Prelude to Picard | Part Four

In my prior post on the subject, “Prelude to Picard | Part Three,” I made a small crack about Star Trek: Deep Space Nine not yet being relevant to the events of the series. Now that we’re deep into the fantastic final season of Star Trek: Picard, I find myself having to eat my words.

So far, you don’t really need to watch the episodes on this list to enjoy the story, but it does provide extensive background on events and characters mentioned in the first few episodes of the third season. That said, this may be a better watch following the conclusion of Star Trek: Picard.

Let this serve as a bit of a spoiler alert, if you haven’t started in on the new season. If you want to know more, scroll past the poster art and dive into all 67 episodes of Part Four of Picard Prep!

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, Many of these episodes are marked with an asterisk (*) to designated them as essential viewing, while other episodes (marked with a tilde “~”) are listed to provide deeper background on events, characters, and themes relevant to the main arc of the series as it relates to Picard Season 3.

Episode	Stardate	Season
Emissary	46379.1	1
Vortex	Unknown	1
In the Hands of the Prophets~	Unknown	1
The Homecoming~	Unknown	2
The Circle~	Unknown	2
The Siege~	Unknown	2
Rules of Acquisition	Unknown	2
Sanctuary	47391.2	2
Shadowplay	47602.3	2
Blood Oath~	Unknown	2
The Collaborator~	Unknown	2
The Jem’Hadar	Unknown	2
The Search | Part I	48212.4	3
The Search | Part II	Unknown	3
Destiny	48543.2	3
Visionary	Unknown	3
Improbable Cause	Unknown	3
The Die is Cast	Unknown	3
Family Business~	Unknown	3
The Adversary	48959.1	3
The Way of the Warrior	49011.4	4
Starship Down	49263.5	4
The Sword of Kahless~	49289.1	4
Homefront	49170.65	4
Paradise Lost	Unknown	4
Return to Grace	Unknown	4
Sons of Mogh	Unknown	4
Broken Link	49962.4	4
Apocalypse Rising	Unknown	5
The Ship~	50049.3	5
For the Uniform	50485.2	5
In Purgatory’s Shadow	Unknown	5
By Inferno’s Light	50564.2	5
Soldiers of the Empire	Unknown	5
Blaze of Glory	Unknown	5
In the Cards	50929.4	5
Call to Arms	50975.2	5
A Time to Stand	Unknown	6
Rocks and Shoals	Unknown	6
Sons and Daughters	Unknown	6
Behind the Lines	51145.3	6
Favor the Bold	Unknown	6
Sacrifice of Angels	Unknown	6
You Are Cordially Invited~	51247.5	6
Waltz	51408.6	6
One Little Ship	51474.2	6
Honor Among Thieves	Unknown	6
In the Pale Moonlight*	51721.3	6
Valiant	51825.4	6
Tears of the Prophets	Unknown	6
Image in the Sand~	Unknown	7
Shadows and Symbols~	52152.6	7
Treachery, Faith and the Great River	Unknown	7
Once More Unto the Breach	Unknown	7
The Siege of AR-558	Unknown	7
Penumbra	52576.2	7
‘Til Death Do Us Part	Unknown	7
Strange Bedfellows	Unknown	7
The Changing Face of Evil	Unknown	7
When It Rains…	52684.3	7
Tacking Into the Wind	Unknown	7
Extreme Measures	52645.7	7
The Dogs of War	52861.3	7
What You Leave Behind	52909.0	7

Congratulations! You’ve made it to the “new” end of the Prelude to Picard prep! Now, go watch Star Trek: Picard Season Three!