There’s fan service and then there’s this. What a gift to the fans. What. A. Gift. It still feels surreal to think about sometimes.

Fun fact, that this scene was actually an hour long. The poker scene was all improvised, and had so much content of the actors just being their characters. Having a great time. Supposedly they will release the full hour at a later date with the BluRay release.

In Remembrance to... ◾ Leonard Nimoy role as Spock (born: March 26, 1931 - died: February 27, 2015) ◾ DeForest Kelley role as Leonard McCoy (born: January 20, 1920 - died: June 11, 1999) ◾ James Doohan role as Scotty (born: March 3, 1920 - died: July 20, 2005) ◾ Nichelle Nichols role as Uhura (born: December 28, 1932 - died: July 30, 2022) ◾ Majel Barrett role as Christine Chapel and Ship Computer Voice (born: February 23, 1932 - died: December 18, 2008) ◾ Grace Lee Whitney role as Janice Rand (born: April 1, 1930 - died: May 1, 2015) ◾ René Auberjonois role as Constable Odo (born: June 1, 1940 - died: December 8, 2019) ◾ Anton Yelchin role as Ensign Pavel Chekov (born: March 11, 1989 - died: June 19, 2016) ◾Gene Roddenberry Sr. the American television screenwriter, producer, and creator of Star Trek: The Original Series, its sequel spin-off series Star Trek: The Animated Series, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a police officer. Roddenberry flew 89 combat missions in the Army Air Forces during World War II and worked as a commercial pilot after the war. Later, he followed in his father's footsteps and joined the Los Angeles Police Department, where he also began to write scripts for television. (born: August 19, 1921 - died: October 24, 1991) The original and legacy of Star Trek. Thank you for the greatest memories that I will always cherish forever. 🖖🌟

My best friend died in 2021. He was a huge Star Trek fan, especially Next Generation. This was a fantastic season. I just wish he could have gotten to see it.

I love that the cast isn't fully muted when the theme song plays, so that you can still hear their laughter and friendship through the credits.

Worf over here like, "Thirty-seven years of this bs, and I *still* haven't won a single hand. Someone please hand me a phaser."

I really appreciate how this scene shows how much Picard has evolved since the start of TNG. In the begining he would never join the poker game because he wanted to keep his distance, at the end of TNG he trepiditiously asked to join, but now he confidently initiates the game and enjoys playing it with his old crewmates. It's definitely a good way to end his story, even though I feel sad because this is possibly the last time we will ever see them all together on screen.

The last shot of the camera spiraling away from the table, amazing call back to "All good things..."

Far more like watching 7 friends re-unite than like watching 7 actors re-create an iconic scene. They really made it their own and we, the fans, we won that card game. ❤

Truly, the ending the Next Generation cast deserved

Jean-Luc Picard was finally able to find what he was seeking. After rediscovering his capacity to do good in his old age with helping refugees, and facing the cause of his fears through his family history, he finally had the courage to reach out to his found family, and found the greatest discovery of all through his son. And he made trillions of souls he never knew smile and cheer from beyond the grave, ending the Borg. Yvette, Robert, and Renee would be smiling upon him.

The TNG theme is so epic and beautifully done here. Using it fully over the credits like this, with the old Enterprise crew, properly ties this modern version of Trek to its iconic past for me and I just love it.

I keep coming back to this scene. I just love it so much. The gang together, just enjoying each other's company in the light of the friendships they've built and what they've accomplished together. it's so perfect. SO perfect. I love these guys. Thank you, Terry Matalas!!!!

The new arrangement of the TNG-Theme is SO POWERFULL!!!

I've never felt so attached to a group of people I've never met before in my entire life.

Sometimes, I come back to this scene and ask "Is this real? Did this really happen?" Did they really get the old crew back together to save the day once again? Did they really fix nearly every major issue with TNG had Post "All Good things"? The shitty way the Enterprise went out:: Fixed Data's death: Fixed Picard's death: Fixed Even Picard's stupid "I can hear them" in First Contact is actually crucial now. Terry Matalas is a goddamn hero in my book.

