Summary
Star Trek: Prodigyseason 3 is the best chance to introduce Thad Troi-Riker, the son of Captain Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis). Netflix released all 20Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2 episodes on July 1st.Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2 boasts a perfect 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a stellar 95% popcorn meter audience rating.Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2 also charted in Netflix’s top 10 in multiple countries.Hopefully, Netflix will renewStar Trek: Prodigyfor season 3, and the USS Prodigy can take a trip to the planet Nepenthe.
Star Trek: Picardseason 1offered the first update on the lives of Captain Riker and Counselor Troi after they married and took over the USS Titan at the end ofStar Trek: Nemesis. In 2399, Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) sought sanctuary for Soji Asha (Isa Briones) at the home of the Troi-Rikers on Nepenthe. There, audiences learned thatWill and Deanna were mourning the death of their eldest son, Thad Riker,who died from mendaxic neurosclerosis. Although Thad was never seen inStar Trek: Picardsave for a photo of Jean-Luc holding him as an infant,Star Trek: Prodigyseason 3 can show Thad while he’s still alive.
Star Trek: Prodigy Season 3 - Everything We Know
Netflix has the option to order Star Trek: Prodigy season 3. Here’s what we know about the young Starfleet crew of the USS Protostar’s return.
Star Trek: Prodigy Season 3 Can Introduce Riker & Troi’s Son Thad
The USS Prodigy can travel to Nepenthe
Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2 endedin 2385, not long after the Mars Attack on First Contact Day that was first seen in theStar Trek: Short Treksepisode “Children of Men” andStar Trek: Picardseason 1. As an answer to the United Federation of Planets ceasing Starfleet’s galactic exploration, Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) assigned the new Protostar Class USS Prodigy to Gwyndala (Ella Purnell), Dal R’El (Brett Gray), and their young friends.The USS Prodigy’s mission is to be a beacon of hopeand bring the light of the Federation to worlds beyond its receding borders.
Star Trek: Prodigycan show young Thad Troi-Riker forming friendships with Gwyn, Dal, and their friends.
The USS Prodigy could conceivably travel to Nepenthe inStar Trek: Prodigyseason 3 so that its young Starfleet crew can meet Will Riker, Deanna Troi, Thad Riker, anddaughter Kestra (Lulu Wilson). This would allow Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, and Lulu Wilson to voice their characters,andStar Trek: Prodigycan show young Thad Troi-Riker forming friendships with Gwyn, Dal, and their friends. In 2385, Will and Deanna left the USS Titan and move to Nepenthe in the hopes that the planet’s regenerative properties could cure Thad.Star Trek: Prodigyseason 3 visiting Nepenthe would be another welcome connection toStar Trek: Picard.
Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2’s finale showed the reunion of Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) and his mother, Dr. Beverly Crusher, as well as Wes meeting his young half-brother, Jack Crusher.
The Federation’s synthetics ban was fatal for Riker and Troi’s son
Star Trek: Prodigyseason 3 bringing its young heroes to Nepenthe to meet Thad Troi-Riker would shine a new light on the tragedies resulting from theMars Attack of 2385. As a result of rogue synthetics burning Mars, over 90,000 souls were lost and 20,000 starships under construction at Utopia Planetia Fleet Yards were destroyed. The Federation banned synthetic life forms, including androids and other forms of artificial life.This ban doomed Will and Deanna Troi’s deathly ill son.
Thad Troi-Riker’s mendaxic neurosclerosis could have been cured through an active positronic matrix, but the Federation’s ban on synthetic life made this impossible. Thad died from his disease, and the loss of their son had a deleterious effect on Will and Deanna’s marriage, which was revealed and finally resolved inStar Trek: Picardseason 3. But while Thad is dying inStar Trek: Prodigyseason 3’s time frame, a visit by the USS Prodigy can finallyshow who Riker and Troi’s son wasand why he was so special, as well as Thad becoming special to his possible new, young friends from Starfleet Academy.
