Since its inception, Star Trek has always been about exploring strange new worlds and seeking out new life and new civilizations. After all, this goal is spelled out in the opening monologues of Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation. While most seasons of Star Trek feature their main cast visiting multiple new planets throughout a season, Picard season 3 chose a different path. The season centers on its characters, showing how they have grown and changed over the past twenty years, and relies on returning villains and mostly familiar settings.
Jonathan Frakes Directed The Most Star Trek Moment In Picard Season 3, Episode 4
The Titan Crew Witnesses The Birth Of Thousands Of Aliens
Star Trek: Picard season 3 delivers many great character moments, but its quintessential Star Trek moment comes in episode 4, "No Win Scenario." With the USS Titan-A sinking into a gravity well in the Ryton system nebula, Admiral Picard and Captain Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes) prepare for the worst. However, Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) notices a pattern in the waves coming from the gravity well and determines that they are contractions leading to a birth. Her son, Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers), rides one of these waves out of the nebula as its energy recharges the Titan.
Picard, Riker, Beverly, and Jack put their plan into motion, ultimately making it out of the nebula. Before they fully emerge into open space, the nebula breaks apart, releasing thousands of jellyfish-like creatures that swim around the ship. It's a beautiful sight, especially after the rough day the Titan's crew has been having. Dr. Crusher underlines the moment by whispering, "To seek out new life," in wonder. The crew appreciates the alien creatures from a moment, before Riker suggests that they "should boldly get the hell out of here," and the ship warps away.
Picard Seasons 1 & 2 Had More Of Star Trek’s Signature Mission
Picard & His Friends Seek Out More New Worlds In The Show's First Two Seasons
Based on the criteria of seeking out new life and exploring strange new worlds, the first two seasons of Star Trek: Picard could be considered more Star Trek than the third. Throughout Picard's first season, Admiral Picard and his friends visited the vibrant Stardust City on Freecloud, the Romulan Relocation Hub on Vashti, and the home of the synthetics on Coppelius. These visits may not have been traditional away missions, but they allowed Picard and his crew to mingle with the locals and experience alien life on a different planet.
In Star Trek: Picard season 2, John de Lancie's Q returned to test Picard yet again, sending the former Enterprise captain to an alternate reality where the xenophobic Confederation of Earth ruled the galaxy. Picard then reunited with his friends, and, with some help from the Borg Queen (Annie Wersching), they traveled back to the 21st century to prevent this dark future. After they succeeded in this mission, Picard encountered a "new" lifeform in the form of the benevolent Borg Collective, led by their Queen, formerly known as Dr. Agnes Jurati (Alison Pill).
