CHICAGO – The final season of the latest installment in a Star Trek series is about to begin, and once again it features Patrick Stewart in the lead role.

The actor is portraying Jean-Luc Picard for the third season of” Star Trek: Picard,” with the first episode being released on Thursday on Paramount+.

Before the start of the ten-episode final season, Stewart along with Gates McFadden, who portrays Beverly Crusher, talked with Dean Richards as part of “Dean’s A-List Interview” on Tuesday’s WGN Morning News.

You can watch the interview in the video above.

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