Star Trek: Picard: Season 2

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Paramount+ | Season Premiere Date: March 3, 2022

Summary: Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the La Sirena end up in the 21st century Earth in the second season of the Star Trek Universe series.

Genre(s): Drama, Science Fiction

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Season 2 Episodes

2.8
S2:E10. Farewell
Air Date: May 5, 2022
3.4
S2:E9. Hide and Seek
Air Date: April 28, 2022
2.6
S2:E8. Mercy
Air Date: April 21, 2022

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IndieWire Christian Blauvelt

Mar 3, 2022

That Season 2 maintains and deepens the characters of Season One but deploys them in a sprightly and intriguing story is a triumph. Read full review

The Telegraph Ed Power

Mar 3, 2022

Nobody would mistake Picard for Star Trek in its prime. But it has captured some of that hard to define, easy to recognise Trek essence. And if not exactly at warp speed – there are still a few too many Stewart soliloquies – it has undoubtedly located its missing sense of derring-do and is hurtling satisfyingly towards interstellar overdrive. Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

Mar 3, 2022

We’ll see if Season Two turns out any better, but by leaning on some of what Star Trek has always done well, it’s off to a more promising start. Read full review

Rob Owen

Mar 4, 2022

So far season two feels more promising now that character introductions are largely out of the way and the whole team shares a goal. Read full review

Radio Times Huw Fullerton

Mar 3, 2022

Overall, there are definitely improvements in Picard season 2, and I’ll be interested to see where the series goes next. But I’m still not completely sold on this show’s creative direction as a whole, and it’s easy to see this new story building to another disappointing conclusion. Hopefully, Picard can pull out one final manoeuvre to bring this one to land. Read full review

Empire James Dyer

Mar 3, 2022

A warm reunion with some of the franchise’s most likeable characters, but it’s hard to get away from the fact that these are all places we’ve boldly gone before. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Mar 8, 2022

While seeing Stewart at the helm is in some respects reward enough, the producers rely a bit too heavily on that goodwill with a season that, three hours in, feels as if it's barely gotten out of drydock. Read full review

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Geobay

Apr 13, 2022

Season 2 is some of the best sci-fi I have seen on TV for a while and a complete turnaround from Season 1. The writing is well thought-out and the characters feel much less two-dimensional. In exploring the characters further - they have found a lovely balance between rigid sci-fi and campySeason 2 is some of the best sci-fi I have seen on TV for a while and a complete turnaround from Season 1. The writing is well thought-out and the characters feel much less two-dimensional. In exploring the characters further - they have found a lovely balance between rigid sci-fi and campy humour.

Also can I just say that this website is in dire need of attention (the search engine, the sign up process, the whole experience I have been through just to make it to this point). If you made the site pleasant to use and tightened bot security - the user reviews might very well become about more than just blind cultural bias.… Expand

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UncleWillard

Mar 10, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I honestly expected much worse after season 1. I did not care for the first season at all. If I weren't in a show hole at the time this came out, I probably would have written it off like I did Discovery (though season 3 of DSC was fun in the beginning, but they killed it after about episode 3). This started off much the same for me. I was scratching my head like, "what's a 97 year old man doing trying to get laid?" Also, since when does a Romulan have an Irish accent. If I'm asking these little questions right off the bat, the show is losing my attention and that's never good.

First, I don't care about Picard's relationship with his mom. I just don't and a person this old and accomplished should have resolved those issues long ago. I mean, move on. I was scratching my head until the end.

The last few minutes are the best. We're back on a Federation starship with the gang (though I'm not really sure why Alison Pill's character is there? She is a murderer after all and not in Starfleet). And the Borg and Q are back! Fun stuff.

