Kirk is Alive! Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Easter Egg! (Spoilers)

[@cbspock1701]

Kirk being "alive" is a nod to the Star Trek book The Return, that Shatner co-wrote as a sequel to Generations

[@TYSniper]

As a Kirk fan I loved those books. I hated what happened in Generations.

[@chungwong1010]

the one where they end up fighting some kind of super cube? That was a little weird book that claim Spock got sime kind of different of assuminated by Borg years ago.

[@herbertschroeder3739]

​@@chungwong1010That was a different branch of the borg in The Motion Picture that sent V'ger back to earth and Spock attempted a mind meld with.

[@ladymecha8718]

It could be a nod to the books, or a back door to let William Shatner come back to reprise his role like Picard.

[@Perurikun]

once i started reading it i couldn't put it down. must have read that book a dozen times over the years.

[@Firefox13A]

I was just happy to see the Enterprise-A in all her glory and polished up.

[@jackhall3972]

I was happy to see it was the Enterprise-A from the movies and not the Discovery/Strange new world remake Enterprise

[@RosamundF]

@@jackhall3972That enterprise was refitted and then destroyed in the TOS Movies.

[@jackhall3972]

The Enterprise from Strange new worlds/Discovery is not the original enterprise, that was my point that they actually followed the original time line and not that skewed version of everything

[@6atlantis]

I would cry for joy if I got to see Kirk one more time played by Shatner.

[@wildtabeast]

If you could read the fine print at the bottom of Kirk's resume - his body was recovered for Project Phoenix (from death - rebirth) definitely using the medical bay music for the body. My guess is this a genetic clone being kept in stasis. Kirk's body through TOS was split multiple times in different episodes - so his medical history alone would be worthy of study.

[@dr.robertmackenzie8498]

I sincerely hope Kirk is coming back!

[@IronhorseSara]

Kirk is alive and so is the Enterprise A, the Bounty and the Defiant and the Voyager!!!! Oh this is gonna be good

[@jkdbuck7670]

This latest episode hit me harder in the feels than anything in Star Trek ever has.

[@Tyrone-Ward]

Facts. I teared up multiple times. This is Star Trek

[@cye58]

Sir I hear you but for me, when "Data" lost his daughter I was all broke the f...k up ! 😢

[@Syncrotron9001]

Picard is Numbuh 1 from KND

[@enjoyer6201]

In the “feels”? Yuck.

[@enjoyer6201]

Sorry to let you all down but that doesn’t say James T Kirk. It says James T. Kilk. It’s a lesser known character. You guys probably haven’t heard of him, but that’s OK. I have because I am a star trek expert and a true fan, but I guess you guys aren’t. No disrespect.

[@AmericanShia786]

If Captain Kirk is alive, he's a clone. I seriously doubt William Shatner will appear in Picard. It would be cool if he did make a cameo, however.

[@martinez1701a]

For all we know we could get Chris Pine lol

[@AmericanShia786]

@@martinez1701a Who would be the better Kirk? Chris Pine, or the actor who played Kirk in Strange New Worlds? I liked the actor who played Kirk in Strange New Worlds ... but he doesn't look or act like Kirk. I still liked him as a Starship captain, however. I could live with Chris Pine as Kirk. But, I'd much prefer someone else, even the Kirk from Strange New Worlds.

[@2271graham]

@Philip Voerding , they didn't recast Luke Skywalker in "The Book of Boba Fett," they hired Deepfake artist Shamook to de-age Mark Hamill so they can EASILY do it with William Shatner's Kirk. They've ALREADY done it in "Picard," firstly with John De Lancie, then Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, and Maria Sirtis.

[@Manx36]

If they adapt the return, Kirk is Borg but there were no implants or nanites on the screen

[@MadSpectre47]

@@AmericanShia786 Paul Wesley was playing alt-timeline Kirk in that episode, and if you know anything about Kirk then, he was a very by the book, studious, smart, nerdy guy. Hell, he got picked on by Finnegan for it.

[@jtkirkfan2002]

There have been many clues and Easter eggs hidden in plain sight about what is coming up this season. If Kirk should reappear, it would go down in history as one of the best kept secrets ever.

[@Perurikun]

i don't know if Mr Shatner still has it in him to play Starfleet anymore.

[@2271graham]

@Perry McCorkle , Bill Shatner has said he WOULD be keen to play Kirk again if the circumstances were right.

[@smiddlehurst1]

Kirk saving the day one last time with a Big Damn Heroes moment aboard the astonishingly convenient Enterprise-A we saw at the fleet museum… that’s be a Trek moment for the ages!

