The "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "The Best of Both Worlds" was a banner event in the "Star Trek" world. The first part aired on June 18, 1990, and it ended on a doozy of a cliffhanger. Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) had been kidnapped by a species of malevolent cyborgs called the Borg and assimilated into their mechanical collective. His body was implanted with machinery and tubing and his individuality was erased. In the episode's final scene, the now-assimilated Picard, calling itself Locutus, announced to his former ship, the U.S.S. Enterprise, that all its crewmembers would also be assimilated into the Borg and that the ship would be cannibalized. The Borg seemingly had no mandates other than to mechanically absorb anything they came across. The final line of the episode was Captain Riker (Jonathan Frakes), Picard's first officer for three years, ordering that the Enterprise fire weapons upon Locutus.
- 10/23/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
In the 1994 film "Star Trek: Generations," the Enterprise-d was sabotaged by Klingons, allowing the ship to be bested in battle and severely damaged. The ship's drive section blew up into a million pieces and the saucer section crash-landed on Veridian III. After a dramatic event like that, one might expect some of the Enterprise officers to re-think their career trajectories. It seems that most of the Enterprise's senior staff was 100% okay with merely moving to another (uglier) ship and going on their merry way. No one gets sentimental about the Enterprise-d.
Worf (Michael Dorn), however, did indeed have a crisis of career. His ship was destroyed and he didn't really know what he wanted to do. Luckily, a chance visit to Deep Space Nine revealed that he was content with the idea of transferring. He would no longer be a security officer, but an ambitious command officer. Starting with the...
Worf (Michael Dorn), however, did indeed have a crisis of career. His ship was destroyed and he didn't really know what he wanted to do. Luckily, a chance visit to Deep Space Nine revealed that he was content with the idea of transferring. He would no longer be a security officer, but an ambitious command officer. Starting with the...
- 10/15/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The world changed a lot in the 20 years that "Star Trek" was off-air. The Cold War was all but over when "The Next Generation" began airing in 1987. So, it made sense to reimagine the Klingons, who during "The Original Series" had been the Ussr stand-ins to the Federation's America. Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross' behind-the-scenes book, "The 50-Year Mission," details how the "Tng" writers did so.
David Gerrold, a writer on "Tos" who returned for "Tng," pitched a Klingon First Officer on the Enterprise-d. The parallels to Spock (Leonard Nimoy) would be obvious; producer Robert H. Justman even suggested the Klingon be half-human.
But wait, Worf wasn't the first officer on the Enterprise-d. That's because this idea was vetoed by "Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry. Roddenberry did not want to use the villains from "The Original Series" — his "Tng" production bible says Klingons and Romulans are verboten. Associate producer D.C. Fontana...
David Gerrold, a writer on "Tos" who returned for "Tng," pitched a Klingon First Officer on the Enterprise-d. The parallels to Spock (Leonard Nimoy) would be obvious; producer Robert H. Justman even suggested the Klingon be half-human.
But wait, Worf wasn't the first officer on the Enterprise-d. That's because this idea was vetoed by "Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry. Roddenberry did not want to use the villains from "The Original Series" — his "Tng" production bible says Klingons and Romulans are verboten. Associate producer D.C. Fontana...
- 8/20/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for "Star Trek: Picard" season 3.
In the sixth episode of "Star Trek: Picard" season 3, called "The Bounty," Data (Brent Spiner) -- or an updated rendition of him -- was introduced to the cast. Raffi (Michelle Hurd), Riker (Jonathan Frakes), and Worf (Michael Dorn) were stalking about a mysterious, high-security black site called Daystrom Station, looking for what high-tech weapon might have been stolen by a shadowy cabal of wicked Changelings. The trio finds that the station's security measures have been tied into a powerful artificial intelligence that has been, bafflingly, projecting holograms that they might recognize. Eventually, they find that the AI in question is, in fact, the android brain of Data, who had been reconstructed again after two previous "deaths."
The "Star Trek: Picard" version of Data, however, is sort of a new character. Not only does he now look like a 74-year-old man (Spiner...
