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Tallinn makes the ultimate choice

Spoilers for Star Trek: Picard season two, episode ten to follow!

Tallinn meets the woman she's been watching over face to face for the first time.

Star Trek: Picard streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and is distributed concurrently by Paramount Global Distribution Group on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories. In Canada, it airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave.

'Star Trek: Picard' Season 2 Cast and Character Guide: Who Plays Who in the Hit Sci-Fi Show

Some new faces and some old: All Star Trek.

With Star Trek: Picard Season 2 set to premiere on Paramount+ on March 3, 2022, knowing the cast and crew can be very helpful. Some of the cast are old faces coming back from quite a long hiatus, and others are new faces we are just now getting to know. This new series will challenge what we know of Star Trek history, and set Star Trek in a time that is very close to home, the 21st century. Related: ‘Picard’s Jeri Ryan and Michelle Hurd on Season 2, Season 3, and How They’re Currently Filming the Series Finale

Sir Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard

Sir Patrick Stewart is once again returning as the illustrious Jean-Luc Picard. After his experience with Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1987 to 1994 and the following movies in 1996, 1998, and 2002, Patrick Stewart continued to act in roles such as Professor X in the X-Men movies. Patrick Stewart returned to the Star Trek Universe in 2020 once again and has even signed on for a third season to carry the show through 2023.

Jean-Luc Picard has aged quite a bit since his last appearance, but since the events of Picard Season 1, he is now a perfectly healthy older Terran man. Picard’s history with Q makes this new season especially interesting, as the mischievous Q has always had an affinity for time travel. With multiple new timelines, and alternative timelines being set up, we will soon see how the aged Admiral (ret.) Picard will inspire a new crew across time and space.

Alison Pill as Dr. Agnes Jurati

Alison Pill is a Canadian TV and film actress who started her onscreen career in 1993 and has gone on to have important roles in The Newsroom and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World . Her more notable success has been on Broadway, having won a Tony for her role in The Lieutenant of Inishmore. While she has been confirmed to return in Season 2 of Picard , it is currently unclear how many episodes she will be in.

Dr. Jurati is an expert in robotics, and although she originally was not all the way in agreement with Picard, from the finale of Picard she seems to be completely committed now. She has been seen in a good number of scenes from the available trailers, and we can fully expect the lovable scientist who lacks street smarts to continue her enjoyable journey.

Santiago Cabrera as Cristóbal Ríos

Santiago Cabrera is a Chilean actor who has spent his career acting in the United States and the United Kingdom. Some of his popular roles have been Lancelot in Merlin, and Aramis in The Musketeers . Early in his life, Santiago Cabrera attended the Drama Centre London from 2000-to 2003, which is the foundation for his acting training. Besides his previously mentioned roles, Cabrera has had roles for television series, movies, and as well as a few video games and theatre productions.

In Cabrera’s role as Cristóbal Ríos, he was the pilot and owner of the ship La Sirena that the crew traveled in. A former Star Fleet officer, Cristóbal Ríos is no longer on the straight and narrow. This capacity has come in handy for Picard on more than one occasion, and with the transition to a new timeline, these skills may be even more useful.

Related: Star Trek: The Next Generation Cast and Character Guide: Who Plays Who on the Enterprise-D (and What They're Doing Now)

Isa Briones as Soji

Isa Briones is an American actress who rose to fame through her role in Picard. She began her career in musical theater, with performances in Miracle on 34th Street as well as the Hamilton touring crews. She has also won the Ovation Award for her role in Next to Normal.

While her acting career has been quite short so far, her performance was excellent during Picard Season 1. While Soji has been a major part of the first season, we have seen very little of the character in the marketing material for Season 2. We will have to wait and see what she will do in the coming season.

Michelle Hurd as Raffi Musiker

Michelle Hurd is an American actress that has been active on the small screen since 1989. She has played parts in series such as The Glades , Daredevil , and Blindspot . She has spent a lot of time on the small screen but has yet to win any awards. Nevertheless, she is a great actress who will hopefully get the recognition she deserves soon.

Raffi Musiker is a former Star Fleet officer who served with Picard while he was still an active admiral. She is a highly skilled computer user, and researcher that often helps to puzzle out the solutions to difficult situations. This will make her a vital part of the team as the crew moves into the past.