[@Perurikun]

@@2271graham well i wouldn't be mad at him if he wanted to play Starfleet one last time.

[@ControlDenied307]

@@smiddlehurst1 Oh man, could you imagine.

[@davidmacy411]

Ultimate geek out moment would be Seven commanding Voyager, Worf on the Defiant, Kirk on the A, the rest on the D. It would be NUTS, and best of all, none of them are GPS locked like all the current new ships. I wouldnt mind though having a last hurrah or whatever for the F as part of the fantasy fleet too... all kicking butt and taking names.

[@c121hains]

Can you imagine if TOS Kirk came back (digitally brought back like they did with Luke in Mandalorian) and they didn't waste his character in some way? His wisdom and strategy help them stop the changelings

[@alexandergroppe448]

Way too good a story to happen!!!

[@Emeraldnite-if7vo]

I would honestly be okay with them bringing in Paul Wesley (who is a young Kirk in SNW) to play a revitalized version of him. I don't think he should be kept around for a new show set in the 25th century, but the cameo would please me (particularly in that it would connect the shows).

[@kenken7534]

Not sure if this is anything, but when I watch Jack Crusher in his scenes, he reminds me of a Kirk/Picard fusion of sorts.

[@NormandySR2XO]

Kirk may very well be alive. He came back in The Return written by William Shatner so anything is possible.

[@EnterpriseKnight]

not canon and objectively a bad series of books.

[@christopherscott5544]

I immediately thought of that book when I saw kirks pod

[@ThePierreChannel]

"Star Trek: Kirk" could probably be achieved if they use the latest deep-fake and AI synthetic voice technology.

[@bhays71]

I read that book too, that would've made one hell of a good movie !!

[@EnterpriseKnight]

@@ThePierreChannel just use the Snw actor

[@bradman1984]

What would be awesome if some how they brought Kirk back and he steals the Enterprise A and ends up saving the day with Picard. Wishful thinking, but what an amazing ending it would be.

[@ryankelly8783]

He steals the Enterprise-F!

[@bradman1984]

@@ryankelly8783 Don't tease me. Kirk stealing the Enterprise F would actually make me like Kurtzman.

[@stuarthargreaves3745]

Kirk and the 1701 -E

[@bradman1984]

@@stuarthargreaves3745 Here is to hoping we see that ship one more time or at least find out what happened to her.

[@mistermr.6938]

Yes, because the show runner is an actual Trek fan, It would be awesome if he did all of this to give Kirk a true send off with a death that mattered.

[@WiredKnight-fq3xp]

Dude I honestly got to say this was the BEST EPISODE of the season if not the best of all the seasons I was on the edge of my seat the whole time

[@TheVarietyGuy]

Are you saying best of all seasons of Picard, or of all Star Trek? Because if the former... that's a no-brainer.

[@pootle5096]

This season of Picard is the best Star Trek series since Enterprise ended.

[@paulmallon9033]

Kirk was brought back by the Borg in a book and he eventually regained his freedom

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

I'm surprised the Changelings didn't steal it also, Kirk's is one of the greatest commanders in the galaxy. His knowledge and experience will be a great asset for future interstellar conflict.

[@lazurusredd8682]

They weren't trying to be seduced into bed 😂

[@terrywest111]

@@lazurusredd8682 He would also help to repopulate the Galaxy if there was some kind of intergalactic catastrophe. lol

[@cosmeticscameo8277]

kirk would be at this point over 110 years behind the times.

[@Krobra91]

plus picards human remains was once BORG...

[@terrywest111]

@Cosmetics Cameo He's James T. Kirk. A Starfleet Captain. We know he's intelligent, resourceful and adaptive. Leadership qualities never go out of style. He might need some courses to bring him back up to speed. But I know Kirk could do it.

[@Bartman954]

Theory: The writers have used the storyline from William Shatner's Trek books where The Borg stole Kirk's body to make a Locutus type drone only to be rescued and restored by a combination effort of TOS, TNG and DS9 crews. (Specifically Picard, Spock, Worf, Bashir and Dr. McCoy)

[@sinestro4292]

Loved that book when I was a kid.

[@giovannip919]

Agreed 100 percent!!

[@billkeithchannel]

All 3 seasons of Picard are him facing his demons from his past. Facing down a form of Locutus would make logical sense and be epic.

[@martinez1701a]

Isn't it also the basis for the PC game Star Trek Armada with Locutis of Borg?

[@edwinthrower6533]

They cannot have canonized his books as Enterprise A was destroyed in Ashes of Eden, yet in Picard it is alive and well in the fleet museum...

