Star Trek: Picard Season 3: Revisit These TNG and DS9 Episodes to Prepare for Jean-Luc's Final Mission

A certain amount of the third season of Star Trek: Picard — which gets underway Thursday — requires you to have Data-like memory storage.

It’s not just the core Next Generation cast who make appearances in the show’s final run, but also lesser characters who only appeared for a few episodes during TNG‘s seven-season run. And Picard doesn’t just pull from Next Generation, but also incorporates subsequent Trek spinoffs Deep Space Nine (the Dominion War), Voyager (Seven of Nine’s conflicted nature) and beyond.

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Most of these callbacks will be explained in time, within the Paramount+ show, and it’s best not to spoil it too much. But if you wanted to prep for this final voyage, we’re at your service. So grab a glass of Saurian brandy and dial up these classic TNG episodes — plus one Deep Space Nine entry for added context — and engage!

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