We spoke w/ jonathansfrakes about directing that pivotal Picard/Beverly scene and the relationship between Riker and Deanna.
With the first six episodes of Star Trek: Picard's third and final season currently streaming on Paramount+, Star Trek fans have a lot to be excited about, as the series has brought back most of the crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation in the most creative and intelligent ways.
Well, the audience I know is loving it too. In addition to playing Riker, you also came back to direct two episodes this season. What was it like balancing those two roles at the same time, especially when there's so many fantastic Riker moments in those two episodes? Did director Frakes ever have to have a conversation with actor Frakes?
So it was complicated points of view, both of them arguably right, both of them arguably wrong. And as they came to accept that they were at an impasse, they at least had a peaceful coup d'état. Remember, Beverly closed in on him, and then we cut away to Riker and Jack. When we come back, the two of them are functioning, such as it is, as a unit, as a parental unit, and moving on with the main plot of the season.
Oddly and uncannily, the writers during Season 1 decided that they would free Riker and Troi up to have whatever relationships with aliens, and both of them became available, if you will. I know it was convenient. I know it helped the story and gave us episodes to play and all that business.
That's something I've said to Terry as well. I love the way that Picard has brought all of The Next Generation characters back, but also shown that they haven't remained stagnant. Their relationships have changed. They've evolved for better and for worse. They have new information, new sets of morals and beliefs, and it's very believable. I wanted to kind of seize on the thing that you talked about, the new dynamic between Picard and Riker.
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