PIC Season 3

The third season of was the final season, with ten episodes that premiered weekly on Thursdays starting on Paramount+ (USA and Latin America) and on CraveTV (Canada), with the rest of the world following on Prime Video the next day.
In the UK, Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, season 3 episodes were also released on newly-launched Paramount+ foreign subsidiaries the day after their US premieres by the mother streaming service, alongside the Prime Video streamings, with all three seasons of Picard slated to be added to Paramount+ in South Korea later in 2023. 
==Episodes==
==Summary==
After twenty years of silence, Doctor Beverly Crusher sends a mysterious distress call to Jean-Luc Picard: "trust no one." This time with help from Will Riker and Seven of Nine, (now first officer under Captain Liam Shaw of the ,) Picard is put in the crosshairs of Vadic and the while being introduced to Beverly's son: Jack Crusher. Raffi Musiker, Worf, and other familiar faces reunite to investigate who's directing Vadic, and the threat they pose to the Federation's Frontier Day.
==Background information==
*On , Production Weekly included a third season in its listing of upcoming productions, although no official announcement has been made. It was officially confirmed on during the Star Trek Day 2021 celebration.
*Season 3 was filmed back-to-back with season 2 in order to control costs and accommodate production schedules, and principal photography, aka production, began at the start of September 2021, immediately after production on the second season had wrapped on 29 August. 
*On , production on this season was temporarily halted due to a COVID-19 outbreak on set. Production resumed four days later on . 
*On , production on this season had finished shooting. It was also confirmed that this season will be the final one. 
*On "First Contact Day", , it was revealed that the original cast of – LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, and Brent Spiner – had joined the cast for the third season, as a means of finally giving their characters "a proper send-off". 
*On , Alison Pill confirmed that she would not be returning for Season 3. 
*On , Evan Evagora and Santiago Cabrera confirmed that they would not be returning for Season 3. 
*On , Isa Briones confirmed that she would not be returning for Season 3. 
*The third season being made available on Paramount+ foreign subsidiaries concurrently with Prime Video, making it no longer the exclusive series streamer outside the Americas, might, in the context of the increasingly vicious streaming wars, be construed as a harbinger that the series will be pulled from Prime Video the moment the season release schedule is completed. It was in light of this that CraveTV did loose all its Star Trek content, Picard included with its very recent third season addition, on 1 August 2023, after the had revoked its streaming rights in favor of Paramount+ Canada. 
==Reception==
In 2023, the rating agency Nielsen started recording ratings for original streaming programming, which resulted in that both Picard and making the Top 10 Streaming Chart for Original Programs (for overall series views, not specific episodes.) After season three debuted, Picard occupied Nielsens original streaming Top 10 listing on three separate weeks, with a ninth spot as it highest ranking. 
===Awards===
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Award 	Category 	Nominee(s) 	Result
Astra TV Award 	Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Drama 	Jeri Ryan (who had to share her win with actress Elizabeth Debicki for her portrayal of Diana, Princess of Wales in the Netflix series The Crown) 	Tied win
Astra TV Award 	Best Writing in a Streaming Series, Drama () 	Terry Matalas 	won
Astra TV Award 	Best Directing in a Streaming Series, Drama ("The Last Generation") 	Terry Matalas 	nominated
Astra TV Award 	Best Streaming Series, Drama 	Paramount+/CBS Studios 	nominated
Astra TV Award 	Best Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama 	Patrick Stewart 	nominated
Astra TV Award 	Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama 	Brent Spiner 	nominated
Astra TV Award 	Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series () 	Michelle Forbes 	nominated
CCA Super Awards 	Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie 	Paramount+/CBS Studios 	nominated
CCA Super Awards 	Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie 	Todd Stashwick 	nominated
CCA Super Awards 	Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie 	Patrick Stewart 	nominated
CCA Super Awards 	Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie 	Jeri Ryan 	nominated
