I began this list several weeks in advance of the debut of Star Trek: Picard. Needless to say, as each episode premiered I was equally delighted (and dismayed) to add to this list. If you’ve not watched Star Trek: Voyager recently (or at all), I highly recommend working your way through this three-part prelude series of posts before diving into the new show!
In a bit of a change of the format for the blog, the following episodes are relevant (at some level) to the events depicted in Picard. Many of these episodes are marked with an asterisk (*) to designated them as essential viewing, while those that are not marked are listed to provide deeper background on events, characters, and themes relevant to the new series.
Since the show is semi-serialized, I included several additional episodes for character continuity throughout to make this it a bit more enjoyable of a watch as some minor characters arcs end in ways that would be noticeable to the viewer. Those marked with a tilde (~) are added simply for this purpose and could be skipped if you are in a rush.
| Episode | Stardate | Season |
|---|---|---|
| Caretaker* | 48315.6 | 1 |
| Parallax~ | 48439.7 | 1 |
| Prime Factors~ | 48642.5 | 1 |
| State of Flux~ | 48658.2 | 1 |
| Cold Fire~ | 49164.8 | 2 |
| Maneuvers~ | 49208.5 | 2 |
| Alliances~ | 49337.4 | 2 |
| Meld~ | Unknown | 2 |
| Death Wish | 49301.2 | 2 |
| Deadlock~ | 49548.7 | 2 |
| Basics | Part One~ | Unknown | 2 |
| Basics | Part Two~ | 50032.7 | 3 |
| Future’s End ~ | 50312.5 | 3 |
| Future’s End | Part Two ~ | 50312.5 | 3 |
| The Q and the Grey | 50384.2 | 3 |
| Fair Trade~ | Unknown | 3 |
| Blood Fever~ | 50537.2 | 3 |
| Unity* | 50614.2 | 3 |
| Scorpion | Part One* | 50984.3 | 3 |
| Scorpion | Part Two* | 51003.7 | 4 |
| The Gift* | 51008.0 | 4 |
| The Raven* | Unknown | 4 |
| Mortal Coil | 51449.2 | 4 |
| The Omega Directive | 51781.2 | 4 |
| Extreme Risk~ | Unknown | 5 |
| Once Upon a Time~ | Unknown | 5 |
| Infinite Regress | 52356.2 | 5 |
| Latent Image | Unknown | 5 |
| Dark Frontier* | 52619.2 | 5 |
| Survival Instinct | 53049.2 | 6 |
| Collective* | Unknown | 6 |
| Pathfinder~ | Unknown | 6 |
| Ashes to Ashes* | 53679.4 | 6 |
| Child’s Play* | Unknown | 6 |
| Life Line~ | Unknown | 6 |
| Unimatrix Zero | Part One* | Unknown | 6 |
| Unimatrix Zero | Part Two* | 54014.4 | 7 |
| Drive~ | 54058.6 | 7 |
| Imperfection* | 54129.4 | 7 |
| Nightingale* | 54274.7 | 7 |
| Lineage* | 54452.6 | 7 |
| Human Error* | Unknown | 7 |
| Q2* | 54704.5 | 7 |
| Homestead* | 54868.6 | 7 |
| Endgame* | 54973.4 | 7 |
Once you’ve worked your way through this second batch of episodes and movies, continue on to Part Three!
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