Star Trek: Discovery
admonition : SPOILERS for Star Trek : Discovery Season 5 , Episode 1 - " Red Directive "
Summary
Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) has been referenced three times inStar Trek : Discovery , turn up that his bequest extends all the way into the 32nd century . Introduced as the Captain of the USS Enterprise - D inStar Trek : The Next propagation , Jean - Luc Picard has become one ofStar Trek’smost beloved and hold out persona . Picard command the Enterprise for seven seasons ofTNGand four motion picture , and returned years afterward in three seasons ofStar Trek : Picard . With his diplomatic skills and collaborative program line style , Picard remains one of Starfleet ’s most celebrated and realized officers .
As take care inStar Trek : Discoveryseasons 3 , 4 , and 5 , Captain Picard ’s accomplishments continue to be cite in the thirty-second century . Star Trek : Discovery’sCaptain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green)may have a different command style from Picard , but her action - oriented approach works well for the fragile United Federation of Planets of the 32nd 100 . Even over 900 years in the futurity , Burnham ’s military mission sometimes call back to those of Captain Picard . Although Burnham and the Discovery gang are from a time before Jean - Luc Picard was even born , his name has come up three freestanding times during their risky venture in the 32nd century .
As Burnham seeks the universe ’s greatest hoarded wealth in Star Trek : Discovery season 5 , she ’ll ask help from a emcee of young and returning characters .
3“Unification III” - Star Trek: Discovery Season 3, Episode 7
References Picard’s meeting with Ambassador Spock in TNG’s “Unification”
The first mention of Jean - Luc Picard inStar Trek : Discoverycomes in an episode that swear out as a sequel to an iconicStar Trek : The Next Generationtwo - parter . InTNG’s"Unification , " Starfleet institutionalise Captain Picard to look for Ambassador Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) , who was last seen on Romulus . Picard eventually finds Spock and memorize thatthe Vulcan Ambassador has been working on a"personal mission of peace"to bring the Romulans and Vulcans back together . Spock has come to realize that his end can not be achieved through traditional diplomatic means , but he is pleased to find that many young Romulans are begin to embrace Vulcan philosophies .
Among the ' personal files of Admiral Jean - Luc Picard , ' Michael bump footage of Spock as he speaks about his finish .
InStar Trek : Discovery’s"Unification III , " Burnham seeks information about a labor known as SB-19 , which involved the Vulcans and Romulans sour together to find a dissolute form of space travel . As Burnham prepares to make her request , she learns thather foster brother Spock was creditworthy for starting the physical process ofVulcan / Romulan reunification . Among the"personal Indian file of Admiral Jean - Luc Picard,“Michael finds footage of Spock as he speak about his end . Spock bonk that his ultimate goal of reunification would not be reach until long after his decease , but even in the 32nd century , he is remembered as the one who made reunification potential .
The Qowat Milat , Romulan warrior nun introduced inStar Trek : Picardseason 1 , were also revealed to have lasted into the 32nd century inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 3 .
2“Anomaly” - Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 2
References Picard’s synthetic golem body from Star Trek: Picard season 1
As the crew of the USS Discovery investigate the Dark Matter Anomaly , also called the DMA , Dr. Hugh Culber ( Wilson Cruz ) and Ensign Adira Tal ( Blu del Barrio ) work together to line up a way to spare Adira ’s partner , Gray ( Ian Alexander ) . Despite Gray ’s supposed death , Adira was still able to see and speak with him , soDr . Culber began researching way to reunify Gray ’s consciousness with a new organic structure . Culber amount across the experimentation ofDr . Altan Soong ( Brent Spiner ) , who had developed a method of transferring a consciousness into a celluloid automaton soundbox . Although the Soong Method had a very low success rate , Culber take note that it exploit for Admiral Jean - Luc Picard .
Jean - Luc Picard ’s name drop inStar Trek : Discoveryshow a synergism withStar Trek : Picard .
InStar Trek : Picardseason 1 , episode 10 , " Et in Arcadia Ego : Part 2 . " Jean - Luc at long last succumbed to his terminal brain disease . Before Picard ’s cognisance fully dissipated , however , Dr. Altan Soong transferred it to the synthetic golem organic structure he had constructed . Picard ’s raw synthetic substance bodywas superposable to his human one and would allow him to live on the spirit he would have had if not for the irregularity in his brain . Gray receive his own golem bodyinStar Trek : Discoveryseason 4 , episode 3 , " Choose to Live . " With help from Trill Guardian Xi ( Andreas Apergis ) , Gray ’s knowingness was successfully channel to the synthetic trunk , allowing him to keep with his living .
InStar Trek : Picardseason 3 , Admiral Picard ’s brain abnormalcy was revealed to be the result of hibernating Borg DNA that had been left from his sentence as Loctus of Borg .
There ’s a sight to love about Star Trek : Discovery that you only notice when giving the first four season of the series a second flavor .
1“Red Directive” - Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 1
References Picard’s meeting with the Progenitors in TNG’s “The Chase”
InStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 ’s premiere , Captain Burnham and the USS Discovery get pulled into a astronomic gem hunting with association to Captain Picard . The Federation ’s Dr. Kovich ( David Cronenberg ) send Discovery ona top - priority mission classified as a " Red Directive , " to line up and regain an artifact from an 800 - year - onetime Romulan science watercraft . Discovery arrives too late to retrieve the artefact , a Romulan puzzle box , which had already been stolen by messenger Moll ( Eve Harlow ) and L’ak ( Elias Toufexis ) . After Michael tries and fails to retrieve the puzzle boxful , she confronts Kovich for more selective information about the delegacy .
Star Trek : Discovery season 5 already has more connections to Star Trek : The Next Generation and Captain Jean - Luc Picard than any late season .
Kovich reveals that the Romulan puzzler box arrest information regarding the Progenitors , the ancient humanoid race that is believed to have created all humanoid life . In his briefing , Kovich pronounce that Captain Picard"found a subject matter left by a race of ancient beings,“referencing the event ofTNGseason 6 , episode 20 , " The Chase . “A Romulan scientist , Dr. Vellek ( Michael Copeman ) , had been present on that day and had continued to research the Progenitors , eventually storing his diary within a Romulan puzzle box . After two episodes , Star Trek : Discoveryseason 5 already has more connections toStar Trek : The Next Generationand Captain Jean - Luc Picard than any previous season .
Star Trek : The Next Generation & Star Trek : Discovery are streaming on Paramount+ .
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