Whereas fairly a couple of members of the solid have appeared on “Picard” in previous seasons, together with Jonathan Frakes as Will Riker, Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi, and McFadden as Beverly Crusher, the third season will even see the return of LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge and Michael Dorn as Worf, Son of Mogh. Dorn in all probability has some apply coping with heavier content material from his time on “Star Trek: Deep Area 9,” however they have not accomplished all of it collectively, and it in all probability hasn’t gotten this darkish. When McFadden shared how nice it was that they had been nonetheless working collectively in any case of those years, Stewart identified that they are not simply nonetheless working collectively, however nonetheless rising collectively:

“And dealing collectively and with that work, difficult each other, each as characters and as actors, too. It isn’t simply develop into cozy and acquainted. There’s a lot underground and other people being pulled at and torn at and in peril and threat, which was a lot, way more intense than it was in ‘The Subsequent Era.'”

“Picard” has handled genocide, substance abuse and dependancy, totalitarian dystopias, and extra, so it is not an enormous shock that season 3 will proceed to dig into some heavy matters. Not less than the solid can have their outdated buddies there to lean on, and there is all the time the group textual content that McFadden revealed all of them have. Are you able to think about being in a “Subsequent Era” group textual content? Or actually, any group textual content with Jonathan Frakes? They’re dwelling the dream, regardless of how darkish season 3 will get.