Pressure's On! Picard's Ending Looms Over Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Discovery will come to an end with its upcoming fifth season, but can its series finale live up to the gold standard set by Star Trek: Picard? In 2023, Picard season 3 came to a close with an ending that captured the magic of the original Star Trek: The Next Generation series finale and brought the story of Admiral Jean Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the USS Enterprise-D to a deeply satisfying conclusion. Although Picard season 3 had the benefit of nostalgia and a cast full of beloved returning characters, "The Last Generation" worked as a grand series finale for a number of reasons.