Star Trek: Picard’s final season is throwing every part it might at Patrick Stewart’s legendary hero, by way of large shocks, large enemies, and massive reunions. However whereas the present teased the run as much as season three by loudly proclaiming the returns of The Subsequent Technology’s iconic bridge crew, some returns have been stored quiet—regardless of how very important they had been to the present’s arc.
Talking to Collider, Picard showrunner Terry Matalas mentioned the heartbreaking return of TNG’s Michelle Forbes, aka Ro Laren, the one-time Enterprise-D Ensign turned Maquis defector, in today’s excellent episode “Imposters.” Based on the producer, Picard at all times wished Ro Laren again for the story it wanted to inform right here—that Starfleet had been compromised by the Changelings, now extra able to hiding themselves from detection than they had been throughout DS9‘s Dominion War. However extra crucially, the one that warns Picard of this risk had to be Ro in Matalas’ eyes for a quite simple purpose: there needed to be a stage of mistrust and drama that solely Picard’s biggest remorse might match.
“This story was at all times–the pitch that I had for it was, ‘How nice wouldn’t it be to do a paranoia thriller with somebody that you’ve all this baggage with?’ The one approach to make sure you’re sitting throughout from the person who you hope you’re sitting throughout from is to get by way of your trauma with them,” Matalas defined to Collider. “I believed that if we might pull that off, we’d have a extremely fascinating episode of tv. However that required us getting Michelle Forbes and convincing the studio and the community it was the suitable concept, and educating lots of people on who Ro Laren [was].”
It’s a disgrace he needed to clarify who one in every of TNG’s finest supporting characters—her place as Picard’s reluctant protoge within the latter seasons of the show made for one its most fascinatingly combative relationships—was to the higher-ups. However if you happen to’ve watched “Imposters” already, you’ll know Matalas’ advocacy for Ro was greater than price it, and a narrative effectively price bringing her again for.
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