[@troy8738]

loved how they got Data back.

[@vegandmac]

Picard season 3 is quite literally a Trekkies wet dream come true.

[@calumknight9178]

I think this is his body recovered from where it was buried during star trek generations, I wouldn't get too excited just yet

[@procta2343]

Yeah, looks like he was recovered, and then just preserved, nothing more. you could say some sort of tomb, that kings etc used to go in. Just with him been one of the top lads back in the day. I think Picard went the same way, before his remains were nicked.

[@nickcormier8571]

So apparently in the Utopian future of Star Trek, you remain the property of Starfleet even after death.

[@skyfire007]

More like property of Section 31 and their wily slick agendas. They obviously know the real Picard is dead and who knows what they were attempting to do with his body. I'm betting Starfleet does not know the real story of what happened to Picard except a select few.

[@alfredvalrie5541]

Wow, good point 😂

[@timewarpdrive77]

Theres obviously something afoot here

[@GregsGameRoom]

Section 31 is not acknowledged by Starfleet.

[@donaldnevgonhapniv3084]

Eh, I was US military resigned commission in '96 they can still bring me back. If it comes with a body upgrade I'd do it.

[@visotoo3129]

I would love seeing one more scene with: Picard and Sisko, Janeway and Seven, and Archer and T'Pol

[@Mark-ke1rj]

It's his corpse, they have Archer and Picard's body there too. Apparently if you're an important captain section 31 puts your body on ice. No big deal.

[@procta2343]

yeah nothing more

[@anubhavpal5782]

Looks like they are gonna do something like Shinzon or far worse than wolf 359. Since they are planning something for the frontier day which was 48 hours away as mentioned in the episode

[@TheBlackCat1337]

yeah and picards body might be needed to reactivate some old borg tech or something else locked away behind picards dna. Maybe Vash will have the answer.

[@RuSrsbro]

Put Picard's implants into a compatible body and make a neo-locutus to lead a borg invasion

[@knightrcer]

There was an audio book narrated by William Shatner where the borg stole the remains and turned Kirk into a borg unit.

[@elliotvanetzian4206]

I think we all could handle more of the captain and as spock said "anything is possible" can't wait

[@ChipsNCellos]

If William Shatner himself in synthetic Kirk form is sitting on the other side of that big red door that keeps showing up, they will have earned back my respect haha!

[@Cheezbat]

I saw that when watching the episode and almost lost my mind….how crazy!

[@plancomestogether]

It’s his corpse. They’re not leaving the time displaced corpse of a Starfleet legend on some random planet for anyone to find. That gets buried and buried deep in the bowels of Starfleet.

[@BBKUS]

I've been wanting to see Shatner return since 1994. Even if it's a pilot to Section 31, make this happen. It would suck if they drop this bomb and do nothing with it

[@martinez1701a]

For all we know they might have Chris Pine play the roll of Kirk thats if they bring him back.

[@michaelhoward6894]

They are going to need a fleet of their own at one point. The new start trek fleet is all interconnected 7 said so they will need old tech. Jordi has restored them to their true form out of a paranoid fear of star fleet being sus in resent times putting all the ships in one place as he said. They just need a captain on each shit. 7 goes to voyager, Worf takes the Defiant, Picard takes his original enterprise that Jordi resorted, it showed the shape of it on 7s thing when she was showing the ships. William Shatner as captain kirk will take command of his enterprise and we will all shit our pants. When that happens we will all come back to this comment and know I WAS RIGHT!!!!

[@smiddlehurst1]

The Constitution refit would look *so* good at the centre of that formation. Just saying… Plus, let’s face it, the founders probably have nightmares about the U.S.S Pimp Hand even this long after the war ended.

[@mattschumacher2156]

God that would be perfect...

[@GregsGameRoom]

Sounds good but I think those ships will be automated. Even Scotty could control the whole ship through the automation center in ST3.

[@repairupdaterepeat5815]

The Conny refit won't be centre stage, it'll be the first to drop out of warp. Enterprise D will be the centre under LaForge hopefully anyway. Be nice to see voyager under Janeway again ........

[@GeppettoProductions]

I think the Enterprise-D will return. At which point, I think Picard or Riker will command her. Riker has been said to be a "captain without a command" which is a huge hint that he will eventually be given command of a ship. The Enterprise-A, if it sees action, I think will be, at least temporarily, commanded by Jack Crusher, who was shown to be very fond of that ship.

