Warning: This story contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of “Star Trek: Picard.” Jean-Luc Picard just got a second reboot.
In the Season 1 finale of “Star Trek: Picard,” Sir Patrick Stewart’s retired Starfleet admiral suffered a shocking death from a terminal brain condition.
But, of course, he couldn’t just go to the great beyond. In a poetic turn, his neural makeup was transferred into a synthetic body, or “synth,” becoming part of a previously maligned life-form that had been banned following an attack by its kind.
It’s yet another chance to live long and prosper for the show’s title character, who originated in the 1987-94 series “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” It’s also a way to encourage viewers to question their own