# Star Trek: Picard

18 Hacker News commenters recommended Star Trek: Picard and 15 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Reunites Picard with the old Star Trek crew, with strong early seasons and fan service. Critics find the writing weak, the tone bleak, and Season 2 poor.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong first and third seasons (4 comments): "S1 was a much more interesting series than S2 and S3 were." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49737770)) "I enjoyed the first two seasons of Star Trek: Picard." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50294978)) "I did enjoy Picard S1/S3 despite the inconsistencies" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47731740))
- Reunion with old Trek crew (3 comments): "Picard had a few good episodes and it was nice to see the old crew but was not great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50297479)) "Picard was great! Romulans, Borg, Q, Data!! What more could you ask for?!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49704890)) "I'm glad we had a chance to say goodbye to Picard on his own series." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50297945))
- Fan service and familiar characters (2 comments): "The final season of Picard was pure fan service AND I LOVED EVERY MOMENT OF IT!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49995388)) "Picard was great! Romulans, Borg, Q, Data!! What more could you ask for?!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49704890))
- Good moments and highlights (2 comments): "Picard is an obvious highlight" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50295545)) "Picard had some good moments" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47022529))

## What people warn about

- Dark, gritty, dystopian tone (5 comments): "I thought Trek had turned from hope to dystopia with the release of Picard." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49985379)) "Picard especially posits a dystopian future and dystopian responses to it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49693245)) "Reboots like Picard are shockingly, almost insensitively, retrospective." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49729475))
- Weak writing and plotting (4 comments): "There's some legitimately challenging writing decisions in Discovery and Picard" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47393248)) "the awful plotting/writing of Star Trek: Picard" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50297419)) "Discovery and Picard both had terrible mystery box seasons where the mystery ended up being dumb and disappointing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47395406))
- Season 2 widely considered poor (3 comments): "Season 2 was exceedingly "meh", with an exception for the end of the last episode" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50295506)) "I consider the second season of Star Trek: Picard to be one of the worst seasons of TV ever made." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50295010)) "I consider Picard Season 2 the worst season of TV ever made." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49705509))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Halt and Catch Fire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/halt-and-catch-fire.md): 166 recommend
- [Babylon 5](https://hackerapproved.com/p/babylon-5.md): 86 recommend
- [Silicon Valley (TV series)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/silicon-valley.md): 52 recommend
- [Andor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/andor.md): 52 recommend
- [The Wire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wire.md): 39 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Star Trek: Picard", https://hackerapproved.com/p/star-trek-picard/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).