[@primeclimbingthemountain821]

Welp Kirk never believed in a no win scenario 😂🤷🏾‍♂️

[@ZJBorg]

This maybe opens the door for a Shatner return (granted can’t assume he’ll be able to return much longer as he ages) I doubt that’s what this is or that he’s alive. When you think about it, considering what happened with Shinzon in Nemesis, it’s obviously easy to clone from very little genetic material. So it makes a lot of sense that Section 31/Starfleet would want the most prominent flag officers in history buried at a site anyone could rob from. Last thing you’d want is a Kirk or Picard being reverse engineered to go against you from a morale hit alone. So Kirk, Picard and other famous officers likely are kept at Daystrom with a ceremonial burial site and no body publicly.

[@MikelosM]

Truthfully and even though Shatner is his 90s (hard to believe), the last time I saw him very recently, he seems lucid, able-bodied and completely active. Obviously at such an age, the odds of a rapid downturn become more likely, but...he's almost never looked nor seemed his age so I'm just going to continue believing that he's a relatively spry 75 year-old in every way that matters until proven wrong!

[@ZJBorg]

@@MikelosM Oh I'm sure he could come back and do something. I'm just saying, as good a shape as he is in, for his age, you can't count on him having much longer to do something. They have to treat it as though they don't have very long.

[@brycekline982]

​@@ZJBorg You realize that Shatner has COPD right? He's said that on talk shows

[@MrNaxman]

This episode had me repeatedly mashing the pause button and using every inch of a 4K big screen to go right up close and being able to read a paragraph that concludes with the words simply : Project Phoenix. Go right up close to your Tv and read it and see for yourself!

[@TheNearlyFamousMrHobby]

What did it say I cant make it out I tried to see what it said....I have a crappy TV

[@Network126]

@@TheNearlyFamousMrHobby Imagine being homeless and only having a little cracked phone screen to watch it on.

[@donaldnevgonhapniv3084]

​@@Network126 that's a little harsh, I am homeless and watching on a crappy/ cracked phone.

[@TheNearlyFamousMrHobby]

@@Network126 LOL I have a cracked cell phone too lol. Both homelessness and a cracked cell phone can be fixed.

[@Network126]

@@TheNearlyFamousMrHobby Shit I'm working but just drowning in never-ending problems and falling deeper into debt.

[@Kalaida]

Maybe this could answer how Kirk can come back. This storage unit that houses Kirk is very, very close to the Genesis II Device. And the motto of the Genesis Device? "Life from lifelessness'. Also note that the Genesis Torpedo we see stored is glowing, meaning it's armed. Perhaps the Genesis Wave works in close proximity.

[@billkeithchannel]

Blass was all giddy about building that thing for real. His interview on this weeks Ready Room was so cool to hear.

[@truthslayer1372]

Lol

[@eoghanlacey6384]

Also tribbles can bring someone back to life

[@Kalaida]

@@eoghanlacey6384 That was Khan's blood, not the Tribbles.

[@michiganspencer6920]

The reason the changelings stole Picard's body and were after Jack was that they both have the gene that causes Irimonic Syndrome. Apparently, this illness allows the afflicted person to "detect" changelings!!!

[@kennethsanderson442]

My thoughts exactly!

[@alexandergroppe448]

Interesting!

[@GarfieldofBorg]

I think that is Kirk's original body being kept in stasis, and somehow alive through a life-support system that may imply that his injuries from "Star Trek: Generations" were too severe for full restoration of his health upon resuscitation. The only other possibility is that it is clone of James T. Kirk. There is no logical and conceivable way for Kirk to receive a synthetic body a few decades after his presumed death, especially since Jean-Luc Picard's synthetic body was the first of its kind ever created.

[@robbrown6495]

That's a brilliant comment! You say Kirk has been kept in stasis, with life support for decades, or he is a clone. Then you justify this by claiming there is no other LOGICAL AND CONCEIVABLE way...... Comedy gold!

[@GarfieldofBorg]

@@robbrown6495 How is what I said funny? I was being serious with my comment.

[@GarfieldofBorg]

@SpaceAce100 With the advanced medical technology of the Star Trek universe in the late 24th Century to the early 25th Century, I think that it is unlikely that Starfleet would need to go to that level of extreme measures in order to keep James T. Kirk alive if he ever regains consciousness.

[@enjoyer6201]

Well if they do have his remains hopefully the characters from the current crap series can steal it and give it a proper burial like the entire franchise needs.

[@charleshowell8997]

I absolutely agree with you!

