♪ ♪ >>> UPDATE WARP STATUS. >> ONE MINUTE, SEVEN SECONDS REMAINING TO POWER UP. INCOMING VESSEL DETECTED. >> PREPARE TO SEND A TRANSMISSION. SUBSPACE FREQUENCY. >> SYSTEM PREPARED TO TRANSMIT. STATE YOUR RECIPIENT. >> THIS MESSAGE IS FOR THE ADMIRAL JEAN LUC PICARD. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WHO'S MESSING WITH BEVERLY CRUSHER? I WILL SLAP THEM BACK INTO NO TIME AT ALL. ANYWAY, WE'RE BACK WITH THE CAST OF "PICARD." SARA? [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT CLIP. THE FINAL SEASON KICKS OFF WITH YOUR CHARACTER, DR. BEVERLY CRUSHER, DEFENDING HERSELF AND HER SHIP FROM INVADERS BEFORE SENDING OUT A DISTRESS CALL TO A RETIRED PICARD WHO SHE HASN'T SEEN IN 20 YEARS. YOU SAY YOU WERE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE SUCH AN ACTION-PACKED SCENE. >> WELL, IT WAS GREAT TO START JUST THE THIRD SEASON. THAT WAS VERY COOL AND THE FACT SHE'S NO LONGER IN STAR FLEET AND OUT THERE DOING DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS IN THE PLANETARY WAY, I LOVED IT. SHE WAS AN ADVENTURER, AN EXPLORER AND THE SCIENCE WAS THERE, AND SHE WAS A WOMAN IN CONTROL. [ APPLAUSE ] >> SIR PATRICK, I HAVE A ROMANTIC QUESTION BECAUSE PICARD AND DR. CRUSHER HAVE A COMPLICATED ROMANTIC PAST. DON'T THEY? SAFE TO SAY YOU TWO WILL EXPLORE YOUR RELATIONSHIP AND WHAT IT MAY MEAN THIS SEASON? >> WELL, YOU CALL IT COMPLICATED. I CALL IT FUN. >> I CALL IT SEXUALLY FRUSTRATING. >> OH, NO. WHAT DID I DO WRONG? >> CLEARLY NOT ENOUGH. >> NOT ENOUGH, YEAH. WE DID, AND IT WAS -- IT WAS MULTICOLORED IN ITS MOODS AND CHANGES, BUT THERE IS A RESOLUTION OF A KIND IN SEASON 3, AND I'M -- I CANNOT TELL YOU. >> NO SPOILERS. >> IT'S A BIG DEAL, AND IT'S -- IT CREATES VAST PROBLEMS FOR JEAN LUC. I MUSTN'T SAY ANY MORE BECAUSE I'LL SPILL THE BEANS. >> DON'T SPILL THE BEANS. ON "NEXT GENERATION" WORF WAS KNOWN AS A FIERCE KLINGON WARRIOR WHO LIKES LITTLE DOLLS. ANYWAY, AND NOW HE SEEMS TO HAVE COME TO TERMS WITH WHAT HE'S ALWAYS FOUGHT WITH. HOW'S THAT JOURNEY BEEN COMING TO FRUITION ON "PICARD"? >> HE STILL LIKES TO SLICE PEOPLE UP. >> WELL, OF COURSE. OKAY. OKAY. >> OH, YEAH. >> WHOO! >> I LIKE THAT. >> THAT'S NICE. >> THERE'S A VERY FUNNY STORY ABOUT THAT. WHEN I TALKED TO TERRY, THEY SAID, OKAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK? I TOLD THEM. THEY SAID, WE THINK WORF SHOULD HAVE GRAY HAIR, JUST EVERYTHING GRAY. MY LITTLE EGO SAID, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO BE OLD, YOU KNOW. THEN I THOUGHT OF TARANTINO'S "KILL BILL" AND THE GRAY AND THE BEARD AND I SAID, OKAY, I THINK I CAN WORK WITH THIS. >> WELL, YOU DON'T LOOK OLD. HE LOOKS -- PLEASE. >> YEAH. >> SO, YEAH. >> I WILL ADMIT TO SAYING AT THE BREAK YOU'RE SUCH A PRETTY MAN. >> THANK YOU. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS SHAMEFUL THEY COVERED YOUR PRETTY FACE SO MUCH. >> HE WAS FINE WITH ALL THAT, JUST THE GRAY HAIR. >> THIS IS NICE. >> SUNNY, GET TO THE NEXT QUESTION. >> IT'S A CURSE, ISN'T IT, MICHAEL? [ LAUGHTER ] >> YEAH. >> JONATHAN, LET ME ASK YOU, YOUR CHARACTER WILL RIKER AND PICARD HAVE ALWAYS HAD A GREAT CHEMISTRY, OF COURSE, AND HUMOR ON SCENE. BUT THIS TIME AROUND, YOU SAID YOU WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONFLICT. >> HE WASN'T MY BOSS ANYMORE. HE HAD RETIRED, AND OUR RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPED INTO SOMETHING MORE LIKE BROTHERS, AND WE DISAGREED ON A FEW THINGS, AND IT CREATED -- RODDENBERRY ALWAYS WANTED A CREW FREE OF CONFLICT. IF YOU'RE FREE OF CONFLICT, IT'S NOT SO EXCITING DRAMA. OUR NEW PRODUCERS ALLOWED SOME CONFLICT AMONG THE CREW AND CREATED SCENES THAT WERE MORE EXCITING. >> SIR PATRICK, YOU ADMIT YOU WERE SKEPTICAL AT FIRST FOR COMING BACK TOGETHER FOR "PICARD." ARE YOU SATISFIED WHERE THE STORY LINES WENT, AND IS IT REALLY THE END? >> WELL, I'M DEEPLY SATISFIED WITH HOW THE WHOLE PRODUCT TURNED OUT. IT WAS NOT ALTOGETHER WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE VERY BEGINNING, BUT I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY FELLOW PRODUCERS WERE ALMOST RIGHT ON EVERY SINGLE SHOT. I WAS -- I DIDN'T WANT TO SIMPLY DO A SENTIMENTAL REVIVAL OF WHAT WE HAD ALREADY DONE, AND THE KEY THING THAT WAS SAID TO ME WAS THAT, LOOK, WE'VE LIVED 25 TO 30 YEARS SINCE THIS SHOW ENDED. IN THAT TIME YOU MUST HAVE CHANGED. YOU'VE HAD EXPERIENCES. WELL, YES, HARDLY ANY CORNER OF MY LIFE HAD NOT BEEN TOUCHED. WELL, THEY SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME FOR JEAN LUC. >> OH. >> HE WILL BE CHANGED BY A LIFE'S EXPERIENCE WHICH WE HAVEN'T SEEN YET. >> OH. >> WHOA. >> NICELY DONE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> HUNG ON EVERY WORD. >> CAN YOU BLAME ME FOR LOVING HIM AS I DO? HE'S JUST THE BEST. YOU KNOW? OUR THANKS TO THE CAST. THE FINAL SEASON OF "STAR TREK: PICARD" PREMIERS TODAY