In the sixth episode of "Star Trek: Picard" season 3, called "The Bounty," Data (Brent Spiner) -- or an updated rendition of him -- was introduced to the cast. Raffi (Michelle Hurd), Riker (Jonathan Frakes), and Worf (Michael Dorn) were stalking about a mysterious, high-security black site called Daystrom Station, looking for what high-tech weapon might have been stolen by a shadowy cabal of wicked Changelings. The trio finds that the station's security measures have been tied into a powerful artificial intelligence that has been, bafflingly, projecting holograms that they might recognize. Eventually, they find that the AI in question is, in fact, the android brain of Data, who had been reconstructed again after two previous "deaths."
The "Star Trek: Picard" version of Data, however, is sort of a new character. Not only does he now look like a 74-year-old man (Spiner...
- 4/16/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
This Star Trek: Picard article contains spoilers.
Perhaps today is a good day to die! More than 20 years since his last appearance as the Klingon warrior, Michael Dorn returns as Worf in the second episode of Star Trek: Picard season 3, “Disengage.” His big entrance in the episode is one of the first major twists in the new season of Picard, and sets up Worf’s role for the next several episodes, including his unlikely partnership with Raffi.
While “Disengage” actually ends by confirming that Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers) is in fact Jean-Luc’s biological son, the real twist here is that Worf is Raffi’s secret handler from Starfleet Intelligence. Just as Raffi’s cover is about to be blown in a Ferengi crime den, Worf charges in, slicing and dicing, just like the good old days. This is even more hardcore than anything we saw from the Klingon in...
Perhaps today is a good day to die! More than 20 years since his last appearance as the Klingon warrior, Michael Dorn returns as Worf in the second episode of Star Trek: Picard season 3, “Disengage.” His big entrance in the episode is one of the first major twists in the new season of Picard, and sets up Worf’s role for the next several episodes, including his unlikely partnership with Raffi.
While “Disengage” actually ends by confirming that Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers) is in fact Jean-Luc’s biological son, the real twist here is that Worf is Raffi’s secret handler from Starfleet Intelligence. Just as Raffi’s cover is about to be blown in a Ferengi crime den, Worf charges in, slicing and dicing, just like the good old days. This is even more hardcore than anything we saw from the Klingon in...
- 2/23/2023
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
This article contains spoilers for the second episode in season 3 of "Star Trek: Picard."
The third season of "Star Trek: Picard" is reuniting the cast of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" on-screen for the first time in years, and for fans of the walking conundrum known as the Klingon named Worf (Michael Dorn), episode 2 is especially exciting. We've seen some small glimpses via released images of what Worf is looking like these days, decades after we last saw him. The character started on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" before making the journey over to a space station on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," and now he's going to be a part of the grim events of "Star Trek: Picard." Each series has explored different elements of science fiction and has given Worf a different role to play, but it will be interesting to see how he's changed after all these...
The third season of "Star Trek: Picard" is reuniting the cast of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" on-screen for the first time in years, and for fans of the walking conundrum known as the Klingon named Worf (Michael Dorn), episode 2 is especially exciting. We've seen some small glimpses via released images of what Worf is looking like these days, decades after we last saw him. The character started on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" before making the journey over to a space station on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," and now he's going to be a part of the grim events of "Star Trek: Picard." Each series has explored different elements of science fiction and has given Worf a different role to play, but it will be interesting to see how he's changed after all these...
- 2/23/2023
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
Move over, "Star Wars" fans. As much as the grand-daddy of all sci-fi franchises still inspires a never-ending supply of debate over which movie in its over 45-year history ought to be considered the best, it has nothing on the conversation surrounding its more cerebral counterpart. Similar to the George Lucas-created series and "The Empire Strikes Back," "Star Trek" has one go-to consensus pick that most everyone would agree with as the absolute peak of the franchise: 1982's "The Wrath of Khan." But with a fanbase as varied and diverse as this one, the breadth of different reactions and perspectives can lead to some fascinating responses.
Take franchise legend Michael Dorn, for example, who is making his grand return in "Star Trek: Picard." As the actor behind the beloved Klingon warrior Worf, it's only natural that he'd be a little biased about which big-screen adventure is his own personal favorite.
Take franchise legend Michael Dorn, for example, who is making his grand return in "Star Trek: Picard." As the actor behind the beloved Klingon warrior Worf, it's only natural that he'd be a little biased about which big-screen adventure is his own personal favorite.
