"It was an anomaly that we will never see again." You are correct, Gary.

Kurtzman yelling at writers of his shows: "Terry Matalas made Picard season 3 from scraps, in a cave!" Kurtzman's writing room: "We're not Terry Matalas..."

The biggest scene for me, in the whole of Season 3, was Data putting his hand on Picard's shoulder after failing, and even understanding the reason why it's impossible, to say consoling words. Data finally being able to give his friend Jean-Luc the emotional support, that Jean-Luc gave him when he lost his own daughter Lal. I was just sitting there stunned. Beautiful scene.

Even the ending shot of them just playing poker together was a nice touch.

Season 3 managed TWO huge things Star Wars failed at - get the old guard together and given them a proper send off while ALSO introducing us to a new group we care about and want to see more of. I thought I was going to hate Shaw at first, but by the end he was my favorite new character.

Season 3 of Picard basically overwrites the other two seasons completely for a lot of good reasons: *(Spoilers by the way)* - Season 2 tried to bring the Borg and make them part of the Federation. Thankfully, this was never even referenced in Season 3 almost as if the idea in Season 2 was dropped. - Q's return in Season 3 was all but worth it instead of the rough train ride that Season 2 tried to do to him (although John De Lancie still did a great job). - Seven of Nine was treated appropriately as a character in season 3 (As now Captain and overall character growth from Voyager). - They actually made Raffi likable in this. The execution of her character was horribly done in the prior seasons. - Data's revival is WAY Better than Season 1's "all androids are evil" concept. - The Borg were treated as a dying relic in this season (literally a final cube rotting in Jupiter), a leftover product from Janeway's actions to rid of them in the Voyager finale. - Kurtzman had far less involvement in Season 3 and it certainly shows. That should give a hint to Paramount. - The soundtrack is utterly amazing for this season.

Man this makes me feel old. I remember my best friend telling me, "Have you seen that new Star Trek show? It has a new captain who's bald and a new Enterprise! It's really cool!"

Shaw was my favorite character. Would have liked to see more of him.

The most emotional moment was the voice of Majel as the 1701-D computer, which was really surprising to me. Hearing her made me cry; probably because knowing she had a big heart and because her voice connected TNG, DS9 and VOY with each other. And also because with the raise of AI in our lives it is another aspect with which Star Trek predicted the future. What the characters in TNG, DS9 and VOY queried with "Computer: ..." we do today with tools like ChatGPT and the so called "prompts".

On a basic level. Terry knew not to shit all over beloved characters & gave them emotional weight & active input within the story. Unlike Abrams butchering SW

The whole part with Picard saying that he'd finally found the missing part of himself in having a son, and a family other than his Enterprise crew, was by current Hollywood standards hyper conservative.

It'd be great if Star Trek Picard Season 3 started with Picard waking up from a bad dream that is Seasons 1 and 2.

The Titan earned it's name under Shaw, Seven and the that crew. It shouldn't have been renamed.

The scene a few episodes before where Picard is telling stories to some junior officers while he's eating lunch, where we get to see that Jack actually did go to see him was an absolute gut punch. I knew then every episode going forward was going to do Trek proud.

Brent Spiner can be the new Kang, he’s got enough variants.

I agree. The Titan should stay the Titan and Riker should have gotten an Enterprise.

I feel the Enterprise-D being put it a museum is fitting. Starfleet could keep using her, but at this point she's become so legendary that's it's best to retire her and have her on display to be visited and admired for future generations.

The End of the last Episode... that Poker table alone.... I think the Crew finally got a worthy send off.

I think we are all eagerly awaiting Red Letter Medias final review of Season 3

What Terry Matalas has done with the absolut ruins that Star Treck Picard was, reminds me of Tony Stark building a fusion reactor from scraps in a cave. And I bet Amazon can't wait to get their sticky hands on it to squeeze some message out of the new fan attention that they didn't earn. Just like Obadiah Stane stealing Tony's ARC reactor to power HIS suit - "It was fate that you survived. You had one last golden egg to give".

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="479">7:59</a> Dave's Picard impersonation is brilliant.

