Warning: Contains spoilers about the latest season of Star Trek: Picard.
Rarely has a Star Trek finale raised so many spinoff flags as the final episode of Picard season 3.
The final episode left fan favorite Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) sitting in the Captain’s chair of the newly christened USS Enterprise-G, with Raffi (Michelle Hurd) as her “Number One.” Jean Luc Picard’s son, the multi-talented Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers), was acting as a personal advisor to the captain – allowing him to take a command seat on the bridge even though he was a newly commissioned Ensign. As for the crew of the Enterprise-G, popular actress Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut was in the pilot’s seat as Helmsman Sidney La Forge.
John de Lancie made a shock appearance as the all knowing “Q,” mocking Picard’s son in much the same way as he mocked Picard for seven years of The Next Generation, promising young Jack that he had much to look forward to.
The potential new series has been discussed by showrunner Terry Matalas, who has titled the hypothetical project Star Trek: Legacy. In the final episode of Picard, Jack Crusher even teased the new show’s working title when he turned to Captain Seven and asked her to write “the opening line to your legacy.”
Legacy would have plenty of financial clout if it were to go ahead. Picard Season 3 gained series-best reviews and topped streaming charts. Any spin-off show would have the immediate support of legions of fans. With the Trek universe continuing to expand with the recently announced Section 31 movie (starring Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh), as well as Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, it is looking increasingly likely that some kind of Picard spinoff will happen.
If it were to go ahead, Legacy would put to rest 24th Century-era Trek and allow modern writers to show what the 25th Century galaxy has to offer. Fans in the know are already predicting an episodic series in the style of the immensely well-received Strange New Worlds.
