Star Trek: Picard Season One Blu-ray

By Reggie's Take on July 22, 2020

The CBS All Access original series, Star Trek: Picard Season One, starring Patrick Stewart is beaming onto home video later this fall.

Star Trek: Picard saw the return of Patrick Stewart to the role of Jean-Luc Picard, the role he played for seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1987 – 1994 and four feature films.

Star Trek: Picard Season 1 will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD, on October 6th in both standard and Steelbook-packaging. The season one Blu-ray will contain all ten episodes along with a number of special features including behind-the-scenes featurettes, deleted scenes, and commentary tracks. The Blu-ray set will also include the Short Trek prequel “Children of Mars,” that debuted on CBS All Access this past January.

To see the entire breakdown of what’s being included with the bonus features you can check out that information below.

Reggie’s Take:
Personally, I enjoyed season one of Picard. Were there a few things that I was not happy with over the course of the ten episodes? Yes, but the issues I had with the show was not enough to say I disliked it.

The seventh episode entitled “Nepenthe” was without a doubt my favorite episode of season one. Nepenthe saw Picard travel to a planet where he reunites with Will Riker and Deanna Troi. The episode may not have had a lot action, but it made me realize why I liked the Next Generation so much and why I would love to see Riker get his own show someday.

The emotional moment of season one came in the final fifteen minutes of the season finale episode, “Et in Arcadia Ego: Part 2”. I will not give away any details in case there still might be a few of you who have not yet watched Picard, but it involves Data. If you were not satisfied with how Data’s story arc concluded in Nemesis, then this episode may or may not bring you satisfaction. I know speaking for myself that I am satisfied with what they did, just be ready with the tissues.

MAKE IT SO:
The co-creators and Patrick Stewart discuss bringing the iconic character back to the screen, including what was compelling enough to warrant it and the obstacles they had to overcome to make it so.

BEHIND-THE-SCENES EPISODIC FEATURETTES:
– STORY LOG: REMEMBRANCE
– STORY LOG: MAPS AND LEGENDS
– STORY LOG: THE END IS THE BEGINNING
– STORY LOG: ABSOLUTE CANDOR
– STORY LOG: STARDUST CITY RAG
– STORY LOG: THE IMPOSSIBLE BOX
– STORY LOG: NEPENTHE
– STORY LOG: BROKEN PIECES
– STORY LOG: ET IN ARCADIA EGO, PART 1
– STORY LOG: ET IN ARCADIA EGO, PART 2

COMMENTARY:
EPISODE 101, “REMEMBRANCE” – Executive producers Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman and Michael Chabon, supervising producer Kirsten Beyer, and director Hanelle M. Culpepper provide commentary about episode one of Star Trek: Picard.

THE MOTLEY CREW:
Working outside of Starfleet, Picard gathers his crew from across the galaxy. This special feature takes a look at the actors and characters that will travel aboard the La Sirena.

ALIENS ALIVE: THE xBs
A look inside the creative process behind the xBs of Star Trek: Picard, alongside Lead Creature Designer Neville Page, Vincent Van Dyke and his prosthetics studio team, as well as Make-Up and Prosthetics Department Head James MacKinnon about the process from start to stage.

PICARD PROPS:
Property Master Jeffrey Lombardi takes fans on a tour of the many props created for Season One of Star Trek: Picard.

SET ME UP:
Production Designer Todd Cherniawsky serves as the tour guide for the main stages of Star Trek: Picard, including the La Sirena, Picard’s study and the Borg Cube. Cherniawsky, Supervising Art Director Iain McFadyen and Set Decorator Lisa Alkofer also discuss the various designs for the show.

STAR TREK: SHORT TREKS:
“CHILDREN OF MARS” – Twelve-year-old classmates Kima and Lil find themselves at odds with each other on a day that will change their lives forever.

COMMENTARY:
STAR TREK: SHORT TREKS: “CHILDREN OF MARS” – Executive producer and co-writer Alex Kurtzman, and co-writers Jenny Lumet and Kirsten Beyer, discuss the featured Short Treks episode.

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