An old ex-father figure of mine passed away last year, and he adored TNG, and hated Picard... So, yeah... this was a tough watch at certain points for me. Also, (spoilers) the "Anton Chekov" moment hit me like a punch in the gut. I just didn't expect it. Matalas also kind of tapped into the current state of the world without being preachy: He covered how people feel isolated, alone, and how many people don't know where they fit in, and so they LOOK for a family if they don't have one,... and he made young people into a literal brain-washed mob!

“For once I don’t feel like drowning my sorrows in Toilet Duck. This calls for a celebration. Break out the turpentine!”

Picard Season 3 is basically the only season that exists for me. Can't help but feel Matalas Trojan horsed Kurtzman by including a few links to the previous shitty seasons but ultimately most of the characters jettisoned; not even a call back for Data's daughter, not even a mention to Data. Absolute win for the viewers but I am sad we couldn't have two incredible seasons hinting and building up to the epic plot. Imagine if we had a more few seasons Imagine if Picard was teaching at the academy and also continuing his interest in archeology. Imagine Picard and Jake Cisco rescuing his Ben Cisco from the fire caves after all this time. Imagine an epic showdown with the Q continuum involving the wanderer Wesley Crusher. So many squandered potential plot lines.

It produced something that other trek or star wars couldn’t … a rewatchable moment. Watching them get on the old enterprise again was awesome.

It’s a crime that Sisko and DS9 never got at least one movie.

Terry Matalas just sent a love letter to all TNG fans who had loved and lost their Trek. The perfect sign off.

I wish they had brought back the Colm Meaney to scream "Oh bloody hell" a few times.

There were many stupid moments, which took me out of the series repeatedly, but the high points felt very high, maybe because we're all so jaded at what came before.

The shot on the Borg cube after Picard and Jack come out of the matrix and Troi is like I know where they are and the ship comes in and you get that shot under it. Amazing. One of my favorite shots in cinematic.

Just goes to show. It's not about budget or what you have to work with. It's about storytelling skill and passion about the material.

As to the Enterprise D's age, the Excelsior class vessels were in service for around a hundred years and were one of the federations' main work horses during the dominion war.

It was supposed to be a farewell to the TNG cast, it felt more like a farewell to Star Trek.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="120">2:00</a> hearing the late Majel Barrett as the ships computer again made me feel emotional in a way I didn't realize, and I think that did that intentionally. They really gave her the space to allow the audience to realize they haven't heard this voice since at LEAST 2008. It was really tender and sweet to have Majel there in that way again.

Data and Geordi's scene about their friendship is pure Star Trek.

I still feel bad for waking up my neighbour's yapping terrier at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="90">1:30</a> AM, when I belly laughed at "Swords are fun."

My health is falling apart, my own body is betraying me, I can not wait 10 years for them to get their shit together.

The final episode did have some ridiculous occurences, but the characters were done justice. Everyone felt pretty much like they should have at this point in their lives. Too bad we didn't get 3 seasons of this.

As for the renaming of the Titan to the Enterprise. I'm one of those people who believe it is bad luck to rename a ship. When a ship is named it goes into the Ledger. That's Ledger with a capital L. Renaming a ship may mean you're trying to slip something past the Ledger and that will have dire consequences for you in the long run.

They should have renamed the Titan to the USS Picard and then have a line from Jack saying to his old man "I hope you don't mind but I'm keeping my Mums surname or this is going to be weird"

When Jack asks Picard in the bar if he ever had a family outside of Star Fleet and Picard rebuffs him, that scene hit hard. Loved it.

Star Trek Continues show is a lot more faithful to the OG Star Trek series nowadays.

When they flew the Millenium Falcon NCC-1701-D into the centre of the Death Star and took out the power core, I said f*** yeah, Picard Solo got the shield generator offline. And then the Falcon D had to race the flames and came bursting out when I was sure she'd burned up. Best episode of Terry Galactica I've ever seen.

Gary "they're reunited with the last character" Miles O'Brien "I could've reversed the shit outta some polarities"

The borg used to be a collective. You couldn't kill them all, or even destroy their whole ship, because each one was just one small component. Now they're all centralized around a single queen, and the entire borg cube was destroyed by a single weak point.

