‘Star Trek’ Fans Are Thrilled That Patrick Stewart Has A New Friend On The ‘Picard’ Poster

When Star Trek: Picard was first announced, I was worried. There’s already one (admittedly quite good!) Star Trek show on now — do we really need another one (If you think saturation isn’t a potential issue, you haven’t seen Solo.) Then I came to my senses and remembered it’s Patrick Stewart playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard for the first time since Star Trek: Nemesis. Of course it’s a good thing this show exists, especially now that I know there’s a dog involved.

— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) July 10, 2019

That’s Jean-Luc Picard hanging out with A Very Good Boy at a winery, continuing the theme of the Comic-Con trailer, with a whole bunch of space stuff in the background. Is Picard going to be like John Wick… but in space

Make it so.

“A lot has happened to Jean-Luc Picard in the intervening years. He had to deal with some new things, and some old things. Both things collide together and he’s made choices that he’s not necessarily feeling great about,” executive producer Alex Kurtzman recently said about Picard. “Something has caused him to leave Star fleet and we will find out a lot more about what happened.”

We’ll find out more when Picard likely debuts at San Diego Comic-Con on July 20 (the series launches on CBS All-Access later this year), but for now, let’s just enjoy a cape-wearing Picard hanging out with his new Number One.

— Alex Zalben (@azalben) July 10, 2019

PICARD HAS A DOGGIE!! https://t.co/3tiiQntgmA

— Eric Goldman (@TheEricGoldman) July 10, 2019

Jean-Wick Picard pic.twitter.com/FaWi81OHue

— meaning machine (@EricThurm) July 10, 2019

They missed a great opportunity to call this show "SPACE DOG … and Picard." https://t.co/YvAxWHkyk7

— B.J. Mendelson (@BJMendelson) July 10, 2019

I really hope it's just Picard puttering around his vineyard with his dog. Zero spaceships or space travel.

Maybe there's drama in his tasting room with a new employee and he's having trouble trying to decide on some awesome food pairings with his award winning merlot. pic.twitter.com/xploD4pXYN

— Sean C. Duregger (@seanCduregger) July 10, 2019

Picard has pupper. Film at 11.

(If he doesn't name his dog Number One, what even is the point of life) pic.twitter.com/qv4yaHJwr5

— Ani Bundel #SDCC (@anibundel) July 10, 2019

The #StarTrekPicard poster reveals that #Picard has a dog with a #StarTrek dog pendant thing. This is all we need to know! I hope the dog goes on adventures, too. pic.twitter.com/qty68T77O8

— dynamicthinking (@dynamicthinking) July 10, 2019

CBS EXEC: Look, Picard is a beloved character, so this show should sell itself.

PRODUCER: We think we can amp up his likability factor even more.

CBS EXEC: How would you even—

PRODUCER: SPACE DOG!

CBS EXEC: OMG!!!!

SECRETARY (listening in): ✨✨✨ZOMG!!✨✨✨ https://t.co/oCs38nfTQK

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) July 10, 2019

Picard has a dog!!! This is too perfect. Ok let’s speculate on names everyone!

We’ll go first. Locutie https://t.co/KJ7sqGLwR4

— Trekkie Girls (@TrekkieGirls) July 10, 2019

I really don't wanna subscribe to yet another thing yet Picard and his damn dog are gonna make me, aren't they. https://t.co/ruEtcXtBZP

— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) July 10, 2019