Evan Evagora as Elnor

Evan Evagora is a young Australian actor who has performed in a number of different series and documentaries. He attended film school in South Melbourne and has participated in football as well as boxing. He is most well known for his role as Elnor. Elnor is a Romulan who was trained by the Qowat Milat and is working with Picard. He is an able warrior, and he originally grew up with Picard while he was a refugee on Vashti.

Related: ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Trailer Takes the Beloved Captain to a New Frontier

Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine

Jeri Ryan is an American actress most well known for her role as Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager , for which she was nominated for the Saturn award four times and she won once. She has been acting since 1991 and has performed in series such as Dark Skies , Boston Public , and Body of Proof .

Jeri Ryan reprised her role in Picard Season 1 but was not a series regular. Seven of Nine has struggled to integrate out of Star Fleet and has grown a little rough around the edges. In Season 2, Picard may very well need someone with a rough edge as they are forced to travel throughout time.

John de Lancie as Q

John de Lancie is an American actor who has been an actor in film and tv series since 1975. He is probably most famous for his role as Q in Star Trek: The Next Generation , and Eugene Bradford in Day of Our Lives . He has been nominated for several awards for his acting and voice acting including the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Daytime Serial, which he won for his role in Day of Our Lives.

John de Lancie is reprising his role as Q, and will likely be up to his usual deadly shenanigans . We have already seen at least two time shifts from the trailers that have been released, and an encounter with Picard. Wherever this next season may lead, Q will undoubtedly be at its core.

Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan

Whoopi Goldberg is a highly decorated actress who has won an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. She has been acting since 1989 and is famous for her roles and time on shows such as The View , The Color Purple , and Sister Act .

Whoopi Goldberg will be reprising her role as Guinan. Guinan first appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation , and has often been known to offer sage advice to Picard and others throughout time. Guinan is far older than most people are aware of, and has a history with both the Borg and Q. This history seems likely to be at the forefront of the next season of Picard , and we may finally get to know how Guinan became who she is.

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Annie Wersching, Who Played Borg Queen on ‘Star Trek: Picard,’ Dies at 45

Ms. Wersching was best known for playing the Borg Queen on the Paramount+ “Star Trek” series. She was also on the television series “24,” “Bosch” and “Timeless.”

By Livia Albeck-Ripka

The actress Annie Wersching, best known for her roles in positions of authority on television series like “Star Trek: Picard,” “24,” “Bosch” and “Timeless,” died on Sunday in Los Angeles. She was 45.

The cause was cancer, her publicist, Craig Schneider, said in a statement. He noted that even after Ms. Wersching was diagnosed in 2020, she continued her acting work, playing the Borg Queen on the second season of “Picard,” a “Star Trek” spinoff on Paramount+, as well as the serial killer Rosalind Dyer on the ABC crime series “The Rookie.”

Ms. Wersching was also known for playing Julia Brasher, a police officer on the Amazon series “Bosch,” and Emma Whitmore, an engineer, on the NBC series “Timeless.” On Fox’s “24,” about a counterterrorism team that protects the United States from potential attacks, she played the F.B.I. special agent Renee Walker, which she once called “a dream role.”

“She gets to experience so much action and do so many stunts; she is so cool,” Ms. Werschling told Alive St. Louis magazine in 2009. “Plus, I can relate to her; in real life, I’m not too much of a girly girl.”

Ms. Wersching also provided the voice for the character Tess in The Last of Us , a 2013 video game that has recently been adapted into a television series on HBO, with Anna Torv as Tess.

In an interview on the Paramount+ show “The Ready Room,” Ms. Wersching described playing the Borg Queen as “certainly a little intimidating.” She noted that she had familiarized herself with the role and those who had previously played it before going forward with her own interpretation and performance. “It’s such an iconic role,” she said. “I’m incredibly excited to have everyone see.”

Ms. Wersching was born on March 28, 1977, and raised in St. Louis. Her parents, Sandy and Frank Wersching, were involved in the local arts community. Her father died when she was 12.

Annie spent her youth competing in Irish dance with the St. Louis Celtic Stepdancers. She graduated from Crossroads College Preparatory School in 1995 and received a B.F.A. in musical theater from Millikin University in Decatur, Ill., in 1999. She had intended to make a career in theater but changed her mind after she was on tour with a musical in Los Angeles and went to a live taping of the sitcom “Stark Raving Mad.”

“I thought, ‘This is the best of both worlds — they are performing like it’s theater with the audience interaction, but you are on TV,’” she told Edge magazine. “This is the dream.”