[@luckystarpiano]

If they bring shatner back in the next episode, that will just be mind blowing 😮😮😮😮🥰🥰🥰🥰🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😍

[@Azurek1991]

Out of universe this was just foreshadowing for the reveal that Picard's body was also being kept there

[@trueLuminus]

It's from the novel The Return, where the Romulans steal Kirk's body so the Borg can resurrect him and use him against the Federation. Daystrom is studying him.

[@Hardcover_Pilot]

I doubt very much that they could possibly get Shatner to come back. My money is that that was Kirk's body, retrieved from the surface of Veridian III, and kept in secure storage here, especially given that they had Picard's body.

[@garethmorgan8326]

Exactly - it must have been retrieved during the transport of the Enterprise crew and passengers and put in a Stasis field.

[@michaelsadlo4632]

Oh pls, let Capt. Kirk rest in peace, he died at a glory mission and rescued the galaxy a last time together with Capt. Picard in the Nexus. What you expect? That the 93 years old William Shatner return in Picard season 3 with in a cameo clip or a longer part there, to do..what? To say hello and give Picard some very important tipps again the Dominion? And then? I want to have good memories of the legendary Capt. James T. Kirk, the Capt. of the Enterprise NCC 1701 and 1701 - A who died at Veridian 3 after fighting again Dr. Zorin. Will Shatner is one of the last 3 still alive TOS stars, beside George Takei - Sulu and Walter Koenig- Chekow, we hard core Trekkies wish them all a long and happy life, but never a short come back as reactivated "clones" in the final season 3 of Picard, i want enjoy them when i watch again the great TOS episodes and the TOS movies, not more, not less. Tuvoks short cameo clip while talking on screen with Commander Henson - Seven of Nine, was acceptable, but not really neccesary, even he is still alive at the early 25 century. But thats just my opinion. I as an old Trekkie born 1966 the year of birth of Star Trek TOS, am very happy to see again at last the ex TNG and Voyager stars in the 3 seasons of Star Trek Picard, its like i meet good old friends after a long time. Thanks alot for uploading. Live long and prosper 🖖 Best regards from Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹

[@blairbrown4812]

If Kirk is indeed brought back from Beyond The Pale, all hell's going to break loose.

[@librarian66]

Shatner playing Kirk one final time? Count me in! I just watched PICARD season two and enjoyed it. Looking forward to more.

[@gregd4391]

Kirk was in the Nexus. The Nexus defies our understanding of time, so could it be that he is always in the Nexus and could exit at any point in time...if he dies, there is still an alternate universe version of him in the Nexus that could again leave the Nexus?

[@MadSpectre47]

Nope, because Guinan. Although... she does say "I can't leave, I'm already there." so there is room for interpretation.

[@GarimusPrime83]

@@MadSpectre47 That's the point. If Guinan is still there, so is Kirk.

[@chrisrounds1242]

William Shattner wrote a book called The Return, which the Romulan implanted Borg nanites into his body and was resurrected.

[@James-rm7sr]

It would be great to see Kirk again. Which is great since two of his old ships are there. They took the cloaking device out of the bird of prey. So that means there is the 1701-A that could still be used. One thing we didn't see was the Enterprise D which was supposed to be there.

[@michiganspencer6920]

Enterprise D was destroyed on Veridian III.

[@James-rm7sr]

@@michiganspencer6920 I thought the saucer section was recovered and fixed up? I know the star drive section was fully destroyed.

[@marlonclaycomb5762]

@@James-rm7sr The Starfleet Corps Of Engineering we’re the ones who has salvaged the saucer section of the Enterprise-D with the help of the USS Farragut orbiting Veridian III to salvage up every nooks and crannies to build the rest of its new predecessor, the Sovereign class Enterprise-E. As I said every nooks and crannies from the Enterprise-D saucer section being ended up aboard the Enterprise-E. It says so in the non-canon novel ‘Ships Of The Line’. Even both Scotty and Captain Morgan Bateson had told them at Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards orbiting Mars.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Book canon is out the window. We will 100% see the Enterprise-D, Levar Burton already spilled the beans.

[@mjr1965]

Enterprise D is what is in "hangar bay 12".