- 2/22/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
In Roger Nygard's 1997 documentary film "Trekkies," actor Wil Wheaton, who played teenage Wesley Crusher on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," pointed out that few groups of fans spend more time, energy, and finances on their object of affection than Trekkies. Anyone who has been to a "Star Trek" convention knows the sheer volume of "Star Trek" merchandise in the world. There are models of ships, tricorders, uniforms, communicator badges, and trading cards, not to mention t-shirts, phone cases, bumper stickers, coffee mugs, and any number of household items emblazoned with Trek indicia. This author owns a pizza knife in the shape of the U.S.S. Enterprise, with the ship's saucer section serving as the cutting blade.
Trekkies aren't as keen on action figures as their "Star Wars" fan counterparts, but one can find just about any character they want. Having been to Trek conventions, I recall actor Jonathan Frakes...
Trekkies aren't as keen on action figures as their "Star Wars" fan counterparts, but one can find just about any character they want. Having been to Trek conventions, I recall actor Jonathan Frakes...
- 2/21/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The character of Worf, first played by actor Michael Dorn in "Star Trek: The Next Generation," always stood apart from the other characters on the show. Not only was he the sole Klingon on board the U.S.S. Enterprise, he was the first Klingon every to enter Starfleet. His culture -- devoted to honor and combat -- often left him isolated. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) was intimidated by the violence contained in Worf's calisthenics programs on the holodeck. In one episode, it took a great deal of research from peers to know that Worf, notoriously closed-off, required a particular Klingon pain-based coming-of-age ritual. Quick to action, often suspicious, and appealingly complete, Worf was compelling in how standoffish he was.
Worf was also easily the most violent member of the Enterprise crew, often eager to engage suspects or invaders. As a Klingon, he believed that hand-to-hand combat was the best way to feel alive,...
Worf was also easily the most violent member of the Enterprise crew, often eager to engage suspects or invaders. As a Klingon, he believed that hand-to-hand combat was the best way to feel alive,...
- 2/21/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The third season of "Star Trek: Picard," debuting on Paramount+ on February 16, has boasted a reunion of most of the main cast of "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Previous seasons have featured returns from Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, and Marina Sirtis, but this new season will add Gates McFadden, Michael Dorn, and LeVar Burton as well. This will not just be a fun nostalgia trip for Trekkies who ache to see some old "Star Trek" favorites in the same room again (the first time since "Star Trek: Nemesis" in 2002) — it will also slake some curiosity as to what these characters have been doing for the past several decades.
"Star Trek: Picard" shows what the title character (Patrick Stewart) has been doing now that he's rounding 100 years of age, but what has Worf (Dorn) been up to? Or Dr. Crusher (McFadden)? Or Geordi La Forge (Burton)? There's swaths of mythology to explore.
"Star Trek: Picard" shows what the title character (Patrick Stewart) has been doing now that he's rounding 100 years of age, but what has Worf (Dorn) been up to? Or Dr. Crusher (McFadden)? Or Geordi La Forge (Burton)? There's swaths of mythology to explore.
- 2/16/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
It’s the small-screen reunion that all Trekkies have been waiting for. Season 3 of “Star Trek: Picard” will finally reunite the main cast from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” after 20+ years.
Patrick Stewart reprises his role as Admiral (formerly Captain) Jean-Luc Picard, who is now retired from Starfleet and living at his family vineyard on Earth.
However, he leaps back into action after receiving a distress call from a long-lost friend and rallies his former U.S.S. Enterprise crew to help.
When Does “Star Trek: Picard” Season 3 Come Out?
Season 3 of “Star Trek: Picard” premieres on Thursday, Feb. 16. New episodes of the 10-episode season are available to stream weekly on Thursdays at midnight.
Where Is “Star Trek: Picard” Streaming?
“Star Trek: Picard” streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S.
In Canada, “Star Trek: Picard” airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave.
The series...
Patrick Stewart reprises his role as Admiral (formerly Captain) Jean-Luc Picard, who is now retired from Starfleet and living at his family vineyard on Earth.
However, he leaps back into action after receiving a distress call from a long-lost friend and rallies his former U.S.S. Enterprise crew to help.
