Spoilers follow for the Short Trek episode “Children of Mars,” along with speculation about how it could tie into Star Trek: Picard.
The last episode of the second series of Short Treks just dropped, and not surprisingly “Children of Mars” serves as a prelude to the new Picard show which debuts on January 23. Up until now, the creators of Star Trek: Picard — which sees the return of Patrick Stewart to the iconic title role after an almost 20-year break — have kept pretty quiet about what the show will be about. But “Children of Mars” clearly sets up what will surely be a major element of the show.
“Children of Mars”
The short is mostly a wordless but effective tale about a couple of schoolgirls on Earth whose parents work out at the Federation shipyards on (and above) Mars. The two wind up in a spat, which escalates over time into a full-blown physical fight, but when tragedy strikes, they find themselves united. And it’s that tragedy that connects to Star Trek: Picard.
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