Star Trek: The Next Generation
Summary
Star Trek : The Next Generationshowrunner Michael Piller shared what it feel like saying goodbye to Patrick Stewart and the character of Captain Jean - Luc Picard when the show stop . Since his introduction in the premiere episode ofTNG , Captain Picard has become one of the franchise ’s most beloved characters . Even with all of theStar Trekshows that have aired sinceTNG , many still turn over Picard to beStar Trek’sbest captain . But Picard would not live without Patrick Stewart , and it ’s Stewart ’s carrying out that has made Picard such an iconic and abiding grapheme .
Although Picard was the Captain of the USS Enterprise - D , and indeedPatrick Stewart often stole the show , it was all ofTNG’scharacters together that ensured the show ’s success . Thecastof Star Trek The Next Generationgrew close while filming and their friendship often shines through , particularly inTNG’sseries finale , " All Good Things …. " When the senior officers of the Enterprise sit down down for a secret plan of poker , it feel like it could just as easily be the actors themselves . In theStar Trekoral history , The Fifty - Year Mission : The Next 25 Yearsby Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross , the former Michael Piller discusses shoot the stopping point and what it was like bidding leave to Patrick Stewart and Captain Picard . take his full quotation below :
The twenty-four hour period I went down to say adios to Patrick on the stage , I finger a loss . It ’s the loss I felt from missing a character that I ’ve really become attached to . I mean Picard is a singular theatrical role , and Patrick Stewart made him that way . I ’m [ single ] out Patrick , because he is a especial talent . It was five old age of surprises and delights , and you ca n’t think how rare it is in television to have the joy of working with talents like these the great unwashed . So I really finger sad the last day when they were shooting the last stroke , because it was the utter teaming of writers and performer where we were able to say something through television in an entertaining way .
Star Trek : The Next Generation ’s ending is considered one of TV ’s best finales , but Brent Spiner and Brannon Braga say it could ’ve been even better .
Patrick Stewart Brought New Layers To Jean-Luc Picard In Star Trek: Picard
Picard became an even more complete character.
WhileStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s classic close , " All beneficial thing … " may have been the end of an earned run average , it was n’t the last of Jean - Luc Picard and his Enterprise crew . Patrick Stewart would get to cover his privileged action hero for theTNGmovies , particularlyStar Trek : First Contact , but the films did n’t unfeignedly dive into what make Picard Picard . Star Trek : Picardtook on this undertaking , delving into the childhood backstory of one ofStar Trek’smost iconic captains . Patrick Stewart returned to play an one-time version of Jean - Luc , who had kip down from Starfleet and adjudicate to live out the rest of his days on his fellowship ’s vineyard . Despite his retreat , Picard get himself caught up in another escapade that coerce him to face up his yesteryear .
ThroughoutStar Trek : Picardseasons 1 and 2 , Jean - Luc reckons with his past trauma , both from his childhood and from his experience with the Borg . Patrick Stewart is as phenomenal as ever , bring the same combination of charm and gravitas to now - Admiral Picard . But this Jean - Luc has had years to dwell on his past andPicard is not the same man he was . Jean - Luc ’s journey culminate inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 , as he reconnects with his previous friends from the Enterprise - 500 and discovers a boy he did n’t fuck he had . Picardseason 3 gives the gang fromStar Trek : The Next Generationanother perfect finale , and adds new depth to the case of Jean - Luc Picard .
Star Trek : The Next Generationis available to teem on Paramount+ .
Source : The Fifty - Year Mission : The Next 25 twelvemonth : From The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams : The accomplished , Uncensored , and unauthorised unwritten History of Star Trek by Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross
