Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 5 – "Imposters"Commander Ro Laren (Michelle Forbes) makes a surprise return in Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 5, "Imposters," to wrap up the former Bajoran freedom fighter's story and set Picard on course for a perilous second half of season 3. Ro was one of the most popular recurring characters in Star Trek: The Next Generation and her exit at the end of season 7 remained an unanswered question for 29 years.
In Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 5, the USS Titan-A is licking its wounds after escaping the Ryton Nebula and Captain Vadic (Amanda Plummer). However, Captain Liam Shaw (Todd Stashwick) contacted Starfleet Command to force Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Captain Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes) to answer for putting the Titan in danger. In a big surprise, Starfleet Intelligence sent Commander Ro Laren to the Titan, flanked by two security officers from the USS Intrepid. Ro is also ostensibly ordered to apprehend Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers), who is undergoing some sort of terrifying transformation related to Picard season 3's Changeling villains.