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Paramount have released a nostalgia-pumping teaser for the third and final season of Picard.

At the San Diego Comic-Con, stars Patrick Stewart and Gates McFadden gave a quick interview to IGN's Narz and Scott Collura.

The interview began on an honest but sour note:

Narz: Now obviously the show [Picard] started off very not like TNG and now we're seeing the crew kind of re-uniting. Can you tell us how that came about Patrick?

Patrick Stewart Well first of all I'll ask you a question. Were you disappointed it wasn't like TNG?

Narz's reply about Picard is almost as fun as her original question.

Narz: I, I loved TNG and I think it's great that we're bringing everyone back. LeVar Burton. We got Jonathan Frakes. I think it's so amazing that you're able to bring all of the characters back and we get to see Worf again, in his old age.

Patrick: Well I think it's important to say that the third season is much more than a reunion. Much, much more. It's intense. It's personal. It's social. It's family and it gets very serious.

Of course it's anyone's guess how much of interviews like these are spontaneous versus scripted but either way it's rare to see the new Star Trek shows cast in anything but a glowing light.

Speaking of light later in the interview we get:

Scott: Actually you did an afterlife story. I don't know if you recall on the old show where your grandmother...

Gates: Oh please. Yes. Yes. With the lamp and the green thing and wild sex with the lamp. It was memorable.

That's not quite how we remember the episode.

Maybe Shatner wasn't going off the reservation when he dunked on both new Star Trek and Star Wars earlier during the comic-con.

Paramount's PR machine may have changed tactics.

Picard's third and final season will stream next year on Prime Video.

[ Main Image: Picard season 3 teaser - Gates McFadden. Credit: Paramount via YouTube. ]

References

IGN (July 24, 2022). Picard: Patrick Stewart and Gates McFadden Tease TNG Crew Tension | Comic Con 2022. YouTube.

Rotten Tomatoes TV (July 24, 2022). Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Comic-Con Teaser. YouTube.