The second season of Star Trek: Picard debuted its finale episode today, and after the events of “Farewell,” multiple members of the series’ cast have bid their own adieu to the final frontier.
(Don’t worry, Patrick Stewart isn’t going anywhere!)
*** WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD! ***
Following Cris Rios’ decision to stay behind in the 21st century in “Farewell” — and Guinan’s story of how his life ultimately ended in that past era — Santiago Cabrera shared the below post on Instagram following the finale, noting “It’s been a hell of a ride.”
While not a “formal” goodbye message, Cabrera joined the cast of HBO’s The Flight Attendant last September, which was filming during Picard Season 3’s time in studio.
After her assimilation as the new Borg Queen, Dr. Agnes Jurati’s story has come to an end as Alison Pill shared with MovieWeb this week that she didn’t participate in filming on Star Trek: Picard’s third and final season.
Speaking about the upcoming final year of Picard, Pill said:
“I know that season three will be the end. I wasn’t a part of season three, so I don’t have much to say about it in terms of spoilers. I will get to watch along with everybody else.”
On Instagram this morning, the actor also shared some behind-the-scenes footage of her time doing stunt work in full “Borgati” makeup and costume, from the Jurati-Elnor battle in “Hide and seek.”
Finally, in what is sure to be a disappointment to many, young Romulan cadet Elnor seems to have finished his Star Trek: Picard journey — after being resurrected in the final moments of “Hide and Seek” — as Australian actor Evan Evagora announced through his Instagram account today he’s not returning for the third season.
MAY 6 UPDATE: Soji actor Isa Brones also bid farewell to her character on Instagram today.
While it’s possible one or more of these three departing Picard stars may make a brief appearance in Season 3 — similar to the few moments checking in with Soji Asha in “The Stargazer” this season — it’s likely that “Farewell” will serve as each actor’s swan song.
It’s unknown as of this writing if Laris actor Orla Brady — while the final moments of the finale seemed to indicate she may stick around with Jean-Luc Picard, the actor emphasized the “ambiguity” of that ending in an interview in this week’s episode of The Ready Room.
(Brady also shared photos from London in September and from Ireland in early October when Season 3 was filming — so we’ll have to wait and see on that.)
Both Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine) and Michelle Hurd (Raffi) have both made public statements about filming Season 3 with the returning Star Trek: The Next Generation cast.
Star Trek: Picard is currently in post-production on its third and final season — likely to air in 2023 — on Paramount+ the United States, and on CTV Sci Fi Channel and Crave in Canada. Outside of North America, the series is available on Amazon’s Prime Video service in most international locations