greetings old friends when Professor Moriarty pops up at the end of the Star Trek Picard season 3
trailer and utters the line greetings old friends as he aims a pistol at the camera Star Trek the
Next Generation fans gassed in Glee Oh yeah oh hell yeah played by the enduring Daniel Davis
the character was only featured in two episodes over seven seasons but he is often regarded as
one of the best villains of the whole series a Holodeck character a fictional man the character
was so good he was briefly considered to be a Star Trek Voyager regular and spawned the idea
for an emergency hologram doctor say thank you Robert picardo the doctor thank you for real is
it so why now after all these years does data have something to do with it did vatic reach into her
deep dark bag of tricks to stop Picard at all costs and more importantly does his return say
something you should be paying attention to when it comes to the final season of Picard what we
have to share might just surprise you we're ready as are we so you don't want to miss this episode
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inspired graphic design from The Amazing artists at mixteas.com my mind is crowded with images
thoughts I do not understand yet cannot Purge they plagued me there aren't many times someone
got over on Jean-Luc Picard aboard his ship during TNG but for two episodes Elementary deer data and
ship in a bottle that's exactly what happened in these episodes we meet Sherlock Holmes Nemesis
Professor James Moriarty Professor James Moriarty and apparently the only Holodeck character who
could properly match wits with data all photons and force fields Moriarty was created after data
Jordy and Dr Pulaski were having a discussion about data's ability to solve problems like
Sherlock Holmes Pulaski said data could only solve Mysteries because he'd memorized all the
novels so Jordy suggested a test and decided to let the computer create an opponent for data and
told it to create an adversary with the ability to defeat him enter Moriarty who would not only end
up being a match for data but even Captain Picard himself Moriarty was played by the brilliant stage
actor Daniel Davis who would go on to fame as the snarky British Butler Niles on the nanny from 1993
to 99. unlike other Hollow characters Moriarty would become aware of his own Consciousness and
plot to take over the Enterprise and somehow Escape his prison I think therefore I am after
two wonderfully fun episodes Picard gets the better of Moriarty although he is none the wiser
and believes he has escaped the Enterprise with Countess Bartholomew it is a wondrous sight and
as far as they were concerned heading for melus too unknown to Moriarty he and his beloved were
actually still in a hollow program and would spend the rest of their lives inside a memory module on
board the Enterprise D this enhancement module contains enough active memory to provide them
with experiences for a lifetime but didn't the Enterprise D saucer section crash on Viridian
3 during the events of Star Trek generations so what happened to Moriarty in the Countess have
we already been given information about Picard season 3 that might tell us where he is before we
break it all down for you and explain why Moriarty coming back is great for Star Trek moving forward
I just had to have Moriarty back I don't know what to say let me quickly tell you why you are going
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so your majesty your highness that'll do thanks There is almost nothing in the trailer for Picard
season 3 that gives away Moriarty's purpose on the show but what we do know is the last time
we left him he would have crash landed with the Enterprise D but thanks to Patrick Stewart who
told us there would be multiple Enterprises in Picard season 3 as well as an Easter egg of a
recovered Enterprise D saucer section ship plaque in Picard season 2 and Mr loose lips LeVar Burton
who plays the Beloved Geordi laforge we now know the TNG era Enterprise is in the upcoming season
of Picard Burton let slip last May at Megacon 2022 that the Nostalgia of being back on the
bridge and that the sense of coming home was real like being in a time machine and transported back
to the late 80s that confirmation that we'll be seeing the Enterprise d means that there's a good
chance Moriarty is somewhere in there too did he escape from his program or did someone release
him how mad do you think he is after learning he was Bamboozled by Luke Picard would it make him
angry enough to go looking for his old friends as the clip would have us believe there are a
few things we know for sure following the panel at New York Comic Con recently Davis's non-disclosure
agreement was loosened and he was able to discuss the upcoming role a little bit I have to say A
Hallelujah because my non-disclosure agreement was lifted yesterday at the New York Comic-Con in a
cameo interview with Timothy Roy Davis said fans will enjoy what happens more if they understand
his role as a callback to an earlier season before Moriarty appears this Moriarty has something to do
with the first meeting between Riker and data Davis also gives us a line that Riker says in
his scene with him Riker will say this is not the Moriarty we knew from the Enterprise Davis
confirmed this line to be true it's a different Moriarty but still is Moriarty as Riker says in
the script in the scene that we did this is not the Moriarty that we know from the Enterprise and
in fact that is true Davis also divulge that all of the filming for his character was shot in Los
Angeles in one day so expect maybe one or two episodes with Moriarty perhaps he will play a
distraction as part of vatic's plan to torment Picard or maybe it's something else entirely
altogether there's also the possibility that Moriarty plays an ally of some sort imagine lore
on the loose and no one able to keep him in check or why not retrieve the hollow program that was
smart enough to defeat his brother data this leads us to believe that whatever Moriarty is doing in
Picard season 3 it likely has something to do with data or lore Moriarty's character is complicated
while technically a villain he is layered and we are sympathetic to his plight being stuck as
a hologram aware of his existence regardless of what role Moriarty plays in Picard season 3. the
TNG flavor he will bring is what is most important after all this is what showrunner Terry matalis is
bringing to the table for Picard season 3. he is bringing us away a from Picard seasons one and two
and back into Star Trek the Next Generation back to a world that makes sense to longtime fans and
a send-off that our most beloved Star Trek crew deserves by every account matalis is a fan of
Burman era Star Trek he worked on both Star Trek Voyager and Enterprise and when he decided to do
Picard season 3 he knew he wanted to give the show an ending he wanted to see as a fan of Star Trek
the Next Generation to say that Moriarty is only the tip of the iceberg is an understatement this
final goodbye to Picard and his crew is a 10-hour movie and the trailer gives us a two and a half
minute sample Moriarty is important because he gives us a sense of what is coming I can't think
of one TNG fan who doesn't love Moriarty now ask yourself how many other characters would we love
to see just one more time but not cameos that serve no purpose Moriarty and anyone else we
might see in Picard season 3 will have a purpose to the story there is no fan service for the sake
of fan service in Picard's final season each member Berry has a place and a purpose whatever
Moriarty's purpose in the show the one thing we know is that he will have a purpose that forwards
the story there is a reason every actor involved with Picard season 3 says that none of this would
be possible without matalis and that's because it's true we are blessed to have had Terry matalis
who loves this cast Picard season 3 will be the first season of new Star Trek actually made by a
fan of the show someone who believes that Canon should be respected honored and followed there
are a lot of people who have their doubts after Picard seasons one and two and we would be the
first to say we don't blame you but Moriarty is a sign of good things to come February 16th in the
premiere of Picard season 3 is just around the corner and thank God because we need well-made
Burman era Star Trek again we predict that longtime fans will fall in love with Star
Trek again and hashtag Terry Trek is going to be a thing we believe but you'll have to decide for
yourself if it's as great as we think it's going to be let's hope that this brand of new old Star
Trek is only the beginning what do you think are you excited for Picard season 3 what role
do you think Moriarty will play in the show which character are you looking forward to seeing most
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