The show is good, but it can sometimes feel very unlike what made the original TNG so beloved. Picard is a far darker show than TNG was (not to say that the show was never afraid to handle dark topics), and while TNG evoked a fairly comfortable episodic format for the majority of its run, Picard utilizes a serialized plot. However, while the series has largely been received well by critics and fans, it’s a very different final product than what TNG delivered. The world of TNG was so inviting that fans had been clamoring for a proper return. With all that considered, it’s no surprise that Picard was eventually made.
Almost all additions the show made to the canon have become extremely iconic, with The Borg (first introduced in the second season) quickly becoming one of the most terrifying and unique villains in science fiction history. Klingons were no longer simple villains but a culture to be cooperated with and learned about, alien species could vary from human-like to nearly incomprehensible life forms. It truly felt like a step forward for the franchise.
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Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart) proved to be a very different but well-respected heir to the throne that James Kirk ( William Shatner) became famous for, and the show’s inclusion of new and exciting characters such as Klingon officer Worf ( Michael Dorn) and android officer Data ( Brent Spiner) gave more unique outsider perspectives to the series and prompted unique philosophical questions. As the franchise’s first attempt at following a cast outside the original series Enterprise crew the show had big shoes to fill - and over the course of its mind-boggling 178 episodes (a feat no other show in the franchise has matched to date), it succeeded in that goal. The Next Generation is not only arguably the most beloved series in the Star Trek franchise (bar its middling first season) but one of the most influential sci-fi shows of all time, and the show is one of the best episodic series of its era.
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