There has been talk.

But it just wasnt me.

It didnt feel like the right kind of thing.

Jeri Ryan as Captain Seven of Nine in Star Trek Picard season 3 & Jonathan Del Arco as Hugh the Borg in Star Trek Picard season 1

But there has been talk.

And if there is one thing I have learned with this franchise, it is: never say never.

If Ryan had accepted the alternate pitch, much of this groundwork would presumably have gone to waste.

Captain Kirk in Star Trek VI and Captain Picard in Star Trek Nemesis

Star Trek’s planned show starring Jeri Ryan’s Seven of Nine morphed into Star Trek: Picard.

Could that Borg show could still happen?

Riker and Troi in Star Trek The Next Generation’s All Good Things… finale and in Star Trek Picard season 3’s finale.

Custom image of Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Voyager

Custom Image by Daniel Bibby

Seven and Raffi on Enterprise-G bridge looking pleased Picard season 3

Star Trek is one of pop culture’s biggest multimedia franchises, spanning multiple movies, TV shows, books, comics, video games, and various other media. The franchise was created by Gene Roddenberry and started with the 1960s TV series starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Over the decades, several equally popular series have come out since as Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Discovery.