The cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation is set for an exciting reunion but Star Trek: Picard season 3 is making a big mistake by exiting the show's original cast to make room for the TNG icons.

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Sadly, as of the end of Star Trek: Picard season 2, Alison Pill (Dr. Agnes Jurati), Santiago Cabrera (Cristobal Rios), Evan Evagora (Elnor), and Isa Briones (Soji/Kore Soong)

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Ironically, Star Trek: Picard season 3 being TNG redux is precisely what the series was originally intended not to be.

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Patrick Stewart didn't want to rehash The Next Generation when he signed on for Star Trek: Picard, which is why season 1,

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Star Trek: Picard season 2 enlisted Terry Matalas and Akiva Goldman to deliver more of TNG's greatest hits Q, Guinan, time travel, the Borg Queen and it was, indeed

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