[@terrywest111]

I saw that bit... I... I don't know what to make of it. My take on the real world relationship between Trek and William Shatner is that there is no relationship. I mean the Shat is still proud of his work on Trek, but he's been very critical of the more recent shows and the decisions made for them. In return Trek seems to have shunned him even going so far as to belittle him... making images of Kirk in ads smaller than the other characters or not even including him in one promo ad I saw recently. Who knows, though? Maybe there's been a bit of a thawing out between them? Or could be as you say a red herring. Or they could be planning to bring the Kirk character back but with no participation from William Shatner. I mean... they did cast a new Kirk in the last season of Strange New Worlds... but we know that this HAS TO BE the original William Shatner Kirk in that chamber. All of this is well and good, but what pisses me off is that I think it's Raffi that sees it and she like doesn't even really react to it. I mean... it freaking says, "JAMES T. KIRK". Every Starfleet Cadet knows who he is. You'd think there'd at least be some kind of freaking reaction! This is a new mystery for sure. What the hell is section 31 doing with Kirk's remains? For that fact what the hell are they doing with Picard's? Could these mysteries be related?? Could Starfleet be trying to produce some kind of super officer, by using the DNA and maybe even the memories of their own best??

[@giovannip919]

No reaction by Raffi was a freaking shock to me

[@RicStorm616]

It's obviously all inside 'Data', he already showed us that Lore, B4 and Soong are in there with mention to others, maybe Kirk is also in there. I'm surprised that the crew weren't a bit more alarmed that Lore was in there though. That said I hope for a laughs sake that he has Bob Wheeler in there too 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@christiananstes4161]

As much as i love the og enterprise crew, if they are implying or attempting to bring back kirk with some kind of frankenstein type wierd science, i basically think it would be a bad idea.

[@danielshottopics8187]

Could This be How they Get William Shatner back to Star Trek, he always Said How can they Bring Him back at the Age he is now and this could be One way they Bring him back, they could say the Clone Aged Rapidly to the Point Shatner is Currently.

[@VolkXue]

i'd love it to happen but i just can't get my hopes that high

[@TYSniper]

That would be amazing. But they better not bring him back just to kill off again! I want Kirk to have a nice retired life, lol.

[@ofmannotmachine3012]

His ship is even waiting for him at Daystrom too

[@VolkXue]

@@TYSniper i'm actually ok if he dies again.. I just want Kirk to have the death the character deserved and what they did in generations was horrible for us old TOS fans. Let kirk go down on the bridge of a ship, alone and fighting to the last minute

[@GregsGameRoom]

Let Kirk rest. And stop making movies about young Kirk! Shatner is the only person who should play him.

[@americanbeast7134]

James T Kirk did say that he knew he would die alone. But in fact when he did die in generations he did not die alone.

[@cheaphomemademoives]

he was talking about none of his comrads would be with him the dr. spock scotty ect! and it happen just that way!

[@jakfuki]

I like the idea that Kirk is in stasis. It has nothing to do with Ashes of Eden or The Return novels. For one thing, they don’t consider the novels canon. Another thing, if they did consider the Shatner novels canon, then we wouldn’t have seen the Enterprise-A at the museum since it was destroyed in Shatner’s first Kirk book (which takes place just before Generations). I figure that his body is in there for roughly the same reasons the Changelings want Picard’s body: probably to pull memories from it. Both characters are chock full of info that could be useful to an enemy of Starfleet. If I remember right, the Romulus stole Kirk from his grave to do just that. I’m hoping that if they’re teasing with that Easter egg of info, then that means something either in a few episodes or maybe even another series after this one. Just have him show up. It might be a cool thing to do if they make that rumored legacy series TNG cast are pushing for. 2:46

[@Allenryan819]

Even if it is Kirk, it’s probably most likely going to be Paul Wesley form strange new worlds and not William Shatner probably his body will be rejuvenated like how spock body was with the genesis device?

[@ChristianHansard]

I think it is clear Matalas read The Return and even Crossover considering some of the things in this episode.

[@Albertojedi]

So now Starfleet keeps the mummies of our favorite captains. A little too absurd.

[@valcoren]

OK... Kirk.. I was blown away.

[@markirizarry4851]

I think “Hanger 12” where Sydney mentions it, has the Saucer module of the Enterprise-D.

[@whitemark84]

well picards old body and james t kirk were both in the NEXUS so just wondering all space ships in one place getting sent to a place thay dont want to leave perhaps

[@nuclearwinter391]

Please no. Kirk had all the adventures one can think of. Don't destroy his legacy.

[@eagle-eye125]

But his death was done poorly

[@kahlrhoam6769]

Captain Kirk; And the readout said, USS Intrepid. 🤨🖖✨

[@ryankelly8783]

whether Kirk is alive or not. What makes me happy is his corpse is no longer rotting away on Viridian III. That bothered me that Picard was so disrespectful to leave one of Starfleets most decorated captains on a barren world under a bunch of rocks. It's only a matter of time........before the animals get to him.......

[@GregsGameRoom]

I think Picard knew he would be retrieved. Just not by Section 31.

