Jonathan Frakes On Roddenberry’s Vision In ‘Star Trek: Discovery’, Picard Show, And His ‘Nemesis’ Regret

"Patrick isn’t playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard this time, he’s done with [that phase of his career in] Starfleet in this show. That’s about the only thing I do know about the show," he said.

This may come as a shock to fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation in which Stewart bravely led the crew of the USS Enterprise-D (which included Frakes' Commander William T. Riker) on many sci-fi adventures throughout the cosmos.

Picard is expected to premiere on CBS All Access later this year. Kurtzman has described the project as a mix of The Next Generation and Discovery, even alluding to Picard's new place in the Star Trek universe all these years later.


Man that sucks. He's born to be a leader not show useless whatever he's going to be in now. I enjoy him commanding shit. I'm not too sure about this all access crap now but at least we know Picard is getting the Jar Jar Abrams CGI treatment. I am also wearing of this also getting a mix of 'Discovery'. We got enough of that crap with Discovery itself. If it's some majority female airtime/helm, I'mma throw stuff for no reason.

I liked his performance in Picard.

Maybe this isn't the right board/thread for me to say this, but I think that the Picard series really damaged the legacy of Star Trek: The Next Generation and the character of Jean-Luc Picard.