When Does “Star Trek: Picard” Season 3 Come Out?
Season 3 of “Star Trek: Picard” premieres on Thursday, Feb. 16. New episodes of the 10-episode season are available to stream weekly on Thursdays at midnight.
Where Is “Star Trek: Picard” Streaming?
“Star Trek: Picard” streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S.
In Canada, “Star Trek: Picard” airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave.
The series...
- 2/16/2023
- by Lawrence Yee
- The Wrap
The crew is getting back together again on the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard! The reunion of the beloved Next Generation cast begins with Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) receiving a distress signal from the one that got away, Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden). He puts a rescue plan into action, but it doesn’t go as planned. “She’s been across the universe in a Doctors’ Without Borders,” McFadden explains. “She’s being hunted at the start. There’s danger all around.” So, does her heart still beat faster when she sees Picard? “We’ll see. It’s been a journey. But she certainly remembers old Jean Luc.” In a separate storyline, Klingon Worf (Michael Dorn) steps in to save Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd), who is trying to prevent a terrorist attack on Starfleet. Before returning to the role, Dorn told the producers it was essential for...
- 2/15/2023
- TV Insider
Early in the new season of Star Trek: Picard, our eponymous hero (played, as always, by Patrick Stewart) and his companion Laris (Orla Brady) are supervising the donation of many of his career mementos to various Starfleet and Federation museums. Jean-Luc fears being an old relic who just waxes on about the good old days, but she assures him that he doesn’t have to spend so much time talking about the present. “The past matters, and that’s okay,” she insists. “A point comes in a man’s...
- 2/15/2023
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Few "Star Trek" characters are as beloved as Worf, the first Klingon to join Starfleet, and there are plenty of reasons why. Not only is he the character with the most onscreen appearances, but he's also had quite the journey across multiple "Star Trek" series, starting with "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Michael Dorn, who plays the opera-loving, prune juice-drinking Klingon, is also fiercely protective of his character. It's understandable then that Terry Matalas, who took over as showrunner for the third season of "Star Trek: Picard," was nervous about his pitch for bringing Worf back decades after we last saw him in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." Not only was this approach different from some of the post-"DS9" comics and novels, but it was a big swing. Thankfully, it turns out that his idea reminded Dorn of a fun Quentin Tarantino character, and from there, things just started to click into place.
- 2/14/2023
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
It’s been two decades since we’ve seen Jean-Luc Picard on a starship alongside his Next Generation crew… but it was worth the wait.
The third and final season of Star Trek: Picard (debuting this Thursday on Paramount+) doubles as a Next Generation reunion, with star Patrick Stewart reteaming with his old co-stars Gates McFadden (Beverly Crusher), Jonathan Frakes (Riker), Michael Dorn (Worf) and LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge) for the first time since 2002’s Star Trek: Nemesis. In the video above, Stewart admits to TVLine he didn’t initially want to bring everyone back on Picard: “I was...
The third and final season of Star Trek: Picard (debuting this Thursday on Paramount+) doubles as a Next Generation reunion, with star Patrick Stewart reteaming with his old co-stars Gates McFadden (Beverly Crusher), Jonathan Frakes (Riker), Michael Dorn (Worf) and LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge) for the first time since 2002’s Star Trek: Nemesis. In the video above, Stewart admits to TVLine he didn’t initially want to bring everyone back on Picard: “I was...
- 2/13/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
It shouldn't come as a huge surprise to anyone who's been watching "Star Trek: Picard," but the upcoming third season is going to be a whole lot darker than "Star Trek: The Next Generation." In an interview with /Film's Vanessa Armstrong, stars Patrick Stewart and Gates McFadden talked about how things had changed since the last time the whole crew of the "Next Generation" Enterprise were together onscreen, and apparently the tone has shifted despite the comfort of old friendships. After all, "Picard" hasn't been the happiest series in the franchise, and season 2 was more than a bit of a downer. While "Next Generation" could be dark on occasion, there were also plenty of goofy holodeck episodes and weird Q shenanigans to lighten things up..
The good news is that while season 3 of "Picard" is going to take the "Next Generation" crew to some dark and disturbing new places, at...