Calling it now, the Borg Queen is Picard's mother and the whole season is Mommy Issues. I'm okay with that as long as there's some fun, episodic television. It'll tide me over until May when the new show comes out.… Expand

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kirkender

Mar 28, 2022

Initially I was cautiously hopeful about the premise of season two. After four episodes I can say that this is the most uninspired, derivative, lifeless, boring spin NuTrek has done yet. The first season had my attention because I hadn't seen Picard in years, now I want him to go awayInitially I was cautiously hopeful about the premise of season two. After four episodes I can say that this is the most uninspired, derivative, lifeless, boring spin NuTrek has done yet. The first season had my attention because I hadn't seen Picard in years, now I want him to go away forever. There is nothing redeeming about this trash. Nostalgia plus terrible writing and paper thin characters.… Expand

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Tomalakk

Jan 17, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's 3 episodes worth of material stretched to 10 (!) episodes. It rides on nostalgia only, save the first episode maybe.
Nothing makes sense, the action scenes are laughably bad (slow-speed car chase, crew vs borg) and the dialoge ist atrocious. And this is not me being hyperbolic.
This is one of those seasons where too little and too much is happening at the same time. It's full of stuff but also boring. Quite a feat.
The much teased Q has two significant scenes with Picard and they made Guinan a shotgun-wielding activist with magic powers. The writers seem not to talk to each other (hello, showrunner!) and so this show is treading water.
Picard - once a role model and the emodiment of authority - is a weak old man who did all these great things because his mother hanged herself and not because he was an elightened man. He is also an android for absolutely no reason. Shame on you, writers.
The rest is just nonsensical fluff. The characters stumble around looking for something to do, the timeline should be messed up totally but the show decides all is fine. Oh yes and Picard gets run over with a Tesla by a comicbook supervillain Soong. Some actors play different characters but it doesn't make sense at all.
So there it is: Picard was back for the second season!
It's just so embarassing. And it's a shame because Annie Wersching was really good.

This is not Star Trek - this is NCIS L.A. mixed with time travel and a dash of Stranger Things.… Expand

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CARLK

May 3, 2022

Love the character .. loved TNG .. and I really liked Season 1. But this is an absolute disaster — boring, cheesy, poorly acted and horribly written. Every episode I hope it will get better and it actually gets worse.

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DDIV

Mar 28, 2023

I‘ve been an avid fan of Star Trek for many years starting with the original series. Picard season 2 is an utter disappointment and imo is abysmal! When a science fiction show which is supposed to take place in the future comes back to the present day it shows a lack of imagination andI‘ve been an avid fan of Star Trek for many years starting with the original series. Picard season 2 is an utter disappointment and imo is abysmal! When a science fiction show which is supposed to take place in the future comes back to the present day it shows a lack of imagination and creativity. We watch science fiction to imagine what the future may hold, not to launch into psycho-babble stories of drama and present day relationship issues. We want science fiction to launch into space, other places, other realities and creative adventure which season 2 lacked completely. I am utterly disappointed and am sorry that I wasted my time watching this poorly written drama.… Expand

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patrickd

Apr 1, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One example of the writers not talking to each other: After working on the Enterprise, Guinan buys a bar in LA at 10 Forward street. However the writer of episode 5 misunderstood this and placed her in the same bar hundreds of years earlier. Why would Guinan be working at a bar on 10 Forward Street before the working on the Enterprise?… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

77

Series Overview
Season 3

84
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: February 16, 2023
Season 2

69
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: March 3, 2022
- 2.8
  S2:E10. Farewell
  Air Date: May 5, 2022
- 3.4
  S2:E9. Hide and Seek
  Air Date: April 28, 2022
- 2.6
  S2:E8. Mercy
  Air Date: April 21, 2022
- 2.5
  S2:E7. Monsters
  Air Date: April 14, 2022
- 2.4
  S2:E6. Two of One
  Air Date: April 7, 2022
- 1.6
  S2:E5. Fly Me to the Moon
  Air Date: March 31, 2022
- 2.5
  S2:E4. Watcher
  Air Date: March 24, 2022
- 2.4
  S2:E3. Assimilation
  Air Date: March 17, 2022
- 3.0
  S2:E2. Penance
  Air Date: March 10, 2022
Season 1

76
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 23, 2020