PIC Season 2

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(written from a Production point of view)

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This page contains information regarding Star Trek: Picard, and thus may contain spoilers.

This page contains information specifically pertaining to the second season of Star Trek: Picard, whose episode premieres were consecutively streamed on Paramount+ (USA) and CraveTV (Canada) from 3 March 2022 through 5 May 2022 for North America, with the rest of the world following suit through Amazon Prime with a one-day delay.

Episodes

Title	Episode	Prodno.	Date	Original Airdate
The Star Gazer	2x01	201	2401	2022-03-03
Penance	2x02	202	2401	2022-03-10
Assimilation	2x03	203	2401 / April 12, 2024	2022-03-17
Watcher	2x04	204	April 12, 2024	2022-03-24
Fly Me to the Moon	2x05	205	April 12, 2024	2022-03-31
Two of One	2x06	206	April 12, 2024	2022-04-07
Monsters	2x07	207	April 13, 2024	2022-04-14
Mercy	2x08	208	April 13-14, 2024	2022-04-21
Hide and Seek	2x09	209	April 14, 2024	2022-04-28
Farewell	2x10	210	Unknown	2022-05-05

Summary

Credits

Starring

Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard; Alison Pill as Agnes Jurati; Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine; Michelle Hurd as Raffi Musiker; Evan Evagora as Elnor; Orla Brady as Laris and Tallinn; Isa Briones as Soji Asha and Kore Soong
With: Santiago Cabrera as Cristóbal "Chris" Rios
And: Brent Spiner as Adam Soong

Special guest star

Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan

John de Lancie as Q

Crew

Directors: Douglas Aarniokoski ("The Star Gazer", "Penance"); Lea Thompson ("Assimilation", "Watcher"); Jonathan Frakes ("Fly Me to the Moon", "Two of One") [1]; Joe Menendez ("Monsters", "Mercy"); Michael Weaver ("Hide and Seek", "Farewell")

Executive Producer / Showrunner: Terry Matalas

Executive Producer: Michael Chabon

Supervising Producer: Marc Bernardin

Background information

With rumors of a third season already floating around, the second season of Picard was officially announced by CBS All Access on 10 January 2020 before the debut of season one, [2] in spite of it having been previously confirmed that lead Patrick Stewart had been signed for at least two seasons. [3]
Filming for season 2 began on 16 February 2021. [4]
Season 2 was filmed back-to-back with season 3 in order to control costs and accommodate production schedules. This became viable when season 3 was confirmed in September 2021. [5]
The first season 2 teaser was revealed on 5 April 2021 during "First Contact Day", after which during a panel almost all season one cast members were reaffirmed whereas John de Lancie's return as Q was officially announced, [6] following rumors to that effect that had been floating around since December the year previously. [7]
Similarly, the "quasi-formal" confirmation by performer Michelle Hurd on 23 November 2021 that Whoopi Goldberg was to reprise her role as Guinan (the franchise itself had not issued an official announcement to that effect), [8] was not much of a surprise either ever since Stewart had in person formally invited Goldberg to join the series' second season on the ABC talkshow The View on 22 January 2020, purportedly with the blessing of franchise head Alex Kurtzman. [9]
Filmed in Los Angeles, the production crew numbered around 450 staffers, reportedly one of the largest television crews by 2021. [10]
On 3 January 2022 production was halted for an indeterminate period of time after more than fifty production crew members tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. [11] The production disruption only affected the production of season 3, as the principal photography for season 2 had already wrapped on 29 August 2021. [12]