The good news is that while season 3 of "Picard" is going to take the "Next Generation" crew to some dark and disturbing new places, at...
- 2/13/2023
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
In its third and final season, "Star Trek: Picard" is going out with a bang by bringing back fan-favorite characters from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" for one final reunion in the final frontier. The most recent trailer for "Picard" season 3, coming out of New York Comic Con (Nycc) this weekend, showed familiar faces like LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, and Brent Spiner springing back into action as their "Next Generation" characters. However, as we catch up with Dorn and Burton as Worf and Geordie La Forge in season 3, they're in a different place than they were when we last saw them.
In the trailer, there's a line where Worf says, "I now prefer pacifism to combat," which seems to fly in the face of his combat-driven Klingon culture. /Film's Ben F. Silverio was in attendance at the Nycc panel for "Picard" this weekend, where...
In the trailer, there's a line where Worf says, "I now prefer pacifism to combat," which seems to fly in the face of his combat-driven Klingon culture. /Film's Ben F. Silverio was in attendance at the Nycc panel for "Picard" this weekend, where...
- 10/10/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
A new trailer for the third and final season of Paramount+’s “Star Trek: Picard” launched out of New York Comic Con Saturday, revealing new additions to the Patrick Stewart-led show’s cast — including the return of some iconic villains from “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
Per Paramount+, Brent Spiner will be back on “Picard,” not as Data, but as a character the streamer describes as “named Lore” — evoking one of the most formidable villains in “Next Generation” history: Data’s evil twin brother, Lore, who was defeated and disassembled at the beginning of Season 7 of “Next Gen.” Additionally, Daniel Davis will return as Professor Moriarty from “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” the Holodeck personification of a fictional character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to be an enemy for Sherlock Holmes. “Next Gen’s” Moriarty ended up becoming self aware.
But that’s not all: The New York...
Per Paramount+, Brent Spiner will be back on “Picard,” not as Data, but as a character the streamer describes as “named Lore” — evoking one of the most formidable villains in “Next Generation” history: Data’s evil twin brother, Lore, who was defeated and disassembled at the beginning of Season 7 of “Next Gen.” Additionally, Daniel Davis will return as Professor Moriarty from “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” the Holodeck personification of a fictional character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to be an enemy for Sherlock Holmes. “Next Gen’s” Moriarty ended up becoming self aware.
But that’s not all: The New York...
- 10/8/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
The first full trailer for the third season of "Star Trek: Picard" was released today, the 56th anniversary of the U.S. premiere of the original "Star Trek." The third season of "Picard" has already been announced as the show's last, and it will see the return of more familiar faces from "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Patrick Stewart will return as the title character, and Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, and Brent Spiner have also already appeared on "Picard." Joining them will be LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, and Michael Dorn. Apart from Wil Wheaton (who did reprise his role as Wesley Crusher in "Picard" last season) and Denise Crosby, all of the central cast members from "Tng" will return.
The last time audiences saw this cast in the same place, it was at the end of "Star Trek: Nemesis," where Picard and the crew were sadly toasting the passing of...
The last time audiences saw this cast in the same place, it was at the end of "Star Trek: Nemesis," where Picard and the crew were sadly toasting the passing of...
- 9/9/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The only thing better than Marvel money is Michael Dorn money, and that's what it would take to get Armin Shimerman back in the "Star Trek" fold as the Ferengi bartender Quark. For whatever reason, "Deep Space Nine" characters like Quark haven't enjoyed as much of a resurgence in the Paramount+ streaming era of "Star Trek," even as familiar faces and voices from "The Next Generation" and "Voyager" have returned to reprise their roles on "Picard" and "Prodigy." You've seen Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine; you've heard Kate Mulgrew voice Captain Janeway again, but it's as if the 'Star Trek" reunion committee just decided to skip over "Deep Space Nine" and head straight to "Voyager."
All that is about to change, as the animated series "Star Trek: Lower Decks" — which returned this week with its season 3 premiere — is headed to Deep Space Nine this season. Meanwhile, the upcoming...
All that is about to change, as the animated series "Star Trek: Lower Decks" — which returned this week with its season 3 premiere — is headed to Deep Space Nine this season. Meanwhile, the upcoming...
- 8/27/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
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