The Star Trek Picard panel at the 56 Year Mission convention in Las Vegas in late August included Jonathan Frakes who kept mum about season three however he did talk a bit about directing a particularly controversial episode in season one. Frakes co stars Gates McFadden and Michelle Hurd talked a bit about season three and Isa Briones and Evan Evagora talked about their season two exits. Jeri Ryan also revealed why Seven sounds so different on Picard.
Before his first appearance in the seventh episode of Star Trek Picard Jonathan Frakes directed two episodes including Stardust City Rag which began with a teaser featuring a gruesome scene of former Borg drone and Star Trek Voyager character Icheb having his implants forcibly removed before Seven of Nine could save him. A fan asked Frakes about the graphic nature of this controversial scene and the director explained the shock of it was the point.
When it came to talking about the upcoming third season Frakes remained mum citing an email he received from the powers that be. He demonstrated this by taking off his button down shirt to reveal his Do not ask me I signed an NDA tee shirt underneath his t shirt first appeared in Las Vegas back in 2019 .Another actor not coming back is Isa Briones who played Soji in the first season and Kore Soong in season two. She also talked about how she had some questions for the showrunner during the second season before finding out it would end with the return of Wil Wheatons Wesley Crusher. .
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