Yall are giving this half-ass nostalgia bump far too much credit... but perhaps yall are really into flying into the borg deathstar...

I hardly get emotional...even with my own family, but I nearly cried when the crew stepped back onto the bridge one last time. 😊

This season of Picard is everything the Star Wars sequel trilogy wanted to be. I cried when they revealed the great Enterprise D

There was just one moment to be careful off…the shot at the end of the 4 women on the Titan looking bold and fearless and then straight to Geordie, Data and Worf snoring on the enterprise. A little glimpse as to where the new 7 series will go. I mean Jack has zero chance with 7, Raffi and the La Forge sisters there to put him in his place.

I don't care about any "Star Trek" after Enterprise.The early seasons of Picard and the entirety of STD have made it irredeemable.

I caught myself tearing up a handful of times during S3. I had no interest in watching it, but a good review by a trusted source brought me back, and from ep1 to ep10 I was hooked. It was amazing. 👏

One of the main issues with Seasons 1 and 2, was that Patrick Stewart had WAY too much creative control and input. In Season 3, it was all taken out of his hands and he was just an actor this time.

this episode was embarrassing, that mediocrity is being praised reveals how low this has fallen

After the producers AND actors called us all kinds of things you still creep back...

I put Picard S3 up there with Andor for SW, a one off good season that inexplicably does things right and keeps it simple, ...and sadly its looking like won't be repeated in either franchise.

I thought they could have filmed a scene in which the Starfleet admiral in the first season that said, "Sheer fucking hubris" to Picard was arrested as a changeling.

Problem with Picard ... we are so starved for anything good and non woke, that now we a raving about a series with a lead actor that looks so frail he's going to break any moment!

You forgot that season 1 and 2 of Picard were crap because that's how Patrick wanted it to be. The restrictions he put on the creative led to that garbage. Season 3 worked because Terry finally convinced Patrick to do it his way.

Member-berries

I didnt think this show could make me tear up any more, but it absolutely did more than once. Ro Laren was Picard's child in all but blood and seeing her brought back instantly made me see theyve got a writer who gets the fans!

They should be treating the Galaxy class just like they did the Excelsior class back in the day. Have it as an old reliable workhorse

1 year later. Does that mean they all had the Enterprise D to galavant around the galaxy in for a year? I'd watch the hell out of that show!

When the original 7 characters were sitting at the conference table on the Titan... that was enough for me! The script even knew it! Seeing them back on the D...! And JJ couldn't/wouldn't put three characters together on screen for even a minute. I've literally sworn off that man's work forever.

Renaming the Titan to Enterprise felt almost like Ray calling herself Skywalker. Change my Mind.

I think the final scene should of been the reveal of the ship rename...but it shouldn't be enterprise...it should of been named Picard...and have the final image just be the saucer with the word Picard across the screen.. fade to black

I actually think the line "I was waiting on that vineyard to die" (and the fan service in S3 in general) carries a lot more weight after S1&2, because it's almost openly admitting to the creative mistakes they made so that redemption of the character felt more rewarding. I'd give the season a solid 7 out of 10. I did think there was a bit of jarring nostalgia bait and as Gary says some contrivances but it did the most important thing which was to give Picard and the TNG crew the send-off/happy ending they deserved and undo a lot of the mistakes in S1&2 (even down to Q making a brief but gratifying reappearance). It was just a good trip down memory lane, plus I liked some of the new additions too. Really interested to hear what RedLetterMedia think about it.

Just finished watched it, i initially stopped after S1. but the talk of S3 made me go give it a try, and i am so happy you all spread the word of this, it was great, the feeling of seing OLD beloved characters, doing their thing, finding their characters again, it was incredible to watch, the new characters added to the show, not dragging it down as we so often have seen, they did not outshine the old, but matched or possibly looked up to these legends of Starfleet.. It left me feeling so happy when it was all said and done. Fuck that last scene of them playing cards, was so good to me.. Old friends reunited after so long, imagine if we had gotten something like that with Han, Leia & Luke.

Odd thing but every time I see the ds9 episode where sisko is taken out of time and his son sees this happen and he cries every time his father pops in briefly I have a storm of tears every single time I see the episode I just break down completely it's the only episode on star trek that gets this much water works out of me. My heart breaks for siskos son because how powerful the performance was and can put myself in his place. Star trek or star wars simply no longer get this reaction from me anymore.

