# It's Official: Jean Luc Picard is back!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102 "2018-08-04T20:39:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/21 "2018-08-05T01:38:42Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > Please tell me Q is also coming back. > > When John De Lancie as Donald Margolis on _Breaking Bad_ uttered the words “you miserable little smackhead!” to Jesse Pinkman, I was like, “that’s seriously Q delivery right there.” He also plays (basicly) Q on _My Little Pony_. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/22 "2018-08-05T07:21:52Z")
Sir Patrick’s full announcement at STLV is [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLvfg6jA_ZA). How could anyone not love that dude? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/23 "2018-08-05T08:56:56Z")
He just recently finished a sitcom series called _Blunt Talk_. He is still on top of his game, and I imagine if he does need to take things a bit easier, this won’t exactly be an action series. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/24 "2018-08-05T14:35:45Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Apparently this show is being run by Kirsten Beyer who has written a lot of novels in the post-Nemesis universe. And unlike the Discovery crew she apparently cares deeply about characterization and continuity. And writing characters who aren’t all human garbage. I don’t disagree about her feelings on Character and continuity but she is also on the writing staff of Discovery. FWIW at SDCC a Discovery panel discussed how the show would be tighter with Continuity in its second season. Re: Picard. Excited about the News I showed my girlfriend one of my favorite Picard episodes: The Drumhead. Now she’s hooked on TNG. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/25 "2018-08-05T14:37:20Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Working titles: > > Star Trek: Golden Years > Star Trek: Del Boca Vista Retirement Community > Star Trek: Tuesdays with Jean-Luc > Star Trek: The Greatest Generation This is Jean Luc Picard. You think you can keep us out of Florida? We’re moving in lock, stock and barrel. We’re gonna be in the pool. We’re gonna be in the clubhouse. We’re gonna be all over that shuffleboard court. And I dare you to keep me out! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/26 "2018-08-05T17:22:09Z")
\*\*\*Star Trek: More Affordable Than Moving Star Trek: Geritol and Serutan Star Trek: You’re Not Getting Older, You’re Getting Better\*\*\* ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/27 "2018-08-05T17:39:26Z")
I’m actually a little worried. He said this wasn’t TNG, and then avoided saying the one word I was listening for when he made his promise: optimistic. That’s what we need. Okay, so he’s not a Captain anymore, and apparently not just an Admiral, given how he talks about it. But I want to see optimism. And they’d better just explain away those weird Klingons and bring the real thing back. (Note, I’ve never seen an episode of Discovery). ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/28 "2018-08-05T17:41:13Z")
Still not enough to get me to pay for their streaming service. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/29 "2018-08-05T18:13:13Z")
I agree. I spend over a hundred $$$$ for DirectTV. That’s just the basic package with two receivers. There’s no way in this world I’m paying a dime more for a streaming service. Even the suggestion that I’m expected to hand over more hard earned money is offensive. We pay far too much for television entertainment already. There’s a limit how much I’m going to get gouged for what used to be completely free. I do hope Patrick’s revival of Picard is a success. He’s my favorite captain in the Trek world. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/30 "2018-08-05T18:24:14Z")
[They should just bring this one back.](https://vimeo.com/67326569) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/31 "2018-08-05T19:06:03Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Still not enough to get me to pay for their streaming service. Yep. If would be on actual CBS, sure.☹ Otherwise no. :mad: CBS streaming can suck my balls. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/32 "2018-08-05T20:32:27Z")
Didn’t Future Picard have some sort of brain disease ? Or was it a case of because he knew about this future development he was able to catch it early and he never got it? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/33 "2018-08-05T21:13:06Z")
I got the impression Picard’s disease was incurable. Much like learning at age 45 that you’ll have alzheimer’s at 80. Nothing can be done. Life sucks sometimes. That knowledge would be horrific to know in advance. This is Trek and they’ll retcon some bs explanation why Picard isn’t senile. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/34 "2018-08-05T23:10:14Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > This is Trek and they’ll retcon some bs explanation why Picard isn’t senile. Maybe they’ll just insert him into each scene, surrounded by a pale blue glow. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/35 "2018-08-05T23:15:45Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I don’t disagree about her feelings on Character and continuity but she is also on the writing staff of Discovery. …well she was a writer but it wasn’t her show. There were plenty of problems with Discovery, including the early departure of the original show-runner and the eventual revelation that the replacement [show-runners were a couple of bullies](http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/star-trek-discovery/274248/star-trek-discovery-showrunners-fired). When your boss threatens you to “stay quiet” then I would suggest to you that the writers room probably wasn’t the most conducive of places to try and commit to “character and continuity.” Which makes it all the more fantastic she is getting her own show. Having said that I’m finding hit hard to lock-down any news reports that clearly state she is the showrunner though. Amy Berg mentions on twitter that she [“is behind the creation of the new series”](https://twitter.com/bergopolis/status/1025954705854279686), but everything I’ve seen list a creative team that includes James Duff of the Closer/Major Crimes which is fantastic, but Beyer is always listed last, so I’m not at all sure what is going on here. So maybe she made the pitch, maybe even getting Stewart onboard, but she might not be actual showrunner. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/36 "2018-08-05T23:24:32Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yep. If would be on actual CBS, sure.☹ Otherwise no. :mad: > > CBS streaming can suck my balls. See, I _was_ willing to pay. But then halfway through the season, they were like: “No more access to Big Bang Theory” And I’m like: “really guys? Fuck off!” Apparently, “All Access” doesn’t mean what CBS thinks it means. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/37 "2018-08-06T13:31:22Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/patrick-stewart-to-star-in-new-star-trek-tv-series/ar-BBLuEB3?ocid=spartanntp](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/patrick-stewart-to-star-in-new-star-trek-tv-series/ar-BBLuEB3?ocid=spartanntp) TNG had many flaws, but few would argue Patrick Stewart was one of the high points of the show. Are you fired up? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/38 "2018-08-06T15:05:06Z")
[Some are, yes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=859908) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/39 "2018-08-06T15:19:07Z")
I might be fired up … the way I was for _ **Discovery** _. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/40 "2018-08-06T16:02:01Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I might be fired up … the way I was for _ **Discovery** _. ☹ Exactly. I don’t need top see a “dark” Picard. I’ll pass. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102.md?page=3)