She moved to Los Angeles in 2001.

She is survived by her husband, Stephen Full, whom she married in 2009, and three children, Freddie, Ozzie and Archie Full.

“There is a cavernous hole in the soul of this family today,” Mr. Full said in a statement. “But she left us the tools to fill it. She found wonder in the simplest moment. She didn’t require music to dance. She taught us not to wait for adventure to find you.”

Mr. Full noted that whenever he and his sons left their house, Ms. Wersching would shout “Bye!” until they were out of earshot.

“I can still hear it ringing,” he added.

Amisha Padnani contributed reporting.

Livia Albeck-Ripka is a reporter for The Times based in California. She was previously a reporter in the Australia bureau. More about Livia Albeck-Ripka

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Tallinn was a female Romulan supervisor who operated on Earth during the 21st century . Her assignment was to monitor and safeguard Renée Picard , and to ensure the proper unfolding of Earth's history in doing so. As a supervisor, she was furnished with various advanced tools, including a servo , a scanner , a transporter , and a neuro-optic interceptor that allowed her to take control of other people , using the bodies of these "hosts" to converse remotely. She also used technology to appear Human , which if switched off could not be used again for eight hours. ( PIC : " Watcher ", " Two of One ", " Monsters ")

Tallinn ultimately sacrificed herself to ensure Renée Picard 's survival, first introducing herself to the young woman and explaining her role in Renée's life. Q later told Jean-Luc Picard that Tallinn was destined to die in every timeline, but Picard's intervention meant that she at least got to meet Renée in person in this one. ( PIC : " Farewell ")

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Picard's history reveal makes a star trek nemesis plot hole worse.

Renée's Europa mission doesn’t contradict Picard being the first to leave the solar system, but why doesn't he mention this ancestor to Shinzon?

Warning: SPOILERS for  Star Trek: Picard  Season 2, Episode 5 - "Fly Me To The Moon"

Star Trek: Picard ’s revelations about the Picard family history have widened a Star Trek: Nemesis plot hole. In Nemesis , Jean-Luc is questioned about his family’s history as explorers by his villainous clone Shinzon. Picard responds by telling Shinzon that he was “ the first Picard to leave our solar system. It caused quite a stir in the family... ”

In Star Trek: Picard season 2, episode 5 “Fly Me to the Moon,” it’s revealed by the Supervisor that Picard’s ancestor Renée is destined to embark on the Europa space mission, a beacon of hope for humanity that has been teased throughout the 2024 scenes so far. It’s her discovery on Jupiter’s moon Io that puts humankind on the course to the more open, fairer society of the future that Q has altered.

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Renée Picard's Europa mission to Jupiter’s moon doesn’t contradict Nemesis ’ assertion that he was the first Picard to leave the solar system. It does, however, throw up several questions about why Jean-Luc never mentioned her in response to Shinzon’s question. He’s visibly shocked by the Supervisor’s revelation that she’s watching over one of his ancestors and is delighted to discover more about her. “ She sounds remarkable ,” he says, clearly moved. While Jean-Luc may not have known about this vitally important ancestor until his later life, her name lives on in the family. Picard’s nephew, who dreams of being an explorer like his Uncle Jean-Luc, is named René. This is surely no coincidence. René is tragically killed in Star Trek: Generations , which also contradicts Jean-Luc’s self-centered assertion about the family’s explorer credentials in Nemesis .

Star Trek: Generations Established Picard’s Explorer Ancestors

In an early scene in Generations,  Picard experiences a family death.  Discussing this with Counsellor Troi in the wake of the devastating news that his brother Robert and nephew René have perished in a fire, she recognizes his pride in his family history, which Picard concedes. He talks of family stories of the “ Picard who fought at Trafalgar. The Picard who won the Nobel prize for chemistry. The Picards who settled the first Martian colony. ”

Renée Picard is conspicuous by her absence. Given that in Star Trek history, the Martian colonies are in 2103, it’s unlikely that she would be moving to Mars nearly eight decades after the events of Star Trek: Picard season 2 . What else drives people to colonize another planet but exploration? Picard’s Martian settler ancestors chime with Gene Roddenberry’s sci-fi update of America’s frontier myth. Adding Renée to the Picard family tree is in keeping with the hopeful future of space exploration that inspired Roddenberry's original vision.

