Star Trek Continues 6 Gag Reel Vimeo
The sophomore season of Star Trek: Picard arrives on home video today in the USA.
Star Trek: Picard – Season 2
Just where Picard (and its titular character Jean-Luc Picard) were going to go next after the conclusion of the first season was of keen interest to fans. The first few episodes of season 2 brought a fresh sense of the world, with a lovingly designed new USS Stargazer (there's more on that in the special features), some compelling dalliances with the darkest versions of our characters, and an interesting spin on a Borg Queen. Sadly, the season got bogged down in 2024 Los Angeles and a pretty painful exploration of Jean-Luc's boyhood trauma, which included a frustratingly archaic idea of mental health when it came to the handling of Yvette Picard.
TrekMovie covered the individual episodes as they came out in reviews by our site founder Anthony as well as in weekly episode review episodes of the All Access Star Trek podcast. If you haven't already checked them out, they're highly recommended for reviews and analysis of each episode.
The Blu-ray set
The episodes and special features are spread out across three Blu-ray discs. As we've come to expect for a CBS home video release, each disc has the names of the episodes it contains printed on them, as well as a full listing for the set on the inside back of the case.
Video Quality
Picard has a slick and modern style that follows the general trends of the live action CBS/Paramount+ Trek universe. Season 2 spends quite a bit of time on Earth in 2024, so in some ways this season is both more down-to-Earth (pun intended) stylistically, but it also spends a lot of time in the murkiness of night—at the Château, around the Europa gala, etc. Having the higher bitrate available on disc means the image quality in these darker scenes is a bit better than streaming.
Audio Quality
As we've come to expect, the episodes have losslessly compressed DTS-HD MA 5.1 channel soundtracks. This is pretty standard for a TV show release. Picard sounds great; as noted in my other reviews, the producers and sound mixers are on the top of their game with these latest seasons.
Special Features
Documentary features
Most of these are 10-20 minute pieces.
Disc 1
The U.S.S. Stargazer – This feature is worth watching if you like ship design: Executive producer Terry Matalas and production designer Dave Blass discuss the design of the new Stargazer inside and out. We also get a time-lapse video of the bridge being built on the sound stage. The team brought in Trek veterans Michael Okuda, Doug Drexler, and John Eaves to help create the latest U.S.S. Stargazer. We get to see clips from their virtual meetings and early ideas for designs. Also keep an eye out for Thomas Marrone of Star Trek Online, who lends a hand doing concept renders.
The Château – Production designer Dave Blass and prop master Jeff Lombardi show us how they rebuilt and expanded on the Château Picard sets in season 2. The original Château sets were converted into the silvery "Dataverse" version at the end of season 1, so those sets were scrapped and the new production design team got to start over for season 2.
Disc 3
Picard Props – Prop Master Jeff Lombardi showcases new props created for Star Trek: Picard season 2, which included making the Starfleet props into their sinister Confederation versions.
The Trial Is Over – An exploration of Q (and John de Lancie) and his connection to Jean-Luc Picard.
Rebuilding The Borg Queen – Designer Neville Page kicks off this feature, discussing how he approached the new spin on the Borg Queen. Actress Annie Wersching discusses stepping into the role of the Borg Queen. And Prosthetics Master Vincent Van Dyke and Make-Up Department Head James MacKinnon discuss the process of making and applying the Borg makeup and embellishments to Wersching.
Picard Passages – This is the typical talking heads chat about the season, the character of Picard, his journey, and so forth.
Deleted Scenes
For many people, these are likely behind the desire to get a TV show on disc. There are four episodes that have deleted or extended scenes, found on the disc with the corresponding episode.
"Assimilation"
Extended bit of scene of Elnor and Raffi as Elnor is dying in La Sirena's powerless sickbay.
A longer introduction to Dr. Teresa Ramirez and her son Ricardo. Teresa talks about Ricardo's love of space and how he wants to be an exo-botanist before the injured Rios is brought in.
"Fly Me To The Moon"
Q is disgusted by having to eat, and asks the waitress at the diner where he's meeting Soong how she handles knowing she has a finite existence. He almost has an engaging conversation, then shoos her away when Soong enters.
A scene where Talinn uses a gadget with a flash of light to "zap" a line-up of guests at the Europa ball, kind of like the Neuralyzer from Men in Black. A few seconds of this was seen in the Picard season 2 Star Trek Day 2021 trailer.
"Monsters"
Raffi wonders if Jurati-Borg went to the bar to throw back a few. "Never underestimate a good bender." (You can see this deleted scene as a TrekMovie exclusive clip at the bottom of this review)
"Farewell"
As the characters face the possibility that they're stuck in 2024, Seven takes command of the mission. Among other heroic things she says are "smoke 'em if you got 'em," something she picked up from pop culture to fit in.
Gag Reel – Found on the third disc. It's always a good time to see these consummate professional actors break character. We learn that filming in downtown Los Angeles isn't all it's cracked up to be—poor Jeri Ryan and Michelle Hurd have every kind of vehicle imaginable come flying by them while trying to film on the street (motorcycles, cement mixers, helicopters, oh my!). And of course being back on the sets of a Starfleet ship made for some déjà vu for Sir Patrick Stewart; we get to see him slip back into his old "walk and talk down the corridor" routine, which leads to him mistakenly calling the Stargazer the Enterprise.
Sir Patrick laughs at his mistake of saying "Enterprise" instead of "Stargazer."
Final thoughts
Despite the drooping middle of the season, for many people this Blu-ray can be worth watching; it's the highest quality way to watch Picard. It's recommended for completists or anyone who wants an offline copy of the show; this includes those who cannot or do not want to stream the show, and folks who have concerns about the fleeting rights to streaming media. After a few seasons now produced in the new CBS/Paramount+ Star Trek Universe, Picard season 2 is part of a growing list of new seasons produced in HDR (Picard seasons 1-2, Discovery seasons 2-4, and Strange New Worlds season 1) and are available to stream in HDR from Paramount+, I would be remiss in not expressing disappointment with the lack of a UHD Blu-ray release to let the typically gorgeous cinematography really shine.
Available Today
Amazon: Blu-ray $42.99 and DVD $29.95.
There is also a limited Steelbook edition available on Amazon
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Coming soon to other countries
The home video release will be available soon in these countries:
- United Kingdom — November 14
- Nordics — November 14
- Spain— November 15
- France — November 16
- Italy — November 17
- Germany — November 17
- Benelux — November 18
- Japan — November 18
- Australia — December 7
Special features video clips
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Source: https://trekmovie.com/2022/10/04/review-binge-star-trek-picard-season-2-on-blu-ray-and-enjoy-that-gag-reel/
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