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 the last TNG film or the film reboot, Star Trek, recently (or at all), I highly recommend working your way through this last of the 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.
| Episode | Stardate | Season |
|---|---|---|
| Nemesis* | 56844.9 | X |
| Star Trek* | 2233.03 – 2258.42 | XI |
| Children of Mars* | Unknown | Short Treks | Season 2 |
Optional Viewing: For additional background on the Romulans, I have provided a long list of episodes (and a few films) that stretch the entire gamut of the franchise (Discovery excluded, which is explained in TOS episode “Balance of Terror” and Deep Space Nine, where the Romulan story arc is not really relevant to Picard).
| Episode |
|---|
| Star Trek: Enterprise |
| Minefield |
| Kir’Shara |
| Babel One |
| United |
| The Aenar |
| Star Trek |
| Balance of Terror |
| Return to Tomorrow |
| The Deadly Years |
| Assignment: Earth** |
| The Enterprise Incident |
| Star Trek: The Animated Series |
| The Survivor |
| The Time Trap |
| The Practical Joker |
| Star Trek Films |
| The Final Frontier |
| The Undiscovered Country |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation |
| Contagion |
| The Defector |
| Tin Man |
| The Wounded |
| The Drumhead |
| The Mind’s Eye |
| The Next Phase |
| Birthright | Part One |
| Birthright | Part Two |
| The Chase |
| Timescape |
| The Pegasus |
| Star Trek: Voyager |
| Eye of the Needle |
| Message in a Bottle |
Congratulations! You’ve made it to the end of the Prelude to Picard prep! Now, go watch Star Trek: Picard!
** – Suggested viewing prior to watching Season Two.
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