# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [May 16, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/81 "2019-05-16T17:05:31Z")
This time, please, no Counselor sitting around looking bored, taking up space, and stating the bleeding obvious.\* :mad: \*Even if she does have big boobs. :o ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/82 "2019-05-16T17:14:12Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I’m betting he’ll be the new grounds-keeper at Star Fleet Academy. If this isn’t an allusion to Mark Whatney, i’ll be amazed. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/83 "2019-05-16T18:51:59Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > If this isn’t an allusion to Mark Whatney, i’ll be amazed. [Prepare for amazement](https://www.google.com/search?q=boothby+star+trek&oq=boothby+star+trek&gs_l=mobile-heirloom-hp.12...0.0.1.923.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1..34.mobile-heirloom-hp..5.2.625.QreZL0c2-ig)! ---
**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:** [May 30, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/84 "2019-05-30T15:18:00Z")
Unconfirmed rumor: Brent Spiner may return as Data. Yes, you’re going to say, “But Data’s dead.” Note I said this is unconfirmed, and the story has since been pulled from the original source, but according to [wegotthiscovered.com](http://wegotthiscovered.com), this is how it could happen: > [@](#): > > While it’s easy to assume Spiner will be reprising his role as Jean-Luc’s trusted advisor, we don’t have any specifics on how involved he’ll be just yet. Data could simply be relegated to voice recordings, flashbacks, or dream sequences, or maybe the producers have something meatier in store for the character. > **[TV Archives](https://wegotthiscovered.com/tv/)** > > The latest TV News, Reviews, Trailers and Images as soon as they are released! I hope it happens this way, if it happens at all. Don’t miraculously bring Data back from the dead, like Spock, or bring back B-4 with Data’s memory patterns. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/85 "2019-05-30T15:24:59Z")
Hmm. Do androids age, gain weight, and get wrinkly? ---
**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:** [May 30, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/86 "2019-05-30T16:42:07Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Hmm. Do androids age, gain weight, and get wrinkly? As much as I like Spinner, I hope they don’t bring him back. But if they did, they’d probably explain all this away by saying he altered his appearance to look “old” so he can gain a better understanding of humanity. Hell, he gave himself grey hair in the series finale. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/87 "2019-05-30T19:24:44Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Hmm. Do androids age, gain weight, and get wrinkly? That’s mostly the reason that Spiner wanted Data to die. Androids don’t age, but actors do. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/88 "2019-05-31T00:21:29Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > That’s mostly the reason that Spiner wanted Data to die. Androids don’t age, but actors do. They need to get Paul Rudd to play an android. Dude would have a job for a thousand years. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/89 "2019-05-31T01:54:26Z")
I’m hoping Patrick Stewart will be writing some episodes himself, because [he has some really interesting screenplay ideas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IURfntimnlA). ---
**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:** [May 31, 2019, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/90 "2019-05-31T06:11:32Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > As much as I like Spinner, I hope they don’t bring him back. > > But if they did, they’d probably explain all this away by saying he altered his appearance to look “old” so he can gain a better understanding of humanity. > > Hell, he gave himself grey hair in the series finale. And 'e looked like a bloody skunk, 'e did! ---
**Author:** ![HammerJoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a6a055/32.png) [@HammerJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HammerJoe)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/91 "2019-05-31T16:42:54Z")
I just hope that they stop with the time travel crap… Imo it shouldnt exist in the Star Trek Universe. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102/92 "2019-05-31T16:47:18Z")
> [@HammerJoe](#): > > I just hope that they stop with the time travel crap… Imo it shouldnt exist in the Star Trek Universe. Interdimensional travel should be locked off, too. If one dimension isn’t enough to hold your interest, you should retire to France and raise grapes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-jean-luc-picard-is-back/819102.md?page=4)