TNG introduced Picard’s clone 12 years before Star Trek: Nemesis

Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) briefly has a clone on Star Trek: The Next Generation Long before Shinzon (Tom Hardy) appeared in Star Trek: Nemesis. The last TNG The film saw the crew of the USS Enterprise-E face off against Shinzon after he took control of the Romulan Empire. The Romulans created a clone of Picard to act as a spy in the Federation, But they soon abandoned the project and sent Shinzan to a Reman labor camp. Shinzon later rebelled against the Romulan Empire and made plans to attack the United Federation of Planets.

Despite their shared DNA, Star Trek: Nemesis The villain Shinzon bears little resemblance to Jean-Luc Picard in everything but his appearance. Where Jin-Luk is compassionate, curious and open-minded, Shinzon is cruel, selfish, and cannot see past his own desire for revenge. Captain Picard had previously encountered duplicate versions of himself twice on Star Trek: The Next Generation. in TNG Season 2, Episode 13, “Time Squared,” Picard meets a version of himself six hours in the future, but the more interesting doppelganger came in TNG Season 3, Episode 18, “Allegiance.”

Picard’s TNG Clone shows why the real Jean-Luc is great

The real Picard expertly takes control of his situation in TNG’s “Allegiance”

in Star Trek: The Next GenerationIn “Allegiance,” Captain Picard wakes up in a strange prison cell with four strangers while a doppelganger takes over his position on the USS Enterprise-D. It doesn’t take long for Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and the Enterprise crew to grow suspicious of the replacement Picard when he starts acting strangely. The real Picard, however, soon proves what makes him such a great starship captain. Picard immediately assesses his situation, questioning the other prisoners and explore his surroundings. Picard helps the others stay calm, encouraging the very different people to work together to find a way out of their situation.

Captain Picard tries to communicate with his captors to no avail and eventually deduces that one of the prisoners is not who they claim to be. Picard remains calm over the ordeal, Even after he realizes that the whole setup was an experiment. Picard gets the aliens to reveal themselves, and they tell him that they captured the prisoners to teach the concepts of hierarchy and authority. The aliens then return with Picard to the Enterprise, where he uses nonverbal cues to subtly instruct his officers to imprison the aliens. This scene not only shows what an effective Captain Picard is, but also demonstrates the trust he and his crew have in one another.

Picard’s clone shows Jean-Luc’s emotional side better than Star Trek: Nemesis’ Shinzon

Riker eventually convenes a meeting to discuss removing Picard from command

Because aliens created an exact replica of Captain Picard, including his memories, Jean-Luc’s clone reveals a lot about the way the captain thinks. The clone expresses concern to counselor Deanna Troy (Marina Sirtis) that his crew will lose faith in him. Picard’s double Joins the crew for their poker game, leads a rousing musical number at Ten Forward, and express romantic feelings for Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden). While all of these things are out of character for the real Picard, they are not so far out of character as to be impossible. This suggests that Picard has thought about joining the poker scene. game, considered his feelings for Dr. Krusher, and sometimes doubted himself.

Although Captain Picard’s singing seems the most unlike him, he enjoys performing theater and has a wild streak in his youth, so it is not so difficult to imagine him thinking about this scenario. The difference is that the real Captain Picard doesn’t act on these ideas. Because Star Trek: Nemesis Shinzon was raised very differently from Picard, He develops into a completely different person. The real Jean-Luc would never even consider doing many of the things that Shinzon does, making the clone in Star Trek: The Next Generation “Allegiance” not only more realistic but also much more revealing.