[@arnoldmayii3563]

He’s not alive. It’s just his remains AND the fact that Kirk is time displaced makes his remains valuable.

[@stonebaxter]

If Shatner appears in a cameo sitting in a Captain's chair, I would physically fall down from the shock. But I won't get my hopes up. This is about Picard and his crew.

[@robswan4170]

My guess is the changelings want Picard's body to weaponize Irumodic Syndrome

[@James-rn7dx]

That could be, it would explain the interest in Jack too.

[@SilentKnight43]

It's revealed Kirk is alive - travels back in time - revisits himself aboard Bezo's rocket.

[@tortysoft]

If the character 'Kirk' returns, Shatner MUST play him !

[@toyguy1956]

Has William Shatner hinted anything about Picard this show has already been made and I am sure someone would leak something

[@TheAxb2010]

Asking why they stole Picard's body... Why was the body there at Daystrom to begin with?

[@borg111]

I agree, It's kind of creepy that they would store Picard's body like some sort of tool. Perhaps his body or brain has some borg secrets that could be the key to the connection between merging organic life and cybernetics?

[@James-rn7dx]

@@borg111 I agree. I think it has something to do with his having been a Borg, I just can't see why they would be important otherwise.

[@Azurek1991]

@@James-rn7dx I think you two hit the nail on head. I think what they specifically were after was Locutus

[@GregsGameRoom]

Section 31 is nefarious.

[@donaldnevgonhapniv3084]

​@@borg111 & James: agree on the creepy, and Borg and whoever mentioned organic artificial bridge; a way to link PS1&2? The plod thickens. I'm only serious. It doesn't explain Archer & Kirk, unless backdoor retcon of of the book, best done with a canon.

[@andyball3231]

the plaque states his body was retrieved for project pheonix

[@michiganspencer6920]

Phoenix? The mythical bird that rose from its own ashes??? Perhaps describing Kirk rising from the dead!!!

[@giovannip919]

Wonder if 31 is keeping the remains of anyone who was dead but came back. Aka Kirk and they code named it phoenix

[@martinez1701a]

Maybe the reason why they stole Picards remains is because he was a high level Borg. Locutis of Borg was 2nd to the queen maybe the changelings have a hold of some Borg cubes they wanna activate. Even antiquated Borg tech is still very leathal hell they just have to assimilate one ship and instantly upgrade everything.

[@Dervraka]

If the are going to bring William Shatner's Kirk, they better damn well hurry, dudes in his 90's.

[@chesirewolf4209]

With what was discovered to have been stolen at the end. What the hell are they keeping the human remains for. I do think Kirk is still alive but why are they keeping his remains.

[@peterludwig4599]

The Shattnerverse is coming :)

[@kuboaa101]

The security seems a bit lax at Daystrom Station, especially since Picard and the portal weapon have already been stolen from there. They can't afford a security presence 24/7?

[@smokelesschoice165]

Captain Picard died in Season 1 of "Star Trek: Picard" and was then put into a synthetic body. Why can't the same be done with Captain Kirk? It wouldn't make any sense to only show "vital signs" of Kirk on Daystrom Station in the episode "Bounty" and that would be it. If that's all we see on Kirk, it would be pointless IMO.

[@colthunter9210]

i think his body is kept there because it was found on Veridian III and removed just like the saucer section because of the Prime Directive. Its probably just in cold storage. Technically Star Trek History records his death.

[@mrbeans2425]

now is he actually ALIVE? i tried to pause on the scene and read the info, but couldnt make a lot of it out. It appears to be monitoring his life signs. Or are they just storing his remains?

[@TheNearlyFamousMrHobby]

YES help what did it say!

[@giovannip919]

Someone said they heard old TOS med bed beeping sounds at Kirk’s remains

[@TheNearlyFamousMrHobby]

@@giovannip919 Somebody has got to be able to zoom into that description and see what it says. MAN this is big stuff...Ive looked all over the internet cant find ANYTHING about what it says.....

[@GregsGameRoom]

It’s just his remains. Sickening that they’re not on earth where people could pay respects.

[@timrichman8297]

Shatner wrote a sequel of sorts to generations, Kirks body was exhumed by the borg and brought back to life. This would be about 29 years before this episode of picard.

[@drummerjohnforyou]

If you want a copy of Captain Kirk memory there is a version of his memory up to a certain age. Go back to the robot planet where doctor korby was. A lot of Captain Kirk's old memories are probably still in the computer where they made a robot start back then.

[@wtk6069]

Picard is set in the Shatnerverse?

