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Making a triumphant return to television withStar Trek: Picard, Patrick Stewart reprised his beloved role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Narrating the story of a retired Picard, who is approached by a mysterious woman for help, only to later find that she holds the key to the secrets of his past life, the show features Alison Pill, Ed Speleers, Jonathan Frakes, and more.
But while the 3 seasoned 2020 show earned massive praise from fans, overall – the second season in particular turned out to be rather controversial. During a Master Replicas Collectors Club Zoom chat, Season 3 showrunner Terry Matalas thus shed some light on what went wrong with the second season. Fans will be baffled, once they learn how the show was butchered.
Terry Matalas Revealed WhyStar Trek: PicardS2 Fell Short
While the third season ofStar Trek: Picardis held in high regardby fans, the first two seasons failed to bag that very reputation. Although Season 1 managed to establish the plot and gain fans’ attention towards the show, Season 2 ofPatrick Stewart’s show, somehow fell short of what fans wanted from the series.
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Turning out to be particularly controversial in the eyes of viewers,Star Trek: PicardS2 landed a 30% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Therefore, shedding some light on why Season 2 ended up being the most disappointing among all, S3 showrunner Terry Matalas revealed what went wrong during a Master Replicas Collectors Club Zoom chat, viaTrekMovie.
“There’s actually many, many different versions of Season 2, I think you’re able to kind of feel when you watch Season 2 that there’s a lot of different ideas here.”
Admitting how they had different arcs and possible storylines to entice fans, Terry Matalas revealed how it was all changed. Originally, Season 2 ofStar Trek: Picardhad a lot going on between plot lines, but unfortunately, due to Paramount’s involvement in the process, episodes had to be rewritten.
Paramount ChangedStar Trek: PicardS2 as it Was Too Much in-Star Trek
During his conversation, although Terry Matalas didn’t reveal much about which parts of Season 2 came after the rewrite, the showrunner simply mentioned that almost all episodes were completed after the feedback came from Paramount. According to Matalas, the drafts shared with the network were considered “a bit too sci-fi”, and therefore had to be changed accordingly.
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“We wrote nine episodes at one point and the network was like, ‘No, we don’t really understand this, it’s a bit too sci-fi, it’s a bit too in-Star Trek.’”
Terry Matalas and his group of writers thus began rewriting the parts ofStar Trek: PicardS2. Although they left Q and the time travel plot as a part of Season 2, several other classicStar Trekplots were nixed from the final product. Eventually, Matalas even mentioned how they started working on Season 3 before Season 2 was finalized, due to constant rewrites.
“There were Romulans—there was a whole thing. The idea was that Guinan’s bar was presented as a normal bar in Los Angeles, but if you knew the right thing to do, you could go into the back through the telephone phone booth and that was Rick’s Café, and it was a stopping point for all these different species that were actually there on Earth with a ‘Do not interfere’ thing happening.”
“So you had a lot more Star Trek happening in the backdrop of it. Ultimately, the powers that be at that time were like, ‘This is too much.’ But there were some really good ideas there that were pretty cool.”
Eventually, changes based on Paramount’s feedback butchered and turnedStar Trek: PicardS2 into a disappointment for viewers. But thankfully, Season 3 brought the show to a profoundly gratifying conclusion.
Star Trek: Picardis available on Paramount+.
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Krittika Mukherjee is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on films, TV shows, and celebrity news with over 3,000 articles published. With an educational background in Journalism, and a keen interest in filmmaking, Krittika blends factual precision with creative flair, when crafting her editorials, or dissecting fan theories.Her coverage often includes news and analyses of critically acclaimed films, celebrity news, and franchises like the Wizarding World, LOTR, DC, and MCU—particularly Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts, Superheroes, and fan theories. As a Wizarding World aficionado, Krittika has spent countless hours exploring hidden backstories, unadapted book moments, spells, and trivias surrounding J.K. Rowling’s lore.An imaginative writer with a way with words, Krittika has worked as an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a web content writer for a year. She brought her experience and expertise to FandomWire to pursue her desire for sipping coffee while dissecting films and tracking celebrity drama.
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