It’s rather poetic that the heroes who saved the galaxy end their service with family game night. ❤️

Glad Terry Matalas and the cast gave us this. He gets it. If only we could have had similar farewell scenes from DS9, Voyager, Enterprise, and TOS.

0:31 "I fold!" 😂😂😂😂

I remember turning to my bf saying "They probably just ran the camera for 3 hours and let the cast do whatever they wanted." Here we sit.

The one thing that can bring out Worf's anger XD

3:07 beverly looks at the camera but no one noticed 🤣

TMP theme is umatched. When I started listening, I got goosebumps.

I cry every time because I remember watching the TNG premiere as a 12 year old boy. I just can't help it. Thank you Mr. Matalas.

This track said "we miss you, Jerry"

The fact that this mirrored the scene from the final episode of TNG was brilliant

I still cant believe William Shatner one of the last remaining OG Is still alive and to be around all Star Trek reincarnation.

This was a nice call back to the series finale "All Good Things..." At the end of that episode, Picard joined the poker game saying something to the extent that he should've started playing poker with the crew long ago instead of in the finale. This scene nicely bookend that original TNG series to now.

Jerry Goldsmith in Spirit, made me feel like there is hope for Star Trek after all. that score should have won an Oscar for TMP

THIS SCENE WILL BE FOREVER - EPICCCCCCC🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

That overhead shot of the poker table is so aesthetically pleasing. And I think it's cool how the cast is friends in real life.

Part of me wanted to see them all on the bridge taking the D out for a final journey, but this is really how it needed to end.

In the series finale, Picard was reluctant to join the game. Now he initiates it. My friends 🖐️❤🖖

All I can say is Thank you. I didn't realize how much I needed this.

Thank you Terry Matalas for bring real Trek back

Thank you for the fantastic closure to the TNG Crew, Picard Season 3. The Best Star Trek Cast. You are all Goated.

Watch Terry Matalas' interview with Wil Wheaton after the finale aired. This scene actually went on for about 15 minutes. He realized what a historic and beautiful moment it was and just kept the cameras going after the scripted stuff was out of the way. Being possibly the last time the Next Generation cast would all be together like this on a project (Just about everyone at that table is in their 70s, with LeVar Burton being almost at the 70 mark as the youngest and Patrick Stewart being the oldest in his 80s, it turned into just a group of old friends catching up, joking around and having a good time. Whoever is in charge of making the Season 3 DVD/BluRay release needs to have the entire 15 minutes in the bonus features. Also, who didn't have a tear in their eye when they did the final (?) shutdown of the Enterprise-D and Riker says how he missed that voice (Jonathan Frakes did confirm that he made sure the line was in the script, because the whole crew misses Majel Barrett)

M’Talas System reigns supreme… brilliant what he put together

All contributions for the Admirals retirement, gratefully received!

The absolute perfect ending for the TNG crew, this wasn't on my Bingo card at all after watching a few episodes in S1

I love the way Patrick Stewart pulls that ace out.

The use of the Nemesis intro for the fanfare is an interesting choice.

This truly was a perfect ending.

a truly heart warming scene to give a final send off. I couldn't hold back the smile when Picard pulled out a card and everyone was like "OH YEAH!" This has been a best season to bring the old gang together again.

This one season, essentially undid the damage of both Generations and Nemesis, by bringing back Data, and the Enterprise-D. And this poker scene hits a different feel than All Good Things: this is more than Jean-Luc Picard playing poker with his beloved old crew, it's Patrick Stewart playing poker with his beloved cast mates. "So...face card stud, nothing wild...and the sky's the limit"

Thank you for the times you gave us. I will always remember this crew and their Captain..Jean Luc Picard.

This ending actually feels like it's the end of a movie rather then a series.

Whos cutting onions during the end theme? Im 35 and it brings me to tears

This is so much more than I could have ever imagined as a farewell to those long-term friends ❤️🖖🖖❤️

They should've had Data wear his poker visor like he did in TNG.

This season was beautiful and this scene was the perfect ending.

This theme song always makes me tear up

This scene is both last scene for tng and pucard But still the theme song still catches us

I have said this several times. To me, this was not Star Trek: Picard Season 3. This was Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 8.

