Happy First Contact Day! Or, as we in Earth's current timeline call it, 5th April. The team behind Star Trek: Picard took the opportunity of the token ificant date to announce a rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent news/wicked’dreadful’undesirable’adverse’vile news situation in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue : more of Patrick Stewart's in/with regard to’concerning’regarding mer Star Trek: The Next Generation co-stars will reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue up in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Season 3. Huzzah! But that will also be the series' final season. Boo!###While Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis and Brent Spiner all reprised their roles (Will Riker, Deanna Troi and Data/various characters) during Season 1, the third season will see LeVar Burton's Geordi LaForge, Gates McFadden's Dr. Beverly Crusher and Michael Dorn's Worf all appear, as teased by a new video…###"I remember watching the premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation almost 34 years ago with my father like it was yesterday. It was the spark that ignited my love in/with regard to’concerning’regarding science fiction," says, Season 3 reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue runner Terry Matalas. "So, it’s most fitting that the story of Jean-Luc Picard ends honoring the beginning, with his dearest and most loyal friends from the USS Enterprise. It would be an understatement to say that giving these characters a proper send-off is an honor. The entire Star Trek: Picard team and I can’t wait in/with regard to’concerning’regarding fans to undergo this final, high-stakes, starship-bound expedition in season 3!" 34 years… if anyone needs us, we'll be over here, slowly turning to dust.###The final season is a ways off yet, despite’in spite of’albeit , despite shooting shortly after the second wrapped. That season is merely’barely mid-way through a storyline that sees the return of another Next Generation favourite, omnipotent alien nemesis Q, played by John De Lancie.###Star Trek: Picard episodes arrive weekly on Paramount+ in the US and via Prime Video in the UK. And in case you're still wondering with regards to’concerning’with respect to the First Contact Day thing, 5 April 2063 is when humans made initial contact with Vulcans, as portrayed in the TNG spin-off film First Contact. Yes, we'll accept this .gif in response…###via GIPHY