Jeri Ryan reveals when Star Trek: Picard season 3 showrunner Terry Matalas told her that Seven of Nine would become Captain of the Enterprise and her reaction. Picard season 3 turned Seven of Nine into a Starfleet Commander, but she was the troubled First Officer of the USS Titan-A under Captain Liam Shaw (Todd Stashwick). Seven wrestles with whether she even belongs in Starfleet, but her heroism and Shaw’s ultimate belief in her led Seven to help save Earth and resulted in her promotion to Captain of the USS Enterprise-G.
TrekTalks 3‘s Star Trek: Picard season 3 panel, which helped raise over $108,000 for the Hollywood Food Coalition, reunited Jeri Ryan, Terry Matalas, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner, Todd Stashwick, Michael Dorn, and Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut. Moderators Kayla Iacovino and Jonathan Del Arco asked Ryan why she thought Seven of Nine was part of Picard season 3, unlike some of the actors from Picard seasons 1 and 2. Jeri credited Terry Matalas and his grand plans to turn Seven of Nine into the Captain of the Enterprise. Check out their quotes and watch the Star Trek: Picard TrekTalks 3 panel at the 5:04:40 time stamp below:
Jeri Ryan: I think I can thank Terry for that. [In] the first meeting that I had with him pitching ideas for the season, he said, “Here’s what I’m thinking. She’s back in Starfleet, and we’re gonna end with her becoming Captain of the Enterprise.” (laughs) Wait, what? It was not anything that I saw coming or expected… Before we started shooting, that was always endgame in Terry’s mind. Which was pretty cool.
Terry Matalas: She didn’t believe it. I remember you were like, ‘No. What? No.’
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Star Trek: Picard season 3 ended with Captain Seven of Nine in command of the USS Enterprise-G alongside her First Officer, Commander Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd), and Special Counselor to the Captain, Ensign Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers). Viewers saw it as a clear setup for a spinoff series led by showrunner Terry Matalas dubbed Star Trek: Legacy, which Picard season 3’s cast and crew have joined fans online in lobbying for. Terry Matalas also said at TrekTalks 3 that Star Trek: Picard season 3’s ending was truly designed as a passing of the torch to the ‘next Next Generation’
Despite an organized fan campaign to make Star Trek: Legacy a reality, similar to how fans rallied to successfully bring Star Trek: Prodigy to Netflix, there is no movement toward developing a Star Trek: Picard spinoff or continuation. Unfortunately, Captain Seven of Nine and the USS Enterprise-G’s story are inextricably linked to whether a Picard spinoff set in the early 25th century happens. There is certainly a rampant desire to see Star Trek: Picard season 3’s characters and their stories continue in a new series, Viewers are clamoring to learn what happens next to Captain Seven of Nine and the USS Enterprise-G after Star Trek: Picard season 3.
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