Love that they didn't negate the TV finale. They just reinforced it

The nemesis pending song killed it

The true ending. We can all forget about Nemesis now.

I just realized how thankful I am to have been able to experience this moment. And thanks for the cast to come together to give everyone one more moment of watching you all together. :)

I legit cried when TNG theme kicked on.

As fans we hope that so many of our shows get this kind of ending. This was the best!

One last senior staff poker game... and of course Jean-Luc cleans house. EDIT: Forgot something - only thing Data's missing is his visor from 'All Good Things...'

This is how you end a series, yet again. :D Before "All Good Things" was my cannon ending.

Jean-Luc was probably a bigger card shark than Will was in his early officer days.

I always thought that's how it would end. Only it would be aboard the saucer section only. It's good that 1701-D gets to hang out with her grandmother 1701-A.

Jesus christ man. This is like a movie all on its own!! Possibly the best out of all of them. The start and leave the exact same way. So much sentimental value to this show. So much wisdom. And a lot of them can be applied to right now, even. Timeless. But........love how they pull out everything from the past and put them all here. Even Alice Krige as the Borg Queen!!! Wow. They spared no one. And the little tease at the very end of the movie? Err, I mean series? Poor Jack...... From all the old cast, to the Enterprise D, to the new Enterprise G....wow! Can it get any better? We need a continuation of this! Most of the kickoff happens in Season 3. All the trekkies out there would enjoy this one. What a buildup! I'm telling you, this has so much more than any movie can offer in the history of Star Trek and movies in general. I guess technology and CG has matured and can now make the simplest things happen on the small screen. The original TV Star Trek and even all the TNG, could not duplicate this. Now, anything is possible and boy did they make this a good one.

I don't think anyone has pointed out that when Picard pulls out the playing card, wars first reaction is bowing his head in disappointment because he always loses.

this scene warms my heart so much.

THIS is what offsets what Nemesis failed to deliver. Aside from the crew of NCC-1701(no suffixes), no other crew deserves this sendoff.

It would be pretty cool if the big band in the background was Vic Fontaine singing The Way you look tonight like in the ds9 finale

I got very emotional when I first saw this the end of an era

And if anyone had any doubt that these people are friends off set, the fact this not only kept going the entire time the credits rolled, but for a full *hour* , speaks for itself

Fantastic ending

It would have been nice to have seen Guinan serving the drinks

The poker game is very important to them it's connected to them it's like a relationship between great friends for the last 30 years now please please please please please please make it a show like his son and 7of 9

And they lived happily ever after.

the holodeck could technically also recreate the bar, that could be a holodeck program running

From 00:55 on is the closing from Nemesis.

Since Star Trek: Picard is finally over, it's time for Sulu to finally get his own solo Star Trek series. The title for Sulu's solo series should be call "Star Trek: Sulu".

Was it me or I thought I saw Worf smiled.

"We're sorry for the godawful movies, and we realize TNG should have just ended with the poker game."

I’m happy the way it ends..Truly happy ❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭

So that bartender got fired for insulting the Ent-D as fat.

My dad would have loved this season hated the last one and hve been skeptical about season 1. He got in a car wrek in 2016.

THIS is what we wanted for the Star Wars Sequels!

Does anyone know the name of that jazzy tune that plays in the background when they first sit down to play (poker) ?

"Don't let them promote you. Don't let them transfer you. Don't let them do anything that takes you off the bridge of that ship, because while you're there, you can make a difference."

Unfortunately Seven and Data never shared a scene/talk.

5 card stud nothing wild... and the sky's the limit

I knew this would be the final scene.

It would be enough for Picard to appear twelve more times and he would break Miles O'Brien's appearance record.

Great ending

This scene is good because all this team has ever done in service is gamble for one lucky break in order to succeed.

Needed a Dr Pulaski cameo

And of course Worf loses once again.

What would've been cool is if all the characters were placed on the cards

So five card stud, nothing wild, and the sky's the limit.

Is troi drinking romulan ale?

Oof... the feels.

Hope worf had a good hand he went all in.

Curious to see whether they finally use "Du" in the German version.