[@dracokaiser]

I think Captain Kirk will come back in Star Trek Picard as the priceline negotiator LOL

[@Desdinova69]

i've been pissed off for years that they left Kirk under a pile of f-ing rocks !!!

[@tausti]

Picard Season 3 has been an emotional rollercoaster for me. My prediction was that Admiral Janeway would show up at the end. I would lose my s*it if William Shatner comes back as Kirk.

[@yankeesrule587]

im not sure where you see "life sign readings" They just have his body. Someone else saw Johnathan Archer is in there too

[@ThomasSmith-fz6wq]

Here's the deal folks! It was just an Easter egg for fans! If they were to bring back Kirk it would probably be a Data like lifeform? Or a holographic display to make a speech at the Frontier Day ceremony!

[@johnbradley1528]

Perhaps the Daystrom Android will manefest some of Kirk’s personality as he is the mainframe of the facility?

[@gilbertomirandajr]

I think we will see Captain Kirk (William Shatner) comandeering the Enterprise by the end of the season. And I think that we will have the USS Defiant and the USS Voyager also joining them too... If we will see the USS Enteprise F? This one, we already know...

[@ShihansDojo]

To many ways he could be alive in the series. Shatner himself wrote a book series of him coming back and traveling with Spock, Scotty and several others. Depending on how they could handle it, it could be a section 31 idea of stasis of the body or the one from the books. There could be even more than one Kirk there because of it.

[@Keryaken133]

Thank god, we ALL KNOW, no one accepts Kirk's death in Generation's

[@ryankelly8783]

I actually refuse to watch generations because of this. I saw it once in theaters and that was enough.

[@andrewdrabble8939]

Yeah I refuse to watch it too because of that very thing. I saw it twice at the pictures and thought that I would be ok the second time around. Boy was I wrong, I cried like a baby each time

[@2271graham]

Agreed, Generations was an APPALLING film full of plot holes.

[@billkeithchannel]

@@andrewdrabble8939 IKR? I also saw it twice in the theater. Once when it was released and a second time when my local theater had a week long marathon showing all 7 ST movies leading up to the release of ST8 the following Saturday.

[@MrThomasHart]

"Jack Crusher" has an interesting attachment to a captain's chair that Picard never had, and he very longingly is looking at only one of the ships at the museum. If this is just member berries, it is terrible writing, and Matalas should be spanked. If they literally bring back a clone of Kirk, admittedly the greatest captain Starfleet has ever had, to bring down the Federation, yeah... message. Ballsy but could go sideways badly. This now reaches the no-return point. All now hinges on if they can stick the landing. Clones are bad writing, really, in general. Somehow, "Palpatine returned" remember?

[@Azurek1991]

I doubt Kirk is alive or being revived/cloned. This was just foreshadowing for the fact Daystrom was also keeping Picard's remains.

[@landonsrt9587]

I’m sure it’s just an Easter egg for all of us old ST geeks.

[@ringo1029384756]

Doesn't anyone find it just a tad creepy that Starfleet is just holding on to the bodies of dead starship captains???

[@Manx36]

I don’t know what this is about, do they want to revive Locutus or is it about getting Shinzon back or neither? How did Starfleet get the body back from the synth planet?

[@Treachery93]

Ahhhhh shit! Bad guys beware! If true- HE is returning!

[@joserolon4444]

When they fixed the timeline last season, they accidentally brought over kelvin timeline Kirk who has longevity thanks to Khan's blood

[@yamatokira54]

I think its more like scans from the body. The one last seen in Star Trek: Generations I would imagine Section 31 pretty much took it from his burial place and is now studying it. You know in the hopes that like Picard they can send his everything into a Clone or a Human/Android hybrid like Data and Picard.

[@BMW1M]

Picard S3 is the best Trek ever. So sad it's the last we'll see. Lucky we can re-watch it forever - I just need a selective memory wiping device so I can keep on re-expriencing it!

[@scittw22]

Shatner's getting up there in years. If this was intended to be more than a set of lazy Easter eggs I can't help but wonder if it's an alternate Kirk with one of the younger actors.

[@andreos2004]

Thanks for the review! Love it Kirk is back just as Luke Skywalker is back Brilliant Terry Matalas is doing to Star Trek Fans what Jon Favreu did to Star Wars fans! -- the ultimate Picard reunion!!! (minus meeting up again with Saarek/Spocks dad-- My theory)

[@timewarpdrive77]

The mandalorian is trash; open thyne eyes

[@richardajoy79]

Def sum easter eggs in this ep, but they may just be to make us fans go 'WOW' and nothing more, if they was to bring back Kirk in some fashion, it won't be William Shatner.