When the Enterprise came out of warp next to Jupiter, I actually shouted "f**k yeah!". I've never done that to a TV show before.

I watched it, I was quite a bit more emotional than I expected, especially when the Enterprise D appeared on screen!

I just finished watching season 3. Amazing! The best Star Trek I have seen since Next Gen, DS9 and Voyager and Enterprise. Just an amazing achievement that came out of nowhere. I loved it! I never watching the first two season because I didn't want to ruin Star Trek for myself. I really hope they do a spin off with Seven and the new crew, AND keep it as good as this 3rd season was. Great take on everything guys.

'It was a gift.' Perfect articulation of how this season felt. I'm grateful that my fave Trek team was pulled back together for this.

This season brought back great memories of me as a kid with my Dad and brother watching the TV show together. I've never cried before watching Star Trek, but I sure did this season. It was as close to perfect as you can get.

I absolutely LOVED Picard season 3. I’ve never watched season 1-2 and they don’t exist in my world.

For every 'space fireworks' there was a 'Riker going 'shit i never knew these were so heavy''. I loved it for better or worse.

Big fan of Picard season 3, and appreciate those who did the work to get it done.

if this is a win, then all hope is truly lost

The biggest success of this season, I think, is that they actually got the new legacy characters over properly by having them enhance and be enhanced by the original TNG cast. I actually like Jack Crusher and Sidney LaForge and I would like to see more of them, and a big part of that is that Jack and Sidney aren't spotlight hogs who are perfect at everything.

This season of Picard was the first time in my life where I got to look forward all week to the "new Star Trek episode" coming out!

I remember hearing that when Paramount was pitching the show to Patrick Stewart, one of the things he didn't want was the series to be a TNG crew reunion show and just a continuation of TNG. He wanted Picard to be a character study with a different approach. The first two season definitely went that route and failed gloriously because of it.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="670">11:10</a> to go back even further, the HMS victory was something like 25-30yrs old at the battle of trafalgar in 1805 and still took on newer Spanish and French first rates, as well as the world's first 4 deck first rate the santissima trinidad. Using the napoleonic age as an example, if it takes 6 or 7 years to build a ship, it needs to last.

It was like a fan film.

I fully expected it will end with at least Picard kicking the bucket for good. I'm totally blown away that all of them made it.

Daves ending with Riker sitting down in the upgraded Enterprise D from "All good things" would have been perfect. AND they could have kept the Titan crew as is for a Star Trek Legacy. That would have been amazing.

I dunno if it was 'good', but it certainly was better.

Where's the part where Gary does the impossible and explains how this ISN'T nostalgia bait??

The ending of Picard made me kind of sad that we never got that kind of closure with Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewy in Star Wars. All of the legacy heroes together in one room for one last adventure

From interviews, what got Burton back was definitely letting him bring his real life daughter into the show. For that kind of role, they used her really well. Speaking of which, can we give the show credit for doing TWO major "child of a beloved main character" characters, and both were well received?

I have no desire to see the Titanprise with 7 and Raffi. No desire at all.

People continued watching it after the first 1/2 of the first season??? 🤣😂

The Borg built a Death Star!

There's no way in hell I'm watching this series after 2 seasons of it being a dumpster fire. To pay to see it at this point just serves to pull out people's asses out of the fire who need to continue roasting in the bed they made for themselves.

Did anyone else notice that with 7 having Raffi as her first officer when she takes command of the Enterprise-G, it's basically setting up the same dynamic in the Orville? Who's copying who now?

way to go... the drinker and Dave Cullen together.. fantastic.

Love the Star Trek IV callback with the Presidential announcement

The geriatric bridge crew in the thumbnail is unintentionally amusing…..

I'm sure the new Starfleet Academy series will be amazing! 🙃🤣

What they did in Picard S3 is what they should have done with Star Wars legacy characters.. but now it's to late. Ah well.

Seasons one and two made me want to bash my head in with a rock, season three is like a totally different show, for the better.

The Data/Lore 'battle' scene was really good and hit right😮❤🎉