Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 3 – "Seventeen Seconds"Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 3 is full of surprises, and a great one is the unexpected friendship of Commander Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) and Ensign Sidney La Forge (Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut). The USS Titan-A is in dire straits in Picard season 3's third episode, "Seventeen Seconds," as it is stalked throughout the Ryton Nebula by the Shrike, the heavily-armed starship of Captain Vadic (Amanda Plummer). Meanwhile, there's chaos on the bridge as Captain Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes) took command after Captain Liam Shaw (Todd Stashwick) was seriously injured.
Along with being a Star Trek: The Next Generation reunion, Star Trek: Picard season 3 is also designed to pass the torch from TNG to its next generation. For Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), his next generation comes in the form of Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers), the adult son with Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) he never knew he had. Meanwhile, the Titan is piloted by helmsman Sidney La Forge, who is the daughter of Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) and part of the TNG legacy. But Picard season 3's 'next generation' isn't limited to blood-related offspring, as evidenced by the surprising bond between Seven of Nine and Sidney La Forge.
