One advantage Star Trek: Picard Season 3 had before an episode aired was the foreknowledge it was, effectively, a reunion of The Next Generation cast. Fans desperately wanted to see Worf, Geordi La Forge and Beverly Crusher again. However, Star Trek’s best couple, Will Riker and Deanna Troi, were part of Picard from the beginning. Their character journeys are as profound as any in the show. Literary legend Michael Chabon took the creative lead on Picard Season 1, taking the story and characters in provocative directions.Understandably, some fans took umbrage to the relative melancholy in the show, given the hopeful The Next Generation finale. The revelation Will and Deanna lost one of their two children to a sci-fi disease felt like too much. It was supposed to. The power of their story in Season 3 only works if Riker and Troi are having difficulty. Riker took off on a hare-brained adventure with Jean-Luc Picard because of an offense. What Deanna did was, in its own way, also beautiful. More frustrating is how long The Next Generation producers kept the couple apart. This went beyond the typical “will they or won’t they” arc. Riker and Troi often had one-off relationships with guest stars, some recurring. However, the two most important people in Riker and Troi’s development never gave up on them.The pilot episode of The Next Generation revealed Riker and Troi had a deep, emotional relationship prior to the series. However, the writers eventually found it easier to pair them off. “The fans loved the Troi-Riker thing, producers…ignored it…. Jonathan and I refused to let it die,” Sirtis said in a Picard featurette. Frakes added they would often remind each other the characters were in love. He described it as the foundation on which they built their performances. The characters didn’t get together for good until Star Trek: Insurrection. They were married in Nemesis, the final film. Frankly, it is lucky the new storytellers did not break them up if only to have them fall in love again.RELATED: Why Deanna Troi Wore a Starfleet Uniform in TNG’s Final Seasons
One advantage Star Trek: Picard Season 3 had before an episode aired was the foreknowledge it was, effectively, a reunion of The Next Generation cast. Fans desperately wanted to see Worf, Geordi La Forge and Beverly Crusher again. However, Star Trek‘s best couple, Will Riker and Deanna Troi, were part of Picard from the beginning. Their character journeys are as profound as any in the show. Literary legend Michael Chabon took the creative lead on Picard Season 1, taking the story and characters in provocative directions.
Understandably, some fans took umbrage to the relative melancholy in the show, given the hopeful The Next Generation finale. The revelation Will and Deanna lost one of their two children to a sci-fi disease felt like too much. It was supposed to. The power of their story in Season 3 only works if Riker and Troi are having difficulty. Riker took off on a hare-brained adventure with Jean-Luc Picard because of an offense. What Deanna did was, in its own way, also beautiful. More frustrating is how long The Next Generation producers kept the couple apart. This went beyond the typical “will they or won’t they” arc. Riker and Troi often had one-off relationships with guest stars, some recurring. However, the two most important people in Riker and Troi’s development never gave up on them.
The pilot episode of The Next Generation revealed Riker and Troi had a deep, emotional relationship prior to the series. However, the writers eventually found it easier to pair them off. “The fans loved the Troi-Riker thing, producers…ignored it…. Jonathan and I refused to let it die,” Sirtis said in a Picard featurette. Frakes added they would often remind each other the characters were in love. He described it as the foundation on which they built their performances. The characters didn’t get together for good until Star Trek: Insurrection. They were married in Nemesis, the final film. Frankly, it is lucky the new storytellers did not break them up if only to have them fall in love again.
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