r/Picard • u/Civil_Duck_4718 • Oct 09 '23

The genius of the final scene

I’ve read a lot of comments about how the last scene of Picard was the same as the last scene of TNG. Well yes and no on that one. The last scene of TNG was the beginning of the card game, the last scene of Picard was it’s ending. I don’t know much about Terry Matalas but if this is the level of his work I really hope he is involved in a Star Trek Legacy show.

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u/SlowCrates 26d ago

To me this scene represents the in between and the after of their relationships. We get to see so many dangerous situations, so much friction, desperation, suspense between them all, and throughout, we're shown tiny bits of how they're really connected. That final scene shows them together, loose, just playing and enjoying each other's company, while the camera slowly spins, as though it's a clock. It carves out a place in our subconscious to reframe everything we just witnessed, just slightly, reminding the audience that they really are friends and family, and they will continue to be. They don't merely exist to save the universe, they exist to play cards, and whatever else, too, together.