is a warning from highly advanced synthetics that they will defend their fellow synthetics against threats from organic lifeforms.

Picard tries to persuade them to evacuate the planet, but Sutra argues that they should summon the makers of the Admonition to defend them. She allows Narek to escape and another synthetic is found dead, ostensibly proving the danger organic lifeforms pose.

Picard is arrested when he refuses to agree to Sutra’s plan; Jurati wins her freedom by offering to help Soong with his research, developing an android body into which consciousness can be transferred.

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Production & Filming Details

• Creator(s): Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, and Alex Kurtzman.
• Director(s): Akiva Goldsman.
• Producer(s): Patrick Stewart, Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman, James Duff. Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry, and Trevor Roth.
• Writer(s): Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman (teleplay), and Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman, and Akiva Goldsman (story).
• Music: Jeff Russo.
• Production: Secret Hideout, Weed Road Pictures, Escapist Fare, Roddenberry Entertainment, and CBS Television Studios.
• Distributor: CBS Television Distribution.
• Release Date: 19 March 2020.
• Running Time: 46 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.