Did Ro Laren Survive Picard Season 3? Star Trek Production Designer Hints It’s Possible-TGN

Summary

• Commander Ro Laren’s survival in Star Trek: Picard season 3 is hinted by the show’s production designer, Dave Blass.

• A cryptic tweet from Blass suggests that Ro may have been beamed aboard the USS Schrödinger before her shuttle exploded.

• While her survival was not confirmed on the show, the possibility of Ro Laren being alive leaves room for future exploration in a potential spinoff series, Star Trek: Legacy.

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Commander Ro Laren (Michelle Forbes) died in Star Trek: Picard season 3, but production designer Dave Blass seems to hint that Ro may have survived. Commander Ro made a shocking return in Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 5, “Imposters.” The former Maquis traitor-turned-Starfleet Intelligence operative boarded the USS Titan-A to expose the Changeling threat to Starfleet. Ro also reconciled her decades-long estrangement with Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) before her shuttlecraft was destroyed by a bomb planted by the Changelings.

On Twitter/X, Star Trek: Picard production designer replied to a post by @MarkSherwood8 that Commander Ro Laren was beamed aboard the USS Intrepid before her shuttle exploded, and she was held “in the dungeons for questioning.” Check out Blass’ cryptic response below:

Dave Blass’ Tweet teases that a transporter beam went to the USS Schrödinger, presumably as Ro Laren’s shuttle exploded. This could mean Commander Ro escaped death, although she didn’t appear again in Star Trek: Picard season 3. Since Ro’s survival was not confirmed in the series, her death has to be taken at face value unless it’s canonically reversed on camera.

Related: Star Trek: Picard Cast & Character Guide – All 3 Seasons

Could Star Trek: Legacy Resurrect Ro Laren?

Adding fuel to the fire of Ro Laren’s survival, Star Trek: Picard season 3 showrunner Terry Matalas told Screen Rant in a roundtable interview that something they wanted to film but were unable to was “a scene in which they found Ro Laren in the dungeons of the Intrepid with Tuvok and that she had survived. We weren’t able to pull off.” This is what @MarkSherwood8 is referring to in his Tweet that Dave Blass replied to. Had Star Trek: Picard season 3’s finale included that scene, it would have meant Ro Laren is, indeed, still alive.

However, Dave Blass’ Tweet about “a transporter beam” going to the USS Schrödinger continues the narrative that there was an intention to keep Ro Laren alive, but Star Trek: Picard season 3 was unable to pull it off due to time and budget constraints. But perhaps the idea that Ro Laren did survive the Changeling bomb is something Picard‘s proposed spinoff, Star Trek: Legacy, can revisit if the show happens. For now, Ro Laren is deceased in Star Trek: Picard season 3, but the Bajoran fan-favorite may yet join the list of beloved Star Trek characters who were brought back to life.

Source: Twitter/X