Star Trek: Picard
Shares rank 17 of 60 TV series by recommenders
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.
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.
33 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 18
- criticize it
- 15
- approval share
- 55%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 18 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Strong first and third seasons
“S1 was a much more interesting series than S2 and S3 were.”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “A warning about 'model welfare'” “I enjoyed the first two seasons of Star Trek: Picard.”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “Patrick Stewart has died” “I did enjoy Picard S1/S3 despite the inconsistencies”
Comment from 11 Apr 2026 in “The end of Star Trek is now official” - Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Writing a better reality: The case for optimistic sci-fi (2022)”
Reunion with old Trek crew
“Picard had a few good episodes and it was nice to see the old crew but was not great.”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “Patrick Stewart has died” “Picard was great! Romulans, Borg, Q, Data!! What more could you ask for?!”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Oracle’s 6am layoff emails hit staff amid new wave of cuts” “I'm glad we had a chance to say goodbye to Picard on his own series.”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “Patrick Stewart has died” Fan service and familiar characters
“The final season of Picard was pure fan service AND I LOVED EVERY MOMENT OF IT!”
Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “Paramount Skydance has completed its $111B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery” “Picard was great! Romulans, Borg, Q, Data!! What more could you ask for?!”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Oracle’s 6am layoff emails hit staff amid new wave of cuts” Good moments and highlights
“Picard is an obvious highlight”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “Patrick Stewart has died” “Picard had some good moments”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Dark, gritty, dystopian tone
“I thought Trek had turned from hope to dystopia with the release of Picard.”
Comment from 6 Oct 2026 in “Paramount Skydance has completed its $111B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery” “Picard especially posits a dystopian future and dystopian responses to it”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Writing a better reality: The case for optimistic sci-fi (2022)” “Reboots like Picard are shockingly, almost insensitively, retrospective.”
Comment from 16 Sep 2026 in “Douglas Adams and the exterminated Doctor Who adventure” - Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “Paramount Skydance has completed its $111B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery”
- Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “Paramount Skydance has completed its $111B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery”
Weak writing and plotting
“There's some legitimately challenging writing decisions in Discovery and Picard”
Comment from 15 Mar 2026 in “Animated 'Firefly' Reboot in Development from Nathan Fillion, 20th TV” “the awful plotting/writing of Star Trek: Picard”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “Patrick Stewart has died” “Discovery and Picard both had terrible mystery box seasons where the mystery ended up being dumb and disappointing.”
Comment from 16 Mar 2026 in “Animated 'Firefly' Reboot in Development from Nathan Fillion, 20th TV” - Comment from 12 Apr 2026 in “The end of Star Trek is now official”
Season 2 widely considered poor
“Season 2 was exceedingly "meh", with an exception for the end of the last episode”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “Patrick Stewart has died” “I consider the second season of Star Trek: Picard to be one of the worst seasons of TV ever made.”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “Patrick Stewart has died” “I consider Picard Season 2 the worst season of TV ever made.”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Oracle’s 6am layoff emails hit staff amid new wave of cuts”
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What people said
34 of the 37 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The Picard series on Amazon, which he had a big say in, was not great.”
“the recent Picard series was decent”
“I'm glad we had a chance to say goodbye to Picard on his own series.”
“It just wound up being so disappointing in the end.”
“Picard had a few good episodes and it was nice to see the old crew but was not great.”
“the awful plotting/writing of Star Trek: Picard”
“Picard is an obvious highlight”
“Season 2 was exceedingly "meh", with an exception for the end of the last episode”
“I disliked the last part of the story line”
“I consider the second season of Star Trek: Picard to be one of the worst seasons of TV ever made.”
“I enjoyed the first two seasons of Star Trek: Picard.”
“random female gives him lectures and dominates entire series”
“The final season of Picard was pure fan service AND I LOVED EVERY MOMENT OF IT!”
“most of Picard either, just like you because it was too gritty”
“DSC and Picard were long slogs in the spirit of "grit" and "realism."”
“I thought Trek had turned from hope to dystopia with the release of Picard.”
“I couldn't find myself caring about the new characters they tried to introduce”
“The writers flat out rejected Roddenberry's vision of a better future”
“S1 was a much more interesting series than S2 and S3 were.”
“Reboots like Picard are shockingly, almost insensitively, retrospective.”
“not to show graphic torture onscreen”
“I consider Picard Season 2 the worst season of TV ever made.”
“Picard was great! Romulans, Borg, Q, Data!! What more could you ask for?!”
“Picard was amazing for season 3”
“Picard especially posits a dystopian future and dystopian responses to it”
“Everyone hates Picard and for good reason as it squandered so much potential”
“I liked reconnecting with old characters in the first few episodes of Picard S1, but didn't even finish the first season.”
“I did enjoy Picard S1/S3 despite the inconsistencies”
“I fell asleep on the first episodes of the other two, twice.”
“Lower Decks, Strange New Worlds, and Starfleet Academy are vastly better shows than Discovery or Picard.”
“Discovery and Picard both had terrible mystery box seasons where the mystery ended up being dumb and disappointing.”
“There's some legitimately challenging writing decisions in Discovery and Picard”
“Star Trek Picard Season 3 reveal that Kirk's body is being kept on ice at Section 31”
“Picard had some good moments”
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