Generally, having a bona fide nerd on the helm of one of many nerdiest franchises ever created can turn out to be useful. Like many followers, “Picard” season 3 showrunner Terry Matalas felt strongly that “The Subsequent Technology” forged had unfinished enterprise after the uneven ending offered by “Star Trek: Nemesis.” As Matalas advised EW, “I believe the unique collection had a last send-off with ‘Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Nation.’ This forged by no means actually had that. In order that was the purpose from the start, to ship ’em off in a single last journey that was each thrilling and deeply private.” The highest precedence, then, concerned giving Picard and Riker one final trip that may take full benefit of a relationship that has grown “spicier,” within the phrases of Jonathan Frakes himself.

Matalas went on to clarify his reasoning behind pairing up the previous crew as soon as once more:

“I assumed it was vital to not simply get all of them collectively within the first second, however to earn every one in all these character tales, to present every one in all these characters their second earlier than they arrive collectively. For those who have been going to do a final ‘Subsequent Technology’ film, you’ll actually solely have two, perhaps three hours to try this. That is what’s stunning a few 10-episode type of ‘mini’ collection. You possibly can discover all of them and see how they’re totally different and pair them up.”

Thus far, season 3 has returned Picard and Riker to the familiarity of a Federation starship, albeit with a way more shoot-from-the-hip method this time round that each Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Child would approve of.

“Picard” debuts new episodes on Paramount+ each Thursday.