Renée Picard Expands Jean-Luc’s Family Tradition

The introduction of Renée Picard as Jean-Luc’s great-great-aunt to Star Trek mythology further expands this family history of space exploration. The Supervisor recounts Renée’s life to Picard thus far - teaching herself to sail by age 10, learning Cantonese by age 11, and beginning university at 16. This is someone who very clearly has the inquisitive mind of an explorer.

Her work as a test pilot led to her being recruited by NASA for the upcoming Europa mission. However, Renée is experiencing a crisis of confidence, rooted in anxiety and depression as she’s doubtful that she has what it takes to join the mission. With Star Trek 's Q, whose powers don't work , masquerading as a psychotherapist to erode Renée's self-confidence, it’s up to Picard and the crew of the La Sirena to ensure that she fulfills her destiny as an explorer. Despite Jean-Luc's namechecking of her as the first Picard in space in the Star Trek: Picard season 2 premiere, he seems unaware of the intricacies of Renée’s life in 2024. He's also ignorant of her significant importance to the future of mankind. Is this why he doesn't mention her to Shinzon?

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Star Trek: Nemesis Contradicted Picard’s Known Explorer History

The simplest answer for Renée Picard not being mentioned in Nemesis is that Picard season 2 wouldn’t be written and broadcast for another two decades. However, that doesn’t explain the missing Martian colonists, first mentioned eight years earlier in Generations . The contradictory scene in Star Trek:   Nemesis takes place in the Romulan Senate as Picard comes face to face with his clone. Shinzon explains the abandoned Romulan plot to replace Jean-Luc, and how he was eventually cast aside when a new government came to power. He was disappeared, sent to the Dilithium mines on Remus to die. However, he survived through sheer force of will, and the protection of the Reman slaves.

Shinzon is fascinated by Picard, and the stories of the great Enterprise captain. As he explains the motivations for his violent coup, he tries to find common ground with his progenitor. He tells Jean-Luc, “ If you had lived my life and experienced the suffering of my people, you'd be standing where I am. ” Jean-Luc refutes this suggestion, and Picard talks of his Federation responsibilities, and of the importance of keeping personal feelings at bay. In another attempt to gain Picard’s understanding, Shinzon asks about their past, and what it means to be human. Despite Shinzon’s repeated use of the question “ Were we Picards always… ” Jean-Luc’s answers are firmly rooted in his own story, and not that of his ancestors.

Why Picard Ignores His Ancestors’ Achievements In Nemesis

There are several reasons that Picard doesn’t mention his ancestors’ explorer credentials when questioned by Shinzon. The most obvious is that he simply doesn’t trust him. Picard says as much when Shinzon claims to only want peace. The scene closes with Picard stating “ Nothing would make me more proud than to take your hand in friendship. In time, when that trust has been earned. ” Also, Picard is a Starfleet captain , who can sense a tactical advantage. Shinzon has already proved he knows a great deal about the crew of the Enterprise by this point, and Jean-Luc doesn’t want to give him another advantage through personal Picard family stories. By choosing only to mention that he was the first Picard to leave the solar system, causing family discord in the process, he is highlighting his own individuality and single-mindedness. In doing so, he is also rejecting Shinzon’s assertion that Jean-Luc would have followed the same violent course of action as he did.

The introduction of Renée adds a different dimension to the scene, however. The Martian colonists are easily explained away as Jean-Luc withholding information from Shinzon in Star Trek: Nemesis . His surprise, delight, and protectiveness over Renée in the Supervisor’s apartment suggest that much information has been withheld from him. Renée’s achievements beyond merely being the first in the line to go into space are an odd oversight for a man who, in Generations , prides himself on his knowledge of the Picard family history. In the previous episode, Picard told Agnes of the Chateau’s wartime history in the 1940s and the Picards' escape to the United Kingdom. How can he remember the Picards' English heritage  but not the significance of the first Picard in space?

It's possible that the answer lies in Jean-Luc’s father’s determination that his son stay on Earth rather than explore the stars. Maybe Picard family history has conflated Renée’s mental health condition with her time as an astronaut. This would result in Maurice, an abusive and complicated patriarch, barring his family from space travel out of some misguided and ill-informed attempt to protect them from whatever fate befell her. Given how important and inspirational Renée’s story is, there has clearly been a decision not to hand it down through the generations along with the Nobel prizes and Martian colonies that Picard withheld in Star Trek: Nemesis . As Star Trek: Picard season 2 continues, viewers can expect to learn much more about the Picard family tree, and their connections with Star Trek history.

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