CCA Super Awards 	Best Villain in a Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie 	Amanda Plummer 	nominated
Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup ("The Last Generation") 	James MacKinnon (Special Makeup Effects Department Head), Vincent Van Dyke (Prosthetic Designer), Hugo Villasenor (Key Prosthetic Makeup Artist), Bianca Appice (Key Prosthetic Makeup Artist), Neville Page (Prosthetic Designer), Kevin Wasner (Prosthetic Makeup Artist), Affort Storton (Prosthetic Makeup Artist), Kevin Haney (Additional Prosthetic Makeup Artist)	nominated
Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) () 	Silvina Knight (Assistant Department Head Makeup Artist), Tanya Cookingham (Key Makeup Artist), Peter De Oliveira (Makeup Artist), Allyson Carey (Makeup Artist), Hanny Eisen (Makeup Artist), Kim Ayers (Additional Makeup Artist) 	nominated
Family Film Awards 	Best Ensemble Series (Television) 	Paramount+/CBS Television Studios 	nominated
Family Film Awards 	Outstanding Actor in a TV Series 	Patrick Stewart 	nominated
Golden Reel Awards 	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Broadcast Long Form Effects/Foley ("The Last Generation") 	Matthew E. Taylor (supervising sound editor), Michael Schapiro (sound designer), Harry Cohen (sound designer), Alexander Pugh (sound editor), Deron Street (sound editor), James Gallivan (sound editor), John Sanacore (foley editor), Clayton Weber (foley editor), and Rick Owens (foley artist) 	nominated
Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards	Best Special Makeup Effects - Television Series, Limited Series or Miniseries, or Movie for Television	James MacKinnon, Hugo Villasenor, Bianca Appice, and Vincent Van Dyke 	nominated
Hollywood Professional Association Awards 	Outstanding Sound - Episodic or Non-Theatrical Feature ("The Last Generation") 	Matthew E. Taylor, Michael Schapiro, Todd Grace, Ed Carr, and Ian Shedd 	nominated
ICG Publicists Awards 	Television (Maxwell Weinberg Award) 	Paramount+/CBS Television Studios 	nominated
International Film Music Critics Award 	Composition of the Year (for the track "Leaving Spacedock") 	Stephen Barton, and Frederik Wiedmann 	nominated
International Film Music Critics Award 	Best Original Score for Television 	Stephen Barton, and Frederik Wiedmann 	nominated
Movie Music UK Award 	Score of the Year 	Stephen Barton, and Frederik Wiedmann 	nominated
Online Film & Television Association Awards 	Best Makeup - Prosthetic (Season three) 	Paramount+ 	nominated
Saturn Awards 	Best Science Fiction Television Series 	Paramount+/CBS Television Studios 	won
Saturn Awards 	Best Actor in a Television Series 	Patrick Stewart 	won
Saturn Awards 	Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series 	Jonathan Frakes 	won
Saturn Awards 	Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series 	Jeri Ryan 	won
Saturn Awards 	Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series 	Ed Speleers 	nominated
Saturn Awards 	Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series 	Todd Stashwick 	nominated
Saturn Awards 	Best Guest Star in a Television Series 	Amanda Plummer 	nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards 	Episodic Drama ("The Last Generation") 	Terry Matalas 	nominated
==Credits==
===Starring===
:Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard
:Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine
:Michelle Hurd as Raffaela Musiker ("The Next Generation"–"Seventeen Seconds"; "Imposters"–"The Bounty"; "Surrender"–"The Last Generation")
:Ed Speleers as Jack Crusher
====Special guest star(s)====
:LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge ("The Bounty"–"The Last Generation")
:Daniel Davis as ("The Bounty")
:Michael Dorn as Worf ("Disengage"–"Seventeen Seconds"; "Imposters"–"The Bounty"; "Surrender"–"The Last Generation")
:Michelle Forbes as Ro Laren ("Imposters")
:Jonathan Frakes as William T. Riker
:Alice Krige as the Borg Queen ("Võx"–"The Last Generation")
:Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher
:Tim Russ as Tuvok ("Dominion"; "The Last Generation")
:Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi ("Seventeen Seconds"–"No Win Scenario"; "The Bounty"; "Surrender"–"The Last Generation")
:Brent Spiner as Daystrom Android M-5-10 ("The Bounty"–"The Last Generation")
===Crew===
;Directors
:Douglas Aarniokoski ("The Next Generation"–"Disengage")
:Jonathan Frakes ("Seventeen Seconds"–"No Win Scenario")
:Dan Liu ("Imposters"–"The Bounty")
:Deborah Kampmeier ("Dominion"– "Surrender")
:Terry Matalas ("Võx"–"The Last Generation")
==See also==
*PIC Season 3 performers
*PIC directors
*PIC writers
*PIC Season 3 Blu-ray
*PIC Season 3 DVD
==External links==
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