The truth that Jean-Luc had a son with Beverly Crusher early in this week’s episode started to sink in, and the two friends and ex-lovers separated to have an open discussion about why Beverly had kept Jack’s existence a secret for so long. Everly claimed that Jean-Luc was too committed to Starfleet and that she didn’t want to put her son in danger; yet, Jean-Luc wishes he had been given the opportunity to get to know his son. It was emotional and honest, at times making it tough to witness. Neither writing nor filming were any simpler,
Twenty years in the production, the sequence was “the hardest scene I’ve ever worked on,” according to Terry Matalas, showrunner of Star Trek: Picard.
It took two months for several different writers to fully refine and develop that sequence, according to Matalas. “All of us, including Jonathan Frakes, who directed the episode, Gates McFadden, and Patrick Stewart, contributed to it. We practised it numerous times. The scenario was the hardest to get perfect all season.
According to Matalas, the sequence was “dramatic” to film because it wasn’t a typical Star Trek: The Next Generation moment and that both Patrick and Gates had significant love for their characters. Director of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Nicholas Meyer claims it’s “likely closer to something” he “would investigate… Your parents fighting in space should be upsetting. You still want to love them, understand them, and push them into new dramatic area, though. Throughout the editing process, Matalas acknowledges, “we were sweating that out,” but “after it came together in the editing room… we felt like it worked,” she adds.
Yet, since it’s a crucial sequence for the characters of Jean-Luc and Beverly, it was crucial to get it right. It has a lot of work to do, says Matalas. It’s important for you to comprehend his perspective, which is “Oh God, what have you done?” She also asks, “What do you expect me to do?” Once she’s finished explaining, you must fully comprehend her motivations.
Oh, just for the record: In the Next Generation timeline, when did this romantic connection actually occur? (Beverly claimed that a few months before she departed the Enterprise, she visited a beautiful planet with waterfalls on shore leave and gave birth to Jack.) We planned it to coincide with the release of [the 2002 Star Trek movie] Nemesis, according to Matalas. They gave their on-again, off-again romance a shot during a period while Beverly was still a doctor on the Enterprise, and that is the outcome.
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- Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Picard Boss Dissects the Heartbreaking Jean-Luc and Beverly Scene “Watching Your Space Parents Fight Should Be Uncomfortable”
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