Obligatory spoiler warning for those who are not fully caught up on the latest offerings of the third season of Star Trek Picard - This article will contain spoilers for the first 3 episodes of the season.

Since the launch of the first season of Star Trek Picard, its been plagued with bad storytelling and over the top fan service (I can appreciate good fan service, but it felt a little too much in the early seasons). Season 2 was better overall in terms of the story and tying up the storylines of some our beloved characters such as the irrepressible Q.
I'll admit the ending where Jean-Luc hugged Q for the final time brought a tear to this writers eye. I really enjoyed seeing De Lancie step back into role of the omnipitent being.

Season 3 of Picard has been a massive hit for both myself and other fans who were hoping for one last bombastic adventure by the intrepid Next Generation crew and so far Season 3 has been delivering on all fronts! With the big revelation that Beverly had a son with Jean-Luc whom he didn't know about feels like it might be setting things up for a new "Next Next Generation" following Jack in some form.
It is nice to know however that the Picard dynasty isn't going to end with Jean-Luc.

The overall plot seems interesting so far but the deeper look into the characters themselves and how they are struggling with their past, especially Riker still struggling over the loss of his son Thaddeus and how that has affected him and subsequently how that has affected his relationship with Deanna has made me connect with Riker on a new level as we see how broken he truly is.

There have been a few moments that have had me on the edge of my seat. Particularly at the end of the third episode "Seventeen Seconds" where Riker booted Picard off the bridge saying "Remove yourself from the bridge, you've just killed us all." sent chills down my back as we've never seen Jean-Luc and Will come to such heavy blows before.

The dynamic between Raffi and Worf feels like a perfect match and so far Michael Dorn has been knocking it out of the park, although this new pacist attitude of Worf feels a little bit out of left field but did leave me giggling on a few occasions. Its been great to see the old crew coming together one last time to overcome as beverly put it: "A Jean-Luc Picard level threat".

I'm excited to see how the other characters are going to play into the story, especially as we're yet to see Geordi and Brent Spiner reprising his role as Lore. During one of the trailers there was a moment where you could hear Geordi screaming "GOD DAMMIT LORE!", I imagine he's probably going to be one of the seasons bad guys (I mean its Lore, he couldn't be anything else right?).

The latest episode "No Win Scenario" had a lot of interesting moments as the reality of their situation began to sink in especially the insight we got into Captain Shaw and his hostility and resentment towards Seven and Picard being former borg drones. I had a feeling that it was going to be connected in some way to Wolf 359. The emotion that Todd Stashwick (Liam Shaw) brought during that outburst in the holodeck was nothing short of thrilling.

Season 3 has brought the changelings back into the role of the bad guy again is an excellent move in my opinion as they represented a grave threat to the Alpha Quadrant. The fact that they are involved once again in some kind of plot to potentially destroy the Federation makes me excited to see what comes next!

What do you think of Picard Season 3 so far? Are you enjoying it? Let us know below!

WRITTEN & EDITED BY Solace
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